In This Issue:

Editorials: Mr. Spender Goes to Washington :: The Future of the South Pacific Commission :: Bureaucracy Clings to Stabilisa tion Fund :: Others Besides Planters at War with MOF .. .. 5-6 CO of NGVR Appointed 6 CSR Fiji Chief Retires 6 Iniquitous MOF Copra Price 7 Severe Earthquakes in New Hebrides 7 Further Changes in P-NG Administra tion May Await General Election in Australia 8 Stratocruisers on Trans-Pacific Ser vice 8 New Adventure for Captain Taylor— Australia-South American Air Route Survey 9 Aorangi Returns to Pacific Service .. 9 Resignation of Secretary-General of South Pacific Commission 9 SPC Will Hold Seventh Session in Noumea 10 Third Trading Bank for Suva ... 10 Native Refugees are a Headache for P-NG Administration 11 Nuttery Suggested for Pacific 11 Medals for the Gallant 39 —Disgraceful Episode of Nauru Defence in 1941-42 13 Fiji-Australasian Trade 14 BSI Virtually Without Wharf Facili ties 17 US Tourists Don’t Spend Like the Gl’s 18 No Permits to Cut New Guinea Pine 19 The Month in Moresby 21 Boom Time in Apia—New Buildings Follow High Produce Prices ... 23 The Secretary to the Colonies Meets a BSI Planter 25 Off and On Again—Pan American’s Call at New Caledonia 26 The Deportation of Otto Soltwedel .. 27 Rabaul Roundabout 29

Solomon Islander’s Remarkable Feat of Translation 31 Angry Delegate and Fiji Liquor Law 32 Planters Should Bargain with MOF Direct 33 Operation Volcano 35 Indonesians in New Caledonia Strange Indifference of Australia 37 Lae Now Has Advisory Council — Moresby Council’s Reluctance to Assume Power 38 Proposed Introduction of Rabbits to

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Blood for Volcano Victims 41 Murder Trial on Niue 41 Frustration in Cook Islands 42 A Bachelor for Pago Pago—Samoans Do Not Like Unmarried State ... 43 Its Rich Soil is Niue’s Shrinking Wealth 45 Naturalisation Rush in New Guinea 46 Memories of the Former Kaiser ... 47 UN Tells NG How it Should be Done 49 About Volcanoes 50 Can a Native Refuse to Work 51 Territories’ Talk Talk 53 Island Town’s Cinema 54 Tonga’s 50 Years of Friendship with Britain 55 This is Australia’s New Dominion .. 56 Tropicalities 58 Memories of Edie Creek 59 Fashion :: Children’s Section .. .. 60 Mr. Evatt Gives Democracy to Lord Howe Island 63 Fiji’s Lack of Low-Priced Holiday Re sorts 64 Emergency Dromes in Rabaul’s Vol cano Area 67 All the Praise is for Moresby in Lamington Eruption 67 February News from Port Moresby .. 69 News from Port Vila 71 Movie Theatres for New Britain Natives 72

Leeches Won’t Like this Boot Polish 75 Mr. Dulles’ Surprise Visit to Western Samoa 76 W. Samoan Elections in April ... 76 Pastures in New Guinea Central Highlands 77 Concerning the Fate of Poor Mr.

Prings 84 Lae Critical of Lamington Relief Fund 85 Notes from Lae 86 Norfolk Island News 89 Coral Sea Cyclone 91 Madang Newsletter 92 News Notes from the Goldfields ... 92 Valuable Metal Industries in French Pacific Colonies 93 Plane and Shipping Timetables ... 95 Wau Has a Boarding School 101 Suva Bids Madly for Damaged Goods 101 Are Mt. Lamington Refugees Being Mollycoddled? 102 25 Years in Pago Pago 103 Theatre Lae Has Town-Plan Troubles 10£ Fijian Fighters in Australia 10£ Destination of Admiral Chase 10£ Fiji-Indian Barred from NZ—Official Explanation Should be Given .. .. 10( Coconut Planting Campaign in Fiji ... 10£ Wot—Another Research Section! .. 10£ Island Industries Now Making Cook ing Oil in Fiji IK Fiji Civil Service Salaries Revision .. IK Fiji Bananas Held Up by NZ ; Water siders’ Strike IK Australian Nightmare: Jap Colonists in NG 11] Commercial, Markets, etc 115 OBITUARY: C. A. Bentley, 42; J. M. Wil- Son, 107; Mrs. M. Carruthers, 107.

INDUSTRIES: Copra, 6,7, 33, 35; Gold 8; Oil, 9; Trochus, 19; Cocoa, 38 Bananas, 73; Pearl Shell, 75.

ORGANISATIONS: New Guinea Mem orial Scholarship Fund, 11.