Pacific Islands Monthly

Vol. XXVI, No.7 ( Feb. 1, 1956)
1956-02-01 · uncorrected OCR from NLA scans

PACIFIC ISLANDS Monthly FEBRUARY, 1956 Vol. XXVI. No. 7, ished 1930 byypstsis a newspaper ]

Maski Talk! Can’T You See A Fellow Is In Trouble?

In this photograph, everyone including the Rew. Alan Walker and the men of Vunarima Village, New Britain-seems to see the joke except the young man who is in imminent danger of losing his lap-lap. The photograph was taken when Mr. Walker was conducting the Methodist Mission to the Nation in New Guinea recently. —Photo by C. H. Meen

From Local Routes to World-Wide Travel P2oc Linking the Pacific

With Australia And The World

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MADANG BAIYER R "■'? MOUN .TALASEA WABAG BUKA HAGEMB OROKA^ aARONA

Jacquinot Bay

INUS.

Moewe Harbour

KEROWAGI I KAINANTU KIETA NADZABofinSCHHAFEN vv LAKE WABAMUNDA m KUTUBU BULOLO WAU BUIN KIKORI

Vella Lavella

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Port Moresby^ 1

YANOINA ESA ALA HONIARA m SAMARAI PORT MORESBY

Espiritu Santo

FIJI CAIRNS VILA NOUMEA NORFOLK ISLAND BRISBANE SYDNEY Over 50 ports of call in the South-West Pacific and now linked with Australia and the world by QANTAS —Australia’s Overseas Airline. From Australia fast, frequent services radiate to Europe, U.S.A. and Canada, the Orient and South Africa. Both First-Class and Tourist Travel are available to most ports of call on the Qantas overseas network of air services.

Qantas Empire Airways Limited in association with 8.0.A.C. and TEAL OANTAI

Australia'S Overseas Airline

PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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Table lamps of lasting quality finished in polished brass. Burns kerosene and gives a brilliant yet pleasant incandescent white light.

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Savings Bank

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Foreign Exchange arrangements.

Economic and Trade Information.

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New Guinea Australia Line

Passenger and Cargo Liners Regular Services between AUSTRALIA and NEW GUINEA M.S. SOOCHOW . . . Sydney Brisbane Port Moresby Samarai and return.

M.S. SHANSI . . . Sydney Brisbane Rabaul Kavieng Madang Lae and return.

M.S. SINKIANG . . . Melbourne Sydney Port Moresby Samarai Lae Madang Kavieng Rabaul and return.

Hongkong New Guinea Line

New Monthly Service between JAPAN, HONGKONG and NEW GUINEA S.S. FUNING "1 Japan Hongkong Madang Kavieng Rabaul Lae S S FENGNING j Samarai Port Moresby and return.

Calls at Kavieng are on alternate months, or subject to inducement.

Calls at Samarai subject to inducement.

Through bills to and from U.K., Continent, U.S.A. & Japan.

For further details please apply to agents, or refer to the weekly advertisement in the South Pacific Post AGENTS PAPUA: Steamships Trading Co. Ltd., Port Moresby Samarai. Cables: Steamships NEW GUINEA: Colyer Watson (N.G.) Ltd.. Lae, Madang. Kavieng Rabaul.

BRISBANE: Wills, Gilchrist & Sanderson Pty. Ltd., 400 Queen Street Cables. Wilgilsand.

MELBOURNE: John Sanderson (Shipping) Pty. Ltd.. 11l William Street. Cable. Syndicate.

JAPAN: Tokyo, Yokohama. Osaka. Kobe; Butterfield & Swire (Japan) Ltd. Cable. Swire.

GENERAL AGENTS AUSTRALASIA: Swire & Yuill Pty. Ltd., 6 Bridge St., Sydney. Cable. Swireship . BU 1712.

EASTERN MANAGERS: Butterfield & Swire, Hongkong. Cable: Swire. 6 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONT HE

inking the Pacific Islands with ( The Shaw Savill Tourist Class Liner S.S. SOUiH£R.\ CROSS.

The 20,000 ton round the world tourist liner, Southern Cross carries no cargo and is a floating hotel devoted entirely to the needs of her 1,160 tourist class passengers. With air conditioning installed in every cabin, passengers rest in cool comfort even during the hottest weather.

S/, _*«v £s^ ft* ■ • H U ■* W V. ...

Imum Fares: To England

n Suva via Panama £lO5 stg. via South Africa £132 stg. m Tahiti via Panama £ 100 stg. via South Africa £l5l stg. for full particulars apply: FIJI liti Call is Subject to Weather Permitting Shaw Any Branch or Agency of Bums Philp (South Sea) Co. Ltd., Head Office: Suva. Cable address: Burnsouth.

TAHITI Etablissements Donald Tahiti, Papeete.

Cable address: Donald, Papeete.

Airways Time-Tables

Rans-Pacific Services

. Australia (or NZ)-Fiji- Hawaii-N. America [First and Tourist Class available all Services,)

By Pan-American Airways

th Strato Clippers, using Sleeperettes and Berths* Thur., Frl., Sun.: Sydney - Nadianton Is. - Honolulu - San Francisco eattle - Portland.

Tues., Thur., Sat.: Return same jute. 3C4 from Auckland connects, arriving Tues., Thur., Sun., departing Nadi ., Sat., Mon. DC4 shuttle service once thly connects Nadi and Tafuna, rican Samoa.

Jy Qantas Empire Airways

(Super Constellation Service) NORTHWARDS Thur.* and Sat.* Sydney - Nadi i 'lji) - Canton Is. - Honolulu - San •ancisco —with Sat. service extending Vancouver.

SOUTHWARDS *, Fri.*, Sun.* — San Francisco - )nolulu-Nadi (Fiji) -Sydney. Sundays rvice begins at Vancouver. (Note: •osses date-line enroute).

EAL DCS services between Auckland Nadi connect at Nadi Tues. and Sat. iwards; Wed. and Sun. southwards.

By Canadian Pacific Airlines

(With Super DC-6B Aircraft) Every Wednesday—Sydney-Auckland-Nadi (Flji)-Honolulu-Vancouver-Amsterdam.

Every Sunday leave Vancouver by same route. (Note: Crosses date-line enroute).

Sectional Services In

PACIFIC 2. Sydney-New Guinea Service by Qantas Empire Airways (Skymasters) NORTHWARDS Mon., Tues., Sat., Sun.

Depart: Arrive Sydney, 8.00 pm Brisbane, 10.45 pm Brisbane, 11.45 pm Moresby, 6.35 am (Tues., Wed., Sun., Mon.) Moresby, 7.35 am Lae. 9.00 am Thors.

Depart: Arrive Sydney, 8 pm Brisbane. 10.45 pm Brisbane, 11.45 pm Townsville, 3.3 C am (Friday) Townsville, 4.15 am Cairns, 5.30 am Cairns, 6.30 am Port Moresby, 9.20 am Port Moresby, 10.20 am Lae, 11.45 am SOUTHWARDS Tues., Wed., Sun., Mon.

Depart: Arrive Lae, 10.30 am Moresby, 12.00 m’day.

Moresby, 1.00 pm Brisbane, 7.35 pm Brisbane, 9.00 pm Sydney, 11.45 pm Sat.

Depart: Arrive: Lae, 7.00 am Moresby, 8.30 am Moresby, 9.30 am Cairns, 12.20 pm Cairns, 2.35 pm Townsville, 3.45 pm Townsville, 4.30 pm Brisbane, 8.15 pm Brisbane, 9.00 pm Sydney, 11.45 pm Owing to uncertainly of ships' schedules, due to the Australian water-front strike, Shipping Services have been omitted for this issue. 3. P-NG Internal Services Operated by Qantas LAE—HOLLANDIA (Dutch New Guinea) (DCS) Alternate Wed. (Feb. 22, Mar. 7. 21. Apr. 4, 18, etc.).

Departs Lae 10.30 am, calls at Madang and Wewak, and arrives at Hollandla 3.0 pm. Every alternate Thursday (Feb. 23, Mar. 8, 22, Apr. 5, 12, etc.), dep. Hollandla at 9.30 am, and, with calls at Wewak and Madang, arrives Lae at 3.40 pm.

Lae-Manus (Dcs)

Every Wednesday.

Dep. Lae, 8.00 am: Finschhafen, Rabaul, Kavieng, arr. Manus 3.00 pm.

Returns Saturdays (dsp. 8 am), via Kavieng, Rabaul and Finschhafen arr.

Lae, 2.55 pm.

MORESBT-DARU (Catalina) Via Yule Is., Kerema, Kikori, L. Kutubu.— Alt. Fri. returning same day (Feb. 17, Mar. 2, 16, Apr. 1, 13, etc.).

Port Moresby-Rabaul

(Catalina) Alt. Tues. (Feb. 21, Mar. 6, 20, Apr. 3, 17, etc.) Pt. Moresby - Samarai - Esa’ala - Losuia-Moewe Harbour-Talasea-Jacquinot Bay-Rabaul. Returning via same ports (except Losuia and Esa’ala optional) alt. Thu. (Feb. 23, Mar. 8, 22, Apr. 5, 12, etc.).

Pacific Islands Transport Line

Owners: Thor Dahls Hvalfangerselskap A/S Sandefjord, Norway Motor Vessels "Thorsisle" and "Thorshall"

Regular Freight and Passenger Service between Pacific Coast Ports of U.S.A. and Canada and

Tahiti Samoa Fiji New Caledonia

New Hebrides New Guinea

GENERAL STEAMSHIP CORPORATION LTD.

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

PAPEETE—Etablissements Donald Tahiti. APlA—Morris Hedstrom Ltd.

SUVA—Morris Hedstrom Ltd, NOUMEA—Etablissements Ballande.

PORT VlLA—Comptoirs Francais des LAE—Burns Philp (New Guinea) Ltd.

Nouvelles Hebrides. SYDNEY—Birt & Co. (Pty.) Ltd.

Australia-West Pacific Line

Regular Monthly Sailings

Trading Northbound from ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE, SYDNEY and BRISBANE to SANDAKAN, MANILA, HONG KONG and main JAPANESE PORTS.

Southbound from JAPAN, HONG KONG and MANILA to MADANG, LAE, RABAUL, HONIARA, VANIKORO thence main AUSTRALIAN PORTS. ♦ Cargo Service, with Luxurious Passenger Accommodation, Toy Fast New Motor Vessels specially built for the Far Eastern Trade. *

Aros-Citos-Delos

M.V. DELOS —A.W.P. Line's new motorship for Australian-Far East trade. * General and Refrigerated Cargo Space; also Special Mechanical Ventilation for Fruit, Vegetables, etc., in ’tween decks. * MANAGING AGENTS IN AUSTRALIA; WILH. WILHELMSEN AGENCY PTY. LTD., 63 Pitt St., Sydney. 'Phone: BU 6301. Branch Office at Melbourne: 51 William St. 'Phone: MU 5906.

AUSTRALIAN AGENTS: Brisbane & Adelaide: Gibbs, Bright & Co.

ISLAND AGENTS: Madang, Mr. A. Strachan; Lae, Mr. R. Tebb; Rabaul, Town Transport Ltd.; Honiara, Government Trade Scheme.

FAR EASTERN AGENTS: Dodwell & Co. Ltd., Manila, Hong Kong & Japan. M , IMI M M

New Britain-Bougainville

(Catalina) Alt. Wed. Rabaul - Buka - Kieta - Buln (Feb. 22, Mar. 7, 21, Apr. 4, 18, etc.).

Returning same day.

L AE-MADANG-WE WAK-MANUS-

Kavieng-Rabaul Service

(DCS) Mon., Thur. Dep. Lae 6.30 am, Madang arr. 7.35 am Wewak, Manus Is., Kavieng, Rabaul arr. 3.40 pm.

Fri. only Dep, Rabaul 8.00 am direct Madang, arr, 10.50 am, Wewak, Madang, Lae arr. 4.35 pm.

Central Highlands

(DCS) Fridays—Lae (8.30 am) to Wabamunda, calling at any of: Goroka, Nondugl, Banz, Minj, Mt. Hagen, Baiyer R., Wabag, Wabamunda. Return to arriving 6 pm.

Lower Highlands

(Beaver) Fridays.—Lae (7.30 am) to Goroka, o ing at any of: Nadzab, Kaiaplt, Guc Kainantu, Goroka, Arena. Arrival H at Lae depends on stops made.

Lae-Bulolo-Wau (Dcs)

Dep. Lae.—Mon. 7.30 am, Tues, 2 Wed. 11.30 am, Pri. 2.00 pm.

Dep. Wau. —Mon. 9 am, Tues. 3.30 Wed. 1 pm, Fri. 3.30 pm. Bulolti omitted on these flights which take: minutes, Wau-Lae.

Madang-Goroka (Dcs)

Fridays.—Depart Madang 8.00 am, an Goroka 8.35 am, returning same « depart Goroka 9.05 am, arrive Mao 9.35 am.

New Guinea-New Britain

(DCS) Fridays—Depart Lae 12.55 pm, Finschha 1.45 pm, arrive Rabaul 3.55 pm.

Saturdays—Depart Rabaul 10 am, Mad) 1.25 pm, arrive Lae 2.30 pm.

Sundays—Depart Lae 12 noon, Finschhu 1 pm, Rabaul 3.10 pm.

Tuesdays—Depart Rabaul 5.45 am, Fine hafen 8.10 am, arrive Lae 8.45 ann

Services By Mandated Airlinh

Scheduled Flights with DCS Aircras Mon.: Depart Lae at 7.30 am for Gon Madang, Wewak, Madang, Rabauk remaining overnight. Depart Lae am for Goroka, Wau, Port More' Wau, Goroka, Lae.

Tues.; Depart Rabaul at 6.30 am Madang, Wewak, Madang, Goroka, 8 FEBRUARY, 1956-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

London-Suva

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Bethell, Gwyn & Co. Ltd., Burns Philp (South Sea)

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ADDRESS L 1-^l—l bi cs 22W i.: Depart Lae 7.30 am for Goroka, Vau, Port Moresby, Wau, Goroka, Lae. : Depart Lae at 7.00 am for Madang, UTewak, Momote, Kavieng, Rabaul emaining overnight. Depart Lae 7.30 ,m for Goroka, Wau, Port Moresby, ITau, Goroka, Lae. : Depart Rabaul at 7.00 am for [avieng, Momote, Wewak, Madang, loroka, Lae. . Aust.-Dutch N. Guinea By KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. weekly service with Super-Cons. r een Sydney and Amsterdam with a at Blak, DNO, and Manila, Ipplnes. ;3 aircraft link Blak with Hollandla. ng. Merauke, Tenah Merah, and okwari. 5. N. Guinea-Solomons By Qantas with DCS (Three flights every four weeks) (Feb. 13, 27, Mar. 5, 12, 26, etc.) Lae jp. 6 am Finschhafen-Rabaul-Buka- Jllalavella - Yandina - Honiara, BSI, ■riving 5.25 pm. (Feb. 14, 28, Mar. 6, 13, 27, etc.) jniara dep. 7 am Yandina - Vellavella - Buka - Rabaul - Lae, arriving 55 pm. k Paris-Saigon-Noumea Transports Arlens Intercontinentaux aircraft depart Paris every 2 weeks eb. 17. Mar. 2, 16, 30, etc.) for Cairo, irachi, Saigon, Darwin, Noumea, ave Noumea on return Feb. 21, Mar. 20, Apr. 3, etc. 7. Sydney-Lord Howe Is.

By Ansett Airways Pty., Ltd., With Sandringham Flying-boats.

Return flight each Tuesday and Thursday. 8. Sydney-Norfolk Is, By Qantas, with Skymasters Every Sat. returning next day after returnflight Norfolk-Auckland. 9. Sydney-New Hebrides By Qantas with Skymasters Flying-boats were replaced by Skymasters in 1955. Service now terminates at Tontouta (N. Caledonia) until Vlla- Santo airfields ready. (See table 20.). 10. Sydney-Noumea By Qantas Skymaster (Fortnightly) Depart: Arrive: Sydney, alt. Wed., Tontouta, alt. Thu., 11.30 pm. 7 am.

Tontouta, alt. Thu., Sydney, alt. Thu., 9.30 am. 3.20 pm.

Dep. Sydney, Feb. 22, Mar. 7, 21, etc.

Dep. Noumea, Feb. 23, Mar. 8, 22, etc. 9

Ific Islands Monthly February. 195 S

Regular Monthly-Service from

Melbourne Sydney Brisbane And Hollands

to

North Borneo Bangkok And Singapore

By Motorvessel:

"Van Noort", "Sibigo" And "Sinabang'

Carrying 2 to 12 Passengers Passage Fare: Sydney-Singapore, from £Stg.79.

Hollandia-Singapore, from £Stg.s4.

Further information from—

Royal Interocean Lines

Incorporated in the Netherlands as KJCPL, NV. 255 George St., Sydney. Phone: BU 6771 Fly to Europe direct from r Biak m and save £lOO KLM Interested? Of course . . . especially when you travel Super Constellation by KLM, the world's oldest and most experienced airline. Your saving by this new route will be anything from £55 to £llO. • Your bank or travel agent, or any office of Burns Philp & Co. Ltd., our Agents in New Guinea will tell you all about this money-saving route.

Royal Dutch

AIRLINES /

Klm Royal Dutch Airlines

R 8 Margaret Street. Sydney

-11. Auckland-Norfolk Is.

TEAL, by Qantas (charter) Each Sun. return flight Norfolk-Auckland- Norfolk (see 8 above). 12. Auckland-Sydney Tasman Empire Airways, with DCS aircraft.

Mon., Fri., Sat.: Dep. Auckland 9.30 am, arr. Sydney 1.00 pm.

Sun., Wed.: Dep. Auckland 11.30 am, arr.

Sydney 3.00 pm.

Tues., Thurs: Dept. Auckland 4.15 pm, arr. Sydney 7.45 pm.

Tue., Sat.: Dep. Sydney 10.00 am, arr. Auckland 5.00 pm.

Mon., Fri. Sat.: Dep. Sydney 3.00 pm, arr. Auckland 10.00 pm.

Tues., Thurs., Fri.: Dep. Sydney 11.30 pm, arr, Auckland Wed., Fri., Sat., 6.30 am. 13. Christchurch-Sydney Tasman Empire Airways, with DCS aircraft.

Mon., Tues., Fri.: Dep. Christchurch 5.00 pm. arr. Sydney 8.40 pm.

Mon., Tues., Thurs.: Dep. Sydney 8.00 am, arr. Christchurch 3.10 pm. 14. Christchurch-Melbourne Tasman Empire Airways, with DCS aircraft.

Thurs.: Dep. Christchurch 5.00 pm, arr.

Melbourne 9.30 pm.

Fri.; Dep. Melbourne 7.30 am, arr. Christchurch 3.00 pm. 15. New Zealand-Fiji Tasman Empire Airways, with DCS aircraft.

Tue., Sat.: Dep. Auckland 1.15 am, arr.

Nandi 6.30 pm.

Wed., Sun.: Dep. Nandi 10.30 am, arr.

Auckland 3.45 pm. 16. Fiji-Tahiti Tasman Empire Airways, with Solent aircraft.

Service normally fortnightly, with extra flights as required.

Departs Suva Friday 9 am, crosses dateline, arrives Satapuala (W. Sanj Thur. 2 pm, departs Fri. 2 am, arn Aitutaki 7.30 am, departs 9.30 arrives Papeete 2 pm. Departs Sun. 7.30 am, arrives Aitutaki 11 . departs 1 pm, arrives Satapuala pm, departs Mon 7 am, crosses d> line, arrives Suva Tues., 9.55 anu Leaves Suva Feb. 17, Mar. 2, 30, Pan Feb. 19, Mar. 4, Apr. 1. 10 FEBRUARY, 1956-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

1 HEW S IT LA 0 A You’ll enjoy the rich CEYLON flavor of this NEW TEA.

LAN-CHOO is a blend of CEYLON’S choicest smallleaf teas which brew so quickly and go so much further.

LAN-CHOO Tea requires less in the tea-pot than other teas.

Ask your grocer for LAN-CHOO 17. Fiji-Tonga Tasman Empire Airways, with Solent aircraft.

Irregular Service. , Suva 6.30 am. Arr. Nukualofa 0.50 m. Dep. Nukualofa 9.50 am. Arr. uva 4.55 pm. ; flights Feb. 23, Mar. 29. 18. E. Samoa Service Pan American Airways, oximately monthly flights, currently mttling Honolulu-Canton-Tafuna (E. a,moa)-Canton-Honolulu, but this may ►on be replaced by a Nadi (Fiji)-, afuna-Nadi monthly shuttle service? 9. Fiji Internal Airways Fiji Airways, Ltd. Drover and Rapide Aircraft. -Nadi-Suva: Two flights daily except in., Mon., Wed., one flight. -Nadi: Tues., Sun. (additional to the love return flight). ■Suva: Mon., Wed. -Labasa-Suva: Daily except Sun. -Taveuni-Suva: Mon., Wed., Fri. - Savusavu - Taveuni - Savusavu iva: Mon. - Savusavu - Labasa - Savusavu va; Tues., Thurs., Sat., Sun.

N. Caledonia-Loyalty Is.

Internal Service iete Caledonienne de Transports Aeriens (TRANSPAC).

Rapide aircraft. ea (Magenta)-Lifou (Chepenehe)umea: Tues. am. ea-Mare (Tadine)-Noumea: Tues. pm. ea-Mare-Lifou-Noumea, or Noumeaiou-Mare-Noumea, alternatively, urs. am. ea-Koumac-Noumea (with condl- Dnal call at Plaine des Gaiacs): Fri. ea-Lifou-Ouvea Is: Wed. mornings. sa-Poindimie-Noumea (with condlnal call at Houailou): Fri. pm. ;a-Iles des Pins-Noumea; Saturday i Sunday afternoons.

Hebrides Service

> company operates an unscheduled 5 Noumea-Vila-Santo approximately fortnightly. . French Oceania Inter- Island Service gie Aerienne Interinsulair (RAI) (Amphibious Catalina) weekly service to the Leeward )UP. :sday: Papeete-Raiatea-Bora Boraatea-Papeete. : Papeete-Huahlne-Ralatea-Papeete. :ing agents in Papeete: Messageries ritimes. 22. Micronesia Trans Ocean Airlines. g Grumman Albatross twin-motored bious flying-boats, operates a service hout the American Trust Territory cronesia on behalf of the Govern- Details from Trans-Ocean Airlines, , Guam. 11 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

The Garrick Hotel

Suva, Fiji

m ii m ** * k* This well-known Hotel is centrally situated in Suva’s main business quarter :: Modern accommodation provides comfort in all climatic conditions Only the best of Beers, Spirits and Wines is served.

Telephone: 80. VINCE COSTELLO, Proprietor.

Two Companies

PROVIDE— Air Cruises to Pacific Islands BOTH Ansett Airways Pty., Ltd. and Sir Gordon Taylor have arranged imposing schedules of air cruises of the south-Pacific during the coming tourist season.

Using his Frigate Bird 111 Bermuda flying boat, which has comfortable accommodation and a roomy lounge-bar, Sir Gordon will commence his programme with two cruises along the route he used for cruises in 1955. Each cruise will last 15 days, departing from Sydney on March 17 and April 10. Only about 35 hours will be spent in the air, although during that time approximately 5,000 miles are travelled. The itinerary, including stops at Nouvata Lodges, Anse Vata beach, Noumea, Beachcomber Hotel, Deumba, or Korolevu, Fiji, and at Vanua M’balavu (Exploring Isles), Lau Group, Fiji Local tours will be arranged as part of the “Cruisebird” service. All inclusive fare for the trip is £A295.

Other cruises which will be conducted by Sir Gordon Taylor are: A 22-day trip to New Caledonia, Fiji, Samoa, Aitutaki, Tahiti, leaving Sydney May 12 and September 1, all inclusive fare £A476; a 15-day trip to New Caledonia, Fiji, Exploring Isles, leaving Sydney June 16 and August 14, all inclusive fare, £A295; and a 9day trip to Sydney-New Caledonia on July 14 and October 13, all inclusive fare £AI72.

HIGHLIGHT of Ansett Airways’ programmes is a 12-days Papua- New Guinea “War Graves” cruise, from Sydney to Port Moresby, Rabaul and Samarai, timed to coincide with Anzac Day services in Port Moresby. This tour includes an Anzac Dawn Ceremony at Bomana War Cemetery (Moresby) on April 25, returning later to the RSL Club for “gunfire breakfast” of rum, coffee and hamburgers.

Later in the day there will be a march-past of ex-servicemen, including natives, units of the Pacific Islands Regiment, Papuan and New Guinea Volunteer Reserve and the Royal Papuan-New Guinea Constabulary, to the accompanimerr the army and police bands. TI will also be a service at Memorial Gates, Port Mon which will be attended by the ; ministrator, Brigadier D. M. Clelj In addition to visiting or ffl over historic battlegrounds of W War 11, inspections of other tourist attractions are includes the itinerary.

The Australian RSS and A has been advised of the cruise i the initial response has been gi flying. The American United I News Service is publicising cruise in the US and a correspond might also cover the trip, inclusive cost of the tour is £A/ Ansett will run two other IslL tours this year: A 12-days trii- Noumea, Suva, Auckland, leas Sydney on June 11, all inclusivea £A23O; a 21-days trip to Noul Suva, Samoa, Aitutaki, Tahiti; July 16, cost from Sydney, £A Local tours to tourist attracc are arranged as part of the A]i service.

Sandringham flying-boats, tourist accommodation for 30, ae spacious lounge-bar, will be ul Captain Middlemiss, Flight- 1 tain of Ansett Airways flying division, told a representative PIM that his company would! to make Pacific cruises off-1 beaten-track, but that the lao good accommodation prevented i However, he suggested that a ; tion to this problem could posai be found if residents on some o;c out-of-the-way islands were wi\ to make accommodation avaiij and could arrange some types entertainment for tourists.

Captain Middlemiss spent n flying hours over the South Pa c in Catalina flying-boats dvf World War 11, and he will protf( take personal charge of most o:c flights. fl Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Gillard passengers to Rabaul on the Jam Soochow.

Keen interest is[?] shown in the possibilities of Caledonia. Res visitors to Noumess[?] Mr. D. Ragg, of V[?] Tourist Agencies [?] tralasia, and Matheson, As[?] Traffic Controller[?] TEAL. After contr [?] with Mr. Jean local agent and fit[?] of the new Pacific Tours, thes[?] gentlemen returmr[?] New Zealand bye TEAL DC6 which bid [?] 55 New Cale [?] tourists back fr[?] 15 days' tour [?] Photo shows, [?] right, Messrs: Matt [?] Ragg and Brock. —F. E. Dunn 12 FEBRUARY. 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONT HH

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Votes for Fijians i STRONG light has again been L thrown on the question of whether the Fijians should have le vote, by the release for publicaon of a letter by Mr. J. P. Bayley, Suva.

The letter is one which he sent an English Member of Parliaent, asking him to take an interest Fiji in the House of Commons.

Mr Bayley has advocated votes r Fijians for some years on the ounds that they are well able to ke on political responsibilities, ley are 80 per cent, literate.

His main argument is that he ids it “a strange and a rough deal r the Fijian that the two imigrant races—the Europeans, and e Indians—have the vote while e Fijian in his own country has it.”

He points out, very pertinently, at the Fijian has a much higher te of literacy than some other oples to whom Britain has rently granted the vote—the West rican for example.

Unofficial opinion in Fiji is divided the matter. Some are strongly posed to the Fijian vote on the ounds that the Fijians are not idy for political responsibility, ley are afraid of the breaking up Fijian communal life, and •uld prefer to see reforms in the Fijian’s economic status rather than in political status.

There may be some truth in this, but it is difficult to see that the British or the Indian or any other agricultural labourer is any the worse for being given a say in the government of his country. The surest way to make a man responsible is to give him responsibility.

A vulnerable point in the case of those who advocate votes for Fijians is the fact that the Council of Chiefs recommended that there should be no change in the present arrangements for the nomination of the Fijian Members of the Legislative Council.— Contributed.

Thursday Island Trochus HPHOUGH there was a shortage of labour in A some trochus fleets operating out of Thursday Island during the season jus: ended, the season was reported as reasonably prosperous, due to the high prices paid for trochus.

Some lugger owners said that the answer to the labour problem lay in providing better conditions for the lugger-men. Thos- firms which have provided good conditions are having few labour troubles.

Mr. H. A. Adair, MR, who visited the island in December, said in reply to questions regarding the introduction of indentured Japanese or other skilled labour for the industry, that the Queensland State Government wa« totally opposed to the introduction of such labour.

If necessary, help should be given in the training of local men, but on no account should there be a return to the use of indentured labour as was done before the war.

The industry should be reserved entirely for the Torres Strait Islanders. 13 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 19 5 6

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Pacific Islands Monthly Contents: No. 7 Vol. XXVI February, 1956 Two Companies Will Provide Air Cruises to Pacific This Year 12 EDITORIAL: Is the Tax- Gatherer’s Eye On New Guinea? 17 Editors’ Mailbag 18 Copra Prices Still “Tentative” 19 New Governor for New Caledonia 19 Implementation of New Carpenter-Hedstrom Alliance 19 British Justice Gets An Airing—The Four Days Wonder of the Poole Trial 20 Inquiry Into Joyita Mystery 81 Fiji Had a “Gale” 22 This Month These People Made Sydney News 22 Do You Remember? Extracts from PIM of 20 Years Ago 23 Australian Water Front Strike and S-W Pacific Food Supplies 24 Shipping Mysteries in a Sea of Journalism 25 Four Delegates, 6 Secretaries in UN Visiting Mission .. 25 When a Plane Crashes in the Jungle 27 Territories Talk-Talk .. .. 31 Fiji’s First Cocoa Estate .. 34 P-NG’s New Knight Will Be “Sir Beaumont” 35 Fifty-six P-NG Natives at Australian Schools 36 Another Year for Rouna Falls Electricity 39 Current News Items From Correspondents in P-NG 41 Territorian Visits United Nations 49 Which Pacific Fish Are Poisonous —and When .. 52 16-years-old NG Explorers .. 53 More Reclamation Work in Suva Area 55 Ancient Ceremony Revived at Installation of Fijian Roko Chemical and Mechanical Treatment of Coffee Beans 57 Rabaul’s Most Popular Game—Baseball Photographs 60 Fear of Coffee Slump .... 63 Waria Syndicate’s Claim — Formal Appeal to Australia 67 Dutch Won’t Discuss West NG With Indonesians .... 70 Matson’s Programme a Welcome Addition to Pacific Routes 71 RNZAF On Missions of Mercy 74 MAGAZINE SECTION: Tropicalities, 77; Hurricane Season, 79; Women Were His Tabu, 80; Book Reviews 83 Rubber Outlook Is Still Good 87 Bringing Fijians from Feudalism to Individualism in One Generation 89 News of the Smallships .. 98 Ultimate Fate of Sidi Ben Ybussef 123 Polio Outbreak in Tokelaus 124 Last Link With De Rays Horror 127 Tonga’s Champ Has Troubles 128 Tongan Premier May Visit Japan 135 A “Drought” at Lae 136 Ex-Jap Property for Sale in New Caledonia 139 Third South Pacific Conference in Suva in April .. .. 141 Subsidy for P-NG Cattle Importers 143 OBITUARY: Alfred Cowley; Capt. F. K. Allen; RuareiA.

