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Hasty Re-Alignment of Our Defences Against the Reds .. 9 Samoans Face Task of De signing Own Administration 11 Territorians Show Disinterest in Local Politics 12 Drover Crash —Lapse of Memory Blamed 13 Minister Webb Goes off to London 13 Direct Tax Proposed for W.
Samoa 13 Editors’ Mailbag 14 Problems of S. Pacific—SPC’s 13th Session this Month .. 15 Do you Remember? Extracts from PIM of 20 Years Ago .. 15 New Governor Arrives in Papeete 15 Greeks Fail in Australian Pearling Industry 17 Planters Present Their Case to Australian Tariff Board . 17 Territories Talk-Talk 20 Two “Outsiders” for P-NG Administration Jobs 24 From Notes Made in NG Central Highlands 27 Timber Prom Over the Busu — Lae’s New Industry 35 Tours Are Out for Fiji Foot ballers 37 Copra Prices Down—MOF Plan ters Now in Happy Position . 39 Big Co.’s Seek NG Cocoa Plantations 42
Rhinoceros Beetles Prefer Big Ships? 45 Mayor McFarlane, of Suva, Will Retire 46 Tuna Prove Coy Around Palmyra 50 British Preference Tariff to Re main in W. Samoa 51 Fiji’s 3rd Party Car Insurance 54 New Guinea Meat Industry .. 55 Papuan Crayfish Venture—ln Trouble Again 57 Fiji Tourism Must be Based on Existing Hotels 58 Kitione Lave Beaten in Mel bourne 59 Treeless Highlands 63 Notes Made Here and There in the Cooks 65
Magazine Section: Topi
calities, 77; Brief Sojourn— An Account of Norfolk Is.
Life, 81; The High Seat of Abundance, 83; Book Re views, 84.
NG’s Galip Nut—lnquiries from Hawaii 98 For Pacific Radio Amateurs .. 101 Lae or Madang for NG High lands Outlet? 103 News of the Smallships .. .. 105 Low-Wage Copra Plays Small Part in Margarine Price .. 119 News Items from our Corres pondents in P-NG 121 Canberra’s Fumbling Policies in New Guinea 131
Legality of 1895 Marriage .. 133 Fiji-Indian Policeman’s Bravery Award 134 French Governor Walks Out of Meeting 135 More Water for Rabaul’s Come and-get-it Supply 137 OBITUARY: Dr. Edwin Hunt; M. Leon Varney; W. A.
MacGregor; Mrs. M. Lynch; Mrs. Muriel Beverige; John W. Caldwell; Mrs. G. Step hens: Madame A. Malinow ski; Ua Tama; T. M. Bryce; Mrs. Shri Ramon; E. S.
Weaver; Canon R. Rook; Mrs. M. Levien; .. .. 139-14 C Final Sale of P-NG Coastal Fleet 145 Living Space for Gilbertese in
Bsip 147
New Guinea in 1896 14* They Still Talk About Land Settlement Scheme in P-NG 155 Sydney Cocoa Price Falls £lOO in a Month 15^ Papua’s Hidden Valley Hidden No Longer 15{ New Pacific Airservices “Be ginning to Move” 15J Heavy Costs Make Trading Difficult in P-NG 16: NZ “Protected Persons” But No Home in NZ 16!
Oil and Labourers—Possibilities in NG 16: War on Agricultural Pests in
P-Ng 16;
Commercial, Markets, Etc. .. 16-