Pacific Islands Monthly
p. 13 · Read in the full issue
Contents:
No. 6. Vol. XXV.
January, 1955
Editorial: “What the South Seas See in the Dawn of 1955” 13 Copra Price for 1955 .. .. 15 Hurricane Alerts Fiji .. .. 15 Coral Route With Land Planes . . 15 Why Not a United Samoa Now? 16 Fiji-Indians for S-W Pacific 17 Norfolk Island Aflame Against Canberra Taxation 17 Editors’ Mailbag 18 Licence Trouble for South Seas Hotel .. .. 19 E. Highlands Plain Talk to Official Land Systems Under Fire 19 Use of Pidgin in S-W Pacific 20 Jap Mortuary Ship in NG 21 With Mataafa Dissenting Bitterly Samoa Adopts Self-Government Plan .. 23 War Within Sight of P-NG 24 Fiji Chief is First Leg Co.
Speaker 25 Territories Talk-Talk . .. 26 Income Taxation to be Over hauled in BSIP 29 Rabaul Home-Builders Not Encouraged 32 Fiji LegCo.’s Provocative Session 33 Marked Increase Shown in P-NG Exports 36 Current News Items from Our Correspondents in
P-Ng 37
Operation Small-Fry Islands Children Fly Home for Xmas or Have Parties in Sydney 46 ASOPA Reorganisation Training of Officers for P-NG Service 51 Rhino Beetle Destruction in Wallis Group 62 Little Demand for Islands Ginger .. 63 Will the Choice be Between Ramie or Kenaf? .. .. 65 What lonisphere Research Does for Radio 69
In the Cooks, Copra is Not King 74 MAGAZINE: Tropicalities, 77; It’s Timber and Fish at Vanikoro, 80; Charlie Meets Sir Isaac, 81, This Month’s New Reading, 83.
News of the Smallships .. 97 Restoring an Ancient Marae in Tahiti 109 By Frigate-Bird Post—A Reply From Polynesia .. 11l For Pacific Radio Amateurs 121 Tonkinese Problem in New Caledonia 122 Rabaul Chinese in Ferment Over Land Allocation .. 127 32 Graduates of CMS in 1954 129 P-NG Honours Loyal Natives 131 Sogeri Produces 17 New Teachers 134 Oil and Gold in 1954 .. .. 135 Pago Cannery Again Operating 141 OBITUARY: Albert Leboucher; Sister Wilkins: Jean Simon; R. Dixon; Miss S. V. Gloster; W. H.
Ramsay; P. W. Glover; M.
Carrick; E. J. Bradnam: George Batty; S. Powell; Pastor Matuata: The Rev.
Bro. Pamphilius; Mrs.
Emmaline Maclean; T. C.
Phillips: Mrs. M. E. Goss: Vilai Tupou 143-145 Brent and the Hallstrom Butterfly Collection .. .. 146 Markham Bridge Open for Traffic 149 Australia May Lose Islands Boat-building Industry .. 149 Talk of Price Control in Rabaul 150 Fiji’s Anti-TB Campaign .. 155 Agricultural Education Helping Fijians to Help Themselves 157 Commerce, Markets, .. .. 160