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Editorial; Another Elizabethan Age—Perhaps 9 Islanders Celebrate the Corona tion 11 Suva Says Farewell to Aorangi 12 Free Copra Price Down £lo— Move Against Smoke-Dried 13 Do You Remember? Extracts from PIM of 20 Years Ago .. 13 The Anti-Beetle Campaign in Fiji—And in New Guinea .. 14 Fiji Prepares a Welcome to Royalty in December 15 Rightist Council for Noumea— May 3 Elections 15 The End of TO A 15 Significance of the Raluana Scuffle 16 Samoans Cool and Courteous to UN Party 17 Housing Loan Scheme for P-NG 18 Editors’ Mailbag 21 Key Men at SPC 27 New Guinea Women’s Club of Sydney 28 Territories’ Talk-Talk 29 Suva’s Town Bosses Do Like Trees 33 Stock Exchange Stir Over Papuan Oil Search 34 Naruta Passed in At Rabaul Auction 35
Tonga Again to have Airservice 37 Help NG Servicemen Before S-E Asia —Plea by Legislative Council Member 38 The Indian Claim to a Home in Fiji 42 “Verbosity”, Says Mr. James— The Absurd Business of “Permits” 45 Near-Tragedy at Pitcairn ... 47 Henderson Field To-day 49 Japan Declares War On Fiji’s New Button Trade 50 Lighters for Honiara 51 Lake Wisdom Eruption—Long Is. Again Deserted 53 Another Political Visitation for Nauru 55 Japanese for New Caledonia — Social Aspects of the Problem 56 Help for Cl Citrus Industry .. 57 Rabaul’s Toads and Snails — They Smell! 59 G & E Officials Visit BSIP .. 61 Export Duties on P-NG Produce 62
Magazine Section—
Tropicalities, 65; Honiara— Dwelling Place of Bods, 68; More About the O’Keefes, 71.
For Pacific Radio Amateurs .. 77 Half-million Pound Strip for Nadi 79
More Amendments to Papua- New Guinea Native Labour Ordinance £ These Were the Answers — Question Time in P-NG Legco 81 Islands that Come and Go .. 8' Some More Roads—and some Criticism—for P-NG 8!
Chimbu Labour—Shorter Term, Higher Cost 9: Hospitals for Lae and Moresby Still at Talking Stage .. .. 9‘ Relics of the Bounty are Widely Scattered 9!
Unreliable Waterfront Labour in New Guinea 10 Kenaf To-day and, Perhaps, Tomorrow 10: Status of Chinese in New Guinea Hi Small Ships of the Pacific .. .. 11: Frantic Headlines for New Guinea Occurrences 12 OBITUARY: Mr. F. Sturt; Mr.
S. V. Mackenzie; Mr, E.
Liais; Mrs. Amy Christian; Mrs. J. F. Hutchison; Mr. A.
Lyall 12 P-NG and the 5-Days Week .. 12 Pearl Shell Research 13 MV Pallurian in Brisbane for Overhaul 13 Australian Representation in French Oceania 13 Priceless Record of Bird of Paradise in National Geo graphic Magazine 13 Commercial, Markets, etc 14