Pacific Islands Monthly

Vol. XXII, No. 6 (Jan., 1952)
1952-01-01 · uncorrected OCR from NLA scans

PACIFIC ISLANDS Monthly 1952 VoU XXII. No. 6. transmission by post as a newspaper ]

Recruit For

MALAYA: The smile of this Fijian, Private Esala Seru. is typical of the lightheartedness of the new recruits of the Ist Battalion, Fiji Military Forces, who, early in January, sailed for Malaya. In Malaya they will do jungle training before going into action against the terrorists. —Photo by Rob Wright, Fiji Public Relations Office.

tim c*> to £A LAE to ' 31 i * LAE to LAE to Finschhafen.

Rabaul.

Kavieng.

Manus.

MADANG to Wabag.

Baiyer River.

Mt. Hagen.

Pt. Moresby

to Abau. • Samarai.

Esa’Ala.

Losuia.

Woodlark Is.

Deboyne Lagoon.

Pt. Moresby

to Abau.

Samarai.

Esa’Ala.

Losuia.

Rabaul.

Queen Carola Harbour.

Bukai Inus.

Kieta.

Buin.

Talasea.

Moewe Harbour.

Lindenhafen.

Jacquinot Bay.

LAE to Bulolo.

Wau.

LAE to Garaina.

LAE to Pt. Moresby.

Cairns.

Townsville.

Rockhampton.

Brisbane.

Sydney.

Pt. Moresby

» Yule Is. > Kerema. » Wana. » Kikori. t Lake Kutubu. » Lake Murray. > Daru.

Pt. Moresby

> Kokoda. » Higatura.

MADANG to > Garoka. i Kainantu. • Aiyura. i Arona. i Dumpu. i Gusap. i Madang.

NORFOLK IS. to i Sydney.

SUVA to Noumea.

Sydney.

SANTO to i Vila.

Noumea.

Sydney. --M* O If OC£A N I QANTAS’ 30 years of experience in tropical flying is at your service on almost 11,000 miles of New Guinea, Papua and Islands air routes serving over 70 points. In addition special charters are operated to any recognised landing area. Fast air cargo service to all air ports listed here „ and to any-r where in the world. QANTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS.

ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

Your Native Servant can Iron Better with a (pieman Iron M :mc . vj WBmBSSSm WSm I The big glass-smooth ironing base 16 square inches of surface of the Coleman Self-heating Iron is double pointed and heavily nickel - plated to glide smoothly and easily ove r any fabric.

The Coleman Self-heating Iron lights instantly, makes and burns its own gas, permitting continuous ironing and the fount holds one pint of fuel, sufficient for 2-j hours. The body has a blue vitreous finish which is easy to clean and keep clean. With its rust-proof body and heavily nickeled ironing surface, the Coleman Self-heating Iron will last indefinitely and. because it heats itself, the ironing can be done anywhere, ifidoors or out-of-doors.

Representatives for the Pacific Islands sT. T . s J? esT ROBERT GILLESPIE P T JL T J? ’St&fiS 1

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Inquiries Cordially Invited

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Exporters, Importers, Ship Brokers Cr Agents ASSOCIATES OP: Henderson Trippe (Philippines) Inc, Henderson Trippe Shipping Co. Inc. (Manila, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Baltimore). 173 EAGLE STREET

Brisbane, Australia

Cables: “Pacent, Brisbane.”

Pacific Islands Transport Line

Owners: Thor Dahls Hvalfangerselskap AS Sandefjord, Norway Regular Freight and Passenger Service between Pacific Coast Ports of U.S.A. and Canada and

Tahiti Samoa Fiji New Caledonia

New Hebrides

GENERAL STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, LTD.

General Agents 432 California Street, San Francisco 4, Calif., U.S.A.

Agents—South Pacific PAPEETE —Etablissements Donald Tahiti APlA—Morris Hedstrom Ltd.

SUVA—Morris Hedstrom Ltd. NOUMEA —Etablissements Ballande PORT VlLA—Comptoirs Francais des Nouvelles Hebrides SHIPPING

Time-Tables

There now are comparatively few shipping lines running on regular time-tables in the Pacific Islands. The following timelaoies are only approximately correct— they are subject to much alteration at short notice:— Sydney-Suva-N. America Canadian-Australasian liner Aorangl (17,500 tons) maintains regular twomonthly sailings—Sydney-Auckland-Suva- Honolulu-Victoria-Vancouver, and return

Rms Aorangi

Bydf .. Jan. 10 Mar. 13 May 15 Auck. .. Jan. 14-15 Mar. 17-18 May 19-20 Suva .. Jan. 18 Mar. 21 May 23 H’nTu . Jan. 25 Mar. 28 May 30 Viet. .. Jan. 31 Apl. 3 June 5 Vane. . Feb. 1-7 Apl. 4-10 June 6-12 Viet. .. Feb. 7 Apl. 10 June 12 H’nTu .. Feb. 14 Apl. 17 June 19.

Suva .. Feb. 23 Apl. 26 June 28 Auck. .. Feb. 26-28 Apl. 29- July 1-3 May 1 Syd. .. Mar. 3 May 5 July 7 Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea MV Bulolo, modern liner, sails abottt ‘very six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby-/ Bamarai - Lae - Madang - Rabaul - 3amarai-Moresby-Brisbane-Sydney.

Next departure from Sydney January 18.

N. Zealand-Fiji-Samoa-Tonga Motor vessels Tofua and Matua, from New Zealand, serve Suva (Fiji), Nukualofa and Vavau (Tonga), Niue Is., Pago Pago (American Samoa), Apia (Western 3amoa). Tofua leaves Auckland for any sr all of above ports at approx, five weeks intervals. Matua calls at Wellington and Lyttelton (NZ) and supplements Tofua’s schedule in Islands, calling at ports as lirected by owners.

Tofua scheduled to leave Auckland an next voyage on January 24.

Matua’s last sailing was scheduled January 10. from Auckland.

Details from Union SS Co.

N. Zealand-Cook Is.- Niue-Samoa Old MV Maui Pomare (40 passengers) naintains fairly regular service between ~nd and Rarotonga (Cook Islands), with alternative calls at Niue and Apia ;W. Samoa).

Details from NZ Government Shipping Dffice.

Sydney-P-NG-Solomons- Hebrides, Etc.

MV Malaita for the present will maintain a schedule from Sydney-back to Sydney via Samarai, Rabaul, Soraken, Dther ports in Buka-Bougainville, Honiara, Yandina (both in BSD Santo and Vila (New Hebrides), Norfolk Island and Lord Howe.

Next sailing from Sydney scheduled for January 25.

All details from Burns Philp & Co.

Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tahiti Vessels of Messageries Maritimes Line, coming from Marseilles, via West Indies and Panama, call about every six weeks at Papeete, Vila (New Hebrides), Noumea and Sydney, and return by same route. Details from Messageries Maritimes.

Small motor-ships Polynesien (Messageries Maritimes) and Neo Hebridais (H.

C. Sleigh, Ltd.) maintain, fairly regular service between Noumea and Sydney.

N. America-Fiji-N. Hebrides, Etc.

Norwegian motor vessel Thor I, carrying cargo and passengers land shortly to be replaced by the new and faster Thorsislei maintains a regular service between North American ports French Oceania, Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia and New Hebrides.

Details from General Steamships Corporation Ltd., 432 California St., San Francisco.

Irways Time-Tables

Trans-Pacific Services

1. Australia (or NZ)-Fiji- Hawaii-N. America

By Pan-American Airways

With Strato Clippers, using Sleeperettes and Berths Thur. and Sum—Sydney-Nadi (Fiji) - Canton Is.-Honolulu-S. Prancisco-Seattle- Portland.

Sun. and Wed.—Return via same route.

Twice weekly.—PAA run shuttle service DC4 between Nadi (Fiji) and Auckland.

By British Commonwealth Pacific

Airlines (Bcpa)

Wed. and Sat.—Sydney-Nadi (Fiji)-Canton Is.-Honolulu-S. Francisco-Vancouver. 3 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Depart: Arrive; Sydney, 7.45 pm Bris., 10.30 pm Bris., 11.40 pm Moresby, 6.30 am Moresby, 7.30 am Lae 8.50 am Depart: Arrive: Rock’ton (Tue.. Fri., Sat.), 2.25 am Townsville, 5 am Townsville, 6 am Cairns, 7.10 am Cairns, 7.40 am Cooktown, 8.35 am Cooktown, 8.55 am Moresby, 11.50 am Moresby, 12.20 pm Lae, 1.40 pm Lae, 2.15 pm Madang, 3.30 pm

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We have pleasure in offering Latest Type

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Marine And Stationary

5 H.P. 450 H.P.

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Early Delivery Competitive Prices

Particulars from : NELSON & ROBERTSON PTY. LTD. 12 SPRING STREET, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.

Cable Address: “IVAN,” SYDNEY.

Every 4th trip terminates at S. Francisco.

Mon. and first Thur.—Dep. southwards, same route. On second or alternate Thursday, flight commences at S.

Francisco.

Tues.—Dep. Auckland-Nadi-Canton-Honolulu-S. Francisco-Vancouver.

Fri.—Dep. Vancouver and S. Francisco alternatively; thence same route to Auckland.

By Canadian Pacific Airlines

(CPAL) Alternate Friday (Jan. 4, 18. etc.) Sydney-Auckland-Nadi (Fiji)-Canton Is.- Honolulu-S. Francisco-Vancouver.

Alternate Friday (Jan. 11, 25, etc.).—Return by same route.

Sectional Services In

PACIFIC 2. Sydney-New Guinea Service by Qantas Empire Airways NORTHWARDS Tuesdays, Saturdays (Skymaster) Connects at Lae with DC3’s for Wau, Bulolo (Wed); and (Sun.) Rabaul, via Lae.

Mon., Thur., Fri. (DOS's) Sydney, 7.30 pm Brisbane, 10.30 pm Brisbane, 11.30 pm Rock’ton 1.50 am (Tue., Fri., Sat.) SOUTHWARDS Tuesdays (DCS) Madang, 4 pm Lae, 5.15 pm Wednesdays (DCS) Wau, 11.30 am Lae, 12.35 pm Saturday, Thursday (DCS) Lae, 5.45 am Moresby, 7.05 am Moresby, 7.35 am Sydney, 10.15 pm Via Cairns, Towns., Brisbane, with optional call at Rockhampton.

Monday (DCS) Rabaul, 7 am Moresby, 10.20 am Moresby, 10.50 am Cairns, 2.10 pm Cairns, 3.10 pm Towns, (overnight), 4.30 pm Towns., Tues., 8.15 am Brisbane, 1 pm Brisbane, 1.45 pm Sydney, 5 pm Wednesday, Sunday (Skymaster) Lae, 10.30 am Moresby, 11.40 am Moresby, 12.40 pm Bris., 7.10 pm Bris., 8.25 pm Sydney, 11 pm 2A. Sydney-N. Guinea Service by Trans Oceanic Airways With Solent Flying-boat Sundays and Wednesdays Depart; Arrive; Sydney, 7.15 pm Bris., 10 pm Bris., 11 pm Moresby, 6.30 am Mondays and Thursdays Moresby, 9.30 am Bris., 5 pm Bris., 6 pm Sydney.. 8.30 pm This service connects at Moresby with the planes of Mandated Airlines, which provide service to all points in New Guinea. 3. N. Guinea Internal Services Operated by Qantas

Lae-Manus (Dcs)

Every Wednesday.

Dep. Lae, 8 am; Finschhaven, Rabaul, Kavieng, Manus (3 pm). 5 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Marine Workshop: Careening Cove, Sydney Harbour.

Cable Address: "Dangars." Sydney.

SI.FP 6 JANUARY. 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

Santo, Alt. Wed., Vila, Alt. Wed., 6.00 am 7.15 am Vila, Alt. Wed., Noumea, Alt. Wed., 8.15 am 10.55 am Noumea, Alt. Wed., Sydney. Alt. Wed.. 12.30 pm 7.45 pm Depart: Arrive: Sydney, Thur.

Noumea, Fri., 9.30 pm 6.30 am Noumea, Fri., 8.30 am Suva, Fri., 3 pm Suva, Sat., 6 am Noumea, Sat., 10.30 am Noumea, Sat., Sydney, Sat., 12.30 pm 7.45 pm Depart: Arrive: Sydney, Alt. Mon., Noumea, Alt. Tue., 9.30 pm 6.30 am Noumea, Alt. Tue., Vila, Alt. Tue., 8.00 am 10.35 am Vila, Alt. Tue., Santo, Alt. Tue., 12.5 pm 1.20 pm

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'Returns Saturdays (dep. 8 am), same route, arr. Lae, 2.45 pm.

Lae-Madang-General Service

[Every Monday by DC3.

LAE-MADANG-WEWAK-RABAUL-

General Service

[Every Thursday by DC3.

MORESBY-DARU (Catalina) Via Yule Is., Kerema, Wana (optional); Kikori, L. Kutubu. —Every alternate Wednesday; returning same day.

MORESBY-EAST PAPUA (Catalina) Alternate Monday.—Dep. 9 am—Abau- Samarai-Esa’ala-Losuia (overnight).

Alternate Tuesday.—Return to Moresby, via Deboyne Lagoon, Samarai, and Abau.

MORESBY-NEW BRITAIN- BOUGAINVILLE In Alternate Weeks, by Catalina Alternate Monday.—Moresby- Abau-Samarai-Esa’ala-Losuia-Rabaul.

Alternate Tuesday.—Rabaul-Q. Carola Harbour-Buka-Kieta - Buin (Bougainville) and return. Inus optional.

Alternate Wednesday.—Rabaul - Talasea- Moewe-Jacquinot 8., and return. Lindenhafen optional.

Alternate Thursday.—Rabaul - Losuia-Esa’ ala-Samarai-Abau-Moresby.

Central Highlands (Dhb4)

Tuesdays.—Madang (7 am) to Goroka, Kainantu, Aiyura, Arona, as required.

Returns to Madang (noon).

Thursdays.—Madang (7 am) to Wabag.

Baiyer R.. Hagen. Optional; Kerowagi, Chimbu. Returns to Madang (noon).

Fridays.—Lae (6.30 am) to Wabag, calling at any of: Nadzab, Kiaipit, Arona, Aiyura, Kainantu, Bena Bena, Goroka, Chimbu, Kerowagi, Kup, Nondugl, Banz, Minj, Mt. Hagen, Ogelbeng, Baiyer R., Wabamunda. Return to Lae.

Lae-Garaina (Dhb4)

Tuesdays.—Departs 7 am; returns 9 am.

LAE-BULOLO-WAU (Drover) Dep. Lae.—Tues., Fri., Sat.

Dep. Wau. —Tues., Fri., Sat.

Time: 65 mins, each way.

Wed.—DC 3 from Lae to Wau, Bulolo, and return.

Services By Mandated Airlines

With headquarters at Lae, this company runs regular services for passengers, freight and mails to all New Guinea settlements. 4. Dutch N. Guinea-Darwin By Netherlands Government, with DCS Weekly service, between Darwin and Biak.

Also, new KLM weekly service, calling at Biak, on flight between Manila and Australia. 5. N. Guinea-Solomons Operated by Qantas Alternate Monday (DCS). —Lae (dep. 6 am) - Finschhafen - Rabaul - Torakina (Bougain.) - Vellalavella - Yandina - Honiara (BSI) (arr. 4.25 pm).

Alternate Tuesday.—Honiara (dep. 7 am)- Yandina - Vellalavella-Toraklna-Rabaul- Finschhafen-Lae (arr. 3.15 pm). 6. Indo-China-Brisbane- N. Caledonia By Air France, Monthly.

DC4 (Skymaster) dep. Saigon every 28 days for Labuan-Darwin-Brisbane- Noumea, and return.

Australian agents: Messageries Maritimes. 7. Sydney-Lord Howe Is.

By Trans Oceanic Airways, with Flyingboats Regular twice weekly service. 8. Sydney-Norfolk Is.

By Qantas, with Skymaster Alternate Thursdays; returning same day. 9. Sydney-New Hebrides By Qantas, with Sandringham Flying-boats; Additional services operate subject to the approval of the Governments concerned. 10. Sydney-Noumea-Suva By Qantas, with Flying-boats, Weekly 7 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

Depart: Arrive: Auck., 9 am Norfolk Is., 12.55 Norfolk, 2 pm Nadi, 8.40 Nadi. Thur., 10.15 i am Faleolo, 4 Faleola, 8 am Aitutaki, 1.50 Aitutaki, 2.50 pm Rarotonga, 4 Rarot’a, alt. Sat., 8 Aitutaki, 9.15 Aitutaki, 10 am Faleolo, 3.15 Faleola. Sun., 10 Nadi. 1.45 Nadi, 5 am Norfolk. 10.55 Norfolk, noon Auckland, 4.50 Alternate Wednesdays—DCS Depart: Arrive: Nadi, 6.45 am Faleolo, 12.30 Faleolo, 1.15 pm • Western Time.

Nadi, 5

London - Suva

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138 LEADENHALL ST., CO., LTD., LONDON, E.C.3. SUVA. hi c

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11. Auckland-Norfolk Is.

By NZ National Airways, with DCS’s Sundays.—From Auckland, returning same day.

Alternate Sundays.—One additional service, same day. See also table No. 8. 12. Sydney-Auckland Tasman E. Airways, with Solents Dep. Sydney, daily except Mon., Thur., 2 am.

Daily, except Fri., 12 midnight.

Tue., Fri., 7.30 am.

Dep. Auckland, weekly, 9 am and 7 am.

Arr. Sydney, 2 pm.

Australian bookings: Qantas or TAA, 13. Sydney-Wellington Tasman E, Airways, with Solents Dep. Sydney, daily except Tue. & Sat., 10.30 pm.

Dep. Wellington, daily except Wed. & Sun., 11 am. 14. Melbourne-Christchurch Tasman E. Airways, with DC4 Skymaster Thurs.—Dep. Melb., 10.25 pm; arr. Ch’ch., 8.15 am next day.

Fri.—Dep. Ch’ch., 11 am; arr. Melb., 4.50 pm. 15. New Zealand-Fiji By Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., witl Solent Flying-boats.

Depart: Arrive: Auckland, Mon.. Suva. Mon., 2 pir 7.30 am Suva, Tues., Bam A’kland, Tues., 2.30 pm 16, Auckland-Fiji-Samoa- Cooks By NZ National Airways Corporation Alternate Wednesdays, by DCS, via Norfolk Is., Nadi (Fiji), Faleolo (W.

Samoa), Aitutaki (Cook Is.) 17. New Zealand-Chatham Is.

By Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., witb Solent .Flying-boats.

During the 1951-52 summer, services will be operated on following dates:— Nov. 10; Dec. 5, 15; Jan. 30; Mar. 13; April 3. 8 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

From Sydney To—

single Joresby . £39 5 0 tteturn £70 13 0 Table «o. 2. 2a. ■>ae .. 48 15 0 87 15 0 2. 3 labaul .. 61 12 0 110 18 0 2. 3 loniara, BSI .. 77 0 0 138 12 0 5 fila. N.

Hebrides 42 10 0 76 10 0 9. loumea, NC . .. 37 10 0 67 10 0 10. 9. 6 lorfolk Is. 25 0 0 45 0 0 8 Howe . 10 16 0 21 12 0 7 f a d I (Fiji) . 57 15 0 103 19 0 1 5 u v a (Fiji) . 55 10 0 99 18 0 10 luckland 39 8 0 70 19 0 12 Wellington . .. 39 8 0 70 19 0 13 5hristch. (from Melb.) . 44 2 0 79 8 0 14 lonolulu . 217 15 0 391 19 0 1 1. Fran’co 265 10 0 477 18 0 1 Vancouver 265 8 0 477 15 0 1

From Auckland To—

Table Jorf. Is.

Single Return No. £14 0 0 NZ Less 10% 11, 16 Sadi (Fiji) . 31 0 0 .. 1. 16 Suva (Fiji) . 31 0 0 16 Samoa 39 10 0 16 look Is. 45 0 0 16 Suva (direct) 31 0 0 £55 16 0 l 15 Papeete 133 3 0 239 14 0 19 y bflfianag □□ dqU > s\ Only five minutes’ drive across the Sydney Harbour Bridge from the City, “Bellhaven” is quietly situated— your rest is assured in this new, comfortably furnished and well serviced hotel.

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Phone: XA 1746. mus m mm m (£)_£ E The Shell Co. of Aust. Ltd. (Inc. in Gt. Brit.) G50IJ 18. Tahiti-Cook Islands By Tahiti Airways, of Papeete Once monthly, from Papeete to Aitutaki (Cook Is.) with mails and passengers, returning same day. 19. Auckland-Tahiti First service flight by TEAL Solent, Auckland-Suva-Aitutaki-Papeete, began on Thursday, December 27, and followed this timetable; Auckland, dep. 8 am; Lauthala Bay (Suva) arr. 3 pm. Lauthala Bay, dep.

Thur. 10 pm; Aitutaki, arr. Fri. 8 am; dep. 11 am; Papeete, arr. 3.40 pm. The plane departs the following morning at 6 am, Aitutaki. 9.20 am; Suva, 7.30 pm; and returns to Auckland the following morning.

The next flight may leave about January 24.

Pending provision of necessary facilities, the call at Apia (Western Samoai is being omitted. 20. Micronesia Civilian services, based on Guam, using l-engined amphibious Catalinas, run regularly to Koror (Palau). Yap (West Carolines), Truk (Central Carolines), *onape (E. Carolines), Majuro (Marshalls) md Saipan (Marianas). Details from frans-Ocean Airlines, Guam, via Honolulu. 21. Fiji Internal Airways By Fiji Airways, with twin-engine de Haviland Rapides One daily service between Suva and Nadi md Lautoka and return.

Daily service (except Sunday) from Suva ;o Labasa and return.

Approximate Airways Fares The following figures are not guaranteed iccurate, but they are approximately sorrect. Details should be obtained from he Air Company named in the Table.

Jnless otherwise indicated, figures are in Australian currency.

The Rev. S. G. C. Cowled and Mrs. Cowled, of the Methodist Mission, Fiji, arrived in Sydney on leave on October 17. They will visit some of the Methodist circuits in NSW before leaving for the UK in January. They began their missionary work in Papua in 1922. In 1937, they went to Rewa, Fiji, and from 1942 to 1946 Mr. Cowled was Chaplain to the Fiji Military Forces in BSI. He was awarded the OBE. 9 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY --JANUARY, 1952

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In This Issue

Editorials: Why SPC Should be Given A New Status:: MBE for M. J. Leahy, .. 13, 14 Stabilisation’s 3 Millions .... 14 Anniversary of Fall of Rabaul 14 Sir Ronald Garvey, New Governor of Fiji 15 New Year Honours 15 Administrative Change in W.

Pacific Awaited 16 Rise in MOF Copra Rates .. 16 Editors’ Mailbag 17 BP’s Shipping Reshuffle .... 18 Do You Remember? 18 Hurricane in Hebrides Kills Over 100 19 Tofua Enters Pacific Islands Service 19 MOF Sugar Price Near World Parity 20 TEAL'S Service to Tahiti ... 20 First Indian Deputy Mayor of Suva 20 Fiji Battalion Leaves for Malaya 21 New Resident Commissioner for Cook Is 21 Wilkinson Released—But Has No Remedy at Law .... 23 New Coconut Mill for Rabaul 23 MV Polurrian Departs for Rabaul 25 The Month in Papua-New Guinea 27 SPATC Recommends Third Runway for Nadi—Jets on Pacific Service 33 Tribute to the Late Sir Peter Buck 34 Two Writers in Defence of Tahiti 35 Rawhiti Joins the Peruvian Navy 40 Boong-Bashing—Silly Talk by Tasmanian Socialist .... 41 Hoodoo Name for a Ship ... 43 Ineptitude and Waste—Attacks on W & H Dept 47 Criticism of G& E Colony . 49 Madang Notes 50 Territories’ Talk-Talk 52 Soap Factory for Apia .... 55 .Agricultural Experts in New Guinea 56 Norfolk Is. Notes 57 Beauty Treatment Urged for Suva Town 59 Another Ship for Hebrides- Caledonia Trade 59

Magazine Section—

New Hebrides in Pictures . 61 Crossquiz 63 Makatea—Third Phosphate Island 65 Islands Prayers for Peace— Lady of Fatima Statue .. 70 Rabaul Social Life 73 The Story of T. E. Bunkley . 75 News Notes from NG Goldfields 78 Cocoa Planting in P-NG Official Enthusiasm, but No Land or Labour 81 Behind the Scenes in the Solomons 85 Whence the Polynesians? .... 89 Long Drought Ends in Suva . 96 Women’s Club Party Voted “Best Ever” 97 For Pacific Radio Amateurs ~ 100 Jap Shipping Companies in Pacific Service 101 Interesting Developments at Suva Medical School .. .. 103 OB ff^ ARY: Adi Cakobau, Major F. G. L. Holland, F. S Whitcombe, W. H. Brabant, Charles B. Hill, W. Young, Miss M. N. Christian .. 105-108 Death, W. H. Carpenter ~ .. 113 Airfield for Ocean Is? 109 South Pacific Commission— What Was Done in 1951 .. 113 The House That Wahlen Built 114 Success of P-NG’s New Council 115 BP’s Expand Store Holdings in Australia ng Christmas Party!—Tough Da vs On Kokoda Trail 121 Shipping Facilities in Solomons 121 Yacht Represents Port Moresby in Tasman Race 122 Oil Hopes from Papua 123 Small Ships News 124 Three Attacks by NG Natives 127 Commercial, Markets, etc., .. 128 12 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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Why South Pacific Commission Should Be Given a New Status rHE political future of the South Pacific Islands is a matter of supreme importance not only o Australia and New Zealand, but o all the countries which are cashed by the Pacific Ocean. The :onditions which rule in the countess islands which stretch across en thousand miles, from Indonesia o French Oceania, will necessarily iffect the life of the people in Australia, North America and South America.

Theoretically, that position always has been recognised. To-day. )wing to the extraordinarily rapid iwakening of Asia to national consciousness, and the domination of he continent by the Muscovite leds, it is a practical proposition hat may not 'be for one moment gnored. If the Asiatics can, the Asiatics surely will occupy all the lands.

The Pacific Islands are under he dominion of the Western 3 owers. That control is exercised hrough the Governments of United states, France. Holland, and the British group (Britain, Australia ind New Zealand). So far as uture administration and developnent are planned to resist aggreslion and maintain security, there s no evidence of a common policy.

Phe various Territories remain, as hey were in Victoria’s day, the adninistrative chattels of the partiular Ministers in power, for the ime being, in Lond'on, Paris, The iague, Canberra, Wellington and (if we are to include the North Pacific groups) Washington.

That is not a good thing.

Whether we like it or not, the era of pure “colonialism” is past. Considerations of defence and pelfpreservation call for something more —for international planning, THERE is only one place where the representatives of the six Western Powers sit at the one table, to deal exclusively with Pacific Islands affairs; and that is at the headquarters in Noumea of the recently-created South Pacific Commission. But, so far, the SPC has been a quasi-scientific body, without any administrative authority. The very idea of considering, at SPC sessions, the political future of the Islands has been dismissed with a shudder.

If the SPC is going to be of any real use, in relation to the future of the Pacific Islands, and the nations which surround the Pacific, the authority and status of the SPC must be considered a little more seriously by the six member-countries.

Plenty of talent, and money, were made available for the establishment of the SPC; the job of creation and organisation has been very well done; the eminent men of the Research Council entered into their work with enthusiasm and vision; plans and recommendations of great value have gone from the Council to the Commission; but there is a painful lack of evidence that the m’ember-Governments are much interested in what the SPC is doing, and trying to do. On the other hand, there is some little evidence that some of the people associated with the SPC have become disheartened, and are losing interest.

BECAUSE Australia has the biggest stake in the South Pacific Islands, and in the SPC, Australia is the worst sinner.

Except for the appointment of that organising genius, Secretary- General W. D. Forsyth (who now is gone) Australia’s contribution in personnel to the SPC has been unimpressive. Even if the present set-up remains, and the status and authority of the SPC are not increased, the SPC will not achieve maximum usefulness unless Australia realises that its Commissioners should include at least one man of statesmanlike vision and drive.

This is not to be regarded as an offensive reflection upon that doughty old Departmental warhorse, Mr. Reg Halligan. If the chief qualification for SPC control is bureaucratic knowledge and experience, there is no one better suited than Australia’s present senior Commissioner. But if the SPC is to serve South Pacific needs in the most effective way, its activities must be planned against a realistic background of international affairs. That is a job for statesmen, and not for the men trained in Departmentalism and (Death of W. H. Carpenter, p. 113)

Bureaucracy, no matter how excellent their records.

THE future of the Pacific Islands lies mostly in the hands of Britain, France. Australia and New Zealand —Dutch interests are small, although American interests, through Micronesia, now are substantially increased. There should not be the slightest difficulty about the British, French and Americans making common cause in planning the political future of the Islands, just as they now are doing in relation to Southeast Asia.

If SPC discussions could be lifted to Ministerial levels, the SPC table in Noumea could become the Western nations’ clearing-house for all diplomatic problems affecting the Islands’ future and not reserved only for matters affecting native welfare.

The health, education and living standards of the natives are important; but the natives will have neither health, education nor better living standards if Red Asia falls in on top of them; and that consideration should affect all our thinking and planning, just now.

The SPC is doing a helpful job— although probably spending too much money on non-essentials. The SPC could, with so little adjustment, do a job of greater usefulness, and of immensely more importance to the future of the South Pacific.

For example, why should not the six nations which rule the Pacific Islands not evolve a common policy in relation to the Indonesian claim to Western New Guinea, which vitally affects all of us? Why leave the Dutch New Guinea problem to be kicked around the Chancelleries of half a dozen Capitals, while the Northwest Pacific deteriorates?

ANNEXATION?

Against the opposition of Britain, Australia and New Zealand, the United Nations, in Paris on January 15, set up a sub-committee to study the problem of Trust Territories which according to some critics are being annexed by the administering Powers through the processes of customs, fiscal or administrative unions . . . This apparently creates an interesting problem for Australia in relation to New Guinea.

The MBE for M. J. Leahy!

THE Administration of Papua- New Guinea really has a remarkable faculty for stepping off with the wrong foot.

Consider the case of Michael Joseph Leahy, of New Guinea.

Everyone who has heard of New Guinea has heard of the four Leahy brothers, gold-miners, explorers, jungle fighters and (of late years) experimental farmers.

Like hundreds of pioneers of this type, the brothers made small fortunes in the big Territory. But. unlike the great majority, they did not go off with their wealth of money and experience to more comfortable climes. They stayed right there on the NG tablelands, and ploughed it all back into the rich, untested soil —Mick, at Zenag; Jim, at Goroka; and Danny, at Mount Hagen.

Because they love the country, and are natural pioneers, they have done more, in their direct, practical way, to show the possibilities of the Highlands in cattle, pig and sheep raising, in coffee-growing and pasture development, and the use of the abundant water-power, than any other private person. They deserve well of New Guinea.

Yet, a few months ago, when the Administration appointed the Microbe District Advisory Council, the name of Leahy was very conspicuous by its absence. Old residents commented sourly on the fact that Mick Leahy had been an outspoken critic of the Markham Point bridge plan, and of other Administration activities. Ergo. Mick Leahy was not on the new Council.

Echoes of that public discontent must have reached Port Moresby.

The VlP’s doubtless argued that tne matter could be put right by including the name of Mick Leany in the New Year Honours List. And so His Majesty was recommended to award to the older Leahy the distinction of MEMBER of the Order of the British Empire—the lowest grading in the Order, usually reserved for long-service hospital sisters, clerks, constables. It is an honourable distinction: but if M.

J. Leahy’s services to New Guinea are worthy of any recognition at all, they certainly are worthy of something of much higher grading than MBE.

All Norfolk Is. Mail

BY AIR IN future all first class mail matter. from Australia to Norfolk Island will be sent by Qantas plane once fortnightly, without extra charge.

During the alternate week when Q a ntas does not operate a service, airmail may be sent via New Zealand at the regular air mail fee.

The mail concession to Norfolk Island is provided because of inirequent ship sailings for the Island, Morinda, veteran Burns Philp steamer, calls there only about once STABILISATION’S £3,000,001 Some Interesting Possibilitie THERE is a possibility of interest ing developments in connectio with the Papua-New Guine Copra Stabilisation Fund.

When Papua-New Guinea re sumed copra production, after th war, the Ward-Murray Socialis regime took control of the market ing of all produce, through th Production Control Board; and it de ducted from amounts due to planter a sum varying from £3 to £5 pe ton, for “stabilisation of the in dustry.”

The deduction continued for som time after the establishment of th MOF contract (although that 9 years’ contract virtually represente stabilisation); and thus there ha been accumulated a fund of abou £3,000,000.

Little deduction is now bein made on account of stabilisation but some P-NG planters feel tha the deductions made between 194 and 1950 were improper. They re sent the attitude of Canberra, whie is inclined to say that the big fun is Government property, in the dis posal of which the planters hav neither voice nor interest.

