Remember ?

Do You Remember ?

In the European summer ai

early autumn of 1940, German

threw 1,000-plane raids again

Britain, and the RAF went up knock them out of the sky. T:

daily score of RAF triumphs w

the nearest thing we had to Ti cricket that year , and as Septeml

lengthened fear of a Nazi invasii

of Britain faded —at least for th year. Here are some other extraa

from “PIM” of September, 1940:

In the Pacific, while “war” still mes “Europe”, there were fateful events the French Colonies which had been « off from the homeland by the events?

June. By September, and led by M. He: Sautot, who had been French Residi Commissioner in the New Hebrides, tt had all rid themselves of pro-Vic elements and had declared for Free Frai and General de Gaulle. (The plebec held in Tahiti and French Polynesia : suited in 18 votes for Petain’s governme and an overwhelming 5,564 for de Gaull * * * Editorialised “PIM”: “It is becoming t parent that the whole of the Brit; Empire east of Suez—India, Ceylt Malaya, Burma, Australia, New Zealai South and East Africa and the Pac: Islands—are going to be organised Great Britain into a tremendous v machine that will attack Italy and Gi many through the Middle East a Northern Africa.” Wishful thinking p haps; but the interesting thing is ti then Britain had an Empire, and call it such. If a backs-to-the-wall call w out today who would be in it? Austral New Zealand and, of course, the Pae; Islands. * * * Pan American Airways’ giant Boe; Clipper flying-boat was making regui fortnightly flights across the Pacific—£ Francisco, Honolulu? Canton Is., Noun and Auckland—carrying passengers, ms and freight. It was “a development great historic interest”. * * * There might have been a war for h the world, but things went on norma elsewhere. Australian tourists actua cruised to Tahiti in the Matson lii “Monterey” where they were met by “Mariposa”, cruising with Amerio tourists from San Francisco. The tour) then changed ships, returned to their spective homes, leaving Tahiti a v 1 welcome 15,000 dollars better off. * * * Many were the ways in which plant) and other coconut experts in the Soi Seas tried to get the copra industry—jr about down-and-out because there was European demand and no ships to mi it, anyway—onto its feet. Mr. G.

Loudon of Papua came up with the i«i of getting a copra factory-ship that woe service the territories of the SW Paa and at the same time produce oil s other by-products. It was pointed that factory ships attached to whali fleets did precisely this. * * * News had been received from Tal, that proved that the age of chivalry honour—was not dead. Two local Freni men fought a duel, not over a fair lao reputation but because one had called * other a Fifth Columnist. After the latf had been punctured twice in the a?j honour was considered satisfied.