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Editorial. ..

The Tax-Gatherer’S Eye On New Guinea?

HERE is no perceptible ground for it —but the feeling is growing stronger that the Australian mmonwealth Government is giv- : serious thought to the possibility imposing taxation on Papuan and vv Guinea incomes as from ly 1, 1956. rhere are some powerful reasons y the present system should not disturbed. Probably, the most :ent is the position of the Public ■vice. It scarcely would be posle to tax the incomes of the noncial classes, while letting the )lic servants run free; yet any im upon public servants by the -gatherer would make even more rny the now very thorny blems connected with Public vice salaries. laybe, the Australian overlords 1 go after the “tall poppies” only le incomes of some individual nters who have done very well eed since the war, and who are used of not putting back into the ntry a fair proportion of what y have taken out, and the profits the companies—and leave unshed the incomes of the smaller i and the salaries of the public r ants. ; would not be easy to draw a of demarcation, however. All , and other practical difficulties ch come to mind, probably will lit in the cruel decision being :poned. But, in this time of n and prosperity, the people of Dual Territory always are in ger.

E often are told that, human nature being what it is, the human being generally will act l certain way, in given circumces. That is even more true of ticians. scently, in Australia, eight prolonal economists issued a statet, urging higher and higher tion as one means of curing the itionary ills from which Ausa is suffering. The simple souls med apparently that the huge anal funds thus created would aved up—used for the reduction ae national debt, presumably. A sand jeering critics immediately lenged the eight professors: Did really think that any gang of icians would have the strength ind to hold on to surplus funds, not spend them on vote-catchenterprises! le huge sums circulating in la and New Guinea—from Ausa’s £9,000,000 grant, from the 3arch companies’ expenditures, and from the sale of the Territories’ ow ? are being watched with liveliest interest by the politicians, and by the Governmental bureaucrats.

The politicians always are happy to see a new field of taxation openmg up; and the judgment of most bureaucrats often is coloured by their instinctive dislike of the private enterprise man who is making k ‘lom ”f° re mone y than the ouieauciai.

NON-official Territorians, since the war, have divided themselves into two classes—those who are making good profits, and are stay- S"" SS part of their profits into the country; and those who have simply thanked the high gods for fortune’s favours and taken up their residence in a softer clime, and carefully removed all their surplus income from the Territories.

Canberra takes a dim view of the latter class. Canberra, for examnle points somewhat viciously at times at the- wealth-producing coconSt plantations which have undergone little or no new planting for a couple of decades, while the funds which should have gone into new THE DUTCH BOY: Look, Aussie, if you really want to play in his backyard, please say so. But I’ve been holding on here all this time because we thought you wanted someone dependable at your back door. Why don’t you make up your mind! (Consternation has been expressed in Dutch newspapers—while Communists and Indonesians chortled openly—because Australian Minister Casey has been exchanging messages of goodwill, friendship, mutual confidence, etc., with the same Indonesian Government that is howling constantly for possession of Western New Guinea ... However, The Netherlands lately has been showing an eagerness to hold West New Guinea as much for its own sake as for Australia's.

It is reported that "new and promising supplies of oil, nickel and uranium have been discovered in Dutch New Guinea".) 17 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY. 1956

LATE NEWS BSIP GOLD: Clutha Development, Ltd., one of the Placer group of companies, has applied for several thousand acres surrounding Gold Ridge, Guadalcanal, BSIP. Mr. J. A. Johnstone, a member of the syndicate that has the Gold Ridge prospecting licence, has arrived in Sydney.

POOLE APPEAL: Barrister Dudley Jones said in Rabaul, NG, on February 16, that Reginald Poole would appeal to Court of Appeals Suva, against death sentence passed in Honiara, February 3. (See page 20). trees are accumulating comfortably Down South.

The stay-on-the-job class probably outnumber the absentee class, but that may not divert the taxgather’s lightning, if Canberra decides to strike. The hard-working ploughers-back, who for obvious reasons should be left tax-free, will be penalised along with the lad who is taking every spare shilling out of the Territories, and deserves to be taxed.

THERE is in most of the South Pacific Territories —even the Cinderella Solomons —a large and healthy field for investment; but the average capitalist to-day approaches all such opportunities very warily—not because the desired potential is missing, but because he cannot guess what the administrative authority is likely to do about taxation.

If, as a measure of protection against Asia, these Territories are to be developed by their European backers and their own people, the first essential is a clear-cut indication of taxation policy by the Governments concerned. That applies directly to big countries like Papua- New Guinea and Fiji; and some such declaration would be of much assistance to the people of underdeveloped countries like New Hebrides and Solomons.

N. Caledonia Fears Franc Devaluation From Our Noumea Correspondent ALARM is felt in New Caledonia at the rising cost of living and the possibility that the Metropolitan franc will be devalued.

The cost of living index rose by 20 points in December-January— due, it is thought, to the sharp increase in price of certain commodities imported from Australia.

Potatoes are the equivalent of 1/6 per pound, and eggs 15/- per dozen.

French newspapers received in Noumea up to the end of January all indicate that the position of the French franc is precarious and that prospect of devaluation is strong. If the Pacific franc followed the Metropolitan franc, it would be disastrous for New Caledonia.

The Editors' Mailbag

Wanted—Cargo-Cult Photographs Dr. Peter Worsley, who is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Hull, United Kingdom, is making a study of Melanesian Cargo-Cults. He has written a book on the subject and would like some photographs to go with it.

PIM published, in May, 1950, a Because of disruption to shipping schedules through the Australian waterfront strike, Shipping Time-tables do not appear in this issue. News items will therefore be found on pages 12 and 13 this issue. photograph of a cargo house made in the shape of an aeroplane and situated in a village in the Madang district of New Guinea. These particular natives believed- that the cargo would be sent by their ancestors in a plane—and the house made in that shape (in which the cargo was to be stored) was, presumably, a subtle compliment to said ancestors.

Other villages, it was stated, had built store houses in the shape of jeeps.

PIM no longer has the original of this illustration and at this date, 5i years after publication, cannot remember who sent the story and the photograph. But if any readers have photographs of cargo houses, aeroplane or jeep shaped, or just plain, or of any other aspect of Cargo Cult and its adherents, Dr.

Worsley would like very much to borrow them. He can be addressed direct, C/- of the Department of Social Studies, the University of Hull, UK.

French 'Authorities" Don't Like PIM Article From our friend, Oscar Nordman, of Tahiti: “My son-in-law, Jean Breaud, just arrived from Paris, has had words with me about that article in the September PIM. He says the authorities do not like it, and they accuse the PIM of being anti- French.”

If that September article shows that the PIM is anti-French, it suggests equally that the PIM is anti-British. Which is absurd.

The September article discussed the present condition and probable future of the principal South Pacific Territories. It was pointed out that the forces which threaten our security in the South Pacific — namely, the increasing strength of world Communism and the growing aggressiveness of overcrowded Asia —are a threat also to Westd Europe.

Therefore, the large Territor< owned and administered by Britd and France in the South Pacifif namely, Fiji, New Caledonia, Nl Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Gilfccf and Ellice Islands and Fren Oceania —cannot look with confl. ence now to Britain and France protection against an attack fn The Pacific War of 1942-45 show that, without the protection of United States, we should have taic completely submerged by Asians..; Britain has surrendered Inti Burma and Ceylon to the Asia and is moving out of Singapore s Malaya, and she assisted in the S 3 render of Indonesia to the Javanu France has virtually withdras from Indo-China; and, like Britt in Middle East and Cyprus, is sonembarrassed in hanging on in Africa.

Indo-China, Burma, India, and especially Indonesia, while td were held by Western nations, w* natural barriers between ow crowded Asia and the great, emr lands which the Asians covet in South Pacific.

We recited these facts in the Sc tember article, and we argued tM in view of what they mean, thi was need for a re-appraisementt territorial, political and strate; positions of the British and Frei; Territories in the South Pacific.; If that is anti-French propagan then we are anti-French —and ai British, too.

We are more concerned in p senting a realistic view of the fencelessness of the South Pao. countries, than in keeping off toes of high French officials.

Incidentally, there is a curr difference between the British ; French bureaucracies, in their action to criticism. Whether criticism is good, bad or indiffem the French always resent it, and J British always ignore it. Either w it is tough on a conscienti journalist.

The Title is AMP-Not Dr.

We have been scolded by/ resident of Fiji because, in November issue of PIM, we refen to two well known Fijian AIVL who were visiting Sydney, as “I' “These are worthy gentlemn says our correspondent, “but tt have only a smattering of mech knowledge. They never have gaij a medical degree—l doubt if ft even have passed a Univen: Entrance examination for a Medo (Continued on Page 140) 18 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHI

[?]Ice Still

[?]ENTATIVE”

OF Copra Rates Above World Quote NCE January 1, copra is being paid for in the British South Pacific Territories at the itative” prices announced in the uary PlM—n ame 1 y £62/10/t. per ton at chief ports for topic copra in Australian-controlled ritories, and £57 Fijian (equal to Aust.) at chief ports in Fiji, se prices were made on the asiption that the full reduction of >er cent, would be made for 1956 er the MOF 9-years contract, be Fiji price is slightly higher i the Australian price, because Fiji copra authorities have some imulated funds for distribution ilanters. e were informed, on inquiry in berra on February 7, that the lal Australian contract with the ish Ministry of Food for 1956 has yet been completed. Negotiations were in progress, and the Ausan officials still had hopes that ' could induce the MOF people .gree that the full 10 per cent, iction on the 1955 MOF contract 5 is not warranted, sanwhile, the world market rates copra still are under the MOF ract rates. The latest available ation for first-grade copra, c.i.f.

Vest European port, was £Stg.6s February 2; coconut oil, Ceylon, .86.10; Straits, £Stg.B9.s.

[?] At Means The Gas

[?]Ssure At Kuru Bore?

ER since Australasian Petroleum Ltd. reported substantial gas at 998 feet in the bore at Kuru, in the Gulf of la region, oil share quotations : been jumpy on the Australian c exchanges. ie speculators were still asking t such a gas manifestation nt when it was reported that Myron Kinley was actually in la, looking the situation over.

Kinley has a world-reputation an oilfields engineer, and is d upon from the highest levels sal with unusual situations.

London report said that Mr. ey is in Papua because the i well has blown out, and he been asked to bring it under rol. i one in authority has given slightest hint of the value of gas manifestation. But the sen c e of Mr. Kinley is guing. was announced on February 9, the Kuru well which continues to flow gas in large quantities—could not be controlled and would be sealed off. Two more holes will be put down—one directed towards the bottom of the sealedoff well and another, at same distance, to evaluate the Kuru structure generally.

Meanwhile, Oil Search shares (Oil Search has a ten per cent. share in the AP Co.) have been fluctuating between 10/9 and 17/-.

P.NG Legco Meeting in May IT has been announced, following the visit of Brigadier D. M.

Cleland to Canberra, in February, that the meeting of the P-NG Legislative Council meeting has been postponed from March to May 28.

It is expected to last 14 days.

The Administrator visited Canberra at the end of January, for consultations with the Minister for Territories and the Department. He spent a few days in Sydney, and returned to Port Moresby on February 9.

Another Governor for N. Caledonia NEW CALEDONIA is to have a new Governor, and the French Pacific colonies a new High Commissioner. He is a M. Grimald.

Few details of his career are available but he is said to have had distinguished administrative service in France’s African Colonies.

The retiring Governor and High Commissioner, M. Rene Hoffher, left Noumea by Qantas aircraft for Sydney en route to France on February 3.

The appointment of M. Grimald brings the number of Governors who have served in New Caledonia to 37 in 59 years.

M. Hoffher arrived in New Caledonia on September 30, 1954.

He has had 16 months service there.

The record for briefness as a New Caledonian governor is held by Colonel Denis, who was appointed by Marshal Petain in 1940. Twenty days later he vacated the position by invitation of the de Gaullists.

A preceding governor, M. Barnhes, remained in power ll months only.

Carpenter-M. Hedstrom

Inplementation pf New Alliance A REARRANGEMENT of the Board of Directors which controls Messrs. Morris Hedstrom Ltd., leading traders of Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, is expected to follow the visit to Suva this month of Mr. R. B.

Carpenter, chairman of Messrs.

W. R. Carpenter & Co. Ltd., of Sydney. Mr. Carpenter left for Suva on February 11.

As reported in January, holders of over 90 per cent, of the Ordinary Shares of Morris Hedstrom Ltd. agreed, early in January, to sell their shares to Carpenter & Co. Ltd. for £AI/10/- cash and 31 paid up 5/- shares in W. R. Carpenter & Co. Ltd., in return for each Morris Hedstrom £1 Ordinary share. The purchase—w hi c h represents the biggest single transaction in South Pacific Islands trading and finance —is being completed, and the Board of Morris Hedstrom is being rearranged accordingly.

It has been understood, from the beginning of negotiations, that Mr.

H. E. Snell, Chairman of the Morris Hedstrom Board, since the death of Sir Maynard Hedstrom, will remain in that position for a further term; and that Mr. W. G. Johnson, Managing Director of W. R. Carpenter & Co. (Fiji) Ltd., and a member of the Board of the Carpenter parent Company, will join the Morris Hedstrom Board. There may be some minor changes.

As already indicated, there will be little if any change in the actual trading activities of the two companies, where they meet in the different Territories; but there probably will be important rearrangements on the levels of finance, shipping, disposal of produce, oversea buying, etc.

Mr. W. G. Johnson. 19 IFIC ISLANDS MONTH I, Y FEBRUARY, 1956

British Justice in BSIP Makes Headlines

The Four-Days Wonder Of

The Poole Trial

The indiscreet silence of the Solomon Islands Protectorate Government and the Melanesian Mission on the murder by Reginald Poole, 24, of a 12-years-old Malaita boy in mid- November, exploded in late January.

Newspapers first heard of the murder from London when Poole’s mother left there for Honiara on what was called a “mercy flight.” Newspapers thereafter were in full cry; and hysteria, both in Horiana and Sydney, has been the keynote.

The results were unfortunate for the mission and for the BSIP generally. A newspaper reporter travelled up to Honiara with Mrs. Poole, and by implication, the Mission was presented as something less than human. “Was pressure brought to bear?” Mrs. Poole is alleged to have said. “Has my son been left to rot in an island jail, friendless and deserted by the missionaries he yearned to join and help?”

The mission, had in fact, brought Mrs. Poole out from England and had briefed Mr. Dudley Jones, a Rabaul barrister, to defend him.

As a Christian mission it probably felt morally bound to do this, although legally it, no doubt, is in the same position as a company employing a clerk —the company being in no way bound to provide for the clerk’s defence if the clerk should commit a murder. However, the mission knows its own conscience best in this matter: only the mission knows under what terms and conditions Poole had joined it. (Poole at first wished to plead guilty, and wanted no defence).

By implication also, the newspapers put the BSIP Judicial Commissioner in the nosition of having to find Poole guilty, and to hang him. Local natives, it was alleged, demanded no less. (A couple of Malaitamen were hanged some time ago for murder).

All this might have been avoided if the matter had become known soon after the event, on November 17. One newspaper alleged that the whole matter had been “hushed up” and this belief only whetted the appetites of the sensation-hungry Press. (The BSIP Govt. Newsletter of January 17 which covered events in November and December, arrived in Sydney on February 8.

It reported briefly the arrest of Reginald Poole and his appearance at a preliminary inquiry.

It was stated that he had been examined by two psychiatrists—one retained by the Government and one by the Melanesian Mission.) The case was tried before the Judicial Commissioner of the BSIP, Mr. G. Horsfall, with the assistance of three Assessors, Mr. John Lotze, Mr. H. B. Dixon, and J. Tamana, a Solomon Islander. Mr. Phillip Dalton, Attorney-General, prosecuted and Mr. Dudley Jones conducted the defence.

Dr. J. McGeorge, psychiatrist to the NSW Government, flew up from Sydney to give evidence.

EVIDENCE showed that Reginald Poole, 24, had gone to the Solomons as a lay worker for the Melanesian Mission (Anglican) in 1954. He had first been at Pawa School but in July, 1955, was transferred to Maravovo Mission Station, on the west coast of Guadalcanal.

Before he left Pawa, two Solomon Islands boys at the school told the headmaster of the school, the Rev.

Derek Alan Rawcliffe, that Poole was a homosexual.

At Maravovo, Poole taught in the school. At the station were the Rev.

D. Hoey, his wife, and a European nursing sister. On November 17, Poole had lunch with Mr. Hoey and “appeared quite normal.” After the meal was finished, Poole went to his own house, called “One Boy” (this or “one fella boy ’e come,” is the usual summons in Melanesian Pidgin when a boy is wanted) and a few minutes later rushed to Hoey to tell him that he had killed the boy.

Hoey found the 12-years-old Malaita native in Poole’s house. A pick-axe was sticking out of his arm-pit and there were several other wounds on his body, including a fatal one in his skull. He died half an hour later.

Hoey sent for the police, Poole was given sleeping drugs, and Hoey mounted guard over him with a rifle. The police later arrived and took Poole to Honiara, where he remained at Rove Prison until his trial.

Dr. McGeorge said that he considered that Poole was emotionally disturbed but not insane at the time of the murder. By the time he examined him (this, apparently, was sometime in December), “early neurosis had developed into early schizophrenia (split-mindedness).”

The doctor said that Poole had admitted to him that he had indulged in unnatural practices and that had murdered the boy to aw temptation. He (Poole) had tn to commit suicide but that “murder would achieve the sas result.”

The defence was insanity, I Dudley Jones pleaded—and msj people will agree with him —that; is not the action of a normal pern to have lunch quietly “as usul and then five minutes afterwae to go out and murder an almost r known boy.

ON February 3, the Judicial Co missioner found Poole guij The three Assessors agreed w the verdict.

Poole was sentenced to death.j The High Commissioner for Western Pacific, Mr. John Gutj has the power to commute sentence. And the case is opem appeal within 30 days.

If there is no appeal, or co; mutation, Poole will hang, , Honiara.

Mrs. Poole is now on her t home. Details of the trial are ing sent to Poole’s cousin, who n make a personal appeal to British Colonial Secretary.

This is the first trial of this j that has taken place in Solomons. There have been ott murder trials—but Suva was ti) the headquarters of the WPHCa It is unfortunate that some p'c 1,000 miles from Honiara —ae (according to the newspapers) seething, clamouring Malaitame was not chosen for this trial, n had taken place in most Austrai States the sentence would, an matter of course, have been ck muted; there certainly would H been an appeal; and it is poss* that the original verdict would H been different, anyhow.

A Sydney Sunday newspapers February 5 gave a good indicat of the sort of hysteria that has tt current since the case was V covered” at the end of January..

Under a headling “Drums I for Hanging” it stated: “HonL Saturday—Native drums will to-night as Solomon Islanders o brate the forthcoming hanging ■ white murderer. . . The trial held in an atmosphere of native e rest. They (the natives) madL clear that nothing but the hansi of Poole would satisfy tH: Acquittal would end white ms law in Malaita. . . North Malac district headman was also pies at the verdict. He had expea outbreaks of murder, burning stealing if Poole was acquitted..; There was a great deal morea in the same pattern, some of i the reporter’s fantastic idea of I anesian Pidgin.

To sum up: • As a direct result of oven; newspapers’ belief that the Govv 20 FEBRUARY', 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

it and the Mission tried to “keep juiet,” the whole unfortunate ness got the full treatment of lationalism —which will leave no 3t in the minds of uninformed spaper readers that justice in Solomons hinges more on native jf in a tooth for a tooth than the unemotional processes of ish law. Indeed, the conduct tie whole unsavory affair leaves >ts in all our minds: Did Poole justice?

No one in their right senses — the PIM least of all—can srstand why the Mission, when und Poole to have homosexual encies as long ago as July, 1955, not pack him off to England ad of waiting for a far bigger *dy to overtake them all. its Christian unwisdom it have imagined that Poole could :ome his unfortunate weakness rayer. But missionaries these are not expected to be sheltered ners. They are expected to rstand the darker side of m weakness and cope realistic- -and most of them do. The on’s first duty, as a mission as European, was the protecof the young natives entrusted *re is also, still, the remnants e almost outmoded business of ng up European prestige. The on failed in both these duties, s difficult for normal people to :stand a homosexual’s urges, have to take the medical pron’s word for it that it is a se needing treatment. But even aivest person should know that late Poole in a community far people of his own age and and to place him in daily convith young native boys was the possible treatment for his le. jort of the trial was received by PIM a local Honiara correspondent on i 9. In factual details it followed the above report. However, there was y interesting and significant difference this Honiara report and the reports d in the Australian newspapers. To emarkable feature of the case was the lumber of natives attending the trial calmness almost amounting to apathy non Islanders in Honiara. Atlhough the aroused deep feeling in the dead boy's of North Malaita, there were no disis and the proceedings both inside and the court-house were characterised by an hurch-like quiet . No more than 10 came into the court-house." bruary 8 a Sydney newspaper published lowing; would gladly sacrifice miyself to the to prevent a bad outbreak of violence aid Poole is not hanged,' the Bishop nesia (Rt. Rev. A. T. Hill) said to-day.

Poole is not hanged, the natives will ifidence in whites and return to their lages.' Bishop believes 'reprisal killings' would and that he would be one of the Commission Assembles Evidence

Inquiry Into The 'Joyita' Mystery

The first week of the inquiry into what happened aboard Joyita between October 3 and November 10, produced no positive evidence as to the fate of the 25 persons on board. But some feasible theories were advanced by witnesses. fTIHE Commission of Inquiry into JL the fate of the 70 tons, twinengined motorship Joyita, and the circumstances under which she sailed, began its sittings in Apia, Western Samoa, on February 3.

The Commission was constituted by the NZ Government, and it consists of Chief Judge C. C. Marsack, of Western Samoa; Captain A. H.

Prosser, formerly master of the Tofua, and well known in Polynesian navigation; and Mr. C. G. R. McKay, formerly Government Secretary in Western Samoa, and now retired, and a member of the South Pacific Commission. They are assisted by Mr. B. L. Bridger (NZ Justice Department), who is secretary of the Commission, and Mr. R. K. Davison, a barrister, who will advise the Commission.

It is believed that the sittings of the Commission in Apia will extend over three or four weeks. The inquiry is open to the public. The Commission is to report to the NZ Government by March 31.

Joyita, 70 tons, left Apia, W.

Samoa, for the Tokelaus (a 40-hrs. voyage) on October 3. When she became overdue, a sea and airsearch was instituted but the vessel was not seen again until November 10, when half-submerged, drifting and abandoned, she was found 90 miles due north of Fiji. Air-search was resumed for survivors, but no trace has been found. Miss E. K.

Luomala of Honolulu is understood to be the largest shareholder.

Joyita is registered in Honolulu.

Mr. Davison outlined the evidence he proposed to bring before the Commission, and he made the following points: The Administration officials in Western Samoa did not have the power to prevent the Joyita from sailing. She was an overseas ship, registered in Honolulu.

She left port with a faulty engine and radio; although she had no license to carry passengers, she did in fact carry nine passengers; and she carried no lifeboat. The captain said he would repair his engine at sea.

Experts who examined the Joyita in Fiji found that the engine and cooling system were defective and parts were missing; the radio was defective and its batteries were weak; water was thought to have entered the engine-room through a rusty and broken pipe.

There were 40 lifejackets and two rafts aboard when she sailed but they were not aboard when she was picked up.

Dealing with the flood of sensational stories circulated when the Joyita was picked up in November, Mr. Davison said there was no evidence to show looting or murder by Japanese or anyone else; no evidence of fire, or ramming or of collision. Mr. Davison said: “This Commission may well come to the conclusion that the Joyita’s crew jettisoned the cargo to lighten the vessel.”

Among cargo missing from Joyita’s There was an ecclesiastical flavour about a report of the "Joyita" inquiry in the Sydney "Daily Mirror" on February 9. in reporting the evidence of a radio expert (from Nadi, Fiji) it was said: "He is Herbert Bellamore Nandi, who said a conference discounted the message because no other station had received it. Nandi was giving evidence on the fourth day of the inquiry ..."

Well, Bishops sign themselves "Stanley Polynesia", or "John Timbuktu" so why shouldn't a radio operator be known as "Herbert Nadi"? hold were 50 sacks of flour, 15 of sugar, 10 of rice and 40 tins of kerosene. This fact, and the absence of 2 rafts and 40 lifebelts known to be aboard, suggested that the crew jettisoned cargo in an attempt to keep the ship afloat, before they left in the rafts and lifebelts.

Radio specialists found the transmitter tuned to the distress or SOS frequency, which indicated that when catastrophe struck, the operator had been trying to give a distress signal.

Joyita took 2,640 gallons of fuel aboard, and 2,332 gallons were still there when she was found.

Charge Refuted

On January 13, the Department of Island Territories refuted a suggestion made by a Suva newspaper that the New Zealand Government was exceeding its rights in holding an inquiry concerning a foreign vessel without the permission of the owners of the vessel.

The Government had been in close consultation with the authorities in Honolulu, Joyita’s home port, the statement said, and those authorities had been in close touch with the owner or owners.

The American authorities had been (Continued on Page 137) 21

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MET. MEN SAY THAT Fiji Had a "Gale"

ALTHOUGH described by the Meteorological Office as a “gale”, the roaring gusts that struck Lautoka and other parts of the Northern districts of Fiji at 8 p.m., January 30, were sufficiently strong to cause serious damage.

Road and telephone communication between Suva and Lautoka was cut off and all civil operations at Nadi Airport were suspended.

Planes from Sydney and Auckland were delayed at their home bases until the storm abated.

Remembering the belated notice given of the T ast hurricane, residents for the greater part took no risks and battened up their houses and shops.

Their fears seems to be justified when at 8.30 p.m. the wind and rain had increased to such an extent that walking in the streets became difficult.

Ba suffered badly from flooding, the waters in the Ba River being within two feet of the record flood level of 1931. Shops were flooded and had to be evacuated, and on Feb. 2 the Ba Post Office was still surrounded by water and out of operation.

Suva did not suffer so badly as the Northern districts of Viti Levu.

Principal damage in the Southern districts and up the Wainibuka river area will be to banana plantations.

Part of Nausori township was flooded to a depth of three feet in places, and patients at the Wainibuka Hospital had to be evacuated by boats to ambulances when the water reached floor level.

A four-year-old Indian boy, and a 12-year-old Indian boy, were drowned at Rewa in flood waters.

50 Inches Of Rain In Three

DAYS At Nadarivatu, in the hinterland of Viti Levu, at an altitude of 2,700 feet, where there is always an abundant rainfall, 50 inches of rain fell within three days. At Koro-Or, three miles above the timber mill, 34 inches fell on January 30 and 31.

It was the heavy rainfall at Nadarivatu which caused heavy flooding in the Ba and Waindina Rivers with the consequent destruction of many banana plantations.

The storm had formed east of the New Hebrides and was the first tropical cyclone of the present season to affect the islands area, though all through January a series of storm centres had been lingering in the Coral Sea area and had brought rain and gales to P-NG, and given ship and plane passengers some rough trips.

This Month These People Made Sydney News...

QUEEN SALOTE paid a month's unofficial visit to Sydney in January-February during which she was guest of honour at the World Council of Churches' Festival of Faith, appeared in a succession of fashionable frocks and chic hats at a number of social occasions and paid a one-day flying visit to Melbourne where she and her party visited the Shell oil refinery.

She was accompanied by her 7-years old grandson Prince Taufa'ahau, Private Secretary Vaea Tupou and a number of ladies-in-waiting. She left again for New Zealand on February 6.

The smiling Queen was as popular as ever with her admiring public. * MR. HAROLD GATTY, owner of Fiji Airways, spent three days in Sydney in January during which he arranged the purchase of two Drover planes to replace one Drover that was vw when it crashed in mountain country bd Nausori and Nadi at the end of Deoi He told PIM that: Fiji Airways business is expanding phenomenal rate but the two aircraft novw used by the company will be able to me all services in conformity with existing tracts. The two Drovers that he has puni will be shipped by sea to Fiji—the fit April, the second in June.

Since its inception, FA has carried passengers without any fatalities. In the company carried 18,000 passengers.: Mr. Gatty made newspaper headlim arrival in Sydney by saying that if som were not done to bring Nadi to standard, Fiji might lose its internationn port to American Samoa.

CAPTAIN BRYAN MONKTON, of South Air Lines, paid a two-weeks visit to and Melbourne in January-February. H for Honolulu again on February 8. 80.

Engine overhaul of Solent "spares"

Australian firm and sundry other itel connection with the inauguration of tti‘ Honolulu-Tahiti service. Interviewed bfl he stated: First SPAL commercial flights should t June, 1956. Survey flights will be coic in April and May.

It is planned to make the 2,800 miUl hop from Honolulu to Papeete a weekly ' at first; there will be only one stop 14-hour flight—2 hours at Christmas SPAL will make Christmas Island a firi flying-boat base. Sea-plane runways v marked for night-flying and a 1,000-wat: station will be erected. There will be ; modation for company personnel based Island. It is expected that there will permanent staff of four Europeans, bes number of Gilbertese.

The main equipment for Christmas : will leave Honolulu about mid-Februan being transported by an AKL ship, while Captain Monkton ... new airlim[?] Mr. Harold Gatty ... buying planes.

Smiling ... Queen Salote. (Daily Telegraph photo.) 22 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONT

‘ow a big barge carrying the necessary als. The barge will remain at the and be converted into a 100,000 gallon for refuelling the aircraft. Work at nas will be in charge of well-known ilu construction engineer, Mr. Robert Ms, who has established similar bases ious parts of the Pacific. company will establish, also, an obon station on either Flint or Caroline in order to provide meteorological data ute forecasts, company believes that there will be of traffic offering, but its flight schedules ! limited at the outset, due to the lack jquate hotel accommodation at Tahiti, t will have to arrive at and leave i on the same day, otherwise there will overlap of travellers requiring firstaccommodation in Papeete. SPAL has the French Government to provide night facilities at Papeete; this would overhis difficulty. .'s present schedule provides for a lu departure at say 11 p.m., arriving eete at 3.30 p.m. the following afterengined British Solent flying-boats will d. Two refitted Solents are at present land, California, while the company is g delivery of a new Solent from I. The planes have seating accomm for 40 passengers, besides a certain of freight and mail. SPAL is a fully I US flag carrier. lanes are being used on the Honoluluservice only because there are no s for land planes in Tahiti. Plans een drawn up for a landing strip near , but it is estimated that it will take i 3-5 years to complete this project.

