Contents

No. 1. Vol. XXXI.

August, 1960

PEOPLE: Personal Paragraphs of Islands' Interest 5 Fiji's Battle of the Sugar-Cane 17 A Timetable for Burns Plan of Reform 18 Calwell Party Visit Raises NG Blood Pressure 19 Norfolk Island and BSIP have Legco Birth Pangs 20 Europeans and Western Samoa Citi

zenship 22

Another Oopa for Paris 22 The Long-term View of Copra 23 COMMENTARY; A Look at the Pacific and World Affairs 25 The Editors' Mailbag 27

Territories' Talk-Talk 29

It was a Wild Night at Avatiu 33 Those Cock-eyed New Guinea Ideas 35 More Hotels, Fewer Tourists In Fiji with R. W. Robson 39 The 10 Tambus of NG Film Censor

ship 45

SYDNEYSIDER At Home Base 49 New Angles on Robert Louis Ste venson 55

Fred Archer Differs with the Experts 57 A Tribute to the Late W. W. Cameron 60 RNZAF Sunderlands Still Doing a Vital Job 65 Who Were the Guilty Men of Rabaul Tragedy? 73

Magazine Section:

Tropicalities, 77; Saibai is Sinking, 79; Two Men with Islands Stories, 80; Norfolk Is. Had a Merchant Navy, 82; Book Reviews 84 This Month's News of Ships and Yachts 97 PACIFIC REPORT: Round-up of the Month's News and Pictures (Index p. 17) 113

Obituaries: G. S. Hill; Mrs. J.

Dutton; Paul Boutonnet; Percy S.

Allen; W. W. Cameron; J. P.

Maharaj; Nihlu; Francis Joseph; M.

K. Swamy 145 Sports Review 146 Shipping and Airways Timetables 149 Commerce and Produce 157