Contents:

Editorial: The SPC and Problems of the South Pacific 17 Western Samoan Elections— -11 Europeans For Five Seats 18 Clarification Needed On Entry Policy For NG Asians 19 Govt. Gravely Embarrassed By Fiji Drinking Permit System 20 Do You Remember—Extracts From PIM Of 20 Years Ago 20 New Zealander Is the New Executive Head Of SPC Commission 21 Editors’ Mailbag 22 Australia Supports Nether lands In NG 23 More British Bombs At Christmas Island 23 Tariff Board Announcement On Papuan Rubber 24 Port Moresby Revisited—By a Roving Editor 24 New Caledonia Elects New Cabinet 25 Moko Remains On Pitcairn 25 Territories Talk-Talk .. .. 25 5-Day Week For P-NG Public Service 29 P-NG Affairs Given Priority At RSSAILA Congress .. 30 New Plan To Develop Misima’s Big Lodes 33 Rarotonga Rendezvous For Gipsies Of the Sea 38 This Month’s News of Ship ping and Cruising Yachts 41 The Man Who Mothered the Ccastwatchers Has Retired 50 Glowing Menace In Fiji’s Unsolved Problems Says Old Resident 53 New Hebrides Reaction Over Revalued Franc 56 A NG Kon Tiki Effort Failed 57 UNO “Dragged Into Tapini Affair” 58 The Three Mt. Albert Edward Crosses Of Fr. Dubuy ... 62

Fiji Declares War On Starl ings 67 Platitudes Or Positive Action —What is Mr. Menzies Doing About “Staying In New Guinea”? 67 Column For Stamp Collectors 73

Magazine Section:

Tropicalities, 77; £l2/10/- a Month and a Boot Allow ance, 79; New Guinea’s Most Unusual Public Ser vant, 80; The Pacific’s An Ocean Without a Poet, 82; Book Reviews 84 Michener’s New Book Tells Of Rascals Out Of Pacific’s Past 99 A Film About NG That Should Be Different .. .. 106 Avarua and Wellington Are Edgy About Alpers .. .. 107 Dept. Quotes Impressive Figures To Show Big Changes In P-NG 11l New Hebrideans Still Keen Jon Frummers 129 A Guide To NG Living— and How To Get On With the Boy 133 Capt. Ladd’s Service Does Well In NZ 134 Mr. Bidesi Land Sale En livens Suva Town Council Elections 135 OBITUARY: Mr. Herbert E.

Haynes; Mr. lan Louden; Mr. Morton Willmott .. 143 Retirement From Fiji Of Mr. G. K. Roth 147 BSIP Plantation Deal ..149 One Week’s Sugar Strike .. 149 STC Reflects Profitable Trading .. *53 The Month’s Commercial Notes 155 Honiara Murder Case 15& Produce Prices and Markets 160