E. V. Parham for W. Samoa • B. E. V. PARHAM, QBE, Deputy Director of Agriculture o the Fiji Government, and •er of a well-known Fiji will take pre-retirement at the end of March and will accept an offer of appointas Director of Agriculture, rn Samoa.

Parham is well-known ?hout the Pacific for his work 3 fields of botany and agrie and has held several itments on an international [?] of Mrs. Harry Downing most people the Christmas is a time for joy and gladout for that ever-popular old erritorian, Mr. Harry Downow of the Territories Depart- Sydney office, there was only r caused by the death of his who had been suffering for nonths from a heart ailment, irry (and to his 12-year-old ter) go the sympathies of the ay Territorians who have had :o be grateful to this generous, Old-Timer. He is still the Jting link, officially, between 7 and P-NG, but will probably ring in a couple of years—GT.

Answers To

Samoa’S Criticism

TEAL 's Coral Route Troubles r ERE has been savage criticism of TEAL in Western Samoa because the Solent flying-boat which flew from Suva to Apia on January 5, had to leave a good deal of mail behind. The cause was a combination of the facts that the mail awaiting transport far exceeded all expectations; passenger demand was heavy; and the weather was unfavourable.

The situation was further complicated by some official muddling— mailbags had not been properly classed and addressed.

However, a good deal of the surplus mail was sent on by the mv Tofua, sailing next day.

TEAL, by special announcements, and by sending a special officer to Apia to study the situation and devise means of avoiding delay in similar circumstances in the future, reacted promptly to the criticism.

Their quite reasonable explanation of the unusual circumstances probably soothed the Samoan public.

There was a similar mail and passenger jam in Suva when the fortnightly Solent got ready to take off again on January 19; but this time TEAL were all ready and, although there was some grim weeding-out, fewer innocents were slaughtered.

“Protecting” The Route

TEAL was on more comfortable ground when answering an infuriated Samoan charge that Samoa would not have to suffer these things if the higher powers would open the Coral Route (Fiji- Samoa-Tahiti) to Pan American Airways, instead of protecting it for TEAL, Mildly, but firmly, TEAL reminded the public that this is a most uneconomic route—a very long distance, with cormmmities needing air-service very thin and few and far between. In other words, argue TEAL, Samoa could not get this safe and dependable air service unless TEAL’S Coral Route was heavily subsidised by the NZ Government.

“The future of this Service,” says TEAL, “must be affected by whether we have more traffic or less.

Sharply competitive conditions may be beneficial to the user of transportation when the traffic is big enough to support more than one operator.

“In the case of Samoa, the traffic is not yet big enough to provide economical operations for even one airline.”

Do You Remember?

From PIM of 20 Years Ago.

BY 1936, dire predictions about the Japanese menace were becoming a regular feature of PlM— and February of that year was no exception. As well, there were the usual seasonal reports of hurricanes and cyclones in Fiji, Cook Islands and other parts of the South Pacific affected by these blows.

Here are some other extracts from our issue of just 20 years ago: There were indications that the Commonwealth Government was considering lifting the moratorium that had been in operation in respect of payments of principal and interest on Expro. Board plantations in New Guinea. About 175 properties and £2,000,000 were involved.

The moratorium first came into effect in the early '3o's when a disastrous slump hit the copra market. * * * It seems old-fashioned now when malaria is regarded as an "entirely preventable disease", that in 1936 the relative merits of quinine and atebrin were still being fiercely argued.

Many old timers condemned the new-fangled atebrin outright. * * "How long will the New Hebrides Condominium farce last?" PIM asked editorially, and went on to state that the position of British residents in NH went from bad to worse steadily, and "is a reproach upon British colonial administration".

The discontinuance of the USS Co.'s steamship service from Sydney to San Francisco was "causing dismay" in Tahiti, where Papeete had been a regular port of call. * * * In the issue of February, 1936, PIM had a "Little Islanders' Corner" with photographs of Mary Boulton, of Gau Island, Fiji; and Margaret Leembruggen, of Ocean Island, and her big brother. One wonders where these "Little Islanders" are to-day.

H* H* H* "Europeans and natives in Western Samoa are in a twitter of excitement concerning developments likely to follow the appearance in office of the new Labour Government in New Zealand It is anticipated that a new Administrator will be appointed . . . and that the banishment of Mau leader, Mr, 0. F. Nelson, might be revoked." * * * And in the realm's of history repeating itself —this 1936 headline caught the eye: "Justice in the Solomons Interesting Native Case".

However, this one concerned only a bit of native shenanigin. * * * The British Colonial Secretary had announced in the House of Commons that the question of the ownership of Jarvis, Baker and Howland Islands was being investigated—it had been reported some time previously that the USA had "annexed" them. 23 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

Food Anxiety Lessens

Australian Waterside Strike Collapses A S this journal went to press, in the second week of February, the Australian wharfies’ strike, after 3 weeks’ sparring between Watersiders Federation, Australian Council of Trade Unions, shipowners, Federal Arbitration Court and Commonwealth Government, collapsed.

Work resumed in ports on February 15. Vessels trading to the Pacific Islands will have a priority for labour but it is expected that they will not sail until late February.

As Australia is an important source of foodstuffs, there was some panic buying in most of the Southwest Pacific Islands in late January.

A survey in Papua and New Guinea on January 26 showed six weeks’ supply of essential foodstuffs on hand; while Malekula, Soochow and Shansi, which got away from Sydney just before the strike, were bringing in large cargoes of food.

There was sufficient meat in the freezers for 35 days, and more could be sent by air from Cairns, or killed locally.

There was some panic in P-NG about baby-food. Authorities warned that there was no immediate shortage, and supplies could come in by air if needed. But panic buying could create a shortage.

However, news of the strike’s imminent collapse allayed anxiety in most Island centres.

The story behind the strike ..has yet to be told. It was expected that, when this aggressive, Communist led union tried to dislocate all Australian transport and industry, the Commonwealth Government would move in smartly to smash it, and restore some sort of order to the waterfront. But, to the astonishmemt of the public, the ACTU, usually Rightist and anti- Red, announced support of the strike: and the Government did nothing.

Quite unexpectedly, on February 8, when it looked like a long and bitter war, the ACTU reversed its policy and withdrew support of the strike. Without ACTU, the strikers knew they had no chance of success.

It is now supposed that the ACTU was manoeuvred into strike support by some underhand political moves; and that the Government, knowing this, held its hand until the Rightist majority within the ACTU could get control of the situation. t Rangomatane Ariki, chief of Atiu Is., and Manea Tamarua, AMP, are the chosen Cook Islands delegates to the South Pacific Conference to be held in Suva in April-May, and Apenera Short and Mr. Ron Thorby will accompany them as Cook Islands advisers.

New Puisne Judge Appointed in Fiji TO take the place of Mr. Justice Carew, who has retired through ill-health, Mr. C. J. Hammett, senior Magistrate, has been appointed a puisne judge, Fiji.

Mr. Hammett was inducted in January by the Hon. Ragnar Hyne, Kt., in the presence of judges of the Court of Appeal and members of the Bar.

The Chief Justice said that the magistracy had lost a most excellent magistrate, but the Bench had gained a sound, conscientious and energetic judge. ‘And So We Say Farewell ...' FITZPATRICK

Film On Fiji

MR. JAMES FITZPATRICK, whose travel films are known throughout the world, was due at Nadi in early February to make a travel film of Fiji, before moving on to a similar assignment in New Zealand and Australia.

He is accompanied by his wife and two assistants, and whi Fiji, Mr. Jim Lester will act s official guide and adviser, ai that Mr. Lester held on a pre visit by Mr. Fitzpatrick in 19;(

Dc6 Modifications

AH the Way to Chil[?] AS a sequel to an announce: made last year, Tasman Eli Airways Ltd. announce* January that the first of its would shortly leave for Hong where a firm approved by the m facturers would carry out c* modifications to strengthen wings.

Such modifications are carried out on all DC6 aii everywhere, when they reach s tain number of flying bourse there is nothing unusual or sul ing in the announcement.

The work could have beem in the United States but toe dollars, and because a company can do the job qir the aircraft are going there.?

Due to shortage of technical] in Auckland, the job would J been prolonged if done theres Important Noumea Men Plan New Project Four important public men of New Caledonia are shown in this photograph: At right, M. Rene Hoffherr, retiring Governor; and on his right the Director of Publico M. Laroque, Mayor of Noumea; and M. Maurice Lenormand, who was recently re-electee Paris Chamber of Deputies. They are shown here at a division of lots at anew building: near Noumea. —Service de Informations

ping Mysteries—in a of Yellow Journalism [?]re Attempts to tie Missing Ships to Submarines and Pirates In the first week of February, the Central Pacific region of lich Suva is the centre again got a blast of publicity that made * area appear almost as ridiculous as did the Joyita-crewirdered-by-Japs story of last November. officials were assembling in pia, Western Samoa, for the irmal inquiry into the disrance of Joyita (see report 21), the following occurrences excitedly reported from Suva within a few days: l pair of ancient trousers, with e in them that might have nade by a knife, was found on md beach. l raft, which might have come he Joyita, had also been found beach. ’he 40-tons ketch Arakarimoa, 5 Gilbertese passengers and a Df 12 Gilbertese, disappeared December 28, on a voyage be- Tarawa and Maiana, in the t Islands. ; was reported from the Solo mse, some 35 miles south of that a submarine had been i there; and Captain A. ns, of the mv Komaiwai, relater that that same night a rine had appeared beside his and remained beside him at mce of some 15 yards, for 10 ;s. (These reports were con- Some said that Captain ns first saw and reported the f the Solo light, and then saw n that evening). converted barge, or tank ? ship, Pacific Star, had sent mtic radio messages, reportwas “lost” somewhere in the ebrides. foregoing were the ingredients a series of yellow-press ixtures presented in a variety 3es, which made headlines of degrees of sensationalism, in e DurDor e t rS was that vas someth P ine P verv i as „ iloo °Suva d n^ h thP roS that f ta g wa^ a^nf? 6 n^i Sa vS? e pf a ?bp Jistressine nattern b fth Sydney Sunday Telearavh of S o ione 5 ’ conversation 6 ’ with its orrcsnnnHpnt”extra antains nf S +iJp re P beclmLg ?erv warv and ” and St “trades have the uniZtified submailnl fie disappearance Of the Arakarimoa.” It even quoted “a prominent Suva citizen’’ (one wonders whom he could be!) assaying: “The unexplained disappear ance of Arakarimoa and Joyita was significant.”

Having assembled all his material, in accordance with the best traditions of irresponsible journalism, under the liveliest kind of scare headings, the Sunday Telegraph added a leading article, entitled “What Goes On There?” It rerecited the Suva rubbish as facts, and demanded that Australia receive more information—it said there should be an Australian- American inquiry, and an Australian warship should proceed forthwith to the Fiji area to “cruise through the islands.”

And this is what happened to the series of events which the irresponsible newshounds worked up into sensations: , .. . , .. _ •, In view of the responsible P£°P le conducting the Joyita inquiry, ancien t an d punctured trousers were not regarded as having any significance, • The raft does not seem to have been positively identified. It could have little significance, either way. • The disappearance of the Arakarimoa has no extraordinary feature. These little ships—especially if they are without engines or their engines break down—disappear from time to time. Usually, they are found drifting, or come ashore somewhere; but sometimes they never are heard of again. This has been going on in the Pacific ever since ships put to sea there.

There is nothin S extraordinary about the a PP earanc e of a strange submarine in these waters. These craft are re P or ted from time to time.

Tt is well known that British, American and Russian submarines have been makin g long, unpublicised Vo P£ es in the Pacificsubmarines used to do the same thing before World War IL What is ordinary is the persistent attempts of irresponsible newspapers to revive the story that these little ships are destroyed by agencies-murderous Jap (Continued on Page 29) 4 DELEGATES 6 SECRETARIES UN Visiting Mission Is On Its Way THE United Nations Visiting Mission for 1956 will be led by T . an ™ ex T ;P overnc)r of Nigeria, Sir John McPherson, who is now the P erm anent representative on the Trusteeship Council.

The other three members of the delegation are Mr. Daniel Massonet, of Belgium; Mr. J. Rolz Bennett, of Guatemala; and Mr. M. E. Chacko of India.

For the information of interested parties, the representative from Guatemala is called Mr. Rolz—that is Guatemalan custom.

These four delegates are accompanied by a “secretariat” of no less than six persons ; Mr, J. G.

Rapoport, Principal Secretary; Mr.

J. Lewis. Assistant Secretary; Mr.

H. T. Chu, Assistant Secretary; Mr. W. Maschler, Assistant Secretary; Mrs. H. K. Evans, Secretary; Mr. W. Hoffman, Administrative Officer.

The party will visit Trust Territories in the Pacific, including Western Samoa and New Guinea.

They will arrive in Rabaul, NG, on March 15, visit every district, except Manus, spend two days in Port Moresby and depart by air from Sydney on April 18.

They will be accompanied on their N. Guinea tour by Mr. A. A.

Roberts, Director of Native Affairs.

Presumably the boarding and victualling of this large party will again be the responsibility of District Commissioners in the remoter districts.

This is the third Trusteeship inspection frolic to the South Pacific in recent years; the current invasion is unlikely to produce anything more worthwhile than the former two. Meanwhile, the sober citizen is left to wonder why—if there has to be a Visiting Mission —it has to consist of 10 people. One energetic businessman could do the work of these four VIPs and their 11 secretaries per piece.

Except for a solid core of topflight representatives, the whole United Nations set up is becoming more and more the refuge of superannuated public servants and tired bureaucrats.

LATER: Actually, there are SEVEN Secretaries altogether. t The well-known Roman Catholic Missionary, Sister Mary Annette, returned to Papua-New Guinea on January 13, after an absence of nearly two years. Sister Annette was formerly in charge of the Maternity Hospital at Koki, Port Moresby. She will now take up duties in the Rabaul area. 25 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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Engineers subsequently went in and examined the plane; it is, of course, a total loss. The pilot was not seriously injured and was able to walk to a village. There were no passengers.

The small photo, lower, centre, shows Pilot Brian McCook who survived the crash, as he is normally—a photograph taken a couple of years ago by the Fiji Public Relations Office.

At lower left, is a photograph of him taken in the village of Nasava, about 10 miles from the scene of the crash. He walked to the village from the plane and stayed there cared for by Fijians until a rescue party arrived.

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A .410 shotgun was found near the dying boy. The wound indicated that the gun had been discharged at close quarters, and it is believed that the death was accidental.

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This glossy report, just recei; covers the period for the 12 moc up to March 31, 1955, and lavish use of diagrams explains activities of the company.

The company had 33 aircraft operation at the end of March: passenger DC3’s, one DCS freigl 4 Herons, five Dominies, 1 RaE and 1 Fox Moth.

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BELOW: Mr. Arthur Philips, a planter, was the first to reach McCook at Nasava.

Fijian AMP's and two policemen arrived [?] after. McCook was then carried on a stre[?] for 19 miles.

LEFT: At Leutu the pilot was placed, ii[?] stretcher, on board a small motor-boat bw[?] troubles of the rescue party were by no [?] over, as this photograph shows. The bo[?] here being steadied through rapids. ambulance met the party at Bau Levu, oc[?] Rewa River, and McCook was in Suva Hoc[?] three days after he crashed.

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RAKARIMOA: Is one of two els owned by the Tangitang ety, a Tarawa Co-operative, of 3h Captain W. Schutz, Senior, is 1. (Their other vessel is Aratoha.) le is a 60-ft auxiliary ketch and acquired by Tangitang in 1952. was carrying a crew of 12, and passengers, and sailed in com- -7 with Aratoha on evening of jmber 28, from Tarawa for ana, 19 miles distant. Vessels ; in sight of one another till light, when Arakarimoa insed speed and went ahead. In ling it was necessary to await tide to enter the pass and oba anchored at Tebikerai lorage, entering in the afternoon ind that Arakarimoa had not red. us was reported to Tarawa and Government vessel Nareau nenced a search to the westward he afternoon of December 30, rning on the evening of De- )er 31, reporting that she had :ed nothing. Arakarimoa had ) but no calls had been received, va RNZAF confirms that no est had been received from the lipping Mysteries in a Sea of Journalism (Continued from Page 25)

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In explanation it may be nr tioned that though these Gf vessels have radio, they can m contact only at the scheduled ti —twice or three times a Tarawa, and the others, liJ normally for calls only at ti times. If anything happens betv? schedules all the calling in world is unlikely to be heard, as?

GEIC vessels use an “orphan” re frequency on which no internathi watch is maintained continuous!; This is why PIM all along been plugging in the shipping nr for changes in the existing r r. set-up in the Islands. It is com but slowly. These incidents will I to clinch the matter perhaps.

The natural drift from where; vessel was last seen is towards Carolines or Northern New Guii Shipping in that part of the Pao has been alerted to look out the missing Arakarimoa.

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After dealing with several “unrisings” of the “cult,” Mr. Worslev refers to the Masinga Rule in the BSI which, parenthetically resembles in many characteristics the present-day routine enforced by certain of the Native Village Councils in the islands of the P-NG The anesia, therefore, have been well described as only forerunners of Melanesian nationalism." In other words they have “had” European rule and wish to be left alone.

I have no idea from what particular P° litical stable Mr. Worsley comes. But this is the fact which impresses me: It indicates the ability of the indigene to become united for a common purpose—a hitherto unknown attribute amongst the hundreds of tribes and clans of Melanesia. Are the so-called “sovereign powers” realising this change of front? And if so, are they treating the situation realistically? (See Editors’ Mailbag, this issue).

Public Service Ruling A par in “Granny’s” Eighth Column (Sydney Morning Herald, 16/1/56) regarding P-NG public servants being called upon to pay their own legal costs after being acquitted of charges, gives one to think: I know nothing about the two police officers cited as having been asked to pay their legal costs of £6OO. The ADO cited on a manslaughter charge—a bit of windowdressing for UNO—is another matter.

One cannot dismiss casually the remarks of Minister Hasluck himself who, before the Canberra Parliamentarians, is reported to have said (and it was nowhere denied) that “the patrol leader in a very difficult and dangerous situation had acted with coolness and a proper sense of responsibility.” Thus spoke the Minister when justifying the government’s action in bringing in a nolle prosequi against the officer over the Bainings affair.

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Mr. C. Philips at his Navuakece Estate at Vunidawa has in the last two years planted 2,600 cocoa seedlings in between 4,000 bananas and both crops are growing vigorously.

Interplanting with bananas is a new departure—interplanting with established coconuts being one method adopted in New Guinea and Bougainville where there has been a post-war cocoa planting boom.

Two requirements of cocoa are shade for the young trees and freedom from strong winds. As Fiji is in the hurricane zone, this no doubt is why the first full-scale cocoa growing project is taking place well inland.

A large area of this land was originally set aside by the Government for the settlement of Fiji returned servicemen and for the development of Fijian agriculture generally.

After the visit of a Cadbury Bros, cocoa expert to Fiji over two years ago, Mr. Philips asked for two blocks of Crown land in the district. The blocks were granted— evidently in the belief that if a European shows the way the Fijians will be encouraged to follow suit.

During January, in the course of an official visit to the inland villages of the Naitasiri District, the Governor, Sir Ronald Garvey, inspected the Philips’ cocoa plantation.

During his inland visit (the first of a Fiji Governor since that of Sir Arthur Richards, now Lord Milverton) the Governor rode on horseback along native tracks.

During his visit to the cocoa estate he congratulated Mr. Arthur Philips (son of Mr. C. Philips) for his part in the rescue of Pilot Brian McCook who crashed in a Fiji Airways plane in the hear waters country of the Wainimas River at the end of December.

Sawmill Worker Killed

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Van Leeuwen was married wr three small children. t Expenditure on the Administer tion-owned Rarotonga private hoc exceeded receipts by £624 1a j financial year. 34 FEBRUARY, 1956-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH:

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Sir Beaumont Phillips. —Photo by Papuan Prints. 35 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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I. H. J. M. Flaxman, who was Resident Commissioner, New Hebrides, until 1955, has been inted Chief Justice, Gibraltar, ice his NH appointment (he ; there originally as British Judge), Mr. Flaxman has been Acting Attorney-General, Gibraltar. t An accouncement in Port Moresby in January stated that “work is scheduled to start at the end of the wet season on the construction of an all-weather road from Lae to Goroka,” and that an aerial survey had been made of the Markham Valley with the object of choosing the route.

ABOVE: The French warship "Jeanne d'A rc" at Suva, in January. Inset, Captain Burin des [?]rs who was in command. (He is a veteran of the World War II Atlantic convoys and left [?]hip at Alexandria in the critical period of the war and escaped to join Free France) [?] as a crew of 32 officers, 118 petty-officers, 430 ratings and 156 midshipmen, "Jeannei [?] "is on a world cruise during which the midshipmen will finish their training. RIGHT The [?]nor of Fiji, Sir Ronald Garvey, goes on board "Jeanne d'Arc" and is greeted bv Caotain [?]des Roziers. —Photo by Stinsons. 37

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Coffee Expert in New Guinea PROFESSOR Y. Baron Goto, Department of Agriculture, University of Hawaii, Director Agricultural Extension Service of the University and of the United States Department of Agriculture and also Director International Co-operation Centre of Hawaii, and world expert on coffee, arrived in Sydney by air on January 29. He left the next day for New Guinea, going straight through to Goroka, Eastern Highlands, where he will spend most of his three weeks in the Territory.

He was accompanied from Sydney by Mr. Eric Colyer, son of Mr. R. A.

Colyer, who met Professor Goto during a visit to Hawaii and who was instrumental in having his .visit to New Guinea arranged.

The cost of Professor Goto’s visit is being financed by the Bank of New South Wales, the Commonwealth Bank, Colyer Watson (NG) Ltd., Robert Bunting, and the Farmers’ and Settlers’ Association of Goroka.

Excellent Arabica coffee has been produced at Wau, New Guinea, since before the war; and in the last 5 or 6 years a great deal of coffee planting has been undertaken in the Highlands of New Guinea. However, planters have had no expert advice, and what they know they have had to find out for themselves.

Trochus Brings Rich

Rewards To P-Ng Natives

MORE than £30,000 worth of trochus and Green-snail shell was recovered by P-NG Native Co-operative divers in the last six months of 1955.

On Manus Island, the shell returned the co-operatives mr money than copra.

Native Societies in about 7 P-3districts are at present engaged* the industry. This is not surprisa as trochus has been brings exceptionally high prices in last six months —in July, 1955, was quoted at £A425 per ton; ; February, 1956, at £ASIS.

H Mr. David Collins has bu appointed acting Registrar of 0 operative Societies in Fiji. 38 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Private Savings Banks Open in P.NG SAVINGS Bank RranpVioc fu A Swlnfh k w!i! h . the New South Wales and ANZ Banks opened in P-NG at ten o’clock on January 19.

Npw n s°nntb ld w I wlll Q be . used b Y the New South Wales Savings Bank in Pcprt Moresby to identify native installed n^o^ranb? h hpW the Wk S rnwS? Jr+v. Ch6d L ° hnnk inSld6 cover °* the passn,iii . , , to pnqnr? h fk 6 stam P ed to ensure that it cannot be removed and replaced by another photograph.

The New South Wales Bank Supervisor for Papua-New Guinea, Mr> Davi s s ’ explained to-day that many natives could not write and that it was often difficult for Bank Cl^ s to identify native clients.

This system would be given a trial in Port Moresby and later extended to other NSW Branches and Agencies throughout the Territory if found satisfactory -■ If Pastor W. Clark, of the South Sea Evangelical Mission, left Honiara, BSIP ’ on January 3, after more than 20 years of missionary work in the Solomons, to take up an appomtment with the Mission in New Zealand. 39 1 F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1958

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)out £1,200 went to the fund for ling an Olympic Swimming Pool Port Moresby as the result of a essful race meeting held at »ko Reserve on January 2. ie meeting, at which 30 horses was conducted by a committee nised by the Port Moresby ich of the RSL. ie meeting, started late and a small crowd saw the first one vo races. Early it seemed that meeting might be a “flop” but temperature dropped a little the crowd started turning up g numbers. tote operated on all six races small dividends on the first two hree races encouraged most le to invest on a 5/- sweep con- ;d on each race. It paid £2l ie first race and prizes increased the last race, when £lOO went e holder of the winning ticket, e organisers may conduct a id meeting.

[Ve Boy Dies From Snake

BITE Dplies of anti-venom serum rushed to Rigo from Port sby during the New Year holibut arrived too late to save the life of a native who was bitten by a Tiger snake.

An urgent request for the serum was made to Port Moresby when the entire supply at Rigo had been used on the native. This was sent by boat to the area but the native died before it arrived.

T*e P-NG Acting Director of Health, Dr. Alec May, said this week that supplies of the newly-developed serum to counteract Taipan venom had been ordered by the Department.

Testing Buka Natives For

TB The entire native population of Buka Island has now been tested for TB as part of the P-NG Health Department’s campaign against the disease.

Other sections of Bougainville district where tests have been carried out include the Southern part of that island and the Kunuai District.

A Departmental Medical Officer, Dr. Randmae, who carried out earlier tests at Buka, is expected to visit Central Bougainville shortly.

All native children under the age of five giving positive reactions are to be given active TB treatment.

A large X-ray plant is to be installed at Sohano and the plant at present at Sohano will be transferred to Buin.

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Native leaders at Buka will later go to Rabaul to study Local Government at that centre. (Presumably our correspondent means Village Councils —w hi c h Tolala (PIM, January, 1956, page 28) said were not regarded favourably by the Bukas).

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MOROBE A measles epidemic broke oin Samarai, in January, and 8 cd had been reported up to the mil of the month. Authorities on .

Island are considering enforn Quarantine restrictions if the six tion becomes -any worse.

Dr. and Mrs. C. T. Turner cut the bridal-cake [?] the reception which followed their wedding [?] the Roman Catholic Church, Port Moresby, [?] January 21. The bride was Miss Wendy Fox, a Nursing Sister. —Photo by Papuan Prints. 42 FEBRUARY, 1956-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH!

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HIGHLANDS in extension of the existing stern Highlands labour scheme to Western Highlands of New inea was announced on January y the Director of Native Affairs, A. Roberts.

Ir. Roberts said that preliminary angements were nearly finished. ien the scheme started, natives ng in the Western Highlands who hed to work under agreements areas outside the Highlands ild be given the necessary iical examination in their own ricts. If they were found fit, Administration would arrange their air-transport to Goroka, ;re they would become part of Labour Pool available to embers throughout the Territory. [r. Roberts said that employers ild be required to meet the cost transporting Western Highlands >ur to Goroka and later back to r villages and must also pay the nal handling fee.

Inefficient Medical

Lamination Of Recruits

eanwhile, more thorough medical nination of recruited native »ur was being sought by the r Britain District Advisory Counit its January meeting, ne member of the Council said ; carelessness on the part of Leal officers who examined native ur, and officers who issued the ves with equipment, were causunjustified expense to New ain plantation owners. He ed a recent case where a native was passed as fit by an Adminition Medical Examiner on the Guinea mainland, was found ave leprosy when he arrived at ew Britain plantation. Plantaowners must pay recruitment mses in such cases although the t lay with the MO. milar situations occurred with ament issued on the New Guinea aland. In some cases, it was ed by authorised officers there condemned on reaching New ain. he Administrator said on Jan. hat claims for reimbursement d “certainly be considered.”) TENSIONS TO LAE SCHOOL, AT LAST ork started—and not before —in mid-January on extensions le primary school at Lae. iere will be two new badlyed classrooms and a storeroom, n is nopea.

Native Pastor Goes To

INDIA For the first time, the Lutheran Mission of New Guinea has sent a P-NG native delegace co an important overseas conference—in South India.

The native is Pastor Mileng Sei of Madang, and he will represent the Lutheran Church of New Guinea at the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first Protestant Missionary in India.

In addition, Pastor Mileng Sei. in company with the Rev. Gerhard Rheitz, of Lae, will attend the Allof the first Indian Lutheran Bishop.

Inspection Of War Graves

The Vice-Chairman of the Im- P er . ial War Graves Commission, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Long- H lol ’ 6 - will make an official inspection of War Cemeteries in Papua- New Guinea late February.

The . Secretary-General of the Commission, Brigadier A. E. Brown, will accompany him. 0 T h o y ar e due in Lae on February ir \ Rabaul - on 22nd, and Port Moresby on February 23.

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This follows a complaint to the tvn Advisory Council by the haul Parents’ and Citizens’ Association, claiming that natives were disturbing European women and that there have also been numerous cases of “Peeping Toms.”

The Association also complained about delays in contacting " the Police Station by ’phone.

A letter forwarded by the Advisory Council to the District Commissioner asked for strong representations to be made to have more European police officers posted to Rabaul.

Lae Must Stick To Town

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These plans call for development Miss Helen Wan, of Lae, New Guinea was married at the Rabaul Methodist Church on January 14, to Mr.

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Bridesmaid was Miss Betty Lee; best man, Mr. Joseph Chow. —Photo by C. H.

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Brigadier Cleland said that new administration offices appropriate to the town’s importance would be erected on The Terrace as soon as possible. When the old European Hospital went out of use, the site would be re-designed and made available to the public for commercial undertakings.

He continued: “Existing licences on The Flat will be renewed when necessary but the erection of any further buildings or extensions to existing buildings will not be permitted. No transfers of licences will be allowed and no new licences will be issued. When a licencee permanently vacates the site he holds, the Administration, as an act of grace, will pay compensation based on the knock-down value of any improvements. This compensation will be assessed according to the value to the Administration of the materials on a second-hand basis.”

The Administrator said that Old Chinatown would not be re-designed, and instead, the Administration intended to develop the Didyman’s Creek area.

He added that when the present aerodrome facilities were removed to Malahang, the existing aerodrome site would be used for parks and green areas and for recreation grounds.

In the meantime, in order to enable effective building and other controls, all areas within the town not as yet zoned would be declared “residential.”

Meanwhile, Lae’s new business and shipping area is expandii. rapidly.

Most of the building sites in t!: firea now have buildings in variox stages of construction, and a ne road from Ninth Street to Fourj Street is nearing completion.

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Lae’s residential area is also deeloping rapidly, both on the plateau rerlooking the old town area and in le sub-division near the Golf curse. (The implication of the above sems to be that if, for example, [rs. F. Steward, owner of the new otel Cecil on the Flat, wishes to 11 out, she cannot. Lae’s townlan, with which the community has ;en burdened since directly after le war, has caused a great deal ' heart-burning. The idea of movg the town—the old town of Lae as completely wiped out during the ar —to the plateau above the foremre was a good one. But there as so much delay and argument the early post-war years that any people, in desperation and a ?sire to get on with something, lilt in their previous locations »wn on the Flat. Mrs. Stewart was le of these—and is said to have ent about £lOO,OOO on her estabihment; there are also many hers, including some charming »mes down towards the wharf area, metheless, the tendency has been r even those who went back to e Flat right after the war to reave to the Terrace in later years.

