Pacific Islands Monthly
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Contents:
No. 7. Vol. XXIX
February, 1959
PEOPLE: Personal Para graphs of Islands’ Interest 1 New Year Weather Havoc in the Islands 13 The NG Bukas Haven’t Paid Their Taxes 14 P-NG Makes a Plea to Post pone Income Tax 15 But Some New Guineans Want To Be a Seventh State 16 New Aircraft, New Air Route, But NG Still Not Happy .. 17 New Set-up in the French Union 17 UNO Visitors for the Pacific 18 Overloaded Vessels Flirt With Death 19 Copra Buyers Are Grabbing At Every Ton 19 NG’s New Waterfall 19
Commentary: The Pub
lisher and the Editors Look At Pacific Affairs. .. 21 The Editors’ Mailbag ... 23
Territories Talk-Talk
With Tolala 27 Cost of Fiji’s Public Service Leave ..••• 29 HOME BASE: Sydneysider Reports 32 Comparison of NG, BSIP Taxes 32 Savusavu; Fiji’s Neglected Paradise NG Coffee: A Full Review .. 37 Samoan Coffee For Australia 37 FIJI TALANOA; Vakatawa Talks Of This and That .. 43
Now’s the Time For a Tuna Industry! 49 Tick Case: Verdict For M. J.
Leahy 51 Indian View On the Indian Problem 53 Puri Oil: Letter From An Expert 55 Problem Child Of Fiji’s North-west 61 How Radioactive Are the Cooks? .. .. 65 The Need For Trade In formation 67 New Books Examine NG and Fiji History 69 How To Create Confusion With An Annual Report .. 75 This Hotel Grows Its Own .. 77 Father of the Pacific Copra Trade 79
Magazine Section:
Tropicalities, 81; Crossquiz, 82; Nauru Reborn, 83; Hurricane That Stopped a War, 84; Brett Hilder Profile, 86; Eddie and His Planners, 86: Perils of the Sea, 87; Do You Remember? 87; Book Reviews 88 The Month’s News of Ships and Yachts 101
Pacific Report: Round-
Up of Pacific News and Pictures (Index p. 15) ... 115 OBITUARY: Mr. Harry Penn; Mr. R. C. G. D.
Higginson; Rev. Matthew van Stijn; Mrs. Edward Gosnell; Mrs. Alice Marsh, Mr. G. G. Smith 153 Sports Review 155 Shipping and Airways’ Tables 159 Commerce and Produce .. .. 169