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Editorial: Dismal outlook in the World .. .. 13 What is Purpose of P-NG Cus toms Inquiry? It Could Mean Income-tax 15 Editors’ Mailbag 16 Avarua Has Waterspout . . 17 Louisiades Battered By Cyclone 17 Another Aspect of Recent Buka Case .. 18 MV Lolowai Ashore 18 Do You Remember? 18 Wool Spinning in New Guinea 19 £100,000,000 of Salvage of!
New Hebrides! 20 New Phase in War about
Cheng-ho .. .. . . 20
The New HCWP—Honiara Not in Favour as H.Q. 21 End of Queer Wardist Regime in P-NG—Tribute to Col. and Mrs. J. K. Murray 21 NZ Interested in Guam . . 26 Territories’ Talk Talk . . 27 Much Movie Making in Fiji . . 30 Advisory Council Survey in BSI 31 Fiji too. Lived Beyond 1951 Income .. .. 33 14 Awards and Some Omissions —Mt Lamington Disaster in Papua .. .. .. .. .. 37 Oceanic S.S. Company Loses More Money 39 Qantas Sandringham on P-NG Outport Survey 41
Suva Housing Settlement for Fijians ■ - 42 Nadi’s Third Runway 43 10 Years Ago—What Really Happened in the Coral Sea .. 45 A Nominated Executive Coun cil not for W. Samoa . . .. 49 Western Samoa May Get a New Liquor System 51 Native Rice-Production in P-NG—Land Rights and European Settlement 53 Pacific Air-Fares Go Up . . 57 Kava is Bad for You—or Good 59 Rubber Outlook Gloomy 61 Fiji Trade Unions Federate 63
Magazine Section—
The Canoe-Builders 65 Crossquiz 66 Tropicalities 67 Tahiti’s Fashoda 69 How Whalen Populated the Ninigos 71 Jubilee for Dr. Fox 81 More Money for P-NG Copra 82 P-NG Experiments with Village Councils 83 Racial Sensitiveness Leads to Incidents in Fiji .. .. 85 Australia is now Seeking Cocoa 87 Not all Plain Sailing for RSYC 89 Fiji Health Stamps—Anti-TB Campaign—Only Partial Sue
cess 91 Administration-Mission Fric tion in Education Field . 93 Samoan MLA’s Resent News paper Attacks .. .. .. 95 Costly W&H Experiment on Manus 96 Second Drover Goes into Sea —Presence of Mind Saves Three Men .. 97 Should Fijians “Hunt and Kill” in Malaya 103 How Came the Chinese to New Guinea? .104 For Pacific Radio Amateurs .. 107 What Next in Dutch New Guinea? 111 Acute Shortage of Rice in BSI ll4 Important Development in Search for Gold in Fiji .. 115 Anzac Day in the Islands 117 South Pacific Commission — Ninth Session— US New Guinea’s New Timber Co. 127 Notes from Tahiti . . . . 123 OBITUARY: Capt. K. McPher son; Mr. G. Gray; Mr. Davis Wood; Mr. L. N. Bean; Mr.
I. D. Moore; Mrs. A. T.
Anderson; Miss A. M. Rice 124-125 News of the Small Ships .. 121 Fiji Broadcasting Commission Plans 135 BSI Methodists’ Golden Jubilee 135 Commercial Markets etc. .. .. 13<