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Ant To Buy A Plantation?

Tha Territory Custodian of Ex- Property is currently in- :ing applications from ex-servicesn only, for the purchase of some freehold plantation properties in ;w Guinea.

Pen of the properties are in the Jw Ireland district, seven at anus, one at Morobe and one at idang. (See advertisement this ue).

Prices range from £4,300 to nearly 5,000.

The plantations are all former ;rman properties which were sold der contract by the Custodian :er the first World War but which :er reverted to him.

Phe P-NG Director of Lands, Mr.

Tnnes, said on January 12, that rticulars as to the conditions of e of the properties could be tained at District Offices at ivieng, Rabaul, Lorengan, Madang d Lae and at the Lands Office Port Moresby. loweyer, would-be planters should reminded that this is not just a aight-out property buying deal, ey will have to state on their plications that they are willing to 3ept the properties with all faults, any; and appear before the Land ard and prove that they have the cessary financial resources and table planting experience. [n addition, 5 per cent, of the ping price must go with the appli- ;ion. If successful, another 5 per it. must be paid within a month of'-the Custodian’s acceptance: and the balance paid off before June 30 1975.

Native Apprenticeship

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The P-NG Native Apprenticeship Board was told at a meeting in Port Moresby on January 10 that one Territory Company with headquarters in Port Moresby was planning to train up to one hundred apprentices. Most of the apprentices would be for the various engineering trades.

At its meeting, the Board stressed that although it welcomed such large applications from the bigger employers, the smaller firms and individuals requiring only one or two apprentices received the same attention and assistance from the Officers implementing the Scheme.

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ALL To the pleasure of some Advisory Councils in Papua and New Guinea, it was announced in Mid-January that a local Government survey would be made in the Territory later this year by a former Officer of the Queensland Local Government Department, Mr. J. R. Winders.

Mr. Winders is now secretary of the Queensland Sugar Board.

He will examine conditions in the larger towns of the Territory to prepare submissions on proposals for and against the introduction of 47 iCIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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During the survey, Mr. Windea will visit Port Moresby, Rabaml, Ls Madang and Wau.

Until recently Mr. Winders wv chief clerk of the Queensland Loo Government Department and base wide and practical knowledge Local Government organisation.

Making the announcement til week, the P-NG Administrate Brigadier D. M. Cleland, said M Winders was selected for the as it was thought that the condi tions in the coastal towns of Queenr land provided the nearest compan son with those in Territory centres; Brigadier Cleland said the quests of establishing some form of Loo Government had been raised ( several occasions by certain Terr tory Advisory Councils, and thf the survey to be made by M Winders will give the Administr* tion and Territory residents con prehensive information on which judge the advisability or otherwii of introducing Local Government the larger Territory centres.

Following this announcement, tic Chairman of the Port Mores!; Town Advisory Council, Mr, E.

James, said he believed Local Got ernment would mean better service to the public of the Territory ths those currently provided.

However, Local Government worn mean rates and taxes in lieu of tl charges currently made for wate. electricity, sanitary and other see vices. These would be taken ovv and controlled by an elected Muir cipal Council instead of at preseK by the Administration.

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CONTROL The Director of Native Affair Mr. A. A. Roberts, says he believe that there are no natives in tic Territory who do not know of tl; existence of the Administration, dt spite the fact that there is nean 26 thousand square-miles in Papr and New Guinea still regarded restricted country.

Mr. Roberts said on January that the whole of the Territory hr been penetrated by patrols with tic exception of some small pockets.; The Department’s future pn gramme would be one of expansio and consolidation of Administrate influence of the areas penetrateo Mr. Roberts pointed out that tld vast portion of the remaining n stricted areas was either in populated or sparsely populate Practically the whole of it w> mountainous.

He said Administration patre would visit these areas as soon an as often as possible. In due coun (Continued on Page 115) 48 FEBRUARY, 1956-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHt

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But no better indication of the size and stability of modern aircraft could surely be devised than the high-jinks that took place in mid- Tasman in late January when a party of 26 Maori entertainers, travelling by TEAL DC6, performed a haka for the other travellers. A haka is no parlour-trick, but a wardance of considerable vigor. The entertainers provided a concert as well, and TEAL presented all other passengers with a lucky Tiki and a poi— and printed the menu in Maori.

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Passengers bound for the Islands per "Matua" [?] m Auckland in January included, upper left: Miss F. Bryson, of Nausori, Fiji, second from right, farewelled by Mrs. C. McFarland, CapT. 51 CTFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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The Fiji Islanders are mainly seafaring folk and fish, particularly daniva, which are easy to catch, are their daily diet. Yet they seem to adopt a nonchalant attitude towards fish-poisoning. This may be through ignorance, necessity, or mere fatalism.

Many other stories of fish-poisoning have been brought to light through the Beqa incident. On examination of them, it does not appear that the manner in which the fish are caught has any significance; even when the poisonous weed, duva, is thrown into the water to stupefy the fish. The Fijians eat fish caught in this way without any ill-effects. Fish killed by dynamite or a bomb made from a Chinese cracker, are killed by blast; which does not render them poisonous.

Mr. C. G. Smith, Overseer of parks and gardens, Suva, has volunteered the following information, which might prove a step towards the prevention of fishpoisoning among the islanders.

Mr. Smith is part-Tongan and was born and brought up in Hapa’i in Tonga. He and his forefathw were great fishermen. As a smc boy he used'to go spearing danii among other fish. Both his fath and his grandfather, warned hr about the poisonous type of danv'i They told him how to distinguii the occasional poisonous ones fro*, among the thousands of others. TI poisonous type is deadly.

The ordinary daniva, a sardin. type of fish, of which there j three varieties, he said, has seas 52 FEBRUARY, 1956-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH II

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SOLOMON ISLANDS: K. H. Dalrymple Hay Esq., Honiara. nning evenly from its head to its 11. The poisonous type has some the scales running from head to il and some in the reverse direcm.

Mr. Smith and other Tongans to 10m this story had been handed wn by their ancestors, always rew out this type and never took ; risk of proving whether the oddiled fish are poisonous or not. n support of this test one thing s very significant; and a factor ; fishermen made good use of; len a catch of daniva is laid out the beach or on the grass, flies irm around and settle on the i. But they avoid the oddly led fish like the plague and give m a wide berth.

Ir. Smith fishes a great deal with Fijians, especially those from Lau Group. When the Beqa soning occurred he asked them sther the Fijians took any pre- Mons or knew of these simple ications of poisoned daniva. The wer was that they did not. None them had heard of them. It is, refore, most unlikely that the a villagers knew of the precaui. There is a belief that the iva become poisonous at the ig of the balolo; some of the ans give it credence and others lot; most of them take the risk. poisonous davina had been :ed unwittingly at the Beqa t, just a few would have been igh to do the damage. They Id have been cooked with many ;rs in leaves and contaminated whole lot. It is an interesting it that the village dogs, who fled up the uncooked entrails, more quickly than the villagers. ie warning handed down to Mr. th by his Tongan ancestors is ently not widely known. But, if lould be proved to be true, on itific examination of the oddly 3d fish, that this is a deadly mous type, then lives of iders can be saved. This could chieved by the wide publication he two methods of identifying poisonous daniva.—Contributed.

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>IAN twin brothers from Fiji ?arn Chandra Ramrakha and shm Chandra Ramrakha, aged graduated in medicine at the ersity of Sydney in January, Slx years’ continuous study. 7 both intend to seek two years’ nence in Australia hospitals re returning to Fiji, where they enter into regular practice—in jrnment hospitals, they hope.

Fiji in 1949 and have not back since. A younger brother uated in law in Sydney a year WITH 750 OTHERS 16-Yrs-Old Explorers Return to School TWO 16-years-old schoolboys who returned to Sydney by Qantas on Jan. 31, told reporters that during their seven weeks vacation near Mt. Hagen, NG, they had climbed a 9,500 ft mountain which no white person had climbed before.

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The mountain they climbed was Mt. Olga and they had been accompanied by Mr. Norman Camps. The boys said that they had gone also on an eight days patrol to the Jimmi River, 40 miles from Mt.

Hagen.

The boys were two of the 750-odd schoolchildren that Qantas expected to fly from P-NG back to school in Australian States in late January-early February—although presumably few of the other 750 indulged in such strenuous holiday activity as these two embryo Patrol- Officers. 53

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While members welcomed this filiation of further progress, some lught that tenders should be lied for the work.

Mr. Pat Costello said that reitly he had seen about 30 sections the last reclamation lying idle.

'. Kelson, Manager of Bums Philp 3) Co. Ltd., said it was apparent it some were being held for sculation. [he new area which it is proposed reclaim, is opposite the present lamation, and on the opposite b of the main road into Suva, mt half a mile from the Post ice. It will run from the Vacuum Co. tanks to near Walu Bay dge. ome C of C members considered t the area should not be leased any private concern, but that ders should be called by the /eminent. It was also suggested t the land should be reclaimed them overnment and leased out by Mr - w - G - John son said that Government had neither the plant nor the money to do the work. If they waited for the Government to do the work they would wait for a long time. No doubt terms would be laid down and Reclamations Ltd would be under strict control, It was decided to ask the Government what the proposals were- and when the land was reclaimed ’ what the Government planned to do about leasing it.

City Waterfront, Too

A start with the reclamation of Suva City’s waterfront on Victoria Parade will be made this year The retaining wall will be erected’ and the area between the Post Office and the Grand Pacific Hotel will be filled in as spoil becomes available.

It is anticipated that this operation will be spread over a considerable period.

The ultimate plan provides for car parks near the Post Office and behind the Regal Theatre, while the rest of the area will be kept as a park.

A road 100 feet wide will run along the sea wall behind the Cable Office, Town Hall, Bowling Club, and Grammar School to the Grand Pacific Hotel. Most of it will be beyond low water mark. 55

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INSTALLATION OF ROKO Ancient Ceremony in Fiji WHEN the Governor of Fiji, Sir Ronald Garvey, installed Ratu Inoke Takiveikata as Roko Tui Naitasiri, in January, he carried out an historic function begun 80 years ago.

The ceremonies were performed at Vunidawa on the site on which originally stood the quarters of the late Mr. A. B. Brewster, for 40 years Governor’s Commissioner among the inland tribes of Viti Levu.

Following the chiefly welcoming ceremonies, the Governor summoned the Roko Tui to him and a special preparation of yaqona was made.

The first cup was passed to the Governor who immediately passed it to the Roko Tui, who drank it.

The Roko then sat immediately in front of the Governor, who took the Roko’s hands between his own.

The Secretary for Fijian Affairs then read the Oath in Fijian and the Roko repeated it after him.

At the conclusion of the oath the Governor delivered to the Roko the staff of the Province and pronounced the admonition in English.

Later, in an address to the Fijians, the Governor mentioned the spontaneoous and unstinted help given by Fijians of the Naitasiri Province when they were asked some weeks ago to search for a missing pilot of Fiji Airways., Capt. Brian McCook.

The Governor stressed the efforts most willingly given by the people in the Tikina of Wainimala. Later Sir Ronald expressed his apprec: tion personally to the Fijian w was out hunting pigs and who m McCook in the bush —Ratu JidVv Naivana, of Nassauvere village, the upper waters of the Wainimi River. He also personally thank the Buli Wainimala, representJ the people of that Tikina, for • splendid work they had done. 56 FEBRUARY. 1956-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Jones is deputy director and Senor Bayer ical engineer of the ICA team in Guatemala we are indebted to them for the details his article. n the freshly pulped coffee. ie, sodium hydroxide, potassium roxide, and wood-ash have all i used, in tanks with little or agitation. i 1953, Messrs. Davies and Jones Bloped an agitator machine in :h a stream of pulped coffee is could be treated with alkali emove the mucilage and, in 1954, srs. Jones and Bayer modified machine, and it has now been her modified to become the ?pro Model-C. le machine described below is en at about 40 rpm and requires hp motor. It processes pulpedfrom 5,700 lbs of coffee cherries hour. It calls for a 2 per cent, li solution at the rate of 2 ms per minute. Ash or lime be used separately, or they may nixed and then extracted with t in a separate container and extract filtered through a screen passed into the feed-tank, dium hydroxide is usually more ily available and simpler to lie, but it is more expensive, though simpler is more dangerto handle. ben the alkaline strength of an lime extract is obtained from a ometer reading referring to a me gravity table for potassium oxide, the strength thus found wut twice the actual strength, efore, if a 2 per cent, solution Jsired, the hydrometer reading should correspond to 4 per cent.

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The Cafepro Model-C is essentily a stand on which is mounted 3/32 in. sheet-metal trough 72 . long and about 2 ft in diameter, is formed of one piece of metal such a way that the lower part semi-circular in cross-section, th vertical 6 in. sides and a II in. irizontal turnover at each upper ge for the mounting of lid hinges id fastenings. There are endues of the same cross-section, th circular holes 2 in. in diameter.

At the discharge end one upper arter of the endplate has been cut ray, so that the discharge can erflow into a down-sloping disarge chute attached to this end ite. In line with this endite hole there is another 2 in. hole -ough the side of the chute. There a water-seal at this hole and at ; hole at the other end of the ugh. The trough is supported each end by metal stands on ich are mounted suitable bears to support the 2 in. shaft which ends sufficiently far for a driving ley at one end. :he trough is divided into two lal parts by a semi-circular plate ending to the height of the shaft treline, and across which the .tents overflow from the first into second compartment.

'here is a 3/32 in. metal cover or lid of arc cross-section, of sufficient height to clear the agitator blades mounted on the shaft. The lid has a II in. horizontal turnover for attachment of hinges and fastenings At the extreme end of this lid at the end away from the trough’s discharge chute, there is a hole about 4 in. in diameter, or square if prefered, fitted with an intake hopper Alternatively this intake hole may be on the intake end of the trough itself, towards the upper edge thus reducing the overall height of the machine.

There are 21 in. plug holes in the bottom of each compartment for draining and cleaning. Such plugs must be recessed clear of the agitators.

At intervals of 41 in., centre to centre, there are mounted on the shaft steel agitators. The end of •* s cu PP ec * slightly, convex in the direction of rotation, and pitched alternately to propel the coffee with or against the direction of flow from intake to outlet end.

The alternate beaters which propel the coffee forwards towards the outlet are pitched 30 degrees from parallel with the shaft The other beaters are pitched in the opposite direction but only 20 degrees. The result is an overall forward movement of the contents. h * S e beater s or agitators may be secured to the shaft by any suit- 2j?ie means ; 0 he y are about 3 in. nSSJ and of 3/32 irL sheet steel > and a^ e sev . en pairs spaced in each .. A P air consists of th? in lHi e at 180 degrees on Si h f; Alternate pairs are at ™ degrees angular dif- °n x£ he , shaft - Their ends SI olear bottom of the trough nw i?*’ a ? d . there must be u inaSh? C '% be l we^ n , the end plate and beater in compartment (Continued from Page 63) 59 CFFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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Rabaul’s Most Popular Gan THE 1955 New Guinea Bases season in Rabaul ended i;i blaze of glory when over 53 spectators saw the Chinese Red defeat Silver Lions for the Prerm ship.

Right throughout the competii a high standard of baseball played and keen sportsmanship played.

As the 1955 season closed it marked the 25th anniversary of i cessful baseball in Rabaul. Thee troduction to Rabaul of this gg sport was by none other than j master himself, Harry (Hightl Hugo, and great credit must g»? this fine sportsman for his pionr. ing of the game.

Of the ten teams that compc throughout 1955, the final in the points score were Red and Silver Lions, equal first. O and New Guinea Club, equal seco C. H. MEEN.

Teams shown on this page, left to top: Red Sox and Silver Lions. Lower, and New Guinea Club. 60 FEBRUARY. 19 5 6 -PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

Aiwta GolnsrDm Don’t let coughing, sneezing, wheezing attacks of Asthma and Bronchitis poison your system, sap your energy, ruin your health and weaken your heart.

Msndaeo, a famous new American scientific medicine, starts Immediately to circulate through the blood, quickly curbing the attacks. The rery first day the thick phlegm Is dissolved, thus giving free, easy breathing and letting you sleep the night through In peace and comfort. Get Mendaco from your chemist or store to-day under positive guarantee te retarn your money If not entirely satisfied All About BSIP Gold Search BOOK with a very long title — Geology, Mineral Deposits and Prospects of Mining Developt in the British Solomon Islands ectorate has recently been ished by J. C. Grover, Governt geologist, BSIP. 3 have not received a review copy but it is understood that as well as technical information, Mr.

Grover traces the history of the Solomons from 1568 to 1952 and gives details of present living and working conditions in the Protectorate.

The price of the book is £l/10/and it may be obtained from Geological Survey Department, BSIP; Burns Philp and Company, Sydney: or from the Crown Agents, London.

If Mr. Leslie Gill, of Gizo, BSIP, returned there recently after undergoing specialist treatment for his eyes in Australia.

Photographs on this page show, left to right, top to bottom, the following teams; Administration; Dodgers; Department of Works: North; and Blue Sox.

Another team, Kokopo, competed but no photograph is available. —Photos by C. H.

Meen. 61 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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APIA, Western Samoa.

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A, and the centre plate and the first beater in compartment B.

Within half an inch of the centre plate in compartment A, and within half an inch of the end plate in compartment B there are mounted on the shaft radially split discs of such diameter that they clear the bottom by I in. Each disc has U in. pitch in such a direction as to propel the coffee over the centre plate and end plate respectively, towards the outlet. They also regulate the overall rate of flow of material through the machine. These discs simply consist of circular metal plates of radius i in. less than the radius of the trough, with 2 in. centre holes, with a straight cut from perimeter to centre, and a means of clamping to the shaft so that they are given the correct pitch.

Their edges along the straight cut are bent at about 45 degrees for an inch or so, so that they will betjter scoop in and expel the contents of the tank. (The degree of bending probably has to be adjusted in actual operation in the first instance) .

Above the Cafepro and adjacent to it is the alkali tank. The quantity of fluid per pound of beans can be calculated from the information given earlier. Alkali and beans can be fed into the Cafepro together.

A photo and constructional diagram of the Cafepro were provided by the inventors but these are unsuitable for reproduction in PIM. However, the description of the machine has been altered meet these circumstances as the o tails here given should be amix clear to any mechanically-mino person.

The report emphasises that * haustive tests have shown tH; there is no difference in flavour t 62 FEBRUARY. 1 9 5 6. — PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH!

Chemical Treatment of Coffee Beans (Continued from Page 59)

Where There'S This

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BAMOt rur Ninj ixtra In contrast to private Executors, who already have their own worries, new responsibilities impose no strain on Burns Philp Trust Company Limited. This is because the Company is constantly dealing with the very problems so bewildering to amateur Executors.

Nor can one man’s illness or absence cause a delay in carrying out the terms of the Will.

When you appoint this Company as your Executor, you simply arrange for future action by directors and officers whose combined knowledge and experience far exceeds that of any private Executor.

“Hands That Never Leave The Wheel” explains exactly how the Company can safeguard your family. Ask for a complimentary copy at any branch of Burns Philp (South Sea) Company, Burns Philp (New Guinea) Limited, Burns Philp (New Hebrides) Limited, or write to the Trust Company’s nearest office.

DIRECTORS: James Burns Joseph Mitchell P.T.W. Black . Eric Priestley Lee MANAGER: L. S. Parker.

SECRETARY: E. R. Overton, F.A.S.A.

Burns Philp Trust

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Executor • Trustee • Attorney Head Office; 7 Bridge Street, Sydney.

Telegraphic Address: “BURNSTRUST”. Box 543, G.P.O.

Also Registered Offices at Melbourne, Brisbane, Port Moresby (Papua), and Vila (New Hebrides). een alkali-processed beans and * naturally-fermented product.

Che report also mentions that inad of the alkali treatment folred by washing, freshly pulped fee beans may be bathed in a pension of lime in calcium oride solution, after which no shing is necessary; the treated duct is dried immediately. The ility of the product of this watering process is the same as that fermented coffee beans.

Fear of Slump in Coffee [?]y Surpluses Become an International Problem lERE are indications that the halcyon days of the world’s post-war coffee market are Prices are threatened by vy over-production in some is. committee representing the ted States and all the Central jrican countries (whose staple )rt mostly is coffee) reported in nary, after a lengthy investiga- , that “a growing surplus atens to bring a disastrous slump world coffee prices, unless the Tnments concerned take drastic m.” surplus has been piling up since -1955 —the inevitable result of remarkably high prices of the two or three years.

E law of supply and demand means simply that when the supply cannot take care of ded, a competitive market develops, prices rise. Higher prices enage new and additional proton; supplies overtake demand; s fall; production dwindles, ire often than not, the dling process does not begin enough. Whereupon there is rplus, a wild scramble by the us-holders for the shrinking :et —and prices fall with a trous wallop. )duction then falls down below md; prices rise; some producers - fortunes; production rises t. ’ific Islands producers, over the ies, have experienced the proboth up and down, many times, prevent those ruinous, periodic )ses of the markets, the 3rn nations, since the war, by erative government action, have to prevent these economic :ers by purchasing surpluses producers; advancing someto the producers from govental funds; stockpiling the ice; then feeding it out gradunto the markets, in such a way prevent a price collapse; and received fi^ a \hp r m-nH dS ’ aS Son nn? 6 Jh dU w There 5 is enough whS nil nilpd in wmLb stockthe the whole world s demand if all the "ne e t 8 ar o TlroX n e wL a C f aSed f ° r one year to produce wheat.

That appears to be what now is happening with coffee. It was expected at first that the coffee situation would be left to cure itself—over-production to be stonned by a disastrous slump in prices. But USA realised that Central America is one of her best markets for manufactured goods; and that, as coffee is the staple crop there, a market collapse would embarrass US manufacturers as well as Central American producers. * So the plan at the moment pro- Vldes for control b y governments, export quotas, advance payments to coffee-growers, and stockpiling.

World cocoa Production his not yet reached this stage because in- £ reased consumption® k cocoa Aas been quite remarkable in recent £ ears - While increasing supplies £ a X? , br^S ht the Price down by nalt m th e last year or two, the rates are still profitable and the in- Platoons are that production still 18 mcreasm g- OECAUSE under free trading there -D is an invariable lag between full market supply and reduction of production (thus causing ruinous surpluses, through which whole communities are gravely (Continued on Page 97) 63 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

gout rodents ill with aluminium rat guards a m -■* N< OW is the time to prote your coconut trees by inst;3 ling 2S Aluminium Rat Guaro These Aluminium Strips can be place around trees at convenient heights from U ground to prevent attacks on coconuts by rats.

These guards are easy to install, do not involve much cost or labov are a deterrent to the rat population and can save valuable cocoir crops from destruction.

Further details about Aluminium Rat Guards can be obtained fro our Agents; mmmm mm in (Incorporated in Canada) Principal British Commonwealth Distributor of Aluminium Ocean House, 34 Martin Place, Sydney, N.S.W.

An ALUMINIUM LIMITED Company SALES AGENTS: New Zealand: RICHARDSON, McCABE & CO. LTD., Wellington. ~nd, Christchurch.

Fiji, Western Samoa and Tonga: MORRIS HEDSTROM LIMITED, Suva, Fiji.

Cook Islands: A. B. DONALD LTD.. Raratonga, Cook Islan French Oceania: ETABLISSEMENTS DONALD TAHITI. Papeo Tahiti.

New Caledonia and New Hebrides: AGENCE ALMA. Nourm New Caledonia.

Territory of Papua—New Guinea—BUßNS PHILP (NEW GUINEA) LIMITED. Port Moresby.

LONDON MONT R E A CALCUTTA SY D N 64 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHI

The Pacific Islands Society (Founded 1937) Visitors from the Pacific Islands to Sydney, or persons interested in Islands affairs, are invited to communicate with the Honorary Secretary of the above Society which was formed to constitute a social and cultural centre for those interested in the Pacific Islands.

Regular meetings and social gatherings, with lectures, are held at the Feminist Club Rooms, 7th Floor, 77 King St., Sydney, on the fourth Thursday of each month, at 8 p.m.

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Sole Agents : Papua-New Guinea and Solomon Islands for Docke & Co., Bremen (Cardock Bush Knives.

Hatchets, Axes, etc., including: All Trade Lines).

“Geo” Spanish Shot Guns.

Dominion Flour and Wheatmeal.

Sunnyside Canned Fruit.

Issue Blankets.

Palm Brilliantine.

Ashby Bicycles.

Webster’s Biscuits.

“Columbia” Canned Fish.

Northgate Axe and Hammer Handles.

Inner Spring Mattresses, Pillows, etc.

M. A Specialising in Piecegoods and Mosquito Nets for Native Issue.

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OVERSEAS INDENTS ARRANGED.

Birthday Parade for Apia Guides Ir. F. J. Riordan, Deputyjistrar, Bonds and Stocks, Comnwealth Bank, Sydney, recently isted New Guinea. From 1948-51 was manager of the Commonilth Bank, Rabaul, and his visit > to rt new old friendships. Durhis stay, he was the guest of Mr.

A. A. Hopper, of Belik Plantations, New Ireland.

If Mr. A. J. Birtles, who, at one time, was principal of the Government teachers’ training school at Fiji, took up duty as principal of the Brisbane Boys’ College, on January 23.

Matson Might Build Hotel

In Papeete

JANUARY reports from Papeete indicate the likelihood of the Matson Line proceeding with the erection of a high-class hotel in Tahiti soon.

Another group of Matson officials has visited the island and looked over several sites on which options are held. It is believed locally that the site selected will be on the Taharaa heights, on the main route just west of Point Venus.

The Ist Apia Chaplaincy Girl Guide Company celebrated its first birthday recently. Our [?]ograph shows the Guides on that occasion, during which they also farewelled their founder Captain, Miss Joan Inglis. —Photo by Edwards Studio. 65 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY. 1956

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Exclusive Gifts

Oriental Handicrafts

Best Selling Novels

Territory Representatives for: Voigtlander Cameras. Gevaert Films & Papers.

Futura 35 mm. Cameras. King Regula 35 mm. Cameras.

Sixtomat Exposure Meters. Metraphot Exposure Meters.

Metz Flash Units. Pelikan Products.

Paillard Bolex Movie Equipment. Hermes Typewriters.

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Native Handicrafts & Curios

Photographs & Illustrated Books About

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PAPUA Cables: "PAPRI" 01/IK ZS VC m MOST tkustbv noun BKANO to THB ’ fume *>fSL Gillespie’s Anchor Flour is milled from selected high quality Aus* tralian wheats and is entoleted for purity. Its consistent high quality has made it the best-known, most asked-for brand of flour in the Islands. (Entolelion is a special new purify • ing process which reduces the risk GILLESPIE'S of insect infestation).

NCHOR FLOUR GILLESPIE BROS. PTY. LTD.. ANCHOR FLOUR MILLS. SYDNEY 5.1.17 He Saved Cl Tomato Crop A CORRESPONDENT, writing from the Cook Islands, expresses the thanks of the Rarotonga tomato growers to a master mariner well known in South Pacific ports.

Due to the breakdown of Viti and the absence of Maui Pomare from the Auckland-Cook Islands service during the tomato season just ended, much of the crop would have been lost but for the timely arrival of some passing overseas vessels which were called in by radio to pick up the ripening cargoes.

Rarotonga, an open roadstead, is not a popular place, and on the occasion in question the master of one Bank Line vessel refused to call in for the comparatively unprofitable consignment—whose value, however, meant a great deal to the Rarotonga growers if it could be got to market.

Thanks to Captain Hough, of Meadowbank, they were got to NZ.

He knows and likes Islanders and he decided to take a chance and come in on his own initiative, but he was unfortunate in losing a valuable anchor while on the job. The Rarotonga growers are concerned at this as they are grateful for his action. They are not likely to forget him if he calls in again on his Pacific trampings.

U Miss Barbara Hodgson, of Lakemba, Sydney, was married in December to Mr. John Higgins, of Bankstown, Sydney. They left soon afterwards for the British Solomon Islands where, as lay workers, they have entered the service of the Roman Catholic Mission. Among telegrams of congratulation they received at their wedding was one from Bishd Wade, of Bougainville, fl While on leave in Sydney, M John Coulson, of Drina plantatid New Britain, bought an 18-ft moi( cruiser for coastal trips. He pis to ship the launch this month its destination. 66 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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[?]Ormal Appeal

[?] AUSTRALIA Waria Syndicate’s Claim JHE German-Swedish-American group called the W a r i a Syndicate—of which Mr. H. R. ahlen, of Hamburg, a German iw Guinea pioneer, is the moving Lrit—is pressing on with its claim developmental and other rights er a large area of the southstern part of the New Guinea linland section of the Trust rritory of New Guinea.

Phis area lies generally southward the Salamaua-Wau line, and rthwards of the Papua-New linea border. It includes all the iria River district, but not the »robe goldfield. between 1912 and 1914, Mr. ihlen and associates formed the iria Syndicate and prepared a mal application to the German vernment for important mining i agricultural concessions over area. The application was ,nted by the German Governnt, and the grant made formally the Syndicate, just before the break of World War I. iter World War I, when all rmany’s oversea colonies were Dosed of to the occupying Powers ler League of Nations Mandates, Waria Syndicate challenged the it of the Versailles Conference iispose of its concession in NG. he property of all German subs was “expropriated” or sold; 1 the proceeds therefrom were lited to the war damages bill ch the Western Allies had insd that Germany must pay. The ria Syndicate argued that it was rnational in character, and its its could not be thus disposed of. be argument has gone on for 30 'S. Mr. Wahlen, in the ’Twenties, t to Australia and personally Prime Minister Bruce; but did get very far. [E tenacious Mr. Wahlen would not give up. After years of fighting, he finally succeeded getting the attention of the British Prime Minister, Mr. mberlain, in 1938—this was the ! when Mr. Chamberlain visited lich and was trying to induce semi-lunatic Hitler to stay at e and behave himself, e have before us a copy of a ter written by the British sign Secretary, to the German >assador, dated June 21, 1938, rein it is explained in detail any obligation to the Waria licate under the agreement e in 1914 rested upon the Ger- Aus^rallan^verifmenf 104 Th° n the nUcatfon tw Im ' rights which the German Government possessed in NG were abrogated under the Treaty of Versailles argumentapparentfy ffiXt W Syndicate rights* theVwe e “W ° f “ “ FhJllv « pSJfm Sf’ . „ heSSf ° lain L 9 ame formally before the New Guinea Commis- He^uled 1 ’ 14 SsfShJf nffpr t d Februa P Wp nf tbp mt ° i th i e Qofl? in fi ral ■ ° rdl I nance of nSI y hpn!mn 5? mineral s in New Gumea became the property of the GoTCramellt of New Guinea; and the Waria Syndicate’s Cl The °Svndicat. st ? n<l ' t „? h does . not a “ e P‘ J ll5, 1 * various official " mor°e ““than* once rightT" 11 « an a PP eal to the Australian Government, either directly or through the High Court of Australia- and a mOVe has been made to r^tain the services of one of Australia’s most hi^hl y skilled constitutional lawyers.

