In This Issue;

EDITORIAL: Western Disunity Brings War Nearer :; The Ad ministration of New Guinea :: Fiji’s Major Industry and Indian Political Crackpots.

New Sydney-Moresby Air Service by

Toa 7

No Appointment Yet of P-NG Deputy Administrators 7 No War Over Dutch New Guinea .. 8 January 23—Anniversary of Fall of Rabaul 9 Ivor Jenny Reaches Suva —Survives Reef and Fire 9 Knighthood for T. W. Alport Barker 9 Robt. Gillespie Extends to Fiji .. .. 9 Fiji Government and the Copra Tax 10 Life on a Junk Heap 11 Rabaul Roundabout 15 New Native Labour Laws in New Guinea 17 South Pacific Commission Special Meeting on Social Development .. 19 A Naval Memory of the Pacific War 20 In Defence of P-NG Works and Hous ing Dept 21, 63 The Month in Moresby 23 Matua’s Skipper Retires from Sea .. 27 Samoan Air Disaster Cause Un known 28 Stella Maris for New Hebrides ... 28 Nadi will be Fiji’s International Air port 32 Flu Epidemic in Cook Islands .. .. 33 Madang Newsletter 35 Indonesians in New Caledonia ... 36 The Centenary of Paulo 36 New Buildings for Pacific Biscuit Company 37

Samoan Soldiers in Korea 37 Passion Fruit Industry in the New Guinea Highlands 39 Rarotonga Gives NZ a Poet 40 Girl Guide Movement in P-NG ... 41 Chinese Power in Tahiti French Civilian Outspoken 42 Cement Scandal in Tahiti—Official dom Involved 43 Earth Tremors in New Hebrides ... 43 Meet the Mokolkols, The Ned Kellys 'of New Britain 45 Hold Everything Matupi Natives Stick Up P-NG Officialdom ... 47 Do You Know About Mutton Birds? 48 Turoua Will Return to Mangaia if NZ Officialdom Permits 48 W. Samoa Complains About Shipping 48 Opening of New Marist Brothers High School in Apia 49 Territories Talk-Talk 51 Poor Mr. Frings 52 PIM Crossquiz 52 New Guinea was a Good Place Then! 53 Condominium or Conundrum? .. .. 54 Tropicalities 55 A Trader’s Tale 56 Yasawa Saga 57 Fashion :: Children’s Section .. .. 58 New Guinea’s Plea for .303 Rifle . 60 New Guinea Tea Prospects 61 Bad BSI Copra—Planters’ Defence . 65 Preserving Own South Pacific Forests —Fire and Plough Cause More Havoc than the Miller 67 Events in French Oceania 71 Fiji News in Brief 72

The Pioneering Patons of the New Hebrides 75 Golf Club for Niue Is 76 News Notes from NG Goldfields ... 77 The Liquor Permit Farce in P-NG .. 79 Methodists Select New Station Near Mendi, in Highlands 83 What Sulphetrone is Achieving in Treatment of Leprosy 85 Plane and Shipping Services 87 New Hotel for Honolulu 94 Tahiti Law Suit Goes to Paris ... 95 Official Action on New Guinea’s 'Timber in Three Phases 97 War Surplus Goods in Rabaul Area . 99 Pacific Recipients of Birthday Honours 101 Senibua Finds Tuna off NSW Coast 103 Aluminium Houses for Papua-New Guinea 103 A New Industry in Papuan Mangrove Bark 103 Farewell to Fiji-Muslim School Teacher 104 Honolulu-Tahiti Airservice Announced 105 Hospital-Building Plan for P-NG .. 105 Commercial, Markets etc 108 OBITUARY: I. B. Taylor, 25; W. R. A.

Parker, 26; Frederick Christian, 29; Mrs. T. P. Nicholson, 29; W. T. Gats ward, 44; Capt. B. Rutherford, 49; Mrs.

C. Kaad, 60; Edmond Walker, 71; Mrs.

G. Coster, 79.

INDUSTRIES: Copra, 7, 10; Sugar, 6,9; Timber, 8, 97; Oil, 26, 99; Cocoa, 41; Gold, 94; Rice, 100.

ORGANISATIONS: New Guinea Women’s Assn. Melb., 86; New Guinea Women’s Club, Sydney, 93; New Guinea Scholar ship Fund, 103.