Contents:

EDITORIAL: Colonel Nasser Drops the Cold War’s Biggest Brick :; The Case For Better Quality Copra 17, 18 N. Guinea’s DC3’s Are Un safe for the Duke 19 N. Hebrides—so Years a Condominium 19 Fiji No Longer Hears the Australian 9 o’clock News 20 P-NG’s Asst. Administrator Calls Quits After 2 Years 21 Nadi Airport “Closed for Repairs” 21 Editors’ Mailbag 22 French Colonies Will Have Universal Suffrage .. .. 22 Culture-Pearls To Be Made In NW Australia 22 Lack of Information Annoys Oil Search Shareholders 24 Waria Syndicate Fights On 27 Outlin° of the Suez-Aswan Trouble 29 Territories Talk-Talk .. .. 31 New Sources of Phosphate Needed in Pacific 37 Papua-New Guinea Diary— Month’s News Summary from the Territory .. .. 38 Colour and Romance in the Long Life of Count Goedicke Van Asten ... 45 Tea Drinking is Out at Neighbourhood Circles in Cook Is 50 Muslims Won’t Participate —But Rest of Fiji Goes to Polls 51 Boffins Are Moving In—Pre parations for Geophysical Year 53 Makea Family Service to Cook Is 58 Fiji Residents See “Things” in the Sky 59

This Month’s News of Pacific Shipping and Cruising Yachts 61 The Buyers Call the Tune— Unilever Leading in De mand for Better Copra.

Stricter Grading 69 Crazy Weather—Sun Spots, Not Atom Bombs 77

Magazine Section:

Tropicalities, 81; The Case of the Bare Footprint, 83: 8-Point Plan for Happy Sex Life, 84; The Heathen of Bora Bora, 85; How to Begin Stamp Collecting .. 87 Why Should British Run From Singapore Chinese? 95 Tomatoes Are Cl Favourite Crop 115 Pacific Shell Regulations Need Revision .. .. 126 Echoes of Australian Typhoid Scar e—A Failure-into- Success Story 137 £U Million Meat Bill —Scope for Cattle Industry in

P-Ng 139

NG is Reservoir of Aus tralian Encephalitis .. .. 143 Boxing Boom In Fiji .. .. 145 Central Pacific Airline Flurries —H.-Bombs and Women 149 Stock Market Information on Islands’ Industries 151 Mr. Van Campen Declares Second American War of Independence 155 OBITUARY: Lady Maraia Vosawale: Mrs. R. West brook; Mr. F. R. Jolley .. 158 For Pacific Radio Amateurs 161 The Papeete Flag Incident 165 Islands’ Produce Information 168