Movement in such matters always is slow; but there may be interesting developments during 1956. 67 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY. 1956

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The little journal fills a real need, and the English-speaking people are indebted to the ladies. There were 17 in the Section when the photograph was taken; and the 10 in the picture (taken in the shade of a tree from left to right are: Mrs. G. H. Parker, Mrs. Lema Low, Mrs. Cherry, Mrs. Boyle (at back), Mrs.

A. Waddingham (holding the one-candle birthday cake, which indicates that the Section is celebrating its first birthday), Mrs. Joulton, Mrs.

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Whatever your sign, don’t sell gin , sell GILBEY’S ARIES TAURUS LIBRA SCORPIO SAGITTARIUS * 4m, CAPRICORN CANCER GEMINI ★ * LEO VIRGO AQUARIUS Mr. J, Nixonwestwood, who has en connected with trade and cornice in the South Pacific Islands r the past quarter century, derted from Wellington, NZ,inJanry for London, where he will have his headquarters for a time. He has connections with the big British organisations interested in cocoa, and it is possible that he will make an early visit to cocoa-producing areas in Gold Coast and Nigeria. 69 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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Innersprings available Dutch Won’t Discuss W. New Guinea With Indonesians AS presented in the newspapers, the reports of the Netherlands- Indonesia conference (commenced at The Hague in December and continued in Geneva in January) suggest that the argument over Western New Guinea bulks largely in the discussions, and that the conference is more or less deadlocked.

A formal Netherlands communication (late January) says that the conference still is proceeding in Geneva, and it is mainly concerned with the clarification of economic relations between Holland and Indonesia. Since the Indonesians started to drive the Dutch and Dutch interests out of Indonesia, scores of matters have arisen which require discussion and adjustment.

Some such matters affect Dutch New Guinea; but (says The Netherlands) with respect to sovereignty of New Guinea, each party maintains its own position.

In other words, Indonesia still claims Western New Guinea; but The Netherlands will not even discuss Indonesia’s claim. Indonesia’s next move, on this, will be another appeal to the United Nations. (Her last appeal to UNO was turned down).

The Indonesian “caretaker government,” mainly Moslem in character, has been trying to deal with the confused politico-economic situation that has developed in Indonesia, between the general elections held there last October, and April, 1956, when it is expected that the result of the elections will be known. The voting system is very complex, and the arrangement and counting of the many millions votes (there are 80 million people i Indonesia) is a task extending ow months.

H Mr. George Hill, ex-Director Shipping, Rabaul, has fully 11 covered from his recent serious ii ness, and is shortly returning Volupai, one of Mr. Jack Thurston New Britain plantations.

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[?] ATSON’S PROGRAMME Welcome Addition To Pacific Routes BRIGHTEST Matson Line post- M war news came in a January announcement from San Fransco, setting out the sailing schedule r the two new trans-Pacific luxury lers, Mariposa and Monterey.

Mariposa will be first to sail and ;r movements will be as follows: “parts San Francisco Oct. 27, 1956, >s Angeles Oct. 28, Honolulu Nov.

Papeete Nov. 9, Wellington Nov. , Melbourne Nov. 19; Sydney, rives Nov. 21, departs Nov. 23, ickland Nov. 26, Suva Nov. 29, igo Pago Nov. 30, Honolulu Detnber 5, arrives San Francisco ;c. 10.

Monterey will take a somewhat Terent reverse route on her first yage. She will clear San Franco Nov. 20, Los Angeles Nov. 21, molulu Nov. 26, Pago Pago Dec. 1, va Dec. 4, Auckland arrives Dec. departs Dec. 8, Sydney arrives c. 11, departs Dec. 14, Wellington c. 17, Papeete arrives Dec. 21, parts Dec. 23, Honolulu Dec. 28, 5 Angeles Jan 2, 1957, San Franco arrives Jan. 3, 1957. loth vessels will have a wide range accommodation, from luxurious 'andah suites to much more modest ir-berth cabins. Fares will vary ;ordingly. As examples we list •e the maximum and minimum gle fares from Auckland or Wellton in Sterling; Auckland-Wellton to Sydney or Melbourne, or /a; £3O/7/0 to £lO5/7/0; to Pago 10, £57/3/0 to £lB3/19/-; to peete, £7l/9/0 to £l9B/4/0; to nolulu, £ll6/1/0 to £285/14/0. teturn fares are in each case ctly double the single fares wn. t is expected that US-Australia ough bookings will be heavy for early voyages, with little or in t e r-Island accommodation liable.

'or the first time since the war Union Steam Ship Co.-Huddart ■ker Cos. Tasman passenger nopoly will be broken. Fares will higher but accommodation and rice is expected to be superior existing services, n post-war years there has been ‘gentleman’s agreement” which 3ed passengers to travel by the ve two company’s vessels or fly TEAL, despite the fact that sels with modem passenger ilities have been crossing the man with dozens of vacant ths —notably the Orient liners. • has been rumoured in recent iths that the Union Steam Ship and Huddart Parker may withdraw entirely from the Tasman passenger trade within the forseeable future, leaving the field to Orient and Matson, and whatever else offers.

Due to a business linkage between the various British lines such a decision would probably have been unlikely had not Matson reentered the Pacific trade.

The existing Tasman passenger “gentleman’s agreement’’ was said to be justified in that the two companies concerned provided a regular service. However, there was no attempt to provide a service adequate for the traffic offering—as shown by the present trans-Tasman waiting lists.

For years any member of the public walking into a booking office and asking for a ticket for a Tasman crossing a month —or even six months—ahead, has been treated as a joke by the booking clerks.

For that reason alone a good many members of the public will be prepared to pay a good deal more money, if necessary, for the rare pleasure of being able at last to get what they want when they want it.- JPS. t A two-year-old boy, Konelio R.

Semo, who followed his father out onto the reef fishing, was drowned when he fell into deep water in Pago Pago Bay on November 29. 71 CIFTC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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Shown at left, the wedding group photo graphed after the marriage in Madang, New Guinea, in December of Miss Marjorie Shields to Mr. Don Mackenzie. Shown, left to right, Mr. Jack Gammon, best-man; Mrs. Thelma Donaldson, matron-of-honour; the bridegroom and bride and M r Tom Warburton, who gave the bride away. 73 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY. 1956

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Air Missions of Mercy rfE Sunderland Flying Boats, at the RNZAF station, Laucala Bay, Suva, have literally become the “mercy missioners” of the Pacific, with its hundreds of islands separated by thousands of miles of sea. Hardly a week passes without their being called out on emergencies which range from dropping medical supplies to searching for those who are lost.

So, on January 17, at 6 a.m., they answered another urgent message from the Tokelaus—this time to drop medical supplies. Polio had broken out on Atafu and Fakaofa islands, causing some deaths and considerable concern. The drop was successful and the Sunderland, piloted by Flying Officer J. Laing, made the round trip without landing in under 13 hours.

This flight was shortly after they had spent a week-end scanning the Fijian bush for a lost Fiji Airways pilot, Capt. Brian McCook.

It was actually a Fiji Airways plane that spotted McCook, but it was a Sunderland that dropped messages and medical supplies, all of which were recovered.

McCook remarked on the accuracy of the drop—but the fact that he did not read the first messages until two days later, was due to the nonchalance of the Fijian villagers.

They collected the canisters containing the messages and quietly placed them on a small table beside his bed, without mentioning the fact that they had been dropped from the sky!

The whole world knows of the hours of flying put in by Sunderland pilots and crews searching the ocean for the Joyita and later her missing passengers in October- November. ff Mr. J. A. Marsden, Sydney dentt; surgeon, is commencing the practio. of his profession at Santo, Nes Hebrides. He left Sydney on tb January voyage of the Polynesia and will be joined later by his son George M. Marsden, who is als. a qualified dentist.

If Prominently listed in the recen NSW Leaving Certificate passe; were John, Joe and Dick Traces 16-year-old triplets at Chevalie College, Bowral. They come fro* the phosphate island of Nauru. 74 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLT

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Atomic Victims

Now Recovered

UCORDING to a US Navy announcement from Washington, DC, the Micronesian victims of miscalculated Bikini hydrogen ib test of 1954 have “apparently ivered.” tie statement said, however, that y physicians will continue to * the health of the 239 islanders laps for years, to detect any dej r jdiation effects. The victims uded a 100-year-old woman and ral babies. 75 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY. 1956

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Tropicalities

[Red Of Johnny Pineapple

L SYDNEY newspaper’s broadcasting critic recently had this to say on the subject of music om local stations: Tune in to Radio Noumea and you t first-class Tahitian and Wallis land dances. Dial VRH4, Suva, id hear their fascinating tapes of jian taralalas and Samoan sivas.

Yet all that the local stations lich offer Pacific music can give is the tired old commercialised iff of Johnny Pineapple and his ite, Billy Coconut.

Of Australia’S

Gift To P-Ng

* the current year, Australia is making a gift of no less than £8,943,900 to the Territories of pua and New Guinea—in other rds, every man, woman and child the Commonwealth is giving DUt £l/2/- to P-NG.

Australia’s national debt is 749,444,347 —almost equally divided :ween Federal and States’ Goviments. Of the Commonwealth’s bt of £1,923,717,000, £584,000,000 s incurred for war purposes r orld War I, £134,078,000; World tr 11, 1,444,831,000).

Every resident of Australia theree is in debt for £407 16/2. Of i total debt of £3,749,000,000, no 5 than £3,314,000,000 is owed hin Australia —and most of the ance of £435,000,000 is owed in idon.

Vhat Think You Of This

WRITING? may be remembered that Mitchener, in Return to Paradise, ?ave some space to the work and ds of Fred' Archer, of Buka sage, New Guinea, man named Merle Smedley, of in, Illinois, USA, read the book noted the name of FPA. Next ig, Fred Archer received a letter n Smedley, and thus a correidence was started. Here is a tographed extract from one of Smedley’s letters: Nothing remarkable about that, you say—except that the handwriting is so neat that it resembles typewriting.

But you are wrong. Merle Smedley is one of those unfortunates smitten by polio, and his arms and hands are paralysed. With indomitable spirit, he has taught himself to write with a pencil held in his teeth!

Thus, he helps pass the weary weeks in discussions with penfriends. Feel like dropping him a note? His address is: Merle Smedley, 803 Park Avenue. Pekin.

Illinois, USA.

The Clock That Chimes

TWICE r:iS church clock that strikes each hour twice usually intrigues visitors to Levuka, Fiji.

No one seems to know why it was made so that it strikes a couple of minutes before and a couple of minutes after each hour. The clock was made in France, and the most popular explanation is that the design originated from a suggestion by Louis XIV who wished to cure his habit of being late for appointments.—JACK THORNTON.

A Tall Story From Fiji

riT HE following, written by the Rev.

J. Fr. P. F. Kelly, of the Columban Fathers in Fiji, is a condensed version of a story which appeared in a mission publication recently.

It was a little village about 25 miles from my parish centre, in the heart of one of the largest timber zones in Fiji. I was on a week-end tour of some of my mission stations, and it was my first visit to this lumber settlement.

I got in around five on Saturday evening and was conducted to the house where Mass is usually said.

After a short chat with the women of the house —the men were still at work—l decided to finish my Office on the village green.

Soon a young girl called me to the evening meal. I crouched through the low doorway and immediately inside I found my place at the head of the “table”—a board resting directly on the floor—so that I had nothing to do but sit down, cross my legs in Fijian fashion, say grace, and do justice to the food. After the meal the village bell rang for night prayers, so I reached for my haversack, pulled out my soutane, and sprang feet to put it on.

And then came the catastrophe I had been avoiding so carefully all the evening: I bounced my head with terrific force against the lowpitched galvanised iron roof. I had forgotten for the moment that I was six-feet-two, and that my host’s house was not the customary Fijian hut with high ceiling and thatched roof.

A few youngsters laughed but the man of the house seemed a little embarrassed and passed a remark on my unusual height.

The villagers gathered, and for the first time in my life I preached on my knees, with my hearers*seated on the floor around me.

In the morning I woke to the sound of the birds, and washed and shaved at a nearby stream. Returning I saw that preparations for Mass were well under way. A neat little altar had been erected in the house, and immediately above it, one sheet of roofing iron had been removed to allow me to stand upright. I found that this would not be enough to permit me to move from epistle to gospel side during Mass —so the men smilingly removed two more sheets.

Whales—They Spit And

STINK WHEN Mitchener wrote Return To Paradise, he remarked on the fact that Fred Archer, of Buka Passage, New Guinea, loathed whales; whereupon a shocked reader of the book in Wisconsin, USA, sent Fred a lot of literature about the habits of the harmless, unloved leviathan.

He did not know that Fred lived near one of the ocean laneways frequented by whales, and that the silly monsters have a habit of piling themselves up on one of Fred’s headlands, and there engaging in a fine spasm of decomposition.

Fred’s hatred, so to speak, is effluvially based.

“A small whale stranded recently on a small island, not far away,” writes Mr. Archer, “and the natives reported to me, ‘ ’E stink true!’ but, fortunately, for once the wind was

from me to it. And —praise God from whom all blessings flow —it since has drifted away.

“The natives, trying to describe the species to me, said; ‘Dis big fish ’e all time spit plenty tumas, time ’e swim ’long soda water.’ (This big fish constantly spits very much, while he swims along in the sea.) Which, I thought, was quite a good description.”

How Marsupials Reached

PACIFIC SOME remnants of what are believed to be marsupial skeletons, dug up in a dry lake-bed in New Guinea by Mr. G. D. Woodward, a California University scientist have helped scientists to further advance their theories of how the kangaroos got into the South Pacific, said a press message from San Francisco in November.

Mr. Woodward claims to have found kangaroo remains in Australia of an age 5 millions years; and he says that the New Guinea kangaroos were there apparently 10 million years ago, and were about 5-ft high and weighed perhaps 500 pounds.

The theory is that the marsupials had their origin in North America 100 to 125 million years ago; and made their way in the subsequent ages via Behring Strait and Asa into the Southwest Pacific Islami and Australia.

Large kangaroos disappeared froc all countries except Australia ve:s long ago; but there are still som small marsupials in the New Guinn region to support the scientist theories. t In addition to Pago Pago, tun, fishing enterprises, either Japanea owned or operated, are now estab lished in Argentina, Burma, Ceyloc Chile, Costa Rica, Hongkong, IndiJ Iran, Pakistan, Ryukyu Is., Taiwan Venezuela, and Viet Nam, accorr ing to US Fishery Products Report* Papeete’s Changing Face THESE photos, taken around Papeete, Tahiti, by Oscar Nordman, show some of the many new buildings that have appeared over the past year or two.

LEFT ROW, top to bottom: Department of Agriculture Offices; Offices of Maitre Le Jeune, a leading Notary; the new Catholic church of St.

Therese; a new commercial library business.

Bottom Centre; The

Grand Hotel.

RIGHT ROW, top to bottom: The Paul Gauguin Government College; the Hallay & Drollet Building: Protestant Bethel chapel, under construction; Moulin cabaret, formerly known as Lionel’s. 78 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

[?]ay Parer... Still Pioneering AY PARER is one of the unquenchable spirits of New Guinea. Ray came from the large family of Parers, of King nd, in Bass Strait, and was born in Melne in 1894. He joined the Australian Flying is at Point Cook in 1916, became an , and was one of the few NCO's on the Flying Course there. After only 5£ hours I he was sent off solo in a contraption >d a Graham-White Box Kite, which had a i.p. Gnome rotary engine.

Pter some hesitation, the authorities gave a Commission and sent him to England, e he spent most of what remained of d War I ferrying aircraft from the Central iatch Pool of the RFC —his first job there g to fly a DH9 from Hounslow to Gt. nouth. He was a test pilot at the end he war, and he had an ambition to fly an aft from England to Australia, iss Smith and Keith Smith beat him to the England-Australia flight in 1919 with their ers Vimy, and were both knighted for the t. Ray set off with J. C. Mclntosh, of deen, in a DH9, with Siddeley-Puma engine, took 206 days to reach Australia. That in 1920. Ray was awarded the Air Force Mclntosh was killed soon afterwards in ing accident, as was Sir Ross Smith.

Ting the next five years Ray ran a barnling business, under the title of Parer's nercial Aviation Service, and charged his fry customers 35/- a flight. 1926, Ray went to Rabaul in the SS usia", which carried also his DH4 air- Soon after making an airstrip at Rapinnear Matupi, Ray made what he claims to been the first flight in New Guinea. He ged a wing there, which allowed his Pard Mustar, in a DH37, to take off Rabaul and get to Lae and thence to to start the air service to the goldfields. i was close on Mustar's heels, and thus litiated a long period of freelance comon against the big air companies. He full credit to Captain Holgate for buildhe strip at Lae for Guinea Gold. 1934 Ray entered the Centenary Air from England to Australia, flying a Fairey with a Curtiss 012 watercooled engine, cost, £4OO, was subscribed by the golds of New Guinea. Of the 22 aircraft started, only 11 finished—and Ray was mlucky eleventh. His co-pilot was Geoffrey vorth, later a pilot for Guinea Airways. . Hemsworth distinguished himself in the as the Catalina pilot who first sighted eported the Japanese fleet, at the beginof the Battle of the Coral Sea. Geoff tilled soon afterwards.) t flight from England took Parer and Hemsworth three months, which was half the time of the 1920 flight. They then took the Fairey Fox to New Guinea, where it was in use for some years, together with a DHB4 and later a Boeing. When the Japs got too close Ray's business was totally destroyed in the "scorched earth policy".

Ray then joined the RAAF as an administrative officer but soon transferred to the American Small Ships as engineer on the vessel "Melanesia". She was being used as a HQ in Douglas Harbour, New Guinea, when she was attacked by no less than 30 Zeros. The crew dived over the side and swam to a reef; then swam back to the ship as she was left sinking, got the engine started, and beached her for repairs.

Since the war, Ray has mostly been serving in his unpretentious way as an engineer in small ships, while he has an occasional fling at owning a ship, patent methods of gathering pearl-shell in Torres Strait, running a grocery business in Sydney, and anything else that can hold the attention of a young man of 61 summers.

At the moment of writing (December, 1955), Ray has just re-appeared in Madang as engineer aboard the MV "Henrietta", of about 40 tons, after a rough voyage from Brisbane. She is owned by the Enterprise of New Guinea Gold & Exploration Company, N.L., which intends to use her about 500 miles up the Sepik. Ray said that he might wander off to Wau, where the attraction may be gold, or a golden-haired blonde. It is no use asking Ray what he is going to do next —BRETT HILDER.

She’s Nostalgic Because it’s the:-

Hurricane Season

By DOROTHY A. WEAVER.

ALL week I felt something lacking, something within myself which I could not analyse or qualify.

Suddenly, incredibly it struck me: I was homesick for hurricanes.

Ever since childhood the season between November and April had brought a particularly excited anticipation; a tense nervous watchfulness in an atmosphere prickly with uneasiness. The fever ran through the earth, the trees and the water and communicated itself to everyone everywhere.

Straggled along the edge of the lagoon the town knew it and felt it as it sweated and waited in the heavy sultriness of tropic summer for something to happen, never quite certain what. Across the blueness of the bay, the sinister ranges frowned blackly and the thick tangled bush tumbled in green, steamy confusion to the water’s edge, silent and uneasy. Smashing in unceasing thunder against the coral bar not a mile from shore, a sullen frothing surf protested to the unanswering hills.

In the town itself people watched and waited —brown, white and yellow man like. They watched the sea far out for the grey ugly warning; watched the clouds massed in huge bruises against the sun; watched the skies for the first flight of hurricane birds; watched the indicator hand of the barometer drop almost imperceptibly to 29, 28; watched the signal flags on the mast of the meterological office; and waited for the menacing calm, the prelude to the Wagnerian performance of the storm.

At night they could not watch, but as they sweltered in their beds they listened for a higher note in the surf’s lament, for an unfamiliar whisper of wind in the palm leaves, for the persistent uncanny tap-taptapping of a loose window latch.

All these gave warning of fury to follow.

Protective shutters for windows came out of storage and a survey was made of the house. A loose weatherboard or a rusted nail in the corrugated iron roof plates might mean a roofless dwelling and a rain-ruined home. Hurricane lanterns were checked, the wicks cleaned and the glasses polished.

Trees near the house were trimmed to ensure that they fell away from the building should they succumb to the wind’s ferocity. All this, I remember, as an adventure recurring each year.

Weather reports from other islands brought by crews of trading cutters formed the news of the day and the native fisherwomen spoke of piles of seaweed in the fish fences and along the beaches. The hot unhealthy breath of the day’s last breeze reeked of dead shellfish and dank seaweed. Down at the wharves all was activity as small boats migrated to sheltered coves and the cargo ships moved from the jetties to drop anchor in deep water.

The stage was set for the elements of air and earth to enact the prelude. Heat shimmered in the suffocating atmosphere. Blue-black battalions of cloud increased and advanced. High on the ridges a tree stood out starkly—a woodcut bv God. J The lagoon turned grey and glassy while a yellowish haze festered on the seaward horizon.

Hammers met wood in sharp staccato as shutters went into place.

Hundreds of feet above the earth three dots of ebony flight circled and glided. Men glanced upwards and went on hammering, sequins of sweat glistening on the bare burnt skin of their shoulders. No sound th’ stirred the growing A TREE stirred; then became still.

Stirred again, frenziedly. Again it grew still. Silence, overwhelming and ominous silence and S; moist stillness pressed down on the senses like a hot clammy hand.

Crrrrack! Thunder vomited sound (Continued on Page 82)

Women Were His Tabu

By Alice Allen Innes

DURING my twenty-odd years in New Guinea, my husband and I employed a varied collection of native staff. Most of them served a number of indentured periods with us and then departed with mutual regrets. But only a war could have separated us from others, such as my beloved but notorious wench Anah, the “Kaeweing Mary.”

We still mourn our faithful but roguish nurse girl. “Kaeweing Marys” are supposed to possess a secret charm which no man can withstand, but there was one who was unmoved even by Anah’s obvious attractions.

I alone won the goodwill of that woman-proof Black Adonis from the Solomon Islands, only to lose it eventually, and with it the best native carpenter my husband ever employed—just because I forgot to Speak to the Saw.

I was in England when our Buka Boss-boy brought his one-talk (fellow-villager) to my husband to sign on as assistant to the European building foreman. The newcomer’s one emphatic condition was that he would work for men only— women were his tabu.

His friend explained that he was not born of woman; he had come to the North Solomon village in a drifting canoe, was cared for by the old men of the village and during his baby days was fed on banana and yam.

As he grew up he was given only “men” fish, fowl, and pig. Anyway, it must have suited him for he certainly did grow up.

This huge smiling Buka boy proved a pride and joy as he skilfully replaced white-anted timbers and built to cope with the rapidly increasing business of a goldfields port.

Returning to Salamaua to find my new home built, I murmured things about cupboards, shelves and such things—suggesting that if only I could have the services of the native carpenter. . .

“Woman,” said my husband, “you keep right off that idea. That Buka boy made paper on one condition: No woman may call his name or speak to him.” He added an unnecessary comment that every builder should have a similar clause in ms contract.

Keeping my distance discreetly for some weeks I often saw the comedy of cute Anah archly swinging her grass skirt in the direction of the carpenter-shop, but from there, there was no response; Buka boy went on sharpening h i s greatest treasure, the big saw, and the tantalising hip-s wing was ignored.

I garnered a few ideas on the woman-hater. He might loathe women but he really loved his tools of trade.

Each night the tools were bedded down in oiled scraps of singlets, like babies in swaddling clothes.

This gave me food for thought.

I commenced to buy odd tooo from our local store, shining met:f in gaily hued boxes, a spirit leve 1 gadget-headed hammer and un; wotted affairs of male interest i the ironmongery section; these took one by one to the carpenten shop.

As I sauntered in I threw eao on the work bench and chatte absentmindedly to it . . . just vague remark of complimentau nature until, finally, I threw dowv a fine slender saw. “Small-soma thing’-belon’-kaikai-dewai” (1 i 111 saw that cuts wood), I said, “I thin you savee work’m good shelf ’lon house washwash.”

I noticed a gleam of interest an heard a grunt of excitement as sipped away; the next day saw fine shelf in the bathroom. A f© more chatty visits with the too when . . . Eureka! The Buka bo< also spoke to the saw.

“Kaikai-dewai (saw), sup p o s some nail come up, n’ some plane you ’n me, two-fella, can make ’ii cupboard,” he said.

So, at last, Buka, the saw and j could converse and get results.

Then things really happened Window boxes, long hoped-for, wee soon full of blooms; stools, shelve and even a bookcase appeared an my men folk and friends were s puzzled as to how I got Buka work for me.

“Did you make him break hi tabu?” my husband queried. Ii dignantly I denied that—having respect for native tradition, belii and custom. No indeed. Howev© I didn’t mention how often I hs a chat with my good friend tM saw.

THEN came the triple tragedy, lost my newly planned roic pergola, my one and only raii coat, and, worst of all, my carpent© It was all my own fault. Whe my husband stormed and hurleJ that hated “I told you so” at mn I, very nigh to tears, was, for ono mute!

I had had speech with the ven good friend “Saw” a few days befox when I presented him with a fin new bike, painted a hectic yellow “Saw” replied to the effect thn a bike was the most desired thin ever seen. I picked up a peno. and paper and drew a rather wobhc looking pergola and murmured thu I desired a “house pulpul.” “Saw was told that I should have a veie well built fernery or pergola an in due course the attractive octagoni shaped building began to taHj shape.

When it was half-finished til; rains came. From my verandah j noticed my new raincoat speedin down the croton-bordered roadwswith the little native office boy with: in its folds. My new raincoat! unmoved even by Anah's obvious attractions." 80 FEBRUARY. 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

jailed sharply to Anah, then to ome loitering houseboys under the Kirch. They didn’t, or wouldn’t, leed.

Just then a yellow bike passed roudly by bearing my valued friend, he carpenter. I forgot the tabu nd uttered for the first—and last— ime the sacred name.

“Halil,” I called, “Tell monkey small boy) he no can take ’im oat-rain belong Missus.”

I called in vain! The new yellow ike lay in the mud and the carenter Buka boy sped away to the ash. Next day the Boss-boy came ir his one-talk’s money. Halil, laving his mute saw and a very id “Missus” had fled back to his omanless world.

COLD WAR tie Ironing boy has a cold, The ironing boy has the sniffles; e snorts and he puffs and he pants— He gurgles, he grunts and he whiffles. le ironing boy’s handkerchief Is tucked in the lee of his belt, it it’s one of the things in life Apparently seen, not felt. >r it’s sniffity-sniff and sniffle, A sneeze that the whole world can hear, noise like the bombing of cities, But never, alas an “All clear!” ie ironing boy has a cold, Fhe ironing boy has the wheezes; sighs as he pulls out the washing, le irons—and pauses and sneezes. me people, I know, wait for lummer, Dr else for the springtime report: t I pause in my work near the washhouse ro wait for the very next snort, r it’s sniffity-sniff and snuffle, I pause, and a monstrous “A-choo!” e had quite enub of this driffle— 7or dambme, I’b gedding id, doo!

NOELLE MASON. ifter three or four years of lishment from what he regards his cultural home, and numerous as, Artist Charles McPhee and Tahitian wife, Elizabeth, have n given permission by the French /eminent of Oceania to return Fahiti, from New Zealand, where V have been living. Permits for opeans to live permanently in liti are not granted readily fadays. When Charles McPhee d there after the war he had 7 a visitor’s permit; and when spired he—in common with many 3rs —had to depart. In the past years, Mr. McPhee has gained Jiderable fame as a South Pacific st —some people value his loan paintings highly. His future five work should be of benefit Tahiti.

Tree Life is a Popular Theme of Pacific Islands Stamps By K.N.

ALMOST every stamp-issuing country in the Pacific area has its quota of interesting pictorial stamps put out to publicise some local scenic or tourist landmark.

And somewhere along the line you are sure to find that a tree—either a palm, coconut tree, or fernery— has been included as part of the overall format. This has had the effect of “softening” the design and adding an air of peacefulness to the picture.

Of the pictorial issues prepared for Pacific lands, many have given sole pride of place to typical examples of tree life.

For example, a spreading breadfruit tree distinguished a Id Tongan stamp first distributed in 1897, while the same series with the 4d value, showed a bunch of four of the fruit of the tree.

Since 1911, a pandanus palm has graced stamps of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. The initial specimen showed five trunks emanating from the one base, tall and upright.

The Id. issue from the Gilberts in 1939, featured another pandanus, only this time a wider and lowergrowing example being displayed.

A smaller palm appeared in the background.

Dominant feature of another 6d.

Gilbert issue in the same year featured a collection of typical coconut trees, of various shapes and sizes. Two well-proportioned specimens figured in the near foreground.

Very little artistry was evident with the ineffective display of palm trees seen on an 1887 series of stamps from Samoa, when a trunk and a mass of leaves constituted the theme.

However, the palm tree posed on a somewhat barren landscape on a 1920 issue from the Cook Islands had a distinct lean towards the right. The eleven fronds of the tree apparently kept it on balance.

Tree houses of New Guinea, originally erected in their prominent positions for “observation” purposes, figured on one of the Papuan pictorial series of 1932.

In 1938, Fiji included portion of a sugarcane plantation on one of the pictorial stamps. In subsequent years a rather unimpressive arrangement featuring the paw paw tree was used on a 10/- denomination.

A neat piece of designing occurred with a 6d. denomination produced for the Solomon Islands in 1939, when a “close up” aspect of a scene in a coconut plantation was represented. An examination revealed some 25 trees.

Three well-developed and coloured oranges constituted the design of a id. issue from Pitcairn Island, initially available during 1940.

When Norfolk Island introduced its first pictorial stamps in 1947 the scene showing Ball Bay was highlighted by the many fine specimens of the famous Norfolk Island pine trees appearing on the shores and headlands.

Chief export of the territory of Niue, bananas, were represented on a 2/- issue prepared in 1950. The design itself showed a native carrying bananas, with several of the laden plants in the background.

A realistic study of a native tapping rubber on one of the New Guinea rubber plantations made an admirable topic for the 2/- stamp included in the 1952 series provided for the combined territories of Papua and New Guinea.

In the same series a native drying copra on special racks also symbolised another aspect of tree life, while the harvesting of cocoa constituted the theme for an Bd. stamp introduced by Western Samoa in 1952. Trees laden with cocoa, with several natives opening the beans, were displayed.

A further interesting aspect of the 1954 pictorial stamps from Nauru was that eight of the values characterised palm trees. But the 1/denomination gave a sole portrayal of a palm tree, bending into the wind, in a characteristic study.

