Pacific Islands Monthly

The Newspaper-Magazine of the South Seas

Distributed in AUSTRALIA , NEW ZEALAND and the following PACIFIC ISLANDS:

Australian Territories: Papua. Norfolk Is.

Cocos Is.

Anst. Trustee Territories: New Guinea.

Nauru.

British Protectorates: Solomon Is. Tonga.

British Crown Colonies: Fiji. Gilbert & Ellice.

N.Z. Territories: Cook Is. Niue.

N.Z. Trust Territory. W. Samoa.

French Territories: N. Caledonia. French Oceania.

Anglo-French Condominium: New Hebrides.

U.S. Territories: E. Samoa. Hawaii.

U.S. Trust Territory: Micronesia (Caroline, Marshall and Mariana).

Dutch Territory: W. New Guinea.

A Product of Pacific Publications Pty. Ltd., Technipress House, 29 Alberta Street, Sydney. (29 Alberta Street is 10 yards from the intersection of Goulburn Street and Wentworth Avenue.)

Contributions;

Articles, Stories, and Photographs dealing •with Pacific Islands subjects are Invited and will be paid for on publication.

Subscription Rates:

In Australia and New Zealand and Australian, NZ, and British Pacific Islands . .. £ 1 4 0 New Caledonia, Tahiti .. .. £ 1 7 0 Elsewhere .. .. 3Vs US Dollars £1 10 0

TELEPHONES: General Business, Editorial, Advertising, Subscriptions: MA 9197.

MA 9198.

G.P.O. Box 3408, Sydney.

Registered Address for Telegrams, Radio grams. and Cables: “Pacpub," Sydney.

Editor and Publisher: R. W. ROBSON.

Assistant Editor: JUDY TUDOR.

Business Manager: SELWYN HUGHES.

Representative In Polynesia:

J. P. Shortall, Room 3, Ist Floor 22 Swanson St., Auckland, N.Z. (P.O. Box 5179 Wellesley St., Auckland.) Tel.: 43.307.

Representative In London, U.K.:

J. T. Wallis, 13 Rood Lane, London, E.C.3., England.

MELBOURNE OFFICE: Newspaper House, 247 Collins St.—Tel.: Cent. 2053.

AGENTS: All main trading firms and stores in the Pacific Islands.

Vol. XXIV. No. 11.

June, 1954

PRICE; 2/- Per Copy.