In This Issue:
Editorial; “What Shall We Do With the Fiji Indian?” 5 Javanese Going Home—Alarm In New Caledonia 7 Money In Tokelau Stamps 7 Increasing Oil Supplies from Borneo 7 South Pacific Commission 7 Unruly UK Seamen in Papeete ... 8 Chinese Consulate for Rabaul 8 NZ Governor-General in Fiji ... 8 Again Postponed—Mr. Ward’s Visit to Australian Territories 9 British Administration Plans in BSI 9 Air Services to N. Hebrides 9 NG-Papua Merger 9 NG Production Control Board Goes —But No Details Yet 10 N. Hebrides Timber Industry .. .. 10 Guinea Airways Wary About Return to New Guinea 11 NZ Vice-Regal Party in Tonga ... 11 Death of John Scott, of Lae ... 13 Threat of Jail—Quarantine in W.
Samoa 13 “Bulolo” Will Re-Enter Papua-N.
Guinea Service in August .. .. 15 German-Samoan Elected to W. Samoa Council 15 Bulolo Gold Dredging Co 16 Geological Survey of Fiji 16 N. Hebrides Co. to Treat Coconut Fibre Cook Is. Workers and Mr. Harold Ward 16 Union of East and Western Samoa Is Unlikely i 8 Union of Papua-New Guinea—New Bill Provides Administrative Machinery 19 Public Finance In W. Samoa 2(J Tonga Elects New Parliament .. .. 21
N. Guinea’s First Woman Barrister 22 Disrespect Shown Papua-NG Admin istrator in Unfortunate Incident 23 Hanuabadans Beat Europeans At Cricket 24 Fiji’s Meatless Tuesday 24 Trans-Pacific Flight Has 20th An niversary 24 White Australia—Garricks Are Ready To Go 25 Fiji Birthday Honours 27 Suva Says BSI Has Adequate Supplies 27 Vice-Regal Tour In South Pacific .. 28 Port Moresby PS Protests 28 Indian Commissioner For Fiji .. .. 30 Indonesia Pot Still Boiling—Aus tralia’s Trade Losses 32 Controlled Entry Into Fiji 34 Fiji’s War Debt—UK Reduces by £2 million 36 Another Plane Down In Papua ... 36 Papain—Survey of World Position .. 37 Giant Snails—Not Under Control Yet 40 Territories Talk-Talk 41 King of the Kermadecs 42 The Things the Yanks Saw 43
Tropicalities 44
Short Story—“T he Rub y-E ye d Serpent” 45 Pacific Nature Notes 50 Book Review—South, by Clipperton .. 47 Service Section 50 Mumeng—New Station on Wau Road 50 N. Hebrides Residents Petition Their Governments 52 Fiji Rice Production 52 Madang Newsletter 53 Better Radio For N. Guinea—Short Wave Station At Moresby 55 Scrub-Typhus—New Drug 56 Fiji’s 3-penny Pieces 58
Council of Fijian Chiefs 59 Successful Fijian Co-operative Adventure 64 “Taipan” in New Hebrides 66 Another Yacht (“Wakaya”) For Pacific Cruise 66 Tongan Church Funds Grow .. .. 67 Tribute To Sir M. Hedstrom 69 Reflection of Central Pacific Trade Boom 72 Pacific Science Congress In NZ .. 73 Tons of Fiji Peanuts for'NZ 73 William E. Reed Is Trading Again 73 Houses For Low Wage Earners In Fiji 74 Small-Pox Scare In Suva—But No Quarantine For “Orna” 77 Blackmarket In Fiji Rice 77 snipping and Plane Services 78 Tadji Explosion May Have Practical Results 82 Index to Volume XVIII 84 Commercial, Markets, etc 88 OBITUARY: John Baird, 9; James M.
Douglas, 10; V. Maxwell, 11; A. W.
Caten, 35; Mrs. M. Raddock. 52; Mrs. A. A. Doyle, 53; K. P.
Johansson, 69.
ORGANISATIONS; New Guinea Scholarship Fund 27 The 35 ft. Mexican yacht “Barca de Oro,’’ on a world cruise, is making an indefinite stay at Suva for painting and the overhauling of gear. She has travelled from Acapulco by way of Hawaii, the Marquesas, Tahiti and the Society Group, the northern Cook Group and Samoa. From Suva it is intended to sail to New Caledonia, Brisbane, Timor, Singapore, Colombo, Madagascar, Cape Town, and across the Atlantic back to Mexico.