Discussions have taken place bet ween the NG Planters’ Associatioi and Mr. Dudley Jones, a Rabai solicitor who has had remarkabl successes in toppling over some c the legal machinery behind whio the bureaucrats have sheltere themselves.

Mr. Dudley Jones has been i Sydney, and in consultation wit eminent counsel; and it is quite pos sible that tne High Court will b asked to say that the Stabilisatio: Fund was illegally collected.

If the High Court should say S( the money, presumably, would hav to go back to those from whom i was collected between 1945 and 195 —an accountants’ nightmare, per haps, but it would represent som really ripe, rich plums for th mouths of P-NG’s deserving plan ters.

Fall of Rabaui Anniversary MEMBERS of the New Guine Women’s Club of Sydney wi join with New Guinea ex servicemen in Sydney to com memorate the fall of Rabaul to th Japanese on January 23, 1949—1 years ago.

They will meet in Martin Plac at 8.15 to place wreaths on th Cenotaph.

Other ceremonies will be held i New Guinea and in Melbourne. 14 JANUARY, 1952-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

Sir Ronald Garvey

New Governor of Fiji rHE announcement, on January 11, that Sir Ronald Garvey, KCMG, Governor of British [onduras, had been appointed Governor of Fiji, in succession to ir Brian Freeston (retired), was eceived with peculiar pleasure hroughout the South Pacific Ismds.

Sir Ronald spent 25 years in the ervice of the Western Pacific High iommission; he married a wellnown and popular Suva girl; and, Ithough he is English-born and ducated, he is regarded as a Pacific slander. For his outstanding bility, he is held in much respect; nd he is personally popular beause of his charm of manner, ’here is no doubt that Suva will ive Sir Ronald and Lady Garvey a rarm welcome when they reach Government House.

Ronald Herbert Garvey was born i 1903, and he graduated MA at iambridge before joining the* Iritish Colonial Service in 1926. He ras anpointed in 1926 to a cadethip in the Solomon Islands, but pent a year at WPHC headquarters i Suva before proceeding to Tulagi.

In the ensuing 25 years, he rose cep by step in the service of the VPHC, and in the 30’s he ranked nth Mr. H. E. Maude as “thei Jommission’s most useful young lan.” His record of service shows hat at one time and another he tiled practically every adminisrative post, up to Resident Comaissioner, in Solomons, New lebrides and Gilbert and Ellice Jolony, with long spells at headuarters, in Suva. * Apparently, it was the early 40’s efore Whitehall noticed his outtanding ability—he really had been eft a long time in the South Seas, ’hen, in 1943, he was promoted to n important executive position in Tanganyika; thence he was transerred to an Administratorship in he West Indies; and, some three ears ago, he became Governor of Jritish Honduras. His knighthoon ollowed, soon afterwards.

Sir Ronald Garvey had no bed of uses in Central America. British londuras is surrounded by a lumber of fantastic little States, vhich appear to be either run by lictators, or honeycombed by Comnunists. Some of his neighbours hreatened to make war upon British Honduras, and the Reds vere a persistent nuisance. The jatience, firmness and strength ;hown by the young Governor were loticed and commented qpon.

In the 30’s, Sir Ronald Garvey named Miss Patricia McGusty, the Dretty daughter of Dr. and Mrs.

V. W. T. McGusty. Dr. McGusty 'or years, was the well-known Director of Medical Services and Secretary for Indian Affairs in Fiji, and received various decorations.

He retired a few years ago, and he and Mrs. McGusty now live in New Zealand. The Garveys have a small family.

NEW YEAR HONOURS rE names of a few Pacific Islands residents appeared in the list of New Year Honours, announced by the King on January 1:

Order Of British Empire

Commander (CBE) Mr. W. H. B. BUCKHURST, Director of Lands in Fiji. Mr. Buckhurst went to the Colony in 1928 as a Native Lands Commission surveyor; became Assistant Director of Surveys in the Lands Department in 1942, and Director of the Department in 1944. He has been very prominent in the encouragement of amateur athletics in the Colony.

Officer (OBE) MR. C. R. HARLEY NOTT, District Commissioner Western, Lautoka, Fiji. Mr. Nott joined the Fiji administrative service in 1926, and had a distinguished record at headquarters, where he was Assistant Colonial Secretary from 1933 to 1941.

Members (MBE) Mr. M. J. LEAHY, of Zenag, New Guinea. Mr. Leahy is the oldest of the famous Leahy family who, as gold prospectors, explorers, soldiers and farmers, have achieved a remarkable record as pioneers of New Guinea. After the war, Mr. Leahy took up some 600 acres oh the high country near Mumeng, alongside the new military road between Lae and Bulolo and has devoted all his time and a great deal of money to proving his belief that it is possible to establish European cattle production as a sound industry, on these cool, open plateaus. (See editorial comment on Mr. Leahy’s MBE.)

Miss Grace Morrison, Of

Suva, Fiji. Miss Morrison established her famous nursing-home in Suva 27 years ago. She was a trainee at the Old Colonial Hospital in Suva, and completed training in Sydney at the Crown Street Women’s Hospital.

ELIKI SERU, of Moturiki, Fiji.

He is the leader of the team which is carrying out the Moturiki Community Development project, and was formerly an Organising Teacher in the service of the Fiji Government.

MISS DOROTHY LILLY BEALE, of New Ireland. She has performed notable service as Sister in Charge of the Methodist Hospital at Kimidau, New Ireland.

Miss Sybilla Schmitz, Of

New Ireland. Miss Schmitz, better known as Sister Marie Clementa, nas given a lifetime of devoted service to the nursing of lepers, and she now is the Sister-in-Charge of the Roman Catholic Leprosarium, Anelaua, New Ireland.

British Empire Medal MR. G. H. MORRIS, of Nagavu Fiii, who has been a member of the Public Works Department for 25 years.

KEEP OUT!

Australia and the Trustee Planners TWO members of the “Territories Committee of the US House of Representatives,” who arrived in Australia early in November, said that they were going to submit to Australia and New Zealand, and other countries holding Territories under Trusteeship, a new plan for the control of Trustee Territories.

The two (Mr. Monroe Redden and Mr. Fred Crawford) said that the plan was “to place all Trustee Territories under one international organisation, headed by a Governor” —and, presumably controlled by the Trustee Council of UNO.

The reaction of Australia (responsible for New Guinea and Nauru) was so fiercely unfavourable that the peripatetic planners did not wait for their proposed interview with New Zealand (Western Samoa). They went hurriedly into verbal reverse and explained that they were not advocating a concrete plan, but were merely exploring a few alternative ideas.

Nothing more has been heard of them.

Countries holding ‘Trustee”

Territories know by now that UNO’s Trusteeship Council is not at all happy with the present set-up.

The Council wants far more power than it has now to direct and instruct the Trustee Nations. The latter, for their part, resent the interference of the international theorists and academic planners, and will resist any such plan as that proposed by the American Congressmen. (Since this was written, UNO has moved again. See top of column Z, page, 14.) New Suva Medical School A CONTRACT has been let for the erection of a new Central Medical School and students hostel in Suva, Fiji.

The sucessful tenderers are Industrial Builders, Ltd., with a price of £92,223. 15 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES Next Moves In W. Pacific Awaited REPORTS from our Correspondents at Suva and Honiara say that although the transfer of Western Pacific High Commission headquarters from Suva to Honiara has been officially announced, there is little outward indication of any preparations for the move.

It must come within a short time.

The term of Sir Brian Freeston as Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner, Western Pacific, expires in April; and thenceforward the HCWP responsibilities (Solomons, G. and E. Colony. New Hebrides, Tonga, Pitcairn) must go elsewhere.

It was officially stated that Solomons and G. and E. Colony would be governed from Honiara (Solomons); and it has been unofficially stated that the British side of the New Hebrides Condominium would be transferred to Australia, and that .the British Consul in Tonga would report to the Governor of Fiji.

But, like most British Colonial Service affairs, all preparations are extremely “Hush-Hush.” All that is known, just now, is that Qantas, under charter, has made plans to connect the Solomons and the G. and E. Colony, via Nauru, with an air service: and that a “Housing Committee” has been set up in Honiara to discuss extended accommodation. It is believed that the WPHC is interested in the Qantas charter.

The plane service has not yet been extended beyond Nauru; but an islet of the Tarawa lagoon (headquarters of G. and E. Colony) has been prepared as an airfield.

New High Commissioner

Although British Minister Dugdale, in September, spoke of a “governor” being appointed for the Solomons and G. and E. Colony, and some such change was expected in several quarters, it was officially announced on January 12 that Mr.

Robert Christopher Stafford Stanley, Chief Secretary in Northern Rhodesia, has been appointed High Commissioner for the Western Pacific.

Mr. Stanley was born in 1899. He served in World War I, and was later in the British Colonial Service in various countries, including Palestine, Cyprus and Africa.

The New Air Service

HONIARA, Dec. 24 The second of the charter flights being run to Nauru by Qantas (Lae- Honiara-Nauru) on a regular schedule passed through Honiara last week.

Qantas pilots praise the exceptional service and facilities being provided at Nauru —quite different, they say, to Honiara, where overnight passengers have to be accommodated in private homes and empty Government houses.

Copra Rates

CANBERRA, Jan. 15.

OFFICIALLY announced that MOF copra contract readjustment has been brought forward two months, and will operate from January 1, 1952. The price goes up 10 per cent., plus 10 - readjustment (making £6 Stg.)—from £53/15/- Stg. to £59/15/- Stg., Territory ports (equal to about £75 Aust.). P-NG Copra Board, after making usual deductions, will pay, for FMS copra, Territory ports, £63/10/- Aust. —plus £1 for hot-air dried or less 12/6 for smoke-dried.

This is about £7/10/- per ton for hot-air better than 1951; but about £3O Aust. per ton less than the free world market price.

The new Fiji price for top grade is £59/5/6 (see last page of this issue) which is equal to £66/13/6 Australian.

Meanwhile, it is interesting to note that the price of copra, as quoted in London on December 14 (by the Bank of NZ circular) was; Straits —£BB Stg. cif European port (having advanced from £94 early in October to £lO4, and then declined). Equal to about £lOB Australian.

Philippines. —l9s US dollars, cif.

Eaual to about £B5, Australian.

Even more interesting was the report that fairly large parcels of East Indies copra are now being sold to West European ports at prices slightly under Straits rates. East Indies, owing to political troubles, have been slow in returning to copra export. Before the war, they were, next to the Philippines, the world’s biggest producer of copra.

THE MOF CONTRACT It is plain, from these reports, that Papua - New Guinea, Solomons, Fiji and Western Samoa, which bound themselves to the British Ministry of Food under a 9-years contract from the beginning of 1949, have been and are still receiving for their copra beween £2O and £3O Aust. per ton lea than the world market rates.

This is because the MOF contrac was made in Sterling and, late ir 1949, the British Socialist Govern' ment resorted to the device of valuing Sterling by about 30 pe: cent, in relation to the US dollar Although copra has an Internationa value, the MOF contract was no adjusted to the new value o Sterling. Ever since then, th< South Pacific planters have beer paid in Sterling, although then copra became, in basic value, wort! 30 per cent. more.

For the past two years, oui copra planters have been crying oui against this iniquitous contract but, because they cannot be inducec to unite, their protests have beer ignored.

A simple calculation shows that if they are losing only £2O per ton and their total production is 100,00( tons per annum, the coconul growers of Papua-New Guinea, Fiji Solomons and Samoa are each yeai making the British MOF a present of at least £2,000,000.

Why do the planters of all foul Territories not set up a central committee to hammer away against the devalued-£ side of this MOF contract, until they get some concession? A revision equal to only £IC per ton would represent a substantial gain to them.

The Archbishop of York, Dr. C. F.

Garbett, made quick visits to Fiji and New Guinea in December. He is seen here being greeted at Moresby airport bj the Administrator of P-NG. Col. J. K.

Murray (right) and the Rector of Port Moresby Church of England.

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January, 19 5 2 Pacific Islands Monthly'

The Editors' Mailbag

Criticism of Biography A RATHER caustic survey of the \ biography of Sir Hubert Murray, produced a couple of fears ago by Lewis Lett, has been hritten by Mr. J. T. Bensted. Mr. tensted, now a resident of Sydney, oined the Papua Public Service ver 50 years ago, and, from high fficial positions, either witnessed or ook part in most of the principal vents in the Territory during the Jovernorship of Sir George Le- [unte and Sir Hubert Murray.

I have seen Mr. Bensted’s pagey-page criticism of Mr. Lett’s book nd, for the sake of historical acuracy and record, I hope it finds S place in a library, if not in print, Ir. Bensted is among Sir Hubert ffurray’s warmest admirers: but hat has not blinded him to Sir tubert’s many human weaknesses, nd he objects very strongly indeed 0 what he regards as the poetic Icence with which Mr, Lett has lossed the story of Sir Hubert’s Ife.

In addition, Mr. Bensted’s comlilation contains a lot of new mater of historical value.

Salutes for Governors A DELIGHTFUL story of Sir Hubert is told by Mr. Bensted, concerning the occasion when he German Governor of New Guinea called officially at Port Moresby.

“Sir Hubert, being the junior in international rank, had to pay the irst call; and he was met with a lalute of guns, and appropriate jeremony.

“When the visit was returned, sir Hubert was in some difficulty, le had no guns—not even one— md, at that time, he had not even 1 drink to offer his visitor.

“But he had half-plugs of either iynamite or gelignite exploded in he air, at suitable intervals (a sommon practice in signalling); and ne borrowed a bottle of spirits from Mr. Tyser, the second engineer of lis official patrol vessel, the Merrie Sngland.”

Mr. Bensted gives us the origin )f the dynamite trick. When Sir George LeHunte was governor, and 'eturned to Port Moresby, he was ilways greeted with a salute. It was ;he duty of Head Gaoler John Macionald to place open kerosene tins, each containing a plug of dynamite, vith fuse and detonator attached, it calculated distances apart, in the jrass on the top of Paga Hill. When :he Merrie England, with the Governor, appeared around the Point, John would run from one tin to the other, lighting the fuses at the correct intervals; and the combination of tin cans and dynamite gave His Excellency the required number of “big bangs.” Officialdom was satisfied, and the natives delighted.

Mokerang, of Manus A CORRESPONDENT, in Manus not long ago, writes to express pleasure in the report that American airmen are likely to return to that “bastion of Anglo- American Pacific defence.”

He says that when the Americans were driven out of Manus in 1946 by Australia’s own Dr. Evatt, they left behind two very excellent airstrips—Momote, across the base of the peninsula, and Mokerang, not very far away, at the tip of the peninsula.

Momote was between 7,000 and 8,000 feet long and, as it has buildings and other equipment, it has been maintained in use by the Australians.

Mokerang 9,600 feet long, with three great runways, was not only the longest strip in the South Pacific—it also had a surface which could take the impact of the biggest planes used. Australia, incapable of taking care of such a large base, allowed Mokerang to deteriorate from the time of the American evacuation, until the Red Asia development brought us all back from our Socialistic dreams to international realities.

If Muscovite submarines really are prowling in New Guinea waters, they probably will be trying to see what if anything we are doing now with that Mokerang strip.

Murder in Rabaul, Jan., 1942 “YjrrHAT was the name of the W Scandinavian ship that was in Rabaul when the Japs invaded? What became of her?” asks a correspondent.

For some days before the Japs arrived—and all officialdom knew they were coming—the modern Norwegian motor-ship Nordhavet continued to load copra at the Rabaul wharf. She easily could have escaped South, with the whole of the non-military civilians aboard; but, in response to the urgent appeals of Mr. Harold Page (Government Secretary, temporarily in charge) Australia told them to stay there and keep on loading copra.

When the planes of the oncoming Japs began to fly over Rabaul, everyone with a big gun had a shot at them. The most consistent and accurate shooting came from the ack-ack guns of the doughty Norwegians aboard the Nordhavet.

When the Japs arrived, the Nordhavet was bombed and set afire, and drifted across the harbour, and grounded alongside the town. She ultimately sank there. Most of her crew of 32 joined the Australians in the prison camp, and died with them on the Montevideo Maru.

Some bone-head official was responsible for keeping those 300 civilians, and that good ship, in Rabaul —a useless and stupid sacrifice. Again and again, PIM has tried to find out who gave the orders which prevented the evacuation, about January 17-18, 1942.

Again and again, officialdom has seen to it that we did not get the information. Whoever it was —if he still lives —should never be allowed to forget that wholesale murder, and of how hundreds of women and children lost their bread-winners, for no purpose whatever.

This is written amost exactly 10 years, to the day, after the Japs invaded (January 23, 1942).

Fiji’s Fifth Industry APROPOS of an article in November PIM concerning Fiji tourism, Whites Travel Service of NZ (a department of Whites Aviation) writes to show us how its Fiji tourist business has grown in just three tourist seasons.

Whites say that in collaboration with Northern Hotels, Ltd., of Fiji, it pioneered the Fiji tour business in 1949. During the first season 10 parties with a total of 81 tourists were sent; in 1950 there were 21 parties and 112 tourists; and in the last season 21 parties and a total of 184 tourists—all from NZ.

Whites too, hand bouquets to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hunt of Suva who “have looked after our parties during the time they have spent in the Suva sector of the itinerary . . . it is largely due to their efforts that our people have had such an enjoyable time on that side of the island.”

The annual report issued recently by the Fiji Publicity Board shows that the Colony benefited to the extent of £102,000 from the tourist business in 1950 and now is in fifth position in the Colony’s earning industries. In the Board’s opinion only one thing prevents its becoming top industry—and that is lack of hotel accommodation.

In 1950, 3,400 air travellers spent some time in Fiji. Figures for 1901, when available, are expected to show an increase in numbers and also in profits to the Colony.

Mr. Carl Jacobsen, P-NG Legislative Council Member for the New Guinea mainland, arrived in Brisbane on December 13 for a holiday. 17 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 195:2

Burns Philp Shipping

RESHUFFLE FOLLOWING the engine breakdown to the Morinda in late December Burns Philp issued the following statement: It has been necessary to review the services maintained by Bulolo, Malaita and Mangola for the next trips and until such time as Malekula is ready in late April.

Bulolo will sail from Sydney on January 18 for Brisbane, Port Moresby. Samarai, Lae, Madang, Rabaul, Samarai, Port Moresby, Brisbane, Sydney. Next sailing, February 29 from Sydney, will be to Brisbane Port Moresby, Samarai, Lae, Madang, Rabaul, Samarai, Port Moresby, Sydney.

Malaita leaves Sydney about January 24 for Samarai, Rabaul, Soraken, Tepoasino, Arigua, Numa Numa, Kieta, Honiara, Yandina, Teneru, Santo, Vila, Norfolk, Lord Howe, Sydney (due about March 1).

She should sail again about March 19 for Brisbane, Samarai, Lae, Madang, Manus, Rabaul, Samarai, Sydney (due about April 20).

Malaita will then replace Morinda, leaving Sydney May 3 for Lord Howe, Norfolk, Vila, Santo, Honiara, Yandina, Gizo, Kieta, Arigua, Numa Numa, Teopasino, Soraken, Rabaul, Samarai, Sydney.

Mangola will sail about January 29 for Brisbane, Port Moresby, Samarai, Lae, Madang, Manus, Kavieng, Rabaul, Samarai, possibly Port Moresby, Sydney (due about March 22). On April 15 she will again sail for the same ports.

Morinda Mishap at Vila BURNS FHILP’S veteran Island steamer Morinda, due soon for the scrap heap, was struggling valiantly around on her second-last Hebrides voyage in early January— and she will not now make her last scheduled trip in February.

A few minutes after she dropped anchor in Vila Harbour on h December trip, one of her fumac collapsed. When the smoke ai steam cleared away, it was appare; that she would have to comple her voyage under reduced steam the boiler concerned was beyoi a local repair.

She sailed from Santo on N( Year’s Eve for the Solomons ai her cruising speed was six knoi While at sea, her refrigerating ge will not be operating.

So Santo missed out on meat tt trip and the passengers will ha to subsist largely on tinned fooi for the remainder of the voyag VERNON WHEATLEY.

Do You Remember?

TWENTY years ago . . . and as lv e l0( ?TM aC f ? n these fo X £ aOtS from PIM of January, 1932, W 0 reflect that, although in some instances, we have changed our views, in others we are still fighting the same old dragons: Australia should take steps to end the New Hebrides Condominium and bring the Group under Australian Administration and so protect her considerable land interests. ... It is desirable, from points of view of administration, defence and trading, that the Commonwealth’s tropical service should be extended from Papua and New Guinea over the Solomons and New Hebrides. * • • „ , Everyone was genuinely sorry to say farewell to Mr. Ben Chifley, the Federal Minister who had charge of Pacific Islands affairs, and who lost his seat in the political debacle. (There had recently been a Federal election in Australia.— ED.). Mr. Chifley’s strong and genial personality won him many friends among Administrators and residents. Unlike some members of his party, he never allowed political prejudices to colour his decisions—he was a just, fearless, farseeing and a hard-working Minister who earned the respect of everyone with whom he came in contact. It is a pity that political ties should sweep out of office a man who is so well qualified to give good service to his country. m m ' Mr. Turnbull, then secretary to the Western Samoan Administration, was reported as on an official mission to Weilington where he would try to raise a loan to tide the Territory over its “difficult financial position.” Sir Hubert Murray, of Papua, was on a mission to Canberra, pleading on behalf of Papua’s rubber planters for retention of a 4d. a pound preference on rubber. (Papuan rubber was admitted to Australia duty free; foreign rubber carried 4d. per lb. duty). The preference, said Sir Hubert, was just sufficient to allow rubber planters to survive.

But ’ , he said, the dut y need not always would"; Absurd°for°Papua*to expect any assistance. The duty might be made a sliding one so as to ensure a price of, say, Bd.” • • • There are few signs of improvement in the political situation in Western Samoa.

Efforts of the Administrator, General Hart, to bring about a meeting with Mau chiefs have proved unavailing. ... A petition of Mau leaders recently dispatched to Britain, America and Germany (signatories of the Three Powers agreement) attacks the NZ administration, * • • M r. C. J. Levien, one of the most famous of New Guinea goldfields pioneers died in Melbourne on January 20, from meningitis. * * , _ . , , ~ .. „ In , our Timetable section there were no a,r s " vlce . sc * e * ule * llsted ph ?

“ c * lon show f* “iat Burns had ™ a 4 taram T . on * h . e Sydney-Solomons service; Matson Line Sierra Sonoma and Ventura ?? ere ° n trans-Pacific service; Messagenes Maritime had Laperouse on Sydney- Noumea-Vila service and the Strasberg, Recherche and Esperance on Dunkirk- Noumea via Panama route, Bu ™ s ’s Morinda was on Sydney- Nf w Hebrides service (she still is) but ™ ade a , call , , at Auckland > NZ, also, Macdhui and Montoro took care of Sydney-P-NG route and the USS Co. had Niagara and Aorangi on trans-Pacific; Tofua on Auckland-Fiji-Polynesia service; Makura, Monowai on Sydney-Tahiti service, via NZ and Rarotonga. E&A Line ships Nankin, Nellore and Tanda traded between Sydney and Hongkong via Rabaul and Manilla; the Dutch Royal Packet Navigation ship Le Maire ran a service from Sydney to the NEI via Rabaul, Samarai and Moresby.

In Fiji Makatea, Makoa, Adi Keva, Sir John Forrest and Adi Rewa maintained inter-island service. Papuan Chief and Matoma performed the same service for Papua, and in NG, Maiwara, Mirani, Durour and Durambah took care of roundthe-islands communications.

Mv Malekula

To Enter New Guinea Servi Shortly Prom Our Own Correspondent MORESBY, Jan. 6.

ANEW 3,200 ton ship, built in tl Glasgow shipyards for Bun Philp and Co., should be rea( to sail for Australia towards the er of February, and will then go in service on the Papua-New Guini run.

She is the Malekula, with a hi similar to that of the Malaita; h whereas the latter has accommodi tion for 61 passengers, the ne vessel will carry only 12. Tb change has been made to allow f much larger refrigeration car* space. The Malekula has been bui with 10,500 cubic feet of space fi refrigerator cargo, with separa sections for meat, fruit and veg( tables, and butter and eggs. H general cargo capacity is 3,000 tor against the 2,740 of the Malaita.

The ship’s ports of call in tl Territory will be Samarai, Rabai Lombrum, Lorengau, Madang, La and back to Samarai, en route Sydney.

This new vessel has been order* as part of the company’s policy < replacing tonnage lost during tl war. Already, another ship has bee ordered in London. It will be 2,000-tons diesel craft.

Negro Priest For

NEW GUINE AN event of interest to Cathol Missions in New Guinea wi the arrival in Sydney, p( Aorangi, in early January, c Father Clarence J. Howard, of tt Society of the Divine Word. Fath( Howard is a full-blooded negro.

Father Howard, ordained in 193 and for the past 10 years editor c a Catholic newspaper at Bay S Louis, Mississippi, will establish seminary for native priests in No Guinea under the patronage < Bishop Leo Arkfeld, Vicai Apostolic of Central New Guinea. 18 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

Hurricane In N. Hebrides

KILLS OVER 100 From Our Own Correspondent NOUMEA, Jan. 4.

ONE of the worst hurricanes ever recorded in this part of the world swept across the Southeast New Hebrides (Epi, Ambrym— vhich already had been devastated >y a volcanic eruption—and part of Malekula) on Christmas Day. It filled over 100 people and destroyed ill plantations and villages in its jath. Six small vessels were sunk, md three have disappeared, believed ost.

Both Santo and Vila weather stations, on December 24, gave naming of a hurricane. But iiese islands are accustomed to leavy blows at this period, and little lotice was taken.

Many boats were at sea at the ;ime, returning to their respective Blands the natives who wished to be n their villages for Christmas and ;he New Year.

On Tuesday, 25th, however, the lurricane went to the west and icross Epi, while showing a far nore rapid movement. In the ifternoon the wind began blowing it more than 100 mph.

Three boats remained at sea: the Pangona, Sainte-Therese, and a cutter belonging to some Indochinese. None of them has yet >een found, and they are believed ost.

The Pangona was a 50-tons notor-ship owned by a Mr. Ohlen, nd commanded by Mr. Keromene, a European. There was one other European, Mr. Benebig, and a halfcaste Japanese, Tagawa, and 10 or L 5 natives in the ship.

It also has been reported that the Southern Cross, belonging to the 3DA Mission, sank at Port-Sandirich, Malekula.

Five other small vessels officially considered lost—sunk during the lurricane —include the Showa, vessels owned by Messrs. Desgranges md Leroi, and one owned by the fcev. C. K. Crump, Presbyterian missionary at Mahe.

New Zealand aircraft based on Fiji joined many ships from Vila md Santo in a wide search for the missing vessels.

Over the islands, enormous iamage was caused to several plantations, mostly at Ambrym, Epi and Malekula. Santo and Efate escaped damage. The productivity of the plantations is finished for many years.

At Epi, a landslide killed 49 latives who had just been evacuated from Ambrym, where it is now almost impossible to live because of the thick pumice mud from the newly-active volcano.

More natives have been killed by falling debris. Huts were carried away by the sea, and by the enormous rivers of mud which developed in a few hours.

Government figures indicate that there are over 100 people killed and it is believed the death roll is 150, mostly natives.

Damage has not yet been estimated.

At Cragove Catholic Mission, Epi, the church was flattened as well as the Mission house.

Early on Friday, December 28, after brief news of the disaster had reached Vila, the Condominium authorities sent key Government personnel to the devastated areas, to organise relief.

Major D. Fregard, British District Agent at Santo, left for the south on Mr. Oliver Stevens’ launch, Karachi, to inspect and report.

News reached Noumea on January 4 that utter devastation reigns over the whole area of Ambrym, Epi and the south eastern part of Malekula.

Nothing has been heard of Pentecost. Forests and villages have been swept away, leaving only a wasteland of debris strewn with bodies.

Both Residents have cabled to their Governments. The deputy for New Caledonia and the New Hebrides has answered from Paris that he has asked the Metropolitan Government to take special measures as soon as possible.

Southern Cross

Although the report was persistent that the well-known mission vessel Southern Cross had been sunk in the New Hebrides by the hurricane, there was no confirmation in Sydney up to January 9.

The explanation seems to be that a small vessel with a name like Southern Cross was lost; and, as the mission ship was in that area about that time, a wrong report was circulated.

Tofua Enters Islands Service THE Union SS Co.’s new Islands passenger and cargo vessel, Tofua, will, according to the published timetable, now provide a regular monthly call at Pago Pago, instead of the irregular service supplied by Matua. This should be of help to American Samoa, which has been poorly provided with passenger ship connections since the war.

However, the news is scarcely likely to please New Zealand’s Cook Islands residents, who had long supposed that at least the Matua would be reallocated to the Rarotonga service when Tofua arrived.

Our Apia correspondent reports that the commercial community there will heartily welcome the new vessel, which will offer increased opportunities for cargo and passenger traffic with the outside world.

Efforts are being made in Apia to stimulate banana production, in order to induce the Union Co. to have Matua also continue her calls there, Apia in December was planning some welcoming functions for the first visit of Tofua, including, if possible, a special Tofua Race Meeting sponsored by the Apia Turf Club in honour of the occasion.

Tofua arriving at Suva wharf on Christmas Day. —Fiji Public Relations Office Photo. 19 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

MOF Sugar Price Now Close To World Parity £38/10/-Stg Per Ton In 1952 npHE United Kingdom Ministry of X Food has agreed to an increase of £5/12/6 Stg. on the price per ton of sugar bought from Empire countries under the Sugar Agreement. The new price will be £3B TO/- Stg., c.i.f., UK. (It is pointed out that this is not a true c.i.f. price as under the Agreement the purchaser nays part of the freight).

The Empire countries covered by the agreement are Australia, British West Indies, British Honduras, East Africa, Fiji, Mauritius and South Africa. Each has been given a quota which the MOF will buy at the fixed price (the price revised each year, in November), plus an additional tonnage which the producing country may sell at world market price. Fiji’s fixedprice quota is 125,000 tons. They may sell an additional 45,000 tons to UK or Canada at world prices.

This year’s agreement price is little less than world price. Cuban raw sugar is being sold at from £45 to £5O Australian, f.a.s. Cuban ports.

If British copra producers were faring as well as sugar producers from the MOF they would be happy.

Fiji cane farmers will share in the bigger price. A clause in their agreement with the CSR Company provides that the price of cane will rise in certain proportion to any rise in the price of sugar.

When, in 1951, the price of sugar rose by £2/7/6 Stg., Fiji cane growlers benefitted by about 10/per ton for their cane, bringing the price to something like 47/- Fijian, a ton.

Fiji mills because of adverse weather conditions during the cane growing period are expected to produce only about 110,000 tons this season well below the exportable limit.

TO TAHITI TEAL’s New Service Is Commenced THE new TEAL service by Solent flying boats between Auckland and Papeete (Tahiti), via Suva (Fiji) and Aitutaki (Cook Islands) was successfully inaugurated at the end of December.

A luxuriously-appointed Solent, under veteran TEAL Captain J.

McGrane, left Auckland on December 27; spent 31 hours at Laucala Bay (Suva); re-fuelled at Aitutaki; and completed the round trip without difficulty.

TEAL service is monthly. Tahiti Airways still runs a monthly plane Papeete-Aitutaki and return; so Tahiti now has a fortnightly airmail.

Western Samoa is disappointed at being left out of the itinerary; but TEAL explains that, anxious as it is to include a call at Apia, this cannot be done until a completely safe landing-place has been prepared. This should not be very long.

If adequate accommodation can be provided in Suva (Fiji), Apia (Samoa) and Papeete (Tahiti), this new South Pacific service should be very popular among world tourists. 1,400 Miles With Peanut In Lung The 18-months-old son of the District Commissioner of the Central Highlands of New Guinea, Mr, George Greathead, got a peanut lodged in his lung, at Goroka, on December 8, and had difficulty in breathing. Mr. and Mrs. Greathead brought the baby by plane over the mountains to Port Moresby.

Facilities there were not sufficier so the child was flown through Brisbane on Sunday, December Next morning, the object was r moved in a special operation, ar the child quickly recovered. It 1,400 miles from Goroka to Brisban First Indian Deputy Mayor of Suv From Our Own Correspondent SUVA, Dec. 17 rR the first tme an Indian h been appointed Deputy May of Suva.

Mr. Edward M. Grant has su ceeded to the post left vacant November when Mr. D. M.

McFarlane took over as Mayor fro Sir Alport Barker.

Mr. Grant, who was first electi to the Suva Town Council in 194 is the son of Mr, John Grant, MB with whom he is associated in tl operation of the Grant cinema i] terests in Viti Levu, (The Lilac Suva is their best-known theatn Since the re-establishment of £ elected council for Suva, after mai years of control by a Governmen nominated Town Board, the coun< has consisted of three European ai three Indian elected members ai two members appointed by t] Governor to represent minority i terests.

The older European people, wl remember the days when Suva w a European town with a Fiju flavour, have suddenly realised tl inevitable consequences of outii the nominated Town Board systei which many wished to do. Th interpret the new Deputy-Mayor appointment as the writing on tl wall and that, in due course, the will be an Indian Mayor of Suv And no amount of European dismi is going to stop it.

