Pacific Islands Monthly
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Contents:
No. 7 Vol. XXVI
February, 1956
Two Companies Will Provide Air Cruises to Pacific This Year 12 EDITORIAL: Is the Tax- Gatherer’s Eye On New Guinea? 17 Editors’ Mailbag 18 Copra Prices Still “Tentative” 19 New Governor for New Caledonia 19 Implementation of New Carpenter-Hedstrom Alli ance 19 British Justice Gets An Air ing—The Four Days Wonder of the Poole Trial 20 Inquiry Into Joyita Mystery 81 Fiji Had a “Gale” 22 This Month These People Made Sydney News 22 Do You Remember? Extracts from PIM of 20 Years Ago 23 Australian Water Front Strike and S-W Pacific Food Supplies 24 Shipping Mysteries in a Sea of Journalism 25 Four Delegates, 6 Secretaries in UN Visiting Mission .. 25 When a Plane Crashes in the Jungle 27 Territories Talk-Talk .. .. 31 Fiji’s First Cocoa Estate .. 34 P-NG’s New Knight Will Be “Sir Beaumont” 35 Fifty-six P-NG Natives at Australian Schools 36 Another Year for Rouna Falls Electricity 39 Current News Items From Correspondents in P-NG 41 Territorian Visits United Nations 49 Which Pacific Fish Are Poisonous —and When .. 52 16-years-old NG Explorers .. 53 More Reclamation Work in Suva Area 55 Ancient Ceremony Revived at Installation of Fijian Roko Chemical and Mechanical Treatment of Coffee Beans 57
Rabaul’s Most Popular Game—Baseball Photo graphs 60 Fear of Coffee Slump ... 63 Waria Syndicate’s Claim — Formal Appeal to Australia 67 Dutch Won’t Discuss West NG With Indonesians ... 70 Matson’s Programme a Wel come Addition to Pacific Routes 71 RNZAF On Missions of Mercy 74
Magazine Section:
Tropicalities, 77; Hurricane Season, 79; Women Were His Tabu, 80; Book Reviews 83 Rubber Outlook Is Still Good 87 Bringing Fijians from Feudal ism to Individualism in One Generation 89 News of the Smallships .. 98 Ultimate Fate of Sidi Ben Ybussef 123 Polio Outbreak in Tokelaus 124 Last Link With De Rays Horror 127 Tonga’s Champ Has Troubles 128 Tongan Premier May Visit Japan 135 A “Drought” at Lae 136 Ex-Jap Property for Sale in New Caledonia 139 Third South Pacific Confer ence in Suva in April .. .. 141 Subsidy for P-NG Cattle Importers 143 OBITUARY: Alfred Cowley; Capt. F. K. Allen; RuareiA.
Toomaru, Clinton Chap man; Dr. Charles Dawson; Commander W. Burrows; Mrs. Howard King .. 145-146 Fiji Battalion’s Fine Malaya Record 147 Easter Islanders Continue World Tour 150 Fiji Again Bought More Than It Sold 156 Fr. Oceania Re-elects Poovanaa A. Oopa .. .. 157 Markets Information 160