Pacific Islands Monthly

The Newspaper-Magazine of the South Seas

Distributed in AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND and the following PACIFIC ISLANDS :

Australian Territories: Papua. Norfolk Is.

Cocos Is.

Aust. Trustee Territory: New Guinea. Nauru.

British Protectorates: Solomon Is. Tonga.

British Crown Colonies: Fiji. Gilbert & Ellice.

New Zealand Territories; Cook Islands. Niue.

N.Z. Trustee Territory: Western Samoa.

French Territories: New Caledonia. French Oceania.

Anglo-French Condominium: New Hebrides.

United States Territories: Eastern Samoa. Hawaii.

U.S, Trustee Territory: Micronesia (Caroline, Marshall and Mariana).

Dutch Territory: Western New Guinea.

A Product of Pacific Publications Pty. Ltd., Union House, 247 George Street, Sydney.

Contributions:

Articles, Stories, and Photographs dealing with Pacific Islands subjects are invited and will be paid for on publication.

Subscription Rates:

In Australia and New Zealand, and Australian. NZ, and British Pacific Islands . .. £ 1 4 0 New Caledonia, Tahiti .. £ 1 7 0 Elsewhere .. .. 3>/ 2 US Dollars £1 10 0

Telephones; Bw 5037, Bu 6082.

G.P.O. Box 3408.

Registered Address for Telegrams, Radio grams, and Cables: “Pacpub,” Sydney.

Editor and Publisher: R. W. ROBSON.

Assistant Editor: JUDY TUDOR.

Business Manager: SELWYN HUGHES.

Representative In London:

J. T. Wallis, Coronation House, 4 Lloyd's Avenue, London, E.C.3, from whom may be obtained copies of Pacific Islands Monthly, Pacific Islands Year Book, advertising schedules, etc.

Agents:

See full list of Agents, arranged by Territories, on page 131.

Vol. XXII. No. 9.

April, 1952

PRICE: 2/- Per Copy.