In the meantime Mr. Grant’s fir public duty was to welcome the ne Commissioner for the Governme: of India in Fiji (Mr. Aneel Kumi Sen) at Laucala Bay Airport ( December 15.

Rain Washes Out

Wau-Labu Road

Prom Our Own Correspondent WAU, Jan. 7.

EXTREMELY wet weather in t] past week had washed o portions of the Wau-Labu roi and traffic to and from Lae is he up.

There is a big slip on the roi between Cliffside and Bulolo and is expected to be another week b fore any vehicle can negotiate it.

The Mumeng Creek was also in passable for several days owing portion of the road crossing havii been swept away.

Tragedy followed this function. Photograph shows Mr. H. R. F. Watson, on December 21, in London, signing the new Sugar Agreement on behalf of the Fiji Government and the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Ltd., under which the British Ministry of Food contracted to buy 2,375,000 tons per year from British sugar-producing countries. Fiji is to supply up to 170,000 tons per annum, at £38/10/- Stg. per ton.

Next day, Mr. Watson died suddenly.

It was known that he had heart weakness, but his death was unexpected. He had been the representative of the CSR Company in London for several ye[?]rs, and he was well-known in Fiji, which he visited only last year.

The Deputy Secretary of the Food Department is shown beside Mr. Watson, and some of the delegates from the sugar-producing countries can be seen in background (Sir Thomas White, Australia, on left). 20 JANUARY, 1952 PACHFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

Fiji Battalion

Memorable Scenes on Departure for Malaya SUVA, Jan. 9. r\N January 8, the Ist Battalion of 1/ the Fiji Infantry Regiment, specially detailed for service igainst the Red terrorists in Malaya, marched aboard the migrant liner Asturias (22,445 tons) n Suva and departed for Singax>re. The Asturias was taken iemporarily from the Britainkustralia run.

It was a memorable day in Suva, from dawn, thousands of Fijians jame crowding into the town, and ill classes of all the communities jombined to give the Fijian soldiers i send-off that will never be forgotten. The town was lavishly lecorated.

' As the Battalion marched through the town to the wharf, it saluted ;he Acting-Governor, Mr. A. F. R.

Btoddart, who was on a special dais it The Triangle. With him were Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, Colonel C. L.

Pleasants (commander of the Fiji Military Forces), the Mayor of Suva (Mr. D. M, N. McFarlane) and Lieut-Commander G. R. Woods.

The men marched with spirit, fine precision and a proud bearing—and their pride was reflected in the faces Df the thousands of their fellowcountrymen, whose enthusiasm was almost beyond restraint.

As the liner left the wharf at 3 pm, the soldiers sang their Islands songs, the bands played, the packed thousands ashore sang and shouted, and a NZ Air Force Catalina flew low over the ship.

The Fiji Times made this fitting comment: “The Battalion’s departure has been an occasion for pride—the pride of the Fijian people in the loyal response of Fijian youth to a call made in the name of the Empire, and the pride of non- Fijians in the fact that in 1952, as in the last war, the Crown Colony of Fiji is to be represented by fighting men of magnificent stamp. The battalion has left Fiji with a farewell of moving dignity. When it returns, it will be welcomed home in the same spirit.”

It will be some time before the Fijians famous jungle-fighters go into action against the Malayan Communists. They have first to complete their training in Malaya.

Methodist Church And The Malaya Battalion Prom Our Own Correspondent SUVA, Jan. 6.

THE Methodist Church, to which 90 per cent, of the Fijian people belong, has made no secret of its misgivings over the sending of Fijian troops to Malaya; but has so far made no official pronouncement.

This official silence has led to criticism among Europeans who say the Church should have made a clear-cut pronouncement.

However, the Church was placed in a delicate situation when the announcement that the Ist Battalion was to go to Malaya for two years was sprung on the Colony as a fait-accompli in October, That announcement leaned heavily on the message of loyalty sent to the King bv the Council of Chiefs in 1950.

To declare opposition to the Government’s offer of active Fijian support against the King’s enemies would, in Fijian eyes, have ranged the Fijian Methodist Church against a decision made by Great Britain and Fiji in the name of the King.

It is believed that the Methodist Church in Fiji has protested against the move to the Colonial Office, presumably through the Government of Fiji. The Church fully appreciates the dangers of Malaya’s situation, but is believed to have pointed out the serious effect on the Fijians of the withdrawal of many hundreds of their most promising young men, at a critical time in their economic,, political and social history.

FOR COOK IS.

Resident Commisioner Appointed MR. GEOFFREY NEVILL, aged 51, who has been Resident Commissioner of Chatham Islands (a small group owned by New Zealand) since February, 1950, has been appointed to succeed Mr.

W. Tailby as Resident Commissioner of the Cook Islands, with headquarters at Rarotonga.

He is described as an ideal man for the job, in personality, training and inclination. He has made a lifetime study of Pacific Islands history and government, and he is especially interested in Polynesia. • He was always interested in the culture of the Maori peoples. He used to go out fossicking among the sandhills on the West Coast of NZ and bring back al sorts of interesting relics. He has given quite a number to the Museum,” said Dr.

Gilbert Archey, director of the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Mr. Nevill is a brother of Sir Arthur Nevill, former Chief of NZ Air Staff. He was educated in Australia and at Auckland Grammar School.

Italians To Solve

HEBRIDES

Labour Troubles

rIRTY Italian men are due to arrive in Vila early in Feburary and will go to work; for M. Charles Graziani of Santo.

The wives and families of the men will follow when the new arrivals have settled down.

The outcome of this labour experiment is awaited with interest. v.w.

Mr. R. M. Taylor, who has done an excellent job as Financial Secretary, Fiji, has been appointed Financial Secretary, Northern Rhodesia, and will leave Suva, in March.

During training in Fiji, the battalion was inspected by Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna (hatless), Honorary Colonel of the Fiji Infantry Regiment. With Sir Lala is the CO of the battalion, Lieut.-Col. R. Tinker, and behind them, Major Fisher-Hoch, of the Ist Suffolk Regiment, who has spent two years in Malaya and who is Liaison Officer with the Fiji Battalion. Photo by Fiji Public Relations Office. 21 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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He Has No Remedy at Law THE sentence of 18 months’ goal imposed upon him for alleged theft having been cancelled by the Administrator of Papua-New Guinea, Lance Wilkinson was released from the Bomana gaol, in Port Moresby, on December 22. He proceeded at once to Samarai, where he was warmly welcomed by his family and friends.

Mr. Dudley Jones, the well-known Rabaul barrister and solicitor, who defended both Wilkinson and Bock in the recent cases against them, and who arranged the petition to the Administrator for the release of Wilkinson, was in Sydney in January; and he informed PIM that in his opinion Wilkinson cannot appeal to the High Court to quash his conviction and he has no chance at ail of obtaining damages from the Administration for wrongful imprisonment.

Mr. Jones explained that in the Papua-New Guinea Supreme Court, the Judges sit as both Judge and Jury. One Judge, sitting as a jury, convicted Wilkinson. Another Judge, on exactly the same set of circumstances, found Bock not guilty. These represent the processes of law as it exists in New Guinea at the present time, and there is no possible appeal from them.

EDITORIAL NOTE: We can only say that, if this is the Papua-New Guinea law, the soon it is amended the better for the safety of Papua-New Guinea citizens.

One Judge found Wilkinson guilty of theft; and, despite his good record as a citizen and soldier, and his claim to consideration as a first offender, he was given the savage sentence of 18 months’ gaol.

Another Judge, on exactly the same set of circumstances, found Bock not guilty.

One of those Judges was wrong.

Conceivably, it was Judge Bignold, who convicted Wilkinson. If Judge Bignold was wrong, then obviously Wilkinson should have his name cleared of the criminal charge, and be compensated for wrongful imprisonment.

However, the law says that Wilkinson has no recourse whatever—and that presumably is the end of it.

But this writer must add the remark that in a very long and varied journalistic experience, he never has seen such a legal tangle and muddle as is represented by the Wilkinson-Bock case It reflects little credit on the Papua-New Guinea legal system and less credit upon some of the system’s legal luminaries.

In previous articles on this subject, we made some reflection upon the Administrator, Colonel Murray, for the course he followed. Having had the extraordinary P-NG law explained to us, we should like to say that the Administrator could not have taken any other course — except that, having had his attention drawn by petitions on October 4 to the absurd situation, he was an unconscionable time in releasing Wilkinson, who was held until December 22.

Stores and shops in Western Samoa in Apia and outside stations did a record Christmas trade. In spite of high prices, expensive toys, clothing, fancy goods and provisions were freely purchased.

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Carpenter interests already have an important coconut processing establishment at Madang, New Guinea. 23 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Mr. and Mrs. J. I. L. Hill, now of Nigeria, arrived in Suva recently on a holiday visit to the Colony.

Mr. L. A. Lawlor has returned to Suva after an extended visit to the United Kingdom and South Africa.

Suva’s New Mayor Mr. N. R. Ford, Pacific Area Supervisor for Metro Goldwyn Mayer film company, will leave Sydney about the end of January for Fiji, by air, and then go on to Tahiti by the new TEAL service.

After a short stay in Papeete, on business, he will return to Australia by shin, via New Hebrides, and New Caledonia. tight: The MV Polurrian, new addition to New Guinea coastal fleet. Left: Captain toy Kendall (a Queensland Senator) who acted as master of the ship on the voyage to Rabaul. Captain Kendall’s son, a student, went along as deckhand.

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From our own Correspondent P. MORESBY, Jan. 6

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The C.O. of the unit, Lt.-Col. H. j. Sabin, is now directing the resulting of a third Rifle Company dr this full-time native Regular \rmy regiment. The aim at this itage is to increase the strength torn 220 to 500 all ranks, which will sing the battalion headquarters up 0 strength.

The original problem of accomnodation and permanent camp mildings at the P.I.R. Taurama leadquarters is well on its way to solution and excellent progress is jeing made on the construction programme. 1 The native servicemen, in their jungle-green shirts and shorts, are low a familiar sight around Port Moresby. Permanent service with he Army has so far attracted about in equal number of recruits from Papua and New Guinea. The lads nake a very good showing in their general bearing when off duty iround the area.

Lucky To Be Alive

Civil Aviation Regional Director John Arthur, and District Comnissioner S. Elliott-Smith were ucky to be alive after the departmental Auster, in which they were travelling, crashed at Fisherman’s strip on December 5. With Mr.

Arthur at the controls they were ;aking off from the runway when he engine failed and the machine jrashed beyond the runway among sharp coral outcrops. Neither man vas seriously injured, and they were lot thrown out from the plane. Mr.

Arthur had a couple of front teeth oattered and Mr. Elliott-Smith suffered an ankle injury which kept lim in hospital for some time.

Natives To The Rescue

On December 13, three people lost their lives when a Qantas Dragon crashed. They were the pilot, S.

Peebles, of Madang; K. Kear, Civil Aviation Airport Inspection, also if Madang; and the A.D.O. from Wabag, Robert Kennedy Earle.

The machine crashed in a steep gorge on the Menyamba River, 20 miles northwest of Mt. Hagen. The accident was witnessed by two local natives, who were standing about 20 feet in front of the plane when it hit the cliff. The natives immediately attempted to rescue the occupants, but were driven back by flames.

Natives then relayed news of the crash by hilltop calls across 12 miles of country to the Wapinnamunda patrol post; and Patrol Officer E. J.

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Captain Peebles and Mr. Kear each left a widow and child.

Mr. Earle was a single man, aged 31, This was the fourth fatal plane smash in the Territory since last 27 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY-JANUARY, 1952

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Secondary Education

Allowances for secondary educe tion in Australia are to be continue as in 1951, but only if these can I made out of existing educatic funds. If the cash runs out, son paring down of allowances mg have to be done.

For the first term the allowam will be on the basis of £125 a yea plus one return air fare.

Last year, the average cost to tl Administration of each student we £l6O, and by the end of the schoi year the number claiming allov ances had increased from 130 to 22 A little matter of £36,480 a yearwhich will undoubtedly increaj with the increasing population c the Territory—would soon buil secondary schools in our mai centres.

New Bridges

Another wartime bridge £ Twenty-Mile, on the Rouna Roai between Moresby and Sogeri, h£ been replaced by a permanent re inforced concrete structure at a co£ of £2,500. Work is proceeding on steel suspension bridge across th Laloki River, near Sogeri Polic Depot, to replace another old Arm bridge. Some very good work ha been done on the difficult-to-main tain Rouna Road by the W. and I road gang.

Moresby Grows

Moresby continues to grow, an much-needed shops have bee opened recently. One is a chemist shop, opened by Mr. T. W. Johnstor on Ela Beach. Another is a highly appreciated vegetable stall, starte by Mr. R. H. Gibbes, of Gibbe Sepik Airways, and located near th Post Office. A third is a shoe-repai business opened on Lower Por Road by Mr. E. Loder. Other addi tions to the business town have bee] a newsagency by Mrs. K. Eginton a ladies’ wear shop by Marion Frost and the Twilight Cafe, in Dougla Street. There are new garages, i woodwork and joinery shop, am other small but very necessary ser vices.

When Steamships Trading Cc and Bums Philip (New Guinea Ltd., get their new buildings up, th town will be getting near the nor mal standards of an importan centre.

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It has been decided to continue vith the plan, so some interesting ■eports should be coming through, Tom time to time.

So far the Department has maintained its normal intake of cadet Datrol officers, and this means there should be enough staff to release officers for work in new country.

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Following representations by business interests, the commencement date of the new Prices Regulations was deferred from November 22 to January 7, to allow traders to present a case for their claim that the margin of 15 per cent, on some items was too low. The traders claim that in Queensland the margin on groceries and perishable foods ranges from 22 to 27 per cent. Any variation in the original 15 per cent, ruling will depend on 29 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Another visit of top-line hydroelectric experts from Australia and Britain took place in December, when Mr. Boex (Director of the New Guinea Resources Prospecting Company); Mr. Richards (member of a leading British firm of consulting engineers) and Mr. Sutton (who will make field surveys later), arrived in Moresby. The visitors were definitely publicity-shy, and no statement was made by the party.

It will be recalled that last Jam ary officials of the New Guinea R sources Prospecting Company, ai other interests, did an aerial survi of potential hydro-electric source and it seems that this second tr is stage two of the survey. ]M Sutton, it is believed, will be ba< shortly to get on with the fie surveys.

Plane V. Coconut Pest

To test the efficacy of eari spraying of coconut palms, as means of controlling the leaf hoppi pest “sexava ” the Agricultural D< partment will charter a Gibb< Norseman for experimental spra> ing of plantations along the we coast of New Ireland.

If the tests prove satisfactory is anticipated that plantation ir terests will charter aircraft fc general spraying of affected arec The leaf hopper is particularly ba along the west coast of New In land, and damage to coconuts is es tensive.

It’s expected that the Departmer tal experiments will be mac shortly, and Gibbes Sepik Airwaj are attaching special gear to Norseman for this work.

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MURDER A native, Falai, was sentenced to ieath by Mr. Justice Gore in December at Kairuku. Falai committed murder for monetary gain —an unusual crime here.

Six Kerema natives, to raise money to buy a boat, took shell ornaments to the Mekeo district, to sell for cash. When they reached St. Josephs River, they had £6l.

Falai asked them to play cards for it. They refused. When the Keremas were departing in a canoe, Falai attacked them with a shot gun. As a result of several shots, one Kerema was lost in the river, and others were wounded.

The case is being watched with interest. If sentimental arguments relating to natives are allowed to interfere with the death sentence imposed on premeditated and deliberate murder for gain, there will be some strong protests.

P Ng Lads At Suva Medical

SCHOOL The first Territory native to graduate at the Suva Central Medical School in Fiji as an Assistant Medical Practitioner is Wilfred Moi, from the Wedau district of Eastern Papua. He has just completed the five-years course, and will return to the Territory soon to start work with the Public Health Department. Five other Papua and New Guinea natives are still doing the course at Suva, and another three will be starting their studies at the School as soon as transport can be arranged from Port Moresby.

GENERAL Sepik District people not only provided Wewak youngsters with their usual loaded Christmas tree— they also subscribed £2OO for the International Children’s Fund. The previous Christmas the Wewak Red Cross Branch raised £5O for the same Fund.

It is expected that the appointment of an Assistant Government Secretary will be made soon; and another announcement awaited with some interest is that of Director of Agriculture, Stock and Fisheries. The latter is the only departmental head position not yet filled on the permanent list.

Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Cromie, of Moresby, have endowed an annual scholarship worth £5O a year, to be awarded to a schoolchild completing primary education in the Territory. It is designed to assist in the expenses of secondary school study in Australia. The award will be made by the Education Department.

Rae Ferries, 13, of Wau, has been awarded the 1951 scholarship, and will study at the Presbyterian Girls School, Warwick, Queensland. It is hoped that other private residents, and also commercial firms, will follow this fine example. 31 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1992

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The Rev. John Goldie in h riTHE Rev. John F. Goldie, pione X missionary of the Weste] Solomon Islands, returned his home in Melbourne in Decemb after 2i months tour of Ne Zealand as the guest of honoi at numerous gatherings of tl Methodist Church, which is n sponsible for the Methodist mil sionary activities in the Westei Solomons, Bougainville and Buka.

Mr. Goldie, who retired from ti mission field in April, expects 1 return to the Solomons in May f< the celebration of the Golde Jubilee of the Methodist Missio] It was in 1902 that Mr. Goldie an other pioneer missionaries con menced work there.

Since his retirement he has bee busy in Australia supervising publ; cation of mission books for th Splomons. His visit to NZ coincide with the NZ Methodist Conferenc in Auckland. He was the guest c honour at a complimentary luncheo to mark his retirement from th mission field.

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SPATC Recommends Tbird Runway for Nadi DETAILED plans for the third runway at Nadi, Fiji, and development of this international jrport generally, will be considered ly the meeting of the South Pacific iir Transport Council in May this r ear.

At the last meeting, the Council ecommended that Nadi should lave a third runway.

The new runway will be capable if taking aircraft of the Comet jet ype and is expected to cost about 1 million and take several years to luild.

The South Pacific Air Transport Council directs Empire aviation lolicy in the South Pacific. Ausralia, New Zealand, the United kingdom. Canada and Fiji all share n the cost of maintaining Nadi airort and New Zealand administers t under general direction of the Jouncil.

An engineer of the NZ Ministry f Works is already in Fiji. He will irepare a detailed plan and the stimated cost of building the third unway for the next meeting of the Council,

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There will be Comet jet airliners n the Pacific service long before Jadi’s third runway is built but Canadian Pacific Airlines Ltd., who xpect to introduce the jets to their south Pacific service late in 1952 ay that present runways at airiorts on the route are adequate.

Yiation authorities say that loading nil probably have to be restricted or some airports.

The Comets will be based on Sydley. They will make two return rips weekly to Honolulu, one from lydney via Nadi (Fiji) and Canon Island, and the other from lydney via Auckland, Nadi and Janton.

From Honolulu to the Pacific oast of America passengers will hange to a DC6 aircraft. The Jomet Series I, which will be used n the initial stages of the jet ser- Ice, are not suitable for the 2,800 aile stage between Honolulu and Vancouver. When available. Comet Series II jets will take over this >art of the service.

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BRITISH Commonweath Pacific Airlines has ordered six Series II Comet jets from the de lavilland company for its trans- *acific service.

The aircraft will cost over ;3 million but are not expected to le delivered before 1954-55. :pal is flying the tasman Commencing with its Sydney leparture on January 4, Canadian s acific Airlines now include Auckand in its trans-Pacific service.

The route is Sydney-Auckland- Nadi-Canton Island-Honolulu-San Francisco-Vancouver and return.

This is the logical route for all trans-Pacific airservices but has never been used because of New Zealand’s apparent reluctance to allow any other operator in the area reserved exclusively for Tasman Empire Airways.

CPAL was granted permission to fly the Tasman early last year, but has not taken advantage of it until now. The company will not carry passengers between Australia and New Zealand that remains the monopoly of TEAL.

The two other trans-Pacific operators, Pan American and BCPA, have got over the Tasman difficulty by running feeder services from Nadi to Auckland; or by running a separate service from Auckland to North America. CPAL has not bothered about the New Zealand section of the trans-Pacific route until this month. Later this year this service will be flown with Comet jets.

The present service will leave Sydney and Vancouver on alternate Fridays. 33 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Mr. David Ragg and Mr. Gerry Adams, of Lautoka, Fiji, flew to Sydney on Christmas Day, saw the magnificent tennis of the Davis Cup matches, and returned to Fiji immediately thereafter. It was quick and hard travel; but the two tennis enthusiasts had no complaints.

A Tribute To The Late

Sir Peter Buck

ONE of the best articles ev written by Eric Ramsd< appeared in the Auckland St; of December 14, as a person tribute to Sir Peter Buck.

Ramsden and the famous Direct* of the Bishop Museum were do friends; and, only a few wee] earlier, when Ramsden was on h way to America, to spend s months on a special mission, 1 stayed in Honolulu with Sir Fete He knew that the health of h friend was precarious; but, non< theless, he learned with a shoe when he arrived in New Mexic that Sir Peter had died, after short illness, on December 1.

The NZ journalist tells mar anecdotes of the distinguishe European-Maori, with glimpses < his career as a University man, politician and a scientist. Ramsde reminds us that it is only a fe months since Buck visited Ya.

University, and received a honorary doctorate of science.

“Wherever he went,” says Rams den, “Peter Buck was a most love man. Old people and childre appealed to him particularly. Or can never forget his gentle courtes; He had no enemy. While h: judgment was shrewd, it was nevf cruel.” 34 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLI

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Two Writers in Defence of French Colony Letter it) the Editor IHE Pacific Islands Monthly, long been known to us as the leading magazine of the South sas, has a reputation for imparility and the airing of both sides any question. May we, therefore, esent our views concerning an tide in your August issue en- ;led, “Social Troubles in French seania.” In this piece the adinistration of France and French jeania were, in our opinion, merely and unjustly criticised, en vilified.

The article represents Mr. Ross’s inion, and he has a perfect right it. By the same token, we have similar right to ours.

Tahiti has long been plagued by e visitations of “week-end ribblers.” The jottings of these )be-trotters, beachcombers and lotional misfits may sometimes ike interesting reading, but are Idom related to the truth.

Such people arrive with ideas of irdens of Eden, which exist only their imaginations. Then they 'ike back at the Government of ibiti, the people, the conditions— ything in fact that does not come i to their fantastic expectations.

Mr. Ross has been described as a wealthy American business man 10 travels widely and observes >sely.” Upon investigation we disvered that Mr. Ross is a laundryin in a small New York suburb, e submit that laundrymen should ck to their laundries and not take the pen for literary purposes, but ly for marking linen. . . . and not •ty linen at that!

IHE overall story of Tahiti, as presented by Mr. Ross, is one of general poverty, government efficiency, poor education, illalth and sexual depravity. Such picture is profoundly dishonest, ilicious, and shows absence of owledge of the facts. Taking the 'ticisms one by one, this is what i discover:—

Standard Of Living —

thiti’s economic position is ex- ;mely sound. The high price that pra brings assures general prosrity, inasmuch as a large majority Tahitians own their land. Wages e higher in Tahiti than anywhere e in the Pacific Islands, approach- ? closely to those paid to Ausilians and New Zealanders. Never fore have so many Tahitians been le to afford so many luxury goods motor bicycles, radios, cars, regerators, etc. There is no one on lief in Tahiti, because food and elter are so easily available to all.

GOVERNMENT—After having rsonally observed some of the wdling clock-watchers in govemmt offices in Whitehall, Washington, Suva, Apia, etc., one is forced to the conclusion that Tahitian and French officials here are models of speed and efficiency. As far as essential services are concerned, there are more and better roads here and finer and more complete agricultural services. The local courts of justice have an excellent reputation for fair dealing to all comers. All government officials show the charming French courtesy to everyone at all times.

EDUCATION—There are splendid opportunities here, not only for regular education but also for technical and manual training. Moreover, contrary to Mr. Ross’s assertions, the natives are taught more efficient farming methods. Good husbandry and the production of improved food crops is encouraged by the “Service Agricole.” Plantation and garden competitions are held in the different villages, Young trees, seedlings and seeds are made available to the population on practically gratis terms. Numerous students are sent to France on scholarships, and (despite Mr.

Ross’s sour observations about “wine and women and reversion to native habits”) France after all is one of the greatest seats of learning and culture the world has ever seen, Mr. Ross suggests that students go to New Zealand. With all due respect to that fine young country, 35 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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HEALTH—Here in Tahiti, the health facilities are probably better than anywhere else in the Pacific, with free hospitalisation, dental service, and clinical treatment. Surgery is practised only by advanced sand highly trained specialists, who [are graduates of the finest medical colleges of France. With regard to - elephantiasis and filariasis, Tahiti 'has a huge, modern Institute of Research, from which, control, prevention and cure are freely dispensed to all. It is significant that Papeete was the meeting-place [chosen for the world conference of doctors engaged in anti-filariasis [work, held in August. | At Tahiti’s leprosarium, one of the oldest in the Pacific, inmates .are being discharged with the awful malady arrested and even cured.

Yaws, hookworm and other tropical [diseases are now things of the past. [ SEX—Sex is no sin in Tahiti, nor 'is it the shabby sordid “free love 'system” Mr. Ross would have your readers believe. Love among the Tahitians is looked upon as a felicitous function of life, not something to be indulged in, in secrecy and fear. There is actually no more promiscuity in Tahiti than anywhere else in the world. What’s more, the family life here is comparatively stable, with alliances lasting much longer than, say, in the United States with its one divorce out of every three or four marriages.

Orphans are unknown in Tahiti, and the phrase “illegitimate child” does not exist.

From journalistic, grammatical, and factual points of view, we could continue to tear Mr. Rosss alleged literary effort apart. But our purpose will be served if we can show that Tahiti is indeed “La Perle du Pacifique,” under a kind and tolerant government.

Outstanding persons of culture, learning and refinement choose to make this island their permanent home. Because here there is no discrimination against the colour of your skin, the size of your bank roll or the occupation you pursue.

Instead there is a prevailing spirit of freedom, tolerance, democracy and liberty for all. Vive Tahiti! lorana!

We are, etc., BERNARD COVIT, JOHN ROLLEY.

Papeete, Nov. 19.

Mr. and Mrs. Kieran Thorpe, who were married at St. Philip’s Church, Sydney, on November 24, will make their home on Santo, New Hebrides. The bride was formerly Miss Jill Ipkendanz, of Boggabri, NSW.

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WHEN the Waitemata arrived at Auckland in mid-December, with a 200-ton cargo of kumeras from Rarotonga, it was discovered that they were heavily infested with “white - fringed weevil.”

Minister of Agriculture Holyoake reported that unsuccessful efforts were made to destroy the pest by fumigation. As the weevil is unknown in NZ, and could cause great damage to the local kumera crops which are an important Maori food, it was necessary to destroy the entire cargo.

The loss on the cargo, which was timed to arrive for Christmas, will fall mainly on the Cook Islands shippers.

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Vernon Memorial Hospital —No Theatre IN our May issue we stated that the Australian 11th Light Horse (the late Dr. G. H. Vernon’s old regiment) had presented the Vernon Memorial Hospital with an operating theatre. This is not so—what they presented was an examination table. Mr. and Mrs.

H. Standen, who are struggling to establish this hospital for aged and ailing Papuans in the mud of the Bamu River district of the Territory, say that they have not as yet reached the stage where they need an operating theatre, anyway.

Nonetheless, in spite of all ob stacles, these missionaries ar bringing some medical aid to thes backward people who live amphi bious lives in the swamps of thi part of Papua.

Something of the isolation of th Standens, and their Mission in th Mud can be gained from the fac that Mrs. Standen was not able t correct our mistake made in Ma until August, and the letter sh wrote then at the end of August di not reach us until November.

Cerebral Malaria Victims FOR the second time since th end of the war, a child of Methodist Missionary in th Bougainville area has died o cerebral malaria.

The last victim in November wa the elder child of Ovini a Fijia: agricultural worker at the Missio: at Buin, and his wife.

Ovini has been growing rice an other crops there experimental! with a view to increasing local foo supplies. The district has not re covered from the war-time devas tation.

A similar loss was experienced b the Rev. and Mrs. C. T, J. Luxtoi two NZ missionaries, who returne to Torokina in 1946. Their sma daughter died of cerebral malar: soon after.

The Loxtons stayed in the are for some years but have now re turned to NZ.- AJS. 38 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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Travellers Travellers who departed from Sydney by Qantas aircraft for the Territories in December included (reading from left to right, and from the top, down): — A.B. (Diver 2) K. R. Elms, RAN, bound for a 2-years assignment to Manus naval base. He will be employed as a diver on wharf construction work. A. B. Elms came from England to the RAN 2 years ago, and “can think of better places than Manus to spend Christmas.”

Mr. L. J. Chiswell was preceding to employment at Port Moresby. He was last in NG with the Army, during the war.

His wife and two children will follow later.

Mr. B. Ashley, Sydney medical student, was proceeding to Sohana (Buka Passage, NG) for two months’ holiday with friends.

Mr. Les Hastings, scoutmaster, from llabaul, returned home from the 7th World Scout Jamboree, which was held in Australia recently. Scoutmaster Hastings also visited Switzerland, France, and spent 2V2 months in touring Britain.

His companion was Mr. Lex Lannoy, of Rabaul Hospital X-ray staff the only other Scout representative from New Guinea. Mr. Lannoy remained in England to take a course in Radiology.

Professor J. P. Thijsse of the University of Indonesia, and Mrs. Thijsse, proceeded to Port Moresby to continue the native housing survey which they are doing for the South Pacific Commission. The Professor, who has already completed a survey of the Eastern Pacific, expects to cover Australian and Dutch New Guinea, and parts of New Britain and New Ireland on his present tour.

Bound for Nauru following leave in Australia: Mrs. W. J. Wade (whose husband is a construction foreman with BPC); Mr. W T . W’right (storekeeper); Geoffrey Wright (at lower left); and Johnny Northe—all returning after holidays in Australia. Mrs. Wright preferred to travel per Trienza earlier in the month.

Glen Howell, whose father is SDA missionary at Bena Bena, returned home to NG for the shool holidays, from SDA Central School, Wahroonga, Sydney.

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Adams returned to Tarawa (Gilberts) after 3 months’ leave.

Mr. Adams is a radio officer of the G.E.I.C. wireless department, and has been two years at Tawara. Mr. Adams said that the G.E.I.C. radio staff now consists of four European and 40 native operators.

Frank Haviland, son of ADO Haviland, returned to Maprik, near Wewak. Now Guinea, for the school holidays, from Trinity Grammar School, Sydney.

Mr. W. G. Elliot was bound for Honiara (BSD to join the Administration’s building staff.

Mr. W. Parkin, of Sydney, bound for Orokolo Mission, Western Division, Papua, for one month’s photographic holiday.

Mr. Parkin took movie and still cameras and hoped to film certain native dances which take place this time of the year. 39 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Rawhiti Joins The Navi

IN PERU ris reported that LST Rawhit which was believed to haw been going into the America!

Great Lakes trade, has been take! over by the Peruvian Navy. It i stated that she will be used to tak< supplies from Callao on the Paciff coast, through the Panama Cana and up the Amazon to Peruviai settlements on the eastern slopes o the Andes.

Rawhiti became famous in thi South Pacific from 1948 to the en< of last year when, under the banne of the Roose Shipping Co., of Ne\ Zealand, she performed all kinds o jobs in these ship-hungry waters.

She carried, amongst other things cattle to the Solomons, timbe across the Tasman, empty drums t Fiji. What she meant to Islam communities was indicated by th Rev. J. R. Metcalfe, vetera!

Methodist Missionary in th Solomons, when he submitted i yearly report recently.

He said that the coming of th Rawhiti to BSI influenced thei whole year. The consignment o dairy cattle which the LST brough from NZ was a boon —even thougl they cost £4O per head for trans port—and their progeny would fim their way into every Methodis Mission station in the area. It wa thanks to the Rawhiti that th mission had sufficient kerosene and engine fuel for over a yearas well as stoves, baths and othe building materials.

One presumes that now that th LST has departed for other parts these Mission stations will retun to their former state of splendi< isolation.

Rawhiti was built in Pennsylvanii and floated down the Ohio am Mississippi. She took part in th landings at Normandy and Soutl of France, was purchased in Hono lulu after the war and brought 5 cargo of motor vehicles to NZ. Sh made her last trans-Tasman cross ing last September and left fo: San Francisco shortly afterwards AJS.

At a graduation ceremony at tin Government Teachers’ Traininj College at Malifa, Apia, W. Samoa on December 12, 35 graduates of th College received their certificates a teachers from the High Commis sioner, Mr. R. G. Powles, after hav ing terminated their three years training course. The principal o the College, Mr. Mollring, stresse( the need for additional teachers ii view of the steadily increasing popu lation. There is also a shortage o senior New Zealand teachers, no only in Samoa, but also in Nev Zealand, and consequently school in Samoa are understaffed. 40 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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‘Boong-Bashing’

Silly Talk by Tasmanian Socialist MEMBERS of the E-NO Legislative Council, at their inaugural meeting in November, expressed bitter resentment at statements reported to have been made in the Australian Parliament by Senator O’Byrne.

