In This Issue:

Editorial: Western New Guinea Issue Grows Hot as December Ap proaches 5 New Public Markets for Suva ... 6 Tonkinese Reds Discouraged in New Hebrides 6 Fiji Elections —Some Changes ... 7 Control of New Guinea Copra Market 7 Australian Warship to Show the Flag in Islands 7 15 Per Cent, of Fijians Have Filaria 7 Territorians and Taxation 8 Fiji Tuna Clipper for Australia .. 8 The Scandalous Price of Rice ... 9 South Pacific Commission —Research Cel. Meets in Sydney 9 Planters’ Growing Voice in New Guinea Affairs 10 First Steps Towards New Guinea De fence 11 New Honour for Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna 11 News from New Hebrides 11 The Month in Moresby 13 Memorial to Bishop Newton 15 No Infiltration from Dutch New Guinea Yet 17 New Sydney-Wellington Flying-Boat Service 17 RLS’s Stepdaughter Laughs at News paper Error 19 Samoa’s Continued Prosperity .. .. 21 Papua’s Polio Epidemic is Over ... 23 Legion of Honour Awards 23 British Socialists’ Fantastic Peanuts Scheme 24 NG Hibiscus Fibre May Solve Copra Sack Shortage 25 Notes from American Samoa ... 28 Should White Employers Smack Native Labourers? 29

Millions for Papua-New Guinea — Too Good to be True 35 No Parcels for Netherlands New Guinea 36 Fiji Co’s Minor War with Australian Taxation Dept 37 Ambonese Seek Australia’s Help .. 39 New Ship for Bums Philp ... .. 39 BEM Awarded to Fijian Woman ... 40 Plea for Political Reform in Tonga 41 RNZAF Catalina Mishap in Vila .. 43 New Caledonia’s Increased Trade With USA 44 Sidelights on Yali 45 More Prison Farms for Papua-New Guinea 48 News from NG Highlands 48 Indonesians 700 Miles East of Aus tralia —Effect of Broken-down N. Caledonian Labour System .. 49 Australian Oranges for Fiji 51 White Man’s Laws Outweigh Malaita Justice 53 Nukualofa Tortoise 54 American Air Tourists for S-W Pacific 55 Territories Talk Talk 57 PIM Crossquiz 58 Strange Artifacts of Old Papua .. 59 Islands Under the Wind 60 Tropicalities 62 Fashion :: Children’s Section .. .. 64 Niue Basketware Trade in Doldrums 67 NG Airstrips in Use Again? .. .. 67 SDA Sawmill for Garoka 68 On the Way to a South Pacific Federation 69 Rabaul War Graves Identification 73 Medical Survey for Pitcairn Is. .. 73

Marching Rule Petering Out 7T Fiji’s Pineapple Cup Goes to L. F.

Garnett 7T Catamaran for Hawaii-Tahiti Tourist Traffic 77 One-Teach-One—The Laubach Sys tem of Overcoming Illiteracy 88 Debunking Fuzzy-Wuzzy 88 Tahiti Notes 88 Indians Irritate Fijians in Newspaper Brawl 88 Madang Newsletter 99 PAA Guards Planes Against Red Sabotage 99 Showman’s Troubles—Wheel for Tahiti, and Pygmies from Borneo 99 Alarming Crime Wave Continues in W. Samoa 99 First Steps Towards New Guinea De fence 99 Nauru and Ocean Island Phosphate Industry is 50 Years old 98 Plane and Shipping Timetables for Pacific Islands 99 Rabaul Roundabout 10 Another “Cat Island” 10 Hospital Reborn HE Scope of South Pacific Plan .. .. lit Commercial, Markets, etc 12 OBITUARY: Charles Leake, 8; L. K Benjamin, 16; J. A. Cottell, 16; J. H Meads, 17; M. J. Lynch, 17; Cliffon Kruse, 23; P. A. Morris, 25: A. Walter 27; Mrs. A. S. Fitch, 32; Madam Blanchard, 85; Fr. L. McCarthy, 105< INDUSTRIES; Oil, 6, 44; Copra, 9, 33: Tea, 32; Sugar, 94; Cocoa, 94; Phosi phate, 98; Gold, 115.

ORGANISATIONS: Pacific Islano Society, 9; New Guinea Planters’ Assn 10; New Guinea Scholarship Fun* 77; Polynesian Club, 110.