Replacing

Polynesia’S Very

Valuable Journal

rHE Journal of the Polynesian Society, published quarterly in Wellington, New Zealand, con ;ains in its last issue the usual in vesting and valuable collection of naterial.

There is an examination of the Polynesian myths and songs of the jeople of Uvea, in the Melanesian ;roup named Loyalty Islands —showng how Polynesians from Wallis island settled in Uvea a long time igo. Dr. Marshall Laird, who has >een for some time in and about he New Hebrides, seeking clues to ;xplain why malaria stops dead at 80° longitude, instead of extending ;ashwards into Fiji and Polynesia, lescribes how he discovered in the 'Jew Hebrides an ancient head :arved from stone. Artifacts found n the Chatham Islands are ex tmined by experts. Other experts liscuss the Polynesian family ystem as seen in Ka-’u, Hawaii.

This Journal is now in its 62nd r ear of useful life.

Prince Tugi Takes Kava in

American Samoa

AT RIGHT: Crown Prince Tugi of Tonga was welcomed to Eastern Samoa on his arrival at Pago Pago February 25, at an ava ceremony (called kava else where in Polynesia) as guest of Governor Barrett Lowe, and the High Chiefs. In this photo Prince Tugi is receiving ava.

On right is Chief Misa, and in white is Mr. John Cool, Samoan Affairs Officer.

Photo by Emec, Pago Pago.

Cook Islanders

Replacing

Europeans

Mr. K. Kapi, a Rarotongan teacher who for several months was Acting Resident Agent at Manihiki , Cook Islands, pending the appointment of a permanent RA, who too is a Polynesian a Rarotongan doctor. The Cook Island Administra tion is trying to use local Cook Islanders wherever possible in posts which once were regarded as European. Kapi is a Mangaian, but has spent most of his life in Rarotonga.