This gentleman said that planters had opposed the establishment of the Council because “they do not like any alteration of the Boong- Bashing order, under which they used to exploit the natives.”

Mr. Don Barrett, representing New Britain planters, said that the planters had been fighting for years for the establishment of the Council, and planters generally had a high sense of responsibility towards their native employees. [ The new Council should not fret about Senator O’Byme. He is typical of the queer specimens that are thrown up into politics everyso-often by the Trade Union jrganisation. Most of these political md sociological freaks are accepted philosophically by the nation as part of the price we pay for iemocracy. Because they are mostly literate and their judgment governed by their hates, their ;ontributions to debate are worthess—but often very amusing.

Senator O’Byrne’s statement about “Boong Bashing” is typical of the man, and his ideas. Tasmania regards him as a political joke; and that viewpoint is recommended to our friends in New Guinea.

Mr. F. J. Grattan, Secretary of Samoan Affairs returned to Apia on the October Matua after extended sick leave in NZ. He was one of ' the survivors of the Catalina disaster in Western Samoa in April, 1951.

The Secretary of the NZ Department of Island Territories of the New Zealand Government, Mr. R.

G. Patrick, passed through Apia on November 17 on his return from Rarotonga where he had made an official visit.

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Mt. Lamington Evacuees Need More than Houses rEklast issue of Oceania (June) is, as usual, of interest to students of the Pacific.

Of particular interest in this issue is an account, by Cyril S. Belshaw, of the social consequences following the Mt. Lamington eruption in and their resettlement in new villages.

Resettling these people whose villages had been wiped out or were considered unsafe, was not, Mr.

Belshaw says, merely a matter of building new houses and making new gardens, It appears that these Orokaiva people are, at the best of times temperamental, emotional and givei to fits of temper, crankiness am even petty violence.

The feeling of uncertainty follow ing the eruption and the death o 4,000 of their own people, thi normal strains and stresses of lif» in an evacuee camp and th business of pulling up their root and settling in new areas did no improve matters.

But most of them seem to believi that the eruption was punishmen from God for past disobedience t( Government or mission, or for th betrayal of Europeans during th early days of the war. Most seen to want to atone by doing bette in the future.

Mr. Belshaw outlines some of th problems that are being faced b; Administration officials in gettini the naturally intractable Orokaiva back to a smooth-working com munity life again.

According to Miss P. Heaney, hea mistress of a school at Lae, Ne> Guinea, European children at schoc in the Islands are being encourage to learn about native customs an folk-lore, and generally, to take keen interest in the Territory. Mis Heaney, who has been in Guinea for 2 h years, spent a shoi time in Brisbane recently befor leaving on a tour of Japan. 42 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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Hoodoo Name For A Ship By Our Tahiti Correspondent YACHTSMEN and others planning names for their Island craft might ponder over the following.

Inquiries in Tahiti about the history of the schooner Tahitienne, launched from the yard of Matthew Turner at Benicia, California, in 1892, brought to light some interesting facts. This schooner—first in our records incorporating the name of Tahiti—was built for M. Emile Levy, of Tahiti, and she capsized in San Francisco Bay on her initial voyage. Righted, and given added ballast, she sailed again, to end her days in the terrible hurricane which struck French Oceania in 1906.

Captain George Dexter, her owner, perished with all but two of his crew. The two survivors drifted on a hatch cover for 5 days before reaching land.

Launched from the same yard, at about the same time, was the brigantine Tahiti. She capsized in mid- Pacific, and 330 Gilbertese labourers, bound for Mexico, lost their lives.

The little schooner Tahiti was built in Papeete about 1905. She was lost on a Tuamotu reef.

The steamer Port Kingston was renamed Tahiti when acquired by the Union Steam Ship Co. of NZ.

She rammed and sank a Sydney harbour ferry, with heavy loss of life —before herself coming to a watery grave 400 miles from Rarotonga when, her tail-shaft breaking, the propellor pierced the hull. No lives were lost. That was in 1931. tn 1929, entering Papeete Harbour, the reef had claimed two blades from the port propellor.

THE second schooner Tahitienne, a graceful 90-ton vessel of yacht-like lines, was launched in Seattle in 1923, for use as a rumrunner. When it was partly completed, her owner died and she was Dought on the stocks by the Tahiti ftrm of Maxwell & Co., and completed. After what has been reported as the fastest passage ever inade from San Francisco to Papeete under sail, she entered the nter-island trade there —and was iismasted on one of her early voyages.

When Maxwells went into liquiiation in the mid-1930’5. the Tahi- ;ienne was sailed to Auckland for iisposal. She lay idle in Auckland larbour for years, and eventually vas acquired by Mr. D. C. Brown, )f Rarotonga, for trade in the Cook Islands. Sailing from Auckland for Rarotonga, she had to put back on wo occasions due to engine and >ther troubles.

On the third sailing she reached he island. There she did coniderable useful work, at a time when the Cook Islands were desperately in need of inter-island shipping. Early in 1948 she figured in an incident. Her chronometer out of order, she was unable to locate Rarotonga, and she was seriously leaking. An extensive search involved two Catalina aircraft and another schooner.

Resuming trade after this incident, all went well until November 24, 1948. She was lying at moorings in Avaura Passage, Rarotonga, when an abnormal freak swell came into the passage, causing the schooner to part her moorings and become a total loss. Perhaps it was fortunate that she ended her days there and then, for when she struck the reef she practically dissolved in a cloud of dust, so riddled was she with dry rot.

Last of the ill-starred series is the little Papeete schooner Vahine Tahiti, which led a peaceful enough existence until recently. But, not long ago, a fire aboard nearly destroyed her. Then more recently, she ran on a reef in Papeete Harbour. Now the veterans of the Tahiti waterfront are saying “Jamais deux sans trois.” Next time, perhaps!

And now we hear that one of the new Messageries Maritimes ships for the Pacific trade is to be named Tahitien!

Mr. J. C. E. Taylor, engineer with the BPC at Nauru, arrived in Perth, WA, in mid-December on extended leave. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter. 43

Pacific Islands Monthly January, 1 9 S 2

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Scouting in Western Samoa From Our Own Correspondent APIA, Nov. 30.

I Boy Scouts Association

of Western Samoa has recently been formed, and is affiliated o the New Zealand Boy Scouts Lssociation.

Mr. W. H. Wiggle, of Apia, has een appointed District Commisioner.

The new organisation has been armed as a result of the recent isit to Samoa of Mr. Dahl, travelng Commissioner from Imperial cout Headquarters in London, There are at present four Scout ■roops in Western Samoa: the nglican Chaplaincy Troop, the larist Brothers’ Troop, the Morion Scout Trooo and the Avele chool Scout Troop.

Mr. L. Mollering has been apointed secretary of the new Assertion.

Mr. Ross Henry, of the Commonealth Bank, Dee Why (NSW), will ave for Rabaul on transfer at the id of January. He is the son of [r. and Mrs. Jim Henry, of Brisme, who were well-known resists of Toowoomba. Qld., for many jars, and there, during the Pacific ar, met many Territorians. They lan a trip to New Guinea in 1952.

The first meeting of the Bougainville Advisory Council, New Guinea, took place on November 21, and was attended by the DC (Mr. Malcolm Wright) and Father A. Lebel (representing Bishop Wade), Rev.

A. H, Voyce, and Messrs, Jack Ellis, Paul Mason, Fred Archer, Don Colley, N. Sandford.

Fiji Sisters A Supreme Court in Port Moresby, on October 27, awarded £5,500 compensation to the widow and four children of Edward James Kuhl, who was accidentally electrocuted while in the employ of New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd., at Wau on May 6, 1950.

Miss Jocelyn (left), and Miss Elizabeth Exon, daughters of Mr. and Mrs.

Frank Exon of Suva, Fiji, who are spending some months in Brisbane.

Elizabeth will marry Mr, lan Cottee of that city early this year. 45 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Elliot-Smith was qualifying for a pilot’s licence. Both men were slightly injured.

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Archaeological researches will be carried out in New Caledonia, between February and September, 1952, by Professor E. W. Gifford and Mrs. Gifford, of the Museum of Anthropology, Ur versity of California.

The expedition led by Profess Gifford will be similar to that whi< he directed in Fiji in 1947, ai which gave very interesting resu!

Professor Gifford hopes to esta lish, by excavation in New Cal donia, the presence or absence cultural sequences, just as he d in Fiji.

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THE South Sea Islands Corre; pondence Club, which wj founded by Mr. A. P. Ward < Natuvu, Buca Bay, Fiji, over : years ago is still a going concern.

The club brings out a small pul lication called Island Life, whic keeps members in touch with or another. During the war, membei ship fell off but at present the clu is conducting a drive to bring th rolls back over the 1,000 mark.

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UK, USA, Africa. Sudan, German Their chief interest is in stam collecting and kindred hobbies.

Mr. Ward, who has been in Fi for 33 years, is postmaster j Natuvu, on Buca Bay, Vanua Levi 46 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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Ineptitude And

WASTE Attacks on W & H Department Prom Our Own Correspondent LAE, Dec .4.

CHE extravagantly-staffed, highlypaid and expensive Papua-New Guinea branch of the Depart lent of Works has been much riticised in 1951; and the clamour gainst this organisation is not issening.

The correspondent of a leading newspaper recently lid:— “This body of civilians is lamooned throughout New Guinea as {forks & Jerks’, and servicemen up lere scorn the Department as the :me of waste, idleness and leptitude. Even W & H employees imitted to me that their Departlent is a joke.”

During the first session of the bw Legislative Council, Mr. Don. arrett (elected member) opened an :tack, thus:— “For the past five years, in both erritories, we have been burdened ith an organisation known as forks & Housing. It was installed sre at the wish of the Commonealth Government, as it was felt lat the amount of reconstruction ork in the Territory was too vast i be adequately handled by the d Department of Public Works.

“We have seen an influx of many undreds of employees, and we have ien several of our own territorial dministration officers absorbed, any of them reluctantly, by it. ut what we have not seen is works id housing,”

Not all the' W & H officials and orkmen were incompetent said Mr. arrett —in fact, large numbers were rst-class men, interested in their bs. But they were hamstrung by id tape, incompetence and regulars. If the Territory was to get sal benefit from the huge sums Jing spent under the heading of iblic works, a general survey and ide reforms were necessary, imediately.

Tokelau Islands

APIA, Dec. 3.

HHE High Commissioner (Mr. G.

L R. Powles) accompanied by the Directors of Works (Mr. W. . McKay) and Health (Dr. T. C.

Dwnie) has just visited the three lands of the Tokelau group, which under his jurisdiction. Owing to ng-continued drought, thev found ie Islands suffering from a food lortage, intensified bv damage tused by rats.

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New Bridge for Apia Prom Our Own Correspondent APIA, Dec. 3.

THE 50-year-old wooden Vaisigano Bridge connecting the Apia Main Beach Road with Matautuuta and with the important districts of the East Coast, is at present being demolished to make room for the new concrete and steel construction.

The construction of the new bridge will be supervised by Mr. W.

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Mr. Stuart said he had been 'profoundly shocked and disap- >ointed” by what he had seen in he G. and E. Colony, and he was sending a special report to the British Government about conlitions there.

Mrs. Stuart praised the native •eople. but stated that “the handful if Europeans on Tarawa are, with t few exceptions, a disgrace to their ace.”

Mr, and Mrs. Stuart are now reiding in Sydney.

Sandy Creek Returns Advice has been received from Jandy Creek Gold Sluicing Ltd., hat durng November, 1951, 95 ►unces of Gold were recovered from ipproximately 15,460 cubic yards of naterial treated at the company’s eases in New Guinea.

In Fijian Tradition This is the first Fijian wedding in traditional dress that Mr. Charles Stinson, of Suva, has photographed. Most Suva Fijians, these days, prefer European dress for their wedding photos. The bridegroom, Ilaitia Vou, is third from left; his bride, Laisani Vasutoga, is next him. —Photo by Stinsons’ Studios. 49 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Madang Notes

From Our Own Correspondent MADANG, Dec. 30. 1%/TR. JOHN BROWN of the Shell Oil Company, Madang. has gone South on leave with his wife and family. Shell interests will be taken care of while he is away by Mr. Jim Eames.

Miss Joy Woods and Miss Erin White are also on furlough.

At the home of Mr. and Mrs Cameron of Beliau Island in December, Sister Joan Attwood of the European Hospital was married to Mr. Bert Chamberlain of the Department of Works and Housing.

Messrs. Ken Cahill and John O'Brien, sons of two of Madang’s best known plantation families flew South in December where Ken married Miss Pat Naylor i Brisbane on December 22, with Joh OBnen as bestman. Cahills an John then flew on to Sydney whei John married Miss Shirley Black shaw on Christmas Eve. . Both young couples will be return mg to Madang early in January.

Christmas parties in Madang hav been as numerous as usua Festivities got away to a good stai at a party held at the Common wealth Bank quarters. At thi party friends said farewell to M: Athol Bain of the Bank staff an welcomed Mr. Peter O’Donnell wh is taking his place.

Father Christmas—encouraged b two of Madang’s Clubs—made tw appearances, one from a launch an one from a plane, and dispense gifts to Madang’s European childrer Mr. lan Downs, District Com missioner and his staff organised ai excellent sports carnival for loca natives on Boxing Day. The sport occupied the whole day bu thousands of natives from all ove the district carried on with sing sings during the whole of the night The 1951 Apia boxing champion ships were decided on December 1at the Tivoli Theatre whei Alai (Fetu-Tasi) defeated Luteh fLeauvaa). In a match betweer Upulu and Savai’i respresentatives Savai’i won three of the fiv< matches. 50 JANUARY, 1 952-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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Territories Talk-Talk

By Tolala JJO, here comes 1952, unsullied and 3 untouched. What are we—as so-called civilised beings— oing to do with it? Let us hope hat our actions, when looked at in [istory’s Gallery, may bring us redit and, at least, be a needful bepping-stone to that Peace of rhich . to-day’s carol-singers are inging so lustily.

To all those who casually glance trough this monthly “Talk-Talk” give you 1952, and wish you Peace nd Prosperity. A prosperity not leasured necessarily in quantities f material gains, but of increases i individual and international ttributes of mental and moral alues, higher ethical standards and nearer approach to that way of fe we should conscientiously live.

With the New Year came the list f the King’s New Year Honours; nd New Guinea scored three places mongst the Members of the Order f the British Empire.

The Territory, apparently, must e satisfied with small mercies; and r e shall be pardoned if eyebrows re lifted in surprise at NG’s lodest share of Honours, in view f the importance which the Duntry is assuming or, at any ate, is said by politicians to be ssuming in world affairs.

No better choice could have been lade than two noted missionary isters, and a man who has done o much for the pioneer developlent of the Territory. The recogition is right but the reward seems when one considers ffiat each of the trio has accomlished in years of Service (with a apital S) to the country, and in omparison with the accomplishaents of other recipients of higher lonours.

The two Sisters (Miss D. L. Beale nd Sister Marie Clematia) have pent years in quietly performing nedical work amongst the natives irhich, if more widely-known, would ie splashed across the pages if the world’s press and be ompared that of Florence Jightingale whro, at least, received he Order of Merit. For years lister Beale did a great job in the Methodist Stewart Hospital at the funairima Mission station, on the tforth Coast of the Gazelle ‘eninsula; and after the War took harge of the medical work on the *iniqidu station in New Ireland.

Sister Clematia, who belongs to he Order of the Sacred Heart, has or long been carrying on a wonder ul work at the Analaua Leproarium on New Hanover. It is lifficult to obtain details of the york of both these women for they lo not talk—they work.

Mick Leahy, of course, is so wellknown throughout the length and breadth of the Territory as to need no personality sketch. He and his brothers have done more to actually develop the interior of the Morobe district than anyone else. They have done the spade work; others have followed the easier way. In peace and in war, Mick Leahy is “always on the ball.”

And, talking of honours, it seems strange (though there is probably a very good official reason, imperceptible to the lay. eye) that the Port Moresby end missed out. It would not have surprised me to have heard of the accolade being bestowed on His Honour the Administrator. He has had many VlP's in his neck-of-the-woods of late.

Apropos of bouquets being hurled at His Honour: He received a pretty compliment from industrialist and philanthropist Hallstrom recently, when the Sunday Herald ran a feature of “Men of the Year.” The Baron of Nondugl picked none other than J. K.

Murray, “the name of a man who may not be very well known, but who is doing a job of tremendous importance,” to quote the Silent Knight.

Incidentally, that gentleman him- 51 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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And, whilst we are on the matter of titles, I notice that the press generally bestows the prefix “Mr.” upon the native members of the Legislative Council. I should think this is a title which they themselves might not altogether appreciate. It may, of course, be an official ruling in an effort to abolish racial discrimination. If so, ’nuf sed. It may also be an official edict that the MLC’s are not given the title ‘Honourable,’ for I have seen nc mention of such a prefix wher reference is made to anyone o; them in print.

In both the pre-war Legislative Councils, the courtesy title was given. Why the difference now?

I cannot say that I am ar enthusiastic comic strip fan, but ' do follow the doings of Tom Flynn an excellently-drawn series bj Jolliffe in a Sydney Sunday paper Tom is having all sorts of adventures with the Ariki tribesmer somewhere up in Papua, and he was last seen trussed up a prisonei in “the Dubu House,” waiting apparently, for his napper to be lopped off by the fierce Arikis.

I often wonder what the literate house-boys of the principal Island: towns think as they sit in thei] house-boys and study Tom and hi: companions being manhandled bj these head-hunting Papuans. Perhaps they don’t think, perhaps thej just sit. But a little of this sort o: thing goes a long way too long sometimes.

In Australia some moralists clain the comic strip is responsible fo] the increased child delinquency And they might have something there, too. What would it do to ar imaginative house-boy?

Talking of censorship (which w( weren’t) reminds me of the days ir 54 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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Rabaul, when Bob Kennedy—man in charge of the local cinema—was forced by the police to cover up the legs and or bosoms of actresses on iiis film posters so that the local native lads of the town wouldn’t jet ideas. He became an expert at engthening abbreviated t skirts and liding the charms (both of them) )f the Jane Russells, Mae Wests md other well-developed females.

Re used ample quantities of printer’s ink.

The native MLC Merari Dickson md (wherefore Dickson?), a natured member of the Kwato Mission, is headlined in the Sunday Press, concerning his ideas of ‘ducational expansion for the lative people, and his claim that Australia should open the door to ;he people of Papua to enable them ;o attend State schools.”

I may be old-fashioned I probably am but I do think such itatements are premature, even if hey originate from Councillor Dickson himself, and are not nspired by other interests, possibly for the edification of UNO. I am a jreat believer in Evolution rather lhan Revolution, where native ievelopment is concerned.

The Australian Press would, in ny opinion, be well advised to treat ;arefully statements from these lative MLC’s, who doubtless are lonest and sincere, but know little )f the subterfuges of political ichemers, who may easily use the msuspecting native to fire bullets nade in Canberra, Lake Success, Djakarta or Moscow.

The average Australian, though le cares not a tuppeny dump for lis own natives, will go all sentinental over a New Guinea lad who s still remembered as a “Fuzzy- Wuzzy Angel,” with the result that le always hits the news: A pubicity officer’s dream.

I was interested in “Do You Remember” (PIM Dec., p. 18) where •eference was made to the Bremer laven having “unrestricted access ;o outports” in TNG. That was in December 1931; and now twenty fears later history repeats itself to i certain extent. The Pollurian sailed out of Sydney at the end of ast month, bound for Rabaul, to be put into the copra - catching business, sponsored by Bougainville, Limited, and skippered by Senator Roy Kendall. It is a private enterprise job, and the Government will lave an opportunity of putting into practice what it preaches about supporting that particular brand of mterprise. Here’s wishing the looker smooth seas and steady steaming.

Comparative trade figures of TNG [PIM Dec., p. 29) made interesting reading. Comment. Gold figures for 1938-39 should have read 400,672 oz, and the value was £2,129,263.

The value of copra exported in 1938-39, although some 9,000 tons more than in 1951, was only £727,949, as compared with £3.2 million. Excess of exports over imports in 1938-39 was £1,619,918; and that’s the way to have it.

Monsignor Doyle, MSC, a onetime headmaster of Downlands Roman Catholic College, Toowoomba (Queensland), has been appointed Prefect Apostolic of Samarai, Eastern Papua. In token of their appreciation of their former headmaster, Monsignor Doyle was presented in Brisbane recently, with a Pectoral Cross by Past Students of their College.

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Mr. Marcus B. B. Orken, who obtained one of the two highest passes in graduating from the School of Pacific Administration, Mosman, recently, will leave Sydney in mid-February to take up duties as a cadet patrol officer at Manus, New Guinea. His name, in the list of Diploma Students (reprinted in December PIM) was erroneously given as B. B. O.

Marcus. 55 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY. 1952

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Agricultural Experts ii New Guinea Grass As Substitute for Jut[?] IF expert advice has got anythin! to it, some new agricultura industry should soon emerge ii New Guinea.

The F-NG Territory has had i procession of various experts ii recent months and two more wen reported on their way in December One was a Mr. W. Poggendorff s rice expert of the NSW Depart ment of Agriculture; and the othe was a Mr. J. M. Dempsey, of Pain Beach, Florida, USA, an expert 01 the manufacture of fibre from lonj grasses.

The rice expert will investigate upland areas in P-NG to ascertair their suitability for rice production The American will take a look a NG’s vast areas of kunai grasslands It is said that grass fibre is as goo< or better than jute as it is not s< susceptible to mould, can be dye< more rapidly, and that in Cuba the; have planted tens of thousand of acres of long grasses.

It has been announced that 1(H acres of kenaf has been sown nea: Port Moresby in addition to thi original experimental plots of thi fibre producing tree or shrub. Mr R. A. Colyer of Colyer Watson Pty, Ltd., is interested in the kenaf ex periment. It was due largely to hi efforts that kenaf was introduce< to Papua from the United States.

Whether these jute substitutescanna, kenaf and now grass—wil survive in competition with jute should it ever become freel; available again, remains to be seen This is not the first time tha there has been interest in Papua New Guinea’s extensive areas o: kunai grass. A paper-making company held leases on grass land; in Papua for years—and possibl; still does. It was said that kuna would make first grade paper. However, there has been no mention o this prospective industry since before the war—although there ha: been a desperate world shortage o: all varieties of paper in recent year; and apparently very little prospect of overcoming the lag.

Lady Ragg, of Suva, Fiji, aftei several months of severe illness culminating in another spell in St Vincents Hospital, Sydney, is nov convalescent and making an excellent recovery. Sir Hugh Ragg joined her in Manly just before Christmas; and a happy familj party has been formed by the arrival of her daughter, with son-inlaw Tom French and a bevy oi bright children. Sir Hugh and Ladj Ragg probably will return to Fiji in April. 56 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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Prom Our Own Correspondent December 14 THE Rangi, well known ocean racing yacht, passed out of existence this week when gear and fittings were sold at auction.

She was wrecked at Cascade Bay a few weeks ago when on her way from NZ to Australia where she was to have sailed in the 1952 trans- Fasman yacht race. * * * Mr. A. Smith has completed his sfth year as school master of our local school. He was probably the nost capable and most popular teacher Norfolk ever had, and goes aack to the Mainland with the best wishes of all.

Ex-US Marine Franklyn Boyer, R-hose purchase of a home on Norfolk Island, unseen, through a PIM advertisement, made the headlines a pear or so ago, has found romance lere and in early December led Miss Euneta Day to the altar.

His favourite hobby is playing his jrand piano, and his new bride is i talented singer. * * * Through representations of the Australian Commissioner in New Zealand, the export of vegetables and cut-flowers to NZ by air is being investigated.

Local producers are also anxious to find a Dominion market for citrus fruit and bananas but the transportation problem has yet to be solved.

Butter On Ng Trees

Writing in Sydney Sunday Telegraph of December 30, H. C. McKay reports that Australian research chemists, analysing for the first time the oil expressed from the nut of the well-known Okari tree of New Guinea, were surprised to find it almost identical with butter fat.

A somewhat similar Philippines tree —Termina Catappa—produces an oil which is marketed locally on a small scale as Talisay Oil; but the Okari nut is much larger.

Unfortunately, it is also much harder and more difficult to husk.

The chemists admit, however, that owing to the small fat-yield per tree and the difficulty of expressing the oil, there is little prospect of the Okari nut ousting —or even supplementing—the cow in the forseeable future.

Among the first 20 RAAF pilotnavigator trainees to be selected for 1052 is Mr. J. A. Seaton, formerly of the Shell Oil Company in Rabaul, NG. 57 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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(Contributed) THE Noerr brothers of Suva need no introduction—their neverending kindness to the underdog is well known and Fiji’s leprosy hospital at Makogai has always been a target for their generosity It was the Noerrs who gave th< hospital its first picture show and £ more understanding gesture o: sympathy could not be found.

More recently Mr. Len Noer: spent some time on Makogai taking a movie of life on the island anc he has used this excellent film t( arouse interest and raise funds fo; more amenities for those in leprosj hospitals.

He has shown the film at Levuk£ and in Taveuni as well as t< audiences in Australia and Nev Zealand where he recently spent £ long holiday. In Taveuni th< picture was shown in the theatre: conducted by Mr. V. Tarte wh< generously gave the entire proceed: of the shows to Mr. Noerr’s gooc work. It is Mr, Noerr’s ambition a present to supply a projector to thi leper hospital at Guadalcanal, BSI and a modern washing machine fo: the Sisters of the Makogai substation at Suva. This goal is ir sight thanks to the generosity o: Mr. Tarte and donations from Mr and Mrs. Billy Halstead o: Waitavala.

PIM readers will probably b< interested to know that the Rev Mother Agnes who made Makoga what it is, has decided to live or with her former patients a Makogai although retired fron active work. 58 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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Beauty Treatment Urged For Suva Town From Our Own Correspondent SUVA, Dec. 17 FOR many years Suva —probably the most picturesquely-sited town in the tropical Pacific — has been growing progressively uglier.

Unrestricted commercial and industrial building in areas which should have been planned; the spread of slum and semi-slum conditions as property has passed into the hands of all-out exploiters (mostly, but not entirely, Asiatics); the disappearance of open spaces and the inadequacy of the fragments of land set aside for parks, public gardens and playing fields— all these have created a muddle of, hot dreariness in what could have been a perfect Island capital.

Regrets at what might have been are frequent in the current hot season when an unusually long dry spell has produced a brilliant display by flowering trees throughout the Suva Peninsula.

The tragedy is that in the central town area, in the last few years, the remaining trees have been disappearing wholesale.

Suva has learned nothing from other tropical towns with their tree shaded streets, and wealth of flowers. The only effective public garden is an excellent display along the. Victoria Parade frontage of Albert Park.

The Agriculture and Forestry Departments have recently offered to help the Town Council do something about the Botanical Gardens (scientifically interesting but aesthetically dreadful) and the council itself is planning a widespread beautification scheme to be carried out under a voluntary supervisor, Mr. F. E. Allen.

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11THEN El Retiro arrived in W Sydney from Noumea on December 13 with a cargo of deer hides and cocoa beans, Captain Emile Savoie said he would take delivery of another NZ coastal veteran—the 600-ton Margaret-W— -next March.

Captain Savoie may sell his present ship, El Retiro on taking over Margaret-W.

El Retiro has done excellent work on the Vila-Santo-Noumea- Auckland-Sydney run during her year under the French flag, but she it too small for the long runs involved.

Captain Savoie reports that Vila Star, another former NZ coaster, which caused a stir in the Western Pacific in October by calling out Air-Sea Rescue on her delivery voyage to Vila, will shortly be on the Noumea-Sydney run.

The students of the Sacred Heart Commercial School, Rabaul, had outstanding success in recent examinations held by the Queensland Shorthand - Writers’ and Bookkeepers’ Association. All students from Rabaul passed and Felix Seeto gained the Association’s prize for second highest marks in grade II Bookkeeping. 59 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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rHESE photographs of Santo and Fort Vila, the two largest commercial centres in the New Hebrides, were taken by Captain Hugh Birch of Qantas Impire Airways. Captain Birch recently made an exsnsive survey of Santo and Vila for the Australian Apartment of Civil Aviation.

The top left photo shows the Qantas Sandringham nchored in Vila Harbour, the small island of Iririki. ome of the British Resident Commissioner, in the backround. At right, is the main street of Vila, Burns hilp’s establishment in right foreground, harbour front n left.

Centre is an aerial view of Vila.

Bottom left, an aerial view of Santo or more orrectly, the commercial centre of the large island of Ispiritu Santo. The Americans had one of their largest 'acific bases here during the war and relics of this, in he shape of Quonset huts, etc., can be seen in the hotograph. Bottom right. Captain L. W. Clarke, wellnown Qantas pilot on the Hebrides service, on the hore at Santo.

Looking at these photographs one is struck again by he single-mindedness of our early discoverers. They lust have been afflicted with either acute homeickness or total lack of imagination. Anything less ke the arctic Hebrides of Scotland, than these islands, rould be hard to find. 61 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

TUSI COOKA (Cookery Book, to You)

In Ellice Language

By H. E. L. FRIDAY LUCILLE IREMONGER, who recently described herself in a BBC programme as “the most useless bride who ever stepped into a kitchen,” produced a cookery book that was published in three languages eighteen months after she first began to cook. This remarkable achievement was the odder because her book was for people who had “practically nothing to cook.” (Since those days Mrs.

Iremonger has become a successful novelist).

Mrs. Iremonger clarified her contradictory statements by explaining that her husband was a District Officer on his first tour of duty, which took him to the Ellice Group.

No one but the interpreter could speak English and nobody could cook in the English way so the new bride had to learn to cook and to speak Ellice at the same time.

Supplies were scarce and she had no fresh beef, milk or butter, no green vegetables, little fruit and inadequate water.

When she had learnt a little about cooking, she decided to put down 50 of her laboriously collected recipes in the Ellice language. Her book soon became known by the people of the Gilbert and Ellice Group and they christened it “Tusi Cooka,” coming to her and begging her to put in recipes using unambitious materials.

Her simplification went on to sue! an extent that her list of essentia ingredients became smaller an smaller. She had fish, eggs an coconuts and the rare cut of por seen on great occasions. The onl imported goods were those tha could be bought in small quantitie from the local trader or from pass ing ships potatoes, rice, onion: flour, sugar, tinned meat and butte] dripping and coffee. And this, ba seasoning, was all.

But she pointed out that coco nut milk could be substituted fo tinned; taro for potatoes and rice molasses from boiled-down coconc could replace sugar and onion could be dispensed with. That lei flour as the only necessary impoi and, if hard put to it, banana could be saved up to make banan flour. From these meagre ingredient it was possible to make many of he 50 recipes—16 of fish, egg and meat eight from vegetables, 14 pudding and seven cakes.

Tusi Cooka’s glossary explaine the simplest cooking terms —toast ing, making bread crumbs, season ing, flavouring, steaming an beating an egg, all of them totall unknown to the Ellice islanders.

So the little book became knowi had success first with the islander and the tiny white population, an when the Americans came to th Pacific after Pearl Harbour, Tus Cooka was a natural souvenir t send home. Complimentary letter began to arrive from women in th United States who had tried ou the redoes from the English sectioi printed from the back of the book but the most treasured were thos from museums with Pacific collec tions.

Tusi Cooka is the first book to b published in the Ellice language an it now lies in isolated splendour i] the museums’ glass cases. “Bu neither the Ellice Islanders nor will ever be able to take it seriously, says Lucille Iremonger.

Mr. P. J. Nutley, has been ap pointed Registrar, Supreme Court Fiji, and will arrive in the Colon; in March. He has been in privat practice in the United Kingdon and this is his first appointment U the Colonial Legal Service.

The New Guinea Servicemen’

Club of Sydney now holds it regular meetings at the rooms o the Hunter Club, 281 George St next to the Wynyard Newsree Theatre, where it has the use o Club facilities, including a bar. Ne\ members include Messrs. L. Clarl (Moresby), K. Traver (Arncliffe) G. L. Grey (Lae), S. Higg (Sydney), H. Shaw (Manus), C Marr (Port Moresby), E. Godsoi (Manus). Secretary is Mr. Alan G Pagett, 8 Slade Road, Bardwel Park, Sydney.

Crossquiz — No. 25 (Solution on Page 66.) ACROSS I. What type of fruit grew on the little tree which was visited by the daughter of the king of Spain. 9 8. —What is the correct name for the practice of showing partiality? 9. —What is an instantaneous photograph? 10. —What is a townsman, as opposed to a gownsman, in Cambridge slang?

II. —Which district of France, in the Gironde department, extending along the river Garonne, is famous for its wines? 12.—On which river are situated Florence and Pisa? 16. —What association is the successor to the League of Nations? 17. —What type of matter can be penetrated by fluid? 19.—In golf, what are cut from the sod by bad strokes? 20.—The twigs of what kind of willows are used for making baskets? 22. —What custom forbids a man to marry a woman who is not of his kindred? 23. —What jerking movement could also be a citizen of the USA?

