Contents:

PEOPLE: Personal Para graphs Of Islands’ Interest 5 London Report: Burns Com mission Hasn’t Been Shackled By Tradition .. 17 Fiji Strike Personalities, Mohammed Tora and James Anthony 18 Season’s First Hurricane Devastates Vila 19 Will There Be A-Bombs In The French Pacific? ... 20 Wallis And Futuna Say “Yes”

At Referendum 20 West Samoa Will Have Its Draft Constitution Soon .. 20 Anger In New Caledonia Over Cancellation Of Air Services 20 The South Pacific’s Biggest Salvage Job Ends 21 Death of Cdr. R. B. M. Long 21 Sydneysider’s WALKABOUT 22 Mr. Hasluck’s New Guinea Tour: Criticism Of Rumour Mongering 23 Magic Relics In The Sepik .. 23 Dutch New Guinea and Papua-New Guinea Will Meet At Hollandia Confer ence In March 23

Commentary: A Look

At Pacific And World Affairs 25 The Editors’ Mailbag 27 L. G. Usher Reviews The Deeper Issues Of The Fiji Riots 29 David P. Ragg Says: “The Fijians Must Learn Co operation” 31

Territories Talk-Talk

With Tolala 33 Pacific Air Transport Faces A Vital Period 41

New Caledonia Confident On 1960 Nickel : 47 A Visit To Lihir Island ... 47 Background Story To Geo thermal Steam 49 The War’s Over, But Has It Ended? 53 West Samoa Battles The Home Brewer 55 Wau Puts On A Real Country Show 57 The South Pacific Will Be Part Of Project Mercury 61 Second Part Of Mr. G. T.

Roscoe’s Address On P-NG Education 65 Education In The Cooks .. 71 A Fiji Tourist Story: The 00-La-La! 73

Magazine Section:

Tropicalities, 77; Crossquiz, 78; Prettiest Girls In The Islands, 79; The Pants Economy Of Easter Island, 80; Do You Remember? 82; Sir Hubert Murray, 82; Bre"t Hilder’s Profile, 83; Book Reviews 84 The Month’s News Of Ships And Yachts 97

Pacific Report: Round

Up Of Pacific News and Pictures (Index p. 21) .. 113 OBITUARIES: Mr. Guiseppe Zavattaro; Rev. Tom Dent; Mr. Jim Hoile; Captain Julius Lundin; Commander R. B. Long, Mr. Paul Vois 145 Sports Review 147 Shipping And Airways Time- Tables 149 Commerce And Produce .. 157