Port Moresby

Moresby with its many hills, green, and sometimes brown; Moresby with its suburbs, Moresby with its town— Moresby with its sky of blue—but sometimes it can frown!

Moresby is a steamy place when torrents they come down.

Moresby with its flow’ring trees, blossoming so gay; Poinsianas, frangipanni all in bright array— Moresby with its Ela Beach, where happy children play— Come and visit Moresby come without delay!

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Patel, and J. B. Turner. 81 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY. 1956

from behind the hills and lightning, with vicious slash ripped the heavens open. A bombardment of thunder and lightning rocked around the sky and a scream of wind shrilled far off, but moved closer and grew louder minute by minute.

People scurried for shelter and almost before the last bolt was shot into place, the trees and shrubs and green growing things went mad.

Whipped into tortured tarentella, they bent and touched the earth, in their agony as the hurricane CORALITA Now this is the tale of a well-filled sail On a lofty and slender spar.

And a spray-flecked wind That came behind And carried me ever so far— By Gosh!

It carried me ever so far.

I plotted my course by the coral stars And I steered for the Coral Sea; But the Masalai Ghost Of the Guinea Coast Played a terrible trick on me.

He did!

Played a terrible trick on me.

For he lifted me up with the Talio, And set me down with the Rai, And coaxed me along With a siren’s song, Then left me high and dry— On a reef!

Just left me high and dry.

Then the sea-maidens called from the crested waves; Right soon they had me in tow: As they gracefully sank In the water dank I followed them down below — Yo Ho!

Yes, followed them deep below.

Now, fathoms down in a coral cave, I’m served by those maids of the sea; They bring me my meals Of oysters and eels — They couldn’t do more for me.

Those girls!

No-one could do more for me.

So if you should sail from a Southern port On a tropical tourist trip, Just open an eye And you may spy A merman hailing your ship: That’s me!

I always wave to a ship. (The Talio is the Northwest Wind (Monsoon) and the Rai is the Southeast Trade wind.) PETER ENGLAND. bludgeoned its way down the ravines.

Behind battened windows men and women gazed on the wild scene —felt the exhilaration of this moment which snapped the tension of the long wait; felt the numbing dismay as they calculated the resultant damage and destruction.

Rain burst in a shattering torrent against the glass and the children, noses pressed against the pane, shouted for joy. * * * ALL my life, that’s how it was.

It was all confused with a cramp of excited fear in the stomach, a smell of the sea and the feel of clothes, saturated with perspiration clinging damply to the skin.

Of course, the hurricane did not always come. Some times it dissipated itself in mid-Pacific; or capriciously veered onto another path venting its spite on some other part of the island. But whether it came or not, November to April each year had a special quality of the unpredictable colouring each day.

Shutters were always stacked ready, lanterns stood on the kitchen shelf, you always glanced at the meterological mast on the way to school, you always listened to the weather report, checked the window latches before bed, trimmed the trees, looked for the hurricane birdif and bent an ear to the sigh of thei surf.

The element of surprise of noc knowing what was to come, gave ui a heightened awareness of all things around us and established a comi munion between us and the trees and the sea and the hot, wet earth!

It might not come at all; it might not be as bad as the previous yean it might be worse. But if it die: come, the hurricane would be a£ terrifyingly beautiful as ever.

Yet, this November, in a cheerless Melbourne street, rain touched m;i face with fingertips of ice, awakenr ing in me a resentment against itf delicate showering. For one nostalgii moment I ached for the warm unr tamed torrents of hurricane rain. tf Melbourne newspapers in Januan gave prominence to the performance of a 17-years-old Fijian Scouti Patrol Leader Peni Waqairatu, whr had gone hiking with a few hundred other Scouts in Victoria, during thr Christmas-New Year holidays. Pen was one of a team which climber Mt. Riddell, 2,750 feet high, in thr Victorian Highlands. He walked 4£ miles, in sulu and sandals; but as the foot of the mountains he diss carded his sandals and led the war up with bare feet.

Pim Crossquiz No. 72

Solution on Page 84.

ACROSS I.—Who wrote "The Four Just Men"? 8. —The tomb of which king of Egypt was found by Lord Carnarvon? 9. —What is the surname of the singer known as "the prince of wails"? 10. —In architecture, what is the term for a drawing repre senting the flat side of c building? 11. —What is the chief rive of Germany? 12. —What famous horse raci was named after an Englisl earl? 13. —At what game is Capa blanca a champion? 14. —What is the surname o the family of "Little Women"' 15. —What style of archi tecture is characterised by i flat arch, shallow moulding and much wall panelling? 17. —What is the overall term for any drugs that induce sleep' 18. —What valuable fur i; obtained from the stoat? 19. —In which city would yoi find the Parthenon?

DOWN 1. —In classical mythology who is the muse of lyric poetry' 2. —In which town did Lincolr deliver his famous address a' the dedication of the Nationa Cemetery 3. —What substance obtainec from the fourth stomach of a calf is used in making junkets? 4. —What is the first day of Lent? 5. —Which London thoroughfare is noted for its bankers and moneylenders? 6. —What type of thermometer has the boiii ing point of water at 100 deg.? 7. —From which ship was Captain Bligh siz adrift by mutineers? 13. —The story of which famous composes was told in the film "A Song to Remember"' 14. —The leaf of what tree is the Canadisi national emblem? 16. —From what flower is the fragrant oio attar, made? 82 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL Hurricane Season (Continued from Page 79)

This Month’s New Reading inother Stand-and-Deliver y Clune PERHAPS it is Frank dune’s wild Irish blood that gives him that perennial interest in wild ish-Australian bushrangers. The •odigious work that obviously went to the story of the Kelly gang st year, has apparently not kept e industrious Mr. dune quiet—he iw has launched the equally previous work called Martin Cash ncerning the bushranger of the me name. \s we have remarked before, Clune not everyone’s cup of tea; and ither are bushrangers. But if your >te lies in that direction we can lommend these detailed accounts a phase of Australian early meering—much of it unknown to 5 present generation of Aus- .lians. lighwaymen, bandits, outlaws and ;orted banditry have not been unown in other parts of the world, t Australian bushrangers were lerally products of the translation system or of restrictive i often corrupt practices of the ly police forces. ‘etty persecutions resulted in le men—including the Kellys— oming bushrangers. Others were aped convicts. lartin Cash came into the latter egory. He arrived in Sydney on Marquis of Huntley in January, 8. According to convict records, was 19, a farm boy of County xford, Ireland, and had been tenced for seven years transtation for house-breaking, hroughout his career, Cash 'ears to have alternated spells of mplary conduct with periods m he was against the law. Durhis initial seven years sentence behaved well, spent almost all it as an assigned servant and et-of-leave man and seemed set to start life at the end of it, a property of his own. owever, about the time that his ificate as a time-expired convict ime due, in March, 1834, Martin Bessie Clifford, the wife of a ittance man; she is described as glish, a lady, with every mark efinement.” issie’s subsequent career does not ■ out that description but she ently was a young woman of e spirit. With little urging she ime Martin’s de facto wife and n Martin later indulges in some lanigin with cattle, he persuades that they had best remove nselves from under the eyes of NSW police and go to Van uen’s Land. lis was a mistake. The landed gentry of Tasmania had free convict labour and there was no place for a free man. Finally, Martin was arrested again—stealing half-adozen eggs was the charge—and sentenced to a further seven years He escaped, was recaptured and sent to Port Arthur. He and his companions were among the few to escape from there; thereafter they became bushrangers with a price on their heads. While attempting to visit Bessie in Hobart Town, Martin is finally captured and sent to Norfolk Island for ten years.

Martin’s escapades happened at a time when there was public reaction against the whole system of transportation and treatment of convicts.

A little earlier he would have been hanged without fuss. Instead in a spasm of great leniency, he was sent to Norfolk Island where he had another of his periods of tranquility, remained stubbornly on the side of authority and in a period when Norfolk Is. was at the peak of its notoriety as a hell-spot, refused to join his old companions in their stubborn resistance to authority.

Instead he went into the millinery business—weaving straw hats for prisoners and officials!

Norfolk Is. was closed as a penal settlement in 1854. Earlier that year, Martin had obtained permission to marry Mary Bennett, assigned servant of the doctor, and he and Mary stayed on at Norfolk for some months after the rest of the convicts had gone. With a ticket-of-leave granted Martin in September, 1854, they returned to Hobart at the end of the year; here for two years Martin was in charge of some of the city’s gardeners. He then took up 160 acres of land a few miles out of the town. One son was born to the couple but he died at 16—a fact that set Martin to an overindulgence in the bottle which hastened his death in August, 1877, at the age of 69.

If you are looking for a literary masterpiece, it is best to leave Clune alone, although in his books of straight history he is not so apt to flail the reader with overworked cliches or Clunish puns. But as an account of the early convict systems that provided the foundations of New South Wales and Tasmania, Martin Cash has some merit.

The pros and cons of the early Australian convict system can be argued indefinitely; possibly dune’s conclusions in the matter are as good as any likely to be arrived at from this distance in time: The full brutality of the system was unleashed only on the minority of convicts who persisted in weakness and further crime afer they arrived in the penal settlements. For the majority, it gave an opportunity to escape from the environment of degradation to which they would likely have been condemned in Britain— an opportunity to make a new life in a new country. The great majority of the convicts took this opportunity and became solid citizens.

Cash probably could be regarded as a border-line case. When fortune was with him he found it easy enough to keep within the law. As soon as difficulties arose he took easy way out—as witness his addiction to drink after the death of his son. svrt^ liSh f d Angus and R obertson, Sydney. Australian price, 25/-.) The Island-Hoppers PEOPLE who will not read novels by Australian authors because they are Australian must have had a number of their prejudices shaken in recent years. Nonetheless, there is still an element of shock in discovering an Australian novel that is plainly “good” in any company within its own field.

Norman Bartlett, with a short novel, Island Victory, now joins the select band. His is a story of a RAAF Kittyhawk squadron whose task was to soften up the Japanese defences on an island that guards the approaches to Dutch New Guinea. The time is 1944 and General Douglas MacArthur’s islandhopping tactics against the Japanese are in full swing.

As well as a story of the squadron, it is necessarily the story of men who make it, as a whole and as individuals. No particular man is singled out for hero-treatment; a half-dozen carry the story. Characterisation is extraordinarily good.

Here is the swift action of aerial combat; the stultifying boredom that makes up 90 per cent, of warfare : the petty irritations and jealousies as between Americans and Australians; and the reactions of men of varying character, outlook and background to the exigencies of war in a tropical country.

It is a story that holds the interest while still keeping within the limits of history and feasibility; it has excitement and deep reflection, and above all, authentic background.

It should make a special appeal to New Guinea men who served in the area during the war. It is the only book that we have read that mentions the fall of Rabaul and the half-dozen RAAF pilots who took their obsolete Wirraway planes into the air in late January, 1942, to attempt to intercept the attack of over 100 Japanese bombers. This is an incident—small in the overall picture of the Pacific War—that is apparently destined to be forgotten by all except the few 83 CIF I C ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

hundred directly involved, and the widows of the men who did not come back.

It is probably significant that the best post-war Australian novels are written by men, about men —very often about men at war. The great romantic Australian novel has yet to be written. But in the realm of action and adventure, plus the penetrating insight of Australian author into Australian men, a few are delivering the goods. And this book comes into that category. (Published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney. Australian price, 13/6.) The Pattern is Familiar A COMPLETE history from the time the first Polynesian sighted the group, through the discovery of Cook in 1777, to the present day is provided by American author A. Grove Day in Hawaii and Its People.

Written primarily for American consumption, it nonetheless is of interest to other Pacific dwellers who are apt to forget that Hawaii was a Pacific Island first, and the prospective 49th State of the American Union a great deal later.

Although it is possibly half a century ahead of other Pacifil territories, Hawaii has followed much the same pattern of growth—at least until American annexation in 1900. From that date, of course, because of American investment and the establishment of naval and military bases there, the group developed along lines not strictly according to orthodox Pacific Islands. However, it is well to remember that the wealth of Hawaii is still based on sugar and pineapples—and that the supply of coconut-frond hats and sun-tan oil to Hollywood beauties vacationing on Waikiki Beach is still a minor industry.

We retrace in this book the old footprints down the well-used path: Discovery by Europeans, the first sporadic visits being followed by scattered settlement, often by men on the wrong side of the law; the supply of firearms to rival chiefs; a sandalwood boom; the introduction of European vices and European diseases; the arrival of missionaries; the gradual settlement of a solid European community, and then, finally, the long fight for annexation by one of the Great Powers.

Hawaii had variations on this theme, of course. But generally it followed the established pattern.

And this is what Mr. Day has to say about industries: “ ‘Grow diversified crops,’ was the cry raised in 1898 and many times thereafter when it seemed that the territory was dangerously seeking its future on a very few staple products. But to base island agriculture on a variety of crops was more easily said than done. . . After the McKinley Tariff took away protection of Hawaiian products, a flurry of experimentation began. Tea planting from seed brought from Ceylon was tried at Kona in 1892.

A company for growing sisal was started in 1892. . . Rubber trees were introduced in the 20th century and the raising of cotton and rice was revived. A good quality tobacco was developed. Recently, export of toothsome macadamia nuts and fresh papayas, as well as splashly orchids and other flowers has brought in good income. . . But diversified agriculture on the mainland pattern has not worked out.”

Where have we heard that sort of thing before?

South Pacific islands dwellers can learn a lot from Hawaii —and from this book. It is not without significance that by the time this is in print, Professor Y. Baron Goto, a coffee expert from Kona, Hawaii, will be advising coffee growers in the Highlands of New Guinea. (See PIM, Dec., 1955, page 151). Coffee is Hawaii’s third biggest crop; about 8,000,000 lbs weight being exported annually to USA for blending with South American varieties.

FOOTNOTE: We were amused to note that Mr. Day’s publishers were victims of the popular “Paradise” phobia when considering anything about the Pacific: The dust jacket of the book bears the legend: Hawaii and Its People—Paradise and Paradox of the Pacific. (Published by Duell, Sloan & Pearce, New York; Little, Brown, in Boston.

American price, $5.) t Mr. Roy Carlyon, 23-year-old railway engineer and son of Senior- Sergeant A. Carlyon, of the NZ Police, has been selected as one o'; ten men for the New Zealand Antarctic Expedition. He spent some of his early life with his parents in the Cook Islands. He is a keen alpinist.

Fixed Measure in Changing World DO you wonder, sometimes, hoi the nations hold the value national currencies, which turn keep world commodity valiu to a fairly steady standard?

The measuring -stick, or fixx standard, still is the ounce of golt and the leading Powers —especiaj United States—still buy any go: that is offered at 35 US dollars pq ounce, or 250/- Sterling. On tM basis, the US dollar is worth T Sterling, or 8/10 Australian.

Gold has not circulated free? for 30 years—Governments au banks hold enormous accumulation in strong-rooms as backing for pan currencies, on the assumption thix if it were released to the world, , would be accepted unhesitatingly place of paper money. ti Miss Talei Tarte, of Taveuni, Fi' 1 was visiting her aunt, Mrs. J.

Bremner, in Sydney, in February. .

Social Occasion in Savu Savu Savu Savu, the chief centre of the western part of Vanua Levu, Fiji, is making social progress. The Hot Springs Hotel, now under the charge of Mr. Robbie Lepper, is catering increasingly for visitors to this attractive district; and the photograph shows a group at a special dance at the hotel, a couple of months ago. In the picture, lett to rignt, are m[?] Woodward (wife of the Registrar-General), [?] S. H. Wilson, Mrs. C. G. O. Parr, and the [?] Secretary, Mr. Stoddart (who then was Ada[?] Governor). Since then, the Savu Savu pen[?] have formally opened new premises for Planters' Club.

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Much of the $lO million the Ul T citrus industry spends annually o:c pest control goes towards fightinr the Helix aspersa, a common orchan variety of snail. The Helix feed] indiscriminately on leaves, twig and fruit.

Up to now, the industry has relief on expensive chemical dusts anr sprays; unfortunately, they must hi applied almost constantly and thes are only moderately effective.

Curtis P. Clausen, of thi University of California’s Depart' ment of Biological Control, has am nounced plans to fight the HeliJ with one of its own kind: thi Gonaxis kihweziensis, commonL known as the cannibal snail.

A native of East Africa, tli Gonaxis has a distinguished battle record against the giant Africas snail in the Mariana islands, in thi Pacific.

On Agiguan, in the Marianas, thi Gonaxis destroyed within two year nearly a million of the 5,000,001 African snails whose ancestors wei; brought in as emergency food tf the Japanese during World War IT When Clausen heard that 5,O0( Gonaxis snails had been rounded uj on Agiguan for anti-pest assign ments on other islands, he put i a bid for a consignment of 200, fo' California. Currently being fed o a diet of Helix snails in tlf University laboratories, they will If turned loose in the spring i selected orange and lemon grow from Santa Barbara to San Diegm The Gonaxis, less than an inoj long, attacks by attaching itself i the foot of the garden snail an devouring it alive with minute, filtl like teeth as it retreats into ii shell.

Colonel H. T. Allan and Mrs. Allas formerly of New Guinea, when lae heard of in January, were comfort ably ensconced in Torremolinos, nee Malaga, on the coast of Spar They were enjoying a “Northee NSW winter” while Britain suffers under smog and icy gales. Thr caravanned for 4,500 miles in Enr land, Scotland and Wales befoD taking their small car over im Western Europe; and they toum in several countries before followiil the sunshine down into Spain. Thr probably will return to NSW in mil 1956. 86 FEBRUARY. 1956-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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Dhe US Natural Rubber Bureau imates that world natural rubber )duction in 1956 will reach 70,000 tons and that consumption 1 fall short of this by probably )0 tons. However, some of the ger consumers disagree with the isumption figure, and consider t natural rubber demand will tinue to exceed supply for many rs. a support of this contention the ilop Rubber Co. has just decided establish new plantations in eria and Malaya—and they will reach the bearing stage for m years after planting, his year the world total rubber sumption is expected to be about 0,000 tons, of which 1,135,000 5 would be synthetic. The president of the Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co. considers that total consumption will rise to about 4,000 000 tons within 10 years. On present plantings the natural output could not increase very greatly over this period. With an increase in better synthetic supplies the price of natural rubber might become “more reasonable,” though this seems unlikely in the very near future, as at present consumers are forced to purchase natural rubber for applications where synthetic would be satisfactory, were it available.

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An It Be Done?

ringing Fijians from Feudalism to [?]idividualism in One Generation

By R. W. Robson

COMPARED with conditions as J they used to be, and compared ith the rest of the world, Fiji is mquil politically, socially and dally.

I think that that is due to two ings. All classes in Fiji realise w that Fiji is faced with a do-political problem of extraiinary difficulty, due to the racial -up there. And all classes cognise that the present Governor r Ronald Garvey) is using every ource at his command, personal well as administrative, to provide solution. tf he fails, the outlook could be y black. dthough complicated by many tors, the main problem can be iply re-stated.

Tie Indians, who are land-less, number the Fijians, who own st of the land; and they are reasmg faster than the Fijians. 3 Indians are industrious, entersing and individualistic, and very eager to make use of all opportunities, especially those based on 13 rid.

The Fijians are intelligent dependable and lovable; but thev generally lack ambition and “rw atl 7 6 ~ .they are generally content with their age-old, feudal system of life, under which they live comfortably in village communities, and let their chiefs do their thinking for them.

Given time, the Fijians, under the impact of Europeanism. would move from feudalism to individualism, and could take care of themselves. The British, under the Deed of Cession, are pledged to protect them and their lands.

There is an excellent relationship between British and Fijians. The Fijians are splendid soldiers.

BUT there is no time. The pressure of the growing Indian community’s demand for land increases every month. Also, at least twice in the past, the Indians have clamoured for a larger voice in government, based on adult suffrage; and they will start yelling again, any time.

There is no doubt that, if the Fijians were at the Indians’ stage of social and political development, the British would accede, in some degree at least, to both demands.

But, under present conditions, the British Government’s first obligation is to the Fijians—the indigenous people, who handed over Fiji, in trust, to Queen Victoria, long before the sugar-plantation labourers came in, under indenture, and established an Indian community. (Over) 89 -IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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Until the Fijian can stand up for himself, on equal terms against the enterprising Indian, the present administrative arrangement must continue.

The present arrangement is a benevolent dictatorship. The Governor, subject to the British Colonial Office, has supreme power.

He uses it carefully and wisely, and is guided by his senior officers, and by a Legislative Council whereon all communities are represented —partly by nomination, partly by election.

On the whole, the system works admirably. But Fiji’s senior officials know that time is running out.

As the Indian community becomes more and more Fiji-born and Fijieducated, it will become more difficult to keen the Indians out of the administration and the lands.

APART from Britain’s determination to protect the Fijians, two or three factors hold the Indians back, in Fiji. One is the hold which old India maintains so jealously over them —in customs, in religion, in traditional thinking.

Another is the sharp racial divisions. We speak of them all as Indians; but there are wide gulfs between Sikhs and Tamils and Ghujerats, to name three. No other Indian race loves the Ghujerats much, for example, and the largest and most active section of tit Fiji-Indians are Ghuierats.

Another is their well-remembere' refusal to assist the British 90 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Another is their stubborn iherence to their own languages. they are going to be—as they ipe—the co-bosses of Fiji, the idians all should learn simple iglish. Except for two French eas, all South Pacific lands e English-speaking. That tenancy will grow, as long as we main under United States proction.

If that protection is lost, we shall wiped out by hordes of Chinese d Japanese; and—despite all the arty and hypocritical backipping in New Delhi—the mgolian sections of Asia do not e Indians any more than they e Europeans. \nd so the Number One question Fiji administrative circles, and long the wise old Fijians (both ite and brown) who advise the ivernor is: How shall we bring the Fijians mickly along the sociological path, 0 that they may hold their own 'gainst the Indians, when Fiji reeives a larger measure of selfgovernment?

' is quite easy to instruct the Fijians—Bo per cent, of them are literate, many in English, t it is not easy to change thsir ;ure.

Vhy should they toil and spin 1 argue in the market-place, 3 n they can get all their fundaital needs in and around their ceful villages, without too much ;k? Why, indeed! et to leave the Fijians as they , while giving more adminiitive power to the Indians, would m simnly the exploitation of the igenous people by the Asians, his would be followed inevitably the day when the angry and like Fijians would arise and 1 with their enterprising fhbours in the way permitted— honoured—in the pre-European Except that they probably Id use knife or bayonet instead he old-fashioned club, he British brought “Eurolisation”—especially sugar—to Sugar made Fiji rich. Britain ight in the Indians to grow the ir. ’ithout sugar and without ans, Fiji would have been like Solomons—an economic painhe-neck. The Europeans and Indians mainly get the benefit ’’iji’s riches—not the Fijians, so h. oman justice therefore demands the British shall now protect Fijians against whatever ;ic9-economic evils may have 3 in the train of the primary istries, and the Indians who : them. r[E Fijians for the most part are governed through their own native organisation. it starts with local officials in the villages and leads up through the hereditary chiefs of districts: and this authority goes on in turn up into a section of the official Government where there is a Fijian Affairs Board.

This administration is strongly influenced and in part directed bv a Great Council of Chiefs, which meets every two or three years.

I was much interested to learn from the Governor (Sir Ronald Garvey) that both the Council of Chiefs and the Fijian Affairs Board are strongly in favour of the efforts being made by the Government to shift the mass of Fijians from feudalism to individualism One somehow expected the oldtime chiefs, at least, to hang on to their old-time privileges.

Obviously, much thought has been given to ways and means of inducing the Fijian to abandon his age-old ease in his village, where his needs are very simple and very few, and seek a more strenuous life of endeavour. . The planning is directed to increasing the Fijians’ needs. As his needs expand, he may be induced to produce more.

TT H, ere is an example. The great Wills organisation recently began making cigarettes in Fiji—a pack of ten very good cigarettes is now selling like wildfire for Bd. This development has stirred up another famous firm of cigarette-makers— its representative was in Suva in December, and current report was that its Fiji factory would start 91

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The Fijians are going for these jarettes in a big way. High Eicialdom heartily approves. The jian experiences a new need, to set which he must come out of s village and work or—and this most important—put his lands to tter use. And there also is elihood that those cigarette mufacturers, instead of using all ported leaf, will call for Fijiiwn leaf. lO assist the Governor in inducing the mass of Fijians to engage in labour and cornice, there seem to be four main trumentalities. rhese include the Fiji Co- ;rative Societies, which are a tural successor to the native nmunal system. Through these, ■ Fijians are jointly marketing Ir produce, purchasing their iplies and providing transport h way. ’here is the Fiji Development id, earmarked for use for the lefit of the native communities, is built by deducting about £lO ton from all native copra rketed, and it now is over 3,000. •here are the Fiji Development cers, directly appointed by the pernor : Edward Cakabau, highly cated and an experienced Fijian linistrator (he was for a time onel in charge of the Fiji Batallion in Malaya), is Develon mental Officer for South and East Vltl Levu. • George Cakobau, his cousin also well educated and prominent in the Administration, is the Officer for North and West Viti Levu. • When the Battalion returns shortly its commander, Lieut- Colonel Ratu Penaia, will become the third Developmental Officer with Vanua Levu as his Territory’

These three outstanding young Fijians will be the Governor’s chief advisers in relation to all matters affecting the Fijians’ transition from feudalism to individualism.

FINALLY —but by no means least —there is the Fiji Credit Union, under which the individual villages, under the personal direction of Father M Ganey, are induced to (a) save their shillings on a systematic basis’ (b) accumulate funds from which a committee of villagers makes carefully-considered loans; (c) manage the loan funds and see that repayments are made regularly.

Not twenty months have elapsed since the Governor brought Father Ganey over from British Honduras to organise this Union; yet in that time no less than 135 unions have been formed, throughout Fiji, and their modest but regular contributions to September 30 last, totalled no less than £50,085. Total i na< ? e in that time was £92,000—0f which £51,000 had been repaid, and most of it loaned again.

The operations of the Fiji credit Union were described in January PIM.. I think it has interest and significance for other Territories.

THROUGH these and other channels, the Governor and his chief officers definitely are influencing the Fijians in a 93 TFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY. 1956

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To the outsider, looking in, it does not seem that much more can be done. But time is running out.

Such sociological changes are slow —usually from generation to generation—and rarely can they be speeded up.

About the only other field in which the Governor might work is that of the Indian community.

He has some good friends among the Indians—intelligent men of some vision—and if they could induce the Piji-Indian leaders generally to see that the Britons’ responsibility towards the Fijians is also the responsibility of the Indians, and that the situation calls for wisdom and patience, Fiji’s Number One problem might be much nearer solution.

That is not a fantastic hope.

Some of the European “old hands” say that there have been closer contacts between Fijians and Indians m recent years, and I myself have noticed some evidence of it.

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The Tongans have been in hai training for months, and they ai. expected to average 14 stonr Vaea Tupou himself, who probata will lead the team, weighs 17 ston and is 6 ft 2 in, tall.

“The backs will not be as faj as the Fijians,” said Vaea Tupo< “but they will be faster than tH Maoris and the All Blacks.”

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The body of Mrs. Aiu Vakatini ’illiams, widow, formerly of Maniki, and for the past few years sident in Rarotonga, was found in jatangiia lagoon on December 27. lere was evidence of foul play.

The Union Steam Ship Co.’s ms-Pacific freighter Waitemata d been in port at the time. The irotonga police asked for expert sistance from New Zealand and e detective was flown to Van- Liver to intercept the Waitemata d make certain investigations. He arded the vessel 30 miles at sea >m a Canadian police vessel.

Vo arrest was made, and the NZ lice would make no statement, :ept to say that the police officer uld be aboard the vessel when it nn sailed south for Papeete and rotonga about February 7.

Japs the Answer?

JST as Eastern Samoa has established a tuna fishing industry worth millions of dollars on basis of employing the right a on a no-fish, no-pay basis, so ;tralians are being given a ctical demonstration of what Dloying the right men can mean the northern pearling industry, fter great initial opposition, the ;tralian Government permitted .tralian pearling companies to ! 160 Japanese skilled divers and ;r’s tenders under a strict system control. All the men are paid i wages. In January, one of Bar- ’s master pearlers, an employer livers, said that already, as the lit of using these few Japanese led divers, the production of 1 since last June has received ) per cent, boost over 1954-55. [?]Months and Lash [?] Indian Father's Cruelty to Baby INERAL approval was expressed in Suva when Dip Narayan was sentenced to nine months six months respectively on ges of cruelty to a child and ect. ie accused expressed himself ■wards as being quite happy at ng off with 12 months. Not so >y when it was explained to him ' he had apparently not heard, with it went 12 strokes of the s wife, Kamla Suresh, was sentenced to three months on the charge of neglect, and acquitted on the cruelty charge.

Both accused had told the police and a doctor that the baby had fallen off the bed on to a box with the result that it had two broken thighs.

Later the wifp w* at went to tr n r 2 Narayan and «J 2 h ® r parent f. from where she sent a letter to the police stating that she saw her hiicho»-iH i c Sng tL Teil l lap : threatened tnJJI , h a d threatened to stab her with a knife if she told the truth Later in husband 6 atolttogTat" wh"? T Broadcasting Improvements XT ONIARA broadcasting station now has a short-wave outlet on 5960 kc/s > with the call-sign VQO2, operating in parallel with transmitter VQO on 1030 kc/s in the broadcast band. The new transmitter has 100 watts input, m U , , , The short-wave outlet should P r 0 v i d e a substantially improved service to the more distant pans of the Protectorate * , 070 °- 0800 dalfy wfthThe ex! 95

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Jut that, of course, would be an erference with (a) freedom of individual producer and (b) edom of the individual governnt. For that reason, no Western vernment has been game to kle the problem at the point of duction—although most of them, years, to prevent economic aster, have been taking control the stage where a surplus has aally developed. lIS is a good example of how any State interference with the law of supply and demand (that my Socialistic interference) just cally leads on to more and more control, until the freedom of the individual is lost altogether.

State control leads Inevitably into Socialism; Socialism, of course is the logical precursor of Communismand Communism inevitably becomes Totalitarianism, which is the complete subversion of the individual to the State.

What starts the process? Human selfishness and greed.

If the individual producer would accept advice and guidance regarding world markets, instead of rushing in to grab the largest possible amount of the high prices before the market sags, he could be left free But 90 per cent, of him never does If he wants a sure market, through Government protection, he must be prepared to accept bureaucratic control of production, as well as of marketing. He cannot have it both ways.

Nog Production

New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd., has reported that for the month of December, 1955, the following returns were received; Golden Ridges Mill, 1,213 fine oz gold, 1,457 oz of silver' Golden Ridges Alluvials, nil; Koranga Alluvials' 333 oz of fine gold; Tributes, 119 oz of fine gold; Timber, 230,907 super feet.