DOWN 1. —What washing material is a flattery? 2. —Which huge aquatic animal is mentioned in the Book of Job? 3. —What kind of milky liquid is a mixture of oil and water? 4. —What is the capital of Kenya colony? 5. —ln skittles, what is the mark for players? 6. —Who were the avenging deities? 7. Which is the chief town in the French Sudan? 13. —which style of architecture and decoration of the 18th century is marked by endless multiplication of ornamental details? 14. —Under what name are musical compositions catalogued? 15. What was the name of a richly laden merchant vessel originating from Ragusa and Venice? 16. —What association protects the interests of the workers? 18.—What is an arrangement of all parts for one purpose or effect? 21.—What is a succession of consecutive notes, or a score in cricket? 62

January, Is52 Pacific Islands Monthly

Tropicalities l/fETICULOUSLY correct, in Lfl every detail, was the Programme of the Inauguration )f the Legislative Council of Papua- Vew Guinea, compiled by the Adninistrator’s staff, and beautifully jroduced by the Government Printer. Every decoration was loted; every title observed.

At the saluting base at 3.15 pm, here were “His Excellency” the Administrator of the Commonwealth, “His Honour” the Adminisrator of P-NG, and “The Honourible the Minister.” And all through he six pages of programme which bllowed, “Excellency,” “Honour” md “Honourable” were scrupulously loted. Most proper and correct, of lourse, but wearisome.

The names and titles of the 29 lew Councillors filled a page. There vas not one Mister among them.

If a member could not be given a nilitary or a clerical title, he be- :ame Esquire. There were 24 Ssquires.

It was singularly inconsistent on he part of the compiler to describe Doris Booth, OBE. as Mrs. while nsisting that all the Misters really vere Esquires. He should have been strong and taken the bit in his -eeth, and written “Doris R.

Booth, Esquiress, OBE.”

The compiler must have had leadaches over the three native Councillors. How were they to be entitled? In other Pacific Territories, leading natives are not idorned with European courtesy itles.

But in Papua-New Guinea, no ioubt, someone felt that to simply set out the native names under the sectional title of “Native Members,” vhile all the others were individuilly labelled Esquire, would be to nake the sort of distinction against vhich Government House has ’ought bitterly for years.

'So, in this impressive document, ve see “Aisoli Salin, Esq.” and ‘Simogen, Esq.” A little startling; jut, presumably, we must get used to it.

As they are Legislative Councilors, why couldn’t officialdom have called them all “Honourable” and seen done with it? Probably, because they really were not “Honourable” until they were sworn in. The nind of officialdom works that way.

Ship-Buying—Condomtnum

STYLE LAST October reports were circulating in Auckland that the New Hebrides (Condominium) Government had bought a little ship there. The sale was completed —a skipper would be arriving any day to take delivery.

The vessel was the converted Fairmile La Reta, used for a time in the Cook Islands by the C.I.P.A. (Native Co-operative) but now taking fishing parties out into the Hauraki Gulf from Auckland.

In mid-December La Reta was still in Auckland.

The explanation: “Ah yes the French have bought the vessel —but the British have still got to buy her.

The French surveyed her and were very satisfied. But now the British have to survey her and repeat the lengthy inquiries. But some day she may get to Vila to start her new life as a general purpose Administration patrol vessel.”

We presume that the French and British skippers will take watchand-watch.- J.S.

Star Gazing Pay Off

YOU mightn’t believe it, in this atomic age, but some business firms in Sydney pay up to 100 guineas to tame astrologers for star charts by which they conduct their businesses or so the quidnuncs say.

These commercial star-gazers include clothing firms, brokers, chocolate manufacturers and one soap-making outfit which, according to the spokesman of a literary agency that places astrology matter, “directs its ships by the stars to pick up copra;” the firm is alleged to hold up its ships for days in Sydney if the stars are not right in their courses.

One wonders what happens if the business is carried back to its logical conclusion —the plantations —and what the labour line thinks of this magic belong master.

But interpreting the signs appears to be a highly exact science and a tame astrologer is a must if you are not to get things all balled up.

In race-course betting, for example, you disregard the horses and “form” entirely but you need an astrological study of the jockeys, the owners and the ruling aspects of the day. Last Melbourne Cup day the favoured numbers were one, four and seven, the colours red, orange or cerise and the ruling aspect was Sun-Uranus (with which are associated such things as light, heat, royalty, gases, wireless and Imagination). All a punter needed was one of these clues confirmed by another and he “couldn’t miss.”

November Story

As November came in, Suva was agog with a Story. (It usually is).

Everybody had it—Europeans in clubs; Indians in taxis, buses and shops; and Fijians everywhere.

A Fijian police sergeant, it was said, had landed £15,000 in an overseas lottery. Presumably a good many people were devising ways of getting down on part of the windfall, and because more than one earnest European was all set to offer to bank the £15,000 and hold it for the sergeant against all comers. But nobody seemed to think of tracking down the affluent policeman, who was aghast at the commotion.

The plain fact was that he had received a letter stating that his ticket was duly included in a Maltese lottery. The rest was merely Suva gossip—which can do amazing things with plain facts. s.

Deported—Almost!

THE case of Fijian George Jackson (PIM, December, page 25) recalls to a reader that another from those parts, with a well-known Fiji-Indian family-name, is at present enjoying illegal liberty in Australia.

The gentleman concerned deserted from the former LST Rawhiti at Sydney in early 1951. Duly apprehended, he spent six months in Long Bay gaol for desertion.

The normal procedure is for Australian Immigration Department officials, complete with deportation warrant, to weclome such aliens The Passing of To-Pee —From “Corona.” 63 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

back into civilian life as they step from the gaol.

But on this occasion the Immigration officials arrived exactly 24 hours late. Someone had got the date wrong, and the bird had flown.

The shipowner’s representative, eager to reclaim his £lOO bond on the illegal immigrant, was shocked to hear the news. But he suddenly recalled that the man from Fiji had met romance in Grafton on an earlier voyage. Perhaps he would head that way.

The Agent relates how, deciding to see the first express leave Sydney for Brisbane, he arrived at the station to find two trains due to leave at almost the same time from different platforms. He spent a busy half hour rushing from one to the other and finally, true to detective fiction, saw the wanted man rush onto the platform and leap aboard one train as it was moving out.

He could only notify the police.

First stop, Coffs Harbour—but back came word that the only slightly suspicious character aboard appeared to be a French citizen.

The £lOO bond has still not been recovered.

ROB WRIGHT, Fiji Public Relations Office photographer, says that he found this relic framed and hanging in a Fijian bure on Moturiki (the small island near Ovalau (Levuka) where the South Pacific Commission is conducting a community development experiment). He says that it dates back to the 20’s arid “shows that they had considerably more imagination in those days than they have now.”

We have been trying to work out just what he does mean by that last cryptic remark.

Alcoholic Memories

Old Timer Bemoans the Fact That Drinking Has Become Faddenised NOW that our long-cherished and very enjoyable Australian drinking habits have been so Faddenised as to make the social drink an act of reckless extravagance, I am moved to reflect on the alcoholic concoctions with which we beguiled our leisure hours in years gone by.

The older lads will remember the sun-up to breakfast-time sessions on the Mataram, when Bill-the- Barman mixed his gin slings in a large enamel bucket. Pepys has given us recipes for succulent dishes which have now passed into history; and I think the recipe for this should be set down for the benefit of antiquarians.

The basis was one part of a good English dry gin; then 2/3rds of a good cherry brandy, 2/3rds each of French and Italian Vermouth, a dash of Bacardi rum, soda water, a dash of Angastura bitters, and a slice of lemon floating on the top amongst the crushed ice.

One and sixpence was the price then; and, after three or four, I was always ready to climb the highest mountain, or go back to bed again.

Then there was guid Scotch whisky, bottled in Scotland, at 9'3 a bottle at the Ekpro. store in Rabaul, or 87/6 a case of one dozen for the plutocrats. This was the real Mackay—not like a lot of the so-called Scotch sold in Sydney today in microscopic nips, and which we suspect to be like a lot of Australian Scotchmen—bom out here to save the fare.

What better than to sit down at a marble-top table in Ah Chee’s, or the Rabaul Hotel, and drink our choice of the bottled beers of the world, at 2/- per bottle and no tips.

This was off the ice—not like the drinks at Tosh Schilling’s pub at Madang, in the days when ice was an unknown quantity there.

I remember a tourist dropping into the pub after a warm walk around the environs of Madang, and calling for a glass of beer, “off the ice please, old chappie.”

Tosh slapped down a glass of suds,. and the tourist thrust his nose into it. “I say, old chappie,” he complained, “This is not off the ice.”

“Too blanky right, it is,” said Tosh, “Four hundred blanky miles off it!”

Who could forget the orders which sometimes arrived from isolated plantations for personal supplies to be forwarded by first available schooner; six cases of Red, White and Blue, four cases of beer, and then, as an after thought, a coupl of dozen tins of tobacco and a cas of Hellabys.

Then we recall the bleak days oi Edie Creek, before the planes startei to run, and grog was unknowr They were the days when, gas tronomically speaking, we lived th lives of monks—without, howeve] being able to drown our sorrows i Benedictine. Later, when beer dl arrive, it was ten shillings a bottl at first, until competition brough the price down to seven shilling: and later on to four shillings.

I remember the time I had an ol chap staying with me at my cam near Wau. He hadn’t been long i; the Territory, and was recoverin from a bad dose of fever.

On this particular morning h was enjoying the sunshine, just out side the hut. I was busy insid preparing a couple of grenadilloe for our refreshment. I enjoy a ni of sherry in the grenadillo, stirre up amongst the juice and seed; On this occasion I had no sherr: so I used a very liberal dose c Scotch whisky as a substitute.

Adding a touch of sugar an stirring up the concoction I took on out to my elderly friend and salt “Try this.”

“What is it?”, he asked.

“It’s a grenadillo,” I answere< “You drink it up with the spoon, “I’ve never seen one before, be I’ll try it,” he replied.

He got busy on it, not knowing i was well laced with whisky. A 100 of blissful astonishment settled o: his face.

When h© had finished I asked hir would he have another.

“My word,” he replied, “You knov you could get two bob each fo these in Sydney!”

What contentment it was, whe: tramping down to the coast, to sto; for a while at some lonely plantatioi and be refreshed with whisky an cool milk from a green coconut; o to partake of a mug of o.p. an black coffee, after a long day’s worl on the claim in the high altitude of the Upper Edie. Finest Demaran Rum, 30 o.p. from MacGillivray’ store, at 25/- per bottle. (Opel Friday nights, and the boss woul< always shout one for the roa< home.) Those days may come again, bu I’m afraid I won’t be there to enjo: them. Never mind! If the Edito: pays me for this I might be able h make a lay-by on a bottle of run for Xmas. 64 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

MAKATEA —The Third Phosphate Island By J. P. Shortall CONSIDERING the economic importance of Makatea to French Oceania—and to New Zealand and Australia during the recent war years—remarkably little has been published about this island.

As the lesser of the South Pacific trio of phosphate islands, Makatea’s history runs closely parallel to that of Nauru and Ocean, The French were the first to discover its phosphate deposits—probably stimulated by the discoveries at Nauru and Ocean in 1900—but it was the British-owned Pacific Phosphate Co. which made the first move towards exploiting them.

This company, an amalgamation of John G. Arundel & Co. (who had exploited guano deposits in the Line and Phoenix Is. from 1883 onwards) and other interests, despatched the British ship Tyrian to Makatea in mid-1907. Aboard was Mr. Arundel (Deputy Chairman), Mr. G. C. Ellis, and Mr. J. M. Ellis (respectively father and uncle of the late Sir Albert Ellis).

They were apparently surprised to find some French phosphate experts already on the island, but the outcome of the visit was the formation of the present Compagnie Francaise Phosphates de I’Oceanie, through negotiations in London and Paris. The subsequent history runs something like this: 1907: Construction of a wooden jetty from base of cliffs to edge of reef. Phosphate excavation commenced, the material being tipped down a shute from the top of the cliff and dried in the sun on the narrow coastal strip below. 1910: Norwegian ship Ocean Queen, especially built for the Pacific phosphate trade, arrived to lay loading moorings offshore. Her engines broke down when lying off Makatea on the morning of arrival, and helpless, she drifted ashore and became a total loss. However, another ship was obtained and the 200-fathom deep moorings were laid under the supervision of Mr. G. W.

Cozens, Marine Superintendent at Nauru.

In the same year, two of the French Directors proceeded to Nauru and Ocean to study methods there. At about the same time, a hurricane struck the island and completely destroyed another jetty which had just been completed.

The Manager and Chief Engineer of the Company lost their lives in trying to save it. 1911: A funicular railway was built from beach to upper level of island. Steam railways introduced. 1928; A modern cantilever loading arm brought prefabricated from France, was erected by two French engineers with local labour. Unlike Nauru (but like Ocean) ships PICTURE TITLES; Top left, the Cantilever from the cliff top. Top right, area being worked. The phosphate lies between and over the jagged coral peakof the old lagoon floor. Bottom left, loading baskets into which cantilever discharges phosphate. Bottom right, even the surface of the ground is phospate. 65 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY. 1952

'cannot lie near this cantilever. Its only object is to convey the phosphate well clear of the reef-edge and surf. The basket-filled lighters lie below the end of the cantilever, their crews holding them in position with the aid of the many ropes which trail down from above.

Prior to the cantilever, all loading of lighters had taken place from a shute at the outer end of the jetty, at the very edge of the reef. Work was impossible in all but the slightest swell.

The first Nauru cantilever came into use three years after the one at Makatea.

Makatea s output rose slowly from 120,000 tons per annum in 1926 to about 175,000 tons at Pearl Harbour Day, the Japenese taking 80 per cent, of the islands’ output. Last cargo for Japan left Makatea on the Yodogawa Maru on August 12, 1941. From then the British Phosphate Commissioners took the entire output. The Nauru cantilever had already been destroyed by German raiders in the previous December, together with much of the crushing and drying machinery, and after Nauru and Ocean Is. were occupied by the Japs in 1942, Makatea assumed a new importance, especially to N.Z., vitally dependant upon phosphate supplies for her heavily stocked fat lamb producing areas.

One of the great mysteries of the Pacific war was why no enemy action was ever taken against this most valuable and vulnerable target.

At no time did Makatea have any form of coastal defence. Certainly after December, 1942, when the Americans occupied Porapora, a patrolling Catalina circled Makatea twice each day, but up till then the island was an open and obvious target. If the machinery had been damaged it probably could not have been replaced until after the war.

Something like 798 000 tons of valuable phosphate left the island in 90 shiploads between Pearl Harbour and VJ-Day. Makatea phosphate is only 3 per cent, poorer than the Nauru-Ocean Is. product. A ton of it makes 1.8 tons of the superphosphate used by the farmer. New Zealand took most of it, and supplied the island with most of its 6,000 tons of coal required each year to operate the machinery.

With the Indo-Chinese labour source cut off, and insufficient labour offering in French Oceania, New Zealand permitted the Company to seek volunteer labour from the Cook Is. There they are keen to volunteer for a one or two-year term—in fact, so keen that those who have been given one term must stand down and give others a chance. Each year (except during the war when taken over by the French Navy) the Company’s 3masted schooner Oiseau des lies returns the time-expired labour and recruits a further contingent from Rarotonga, Mangaia, Mauke or Mitiaro.

Makatea provides the Tahiti budget with about 125 million francs each year. The annual exports are now in excess of 200.000 English tons.

ALTHOUGH loading is entirely by ships' winches, baskets, and launch-drawn lighters, Makatea can show the Australasian waterfront a thing or two.

Loading is frequently in excess of 200 tons per hour, and on one occasion 5,500 tons was loaded in a working day of 18 hours.

The hourly loading is posted in huge figures on the end of the cantilever so that the gangs on the ship can see them. Each time the figure exceeds 200 tons, the ship’s hooter is blown and a cheer echoes across the island. There is great friendly rivalry between the various Cook Is. gangs, each of which flies its own pennant from the British harbour master’s office during their particular shift.

Although Company officials insist that the Company is now entirely French, there obviously is a very close tie-up with the British Phosphate Commission, which has insisted that the Harbour Masters —men experienced in the handling of the valuable deep-sea moorings, be of their choosing. Consequently the Harbour Master is always a Britisher.

The only ships capable of handling the deep moorings, for change and replacement, are the speciallyconstructed BPC vessels with their powerful winch and overhanging bow. By agreement they perform this task at Makatea. Spare moorings are kept ready on the wharf at Papeete.

MAKATEA, uninteresting in profile, slightly humped and encircled by sheer cliffs rising in places to 150 feet lies 140 miles NE of Tahiti on the western fringes of the Tuamotu Group. It is the only island of raised coral formation in the area; its cave-pitted cliffs show the unmistakeable erosion of three distinct stages of elevation from the sea. The phosphate deposits all lie in what was clearly the ancient lagoon area, now high above sea level. The phosphate is thick with the petrified remains of the fish of this ancient lagoon, which occupies only one quarter to one third of the total land area.

In outline the island, 5 miles by 2h, is shaped somewhat like a curved sea slug—the concave side —Moumu Bay—facing north-east, into the prevailing wind. For this reason Noumu Bay was early abandoned as a loading point, in favour of Temac on the more sheltered west coast At both these places there is £ narrow coastal lowland, with barelj room for the present crushers anc driers at Temao. Steam train; eject their contents into shutes below the railway track at the clifl edge, directly into the crushers anc driers below. From here the phosphate is stored in silos and fed bj endless belt to the cantilever.

The small native population which shares the bounty of one franc per ton of phosphate exported, and 25 francs for each food tree (coconut, breadfruit, citrus) destroyed, lives mainly at the little village of Temao, or the quiet, almost abandoned old village oi Moumu. The five or six hundred employees of the Company live in and around Vaitepaua village on the upper level of the island.

As to the future, although the Company is very reluctant to discuss the subject, there are indications that probably three millior tons of easily workable deposits remain, and perhaps twice that quantity if it should be considered payable to carry out a more thorough stripping of old areas and areas as yet unworked. The island should bt workable at present output for at least another 20 years.

With Nauru again in production the output is once more being diverted to Japan and elsewhere, New Zealand’s and Australia’s wants being increasingly satisfied from British sources.

Mr. Ted Palmer has been officially appointed manager of BSIP Trade Scheme at Honiara. He takes over from Mr. Eric Lawson, who has become manager of Fairymead Sugar Co., at Yandina. Mr. Palmer has been acting Manager of the Trade Scheme for some time. 66 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY Solution to Crossquiz on Page 62

Reminiscences of A Match- Maker By PERETI IT was one of those pleasantly cool evenings, and my friend and I were sitting on my verandah, overlooking the lagoon. We had dined and wined in reasonably good fashion, and this maybe put me Into a reminiscent mood.

From where we were sitting" we could dimly see a native preparing to push off from the beach in his canoe, evidently intent on catching his morning meal.

I recognised him as Kaitoa, one of my local lads. Rather a good specimen, too. Tall and well built for his age, which would be round about twenty, and with a happy and cheerful personality.

“You know,” I remarked, “it’s strange, how things work out. I’ve just been thinking that if it hadn’t been for me, there wouldn’t be a Kaitoa going out fishing tonight.”

"What happened?” asked my friend. “Did you save his life some time?”

“Oh, no,” I answered, “nothing as simple as that. It was more a case of a joke going the right or wrong way, according to your point of view.

“I was living on Aitutaki at the time and I became rather amused over the behaviour of my housegirl, Paere. She hud apparently fallen in a big way for one of the boys over in the copra shed—Teina by name, a bit of a harum-scarum, but for all that a really good and likeable lad. I would perhaps, catch Paere resting comfortably on a broom, with a faraway look in her eyes.

“ ‘Come on,’ I would admonish, ‘what about the sweeping? What about forgetting Teina for a little while?' “Then she would giggle and blush, deny all thoughts of Teina and come back to earth.

“Sometimes I would catch them having a whispering confab at the back of the house and I’d have to pretend to be stern and send them about their respective tasks. Actually I thought their affair was progressing very nicely, until one day Teina came to me looking rather worried.

“It appeared the schooner was going to’ Malden Island very shortly with a commission to take 50 Aitutaki boys to work the guano deposits. The company were offering exceptionally good* wages, more than I could afford to pay, and Teina was tempted to go.

“ ‘Yes,’ I advised him, ‘go by all means. There’ll be a good job here when you come back. It’s only for 12 months, and,’ I added with a smile, TTI keep an eye on Paere for you.’

“So in due course Teina departed for Malden. 1 little reckoned that my part of the bargain was going to be so difficult. Out of sight out of mind was the story, and ‘keeping an eye’ on Paere developed into almost a full-time occupation.

“My chief worry, after a while concentrated on Tiko, a handsome young devil from a neighbouring plantation. The way that lad could strum a guitar and croon a melody was in itself enough to do funny things to any poor girl’s heart, and although I tried to keep him away from the house,' I felt it a losing battle, with Teina’s chances slipping badly.

“It so happened that about six months later I took a trip around the northern group on the schooner's regular run, calling in at Malden to drop some stores. Ashore I was greeted by Teina, and one of his first questions was ‘How is Paere?’

" ‘Oh,’ I said, ‘she’s fine. Always talking about you.’

“ 'Why she not write to me?’ he wanted to know. This I laughed off with the remark, 'I guess she’s too busy keeping my house clean.’

“Teina seemed happy enough with this. But I thought, afterwards, ‘Why the devil I should have become an interfering matchmaker beats me.’

“Back on Aitutaki things had deteriorated still further, and there was no doubt Tiko had made the most of my absence. I would sometimes say to Paere: 'Look out when Teina comes back,’ but most of my remarks were met with just an enigmatical smile, and I felt that: my efforts on Teina’s behalf were of not much avail.

“A short time later Brown, my neighbour, called to see me one night. In the course of conversation he happened to mention he was sending a dozen of his boys across to Manuae Island to gather copra.

“ ‘Like to do me a favour?’ I asked.

“ ‘lf I can,’ he answered.

“ ‘Well,’ I said, ‘what about including Tiko in the gang?’

“I then explained the whole silly business, and how I’d somehow become the champion of Teina’s cause.

Brown thought it rather a joke, but he co-operated, with the outcome that Tiko was wangled out of the scene.

“Paere seemed a little brokenhearted at first, so I started some subtle propaganda. Teina was due back shortly, so I casually mentioned the big, fat, pay cheque he would have, and also said something about making him a foreman when he returned to me. Then I’d say what a fine chap he was and, in general gave him a pretty good build up, “I think a good deal of it must have registered, for on the day the schooner from Malden was sighted beating up to the island, Paere, with best dress on, was observed well in the foreground of the crowd waiting on the jetty.

“Well,” I concluded, “this is really a fairy book story, for after a hint to Teina that he should not waste too much time for (I was secretly rather afraid of Tiko’s return), the day came when I lost a good housegirl, and at the same time had to find a wedding present. Strange to say, they lived happily ever after.”

“Wait a minute,” remarked my friend. “What has all this to do with Kaitoa out there?”

“Let me finish,” I said. “You see, I brought Kaitoa over from Aitutaki a couple of years ago. He happens, to be their eldest son.”

“Why Doesn’T Someone

Tell Me These

THINGS . . .”

When the last of the starch has. finished, And the blue has all faded away, And the last of the kerosenevanished, ‘Tis then that my staff will say..

With an ill-concealed joy, That’s not meant to annoy: “No got. Tm ’e finished today.”

Wi 1 ! they speak at the second last boxful Or brandish the matches on high Or tell me of missing tinned apple Just when I’m making a pie?

As I grope in the dark ’Tis then they remark: “No got. Tm ’e finished today.”

Will they wait till we’re dining atwosome To tell us our cupboard is bare?

Nay, rather their joy is to tell us When twenty-two pepple are there. ‘Tis then they will say In their delicate way: “No got. Tm ’e finished today.”

I know that it’s I should remember — And should take all the blame on myself.

I know that I ought to discover Exactly what’s left on the shelf.

But who will not say They’ve not heard in their day: “No got. Tm ’e finished today.”

NOELLE MASON.

Bougainville. 67 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

8A ' %amekedM^^ S.

ID 3D 7A ■w, iM <** 6A 4D 5A 3A 2D

Uoo Should Have Very

Utile Trouble In Naming

these ten birds, see

If You Can Fit Them

INTO THE CROSSWORD. * (Dne morning,Jonathan and hk cat. /soon,webP ° l> PLAYING HIDE-AND-SEEK IN THE GARDEN OUTSIDE THE-, jI LITTLE ROUND HOUSE BY THE SEA_£JONATUAN FELT THAT

\The Came Was Not Quite Fair. Because Whenever

He Always Found Him, But Now Jonathan

U „(Ould Not Find £Soon Iinywhere.^

* SEARCHED UNDER THE BUSHES,

Behindthe House. And Even In The

Bucket Hanging Itfelde The Well, But £&>On

COULD NOT BE FOUND.

§5 Must Be Hiding In The

And He Skipped Down The Crooked Path That Leth

TO THE WOODS. LOOKING ON ALL SIDES FOR A SIGN OF HIS CAT. IJHEN RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PATH HE FOUND HIM-BUT NOT HIDING. &&OON WAS TALK INC TO THE TINIEST WHITE RABBIT JONATHAN HAD EVER SEEN. (DH.SAID JONATHAN IN DELIGHT*WHAT A DEAR UTTLE RABBIT. WHERE DID HE COME FROM ?" HHE RABBIT WAS TOO SHY TO ANSWER.SO £SOON TOLD JONA- THAN ALL ABOUT HIM.

"fflE USED TO LIVE IN A STAR JUST NEXT TO THE ZSOON, BUT HE THOUGHT HE WOULD LIKE ACHANGE AND SO HE IS COMING TO LIVE with us. Starlight is his name."

'/jCiurrah! 'cried Jonathan .‘we'll give you a nice fresh

Lettuce For Lunch," And Off They Ran, Back To

Lime ROUND HOUSE.

THE

Corner For The Children

68 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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The Boxing Day Handicap, at the Apia Turf Club’s Christmas meeting, was won by Mr. E. Thomsen’s Fortune. Mr. A. M. Macdonald’s King Midas was second. The Gillespie Pony Handicap, for a cup donated by Gillespie Bros, of Sydney, was won by Rosita Lopa, owned by A. J. Fepuleai.

Mr. W. J. Peel, Resident Commissioner in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, is at present away on long leave and Mr. R, J. Keegan is acting as Resident Commissioner. Mr.

Keegan probably is now the most widely experienced officer in the service of the Western Pacific High Commission.

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PEACE Mystic Statue Arouses Religious Fervour IN the latter part of 1951, ther was a remarkable religious de monstration in all the principe islands of the South Pacific.

Under the direction of the Roma: Catholic Church, the statue of Ou Lady of Fatima, in the care of tw priests—one from Portugal and on from Belgium—was exhibited i public in New Guinea, Solomon New Caledonia, New Hebrides. Fij Western and Eastern Samoa, an French Oceania. In every islan visited, there were memorab] scenes of religious fervour.

It is believed that a mirac] occurred near the village of Fatimi in Portugal in 1917, when tb Blessed Virgin appeared repeated] before certain children, and prc phesied the end of World War : the outbreak of World War I] and the spread of Communism. T avoid wars, men were urged t amend the manner of their live Subsequently, a statue was cor structed, to memorise the appari tion, and it stood for many yeai near Fatima, on the spot wher the miracle occurred. 70 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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Telephone: 236 In 1947, the Pope directed that the statute be taken on a pilgrimage around the world, which will occupy some ten years. Its purpose is to stimulate the prayers of the people for peace.

Apart from its religious and symbolic character, the campaign is regarded as a direct challenge to the insidious, under-cover campaign of the Communists against religion.

Already the image has been shown in 50 countries, and —if the fervour of the masses of followers of the Catholic Church is any indication — this religious appeal for world peace has been phenomenally successful.

The appeal is based on the essential mysticism of the Catholic Church, and consequently the scenes which have attended the appearance of the statute in the South Pacific Islands have been a little puzzling to non-Catholics.

But all classes in all the Islands visited have accepted these demonstrations with respect; and in many places non-Catholics, recognising the high purpose of the visit, have joined with the Catholics in their prayers that World War 111 may be avoided and the menace of Anti-Christ (which Communism represents) may be swept away.

Memory of 35 Years Ago THE picture of the dismasted Vega (Dec., PIM) reminds me of an event in February, 1916,” says our Tahiti correspondent. “I was then in the old Sonoma and when 80 miles south of Honolulu, bound for Australia, we sighted a dismasted barquentine which proved to be the Matson Co.’s Irmgard (Capt. Southard).

“When he was within hailing distance Capt. Southard called across that the Mate, Joe Champion, had been badly hurt. My mind immediately went back to the days when he and I had been shipmates in the old Galilee, Champion was an Australian. ‘•When we took the Irmgard in tow, Capt. Southard reported that be had got into a severe gale which caused the loss of the yards and the three masts.”

Mr. and Mrs. J. S. K, B. Borron of Mago Is., Fiji, left for the US and UK in the November Aorangi.

Typical of scores of Islands scenes, as the statue was exhibited in the public streets. This photograph was taken in Western Samoa. Father Jepson, of Apia, walks beside the Belgian priest who is carrying the statue to the Church. (Super- Bash Studio.) 71 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Prom Our Own Correspondent RABAUL, Dec. 23.

ON November 24, an engagement party for Miss Francis "McAuliffe and Mr.

Bill Yeomans, was held at the home ff Sub-Inspector and Mrs. B. Holloway, dany friends gathered to wish future lappiness to the couple.

At the Masonic Hall, Rabaul, on Novsmber 30, Miss Betty Gardner was married o Mr. Roy De Morier. The bride was ormerly a Sister at Namanula Hospital, dr. De Morier is a Native Labour inpector. Sister Phyllis Currell was iridesmaid, Mr. Jim White was bestman ind Mr. John McKillop gave the bride way. The Rev. W. Lutton of the Metholist Mission performed the ceremony. The eception for 50 guests was held at the lister’s Quarters at Namanula Hospital.

On November 27, at a quiet ceremony liss Elizabeth West was married to Mr. *eter Fenwick. The groom, who is the daster of the Mainaro, was attended by fr. G. Hutchinson. The ceremony took dace in the Church of England Chapel.

At the Sacred Heart Church, Rabaul, on )ecember 7, the Rev. Father White offiiated at the marriage between Miss June (argaret Croft and Mr. John Frederick dcNamara, who is a member of the staff f Colyer Watsons, Rabaul.

A reception was held in the New Guinea 'lub.

The engagement was recently announced d Miss Iris Watson and Mr. Denis Jones, diss Watson is a sister at the hospital at Sohano. Dennis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J, H. Jones, Port Moresby.

In December, friends of Miss Audrey Woods and Sister Phyllis Currell, gathered at the New Guinea Club to say farewell.

After a few months in Australia they will leave for England on the “Moreton Bay.”

Both girls will be missed by their many friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Rex Blackford returned recently from leave in Australia. Mr.

Blackford is Personnel Officer, Works and Housing Department. Matron I. Hanlon, of Namanula Hospital, has also returned from leave.

Miss Elizabeth James was married to Mr. George Colin Hutchinson at the Church of England Chapel, Rabaul, on December 23.

The bride, who had arrived from Australia that day by air, was attended by Mrs. J. Spyers as Matron of Honour and the bestman was Mr. Tom Burns. Mr.

Jack Connor gave the bride away.

The reception for 30 guests was held at the home of Mr. V. F. Pearson.

On December 18, a pre-wedding party was given by Mrs. Smith at her home at Vonga, for her son Keith and his fiancee, Miss Norma Crocker, who recently arrived in Rabaul.

On Christmas Eve, the Police Basketball Team held a victory dinner at the New Guinea Club. The Patron, Mr. C.

Normoyle Snr., and the President of the Association, Mr. Ray Golloway and friends of the members of the team were invited.

Christmas Day was celebrated by most residents of Rabaul in the usual happy manner. Many people held open house to their friends and among them were the District Commissioner and Mrs. J. Brammel, who, in the course of the morning, entertained about 50 guests. Mr. J. B.

Sedgers, of New Guinea Co., also entertained on a large scale. About one hundred guests called to deliver the season’s greetings.

About 100 attended the Annual Ball held by the Kokopo Sports Club, on December 26, Supper, which was catered for by the New Guinea Club, was attractively Weary, Dreary People Put Some GO Into Your Lite Too many men, women and girls suffer aching backs, headaches, and feel dreadfully tired—tired, always tired. The cause? Very often, anaemia or bloodlessness.

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Mr. and Mrs. H. Shaw, celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary recently with a party at their home. Among the 120 guests present were Mr. Ted Shelton, who was Mr. Shaw’s bestman at his wedding, and Mr. Pat Walsh who gave the bride away.

Mr. and Mrs. Shaw were the second couple to be married in Rabaul after the war. They were married in the knnai Vlethodist Church, which was situated on the corner of Mango Ave. and Malaguna Road, and their wedding reception was held at the old hospital at Nonga. Mr.

Shaw is a Medical Assistant and is now stationed at the Rabaul Native Hospital.

