Pacific Islands Monthly
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Contents:
No. 2 Vol. XXVI
September, 1955
Rabaul Manslaughter Charge Dropped 8 Editorial: Reassessment of South Pacific Respon sibilities Now Desirable .. 13 Australia Loosens Purse- Strings in Grant for P-NG 15 Fijian Boys’ Perilous Voyage by Canoe 16 Do You Remember? —Extracts from PIM 20 Years Ago 16 Noumea Debates Possible French Army Move .. .. 17 The Editors’ Mailbag .. .. 18 Philippines Copra Confer ence 19 Island Ships Have Changed 20 Miss Evelyn Cheeseman’s Work in New Hebrides .. 21 Promising New Gold Signs in Solomons 23 Manus Islanders’ Heroism .. 24 No Diving at Manihiki in 1956 25 Territories Talk-Talk .. .. 27 Indonesian Open Season for New Guinea 33 GEIC Resident Commissioner Replies to Critic 35 Fifteen Nations at TB Con ference 36 Methods of Fiji Police Re viewed 37 Double Mercy Flight for Niue Islander 40 News Items from Our P-NG Correspondents 41 Fijians Study Samoan Banana Industry 50 Cook Islands Citrus Trade Statistics 53 Flies in Ointment of P-NG Prosperity 54 Three-Year Study of Pan danus in Islands 58 PWD Inquiry Starts at Apia 59
Fish-preserving Techniques
for Islands People 63 Britain, America and Pacific Defence 67 More Views on Mangaian Hospitality 70 Boost Planned for Fiji’s Banana Trade 74
Magazine Section;
Tropicalities, 77; Nesting Time for Terns, 78; When
Germans Attacked Papeete, 79; Lorries Ply Where Battle of Tarawa Raged, 81; The Very Long Arm of the Savings Bank, 82; This Month’s New Reading .. 83 New Hebrides Trader McLeod Defended 86 Islands History Exchange Suggested 91 Story Behind Samoan Spirit-Casting 93 A European and a Tongan Speak Their Minds 97 News of the Small-Ships .. 101 Navigation Was Exact Science to Ancient Voyagers 113 Meeting Complaints About Islands Copra 117 Samoan Setting for Film About Gilberts 119 Old Friends and New In Papua-New Guinea .. .. 121 More Flying-boat Cruises to Island Ports 127 Controversy on Origin of Coconuts 129 Postage Stamp Tributes to Island Figures 130 Fijian Boxers May Go to Olympiad 133 The Cat Island Tale 134 French Pacific Islands’
Exports Rise in Value ... 137 Suva Police Statement Dilutes Recent “Panic” .. 138 More Education for Non- Europeans in P-NG .. .. 139 OBITUARY: Lady des Voeux, Miss Phyllis Abel, Orator-Chief Leo s o, C.
Stergios, O. C. Ludolph, A. O’Rourke, Mrs. Madge Hammond 141 New Subdivision in Micronesia 142 No Relaxation of Land Ban on P-NG Civil Servants .. 143 For Pacific Radio Amateurs 145 Fiji May Ask for Trade Co-operation 146 Problems and Planners in
P-Ng 149
More Indian Views on Fiji’s Constitution 151 Amended P-NG Labour Laws on the Way 155 Village Tax Defaulters Gaoled 157 Commercial and Markets .. 160