In This Issue:

Editorial: Much Fiddling While Rome Burns 5 Suva Welcomes French Pacific Official 6 New Guinea Copra—Planters Have Some Headaches 7 Fiji Governor’s Term Extended .. 7 Shortage of Copra Bags Forecast .. 7 South Moluccas Break Away from

Usi 7

UN Delegates in Trust Territories .. 7 Islands Missionaries Leave for Rome 7 Next South Pacific Conference — Closing Scenes in Suva 8 New Links Across Tasman 8 Papua-N. Guinea —Many Changes in Sight 9 Fiji-Indians Are Planting Cane .. 9 Dr. Baas Becking Leaves SPC .. 9 Sidelights on the South Pacific Con ference 10 Papua’s Last Mine in Voluntary Liquidation 11 Catalina Case—Delay Over Crown Witness 11 External Territories Dept. New Sydney Address 11 Fiji’s International Airport Probably Nadi After All 13 Ocean Is. Murder Case Surprise .. 13 TEAL’S 10th Birthday 13 Rabaul Roundabout 15 Buntings Expand to New Guinea .. 16 The Month in Moresby 17 More Migrant Doctors for New Guinea 21 Larger Flying Boats for QEA Island Services 21 Secondary School for Wau, NG —But Why Not a HiU Station? 22

Apia Holds a Race Meeting 23 Mystery of Christmas Island — Rougier Interests Apparently Bought by Britain 25 How Japs Took 1,200 People from Nauru 27 Mariposa May Bring Dollar Tourists to S-W Pacific 27 Communist Activity in French Oceania 29 Eastern Samoa Celebrates 50 Years Under the US Flag 30 Another Tea Tale from New Guinea —Pre-war Effort to Establish Tea Industry 31 Mystery Decline of Ninigo People .. 32 Case History of Yali, New Guinea’s First Native Leader 33 Another Ship Goes on Moresby Reef 36 Lakemba Will Carry More Pas sengers 36 Jov on Makogai—High Chiefs Find a Mixture of Tragedy and Hope .. 37 Paludrine Under a Cloud —Medical Problem in New Guinea 38 Industrialism Comes to the South Seas—Watson Enterprises in Rarotonga 39 Save Money By Growing Rice in New Guinea 41 Papuan Contribution to Queensland Sugar Industry 43 Japs Repent With Bamboo Crosses 44 Key to Vancouver for C. A. Adams of Lautoka 44 World Still Short of Fats and Oils 45 High Cost of Oil Search in New Guinea 47 Suva War Graves 48 Treatment of Lepers—Fierce Argu ment in Hawaii 48

First South Pacific Conference — Another Plan for Co-operation of Islands Policy Gets Off to a Good Start 49 Talk-Talk 53 Home on the Range 54 PIM Crossquiz 54 Half-Forgotten Paradise 55 They Say Rabaul Has No Future .. 56 Tropicalities 58 Fashion :: Children’s Corner ... 60 Why Fiji Banned Citrus Fruit Im ports 80 Tonga’s Gaol-Breakers Out Again .. 84 They Still Believe in Cargo Cult .. 85 New Hebrides New Volcano 87 Parasite War on Amblypelta ... 88 South Seas Artifacts in NZ’s Oldham Collection 89 Shipping and Plane Services .. .. 91 More Nauru Records in March .. 98 Madang Newsletter 99 New Mission Ketch for G & E Is. 102 Good Relations Between Papuans and Fijians 102 News From New Ireland 103 History of Papuan Calvary Group .. 104 Who Has Longest Fijian Name? .. 107 New Companies Handle War Salvage 107 Gracious Gesture from NG Dele gates to Fiji Hosts 109 Why Dutch Eurasians Fight for Home in New Guinea 110 Commercial, Markets, etc 112 OBITUARY: Alfred Philp, 29; A. S. Fare brother, 40; C. V. Caldwell, 104; W.

Blunt, 19; V. Keogh, 19.

ORGANISATIONS: New Guinea Women’s Club, Sydney, 13; BSI Planters’ Assn., 25; Pacific Islands Society, 98.

INDUSTRIES: Copra, 7, 45. 102; Gold, 16, 88; Oil, 47, 111; Pearl Shell, 88.