Some citizens of Rabaul have been trying to gain public support for a club for the Younger Set of the district. To-dat a block of land has been acquired nea the swimming pool, and also the timbt to build the club. It is hoped that th building will be used by the younger men bers of the community as a gymnasiui and also for dances, etc. After the ere< tion of the building and purchasing c the equipment needed, a committee forme by the members of the Younger Set wi take over the management of this projec About twenty patrons are necessary 1 start this worthy and much needed clu Already quite a number of residents hai offered their help financially and othei wise, but more are needed.

There is little to offer the youngi people in Rabaul; this is a solution to tl problem and deserves all the help an encouragement that can be given.

There have been the usual round c Christmas parties this year. The young sters had numerous Christmas Trees, an gifts were dispensed therefrom by varioi Santa Clauses who arrived in assorte conveyances including jeep and lifeboa (but no sleighs).

The Masonic Lodge held a party f« members. The Rabaul Chamber of Con merce held its annual dinner on Decen her 19. The New Britain Women’s Clu gave a cocktail party on December 21 an all the clubs had successful functions.

Mr. James Ellis, electrical con tractor, of Port Moresby, is i Sydney on three months’ leave Mr. Ellis was one of those wh survived the Japanese occupatio: of Rabaul. 74 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MON T H L

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T. E. BINKLEY

By Oscar Nordman

Rhomas Erskine Bunkley

died on October 19, at the age of 80. He was wealthy and ery well known; but few followed is* body to burial in Papeete. In is long life there had been much ) admire; much to deplore.

Bunkley, then a small ragamuffin, joking much younger than his 19 ears, escaped from the vessel 'aloma when she arrived at 'apeete in 1890. He had stowed way on her in America. How he ot to the ship from his home State of New Jersey, I do not know.

European residents helped the bare-foot youth.

He got a job as floor-sweeper in the stores of S.

R. Maxwell & Co., Ltd., and there he made himself useful.

They called him Pop o t i (cockroach) because he was so small and thin and lively.

Maxwells put him on the trim little schooner tebecca as a supercargo, and bus he made several voyages d the Paumotus. Coming into 'apeete one day, Bunkley deided he was homesick. He went to Ir. V. Goodwin, then acting as lanager of Maxwells, and reminded iim that he had done good work n the Rebecca: and he wanted taxwells to aid him by making up ds fare to ’Frisco.

“It was at your own choice that ou stowed away on the Paloma,” eplied Goodwin. “How you get back > your own concern. Get out!”

Junkley went back to the Rebecca. k/TANY voyages later, when the t! Rebecca came in, Mr. W. L.

Young, a high Maxwell execuive from Auckland, was making his teriodical inspection. When he xiked over the record of Bunkley’s fork on the Rebecca, he was stounded. He was further im- Tessed with the interviews he had irith the young man.

The outcome of that, and of ome discussions in Auckland, was hat the young American was ffered and accepted—the managerhip at Papeete.

Immediately, the new manager ent for Goodwin. “Pity you didn’t end me to the States when I asked r ou that time, Vic,” he said. “Now, ’m your boss —and I haven’t forgotten.”

Goodwin prepared himself for the Order of the Sack. But it didn’t come.

“I was pretty mad at that time,” said Bunkley. “But I think that, in taking that stand, you were acting in the best interests of the firm.

Just keep on serving the firm.”

The managership of T. E. Bunkley was very successful. He became the representative also in Papeete of the Union SS Co. He was absolutely ruthless in the trading world —all for the benefit of S. R. Maxwell. He was —to put it mildly—not loved.

There was the occasion when Captain Joe Winchester piled the firm’s fine schooner, Tamaru Tahiti, on a reef in the Tuamotus —well named the Dangerous Archipelago.

It was an accident that might happen to the best sailor. But Bunkley, in an attempt to offset the loss, seized and sold all that Captain Winchester had.

It is a coincidence that Mrs. Winchester, widow of the captain (and mother-in-law of the famous James Norman Hall) died here within a few days of the death of Mr.

Bunkley'.

Many were the tales told of Bunkley’s hardness in dealing. I have a vivid personal memory of him, in those days.

MANY years ago, I was convicted of a crime I did not commit, and sent to gaol. Later on I was “pardoned” and, more recently, I was rehabilitated —mv name expunged from the records. (next page.) T. E. Bunkley 75 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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When I was imprisoned, I was the owner or controller of business ind property worth a million francs —cottages, hotel, cafe, garage.

Bunkley, through his position in Papeete, was prominent in the mat- :er of dealing with my estate. He jersuaded my wife to agree to an motion sale of all my property—he iromised that he would buy it in md it would all be placed in the lame of my wife, and she would Tin the different businesses, which vere quite healthy. On that assurmce, the business community stayed iway from the sale, and Bunkley >ought the lot, at a low figure.

When my wife went to him, to lave these matters adjusted, he reused to discuss the matter. He aid he had bought the properties or himself. And he kept them.

When the Maxwell-Henderson & dacfarlane-Union Co. business was ill reorganised, Bunkley retired, a wealthy man. In his later years, he eemed lonely and unhappy. Maybe, le felt some remorse for the things le had done. When his will was ipened the other day, it was found hat he had bequeathed to my wife, Margot, one of the properties (Villa Sonoma) he had taken from her in the dark days, long years ago.

Mr. and Mrs. Connell and three children departed for several months’ leave in Tasmania on December 15. Mr. Connell is attached to New Guinea Goldfields, Wau, New Guinea.

St. Augustine’s Church of England, Wau, New Guinea, held a special Christmas Service on December 23—Special features were carol singing, and the Bethlehem Cantata sung by the choir, under the direction of Mrs. Hoile. Soloists were Mrs. Given, Mr. G. Smith and Mr. R. Curtis. The church overflowed and seats had to be arranged on the lawns outside.

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From Our Own Correspondent WAU, Dec. 10 THE Wau Swimming Pool is wel attended by all residents thesi hot days. The children oi holidays from school South an finding it particularly enjoyable.

Agriculture Officers Henty anc Mclndoe, from Lae, are here a present making a survey of th( Wau Valley for agricultural pur poses. Mr. Cavanagh, Agriculturi Officer in Bulolo, is making the sam type of survey in the Bulolo Vallej Wau experienced a very we month during November with £ total of 831 points at the Distric Office end of the town and 950 a the other.

Mr. F. W. R. Godden, managing director of Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd., spent a few days in Bulol( during the end of November.

Mr. J. Hohnen, general manage of New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd.. pai< a hurried business trip to Brisban and Sydney in early December.

Mr. Cleland, Assistant Adminis trator, accompanied by Mr. H. L. R Niall, District Commissioner fron Lae arrived in Wau on December 1 for a two-day visit. This was Mi Cleland’s first visit to Wau sine the war.

Recently the Lutheran Missioi held the first break-up of the Kath arine Lehman Boarding School.

The schoolroom resounded to Christ 78 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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After the performance the pupils, •achers and staff of the school ntertained the audience to supper.

The people of Wau are justly roud of their recently completed [indergarten. The modern equip lent was purchased from funds lised by an energetic and enterrising committee.

The children are now offered fery facility for enjoyment and ■aining.

Golf Carnival At Wau

N the long New Year week-end, Wau welcomed Port Moresby golfers to the town.

Lunch and barbecues and curry dinners r the visitors were served at the Golf lub every day and visitors from Lae and ulolo were also entertained by the tub.

The following are the results of the atches. etc.— Members Singles . . Moresby won, 6/4 Members 4 Ball Wau won. 11 9 Associates Doubles W T au won, 4/1 Associates Singles . . Moresby won, 6 5 The Open Amateur Championship for ilolo Gold Dredging Cup was won by ex Couper of Wau, nett score 152. inner-up was Bernie Hack of Port »resby; Les Dixon of PM. third and 11 Seale of Wau, 4th.

Papua-New Guinea Golf Council met decide that this year’s Championship 11 be held at Moresby during King’s rthday week-end.

Mixed Canadian Foursomes on Saturly afternoon resulted in a win for Mrs. ntzsch (of Wau) and Mr. Norm Johnson t Moresby). Members Canadian that ternoon was won by Alex Couper and >ss Johnson.

The week-end culminated with a pig rbecue held in the New Golf Club House i New Year’s Evening, and the annual 11 of the Wau Club that night.

New Tongan Church The new Free Wesleyan Church in [?]kualofa, Tonga, which is now nearing [?]mpletion. Work commenced on the [?]ilding, the largest in Nukualofa, in [?]arch, 1950. About 2,500 tons of [?]aterials have gone into the construction; [?] roof has an area of 22,000 square feet [?]hich, it is calculated, will collect [?]0,000 gallons of water per annum); and [?]en completed, the building will have [?]ating capacity for 2,000 people.

Photo by Hettig. 79 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Announcing this encouraging interest in his competition. Mr. Lex Halliday, general manager of Australian Instructional Films, Turella, NSW, expressed the hope that more entrants would now try their skill at script writing. He emphasised that brilliantly written scripts are not required—a story with the right ideas will suffice—it can be adapted later.

Suggestions are made in the advertisement in this PIM, on how to treat each of the stories: “Native customs, crafts and livelihood.” “The Story of (your Islands),’/ “Native music and its mythology.” In addition to these three principal titles, other subjects will be considered on their merits.

A script and £1 entrance fe'e are the only requirements; AI Films will take ca of all photography and production winning scripts.

Closing date is extended to April 1 1952; entries bearing a postmark up this date will be accepted.

Adjudicators will comprise AI Filn Educational Panel, Mr. H. E. Maude, PII and representatives from Burns Philp Co. Ltd. or Robert Gillespie, Ltd.

Films made from winning scripts w be screened throughout the world; t competition thus offers Islands resider a unique opportunity of developing i terest in and providing factual inform tion about their communities.

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From Our Brisbane Correspondent ABOUT 50 guests were present j a Christmas social held t the Brisbane New Guine Women’s Association, at the Lyceui Club Rooms, Queen Street, Brisbar on December 15.

Welcoming members and their guesl the President, Mrs. Roy Kendall, sa that she was delighted to see such a lar gathering which augured well for mee ings during 1952. The association w still a live and active body, which enabl former residents of the Islands to me and chat of life in pre-war days in t Islands.

Mrs. Kendall gave a special welcome Commander Eric Feldt, RAN, (retiree!

Commander Feldt, it was recalled, coi manded the Coast Watchers in Papu New Guinea and the Solomons durh World War 11. He not only distinguish himself as a Naval officer, but also as t author of “The Coastwatchers.”

Mrs. Kendall reminded the guests th the proceeds of the social would go t wards the Queensland section of the N< Guinea Memorial Scholarship for whb four children competed in the 19 examinations.

Throughout the evening past e periences were exchanged and pre-wi days in the Territory compared with tho of the present.

Mingled with the tinkling of glass* was the sound of happy laughter as sor amusing anecdote was told.

The oldest guest was Captain L Moore, a Gallipoli veteran. He lived Rabaul from 1921 to 1941 when he w evacuated to Australia. Now 81, Capta Moore is content to take life easily. 1 delights in meeting former residents the Islands when the old days are affe tionately recalled.

Mrs. Kendall was assisted as hoste by Mrs. S. McCosker (Treasurer) ar Mrs. Andrew Jamieson (Secretary).

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A S a matter of top-level official \ policy, the Australian Department of Territories and the *apua-New Guinea Administration ow aopear to be co-operating in n effort to establish the cocoalanting industry in Papua-New ruinea.

For years, the world demand for ocoa has exceeded the supply. Eforts to extend the West African lantings—the chief source of ocoa—have been defeated by pests, rhich still are more or less out of ontrol. All the natural conditions squired for successful cocoalanting are present in Papua-New Juinea. Cocoa seems to be the oundest alternative crop to cocouts. Suitable land could be made variable in P-NG in sufficient uantities.

An important development is the ppearance of a spirit of friendly o-operation between the Australian )epartment of Territories and Cadury Brothers, Ltd., of Bournville, Ingland, one of the world’s largest onsumers of cocoa.

Before Wbrld War 11, efforts to stablish cocoa production in New Guinea were handicapped by the inifferencer' of the Australian manuacturers who use cocoa. They made ; clear that they preferred the ifest African product.

The Department of Territories now is distributing to all persons interested a comprehensive report by Mr. Urquhart (a former Director of Agriculture in Gold Coast, West Africa) and Mr. Dwyer (Acting Director of Agriculture in P- NG), on “Prospects of Extending the Growing of Cocoa in Papua and New Guinea.” The report has been printed by Cadbury Brothers, Ltd., and copies will be supplied, free of charge, to anyone interested, together with any information wanted, by the Secretary, Department of Territories, Canberra, Australia, or the Director, Department of Agriculture, Port Moresby, Papua.

In commending this report to the public, the Australian Minister for Territories, Mr. Paul Hasluck, quoted this extract: “In certain parts of Papua and New Guinea there is a combination of soil and climate suitable for growing cocoa which surpasses anything seen in West Africa, Trinidad, Ceylon, Malaya and Java.”

The experts, in their report, estimate that there are 157,000 acres suitable for cocoa-growing in New Britain, distributed between the Gazelle Peninsula, Willaumez Peninsula, Hoskins Peninsula and East Nakanai. There are also large suitable areas in Bougainville and Buka, and in the Popondetta and Wanigela districts of Nortneast Papua. There probably are other areas—but those mentioned definitely are suitable.

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Cocoa-growing in New Guinea is far beyond the experimental stage: it has been returning a few planters a steady income since the middle thirties.

There is no doubt that, under woper direction and encouragement, ihousands of Europeans could be settled in P-NG on cocoa-growing md that they could train the latives in this industry, just as has seen done so successfully in Wes- ;ern Samoa.

But, on the really practical side — lamely, the availability of land, abour, and building material — ;here is a singular lack of reliable nformation.

Under the urging of the exservicemen’s organisation, the P-NG Administration said over a year ago ;hat it views with favour the idea jf settling ex-servicemen on cocoa and. But when the RSL wanted to mow where the land is, when it can be taken up, and the terms jffered by the Administration, Port Moresby became all coy and reticent. This was a marked developnent of 1951.

The truth is, of course, that the iro-native Murray Administration cannot bear the thought of alienatng one acre of native-owned land, wen if that is the only way in which P-NG can be settled adequately by Europeans, so as to provide Australia with some sort of defensive barrier against Asia.

Much real development (which necessarily is based on land settlement) in P-NG, up to date, has been hamstrung by the Administration’s reluctance to make land available in a worth-while way. The appearance of this report, and the Ministerial statement covering it, indicate that at last a new policy will be put into operation. Here are the exact words of Mr. Hasluck’s Press statement of December 12: “More than 7,000 acres had already been planted in cocoa. The future market outlook for cocoa was good and the Minister gave an assurance that companies and individuals who wished to establish new cocoa plantations in the Territory would have the firm support of the Government.

“There were excellent prospects in the cocoa-growing industry and in the Territory generally for men of vision, energy and ability, and with the necessary capital, said Mr. Hasluck.

“Persons genuinely interested in taking up land for cocoa-growing and investing capital in its development, could obtain further information by writing to the Secretary, Department of Territories, Canberra, or to the Administrator of Papua and New Guinea, Port Moresby.”

Those sentiments are excellent, and the outlook encouraging. But, at the risk of seeming a nuisance, may we point out that what exprivate John Smith (who is eager to become a cocoa-planter in P-NG, and has a few hundred pounds to invest) wants to know, is: (1) Where is land available?

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THE William MacGregor Club hel its annual dinner in Sydne on November 20. The Ministc for Territories was principal gues Members are serving or retire officers of the Papua-New Guine Field Staff. President is Mr. W M. English; vice-president, Mr. I D. Wren; secretaries, Messrs. W. N Tolhurst and C. V. Single; treasure: Mr. W. G. Murdoch; committeemar Mr. B. A. McCabe.

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SHOULD like to say something about the people engaged in private enterprise who insist it the BSI Administration wants drive them out of the Group, and at this is Government policy. rhe policy is not aimed at driving em out. On the contrary, their lue is officially well recognised, d they are wanted here.

We have tried to get them to put hr own private enterprise view- Lnt into print; and, officially, they ve been encouraged to air their evances and put a combined £ase the Government which could be oted as public opinion. But it is a >st difficult thing to get them to it anywhere except in the pub or j club. Even the Planters’ Assoition rarely comes out with a deite statement of opinion.

Sfearly all of them are my friends, d I wish they could get some icentration of force, and that ;re could be more real understand- 5, both of their problems by Adnistration, and by them of ministrati ve problems; but every ne it seems that there would be iderstanding, it breaks down ;her into impatience or mere liteness.

We try to see as much of them as ay be when they come in, and try understand a bit more of the 3IP than just Honiara. But there e one or two planters who are cognised, even by private people, . being hopeless grumblers who ;ver would be content.

The real trouble is partly that s a poor territory, and can’t do ithout taxation; partly the nontyment of any war damage com- ‘nsation; partly that too many lople are homesick for the old prear Tulagi days of low prices everybere—the rise in prices hits everyle very hard.

Mrs. Stan McCosker, whose husind is owner of “Matala” plantaon, Rabaul, gave a Christmas Tree irty to children of former resimts of the Territory in Brisbane, . December. Her home was gaily jcorated for the occasion, and a appy time was spent by the jungsters. Mrs. McCosker is easurer of the Brisbane New uinea Women’s Association.

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The museum’s specimens number nearly a quarter-million, and it is noted that 11,349 of them relate to Oceania, including Indonesia and Australia. The active Director, Professor E. W. Gifford, is at present engaged in research work in New Caledonia.

Ten of the 700 Rover Scouts who attended a six-days’ Moot near Sydney over the Christmas holidays were native Papua-New Guinea natives. Apart from camp activities, the boys had a full programme of zoo visiting (at the invitation of Mr. E. J. Hallstrom) sight-seeing and city shopping. 85 ACIFIfc ISJLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Vhence the Polynesians ? ew Survey of A Fascinating Subject comment on the origin of the Pacific Islands races and more especially the Polynesians contained in a report of a lecture ren by Dr. H. D. Skinner, of New iland, and published in the Journal of ! Polynesian Society of March, 1951. fhis excellent NZ publication is a little e in getting into circulation, but it itains the usual wealth of material, e following is a condensation of Dr.

Inner’s lecture. fhe origin of the Polynesian race has m a subject of discussion for a hundred irs; and scientists still are arguing, w material and new theories are con- ,ntly being advanced. Dr. Skinner’s lure apparently surveyed all material lilable at the end of 1950.

IHE Polynesian and related . languages have had nothing approaching the thoroughness investigation bestowed on the do-European family, or on mitic, or on some other linguistic jcks. However, Pater Schmidt’s neralisation about t&em has been dely accepted.

Schmidt employs the term Austric designate the whole linguistic )ck of which Polynesian is a memr. He divides the Austric stock to two branches—Austro-Asiatic id Austronesian.

The former includes Munda, oken in Chota Nagpur south of e lower Ganges; Mon, spoken by attered groups in Assam and irma; and Khmer, spoken by some Irteen million people in Camdia.

Austronesian comprises Malay and > offshoot in Madagascar, Malawi; Micronesian of the Caroline Lands; Melanesian which, besides e languages of the main groups in e island chain, includes some astal dialects of New Guinea; and jlynesian spoken in closely allied ilects over an immense area of the Dbe, points around the boundary ing the Hawaiian group, the Marlesas, Easter Island, Rapa, the lathams, the Aucklands, New jaland, Norfolk Island, the eastern jis, the Ellice Islands, Tikopia, mnel and Bellona, the boundary en running back again to Hawaii.

This is an immense area on the rrestrial globe, but the area of nd surface within it is small. At ie present time the number of jlynesians is somewhat less than ilf a million. I think it unlikely tat the total population of Polynia ever greatly exceeded that imber.

The distances between the prinpal island groups are immense, tid yet the differences between the alects spoken are very small. ;ephenson Percy Smith told me lat no competent Maori linguist ould have any difficulty in taking part in an Easter Island conversation, though the island is distant from New Zealand some 5,000 miles.

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[Etals, Pottery, Weaving

* Polynesia, metal was unknown or, rather, long sojourn in coral islands or on the purely volcanic ?h islands had resulted in the :hniques >of ore reduction and jtal working being completely rgotten, though it is permissable suppose that some old implemt-, weapon-, or amulet-forms irked out originally in metal were 11 retained —expressed in Polysia in stone.

Pottery likewise was absent; nolere in the Polynesian area, expt in the marginal areas of New aland and Fiji, were suitable clays ailable.

Another basic technique that was st by the Polynesians was weaving. It is to be supposed that in the movement south-eastward across the equator from the Philippines and Micronesia to Western Polynesia and the Tahitian Islands the early Polynesians found no pressing need for warm clothing. Such need for clothing as did exist was met by tapa bark-cloth.

And so, we may suppose, the technique and the mechanical devices of weaving, well known by them when living in eastern and northeastern Malaysia, were forgotten.

Buck has pointed out that when the Polynesian settlers reached New Zealand they had lost the art and, in spite of urgent need of warm clothing, they did not re-invent weaving, but moved along the much less satisfactory line of elaborating the plaitwork technique of basketry. . . .

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MICRONESIA IN Buck’s view, the Polynesians came originally from Indonesia, where they had learned navigation, into the Caroline Islands, passing thence via the Phoenix group, the Tokelaus, and Tongareva to the Tahitian group.

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EUMATISM and FLU l]ichvbi4 (Piotluci construction? They are Polynesians, certainly, both racially and culturally.

Buck, having made the Tahitian Islands his theoretical first settlement in Polynesia has to bring the first Samoans and Tongans back westward from Tahiti.

Consultation of the map will show that geographical considerations are so much against this view as to outweigh decisively Buck’s single argument in support of it. It seems much more probable that the Samoan islands were the first group in Polynesia to be settled by the Proto-Polynesians, and that the Tahitian group was settled after, though probably at no long ini val.

Hypotheses Based On

CULTURES BUCK holds that prior to tl migration into the Tahit group the Proto-Polynesi sojourned long in the atolls of Marshalls and the Gilberts* —so 1< that they lost virtually all the c ture they had brought with tb from Indonesia and became p fishermen, losing even domestica plants and domesticated animal: Thus, when they moved on ag and occupied the lovely moi tainous islands that form Tahitian group they were, s Buck, almost cultureless, their o link with the Indonesian culti world being language.

In their new Tahitian homek they created for themselves, he ss a new culture, Polynesian culti In the three centuries betw- -1,000 and 1,300 AD maritime tivity carried this new culture and wide across immense distant to Hawaii, Marquesas, Tuamc Mangareva, Easter Island, Austn Cooks, New Zealand. Tonga, Ni Samoa.

The last three will be left out this discussion; for the rest, € dence indicates that migration fr Tahiti to all other groups did oci in this period,-and that the culti brought to these groups was the c ture current in the Tahitian grc JANUARY, 1952 — PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL 92

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t the time each group of emigrants ft it.

But I shall attempt to show that lany elements in the material cul- U'e of these groups go back beyond ahiti to Indonesia and eastern sia, and, in some cases, further 111. If I can establish this, then uck’s hypothesis that the Protoolynesians who colonised Tahiti ere cultureless fishermen, and that 11 that is characteristic in Polyesian culture was first developed lere, must be abandoned.

It is here suggested that the olynesian ancestors were moving it of Indonesia and the Philipmes about the seventh and eighth mturies AD. They were part of a ‘afaring community which had mtact, direct or indirect, with lands and coastlines throughout idonesia, and their culture is [lied to elements from all parts of idonesia, including areas strongly ifluenced by India in Bali, Java, umatra, and Cambodia. Commnities in the Philippines were in )uch also with China: in the rente past they had been linked with orth-east Asia.

In the central Carolines —Yap, onape—sultanates were probably f up, best known from the imposig ruins on Ponape, and movetents were made southward to the ew Guinea coast, and the northern lands of Melanesia—the Admiralty 'oup, New Ireland, the Solomons, le Santa Cruz group.

At the same time many Protoolynesians went south-east to amoa and Tahiti, not as culturess fishermen, but as well-equipped cplorers and colonists, taking with xem all the domesticated animals ad plants their vessels could carry, he culture ultimately developed in le Tahitian group by these Protoolynesians would differ from that ft behind.

Metal and pottery, known peraps as imports in the Carolines, ould be lost entirely in the new ome, since it had neither metal res nor clay, and distance forbade *ade. Loom products were relaced by bark cloth.

In this hypothesis, the first culire establisned in the Tahitian roup was characterised by elaborate rts and crafts. When groups of 'ahitians hived off between 1,000 nd 1,300 AD to the marginal areas f Hawaii, Marquesas, the Tuamotu, aster Island, the Australs, Cooks, [ew Zealand, they took with them well-developed decorative art as r ell as the purely utilitarian arts, a these new marginal settlements epresentational and decorative art ither declined, as in Hawaii, the ’uamotus, Mangareva, or else coninued to flourish, as in the Maruesas and New Zealand.

This hypothesis also requires that i the Tahitian Islands, as generaions passed, representational and .ecorative art dwindled almost to .othing. It is suggested that these rts declined because the energy ormerly expressed in them was defleeted into the immense elaboration of socio-religious ritual seen by European discoverers and explorers, ritual directly linked with the development of the marae in the Tahitian Islands.

Whether or not this is the correct explanation, the European discoverers found in Tahiti an elaboration of socio-religious ceremonial unknown in such marginal areas as New Zealand, coupled with almost complete absence in Tahiti of representational and decorative art.

The absence in recent times of decorative and representational art in Tahiti has been treated as the trump card in the hand of those who argue that Maori decorative and representational art is a purely local product. For, say they, if this side of Maori art is not local but 93 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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' It is admitted that the New Zeaand Maori developed a characterisic local style, especially on the ecorative side. So also did the 'olynesians of the Cook and Austral rea, and so did the Polynesians of be Marquesas. But the more losely the art of each of these areas } studied the more numerous are Dund to be the motives which they ave in common.

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A very fine collection of Hawaiiana” was lost by Mr. Leslie .. Weight, PO Box 544, Hilo, [awaii. when his home was des- •oyed in the seismic disturbance of )46. He is trying to assemble nother collection. Anyone who ishes to dispose of records of old [awaii should communicate with im.

Mr. C. P. Anthony an officer of apua-New Guinea Administration, as been appointed Contributors’ epresentative on the Superannuaon Board. His appointment was tmounced by the Minister for erritories, Mr. Paul Hasluck, tiring November, and Mr. Anthony :tended the inaugural meeting of le Board in Canberra during the st week in November.

How to Save Your Drowned Camera Letter to the Editor THE mishap to a party of Port Moresby residents who spent 18 hours in the water, following the swamping of a lakatoi, moves me to deal with one aspect of such events which is usually neglected until it is too late.

People nowadays rarely go on organised outings (from picnics to annual patrols) without at least one camera. And postwar cameras are both pricey and, usually, of poor quality from the engineering point of view. The writer can speak with feeling of the latter aspect, as he is one of the slaves who endeavour to restore damaged cameras to working order again. A few hints may be of use to people in outlying centres;— (1) If you drop a camera into seawater, run for the nearest fresh water, dip the camera right in, and shake it around vigorously for a few minutes under water. Then take it out, shake it and wipe it as dry as possible. Then, if at all possible, dip it -into methylated spirits or other spirit, or pure alcohol, soak it well, then take it out and shake dry. (Case-hardened citizens need not howl—they can still drink the alcohol afterwards!) Don’t use petrol or kerosene, which would only increase the danger of corrosion—to the camera, I mean, not the stomach . . . Then send the camera as soon as possible to a reliable tradesman for repair. It is a help if you first paint all metal parts with eucalyptus, cod-liver oil or other fish oil; pour some into the openings in the shutter, and paint all hinges and screws. Don’t use motor or engine oils; they can cause rust . . .

If you drop a camera into fresh water, wash it out well with metho and let it dry, and it should be safe. (2) If you are taking a good camera out in rain, or on sea-water, leave the fancy leather cases at home, and carry the camera and spares in a plain, oldfashioned billy-can. The benefits are 95 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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The writer would be pleased to hear of any other treatment which has proved of value in dealing with cameras in tropical climates, or in accidents involving salt-water or other conditions causing corrosion.

He is ready at any time to advise any island resident who has had trouble with any photographic apparatus.

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A daughter was born on December 18 to Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Mackenzie of Rabaul, New Guinea.

Long Drought Ends In Suva Dry Conditions Continue In Lau From Our Own Correspondent SUVA, Dec. 17 PARCHED, cracked soil, burm up grass, dry wells and feai of a general water shortage i the Suva area came to an end i the second week in December whe a period of frequent thunderstorn and torrential showers set in.

In three days (December 9-11 Coli-i-Suva, high in the timber* hills behind Suva, had 16 inch( of rain.

Drought conditions continu however, in some of the outer i: lands. Water supplies have had 1 be taken to Vatu Vara in northei Lau, where no rain has fallen f< more than three months.

When Captain James Duncan, Rapopo, New Britain, arrived Sydney in July, he encountered tl prevailing influenza “wog,” with tl result that he went down to a b£ bout of pneumonia. He is up ar about again, and taking his usu lively interest in affairs, but he still under-weight. 96 JANUARY, 1952-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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ALTHOUGH Sydney’s bus and tramway employees staged a strike on December 20, about L2O people attended the Christmas ?arty of the New Guinea Women's Dlub of Sydney and voted it the ‘best ever.”

Present New Guinea residents, iown on leave, joined forces with now living in Sydney, md around the tables swapped meetings and reminiscences to uch effect that they drowned-out i fierce thunderstorm that ended Sydney's tram-and-busless day.

Although New Guinea organisa- 10ns come and go, the Women’s /lub seems to go on to increasing trength. This is no happy ccident: founded in the darkest ays of the war, it has been diliently preserved by a gallant band f women, now capably led by Mrs r. H. Foxcroft, ready and eager to ispense a cheery word to the isitor or to give practical help to hose m need of it. Many of these 'omen lost everything in NG durig the war and few of them xpect to see the Territory again, ut in their own particular way, icy keep the New Guinea spirit live and growing in Sydney’s sually unproductive soil.

At their regular Thursday lornmg meetings in the Feminist lub, Sydney, they have a hearty elcome ready for any New Guinea sitor.

Children’S Party

Over 80 children received gifts om the Christmas tree at a >ecial party at 77 King Street, on le afternoon of December 17.

Some of the young guests were uldren of Territorians down on ave; some were war-babies, born st before or just after the acuation of December 1941- quite number were the small children children who were themselves acuated in 1941—older members the club never cease to wonder >w 10 short years can change a -year old infant into a sophistited young matron.

The toys and other party delights Jre made possible by the nerosity of New Guinea residents id firms. Since December PIM len an amount of £5l/15/- was knowledged, these further donams were received by the secretary the Club:— Mr. and Mrs. Jack Richards, of Rabaul, New Guinea, were holidaying at Dromana, Victoria, at the end of the year.

Dr. N. P. Woods, formerly Medical Officer at Madang, New Guinea has resigned from the New Guinea Administration to take up practice at Albion in Brisbane.

Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Drysdale, of Suva, are in Australia on leave.

Mr. R. C. Macpherson, who was for some years on the editorial staff of Fiji Times, has been promoted to chief of staff of the Daily Mercury.

Mackay, Queensland. 97 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Departures from Sydney in December included (reading from left to right and from top down): Mr. P. F. D. Palmer, BP’s Manager at Fanning Is., returning per Muliama, following leave in Australia. . . . Mr. John C. Fisher, proceeding to Fanning Is. per Mulliama to relieve Mr. Wally Ewins as Accountant for OTC.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Corrigan returning to IMalaita after 6 weeks in Australia. Mr.

Corrigan is building a number of Leper hospitals for the Marist Mission—financed by the inter-denominational Lepers’ Trust Fund of NZ. The hospitals will be located at Buma, Rohinara, Tarapaina and Rokera, on Malaita, and others on Guadalcanal and San Cristobal. Mr. Corrigan has had a very satisfactory visit to Australia seeking further building materials. ... Mr. H. M. Davies, Director of Tenaru Timbers Ltd., returning Tenaru (17 m. east of Honiara, Guadalcanal). (Mr. Davies, still wean a brace, arrived in Australia a mon ago with an injured back. He repoi that tests of Tenaru timber by Austral! plywood manufacturers have been v promising.” Mr. Davies has been 1- yes in the Solomons.

Mr J. W. Grimmer, of Itikinumu ri ber plantation, Papua, returned from 3-weeks business trip to Java, where studied rubber production methods, i tensions to the 1,500-acres Papua pla tation, located 35 miles east of P< Moresby, are anticipated for _ !953. .

William Bliss, pupil at Caulfield Gra mar School, returned home to his fatnc plantation near Serang, 40 miles west Madang. . n Monsieur Jean Galmie, Mayor of Ko New Caledonia, came to Sydney to esc his attractive daughter daude, p upil St. Vincents College, home for the Chn mas holidays. . . . Mrs. M. Soley a daughter joined the RAN col ° n y Manus. NG. Mrs. Soley s husband Port Officer, HMAS Tarangau (Manu Only passenger and only woman abo the ship, (Miss B. J. Cooper, of Pe (WA) described her voyage from Vila “quite an experience.” Miss Cooper f from Sydney to Norfolk Is.; had “glorious 4 months” there, then went 98

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~ ; ~ _ CJU £Y> > r- — ®BKTO%\[L o friends near Vila, per Morinda. For liss Cooper, no island can ever equal lorfolk for interest, hospitality and :limate. ... Mr. Les Farley, of Seaway ehvenes who left Sydney in command f the 34-foot motor-cutter Seamist, on delivery to Mr. C. Younger, of Cape Marsh Plantation, Russell Is., BSI. The vessel was built at Lakes’ Entrance, Vic., in 1948, and purchased through W. M. Reed & Co. of Sydney. Delivery was by way of Queensland ports, Samarai and Gizo. . -Albrecht, sales manager for M. Kerry Pty., Ltd., of Sydney was to leave Sydney on January 24 for Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Cook Is. and Tahiti, to investigate the possibilities of establishing further branch offices in the Islands.

