Pacific Islands Monthly
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Contents:
No. 10 Vol. XXV
May, 1955
Editorial: Islands Develop ment and Visionary Min isters Especially Aus tralian 13 Fijians to Return from Malaya 14 P-NG Public Service Goes to Arbitration 15 Western Samoa’s Income Tax 16 P-NG Oil Search Omati No. 1 Abandoned 17 BSPs Practical Steps to En courage Mining Enterprise 17 Editors’ Mailbag 18 Fiji’s Losing Fight Against Oryctes Rhinoceros .. .. 19 Extraordinary Population Growth in W. Samoa .. 20 Do You Remember—Extracts From PIM of 20 Years Ago 20 P-NG Will Benefit As Aus tralian Rice Millers “Come Into Line” 21 Couple Allege They Were “Chased Out Of Pago” .. 21 NG Land—*No Priority for Chinese 23 Leave Grants for Fiji’s Civil Service 24 Noumea Strike 25 Territories Talk-Talk .. .. 26 P-NG Advisory Councils .. 31 News From Correspondents
In P-Ng 33
Asiatic Miners In NC ... 47 Hurricane Busters Fail .. .. 51 Mrs. R. L. Stevenson’s Diary 53 Education in Fiji 57 Jap Fishermen in New Hebrides 67 Fiji Police Commission ... 73 Rarotongan Cycling .. .. 75
Magazine Section:
Rupert Brook. Memories, 79; “Charley and the Tourist,” 81; This Month’s New Reading 83 Rarotonga’s Freezer 86 New Caledonia’s Cobalt .. 98 News of the Smallships .. 101 P-NG Plant Quarantine .. 115 Rehabilitation of Fijian Servicemen 119 Duva Fishing in Fiji 121 Fiji’s Cigarette Industry .. 123 Suva Wharf Congestion .. 126 New Caledonia’s Economy .. 127 Fiji Leprosy Hospital .. .. 132 OBITUARY; N. W. Towson, Dr. D. W. Hoodless, G. C.
Barratt, G. M. Hennings, Mrs. H. E. Waddingham, A. W. Broodbank, J. Barber, A. S. de Montalk, H.
Stuchbury, Moutairi Pe, N Zorab, J. Douglas, Fr. J.
Chesneau, Fr. J. Oger .. 133 Modernising NC Nickel In dustry is Costly 141 Suva Wharf Labour Muddle Not Settled 142 Pidgin English Question .. 145 Inter-Samoan Sports .. .. 147 Notes for Radio Amateurs.. 149 Gauguin Painting Found .. 151 News of Islands Boxers .. .. 152 Western Samoa’s Boom .. .. 153 Apia Customs List 154 Jap Tuna Packers and US US Legislation 155 Tafuna Airport 157 French Oceania Slump .. 158 Commercial and Markets .. 160