In This Issue:

Editorials: Our Defences in Relation to America, Asia, Britain and Australia; New Zealand’s Ridi culous Law About Polynesians; A Plea for the Exhausted Euro pean Woman in NG 5-6 New Minister for Territories 7 South West Pacific Groups May Go to Australia 7 Fiji Copra Being Milled in Fiji ... 8 Sydney-Moresby Service by TOA .. 8 Western Samoa Assembly Election .. 9 Future of French Colonies 9 Sir Brian Freeston Offered SPC Secretary-Generalship 9 Fijian Development Plans 9 Commonwealth Bank for Honiara .. 9 No Copra Tax for Fiji 10 WPHC May Move to BSI Head quarters 10 Rabaul to be Abandoned in Favour of Rapopo 11 Factors Behind Pacific Pact 12 Return of Frigate Bird II and Wed ding for Capt. Taylor 13 Back to Work in Lamington Area .. 15 Mr. Harry Downing Does Double Job on Norfolk Is 15 Trans-Tasman Air Pares Rise .. .. 16 MacArthur Controversy in USA .. 16 Polynesians Barred —Ridiculous Im migration Law Offensively Applied in NZ 17 Air-Drop for Purari Patrol 18 Jap Criminals, Manus and Dr. Evatt 19 Canada Will Buy Cuba Sugar—The UK Encouraged it, Say Australian Producers 21 RSSAILA Want New Guinea as Seventh State 22 Aerial Survey of Fiji to Begin ... 23 Rabaul Roundabout 25 South Pacific Commission —Seventh Session and Review of Quarter’s Activities 29

Fiji Penalised by Unjust Customs Duties 32 New Administration in American Samoa 33 The World is Desperately Short of Sulphur 34 Dave Pullen of Papua 37 Appeal for Old Books on the Pacific 39 Islanders Join Australian Military Services 40 The Month in Moresby 41

Hydro-Electricity for Moresby .. .. 45

Blood Transfusion Service for Heb rides 45 Tax for Newcomers to Tahiti .. .. 47 P-NG Native Labour Pool Smaller Than Pre-war 47 Notes from Norfolk Island 49 Supplying Liquor to Hebrides Natives 50 Tahiti has Kind Words for Hawaii —“Just Let Oscar Know” 51 Santo Taxi Charges 53 France in the South Pacific—High French Official Comments on Article in PIM 54 Port Delay in Moresby 55 Territories’ Talk-Talk 57 Cruise of the Yankee 58 PIM Crossquiz 58 Lovely Are the Isles of Lau 59 Tropicalities 60 Puk-Puks All Round Us 61 These Henderson Island Mysteries .. 62 Children’s Corner :: Fashion .. .. 64 Matthews Memorial Appeal 69 Cook Islander Gains Theology Diploma 71 New Telephones for Vila 72 High Salaries Bill Worries Samoan Assembly 73 Quarantine Measures to Guard Against Pests 74 Work to Begin on Moresby Wharf .. 76 Madang Newsletter 81 Ambryn Volcano in Eruption ... 83

The Evaleeta—Pre-war Story of At tractive Ketch 85 Dirty Little Bank Notes 87 Those Boarding School Fees 89 Vila Cricket Activities 91 Tokelau Islands Memorial to NZ Airmen 92 50 Years Since Chalmers was Mur dered on the Fly River 92 Plane and Shipping Timetables ... 95 More Pre-fabs for New Guinea .. 102 Works and Housing Department and Lae Contractors at Loggerheads 103 Tragic End to Pearling Expedition .. 104 Burns Philp Buy More Australian Property 104 Notes from Lae 105 No Pension for Public Servant’s Widow 107 Possible South Pacific Air Service —

Sydney-Valparaiso—Capt. Taylor’s

Survey 108 Nine Years Since the Battle of the Coral Sea no Polio Nonsense —Disorganisation of Transport Services 117 Laissez-Faire in New Caledonia .. 112 Late News from Tahiti 114 Tahiti Says Farewell to the Verniers 115 Jubilee for Fiji Newspaper and Fiji Knight 116 Kenya as a Sign Post to Fiji 117 MacArthur Concept of Pacific De fence 119 Commerce, Markets, etc 120 OBITUARY: J. R. Clarke, 23; Veikune, 26; H. de V. Stacpoole, 33; A. McKenzie, 73; J. J. Betham, 76; D. McEvoy, 87; Dr.

Arthur Wade, 87; Piddy Christian, 88; H. Clapp, 88; Mrs. R. Warrant, 102.

ORGANISATIONS: NG Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Sydney, 26; New Guinea Women’s Club, Sydney, 40; Port Moresby RSSAILA, 73.

INDUSTRY: Oil, 13; Copra, 27; Burns Philp (SS) Ltd., 80; Gold, 88; Cocoa, 102.