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Whales and dolphins invaded Rabaul Harbour on November 27. About two [?]zen whales, which evidently had been chased by the dolphins, became stranded [?] the foreshores. —Photos by C. H. Meen. 99 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY— J A N U A R Y , 1952

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Conducted by Ex ZK-1-AC/VR-2-AK (Because radio amateurs scattered throughout the Pacific Islands enjoy a unique bond of interest, and because no journal caters for their special needs, the PIM has arranged with a| well-known Pacific Islands “Ham” to conduct this special section. He plans to make this column a clearing-house for items of special interest to Pacific Islands “hams,” and of general interest to all dial-twiddlers, wherever they may be.)

Islands’ Call List

I should like to maintain an up-to-date list of Islands call-signs (excepting only Hawaii, which is too voluminous for publication here) and so I appeal to Hams in all groups to supply this information as soon as possible.

Although this publication is in English.

I would like the call-signs of amateurs in New Caledonia and French Oceania.

Please let me have your call-sign, full name, QTH, and bands normally worked (or, if crystal controlled, your frequencies), and any details you have relating to other amateurs in your area; and send them along to the Editor, Radio Section, Pacific Islands Monthly, PO Box 3408, Sydney. This information will help us to assist you.

Pacific Islands Net

I suggest that a Pacific Islands Net should be of considerable interest as a means of Islands Hams getting together in an organised way. As a large number of Hams are crystal-controlled, and ther are some differences in frequency alloca tions in different Groups, it would no seem practicable to fix specified frequen cies for such a Net, American style. In stead, I suggest that a time only b agreed upon. Then, any Ham lookin around for Island contacts could go on t that time and call —or listen for— “C< Pacific Is. Net”—“CQ PIN” if using CV Calls could be made on any band —10, 2 40 or 80 metres. A search over any < all bands should then soon reveal whic ate in use by particular stations.

I suggest that suitable times for tt PIN might be 0100, 0700, 1900 GMT dai!

Shift-workers, such as the Nadi-Tontouti Papeete boys, should find 0100 Z usefulthe other times should suit most. Hot ever, the Net idea will only be workab so long as Island stations refuse to answ outside DX calls for at least 15 minut after the Net opening tianes. If th Net becomes popular, news of it wi soon spread ?*nd undoubtedly a conside able outside DX-queue will form up. 1 all means go for the DX after the N period—but give other Islands statioi a chance to contact you first.

Let’s have your reactions, suggestioi and station details in time for an eat issue.—7 S’s.

The Rev. Byam Roberts, who hi for 13 years been headmaster ( Slade School, Warwick, Queenslan will go to Gona, Papua, this mont to teach native boys at the Martyi School there. 100 JANUARY. 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Co Enter Australasian Trade 4 USTRALIAN shipping comx panies trading with the East are disturbed because they elieve that Japan will make a etermined drive for Australian and ew Zealand trade about the riddle of this year.

Shipping interests say that those Iready in the trade can handle 11 freight between Australia and apan without difficulty and that )me ships are now returning from apan without full loads.

If Japan comes into active comstition with them “someone is ring to get hurt . . . and we feel lat it shouldn’t be us.”

They believe that Japan, which as few ships of its own, would not j able to enter the trade if it were at for the help of America which •egards Japan as the 49th State.”

Whatever reversal of feeling the tnericans entertain for Japan, iti- Japanese feeling in Australia still high, nor is there much likeliaod of a change. However, they e unlikely to allow these sentients to interfere with a chance to ;t more or cheaper goods or duced freight rates.

The attitude of the Australian dpowners is understandable, but e general public is more likely to el that anything no matter 10m it hurts—that would have a lutary effect on freights and shipng generally would be worth Ping.

The demands of seamen and the ritating go-slow tactics of comunist-dominated waterside unions ive ham-strung Australian ports id shipping since the end of the ir. The result—slow turn around ships, increased freight charges, ortage of goods cannot be amed upon the shipowners but it only through the shipowners that ese militant maritime unionists n be hurt—in their pockets.

It will be interesting to see, if d when the Jap ships return to istralia, how they negotiate the jmendous bottle-necks that Ausdasian ports have become.

Pwo Japanese shipping repreitatives were in Australia nego- ,ting with Australian shipping tnpanies in December, It has en announced that Burns Philp d Co., Ltd., will be agents for the Y.K Line and that two other tnpanies will be agents for the b.K. and Yamashita Lines.

Mrs. James Narman Hall, widow the famous writer, recently left ihiti, her homeland, for Honou. She will later go to Holly- Kid, Cal., to live with her son inrad. 101 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Increase of Petty Crime In Samoa APIA, Dec. 20.

AN increasing number of petty crimes have recently been tried by the Apia High Court disclosing a deplorable growth of dishonesty amongst employees of commercial firms, Government Departments and institutions in the Territory.

In November an employee of the Justice Department, A. A. Pereira, was charged before the Chief Judge, with misappropriation of departmental monies in eight cases amounting to £4l/13/-. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine months imprisonment.

On November 29 two employees of A. G. Smyth & Co., Ltd., appeared in Court charged with theft of money and goods from the firm.

They were convicted and sentenced to terms of imprisonment.

A number of Samoan workers of the Public Works Department were recently sentenced to terms of imprisonment for theft of goods fron the stores of the P.W.D.

THESE cases of petty thievini which have recently come be fore the Court, have resulted ii a thorough investigation of stock and books in all Apia firms.

Results have been startling ii some instances, and it is estimate! that systematic thefts going bad in some cases for years, have re suited in a total loss of £25,000 t local business.

Those responsible for the theft have disposed of their spoils t small trading stores.

Laxity and lack of efficiency i the firms who have suffered hav encouraged dishonest employees and the fact that the Samoa Government does not insist o; small businesses keeping prope books has made it easier for ther to dispose of stolen goods.

Until recently small stores ha\ been allowed to trade at all hours c the day or night, week days or Sun days, and have done their be* business when the large Apia store are closed.

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Central Pacific Union Mission, s Suva headquarters, returned to tf Colony from Sydney by Qantg plane on December 13. 102 JANUARY. 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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Jevelopments It The lura Medical School From a Special Correspondent SUVA, Dec. 20.

GRADUATION Day at the Central J Medical School Suva was particularly interesting this year.

At the graduation (December 17) was announced that Fijian girls *e to be admitted as students for le first time next year; a Papuan udent was one of the graduating ass (which included, as well, six ijians, one Tongan, two Western imoans and three Caroline landers) and it marked the end the first year in which students om United States Trust Terriries attended the school.

Five Fijian girls will enter the edical School next year and take te general medical course.

Tiether they will eventually actice as general AMPs, or aether they will specialise in me branch of child or female salth was not made clear. The ;ting Governor, who presented the aduating class with their plomas, said that it was hoped at the five girl students were the rerunners of more who will be imen practitioners throughout the rious territories served by the bool.

Seven students from Papua-New jinea went to the School in early 17. One was found to be suffering )m TB and was sent home and one i not have the necessary back- □und education and was sent to e Queen Victoria school for jian boys. The other five lads tered the school. One of them s now graduated, rhe experiment of sending lads )m P-NG to Suva has not been peated until this year (1952), len, apparently encouraged by the st graduation, it is reported that ree will be sent. The general ucation of the new students will better than that of the original NG students—although some of e American Trust Territory uths were in no better shape ucationally than those from NG. me of the American Islanders ake only Japanese.

OVERCROWDING IHE American Trust Territory students, about 80 of them, arrived in Fiji early last year, ley were all from the medical 1001 which was set up at Guam :er the war and closed at the end last year, possibly because of US ■vy commitments elsewhere; ssibly on the score of expense. rhe Central Medical School, with normal quota of students, was crowded. With the addition from American territories, it bulged.

Livmg conditions for the new arrivals last year could be called, at best, makeshift. Lecturers could not cope with the added number of pupils and it has recently been admitted that two of the three first year classes were called upon at the end of the year to sit for a science exam for which they had had no lectures.

The US Government made available the services of Dr. H. L. Cloud, who is in charge of the dental school; but there are no other additional full time lecturers.

The official attitude seems to be, “It’s crowded but we get along—and no one complains.”

This does not seem good enough for a school with the traditions of the CMS, although the Americans presumably knew the situation before they sent their students there, What the students—who are st uck there for several years whether they like it or not—think a hout it all, no one in Suva seems to know or care. The problem of accommodation and staff will probably right itself in time but meanwhile the students who are tostructlon are simply wasting time, Their social and recreational requirements are probably taken care of by the School. But it they not, then these lads, many of whom have inadequate English, must be having a thin time. As far as the ordinary citizens of Suva are concerned they might just as well be living on another planet. 103

Acific Islands Monthly January. 195

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Deaths Of Islands People

Adi Litia Cakobau

HHE death of Adi Litia Cakobau, L at Bau on December 6, severs one of the last links with the iji of pre-cession days.

Adi Cakobau was born in 1876, /o years after her grandfather had tded Fiji to Great Britain. Her ,ther was the second son of Cakotu and her mother, Tupoutoa of mga.

The young princess was brought ) according to the traditions of jian chiefly families, but she early sveloped a will and a mind of her m. In her youth she was exemely beautiful and was a eminent and gay figure in Suva’s rly social life.

She had wit and the quiet dignity id graciousness that have freently characterised Fijian women high rank.

In her childhood she was berthed to her cousin at Naitasiri 10m she grew up to hate. She ed to free herself from the engement but Fijian tradition was 3 strong. After an unhappy image of some years she returned her home on Bau.

Adi Cakobau was active in anything that benefitted her people.

She laboured hard and long in child welfare work, for the Red Cross and for an y project that furthered the education of the Fijians, especially the women.

She is survived by her son, Ratu Edward Cakobau who had a distinguished war record, is now a member of Legislative Council, and “Ai reguregu” —homage to the house of Cakobau —was paid by presenting whales’ teeth. Ratu Edward Cakobau, son of Adi Cakobau, seated on floor first on left facing camera. —Photo by Fiji Public Relations Office. 105 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Fijians from all parts of Viti Levu and other islands gathered at Bau to attend her funeral. A service, attended by leading members of Government departments, business houses and organisations throughout the Colony, was conducted in the old church on Bau where the first Ratu Cakobau had worshipped.

She was buried on the island in the private cemetery where the old king and other members of the family are buried.

MAJOR F. G. L. HOLLAND, OBE. GM THE death occurred in Sydney, on December 28 of Major F. G. L.

Holland, OBE, GM, former Director of Education in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colons He was 67.

Major Holland was a well-know: and highly respected figure in th Central Pacific during thre decades. He went to the Gilbert as headmaster of the newly formed Government Educatio Scheme in 1920, and established th King George V School at Tarawi where many prominent Islanc leaders received their educatioi He made a series of agreement with the Missions, on which th primary village school system no' is based; with an agreed syllabu minimum standards and a teachei training scheme. He was awarde the QBE in 1941.

When the Japanese invade Tarawa in 1942, Major Hollan organised the now famous escaf party which sailed down the lir of atolls by night, until final rescued by the Fiji Governmei vessel Degei. The George Medi was later given to him for his ou standing courage and leadership.

After a period as Director < Education for the Kingdom < Tonga, Major Holland retired fro: the British Colonial Service, but Wi almost immediately re-employed j Officer in Charge of the Ram (Fiji) settlement scheme, T 1 success of this bold project for tl voluntary re-settlement of tl entire Banaban population of Oce£ Island 2,000 miles from their horn* land was very largely due to h efforts. When he landed on Rami the Banabans had only one thoug] 106 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Major Holland is survived by his idow, a son in England and a tughter, now Mrs. K. H. Black, itil recently resident in Nukualofa, id now in Taveuni.

F. S. WHITCOMBE The death occurred at Levuka, iji, on December 27, of Mr. rancis Seymour Whitcombe, welllown as a retired mariner and a riter of short articles and stories, e was a contributor to the PIM. e had resided in the South Pacific lands for over 60 years, and he is the personal friend of many mous men of the South Seas, Dbert Louis Stevenson, whom he lew in Samoa, delighted to hear ank’s stories of ships and sailors.

Frank was a son of the late larles Douglas Whitcombe, and e latter, a NZ Crown Lands Com- Lssioner, knew King George Tubou of Tonga, when he was being ucated in Auckland. Mr. Whitmbe, Senior, and his family, went Tonga with the young Prince len he returned. Mr. Whitcombe came Principal of the Tongan Dvemment College, and held other avernment posts.

Frank, however, at an early age, id gone to sea under Captain Ross in the top-sail schooner Ysabel; and it was not until 1890, when the Ysabel called at Nukualofa, that he saw his parents in Tonga. Frank spent many years in other sailing ships; he was, for a time, acting private secretary to the British Consul in Samoa; and he was a trader in the service of Captain Kaad, of Levuka, Fiji. He had lived a long time in Fiji, and was much esteemed. His brother is the well-known Mr. J. D.

Whitcombe, of Auckland, also a writer of Pacific tales and sketches.

Charles B. Hill

THE death occurred in Suva on December 14, of Mr. Charles B.

Hill, who was born in the Colony 80 years ago.

He was the son of the late Captain and Mrs. John Hill who managed Rabi plantation on behalf of the Melbourne owners.

Mr. Hill was on the staff of CSR for many years. When he retired some years ago he began trading on the Macuata coast. (He did not marry. He is survived by Mr. C. D. Hill of Suva and a sister in Australia.

W. H. BRABANT THE death occurred in Suva, on December 18, of Mr. W. H.

Brabant, a well-known former official of the Customs Department and former member of the Legislative Council. He was 81.

Mr. Brabant entered the Customs Department in 1904 and retired in 1924 when he was Comptroller of F. S. Whitcombe, in Levuka. 107 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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MR. WILLIAM YOUNG, age over 70, who had been resident of Papua for over 4 years, died in Samarai at the en of November. He was severely ir jured in November, when he fell 1 feet, from a ladder.

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W. SAMOAN TRADE IN 195 From Our Own Correspondent APIA Dec, 31.

PRELIMINARY trade ’ figures f 1951 were announced in broadcast by the High Cor missioner, Mr. R. G. Powles, on D cember 29. The High Commission stressed the sound financial pos tion of the Territory and cor mented on the progress mai economically, socially and political] Export of Samoan cocoabeans w an all-time record in quantity ai value (3,100 tons valued at £790.00( For the first time in the history Samoa, copra exports took secoi place, in value (14,500 tons valu< at £780,000).

Banana exports showed a furth decline during 1951, only 63,0 cases were shipped, one-third le than the previous year.

Total exports were £1,600,000 ai imports £1,200,000 showing favourable trade balance of £400,0( Total Government revenue du ing 1951 was £646,000 and expend ture £606,000 leaving a surplus f the financial year of £40,000.

The cocoa price which dropped November advanced again in D cember and prospects for 1952 a bright, particularly as there will al be an increase in the copra pri paid by the British Ministry Food under the 10-year contract.

Mr. Ernie Kriewaldt, who hi established a flourishing retail bus ness in Port Moresby, has be( spending some weeks in Sydney, ( business.

A son was born to Mr. and Mi George Greathead (of Gorok New Guinea) at Brisbane on Boxir Day. Mr. Greathead is the Distri Commissioner for New Gunu Highlands. 108 JANUARY, 195 2 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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Airfield For Ocean Is.?

Letter to the Editor WAS interested to read in your December issue the article on “Air Service for Phosphate lands.” I refer to the last para- ■aph, wherein Mr. H. E. Maude, rmer Resident Commissioner in ie Gilbert and Ellice Colony, said Ocean Island: “Nowhere is there bit of ground suitable for conirsion into an air strip, except at lormous expense.”

This took my mind back to Dvember, 1904, when we (ss Titus) sre chartered by two American losphate men from Jacksonville, orida, to call at certain unhabited islands in the Pacific, two them being Anuda and Mitre lands.

On arriving at Ocean Island, lich was a regular call of ours, 3 obtained permission from the anager of the Phosphate Co., Mr. ?rt Ellis, (afterwards Sir Albert) r these Americans to come ashore, ley had a long chat with Mr. Ellis, id I well remember their remarkg that if they owned the island, ey would either blast a dock there, build a cantilever jetty, which Duld enable ships to come in iderneath.

Mr. Ellis said that it would be ipossible, or could only be done at emendous cost. We all know that any years later the cantilever was lilt.

Similarly, if an airfield at Ocean Island did cost a lot of money, it would be worth it, and it must eventually be built some day. I cannot see such an important place as Ocean Island being bypassed by planes from Nauru to Tarawa.

I saw correspondence as far back as 1921 on the subject of starting an air service from Sydney to Tarawa.

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In early January, the Assistant District Officer of Wau, New Guinea, Mr. H. P. Seale, accompanied by Mr. Austin Ireland, was “on patrol” between Wau and Salamaua with 14 young lads home from school in Australia. The boys’ ages ranged from 10 to 16 years— and may be future Patrol Officers in the making!

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Prom Our Own Correspondent MORESBY, Jan. 6.

THERE’S still “gold in them thar hills” in P-NG. Mr. R.

Eginton has just shipped to Australia 120 tons of brass shell cases salvaged from exploded Army dumps at Oro Bay; and this scrap metal is worth £l3O per ton. Gangs of natives who have been collecting for him have been making up to £2OO per day. So rich is the harvest that Mr. Edginton has been airfreighting the brass cases from Oro Bay to Moresby.

He expects to ship another 150 tons of Oro Bay brass scrap in the first three months of 1952. It looks as if he is grossing some £35,000. 109 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 195 2

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Sport in Rabaul Mrs. J. I. Cromie, wife of Port Moresby’s well-known solicitor arrived in Sydney by Qantas aircraft on December 9 for three months holiday.

Miss J. Campbell, of the Methods Mission staff, Rabaul, arrived £ Sydney by Qantas aircraft o December 11. She will spend si months in Australia.

TOP: Winners of the McCarthy Trophy, Rabaul Hardcourt Tennis Assn. Saturd[?] competition. Left to Right, E. Wright, A. Squires, M. Harris, M. Egan, J. Midgb[?] W. Whaley. CENTRE: The Royal Blue Soccer Football team, winners of the Aku[?] Cup for 1951. BOTTOM: Two of Rabaul’s basket-ball teams—Police, in back ro[?] Jets, in front row. In centre of back row, Umpire Dudley Jones. -Photos by C. H. Meen. 110 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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T is not often that Muliama makes the long voyage from Sydney to Fanning Island; and le little BP ship seemed rather •luctant to commit herself to the isk in late December.

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Then the grape-vine suddenly rented that Muliama would be going it to adjust compasses and would dually leave the wharf for the igh seas at 3 pm. Phil Palmer had ;en forewarned.

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But at 2.30 pm on Sunday, the rewells all over, Muliama headed rather sluggishly, it seemed >wn harbour—away at last.

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Muliama had made the Heads; and then had decided to return with engine trouble. Ferry passengers were reported to have been disturbed by whoops of joy which came from the little ship, as she headed back up harbour with New Year’s Eve “in the bag.”

Miss Violet Whitford, of Tangis Is. (off Santo, NH) arrived in Sydney on the December Morinda.

Mr. Ron Calvert, BSIP radio officer stationed at Honiara, was in Sydney on two months’ leave, in January. He has been six years in the Solomons. 111 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Outh Pacific Commission

What Was Done in 1951 THE inclusion of two more United States territories within the scope of the South Pacific jmmission, and the holding of two ajor international conferences ider Commission auspices, were (table features of the Commism’s development during 1951, its cond full year of operation.

Guam and the Trust Territory mprising the Mariana, Marshall id Caroline Groups, were formally eluded in the Commission area international agreement on jvember 7.

Two Conferences

Twenty experts, nominated by smber Governments, attended the immission’s plant and animal .arantine conference at Suva in >ril. It sought to unify the arantine procedures of the South .cific territories for the more adeate protection of their agriculre and stock.

In August the world’s first filari- Ls and elephantiasis conference is held in Papeete, under Comssion auspices, to review the ex- ■ing research and control proammes for these diseases, and to opose further measures for cornting them.

The Commission is putting the commendations of both conferees into effect. 1951 WORK PROGRAMME Pull details of the progress in rying degree, made during the ar in the 39 projects constituting e Commission’s work programme the fields of health, economic velopmefit and social developing appear in the Commission’s uarterly Bulletin.”

Fen health projects were forilated. Commission field workers itinued research in various •ritories throughout the year in trition and alimentation (H. 2 d 5), and tuberculosis (H. 3). [n furtherance of project H.l aidemiology and quarantine) mmission participation in the uth Pacific Health Service was lintained while a committee was ; up to prepare a common code quarantine for non-pestilential leases within the area. [n economic development, Dr. and idame Catala, of the Research stitute of French Oceania, spent ; months for the Commission in e Gilbert and Ellice Islands instigating ways of producing more Dd on coral atolls (Project E. 6).

Dther projects in which substan- .l progress was recorded included Dse dealing with the introduction d distribution of economic plants (E.l) and control of pests, diseases and weeds (E. 9).

Highlight of activities in social development was the establishment of the South Pacific Literature Bureau, to stimulate publication and circulation throughout the Islands of cheap and simple booklets and pamphlets. The Bureau also advises on the setting up of village libraries; while film and filmstrip appraisal services are conducted.

Expert reports on the following four projects, which have been completed, will be published for the Commission in book form during 1952: S.l Vocational Training; 5.5, Review of Research on Social Anthropology: 5.6, Linguistic Survey; and 5.9, Moturiki community development project. Progress reports were also ccmpletel for 5.2, Visual Education, and 5.13, Vernacular Teaching (the latter for submission to UNESCO).

Substantial progress was made in S.B, comprising an investigation of housing problems in South Pacific territories. This is being undertaken for the Commission by Professor J. P. Thijsse, of the University of Indonesia.

APPOINTMENTS Recent appointments include that of Dr. Eric M. Ojala, as Deputy Chairman of the Research Council: Mr. D. H. Urquhart, to undertake a survey of the cacao industry in the South Pacific; and Mr. D. B.

Roberts as Organiser for Islands literature.

In November Sir Brian Freeston, K.C.M.G., 0.8. E., late Governor of Fiji, arrived at Commission headquarters in Noumea to take up the post of Secretary-General.

Sudden death of Mr.

W. H. Carpenter fITHE death occurred very suddenly JL on January 16 of Mr. W. H. (Bill) Carpenter who, next to Sir Walter, probably was the bestknown member of the family which founded W. R. Carpenter & Co., Ltd., of which he was a director.

Mr. Carpenter was 70. He was in normal health until the evening of his death; but he suffered a heart attack about 15 years ago.

Mr. Carpenter was associated all his life with his brothers (Walter and Jack) in the WRC company, and was a director. He was general manager in New Guinea for many years; and always was highly respected and personally popular. He had planned to retire on January 31.

He is survived by his widow, three sons and numerous grandchildren. 113 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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The House That Wahlen Built

RECENT reference in the PIM to the fine house built by Heinrich Rudolph Wahlen or Maron, in the Hermit Group, northwest of the Territory of New Guinea, brought to my mind ar incident of 1937, when I was aboard the little Carpenter steamer Coombar, in that region.

The Coombar, all out, was hurrying through the brief tropical dusk to make the glassy-smooth anchorage at Maron, before nightfall blotted out the essential landmarks which guided us through the reefs There was some significant comment on the bridge as we passed a rapidly-decaying wreck, perched or the sunken reef on our starboard hand.

I recall Captain Tom Proctoi saying that according to his information, the great HRW was himself aboard the vessel, hurrying back to Maron from the Anchorites for Christmas, It was night; but that had nevei mattered then, because always, al nightfall, a lamp was set at one oi the windows in the tower of the big home on the top of Maron; and another was placed somewhere below, and these two lights, broughl into line, gave a lead clear of al. dangers.

But this occasion was Christina!

Eve and, somehow, someone hac forgotten to put the light in the tower. So the ship went in on the single light for the last time There were no casualties.

Another reminder of the Wahler empire, visible then in 1937, was the rusty iron ship’s bell hanging fron a branch of a fig tree, at every one of the island plantations in the Ninigo-Hermit-Anchorite area. Casi into each bell were the initial!

HRW. We may suppose that these have long since been souvenired bj the Armv of one nation or another It would be interesting to knov the full history of the old house during the late war.- JPS.

"Wahlenburgh," the big house built by Mr. H. R. Wahlen on Maron, Hermit Group, NG, nearly 50 years ago. From photo taken in May, 1937, by J. P. Shortall, 114 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS 3IONTHL

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Encouraging Signs As Seen in Retrospect From a Special Correspondent P. MORESBY, Dec. 12.

HHE first session of the Papua and L New Guinea Legislative Council, which opened on Nov. 26 id extended over two weeks, proved lat even a miser’s portion of demoracy is superior to the best-intenoned bureaucratic government.

The three elected and three non- Eficial nominated members got in >me valuable work. Although, on le sheer weight of numbers they )uld actually change nothing pro- Dsed by the Administration, they illed the officials to account on umerous matters.

Mr. E. A. James, elected member >r Papua, made it quite clear at le official opening that he and' his mtemporaries regarded themselves 5 the official Opposition, and would mtinue to press for more elected lembers.

But there was nothing bitter or :rimonious about the debates, allough their general tenure made very obvious that the non-official embers strongly disagreed with the ■overnment on many matters.

The working of the Council meant lat for the first time since the war le general public, through its rivate members, could require the dministration to disclose facts and gures on its various activities. The uswers in some cases were neither ) comprehensive nor as frank as mid have been desired: but we iust remember that the Adminis- ■ation had had little time to get ito gear for the session and, irough lack of legislative exerience. had scant knowledge of hat might be required. Neither *ason will be a factor at the next jssion.

Stabilisation For Rubber

Papuan rubber-growers may be Dngratulated on the formation of ae Council, for their spokesman.

Ir. Fairfax-Ross, was responsible Dr diverting a third of the new libber export tariff into a Rubber Reserve Fund. Since the Treasurer stimates that the new tariff will ield £60,000 a year, Mr. Fairfaxtoss salvaged a cool £20,000 anually for the industry. His speech n the rubber industry displayed ppreciation of sound debating tacics, and won Administration suport for his Rubber Reserve Fund mendment.

In these days when Tax-Collector leeve is looking twice at every hilling, and necessarily looking for acre internal revenue, it is no small ictory to skin £20,000 a year out of iis prospective harvest.

As Mr. Fairfax-Ross emphasised n his speech, such a Fund may well ►e needed to keep rubber-growing m a sound basis when the present ligh level of prices tapers off.

Non-Official Watchdogs

Mr. James quickly assumed the role of financial watchdog and strongly contested the Administration’s right to impose additional taxation without disclosing the Territory’s over-all financial standing.

He did not get the whole of the information sought, but he did wring a few somewhat embarrassing figures from the Government members. Undoubtedly, he will be even more searching in his questions when the Territory budget comes up for debate.

Mr. D. Barrett, member for New Guinea Islands, did an excellent job for the planters generally, and also had a lot to say on both general Territory matters and specific problems in his own electorate.

Mi’s. D. Booth was curt and concise in her statements, and achieved 115 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Native Apprentices

Several Government members were kept busy piloting Bills through the Chamber, most of them machinery legislation replacing old Ordinances which differed as between the two Territories —Papua and New Guinea.

A long promised piece of legislation was passed to facilitate the apprenticing of natives to skilled trades; and here, as with the Rubber Tariff Bill, the non-official members got in a very important amendment, which secured outspoken support from some official members. This was on the matter of penalties for offences under the Ordinance.

The original draft laid down a maximum penalty of £25 for employers who defaulted on their obligations under apprenticeship contracts, but only a £2 maximum for an apprentice.

R is a strongly contested question whether the natives to-day are more cashed up on pound notes than pennies, but certainly £2 now is no great sum for a native to forfeit.

With casual labour, unskilled, getting 6/- a day, and only semi-skilled tradesmen jibbing at £l a day, no bright young lad is going to be kept to his obligations by the prospect of a £2 penalty.

With some official members voting for the amendment the penalty clause was jacked up to £25 maximum for both an employer and ar apprentice. That one Counci measure can mean the different between artisans and bungling amateurs in the coming crop o: native tradesmen.

It is a good piece of work for the natives themselves, since clearly with the development of the country, the demand for native tradesmen is going to increase ever above its present hungry level. A well-trained native tradesman wil really be worth good wages, anc these will enable him and his family to move to a higher living standard. But some real deterrenl is necessary if trainees are to avoid the pitfall of being tempted to abandon their apprenticeships for the temporary advantage of deadend jot wages.

It is a moot point whether the amendment would have ever seer the light of day had the Council not been established. The fierce light of hard practicalities has not always penetrated the conference room of the Executive Council, and certainly is often excluded from faraway Canberra decisions.

Control Of Cocoa

PLANTATIONS Mr. Barrett, like Mr. Fairfax- Ross, went home with a feather in his cap.

His Bill for the control of the cocoa-growing industry was based on the bitter lesson learned in the vast West African cocoa area.

Briefly, it requires registration of all cocoa growers, and puts a 500-trees limit on each registered plot. This means that the Agricultural Department will really know where every cocoa tree is growing and can check on any disease. It outlaws half-forgotten isolated trees which might breed a disastrous disease before anything was known about the threat.

Some native growers may have to increase their holdings, or combine with others as part of a registered group, but that Is a small insurance policy against possible destruction of a highly valuable and fast-growing industry.

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•rnhahlv not pven the most int devotee of native renresenta- Simogun 'SAgZ irffl. s native session where, they would th^HSm ae Twr I .iSSSR le h2 n « wlsdom native representation. ’he third indigenous member, rari Dickson, was obviously well advance of his two contemaries; but regrettably his stay Port Moresby was not featured any radio talk to his “constints” whereby they might have •ned from a member of their own e what all this government busis meant. imogun did not speak one word ouehout the session ougnout me session. alin made a short speech in the nmg ceremonies, and he spoke my later on, when supporting Dickson on the need for better education of natives, Merari Dickson’s speech on the education of natives was quite impressive. He said that only a few natives thought of education as something beyond the mere ability to read and write—they did not see it; the £ atewa y to the professions 2? d to self-government. He urged Ms" andTotor^hips^ 5 ' °do SSSrS themselves v and govern No "one bothered to point out to r °f self-government; that the Anglo- Saxon races have served an apprenticeship to self-government extending over 1,000 years, and that that apprenticeship necessarily developed out of literacy extending over many centuries.

The Legislative Council structure, so hurriedly prepared and erected. creaked and staggered at times in an embarrassing way, But the great point about it is that it functioned; that its imperfactions can be removed; and that at lon & last !t P r °vides a medium tor bet ter understanding between the official and non-official classes, with whom the fate of this Territory rests. 117 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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A COMPANY with a nominal capital of £5,000,000 in £1 shares was formed recently in NSW to acquire from Burns Philp & Co., Ltd., the whole of the latter’s interests in the Queensland- Northern NSW chain-store organisation known as Penneys. The new company is called Penneys, Ltd,, and Burns Philp and Co., Ltd., hold all the issued shares.

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From Our Own Correspondent NOUMEA, Dec. 10.

ON the initiative of M. Leno mand, the newly elect Deputy for New Caledonia, Committee has been set up in Pai ‘ For the Defence of the Pacil Franc.”

The sittings of the Committ will be attended by all the repr sentatives of New 1 Caledon (Messrs. Bichon, Lafleur ai Lenormand) and by representativ of commercial and profession interests in the Territory.

The task of the Committee is interpret the wishes of the Frem Pacific Territories, and to watch tl policy of the Government and coi test any move likely to lower tl present rate of exchange. (At present, the Pacific franc the most valuable of the francs us( in the French Union. £1 stg. worth 187.37 Pacific francs; Aust., 141.75; $l, American, 6 Generally, the Pacific franc is ft times more valuable, in inte national exchange, than the Metr< politan franc.)

Melbourne Women’S

PARTY rE NG Women’s Assn. < Melbourne held a Christm; party on December 15, at tl Business & Professional Women Club. Members and their friem and several men of the 22r Battalion were there to exchani greetings and talk of old times.

Amongst visitors was Mrs. H. 1 Page, now of Sydney, who W£ welcomed by many old friends ( Rabaul days.

The secretary of the Associatic said that although it had been quiet year, the loyal few kept tt Association going.

Territorians living in Victor] looked forward to the Cltristms gathering and It was gratifying 1 see how many came along to tt party. Any territorian visitor rt ceives a warm welcome at tt monthly meetings held on the firs Saturdav of each month.

