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Editorial; Gaps in the Papua- New Guinea Plan 9 Mr. D. M. Cleland Still “Acting” 10 The Queen Will Visit Fiji and Tonga 11 Mangola Stranding Upsets Timetables 11 Sydney Spiv’s Raid on Rich Placer Shares 11 New Copra Price Still Awaited —Analysis of MOF Price .. 12 Second South Pacific Confer ence in April 13 Do You Remember? Extracts from PIM of 20 Years Ago 13 Challenge to BSI Taxing Authorities 13 Editors’ Mailbag 14 New Caledonia Goes to the Polls 17 Gaol Sentence for Samoan Chief 17 Territories’ Talk Talk 19 Blue Print for Future New Guinea 21 Fiji Bananas by the Foot ... 21 Ships for the Trans-Pacific Service 23 Official Cheer-up Party for Sad Micronesians 25 MV Pollurian—Writs and Court Proceedings in Rabaul ... 27 Disquiet on the Rubber Front 29
An Effiiciency Expert to Tell Fiji How 33 Hogmanay at Mendi New Guinea Fashion 35 New Guinea’s New Passion fruit Industry in the High lands 39 NG Master Charges Crew with Assault 42 News from Lautoka, Fiji .. .. 43 Donations to NG Scholarship Fund 45 Side-Tracked —the Story of Siohe 47 Morseby Beer is too Dear for Rabaul .. * §0 Breakers Ahead in Suva Sea Baths 51 Canadian Magnetometer Party for Papuan Oil Search ... 55 Some Progress with P-NG Wharves ...'. 56 The Loss of the Carnegie ... 59 Old Waria Syndicate Stakes a Claim in N. Guinea 61
Magazine Section:
War’s Aftermath—Noumea 65 Tropicalities 67 Tahiti’s Nature Man .. .. 68 Crossquiz 70 New Patrol Posts in New Guinea 74 For Pacific Radio Amateurs .. 75 The Story of Tony Olsen .. 79
Future of New Hebrides and Solomons 85 M. Poroi’s Victory in Tahiti .. 90 Honolulu-Tahiti Air-Sea Ser vices Planned 91 Population Decline in Dutch New Guinea 93 Lack of RSL Interest in Moresby 95 WPHC Settling in at Honiara 99 News of the Small-Ships ... 101 Gold Find in Tonga? 109 New Guinea Can Grow First- Class Coffee 119 Training Natives to Doctor Natives H 3 Developing the Citrus Industry in the Cooks 115 OBITUARY: Henry Aporo Williams, Madame Brunsch wig; R. Farquhar, Laurie Henderson; Vernon Leunig; Bishop Le Cadre; Mrs. D.
Campbell; Edgar Leetag 121-122 Bock Charged with Fraud .. 122 New Caledonia Wants Workers 123 Crime in the New Hebrides .. 124 Markham River Bridge is Under Way 127 New Clutch Industry for Papua 128 Religious Dissension On Niue 128 Bags of Beer for New Caledonia 129 Kelvinbank Lost 139 The Cession Obelisk 134 Commerce, Markets, etc 149