Pacific Islands Monthly

Contents

No. 8. Vol. XXV

March, 1955

Editorial: Recent Events — Assess Them for Yourself 13 Prince Tugi Gathers Head lines 14 New Airlines in Polynesia 14 Waria Syndicate Claim Rejected 15 NZ and Australian Attitude to Mixed-Blood Residents 16 Solents Grounded —Disruption of Coral Route ... 17 Wreath Removed N.

Guinea RSL Gets Scold ing 17-129 Papua Oil Bore Nearly 3 Miles Deep 18 Jap Soldiers Come out of Jungle 18 Pidgin for Official Schools 18 Fiji’s Tourist Bottle-Neck in Suva 19 Pacific Volcanoes Active .. 19

Editors’ Mailbag .. 20-123

What To Do With Maui Pomare 21 TEAL Claims Big Profit— but Position Obscure ... 23 Copra Is King in P-NG .. 24 Plea For Infamous Bucca neer 27

Month’S Events In

P-Ng 28-97

Territories Talk

Talk 29

NZ Minister in West Samoa 33 Ants in Solomons .. .. .. 34 Cattle Prospects in N.

Guinea 35 NG Natives Encouraged to Plant 39 Problem of Pidgin-English Spelling 41 He Trapped Rabaul Criminal 45 BSI to Woo Private Enter prise 49 NG Land Reforms Move Slowly 57

SDA Missionaries in Suva 61 Wax From Sugar Cane .. 62 Pacific Islands Phosphate Supplies 67 Fijian Must Learn to Work 70 Education Problems, G. & E. 73

Magazine Section:

Tropicalities, 77; Artifacts of Tahiti, 77; Tales of an Adventurous Duck, 79; How The Japs Came Back To Rabaul, 80; Legionaire Teaches Apia Children .. 83 Tonga’s Political System 85-140 Cost of Colombo Plan ... 89 Canning of Citrus 91

News Of Smallships 101

News Of Cruising

Yachts 109

What Credit Union Does .. 114 Rabaul as Cinderella 117 Presentation: Mr. E. V. Crisp 121 French High Commissioner in NH 128

Notes For Radio

Amateurs 131

Papua’s Primitive Men .. 132 Value and Future of Coconut 133 Britain’s Difficult Role in S. Pacific 137 Fiji Population, 330,000 .. .. 143 OBITUARY: W Spowart; S.

A. Bull; J. O. Christmas: Mrs. W. G. Ferris; T, Harris; Chas. Procter; T. a Huiotu; I. Freiboth; Major T. M. Southey; J.

M. P. Fretton; Pastor Pouesi; Mrs. W. Hazzard; A. J. Eastway; Mrs, Siua Moa; G. Bird; C. A.

Anunsen.

Fiji’s Kai Lomo 149 You Fan As You Fly .. .. 153 Tribute to Mautake 154