This year the Association is agai joining with the 2/22 Battalion (o January 20) to commemorate tt fall of Rabaul in January, 1942. 118 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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Another “Operation”

UHEN, in October, PIM enquired 1 of Ronald Johnson, “hero of the Hawaii to Suva drift” — tierwise “Operation Screwball” — lether he was planning further utical adventures he probably did i not have in mind this one: Under charter to a party of 19 lateur fishermen —of the staff of e Sydney firm of G. J. Coles & ). —Mr. Johnson’s 45-foot ketch irple Sea proceeded out through e Heads to fishing grounds off anly beach on Sunday, January 6. on after, a flat calm developed d, with no engine, the sailing aft began to drift.

Drifting is nothing to Mr. Johnn, but the passengers became Dre than a little perturbed when struction on the rocks was iminent.

Happily, surfboats from North eyne, Manly and Queenscliffe rived in time to push the vessel ,t to sea and avert destruction, len the pilot vessel Captain Cook, srted, came out of Sydney and wed the yacht back into the irbour.

Mr. Stan McCosker, Matala antation, Rabaul, NG, who has en holidaying with his wife and mily in Brisbane for some months, is returned to NG.

The following staff movements have taken place in the Methodist Church, Tonga: Rev. K. D. Grove, BA, has been appointed Superintendent of Vavau District. Miss I. Knight, formerly headmistress of the Girls’ School, Ha’apai, has returned to Australia. Rev. H.

Secomb, Dip. Ed., has succeeded Rev. R. A. Woodgate, BA, B.Ed, as Principal of Tupou College. Mr.

Woodgate becomes Principal of the Theological Institute and Bible School at Nafualu. 119 ACIFIC ISLANDS 'MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Motor Scooters succeed in 24hr. trial November, 1950, saw the running of the first 24 hour Reliability-Trial held in New South Wales, for many years. The fixture was promoted as a “closed” event by a District MCC for a magnificent trophy donated by the Australian Sporting Car Club.

A feature of the fixture was the appearance, for the first time in N.S.W. competition, of the famous “Lambretta’' Scooter, two of which were supplied to the MCC Club for entry in the event.

The Trial proved to be one of the toughest on record in the State, due to the damage caused to country roads by the then recent heavy rains and floods. The endurance of the riders and the reliability of the machines they rode were tested to the limit.

Ten selected riders checked out on the first leg of the 509 miles run from Parramatta at 2 p.m. on the appointed day—a Saturday afternoon. At Mudgee, when the riders “rugged up” for the long and difficult “night ride,” all the machines were still in the event.

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After an early morning breakfast, the contestants set out for Wiseman’s Ferry. 95 miles away. It was through this extremely bad section that worn-out riders and mechanical breakdowns took a toll.

The timekeeper at Parramatta watched his clock closely as the due arrival time approached on Sunday afternoon. Soon the sound of the “Lambrettas” was heard then came two Triumph riders—the only four men to finish the gruelling 509 miles. The result was: Tie for First. — Lambretta and Triumph.

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6¼ Tough Days on the Kokoda Trail From Our Own Correspondent MORESBY, Jan. 8. [7HEN a party from Port Moresby, V comprising 10 members of the PNGVR and five civilians, dked from Sogeri, over the Owen anley Range and down into Dkoda, in 64 days, during the hqliys, without carriers and each with 50 lb pack, they confounded the itics, who declared that it could it be done by untrained people.

This was the Kokoda Trail—the credibly broken, mountainous and sak trek which both the Japanese id the Australian forces twice oming—and going) climbed over 1942. The tracks then made tve largely disappeared, and the oresby Christmas party found the ing exceedingly rough and existing. They lived mostly on the scuit and bullybeef they carried, id their overnight camps were ost primitive.

But they got through, carrying all ar and food, and all but two arched the last three miles into okoda in smart military style, and a route-march pace. The other r o came in later, and were not too hausted to tackle a highly welme meal put on by Mr. and Mrs. 3oman, of the Government station.

The only one who did not carry a ick was Miss Vellacott-Jones, of e ABC. She took along two native rriers.

Practically all collected feet isters and a few stiff muscles. eut.-Col. N. P. Madden, CO of the !*JGVR who led the party, came )me with no blister, and loudly •aising the magnificent qualities an Australian Army boot. Those bo made the trek were;— PNGVR—Lt.-Col. N. P. Maddern and t. B. Parker (Army) and CMF members >m Grotty, W. Wyatt, J. Grose, R. •well, Max Little, J. Fisher, A. North, Straughen.

GUIDE—Pte. Kora, of Kokoda.

CIVILIANS—Messrs. Frank Vincent, mneth Wood, Ray Harris, J. W. Bax id Miss K. Vellacott-Jones.

Sydney Territorians are at present intributing to a fund wherefrom • make a presentation to Miss adge Bvrne, who presides over a irt of the entertainment section ’ Ushers Hotel. Servicemen’s Club scretary Alan Fagett says: “As the lofficial Information Centre for ew Guinea, Miss Byrne’s welllown bar has done a very good ib,” Miss Byrne is to be married l the New Year and Territorians link this is a chance to show their 'atitude for many kindly deeds, nobtrusively performed.

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BECAUSE of the expense and inconvenience of sending copra ships to ports like Honiara (British Solomon Islands), the Fairymead Company has been pressing the BSI Administration to declare Yandina a port of entry.

The Fairymead Co., and other big coconut planters, find it much cheaper and easier to load their copra onto overseas vessels at their own good ports; and there seems no reason why the ships should be compelled to go to the generally unsuitable Government port of Honiara.

The Administration officials seem to have left the matter where they put it—“under consideration. 5 ’

It will be an early problem for the new Administration.

Sir Alport Barker, of Suva, Fiji is at present on holiday in New Zealand. 121

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When hunting goats on Pitcairn Island on December 23, Raymond George Pettigrew, 25, engineer, was fatally shot. He had only arrived on the island, with his bride (formerly an Island girl, Orris Warren) on December 5.

Illegal Line-Ups In New

GUINEA RABAUL, Dec. 15 THERE is an interesting background to the prosecution of the natives of Raluana, near Rabaul, for refusing to line up at the order of an official who was trying to organise village councils. (See December PIM).

The natives were defended by Rabaul solicitor, Mr. Dudley Jones; and the Court of Native Affairs decided that the natives could not be called on to line up except for census requirements, once or twice per annum.

It appears that quite a number of officials who patrol independently of the District Office —representing Native Labour, Co-operative Societies, Village Councils—have been ordering villagers to line up at unexpected times. The village chiefs are weary of it —and so are many European employers, who have reported a high rate of absenteeism among native labourers who have been held in their villages for line-ups, The decision of the Court means that these irresponsible line-ups can no longer be legally enforced: and the decision has been greeted with outspoken relief by district employers.

It also directs attention to tt extraordinary number of officia who, in these days, are cruisir around.

Yacht Represents Port Moresby MR. DES ASHTON’S brand-ne 33 ft sloop Lahara, fresh froi the stocks and skippered fc her builder, Jock Muir, of Hobar made an excellent showing in tt Sydney-Hobart yacht classic b being placed second on correcte time.

Lahara, completely untried befor sailing from the builder’s yard £ Hobart, had a rough passage t Sydney, and arrived only a coup] of days before the race. With he racing performance unknown, sh was given a fairly favourable hand: cap; but, even so, over the 600-mil course she came in only five houi behind the fastest boat.

Mr. Ashton, formerly of Ne 1 Guinea, entered his yacht a representing Fort Moresby Aquati Club. The crew, included M Bluey Bradford, also ex-Ne 1 Guinea.

Lahara represented P-NG in th Trans-Tasman Race in January from Hobart to Auckland, and agai was a place-getter. 122 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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SEARCH pua’s Peculiar Formation Has Been Beaten USTRALASIAN Petroleum Co. . Pty., Ltd., in its January progress report announces that horo No. 2 has reached a depth of 82 feet and has landed 6iths inch ■ing at 9,973 feet (nearly 2 miles).

Behind this bald statement lies storv of effort and achievement. •. Pym (general manager of the npany) says that not only is this 5 greatest depth to which casing s been inserted in Australian •ritory, but it is also the first :asion that the squeezing mudmes of Papua have been conered. rhese squeezing mudstones —soft, consolidated formations in a ?hly unstable condition, resulting im composition affected by inise earth movement —extend along e coastal region of Papua from e vicinity of Popo to the eastern ge of the Delta, and probably ,ve been a far greater factor in tarding the search for oil than fficult jungle or swamp conditions id poor communications.

Since 1913, many attempts have en made by different organisams to penetrate these formations, it without success. It was not itil 1949 that this structure ore conclusively tested, when APC it down a hole to 5,356 feet. Its ■st test had to be abandoned.

A second test was begun in jbruary, 1951, and had reached the cinity of 10,000 feet by December.

This success, achieved in the same dremely difficult conditions, can ; attributed to the experience lined by the drilling crew in mdling these formations, and to le use of special mud-circulating jids designed to consolidate the alls of the hole.

Some idea of the tremendous fort necessary to reach 10,000 feet i these difficult formations may be ithered from the following; Some > whites and 300 native labour are sing employed on the drilling site, i was necessary to land about 2,000 ms of material, including the rilling outfit, workshop, transport, uildings for staff and labour, be- >re drilling could commence. In ie actual drilling of the hole, 3,600 ms of mud chemicals, mainly arytes, have been used. About 375 ms of steel have been put into the ole in the form of casing, and ,000 tons of fuel have been con- Limed by the rig engines. The onite cost of the 10 months’ drilling ; around £500,000.

Mr. Pym stated that, having jolated the upper squeezing filiations by casing, the hole is now a good shape to drill several housand additional feet to explore ower formations.

Students From Nauru

CJIX Nauruan students who are undergoing education in Australia. visited Nauru in December, for the Christmas and New Year holiday. They are:— Itubwa Amram. doing 2nd year Theological Course at Camden College. Sydney.

James Aingimea, Ist year Theology at King's College, Brisbane.

Simeon Baguga, Ist year Theology at Baptist College, Sydney.

Dowong Joseph, Ebanoeye and Arube, all receiving general education at Waverley College, Sydney.

The first three were sent to Australia by the L.M.S. Nauruan Protestant "Mission, under Rev. J. S.

Robinson; and the latter three by the Nauruan Catholic Mission, under Father P. Clivaz. 123 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Rarotonga advises that the gentleman concerned is Captain James Fullylove, recently retired Master, of Burma Oil Co. Captain Fullylove journeyed by air to Rarotonga to meet his friend Captain Arnott, owner of the English yacht Kimbala, coming by way of Panama and Tahiti.

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Perkins, arrived at Rarotonga—but too late in the season for the long windward beat from Rapa to Auckland, next intended port. 1 Captain Fullylove flew back Australia and the Kimbala—a 4 foot ketch, painted green, wi tanned sails—sailed for Aucklai on November 28.

Mr. Willie Schutz, formerly de officer and radio operator in the i fated vessels Huia and Alexand( recently obtained his Mate’s tick in Samoa, with high marks. Ir mediately thereafter he was a pointed Master of the GEIC vess Maureen. Willie is a keen rad amateur and will doubtless short be heard on the air under a ne call-sign.

Captain Stanton Page, well r membered as former Master of LIV vessel John Williams V, and as pil for the American landings : Tarawa in World War 11, has late been appointed Master of the sms NZ coaster Kapuni, which operat on the NE coast of NZ.

Former owner of the stout litt Nova Scotian yacht Cimba (we remembered in Suva when owne by Governor Sir Philip Mitchell Gordon F. Russell, is now living \ Plimmerton, NZ. He sailed Cimt to Auckland (PIM, May, 1945, pag 22) and exchanged her for a wif They returned to Fiji where Gordo) as an employee of the Meteorologici Office, has numerous friends £ Lauthala Bay and Nadi. He is no employed at Weather Offio Paraparaumu Airfield, NZ. Cimb still sails the Waitemata.

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Messrs, jagger & harvey Cook Is. trading schoone Ornant, frequently in th news since purchased two years ag< it still dogged by misfortune.

On December 3, with her nam changed to Te Aroa, she sailed fror Rarotonga for Auckland. Sh was apparently unreported unt: January 13. Then a small vesse picked her up in the Bay of Plent3 NZ, with her propeller shaft broker most of her sails blown out, ani Captain Donald McLeod and hi native crew of five all but starving and on the last of their heavily rationed fresh-water supplies. Sh had been drifting almost helplessl; for two weeks. The towing craf broke down outside Tauranga, an< both vessels were saved from thi rocks only by the timely arrival o another towing craft.

With her anchor finally down ii Tauranga, all worries seemed over However, shortly after going ashore Captain McLeod was hastily recalled to the schooner. She hac dragged her anchor and fouled th( moorings of another yacht.

Mr. Larry Dwyer; Acting Directoi of Agriculture Department, return* shortly to Papua-N. Guinea, aftei sick leave. 124 JANUARY. 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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Namanne Coconut Plantation—

Situation: Off the coast of New Ireland, about 10 miles south of Kavieng, N.G.

Area.—Approximately 1,340 hectares, comprising the following: Original Plantation of 356 hectares planted with 37,923 very old and mostly unproductive palms; 844: hectares unplanted: new area of 140 hectares, of which 90 hectares are in good condition.

Buildings.—Bungalow constructed of native materials. Five labour houses constructed of native materials. General store and copra shed constructed of native materials (corrugated aluminium roofi.

Two smoke driers, constructed of native materials. Jetty approximately 100 yards long, constructed from native materials and suitable for light traffic only. (Continued on Next Page) The successful applicant, subject to a probationary period of service, will receive permanent appointment under the Public Service Act and will be eligible to join the State Superannuation Fund.

Transport.— A reasonable amount will be allowed for transport to Perth.

Applications stating age, qualifications, experience and, marital state should be addressed by February 9, 1952, to:— The Secretary, Public Service Commissioner’s Office. 60 Barrack St., Perth, Western Australia.

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ANTEK.—Dutchman, 30 years of age, igle, seeks plantation position in the nth Seas. Experienced in cultivation d production of rubber, tung oil, and chona. Possesses excellent references, ply to; \V. van den Berk, 21 Rose St., x Hill, Victoria, Australia.

IGINEER, Englishman, aged 43 years, rid travelled, held appointments Engid, Egypt, Africa, India and Ceylon, w resident New Zealand, requires reansible position, where 25 years’ exigence of transport administration, iluding operations and mechanical visions, would be utilised. Practical gineer, specialised diesel and oiler imaries, stationary and mobile. Knowige of electrical and mechanical equipsnt, stores, purchasing, servicing, etc. eference for appointment with large janisation of engineers’ representatives South Pacific, but would consider any er, subject to accommodation being tainable.—H. W. Davis, c/o P.O. Box 2, Wellington, New Zealand. :w AUSTRALIAN, of Dutch origin. 40 ars, ex-Allied serviceman, educated at liege for Tropical Agriculture, Holland, d lifetime in Indonesia, migrated to stralia because of unhealthy political d impossible working conditions, would e plantation position in the Islands, a preferred, but other cultivations coniered. Has had 16 years’ experience tea and rubber planter with British m, lately as assistant manager in va, and fully acquainted with English iguage and plantation matters—excelit references available. For more deils, communicate with: W. Altmann, t 8, Dale St., Brookvale, N.S.W.

Positions Vacant

4CTORY MANAGER.—Private Company ontrolled from Sydney» invites applicants for the position of manager of a tsiccated Coconut Factory being estabhed near Rabaul, New Guinea. Appli- .nts must be experienced in managing itive labour, possess mechanical ability id have some knowledge of coconut antation routine. An adequate salary .11 be paid, free accommodation proded at factory, and the opportunity ven the person selected to participate the profits of the undertaking through trchase of the Company’s shares. Appli- .tions, accompanied by copies of ferences, should state age, experience, id whether married with or without mily. Address replies: “Factory anager,” c/o G.P.O. Box 3408. Sydney, S.W.

Western Australia

State Public Service

Department of Native Affairs ISTRICT OFFICER (NORTHERN DIS- RICT): Salary Range.—£92s-£ 1,000 iross) per annum on present basic age, plus District Allowance, £BO for arried man, £4O for single man. eadquarters.—Derby. pplicants should possess a knowledge of atives and some experience of native iministration. They should also have >me knowledge of practical anthro- Jlogy, i.e., the study of customs, tradions, sociology, etc., of natives.

FOR SALE Danish Seine Trawler "St. Hilaire."

Built 1946 by C. E. Crowley, Brisbane.

Certificate of British Registry 153491, 5/1947, Port of Townsville.

LENGTH O/A, 48 ft. BEAM, 13 ft. 8 in.

DRAUGHT (LIGHT) MAXIMUM. 6 ft. 6 in. (Fwd. 5 ft., Aft. 6 ft. 6 in.) DIS- PLACEMENT OR TONNAGE. 13.18 net.

CARGO CAPACITY, 38.97 cubic metres.

ACCOMMODATION, 6 berths (superstructure 3, forecastle 3) ENGINE (MAIN). 60 H.P. Lister (brand new).

LIGHTING SYSTEM, 24 volt. FUEL CAPACITY, 500 gals—tanks, 2. F/W CAPACITY, 172 gals—tanks. 4. SPEED (LIGHT), 8 knots. DERRICK, 1.

SHEATHING, copper. EQUIPMENT, winches (derrick &c anchor) and stove.

HULL SCANTLINGS: Keel, wood—carvel; Stringers, 5 aside Blue Gum. 5 ft. x 2 ft.; Frames, Yellow Wood, 3 ft. x 2 ft. (8 ft. centres); Decking, Beech; Fastenings, copper; Planking, 1£ in. Blue Gum bottom and Pine topside; Ballast, 1 ton — stone.

Is In Genuinely Perfect

CONDITION Availability On settlement. £7,500 net at mooring.

Write for further details to Whittaker Bros., c/o KERR TODMAN & CO., Chartered Accountants ( Aust .), Cairns, Queensland. 125 ACIFIC ISLA N'D S’ M O- N THLY JANUARY, 1952

Timber.—A quantity of good millable timber is alleged to be standing on the property.

Copra Production.—Maximum of 5-6 tons per month.

Terms.—The successful tenderer, if he so desires, may, subject to the Custodian’s consent, take over the liability to the Custodian of Expropriated Property, amounting to approximately £2,000 and pay the difference in cash to the Vendor.

All properties sold subject to the consent of the Administrator of the Territory of Papua-New Guinea. On acceptance of tender, 10 per cent, of tender price to be deposited and the balance is to be paid upon execution by the Executor of a conveyance of the property or such other document or instrument as the successful tenderer may reasonably require to evidence the sale in the absence of a registerable transfer.

The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Burns Philp Trust Company

LIMITED. 7 Bridge Street, Sydney.

Executor of the Will of the late T. G. Goss.

Sydney, December 12, 1951.

Wanted To Buy

SMALL ISLAND, suitable for middle-aged couple to retire and escape worldly worries. Only necessities are fresh water supply and soil suitable for growing normal vegetables. Bungalow not necessary. Anywhere with warm climate, not in mosquito zone. Details and price to: Field, 52 Cobbler’s Bridge Road, Herne Bay, Kent, England.

BOOKS “FIJIAN AS SPOKEN.”—An attractive 144page book on Fijian, compiled by The Marist Brothers, Suva, Fiji. 100 lessons, of which 50 are translated; also 16 classified exercises, all translated. Very helpful to learners and also to Fijians who wish to improve their English. Procurable at all Suva book stores, or from The Marist Brothers, Box 86, Suva, Fiji.

Price: 7/6 Fijian (or American currency $1.50).

BOOK BARGAINS. —Send for list of real bargains from 2/- upwards. State your interests, please. I also find out-of-print English Books. Mention “PIM.” Nearly 400 customers in the area where “PIM” circulates.—Philip Boulton, Bookseller, Westbury, Wilts, England.

“Where The Trade Winds Blow,”

by R. W. Robson and Judy Tudor. —A collection of tales and sketches of the Pacific Islands, by PIM writers, R. W.

Robson and Judy Tudor; well bound and profusely illustrated. 175 pages. Price: 7/6 (8/6 posted or $l.OO U.S. currency).

From Steele’s Book Store, Suva, Fiji, or direct from the publishers, Pacific Publications Pty. Ltd., 247 George St., Sydney.

School For Girls

STRATFORD Day and Boarding School .enjoys the fine climate of Lawson (Central Blue Mountains. N.5.W.—2.400 ft. above sea level) and resident pupils are well cared for by the Headmistress (formerly of Rabaul. T.N.G.i and an experienced Matron. Curriculum includes Primary and Secondary Courses, and pupils are prepared for Public Examinations and for Sydney Conservatorium Music Examinations. There are facilities for tennis, netball, swimming, etc. Vacan cies for 1952. Apply: Headmistress, Mr Helen McT. Wayne, Stratford Church i England School for Girls, Lawson, N.S.\ FOR SALE Attractive Property in Papuo RESIDENTIAL SlTE—Fully Improved.- Take the sound step and invest yoi cash in Real Estate before you get caugl up in the rising tide of “inflation.

Offering to you, four complete full} furnished units, comprising all moder cons., private bathrooms and toilet kitchenettes and, especially in the tropic your own septic system. These pleasin flats are situated in the centre of Po] Moresby’s growing European settlement: only a few miles from town and right o main highway, handy to buses and shop wrr TT; vi No Cold Winters! Sound Security for You Port Moresby enjoys a warm, dry climate and is suited admirably for peopl wishing to retire quietly and be free fror direct taxes. Mainland and tropica flowers grow well, also all tropical fruits Come! Enjoy an easy income all the yea round. Make your move now! Only ; • few flying hours from Australia.

Price: £6,500. All inquiries answere* promptly, so air-mail or cable: N. T Corbett, c/o G.P.0., Port Moresby, Papua NORFOLK ISLAND.—The ideal place fo retired people—an equable climate (50 to 85°), friendly residents, golf, bowls tennis, swimming and fishing. Bounteou crops of sub-tropical and temperate zom fruits and vegetables easily grown. N( income tax or rates. Here is a bargaii —36 acres, by ocean frontage, Crowi lease, part grazing and part in crops, bij roomy house and adequate furniture £l.BOO the lot. Apply: Peter Goddard Norfolk Island.

NEW Bartile (U.S.A.) Concrete Roof Till Machinery, complete with pallets, hopper motor, steel forms • for trim, tiles, etc Vibration feature produces dense, economical tiles. Write Seaboard Corporator Pty. Ltd., P.O. Box 3508, G.P.O. Sydney.

N.S.W., Australia.

ACCOMMODATION WANTED TO EXCHANGE for twc months: modern home in Wellington, New Zealand, two bedrooms, sunporch, for similar in Islands (Samoa or Fiji preferred). Reply: Unsworth, 361 Willis St., Wellington, New Zealand.

SYDNEY.—Furnished, serviced flats, with private bathroom and kitchenette, morning trays, situated in heart of the city.

Double and family flats available —reasonable rates for Pacific Islands residents.

Wyobe Court. 52-54 Phillip Street, Sydney.

Cable address; “Yarap,” Sydney. Telephone: BU 1376.

Puppies For Sale

Pekingese Puppies, bred from best English blood lines.

Lovely gifts.

From 15 Gns. (Aus.).

SHUNTIEN KENNELS, 45 Coogee Bay Rd., Randwick, Sydney, Australia.

Representatives Wanted Substantial Sydney Manufacturer of © SHORTS, • SHIRTS, • WORK TROUSERS, • OVERALLS, ETC., seeks representatives for Islands Trade on commission basis.

Write, by airmail, to: “Manufacturer,” c/o Box 3408. G.P.0., Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.

BUTTERFLIES and the Larger Moths WANTED.

From all parts of the World, especially Australia and all Islands in the Pacific.

Will pay from £25 to over £lOO per 1,000 butterflies first quality, perfect specimens, in papers only.

Collectors who can supply first quality Butterflies, Large Moths, Large Insects or Beetles, especially giants of all kinds, should write for instruction on how to pack and ship Butterflies, etc. Do not send any broken or rubbed specimens.

Will pay for sample shipment, and advance money to good collectors.

Write or print clearly, particularly your name and address.

Butterfly World Supply House, 289-291 East 98th Street, Brooklyn, 12, New York, U.S.A. 126 JANUARY, 1952 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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Three Attacks By

Ng Natives

From Our Own Correspondent MORESBY, Jan. 8.

IHERE have been three separate L and unrelated native attacks cently on District Service patrols.

Two occurred in the very difficult ountainous country northwest of hdang, in the Adelbert Mountains; it there were no fatalities.

A patrol led by ADO Ellis was ideavouring to locate and retrieve ores which had been stolen by irriers moving in from Josephaal, when the natives attacked, wo native police were wounded ith spears and daggers, and Mr. llis received a slight injury.

Earning shots were fired and the ;tack broke up.

Subsequently, 40 of these Stone ge warriors were captured and ere taken to Madang to face larges arising out of raids on :her natives —two on murder, and tost of the others on assault.

Few patrols have been through le district in recent years. Mr. llis remained for a spell after the ttack, consolidating Government ifluence.

CHE second attack had as its target a party under Patrol Officer G. P. Taylor, in the ruam River country, north of osephstaal. It was launched sudenly and without warning or revocation. One native policeman ot a snear wound, and another was truck in the back with an axe, but either was a serious wound. The ttackers were driven off without asualties, and later three of them :ere apprehended. They said they ttacked the patrol because they id not want strangers in their rea.

These particular natives are iractically' nomads, and wander hrough a big stretch of country I’here scattered knolls and ridges traddle swamp and sago areas. [They wear few ornaments or lothes, and build only the most irimitive houses. Fish is their nain diet, and they thriftily use the ish bones as ground spikes and or the making of weapons. Their ;hief absorption is sorcery with vhich they terrorise neighbouring ribes.

After visiting Madang to report, Taylor returned to the district md apprehended the remaining •ingleaders of the attack, and nicked up all natives for whom warrants had been issued.

IN November the Morobe District Commissioner was advised that natives from the headwaters of :he Tauri River—within two days narch of Menyamya Station—had crossed the range to the Banir River (a tributary of the Watut) and killed four other natives.

Three patrols set out for the trouble spot—one from Menyamaya, led by ADO Hurrell; another from Bulolo, led by Mr. Bamford; and the third from Mumeng, under Mr.

J. F. Sinclair.

The area is tough mountain country, and Mr. Hurrell’s party, which got there first, was suddenly attacked by natives at short range.

They appeared a short distance from the patrol, and on higher ground. One native fired arrows at the Government party, and others fitted arrows into the bows and began advancing on the patrol Mr.

Hurrell fired one shot, aimed at the feet of the native who had fired the arrow, but it hit and fatally wounded him. The other tribesmen fled, All the natives concerned in the tribal raid in the Banir River district were apprehended and were subsequently committed for trial. 127 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952

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Islands Produce

(Unless otherwise stated, quotations are in Australian currency) COPRA Papua-NG.—Production Control Board price: Main ports, Hot-air, £64/10/- per ton; FMS, £63/10/-; Smoked. £62/17/6.

Sydney crushers pay: Plantation Hot-air, £B3/15/-; FMS. £ 82/15/-; Smoked, £B2/2/6. Australia has 9 years’ contract with UK (based on £ Stg.s9/15/-, 1952).

Fiji.—At Suva and Levuka, 1952; Plantation Grade (60 points and over) £FS9/5 6 per ton; FMS (45-57 J i points) £FS9; Lower Grades £FS7/15/-/£PSS/15/-.

Copra, 35 points and under is rejected.

Samoa. —Producers receive £S4S/11/- (par with Stg.) per ton. f.0.b., Apiabased on MOF rate of £ Stg.s3/19/- (less £SS/7/ll Duty, £S3/0/l Stabilisation).

BSl.—Growers are now receiving £ASB/13/10 per ton, f.0.b., Honiara or Yandina under the MOF contract.

New Hebrides.—London quotation Nov. 15: 94,000 Metropolitan francs (approx. £l2O Aust.i per 1,000 kilos, c.i.f., Cont. ports.

Tahiti. —London quotation: mom.) 96,000 Metrop. fr. (approx. £122 Aust.) per 1.000 kilos, d.w., c.i.f., Cont. ports.

COCOA Islands prices are usually based on rate for Accra cocoa (W. Africa), quotation (from Colyer Watson Ltd., Sydney) for which on January 11 was £Stg.27o ( £ A337/10/-1 c.i.f.

Pacific cocoa was quoted nominally on Sydney market in January at:- New Guinea.— £A2BS per ton, ex wharf.

New Hebrides.—Nominally £A2BS.

Samoa.—Sydney agents in January quoted Samoan cocoa at £5.240 (£A3OO) f.o.b. per ton, first grade. (Samoan currency equals Stg.) COFFEE New Caledonia. —Production exported to France at nominal equivalent of £A4SO per ton, Arabica; £A4OO, Robusta.

Papua-NG.—Nominally £375 to, £425 per ton (c.i.f.), according to quality.

RUBBER Sydney firms use London and Singapore rates as basis to buy Papuan rubber.

Jan. 9; No. 1 grade, RSS (sellers) Spot, 41V 2 d. Stg. lb., c.i.f., London (52-l/sd.

Aust. lb. i; Singapore, RSS No. 1, 141 Vi cents lb., f.o.b.

Vanilla Beans

Sydney quotation (by Victor Karp, Tulk & Co.); White Label. 18/9; Yellow, 18/9; Green, 17/6 per lb., c.i.f., Sydney.

RICE Rice shipped from Sydney to Islands was fixed in May at £6O per ton, f.0.b., White, Unpolished and Brown. (On plantation in Papua-N.G., approx. £85.)

Desiccated Coconut

Sydney Agents quoted Ceylon 1/6 lb. prompt shipment; 1/6 Vi Mar., 1/6 Apr., 1/5 May, delivered to store, Sydney. New Guinea, 1/6 lb. in cartons; 1/5Vi in bags.

Trochus Shell

Market for trochus shell in Sydney is still unsettled and confused —most agents state they are not interested in buyi until prices firm. Western Pacific sh price was quoted in January at apprt £l4O per ton on wharf, Sydney, Torres Strait trochus is quoted at £A( (approx.), good quality, by US buyers.

Green Snail Shell

Nominal quotation is at £165-£l7O p ton, on wharf, Sydney.

Pearl Shell

By a contract between Gerdau C (USA) and TI pearlers, shell prices we fixed, 1949-52, at: Sound grades, £A3 ton, f.0.b.. TI; “D” £A225; “E” £AI2S all plus bonuses. This amounts to appro £ ABOO for Sound landed at New York.

London Prices

LONDON, Dec. 14.

Copra, c.i.f.. continental ports, ton; FM Straits/Mixed DEI £BB SI Ceylon, FMS nomini Philippines (bulk) $195 X Coconut Oil, c.i.f.: — FM Straits (3Vz%) £127 SI Ceylon (cyl.) £137 St Cocoa, c.i.f.. Stg.;— Accra, 262/6 per cwt., London boi lFeb. shipment).

Bahia, 250/- per 50 kilos, f.o.b.

Islands Mining Share

Price of Gold.—Commonwealth Bank fixed price for gold is: Fine oz £AIS/9/10; Standard oz., £AI4/4/-.

Exchange Rates

The following exchange rates exist i Sydney in January:— FIJI —Through Bank of NSW and Ban of NZ.—Australia on Fiji basis £lO Fiji: Buying. £Alll/2/6; Selling, £Ali; Fiji-London, basis £lOO London: Buy ing, £lll/2/6; Selling, £ll3.

SAMOA.—Through Bank of NZ.—Aus tralia on Samoa, basis £ 100 Samoa Buying, £A!23/12/e; Selling, £AI24/10/‘ Samoa-London, basis £lOO London Buying, £lOO/7/6; Selling. £lOl/10/-.

Samoa-NZ, basis , £l6O NZ: Buying £100; Selling, £lOO/10/-.

Samoa-Fiji, basis £lOO Samoa: Buying £111: Selling, £llO.

PAPUA - NG. —Qoihmonwealth Banl (branches P. . Mgr'esby. Lae. Rabaul Madarig) and Bank of NSW (P. Moresby Lae, Rabaul) quote exchange rate tralia-Papua-NG as 10/- per £lOO.

BSl.—Commonwealth Bank (branch ai Honiara) quotes exchange rate Australia-BSI as 10/- per £lOO.

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific francs most valuable of the three franc groups in French Union, are used in N. Caledonia, N. Hebrides, and Fr. Oceania, French Bank in Sydney quotes (nominally): 141.75 Pac. fr. to £Aust.; 178.37 Pac. fr. to £Stg.; 64 Pac. fr. to US $.

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For Fares , Timetables and Freight information consult your local Travel Agent or SYDNEY McArthur Shipping Co.

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BRISBANE The McArthur Shipping & Agency Co. Pty. Ltd.. 121 Eagle Street.

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JANUARY, 195 2 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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ASSOCIATED COMPANIES THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC : IN NEW GUINEA: IN PAPUA: IN FIJI: New Guinea Company Limited, J. R. Clay & Co. Ltd., W. R. Carpenter & Co. (Fiji) Rabaul, Lae, Madang, Kavieng. Port Moresby. Ltd., Suva. \CI F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY JANUARY, 1952