Sandy Creek Production

Advice has been received from Sandy Creek Gold Sluicing, Ltd., that during the month of December, 1955, approximately 68 ounces of gold were recovered from 5,650 cubic yards of material treated.

Boom Coming?

Whales for Mink IN a recent interview, Mr. Alan Anderson, managing director of Ande r s o n’s Meat Industries, which operates the whaling station at Byron Bay, NSW, and is establishing a station at Norfolk Is., said that the NI station should be ready to commence operations soon after the beginning of the whaling season, mid-1956. The firm had a license to take 150 whales per season, and would use the two whale-chasers based at Byron Bay.

A two-storied building is being erected at Cascades, NI, and machinery imported from Norway would soon be installed. Whale oil and cattle food would be produced and about 75 Norfolk Islanders would be employed in this, the only factory on the island.

There were two other items of whaling news in January: A representative of a mink-breeding organisation in the United States was in Sydney seeking to purchase the entire output of Australian whalemeat for these valuable fur-bearmg animals; and it has been announced that a whaling station on Great Barrier Island, out from Auckland, will be established.

A daughter was recently bom to the Rev. and Mrs. S. Geddes, of the Methodist Mission, New Guinea.

Fear of Coffee Slump (Continued from Page 63)

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News of the Small-Ships IT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY : Just 50 years ago this February, Lever Brothers’ 1,141-ton steamer Upolu arrived at Suwarrow atoll, Cook Is., on one of the most interesting commercial operations ever to be carried out in the South Pacific.

The story is told in PIM for November, 1935, in a report from Captain Charles Menmuir, former master of Upolu.

The vessel left Sydney in January to transfer a cargo of live gold-lip pearl shell from Torres Strait to Suwarrow atoll. On arrival at Sunday Island (Torres Strait) 30,000 shells were gathered and placed in barrels, holding roughly a dozen shells each. The barrels were mounted on frames arranged in tiers in the ’tween decks, and were so arranged that a constant flow of pumped sea water percolated through them. Only gold-lip shell was taken, black-lip shell being already plentiful at Suwarrow where Lever’s Pacific Plantations Pty. Ltd. maintained a pearling station.

The price difference between goldlip and black-lip shell at that time was £A9O per ton, and the commercial cultivation of gold-lip shell at Suwarrow seemed a sound business proposition.

A successful passage was made via Suva, with negligible loss of shell. At Suwarrow the shells were placed in wire frames and lowered into the lagoon. Upolu then departed, leaving an English conchologist, Mr. (later Sir) Seville Kent, in charge of the experiments.

His assistant was Mr. James Huddy, of Torres Strait, who afterwards became manager for Levers, at Gavutu, Solomons.

Subsequently, said Captain Menmuir, the shells spatted and produced young shells, but they were not quite the success hoped for. Unfortunately, before further necessary experiments could be undertaken, Lever’s lease of Suwarrow expired and the New Zealand Government declined to renew it. After the New Zealand authorities took over the Island, Captain Menmuir reported, very little was done to continue tic experiments, and eventually thf were abandoned.

To-day, after years of idleness, t]d lagoon is being looked at with n newed interest by the Cook Islam Administration, especially as tJ Manihiki lagoon has now be€ closed for a rest period.

The operation by Upolu is believe to be the only one of its kind, ( such a scale, ever undertaken the South Pacific.

FIRE DOWN BELOW: —Papee was aroused at 1 a.m. on Decemfcl 28 when a fire broke out in ti fo’csle of the 56-ton MV Suzam . lying at the waterfront. The Po Captain and his Assistant, the F: r Department, Army, and Police unr were quickly on the scene and J good save was made.

Fortunately, there was no wind J the schooner Tiare Taporo lyii close alongside might also have be involved. Suzanne was originaE built for M. Emile Martin, wj known Tahiti business man, ae named after his daughter, now Mn Massal wife of Dr. Massal, of tr South Pacific Commission. TI vessel is now listed as belonging; the Palmer Estate.

STRANDED:—According to s vice from Honolulu, the fish:i schooner Commonwealth wr ashore on Palmyra atoll in n 98 FEBRUARY. 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHI

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LH.IB.QPM vember or December and is apparently considered a total loss Owned by the Kahler-Dahl fishing company of the US Pacific Coast Commonwealth, based on Honolulu’ has been carrying out a tuna survey of Line Islands waters over the oast several years without notable success. About a year ago the company’s other vessel, The Brothers engaged in this work, was lost with all hands between French Frigate Shoals and Honolulu.

The crew of the stranded Commonwealth was picked up in December by Fish and Wildlife Service research vessels. The John R Manning picked up five men, and about the same time the Hugh M Smith called and picked up the other four, both vessels arriving back at Pearl -Harbour on December 17.

Details of the disaster are unknown.

THEY COME AND GO:—Completing her contract term, the Japanese tuna-fleet tender Saipan Maru sailed for Japan in December after servicing the Pago Pago-based tuna fleet for the past six months. The vessel had 115 tons of sundry uncannable fish aboard.. She was accompanied by the fishing vessels Koshitata Maru and Yoshu Maru To replace one of the latter, the Kyowa Maru No. 8, 90 ft x 18 ft x 9 ft, with a fish storage capacity of ol tons and a crew of 25, arrived Another vessel, Nikko Maru, not attached to the Pago Pago fleet [?]ER: Captain J. H. Von Dahlern, mentioned [?]e recent story of the World War I [?]rdment of Papeete, as skipper of the [?]er "S. N. Castle" which carried German [?]ats from Papeete to San Francisco, and [?]ad, years earlier, carried home the bodies [?]nerican seamen drowned in the Apia [?]ne disaster. CENTRE: The Chilian motor- "Tres Damas" in Papeete. LOWER: The [?] motor-sailer "Penzance" in Papeete.

Two lower photos by Oscar Nordman. 99 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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Cable Address: BERRYSBOAT, Sydney. ne in there for urgent engine airs, after the necessary per- »sion had been obtained* from irl Harbour by radio. Such perision applies to all Japanese fishvessels not attached to the Pago jo operations. ■AP T ARIF A SOLD:—A chartd aircraft was expected to arrive New Caledonia from Manila in mary bringing a crew to take very of the 2,177-ton Cap Tarifa, ch has been sold to a Philippines i. Cap Tarifa was built in France 1920 as the Depute Maurice nard. She was later renamed !trice Bernard, and, under Societe Nickel ownership has traded been Noumea and NSW, bringing I and coke to the smelters in imea over the past 15 years. She be used for a cattle transport between Philippines and Australia.

With her disposal, the Societe Le Nickel now has an entirely up-todate fleet of two 3.000- motor vessels, and a 5.000- steamer recently acquired.

VILA STAR SOLD: N e w Hebrides Trading & Shipping Co.’s 465-ton Vila Star was reported during January to have been sold to Mr. Roy Gubbay, of Santo, as the vessel lay at Wellington, NZ.

A veteran of the New Zealand coast, she was considered one of the ugliest yet most seaworthy vessels in the South Pacific. Built as Argus, in 1928, she became the Holmglen, in 1932, when purchased by the Holm Shipping Co., of Wellington.

NHT & S Co. purchased her several years ago and she has operated between Santo and Sydney, and latterly on the trans- Tasman timber trade. It is believed that she will now return to the Sydney-New Hebrides trade. (In Sydney, on February 1, Mr.

Gubbay said he has no fixed plans for the vessel as yet, except for “usual Pacific trading.” He has been freighting with other ships in the New Hebrides area and his last ship, Bateman’s Bay, was recently sold to the New Caledonian Government for use as a research vessel).

CREW TROUBLE:—Following her lengthy refit in Suva, the Noumea 209-tonner Lorraine apparently acquired a substantially Fiji crew [?] P (SS), Ltd.'s, new "Zephyr II" of 257 tons gross, which arrived Suva January 15 from NZ. She will be able to carry 2,800 sacks [?] opra and 300 tons of general cargo, but there is no accommodation passengers. Capt. Fred Smith is in command, with a crew of 15. phyr ll's" maiden Fiji voyage was to Lautoka. (See January PIM other details.) —Photo by Jack Thornton. 101 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY. 1956

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In December it was reported that these men walked off the vessel at a northern port and travelled back to Noumea by land to protest against the working conditions on board.

SOLOMONS MISHAP: —Fai r ymead Sugar Co.’s auxiliary vessel Makila was reported on a reef at Rua Sura Island, off Guadalcanal, late in November. RSC Kovala and the trading craft Cape Torrens and Monokai rendered aid. In first attempt to refloat Makila, the towing hawser parted. Cape Torrens made a hurried voyage to Honiara for another tow-line and the vessel was finally pulled clear without serious damage. Luckily, the weather was good.

LEAVING PACIFIC:—The Anchor Shipping & Foundry Co., of Nelson, NZ, has sold the 3,566-ton turbine passenger vessel Ngaio, well known for many years in the Hawaiian inter-island trade as the Hualalai.

She was built in San Francisco, in 1929, and acquired for the Nelson- Wellington run in 1950, but proved too large and expensive to operate, for the traffic offering.

She has been sold to Gulf Steamships Ltd., of Karachi, Pakistan, and was to leave Wellington under a Pakistani crew in January.

More Wreckage Found:—

Wreckage which could possibly have come from Joyita was brought to Suva late in January by the local vessel Ai Sokula. The wreckage—remains of a skylight, painted green, and a small cushion filled with kapok—was found on Yanuca Island north of Taveuni, Fiji.

OOPS!:—With most of Thursdt Island’s Christmas cheer aboard ti LST Wewak, in recent years in tJ North Queensland cattle trade, wes up on a mud-bank 300 miles non of Cairns on December 5, and w/ unlikely to get clear before the n© Spring Tides, making it unlike that she would reach the island 102 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHH

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The stranding occurred when vessel was discharging stores at mely station in a tidal river. 3ME WERE LUCKY:—Overlowed by the disappearance of ta, another sea drama took place Gilbert Islands waters in Nober. On November 5, AMP none and a companion, Te aere, went fishing off Tarawa he MV Aratoba’s launch. They ;d to return. Presumably a ch was made, but the missing ich was not located until on smber 18, the Japanese fishing el Koyo Maru reported that the had been picked up 200 miles of Tarawa, ley were to be landed at Ebon, shall Islands, on November 23.

American vessel was to return men to Tarawa in mid-De- Der. The launch drifted at oximately 15 miles per day from of breakdown.

SLAYS & TROUBLES:—Work refitting A. B. Donald & Co.’s : Islands trader Charlotte aid, at Auckland, is taking er than anticipated and the ;1 is not expected to clear Auckbefore late January, sanwhile, during January, the £m and conic following lll a hvl^ ded One%T g memhPr nf tho breakd °w n - Sen hi K h to the mast be our?te n snot earh h?v LIS J? S fav : oiling Tal old SLn T ? and who !s wlfl into Tangaroa - In chaSe of thP o * Tonv Thomnsoi^ h %nn nt nf S ap^n iony inompson, son of Captain "XcclS 0 ? , and Tony wT then go Site o? K Pomare, under Captain Hare when that vessel resumes the running in late March or April.

TTOMTTTMTMn nn. „ ~r G radually, following marine disasters, smallship regulations are being tightened up by the various South Pacific Administrations. In the Cooks, the number of passengers which may b t carried is now regulated Thls was seen in a recent announce- ™ent that the Brixham trawler Inspire is limited to 35 passengers m the Southern Group trade, and Jf 0 15 passengers when on Rarotonga- Northern Group voyages The vessel has also beenZte/with an efflcS rad ‘° transmltter - CALLED TO AlD:—With Charlotte Donal d called away to Auckland for early refit this season, the Cook Group has been left with an acute shipping shortage, only Inspire and John Harrington’s small being afloat <£„> per, the Falmouth yawl "Diana", lately papeete; and lower, the English cutter me" in which Danny Weil is bound round world on a one - man radio amateur dition (see section "For Pacific Radio [?]eurs). 103 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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TWOMEYS: According to an Auckland report, the Lepers’ Trust Board would like to name the three new medical vessels now building in Auckland Twomey I, Twomey 11, and Twomey 111, after Mr.

P. J. Twomey, soon retiring following 30 years Secretaryship o f the Board.

Mr. Twomey, however, would like them to be called Rata (NZ), Rimu (NZ) Matai (NZ) —and these may be the names which they eventually receive, although at least two of the names, less the (NZ) portion, are already held by vessels on the New Zealand Register —Rata and Matai.

VITI MOVEMENTS: — Viti, onetime Fiji Government vessel, lately acting as stand-in for Maui Pomare request of the "Joyita" owner's legal representative in Suva, "Joyita's" engines were recently taken out and stripped at the Bay workshops of United Engineers. The firm's managing partners, [?]rs. Tom Cavendar (left) and Tom Pickering (right), shown here the dismantled engines, have reported that they could find no [?]anical cause for an engine breakdown on the "Joyita". At the Inquiry Counsel said he would prove that "engine and cooling [?]m were defective and parts missing". (See elsewhere.—Ed.).

Photo: Jack Thornton. 105 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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Box 417 Telephone: 4067, 4068. on the Cook Islands run from Au<j land, has completed her charter' the Government and will returnt the trans-Tasman quick-frozen f« trade in which very high freight! about 4d per lb—are offering. T vessel, which has just undergone partial survey, may go to Hongko for the next major survey.

As the owners, Tasman Steamst Co., are insolvent, the vessel meanwhile for sale, but it is hoi that the company may become established if the ship is able to main in her present lucrative tree

Isabel Rose Arrives: —/Sa

Rose, former Army Patrol Crs type, 103.3 ft x 21.3 ft x 8.4 ft, 8 more recently a fishing ves arrived at her new home port, P* Pago, on December 4 under co mand of Captain Robert C. Pa;.

Pago Pago’s Harbour Master s also master of Marm’s Tele.

The vessel cleared Sausalito. C on November 8, after refitting thi Owned by Joseph and Willi.

Stephany, who also own the Samoa, Isabel Rose is powered! a 500-hp diesel and has a cruis range of 3,000 miles at a ser' speed of 91 knots. The purch price was reported to be ah $35,000 (£A15,500).

Shortly after the vessel’s arn at Pago Pago she was chartered New Zealand authorities to m an urgent trip to the Tokelaus v medical assistance for a polio o b rea k Captain J. Jones, Harbour Mat at Apia, was apparently in commr for the voyage, which was the : made to the Group since the fated Joyita voyage.

Mothballs Ashore!: —T

1,050-ton reserve cable-ship M\ dusted out her mothballs at W ington, NZ, and departed that ; on January 19 with a team of perts aboard to repair a cable ft near Norfolk Island.

The fault had developed dm the heavy weather of December a point on the Norfolk-Suva ses of the trans-Pacific cable a few rr: off-shore.

Latest addition to the Eastern Samoa fleet, John and William Steffany's "Isabel Rose", and, right, the crew which delivered her from the Pacific Coast to Pago Pago. From left to right, Captain Payes, who is also harbourmaster at Pago Pago, owner William Steffany, Bernard Russmussen, Bosn. Faotua, Faatauva'a Talam Maea T ago, Tosina, Ripine Ripine, Peter and engineer James Sword. —Photos by Pan American Pri [?] 106 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Collecting Molluscs:—The

looner-yacht Gloria Maris, named er one of the world’s rarest shell- 1, is about to commence a sntific investigation of the seatom in the Geelvink Bay area of :herlands New Guinea. l photo of the schooner appeared December PIM and details of her ”k appeared in earlier issues, npleting a refit at Koror, Palaus, schooner proceeded to Biak md, where she took aboard Mr.

W. B. Powell, assistant director the Auckland War Memorial seum, to head the team of eight :ine biologists. he expedition is led and financed Mr. A. J. Ostheimer, of the ladelphia Academy of Natural mces, and the schooner is nn e d by some well known ate u r yachtsmen, including est Chamberlain and William dock, also Miss Mickey Douglas she will be remembered in iti—now married to the chief neer of the schooner. She was lerly in Arthur Rogers and te Heron. i completion of the scientific gmg programme at the end of ch, Gloria Maris will be availfor charter to any scientific or lar party. She is not a cargo d. Mr. Ostheimer can be con- ;d care of the vessel at Biak, mt base for operations. rWANTED TRADE:—Fruit Distors Ltd., the company handling importation of citrus and nas into New Zealand, is seeki ship-owner with a fast refrigd vessel suitable to enter this nding trade. ch a vessel would probably need ! 3,000-4,000 gross tons. Indicathat the company is urging the n Steam Ship Co. to build such ssel, Mr. Harvey Turner, head ruit Distributors, recently said there was an opportunity for shipping companies to provide he Island fruit trade, though had shown little interest, the contrary, more than one company has shown interest ie trade, and the reason that have not entered it is found ipally in the Union Steam Ship ability to strangle such operaoy pressure in many quarters.

MIR AGAIN:—The three- *r barques Pamir and Passat, known in Pacific waters, were over by a German Trust in try from the bank which has bly owned the vessels. j Trust has been formed by 40 West German shipping anies who will operate the ammers in their present >e-South American trade as ng ships for German mercanlarine cadets. il REFIT:—The Tonga Govmt despatch vessel Hifofua was expected in Auckland for refit in February.

MISSION FLEET NE^A^S:—As reported last year, the Melanesian Mission decided to replace its Southern Cross VII, still for sale in Sydney, with two smaller vessels The first, and smaller, of these is now under construction with the Bailina Slipway & Engineering Co northern New South Wales. This is a wooden 50 ft x 16 J ft x ft moulded depth, single-screw vessel, with foc’sle accommodation for native crew and two-berth chartroom wheel-house aft. A 4-cylinder Gardner diesel will supply the power Delivery date should be about mid- -1956.

The larger vessel, 87 ft overall, is being designed by Sydney naval architect Arthur Swinfield, who specialises in Islands craft and has been associated with some South Pacific government vessels. Plans for this vessel were to be completed by late January, whereon tenders will be let in Sydney and Auckland.

This, too, will be a single-screw wooden vessel but she will have more accommodation, including accommodation for the Bishop.

The present Bishop, a master mariner, will himself command her.

DISPOSAL OF HANNAH:— Some months ago Mr. F. A. Wells, of Wells Brothers, Pelorus Sound, New Zealand, arrived at Rarotonga after 107 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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Cables: ROBERGILL 54a Pitt Street, Sydney G.P.O. Box 7011 basing the wreck of MV Rannah. ie 300-ton Rannah went on ua’s reef on November 16, 1954, ig a northerly gale. Acting on Wells’ instructions, a local ng company auctioned the iah’s hull and equipment on mber 10, 1955. e complete set of refrigerating )ment, masts, booms, water and tanks, and a considerable mt of other gear were sold. The was purchased by a syndicate ive, headed by a Rarotonga r.

SU WAS OK:—Suva’s bush telegraph was definitely out of order in January, when, for a couple of days, it was rumoured that the Vasu had met with trouble on a voyage from Tarawa to Suva.

Speculations began after the Fiji Broadcasting Commission had broadcast messages to the Vasu requesting the ship to call Suva on a specified wavelength at a certain hour, and continued till the Vasu sailed into port one Sunday morning.

Enquiries showed that the Vasu had failed to keep pre-arranged radio schedules, and this had caused authorities ashore to broadcast messages seeking news of the ship’s position. However, all’s well that ends well, and some of the crew seemed surprise, on arrival in Suva, to discover that people had been wondering about the safety of the ship.

TARAWA RADIO WATCHES: Advice was received from the Chief Wireless Officer, GEIC, early in January reporting that Tarawa Radio-VSZ will cease to listen for R/T calls on 6280 kc/s after February 1. The local smallships fleet will fall into line with international [?]ft: The men who [?] your frequencies! [?]u Radio's staff. We [?]unable to read the [?]s as supplied, but [?]men are, left to [?]senior tele- [?]ist, telegraphist, [?]Les Wright (Officer- [?]arge), telegraphist, [?]echnician. (Photos [?]ther Island coast [?]n staffs are ac- [?]ile.) [?]ht: The little [?]h yacht "Jellicle", westbound from [?]. PIM's corres- [?]nt, M. R. Hart of [?]a, is standing at [?]ow in this snap. 109 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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TRI ELLIS: —Still expanding Pacific phosphate fleet the Brit Phosphate Commissioners have i ordered another 14,000-ton vessel the Nauru-O ce a n-Australia-N Zealand trade. With the agreemr of Lady Ellis, the vessel will named Triellis in memory of the I Sir Albert Ellis, New Zealand Co missioner for 31 years and fati of the Nauru-Ocean phosplr industry. The vessel should be co pleted in 1958 and will have acco modation for 12 passengers.

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URGED;—The Belshaw-Stace n for the economic development of Cook Islands urges the New Z land Government to acquire ; base at Penrhyn atoll a schoo with “accommodation of a reas able standard for six to eight ceg passengers” and room for a sn quantity of cargo. The vessel wo be used for general administrat purposes and “to counter any te= ency to undesirable monoj practices on the part of trad concerns.” The Belshaw-Stace port cites a case of such “practiu which is hindering the developm of the Northern Group islands.

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G & E:—The Sacred Heart mis? in the Gilbert and Ellice Isis Colony has purchased, through C tain W. L. Kennedy, Sydney si; broker, a replacement for So Teretia, which was lost just a : ago.

The new ship—present name R although it is believed that mission will change her name Santa Teretia —was launched!

Nowra, NSW, on January 28, : She was built by W. Cram Sons there and her keel was some years ago. Although ah. complete, work stopped on hee 1949 while her builders awaite buyer. She will go to Sydney mid-February to the Berry’s establishment of Bjarne Halve Ltd., where she will be sheat have extra cabins built and be plied with a launch. This craft is already powered by Ruston & Hornsby diesel engine This should be Santa Teretia — Santa Teretia 11, which was be onto the reef at Nikunau, Gii Islands, in January, 1955, was ce Halgard when she was purchl in Australia in 1949, and was renamed Santa Teretia afteit earlier mission craft.

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OPERATION YAWS COMiETED:—The Papua-New Guinea alth Department’s patrol vessel duru was beached at Daru, »stern Papua, early January. A ating log in the Fly River is be- /ed to have damaged the vessel’s jine shaft. rhe ship had just completed a dical patrol to Lake Murray and the Fly to Kiunga. During the days patrol the entire native mlation of the Lake Murray area i been given a penicillin injeci as part of the PHD’s anti-yaws apaign. Dr. Harmos, Medical icer at Daru, was in charge. ’he P-NG Health Dept, has two er patrol-vessels— Hekaha, which ; being used for mass X-ray in Trobriands in January, and we, which is based at Rabaul.

WO APC SHIPS WRECKED: ) Australasian Petroleum Comy lost two ships in the bad miduary weather that affected large is of Papua-New Guinea. The is were the 400 tons Davara and 40-tons Protrero. They went up a reef off Bari Bari, about 25 js from Port Moresby, he ships had been sailing toter in heavy weather with a ;o of machinery for Moresby n the Davara broke down.

Protrero then took it in tow. ;n about 25 miles from Moresby ierce gale blew both ships on reef. le crews of both ships consisted our Europeans and 21 natives.

Ive passengers were landed on beach while the crews fought ave the ships. i the night of January 17 heavy pounded Protrero into Davara Protrero had to be abandoned, i both crews now on Davara the t went on to save the vessel another 24 hours, Davara was abandoned and the crews set l camp on the beach, lother APC vessel picked up the on January 20; the passengers previously been sent on to jsby in another vessel. 18. 3.—Under the direction of Receiver of Wrecks, P. Moresby, ira was refloated and towed to Moresby, end of January.

JRIMARAU STILL IN SYD- ’•—S. Berg and Co.’s Kuriiu (formerly BSIP Government ; D was still in Sydney early nary. It was expected that she d be out of dock, where she has undergoing hull survey, by the week in the month and when iey’s current wharf-labourers’ b permitted, would begin loader Port Moresby. . Berg would not confirm that nil work for APC in Papua (as ted in December PIM) ; he says “she will enter the P-NG al service.” ven Kwato mission boys went down to Sydney in December Malaita to crew the vessel on her first north-bound voyage.

Deutgan Gets Away —The

211 tons ex barge Deutgan, owned by Mr. Marcel Marinacce, of Santo New Hebrides, got away for home in early January after something like nine months in dock in Sydney She went to Sydney last March and PIM reported at the time that she “expected to be there for several months”—which turned out to be unduly optimistic.

Deutgan was bought in Sydney about four years ago and converted for trading round the Hebrides group. She traded there for three years before coming to Sydney for docking, and in view of the delay experienced it seems likely that it will be another three before Mr.

Marinacce risks it again.

News of Cruising Yachts • LA CANTUTA continues to push towards French Oceania from the Galapagos; meanwhile some further details of this balsa raft and the early stages of the voyage have come to hand from our Balboa correspondent.

A photo in a Panama newspaper shows the raft surging along under what appears to be a big nylon square-sail. On the sail is a cleverly painted spray of the Cantuta flower with a line of music superimposed. Unlike its predecessors, this 30 ft. x 13 ft. raft appears to have a sawn-timber house, with glass windows like the wheel-house of a launch on the fore side. The voyage is variously reported 111 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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HAPPY RETURN which should perhaps iave been classified as a yacht in this n, has apparently ended her voyage in . Landing up on a reef 2 miles from e Pass after clearing that port December New Zealand, the fishing vessel was jd by owner Acland and sold to Mr. i Guilbert of that port for a reported 10 Pacific francs. Mr. Acland departed IZ per WAIKAWA on December 18.

I thereafter the damaged vessel was re- 1 a " d ta .n en V° ■ Papeete s,ipwa V for . She will probably soon enter the local fASME, English Morecombe Bay prawner, arrived at Papeete westbound on ber 9, was still there late in December ikely to remain some time (see Radio Notes elsewhere). Owner Daniel Weil flies the Blue Ensign. # ZONDA 111, 30 ft. Argentinian sloop of Yacht Club Argentine, Buenos Aires, cleared Balboa westbound December 5. Aboard with owner Miliary Chiswell was Carlos Paiva. The voyage commenced June, 1953, two years being spen t in Rio de Janeiro. The yacht is heading for NZ and Australia via Island ports. She weathered a hurricane last year in West Indies waters, then provided important communications in the Windward Islands following much damage ashore. • DIANA of Falmouth, 43-footer, cleared Balboa westbound December 6. With owner Norman E. Young, 63, were retired 68-year- °*d ban k er C. Palmer, and F. C. Woodhouse, RN . a, l‘ l , 56 . , These companions ’'"'T- DI , ANA left England in June, 1954. Later advice from the Galapagos indicated that this yacht and ZOND4 Ml c | eared therc aarl Ja j f „, French Oceania lc , , x , * JELLICLE ' 25 ft - 0.a., and 20 ft. w. 1., claimed to ba the shortest waterline vessel *° a J' tem P t the Pacific crossing, cleared Balboa westbound December 24 on a voyage from Plymouth, England, to Auckland. With owner Lieutenant-Commander "Mike" Bailes, RN is Gabrie | de S ousa of Madeira. _. _ , owner has a Year's leave from the R° ya * Navy to make the voyage. He plans *° 0 . the Y ac "t tor sale in Auckland and return ' mm e diaf e' y to England, JELLICLE is a sloop of English FOLK BOAT design, with no motor. She is identical to NOVA ESPERO which crossed the Atlantic both ways several years ago. The voyage commenced ,ast August 16. • VIXEN ' 35 ft. Atkin-designed gaff-rigged cutter of Miami, Fal., cleared Balboa westbound in December. The yacht is owned and manned by -lames and Jean Stark, "each about 30 years age". They are out on a 4-years circumnavigation. • FIESTA, Honolulu 72-footer, returning west 113 MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956 1 F I C ISLANDS

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The taxi which he had ore was seized and “confiscated.”

Had the man been apprehes on the wharf before he got into; taxi his penalty would have lighter and the unfortunate driver would not have been invf in the case.

The Suva magistrate who M the case, Mr. E. Light, said there was no alternative charges could have been made and the r mum penalty for “carrying was £25. The law also provides confiscation of the vehicle cam the goods. He said that thes owner could apply to the Gove:s in-Council and the Customs des ment would not oppose his tion.

In the meantime the taxi cd suffers loss of earnings. Many residents, regardless of whati legal aspects of the case are, as the opinion that in this instancD law is an ass. fl Mr. Len Usher, Fiji Public I tions Officer, returned to duti end of January after 9 months seas leave. 114 FEBRUARY, 1 956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTI

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they would be regarded as being under full administration influence.

This was when an unarmed native Police constable could be sent into the area to arrest an offender and return safely to base.

He added: “In some cases, you can’t do this in parts of Australia.’"

Mr. Roberts said that in the restricted areas it was necessary for a non-native to have a permit to enter. This was to protect the person himself as well as the natives of the area.

Natives Build Roads And

BRIDGES A 120-ft bridge on the road from Finschhafen to Lae was officially opened this week.

The bri d g e—built by Wabim natives—crosses the Kwalamsam river and opens up the Busiga area.

Meanwhile the primitive Kuku- Mr. Colin Sefton, of Koitaki, accepts a trophy (letter-box or cuckoo-clock?) from P-NG Assistant Administrator Wilson at the conclusion of the race-meeting held in Port Moresby on January 2. Proceeds went to the local swimming-pool fund. —Photo by Papuan Prints.

Papua-New Guinea News Notes (Continued from Page 48)

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The long range plan is for the construction of a road to go through to Bulolo, a distance of about 50 miles.

Giving Their Blood

More than 200 Europeans and 250 natives were registered as blooddonors with the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service in Port Moresby at the beginning of January, but more were urgently wanted. Following this appeal, more than two hundred people, the majority of them natives, registered with the Red Cross in Port Moit on two days in mid-January.

Steamships Trading Comp? made part of their main showroc available to the Red Cross to reo donors.

Figures show that 220 calls ; blood were made by doctors at c European and Native Hospitals!

Port Moresby last year. In Decern alone, 38 calls were received.

Ambitious Plans Of Rse

Three important resolutions pai by the Rabaul Branch of the I will be on the agenda at the SE Congress meeting of the Les which will take place in Lae es this year.

The resolutions were passed] the Annual General Meeting of: Branch in mid-January.

They deal with the recently nounced sale of expropriated ] perties in the Territory; land set; ment; and a request to the C: monwealth Government to an the Territory of New Guinea. n resolution also asks the Comnr wealth Government to approach!

Dutch on the question of Austn taking over the development administration of Dutch New Gui

Acting Ps Commissioned

A former Chief Electoral Oft and Commonwealth Public Sen Inspector, Mr. Eric Dwyer, reao Port Moresby in January as Ac: Public Service Commissioner, relieves Mr. T. A. Huxley, whi at present on leave.

The Acting Public Commisshi is 38, and has spent 19 years inj Commonwealth Public Service.

Clan Cameron Welcome ()

STYLE) FOR LORD ROWALL.

