In This Issue:

Editorial: Island World is Under the International Shadow ... 5 Townsville’s Six-Inch Waves —TOA’s Moresby Plan Suspended 6 Visit of Prince Tungi to Australia .. 7 Retirement of R. D. Blandy of New Hebrides 7 Sudden Departure of Tahiti’s Governor 7 Australia Cannot Use Cocos Airfield 7 Next Move in Dutch New Guinea — Report of US Bases 8 Not for N. Guinea Planters —£830,000 Stabilisation Fund to be Main tained 9 Budget Session of Fiji Legislative Cel. 9 “Small Slice of Cake” for Fiji Civil Servants 9 Mystery of Skeletons on Henderson Island 9 Papeete Dry Dock Opened 9 More Waste in New Guinea —£10,000 for Manki Village 10 30 Years of Safe Flying by Qantas .. 10 Notes by the Wayside—By R. W.

Robson in NG 11 CP Airlines Will Call at Auckland— But No Canadian Subsidy for Aorangi 13 Charles Barrett’s New 800k —Ocean of Islands 13 Fiji Executive Council Appointments 13 W. Samoa May Trade With Japan, Germany 15 Fire Destroys Tongan Picture Theatre 15 South Pacific Commission —Financial Allocations Made at Sixth Session 17 NG Still in the Grip of the Planners 19 Public-Spirited Apia Couple Cele brate Golden Wedding 21 Sugar Expert Sees Misuse of Fiji Cane Lands 22 W. Samoan Assembly Meets 23

Aerial Mapping of Fiji 23 To Pitcairn in the Huia 25 SPC- Health Team Visits Samoa ... 27 The Battle of the Cecil and Lae Town Planners 29 Fiji Slums and the TB problem— More Action Wanted 30 Samoan Woman Dies at 102 31 Cession Day Celebrations at Levuka 31 Solving Some of Moresby’s Housing Troubles 37 Fiji Tapioca Crops Threatened by Disease 39 BSI Cattle Must Stay in Protectorate 39 Relic of Cook’s Second Voyage ... 39 Rabaul Roundabout 41 Second Death Sentence in W. Samoa 42 New Guinea Border Patrol Suggested 42 Air-Drop at Mendi—Extending Ad ministration in NG Highlands .. 45 Awards to Western Samoan Police .. 46 Education in BSI 46 NG’s Coolest, Healthiest Town ... 47 Qantas to Operate Fiji Internal Air Services 47 Fiji’s Rent Racket 49 BSI is Sorry to See TOA Go 50 Levuka’s Historical Assets—Cession Pageant Suggested 50 The Crazy Story of the Wabag Rush 51 Exploring Guadalcanal’s Mountains 53 Madang Newsletter 54 Yali is in Gaol 54 Vast New Country in Central New Guinea 55 Territories Talk-Talk 57 Book Review: Dearest Priscilla .. 58 PIM Crossquiz 58 I Travel for Pleasure —P I M Editor Visits Bougainville-Buka 59 Sea Food from Lagoon and Reef .. 60

Tropicalities 61

We Remember Rotuma 62 Children’s Section :: Fashion ... 64

Roads to Interior of New Guinea- How Bridge over Markham will be Used 67 Cheaper Electricity for Suva .. 68 Fiji Health Stamps 68 Newsletter from Tahiti 69 In Defence of New Hebrides Labour System 73 Mystery Eruptions in Western Solo mons 73 Conferences and Navy Visits Enliven Honiara Life 75 New Guinea’s New Highland Labour —Some Employers are Critical .. 77 BSI Wharf Problems Reviewed by Expert 80 New Guinea’s Coastal Shipping Is in Poor Shape 81 Healthy Profits of Reparation Estates Benefit Samoans 82 Suva’s Model Market Officially Opened 84 Defence of New Guinea—Lae Vet erans Express Anxiety 88 The Month in Moresby 89 BSI Cattle Must Stay in the Protec torate 92 Plane and Shipping Tables 93 Anglican Work in New Guinea and

Bsi 105

Another Kind of New Guinea Timber Scandal 107 News from Santo 11l Plans and More Plans—Port Moresby’s Building Convulsions 113 News Notes from Lae 116 Western Papua Notes 118 Commercial, Markets 120 OBITUARY: Percy R. Hinds, 55; Mrs.

L. Bailey, 68; A. Knewstubb, 72; D. H.

Osborne, 112; Marcel Frogier, 115; Capt. W. M. McLeod, 115; John Jones, 115.

INDUSTRIES; Gold, 7, 42; Copra, 8,9; Oil, 10, Rubber, 115.

ORGANISATIONS: New Guinea Women’s Club, Sydney, 8; New Guinea Women’s Association, Melbourne, 8.