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Editorial; World Shadow over Islands Enterprise .. .. 13 Unilever and Copra—Combines Huge Profits 15 What they are Saying about the Fijian Footballers 15 Morris Hedstrom Potential not Fully Employed 16 Cheaper Copra Sacks .. .. 16 Chinese LST Picks up Logs at Vanikoro 16 Fiji’s New Governor Due in Sep tember 16 New Indian Commissioner Leaves Fiji 16 Editor’s Mailbag 17 Japan’s Vital Supply Problem 19 Colonel Murray Replies to Has luck’s Termination of Ap pointment 20 New Volcano in New Britain .. 20 Territories’ Talk-Talk .. .. 21 Fiji Production Costs too High m a World of Sugar Over production 25 Blow for Papuan Rubber Plan ters “Protection ’ Demanded 26 New Messageries Mari times Liner for Pacific 29 Guam Likes what it Gets from Australia 30 Big Lae Hotel is Now Open .. 31 Thousands of Unexploded Bombs Still in Australia .. 33 Report of Retirement of Nauru Administrator 34 Undersea Volcanoes —Strange Phenomena in BSI (See also page 40) 35
Dwindling Phosphate Supplies Are Grave Problem for Japan 36 Fijians Kill First Terrorists— But Some Misgivings on the Home Front 37 New Hebrides Does Not Want Change 41 Stealing has Reached Epidemic Proportions in W. Samoa .. 43 Yacht Races were a Brilliant Success in Suva 49 Matua Unpopular as a NZ Ferry—Back to Islands in October 50 New Job for J. B. Wright .. .. 51 TEAL'S Eleven Accident-Free Years 62 Latest Moves on the Cheng Ho 63
Magazine Section—
We’re happy to See You — Fijian Footballers in Syd ney 65 Tropicalities 67 Tale of a Tiki 70 Mapia in the Days of O’Keefe 69 Down to the Bottom of the Rice Bowl —Alarming Trends in Survey of World Production .. 53 NZ Hits at Samoa Soap Users .. 57 Air Tahiti Discontinues Cook Is.
Service 58 Political Colour a«d the Doctors Burton 59 For Pacific Radio Amateurs .. 77 South Pacific Commission- Practical Plans for Native Welfare 79 Rice in BSI is £l2O per ton .. 83 Methodists Celebrate 50 Years of Effort in BSI 87
Lepers" Trust Board Allocations 87 War Pensions for Cook Is. Vet erans 89 15-Year-Old Trust Fund Distri buted 90 Citation Stirs 1942-44 Memo ries 91.
The Secret War on TB in Fiji— Results of 3-Year Campaign Unknown 93 Rotuma —71 Years a British Colony 94; Warning Systems for S. Pacific Hurricanes 95 i Mission Printer and Press Re turns to BSI 101 Radio Broadcasts of Islands In terest 104 : Gathering Kenaf Seed —New Stage in New Guinea In dustry 105 < Nadi’s Third Runway Approved 1101 NZ Diverts Copra to UK .. ..114^ To Restore Rabaul’s beauty— Committee at Work .. .. 117^ Pacific Summer Cruises .. ..117'
Obituary: Mrs. E. N. A. Drys
dale and daughter; Mrs. Julia Nordman; Mr. E. J. Mathews; Mr. C. Gleeson; Brother Alexis; Capt, Burchaell; Mrs.
Alice Evetts 119( Small Ships News 125 c Tenth Anniversary of Monte video Manx Sinking .. .. 126 c Oil Permit for Enterprise of NG? 1271 Series of Farewell Functions for P-NG Administrator .. .. 129£ Huge Tax Claim from NG Sal vage 1311 Commercial, Markets, etc.. .. .. 134 f