In This Issue:
Editorial: “We Look from Tortured 1948 Out Into Uncertain 1949” .. 5 Political Stir in Fiji Governor Adjourns Council 6 South Pacific Commission Prepares for Noumea Move 7 Control of South Pacific Air Services 7 Laws of Papua to be Revised 7 NG Production Control Board is Still Functioning 7 Mr. A. G. Osborne Visits Rarotonga 7 The New Guinea Timber Lease Case 8 New Trading Company for Islands Based on New Zealand 8 Fire Destroys Copra and Shed at Port Moresby 9 UN to Investigate Trusteeship of New Guinea 9 First Tuna Clipper Reaches Suva .. 9 Fiji is “Not Overtaxed” 10 Guinea Air Traders May Be Prose cuted 10 Fijian Economy—Plain Speaking by Native Leader 10 Australian Ignorance of New Guinea is Abysmal—Says Major-General Basil Morris 11 No Labour Reserves in New Guinea 11 Rabaul Has 70 MPH Gale 13 Special Police Leave Rarotonga— Eight Months’ Duty, No Incidents 13 New Puisne Judge Appointment for
Fiji 13
Territories’ Talk-Talk 15 US Closes Papeete Consulate 17 Fiji Must Face World Facts Says Governor 19 Second Session of South Pacific Com mission 19 Japs Want Living Space Mass Migration to South Pacific Urged 21 Woman From Noumea Called a Com
munist —Questions Asked in Aus tralian Parliament 22 High Cost of Importing Stock to New Guinea 24 Ownership of “Cheng Ho”—lnvolved Legal Action in Honolulu 24 Indians Claim Fijians as Their Bro thers —Many Writers Seek Solu tion of Difficult Problem 26 Fiji’s Surpluses Will be Used for Social Services —Financial Secre tary’s Report 29 Ships for the Solomons —Plea for Direct Connection with Sydney .. 31 Notes from Tonga 32 Ridiculous Currency Situation in South Pacific 33 Fiji Customs Duty Cut —Copra Tax to Go on 35 “Mariposa” May Come Back 35 Morris Hedstrom Scholarship for 1949 35 Polynesian Status in International Law—NZ Discusses the Australian Immigration Embargo 37 Origin and History of Tin Can Mail 41 NZ Interest in N. Guinea—Hunt for Scrap Metal 43 “Marching Rule” in Solomons .. .. 44 Last Christmas in My Garden of Sinners 45 Noumea Had a Gaudy Past .. .. 46 Lohia 47 Why Don’t We Have a Real Tourist industry in the South Pacific? .. 48 Verse: Farewell, South Seas 51 Service Section; Why Not a Blue Mountains Holiday? 52 New Stamps for Cook Islands .. .. 52 New Guinea’s Cocoa Industry Could Be Important—Survey Also in Malaya 54 Jungle Covers Santo War Base ... 55
Solomons Copra—lndustry’s Slow Re covery 57 Economic Headaches for BSI Natives —Strange Doings in Copra Industry 59 Geological Survey for Fiji 59 British Funds for Pacific Research .. 60 “Marella” Sold to South American Firm 64 Big Fleet of Small Ships for WPHC 66 Mr. H. H. Nickling Awarded US Decoration 66 New Air Service between Australia and South Africa 70 The Problems of New Caledonia — Planters Want Labour and Help from France 71 Analysis of Crime in Fiji 73 News and Notes from Buka and Bougainville 75 Tongan Bernadette 79 Plane and Shipping Services 81 PAA’s New Pacific Air Link 87 The Month in Moresby 89 Tidal Wave Reported from Raro tonga—“Tahitienne” Lost 91 South Pacific Health Service 91 Tapioca Mill for Fiji 92 Another Trans-Pacific Airline .. .. 93 Brutal Murder in Tahiti 93 Two New Guinea RC Bishops Conse crated 93 Tahiti Notes 94 Fijians Speak out Frankly to Indians 95 Noumea-Tahiti Airmail 95 Commercial, Markets, etc 96 OBITUARY: Rev. Fr. Diehl, 5; E. J.
Ifould, 9; A. Paatsch, 17; S. J. Smith, 22; Edmond Cane, 22: Howard Smith. 44; C. B. Becha, 55; Victor Jacka, 57.
ORGANISATIONS: Pacific Islands So ciety, 7; New Guinea Women’s Club, 13; SPCA of Fiji, 43; RSSAILA, Port Moresby, 87.
INDUSTRIES: Copra, 7,9; Gold, 7, 70; Cocoa, 9, 54; Oil, 69.