Contents:

PEOPLE: Personal Para graphs of Islands’ Interest 5 First Shots Fired In The South Pacific Aviation War 17 Britain “Won’t End Colonial Rule” 17 Indonesia Issues Threats As Dutch New Guinea Talks Begin 18 Long Fiji Riot Inquiry Ends: Report Awaited 19 Nadi Opens Its Newer Air port 19 New Guinea Tolai Group Again Refuses To Pay Taxes 20 Guadalcanal Won’t Track Man Moons Now 20 Mr. G. R. Powles Appointed To Post In India 21 Acting Prime Minister For West Samoa 21 Will Samoa Join The British Commonwealth? 21 Fiji Plans To Restrict Hotel Hours 22 Future of New Zealand Terri tories Department “Under Discussion” 22 New Hebrides Take-over Rumour Denied In Noumea 23 La Perouse Relics Presented To Vila Cultural Centre .. 23

Commentary: A Look At

Pacific And World Affairs 25 The Editors’ Mailbag 26 These Are The Men Who Made The Burns Report 29 New Caledonia’s Drought Dries Up The Yate Dam 31 There Are Some Bright Spots In The Pearly Gloom 33 An Islands Correspondent Takes A Look At New Zea land Life 35

Territories Talk-Talk

With Tolala 37 Were Limpet Mines Used In Rabaul? 37 This American Went Where The Walnut Grows ... 43 Australian Sappers In The New Hebrides: Clean-up Month 45 A Correspondent Surveys The New Britain Drink Problem 53 A Visit To The Wonders Of The Great Astrolabe Reef 61 Some Untapped Islands Re sources 67 American Samoa’s Future .. 67 Sydneysiders’ WALKABOUT 69 The New Guinea Highlands Have A Foreward Look .. 75

Magazine Section:

Tropicalities, 81; Crossquiz, 82; Islands Painter With A Paris Reputation, 83; Brett Hilder’s Profile, 84; There’s A Better Way To Bait A Hook, 84; Do You Remember? 85; Anything For A Free Ride, 86; Mystic Mortlock Islanders, 87; Book Reviews 88 The Month’s News Of Ships And Yachts 101

Pacific Report: Round

up Of Pacific News And Pictures (index p. 17) .. 117

Obituaries: Mr. Eric

Riechelmann; Mr. Rasual Buksh; Bishop Walter Badeley; Mr. Frederick Green; Mrs. Sheba Austen; Mr. Angus Maddock; Mr.

Llewellyn Tracey; Pastor Tupe; Mr. Ernest Stanfield 151 Sports Review 153 Shipping and Airways Time tables 155 Commerce and Produce .. 162