Native troops of the Paf Islands Regiment drawn up onj apron of Jackson’s Airstrip in I Moresby on January 17 provide colourful start to a 12-days’ tout Papua and New Guinea by Empire Chief Scout Lord Rowal The tall, erect Chief Scout welcomed to the Territory, asa stepped from the Qantas airc:: by the Administrator, the Assist Administrator and Scouting office Lord Rowallan was pleasantly ; prised when he noticed that the H pipes of the PIR Pipe Band v draped In the tartans of his els the Cameron clan.

Lord Rowallan had only about] hour in Port Moresby before fI:J on to Lae. He went to RabauL 18th and later to Madang Goroka before returning to I Moresby, where he spent some dfc

Daru’S Successful Socii

CLUB Some idea of the general progi of the non-European population Daru is seen in a report to-day t natives there are taking dami lessons—European style.

Classes are held twice weekly the recently formed Western 6 116 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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"How do you like it?’ 'a sked Bob Tom drained his glass slowly and appreciatively. “Nice drop of rum. What is it?”

“Valiant.”

“H’m. Plenty of Character, as you know, is the result of a combination of distinctive qualities. In this instance, it is the happy blending of smoothness, richness and mellowness which causes so many discriminating men to say: “Valiant” is a rum with character! character I’d say .

Don’t mind if I have another!” do To say that “Valiant” Rum has “character” is a pretty good way to describe this unusual “Valiant” Rum as yet, the best time may be your next opportunity. You’ll find that “Valiant” makes a very pleasant first impression indeed and improves on further acquaintance.

Valiant PURE RUM Fully matured in the wood 3aru and there is a formal dance e a week. Europeans may atd.

The Club was formed principally for non-Europeans (natives and people of mixed descent) and already has a membership of nearly 200. Plans are In hand to raise £l,OOO to put up a club-house. At present, dances and dancing lessons and other recreational activities are being held in the new school building at Daru.

From membership fees, the Club has already purchased a radiogram and is now buying an additional stock of records. (Over) Miss Tereasa Ng, of Rabaul, was married recently at Rabaul to Mr. Robert Ngan The [?]al party is shown here, with bride and groom in centre, Mr. Thomas Chow, the best man, [?]hown standing next to the bridegroom; and Miss Alice Shan, the bridesmaid, is next to the [?] The Rev. Father Dwyer officiated at the ceremony in the Rabaul Catholic Church —Photo by C. H. Meen. 117 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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Die general progress of the nonropean population of Daru is iwn by the fact that four students m that area have secured Native lolarships for secondary school ication in Australia. Two were arded this year, another student now starting his third year of lolarship study in Australia, and fourth is commencing his second ar. The third-year student, trick Samson, who is a member the Charters Towers Thornburge liege school cadet unit, was ected for an NCO course, and is v in an army camp in the Brisle area undergoing this training.

Club for natives was recently med in Goroka, Eastern Highds. Its primary purpose is to proe a social meeting place for ;ives from other parts of the terriy who work in the Eastern Highids —Papua and New Guinea cariters, drivers, medical orderlies, reman, policeboys, etc. There are present 270 members and memberp is expected to increase rapidly.

Tie club house is a European-type Iding, equipped with kitchen, nmonroom and canteen. Members ct their own president, secretary, asurer and 10 committee mems, who work under the guidance Assistant District Officer Mathiei.

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New Art Gallery

Die names of the Trustees of the pua and New Guinea Public seum and Art Gallery were anmced in Port Moresby on mary 20.

Tiey are Mr. Justice Bignold and Mr. E. A. James, both of Port Moresby; Mr.

Robert Bunting, 0 f L ae • George Greathead, of Goro k a; Mr.

Ronald Galloway, 0 f Rabaul; Mr.

Charles Julius the A d m i n i s tration a n t h r o pologist, At Left: Miss Maria Gorogo, a prominent Girl Guide leader in Port Moresby, was married at the IMS Church, Pari, on January 14, to Mr. Morea Pako. - Photo by Papuan Prints .

Below: Natives of Rabaul too, like European-style weddings. This photograph was taken in December when M. P. Paulias married Lavima. The two bridesmaids are L. Luia and M. Yakurai. —Photo by C. H. Meen. 119 LCIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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A President will be appointed by the Administrator after the first meeting of the Trustees, which is to be held shortly. (So far, of course, there is no building for the Museum- Art Gallery.

Foreign Mission May

Become Church

The Lutheran Mission in Papua- New Guinea might soon cease being a foreign mission and assume the status of an independent unit of the Lutheran Church. . It is estimated that there are 130,000 native adherents of the Lutheran Church in P-NG and some Lutherans believe that the time has come for the natives to run their own religious aaffirs.

A Theological Seminary in the Territory for training native clergy w : ould follow the establishment of a church.

The President of the American Lutheran Church, Dr. Henry Shoe, and the Director of Finance, Dr.

George Schultz, are at present visiting the Territory for discussions with local Lutheran Missionaries. 2,000 SYDNEY-SIDERS RANG MORESBY In the 12 months to the 31st of March, 1955, 2,000 radio-telephone calls from Sydney were received in Port Moresby; in the same period, 1,033 calls were made from Port Moresby.

As a result, an evening session, from 7 to 8 p.m., Mondays to Saturdays, has been added to the afternoon and morning schedules, A radio-telephone service from Rabaul to Sydney also operates— but it will not have the extra evening service.

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MONEY Several hundred pounds worth of gold is being mined each month by natives working in the Watut River, in Morobe. This was a well-known alluvial area for European mining before World War 11.

Native miners in the Kainantu area of the Eastern Highlands won about £lO,OOO worth of gold last year.

There was no native mining before the war. Possibly, they (as were the Chinese) were specifically excluded from the industry except as labourers.

In any event, they appeared not to be in the slightest degree interested.

Miners Against Paper Work

The recent regulation that requires all miners in P-NG to make monthly returns was heatedly debated at the January meeting of the Morobe District Advisory Council.

It was declared to be quite inlnecessary and a burden on the smsj mining community. The Cournr passed a resolution asking thr monthly returns be discontinued favour of yearly returns.

A Second Radio Station

The Administrator of Papua an.

New Guinea will recommend to CaiJ berra that a second Governme:s Broadcasting station be establish*! in the Territory.

However, this does not mean thr the station —if Canberra can briu itself to agree—will be in Rabaul : suggested by the New Britain Ao visory Council which brought tl: matter to the Administrator’s notio.

But the Administrator thinks thr it should “be in New Guinea.”

Drunkenness In New

CALEDONIA THE New Caledonian Commi. sioner of Police (M. Luiggi) sai that 429 arrests were made f: drunkenness in 1955. About 80 pc cent, of these were natives and per cent, were Europeans.

M. Luiggi was addressing tl; Committee recently formed Noumea for the “defence agaiir alcohol.”

He said that although it was tl; European who became a chrom alcoholic, the natives were moc easily affected by alcohol. 120 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Tolais Have £25,000 1956 Budget THE five native village Councils . of the Tolai people of the azelle Peninsula, NG, will in 1956, llect tax revenue of £25,000.

They will spend this on education 7,000), medical and sanitation series (£5,000) transport (£6,000), iter supplies (£3,000 and adminrative expenses (£5,000), An Administration spokesman in rt Moresby at the end of January id that it was a pity that even 25 r cent, of the Territory’s native ople were not like the Tolais, and at it would have a tremendous srall effect on the economy of the rritory if they were. :t is interesting to note that even tong the Tolais this modern trend evident: —One-fifth of total enue is eaten up by administive costs. amous Suva [?]ospital loses Down FTER 32 years of valuable , service to Fiji, Miss Grace Morrison, OBE, closed her rsing home and “called it a day” h a garden party on December "o this farewell function came 5S May Christina Anderson, RRC, ier whom Nurse Anderson worked ore she herself took over as tron. )uring the 32 years that the ipital has been in existence, 1,588 ingsters were born there. There talk of the Fiji Government ild i n g a 24-bed maternity sp ita 1, but no government Itution is likely to take the place these two well-loved women wn to mothers of two generations over the South Seas. —A. A. es. other Newspaper and Radio For Lautoka? to a statement made by Mr. N. Chalmers (solicitor and prominent member of the Kisan Sang, an association of b growers in the Northern dists) Lautoka is to have a new spaper and possibly a radio ion. r. Chalmers stated that some ibers of his association and :rs were interested in the formaof a newspaper at Lautoka. e of the equipment was on order some had already arrived, e said that they were getting e New Zealand people interested the venture. They had also led for a licence to operate and a broadcasting station.

This Nun Rides a Motor-Scooter THE mechanical age, coupled with the generosity of friends in the Warwick district of Queensland, have come to the aid of a Roman Catholic nun in Papua.

For the past two years Sister Marie Louise has pushed a bicycle 8 miles each day from her convent to the Mission school at Orokolo in the Gulf District, and 8 miles back again to the Convent after school.

In future, however, she’ll do the 16-mile round-trip on a motorscooter.

Sister Marie Louise is at present visiting her mother at Warwick.

When friends in the district heard of her daily bicycle ride, they got together and collected enough money to buy her a motor-scooter.

Sister Marie Louise will take delivery of the scooter before she returns to Papua, and will also be taught how to- ride it.

Mr. D. A. Donald, who has been senior agricultural officer in Solomon Is. since 1948, was an inmate of St.

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HITI [?] Ultimate Fate of Ex-Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Youssef HE people of Tahiti must have watched recent developments in North Africa with a certain n amusement. They saw the ious Sultan, Sidi Mohammed Youssef, restored to the rone of Morocco. .ccording to official statements de early in 1955, ex-Sultan ben issef then was headed for the ith Pacific, as an honoured >oner of the French, and was ected to make his permanent ae in Tahiti.

'ahiti was thus to be favoured ause, of all desirable French •itories, Tahiti was farthest away n troublesome Morocco, and the iblesome folk who wanted ben issef back again. [orocco, in common with most tish and French colonies, has a »ng nationalist movement; and years Sultan ben Youssef unbtedly favoured the nationalists, :h to the chagrin of the French, inally, the patience of the French e way. They deposed the Sultan, . they sent him and his consider- ; entourage—including three or r wives and a large gaggle of cubines—to a comfortable resice on the northern shore of the iiterranean. ut the nationalist sentiment in 'occo did not grow less; and ,lly the French held evidence t the ex-Sultan was in comlication with the anti-French nents in Morocco, and that the i-French Spaniards of Spanish :occo were actively pro-benissef. o, without any loss of time, the Sultan was uprooted from his literranean residence, and transted by air—with wives and cubines —to Madagascar. ; was felt that, even there, he not far enough way from the nenting scene in Morocco. And the decision to move him on— i wives and concubines —to dti, was made, and announced.

LHITI got quite a kick out of it. Tahiti, though geographically isolated, is by no means ophisticated. ut, among all the unconventional ionaires, and yachting lovers, common escapists who have de temporarily in Tahiti, there er has been a North African larch with a plurality of wives a handsome team of cubines. ahiti’s enterprising Tourist eau felt that the Moroccan exon’s residence would add contourist attractions.

But the months passed, and there was no more word of Sidi Mahommed ben Youssef; and no explanation of the delay.

The PIM guessed that there was a real problem of transportation: How did one convey, from Madagascar to Tahiti, in proper dignity and style, and reasonable economy, the entourage of an ex-Sultan. of Morocco. The PIM tried to find out from French officialdom when the ex-Sultan would arrive: but French officialdom was elusive and uncommunicative.

NOW, of course, we know what happened. The removal of Sidi Mahommed ben Youssef from his palace in Rabat, and the installation there of the more amenable Sultan Moulay ben Arafa, had achieved nothing, except even more subversion. The Moroccans’ voices increased slowly and steadily 123 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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Cable: “Ventura, Sydney” 247 George Street, Sydney, N.S.W. in volume: they said they wanted Sidi ben Youssef back again.

The French are having all the bad luck in the world in the administration of their colonial empire in this post-war period of aggressive nationalism. But they are no fools. They decided that, while the situation fermented slowly to a show-down, they would keep the ex-Sultan right handy, at his notvery-comfortable residence near Antsirabe, in Madagascar.

As 1955 passed, the Moroccan troubles quickened.

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And so it was arranged. Ben Arafa did not go without a struggle —but he went; and ben Youssef, with a “considerable entourage”, plus two wives and his gaggle of concubines (variously estimated from 5 to 15) flew from Madagascar back to Morocco, practically on his own terms.

There have been many disturbances and endless argument since in Morocco, and a certain amount of bloodshed—Morocco is like that.

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The Director of Civil Affairs, Mr S. Lonergan, said to-day that army Authorities in Port Moresby were again seeking information as to the whereabouts of remaining unexploded ammunition so that disposal work in the Territory could be finished this year. It’s expected that the Army Unit will be withdrawn by December, Air Travellers from Polynesia

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The employment of large numbers of Highlanders in other parts of the Territory has been the reason why the native labour pool has not, as fore Casted, run dry-yet.

Coral Route passengers in January [?]d top to bottom; Mr. Harry B. Lorimer, [?]ga power station, Mr. R. K. Davidson, assisting the "Joyita" inquiry com- [?], and Mr. B. L. Bridger, “Joyita” cornsecretary, leaving Auckland, Rarotonga students, Turepu Turepu and Turepu, who returned to New Zealand acation. The former is at Timaru High the latter at Northland College, Kaikohe.

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[?]GEDY OF 1880 [?] Link With De Rays Horror ee also Talk-Talk this issue ) E last known surviving link with the cruel Marquis de Rays hoax )f the early 1880’s was broken on lary 14, when Miss Josephine hnthe Niau died in a private ital in Sydney, aged 83. She was laughter of a French couple who )ed alive from the colony, named tfouvelle France, established by Marquis at Port Breton, at the lern tip of New Ireland. shameless publicity, the juis induced some 600 French Italian sympathisers and wouldcolonists to subscribe about 000, and he shipped about 600 iem to the new country in four badly equipped ships. They so poorly provisioned, and the i was so palpable, that the ch Government would not allow jhips to sail. The Marquis beat French laws by sending his ants to Dutch and Spanish , and the ships sailed from No less than 100 of the mts died of hardships on the )le four-months’ voyage, conditions on the ships were •rable, they were luxurious ared with what the wretched mts experienced when they landed in desolate, primitive Breton. They had insufficient sions and equipment, they were antly attacked by the jungle es, and they succumbed quickly nalaria and other tropical ses. re than half the people died e next 18 months, before they rescued, mostly by parties from Australian colonies. The sur- -3 mostly settled in New lonia and Australia. The uis in due course was seized he French Government and hed with six years’ gaol, is Niau spent her life in Sydis a teacher of languages. She ibed the monstrous De Rays in a book entitled Phantom Use, published about 20 years ? full story of the de Rays y was published in the PIM in ary, 1949. At that time w r e had >ent a photograph of an old cirstone (see above) marked with lese characters with the inition that it was a monument iehind by the Japanese. Actufc was the mill-stone which the ais had sent out to his starv- Dlonists to “grind their wheat.” colonists, of course, never had /heat or anything else to grind pt, no doubt, their teeth which probably ground plenty whenthey thought of the Marquis), ild mill-stone had been rescued from Port Breton in the late 30’s, towed across to Rabaul on a raft b y Commander C. J. Webb, then harbour-master at Rabaul, and erected in the town, with an appropriate brass plaque (supplied b y Wunderlich Ltd., of Sydney) attached.

While the rest of Rabaul was completely levelled during the Allied blitz between 1942 and 1945, the old stone remained.

We do not know what the Japanese characters meant, but someone has suggested that they meant “This way to the canteen.”

The mill-stone photographed after the war by Whites Aviation. "Tolala", who visited Rabaul in 1955, says it now is in Mango Ave., with no identification on it. He says most Rabaulites think it a Jap relic. What about it, you historically-minded Territorians? 127 ;'FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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Insurances at Lloyd's and Companies LAVE HAS TROUBLES Islands Boxers Abro[?] KITIONE LAVE, Tongan hes? weight, knocked out a Gerr boxer in the second round a scheduled 10-round contest!

Newcastle, England, on January The cabled news of this fighr some w h a t confusing, how© Prior to the fight the German said to be Hugo Salfed. After • fight his name was given as K Brendemuhl.

Queen Salote, then on holiday Australia, had asked Lave “ arrange for a movie film toe made of the contest.

Friends of Lave in Auckl reported that he is now inquii as to the possibilities of fur: contests in New Zealand.

It was reported from Londorr January 25 that Lave wanted: buy out the contract he has m to box under the management) Bruce and Billy Woodcock, month previously—after his 7 unpopular defeat on points agae former British heavyweight Birmingham (See January PUV he said that he intended to ( home.

The Woodcocks said that Las offer of £250 for his contract “ridiculous”—that it was wt- £2,ooo and, anyhow, that t wanted Lave to stay and box un their management for five y<\ and win the British Empire 0 which he was capable of doingi Lave’s last word on the subd was that Queen Salote was senoj him a Tongan lawyer and that ; had advised him to go to the i if he could not satisfactorily se; his affairs in England.

It is quite obvious that Lavi: not happy in England and thati his present frame of mind, ano a Tongan, is much more likely take the advice of his Queen tJ that of any amount of bon promoters in the UK. Queen Sas has taken a personal interest!

Kitione Lave ever since he be? to have success as a boxer in I Zealand some years ago.

It is a pretty safe bet that all their dealings with tJ peramental boxers, United King® 7 promoters have never before to consider the influence of a Qu on their proteges.

JOVECI BAU of Fiji is schedif to meet Ken Brady, fon Australian champion, as main event of the opening of 1956 boxing season at Carlaw P c Auckland, on February 21.

Bau beat Brady on points winter, and has been back in in recent months. He is also lii to meet the Tongan, Johri Halafihi, in a New Zealand If this winter, and may also m Barry Brown, former New Zealfj and Empire welterweight champ} 128 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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So far 20 bedrooms have been completed and another block to accommodate 40 people is going up. A lawn and beer-garden will be added later. As soon as the first bedrooms were finished, the Administration took them over permanently for female employees—which leaves travellers very much "as you were". The management says accommodation will be available for travellers shortly. Our photograph shows some of those who had drinks on the house on January 18.—Photo by Papuan Prints. 131 tFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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Rolf Cambridge, manager no T c the Robinson River plantationr the Abau area, and one of the I knew him when he was at Soras in Bougainville, back in the and a most popular and effioj man he was—and is.

And old-timer E. J. WaucM from Awar; a great host. Justi of hospital where he had been I ing some eye repairs; cheery as « Harold Bell, one-time skippes BP inter-island copra-catchers, , later on the China Coast, hale i hearty as ever and still living j Seaforth way.

Vic. Pennefather and Ken Nee ship made a happy pair, dee Ken’s arthritis which only seeme emphasise Vic’s eternal youthfuliJ although he is a Boer War Vet<d and was a District Officer in when Australia took over old 0 man New Guinea.

And there were other Rabaul timers; “Monte” Moncur, I changed since his Police Inspe days: Jim Burke, of the Treas. phlegmatic as ever, happy in his; tirement from red tape. And tt in another place, who should I n but Pat and May Holmes, down t Brisbane, hob-nobbing with ' Baylis and his wife. And wh:i nostalgic session followed!

Pat, for many years Secretary Lands in Rabaul and, incident! champion runner at the local sp (although he is a Boer War Veten in the 20’s; now they are retired] living in the Bananaland cap while Tom is still scratching fa few odd ’weights up Bulolo way appears to be getting by, thank: very much!

There were happy memories sad recollections all interwoven the fabric of time and, of cok like all stodgy old-timers the m over, the good old days were ahJ better than the present, and J countiy is sliding quickly to < dogs.

We said the same after Ws even more so after War II and) pearls to peanuts it’ll be the a after War III —if anyone is alive to have a winge.

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I think more attention shoulf given to the complaints of Rabcl District Advisory Council in com tion with the broadcasts f r Moresby. I heard some nice marks about 9 PA’s service whr was up there last year; but I ; heard some adverse criticism 132 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Passed on: Huntley B. Car- :r, son of the late Bill Carr (for many years in Rabaul), nuary 27, at Gloucester House, b age of 49. 133 IFIC ISLANDS MONT hi T FEBRUARY, 1956

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IBEX” BRAND. [?]orthbound Travellers from Australia ... [?]ngan Premier may Visit Japan 3ERE were reports from Tonga in January that Crown Prince Tungi, Prime Minister of iga, is to visit Japan. Among jects to be discussed there, is possibility of establishing in iga a tuna industry similar to t now based on Pago Pago, Joying Japanese know-how and ing vessels. ungi also may investigate the ability of obtaining cement for new Nukualofa wharf and other lie works, and may discuss with no Brothers the reopening of ; firm’s branch in Tonga, r. Gonni Banno visited Tonga ral months ago. This Japanese . became established in Tonga he 1930’5, and Mr. Gonni Banno ried Miss Jessie Lyden, daughter a well-known Tongan family.

Banno properties were iscated and dispersed in World 11, and Gonni Banno and his were interned,' first in New and and later in Australia, re, Mrs. Banno became an ial interpreter for the military orship service. After the war, couple were sent to Japan, and Banno is now in charge of female Japanese staff at the Zealand officers’ club at Kure. known that Mrs. Banno would to return to Tonga, with her >and, to settle. is understood that the Banno hers now represent the Tongan jrnment in Japan.

Concerning The Banno

BROTHERS the subject of the Japanese (Banno) firm in Tonga, it is nteresting to recall an article h appeared in the May, 1942, of the PIM (nearly 14 years The PIM, for years before n struck at us in December, had been warning the South Eic countries of dangerous tration of the South Pacific by Japanese, and we had always regarded the Banno set-up with suspicion. This is the essence of what we said in May, 1942:

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MANY times, during the past six or seven years, the “PIM" has referred to the appearance, establishment and growth of the Japanese trading firm of Banno Brothers.

It appeared in Auckland, it "horned in" on the Tongan trade, and then it spread its operations to Samoa and Fiji.

We did not like it because it was Japanese, and we could see no reason why the distributing trade of the South Pacific should pass out of European hands.

But we disliked it more because all the information available—there was not much, but it was significant—indicated that there was a close tie-up between this firm and official Japan. To pot it in blunt words, there was reason to suspect that the activities of Banno Brothers had as much do with information as with commerce.

The business was carried on by Banno and his brother-in-law. They evidently knew what was coming, and got out early.

Banno arrived in Sydney about the middle of 1940. The editor of the "RlM'' learned that he was here, and called on him, to ask him about Japanese buying of copra. Russia had i ust entered the war, and the track from Japan to Germany across Siberia was closed.

"Now," we said to Mr. Banno, “Japan can buy our South Pacific copra, and be under no suspicion that she is sending it to Germany.

This should be a good thing for both the British and the Japanese."

But Mr. Banno did not want to talk about copra. He was very vague, and he eyed the Sinkiang" passengers, in January, from hey to ports in P-NG included (left to right): J. Roache, of Steamships Trading Co., who returning to Port Moresby with Mrs.

Roache, after leave; Mr. and Mrs. R. S Bensley (centre and right) were farewelled by a friend when they left for Madang, NG, where Mr. Bensley has now joined Colyer Watson (NG), Ltd.; the couple spent some time in Samoa prior to World War II. Major and Mrs. D.

Keary, who were returning to Bougainville. after leave. 135

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He did not say he was leaving, but 1 bags must have been packed. Mr. Banno, Id Sydney a few hours later on a ship bound i Japan. His brother-in-law left Auckland f Japan in August.

It was formally announced in New Zealas early this year that ail the interests of Bam Brothers had been bought by a group of Nil Zealanders, and that the name of the fii has been changed to Wales and Mackinlay, Li.

It is emphasised that "the business now ht no connection whatever with Japan". 154 INCHES IN 1955 A “Drought” at Lae WHAT amounted to a drougli occurred at Lae, New Guinea in 1955—although the visitd to that part of the Territory wr unlikely to have noticed it.

Only 154 inches of rain wes recorded—which was four inchr below the previous record low 158 inches in 1950.

Our correspondent neglected say what is the average annul, rainfall of Lae—although eve enthusiastic residents admit that is considerable. The configuratio of the country—with the deep Huo Gulf and high surroundirr mountain ranges provides natural area of precipitation.

The meteorological office in Lji in early January explained that tl NW monsoon had not then crossei over New Guinea and there hs been fewer thunderstorms ths usual.

Reports from other areas showe 1 that some parts of the Pacii also had drier years than averajj in 1955.

PORT MORESBY which hii a very dry climate for the tropii —had only 39 inches of rain instes of the average 46. Driest year wr\ 1953, when only 33 inches we:e recorded.

SAMARAI: This small islanr which is usually very wet, had severe drought in recent montti Most household tanks were dry < very low and water was bein. rationed by the District Offio However, in mid-January tl; drought broke, tanks were filled an rationing ceased.

GOROKA: This Eastern High lands town had only 63 inches : 1955 instead of the usual 77.

SUVA: Fiji, on the other han had a wetter and hotter year ths. usual in 1955. Total rainfall ffi the year was over 158 inchr instead of the average 124.;.: inches. September was the wette on record (22.5 inches); and tl; wettest day of the year was Juu 21—with 8 inches. fl Mr. A. V. Beel, of the Departmeie of Health, Rabaul, NG, returntr to the Territory in January. 136 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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Jost important evidence before 1 Commission, up to February 9, s by R. L. Sutherland, of Suva, o was engineer on Joyita up to • last voyage. le had examined the ship after vage, and he was convinced that ' key to the ship’s fate was proed by a rusted and broken pipe galvanised iron, which had med a connection between the -cock and the cooling system on auxiliary engine. It had corroded the port bilge below the floor; i, with the sea-cock open, water posed to be going through to the ling system would actually be sing through into the enginem. This was his theory: believe the engine-room became flooded down below in the darkness the crew eked.

Fo stop the leak the engineers cut off flow of water to the cooling system of auxiliary engine. The auxiliary engine became heated and the engineers stopped lext, the engineers started up the emergency liary engine to get the electric pump into in and keep on top of the water leak, lut the auxiliary was probably not in er working order, so they decided to use bilge pump which is run off the main ie. But the bilge pump does not work, low to find out what was causing a cage in the bilge pump—it was always g minor trouble—they stopped the main ie and investigated.

Yith the engine idle 'Joyita' would drift earn. The seas would rock her and pour hrough the hatch. ill the time the water is rushing in the ie room. low the batteries become wet. The lights ut. he radio is run off the batteries and withpower they cannot send an SOS."

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pia Radio Superintendent, Ernest ham, said that from the time ita left, she was never in comaication with Apia. Captain Miller agreed to contact him at 10 a.m. 4 p.m. daily. On October 9 days after Joyita left —he picked faint signals but could not tively identify them as from the Ita.

Witnesses From Fiji

he following persons from Fiji needed to Apia, Western Samoa, February 5, by special plane, to evidence about the Joyita lap; iptain E. L. James, assistant lourmaster, Suva.

R. Hayman, radio inspector, a.

L. Cronin, mechanical engineer.

C. F. Wooley, Department of Customs.

R. L. Sutherland, former engineer on Joyita.

A. E. Jones, District Officer, Northern.

H. W. H. Bellamore, of Nadi airport.

Plea For Further Search

Mr. P. L. M. Morgan, a member of the W. Samoan Legislative Assembly, urged that a sea and air search for Joyita survivors be resumed —it was stopped far too soon.

With so much deck cargo, including timber and empty drums, the Joyita should have left a broad trail—but not one thing identifiable as deck cargo had been found. Mr. Morgan thought that was significant.

Harbourmaster J. W. Jones thought that more evidence about Joyita would appear; and gave instances of people being found in that area after drifting for 42 days and 107 days. He calculated, by the amount of fuel used by Joyita, that she had broken down 6 or 7 hours out of Apia, and just out of sight of Savaii. He said he had no explanation to offer as to what happened, but continued: “No man in his right mind is going to leave a floating vessel and board a raft with unknown perils facing him unless he is sure of his chances of reaching something better.

“I do not believe the crew could have persuaded the passengers to leave Joyita for rafts unless they could actually see land.’ T The inquiry ended on February 13. In his final address, Mr. R. K. Davidson said the "Joyita" was no longer a mystery, and that the key to the whole disaster was the fracture of the pipe carrying cooling sea-water to the engine.

Mr. Davidson believed that the ship was lightened by jettisoning cargo. There was little evidence to make a conclusion about the survivors.

The charter by Capt. Miller to Coxons was illegal as the owner had stipulated that Miller should not sub-charter without the approval of US maritime authorities. 137 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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' must have come down on a Very Slow Boat from China because the copy of the Papua '■ New Guinea Agricultural Journal ich we received in January, 1956, iated January, 1955. a the past we have received Fiji’s icultural Gazette months after date shown on it—but it has er been a year behind, so it seems t P-NG has established some ; of a record in this respect.

Ithough the articles in the issue scarcely be regarded as “hot r s,” they are interesting; they ild be even more interesting if / covered events later than 1954, ch they do not. [r. G. S. Dun, Senior Entomist for the P-NG Department, contributed a lot of informaon the insect pests of the lomic crops of the Territory— irtunately, his information, too, >hes in 1954, at the time when coconut leafminer—usually tvn as Promecotheca —had re- >d coconut production on Lindafen Plantation on the south t of New Britain to about 75 cent, of normal. The reader is irally interested to know what )ened at Lindenhafen after mid- , but at this rate of progress have to wait until January, 1957, nd out. can be argued, of course, that [entitle article has an undatable e. Nonetheless, a great deal can )en to agriculture—on both the omic and scientific fronts—in years. It is assumed that the ary purpose of the Journal is to t producers, and that it should ae regarded as a record of pure irch. Therefore, it would surely I greater value if it were more 3-date.

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The long negotiations of the peace treaty with Japan has resulted in these properties being unproductive for nearly 15 years. However, the mines are to be shortly offered for auction—except iron, copper and gold mines.

Most of the iron mines were owned by the Societe du Fer and are situated on the edge of the Plain des Lacs some 80 miles from Noumea.

These mines are being examined by the Government Mining Bureau.

Thus it is the nickel mines which will be most in the picture.

The mines have been grouped in 22 lots. They will be offered for public auction commencing about March 19, The mines are scattered over most of New Caledonia and the reserve prices are extremely variable. Three million francs (£A21,000) for a group of six nickel mines on the East coast is the highest, and a manganese mine way up North for £A3SO is the lowest. t The many friends of Mr. Gus Smart, well-known in many parts of the Papua-New Guinea Territory, will be sorry to hear he is in Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, Sydney, for a general checkup. He is in Ward 28 and would welcome any P-NG visitors at the stipulated times.

They Got Away Before the Strike [?] ongthose sailing in the Sinkiang" from Sydney to P-NG on January 13 were, left To Mr. and Mrs.R. Neville who are going to Wewak where Mr. Neville has been posted [?]latrol officer; Mr. T. Souness, health Department officer, who is going to Wabag, NG [?]ds, with Mrs. Souness and Richard and Robina. 139

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School ” 11TJloro ie lTr °fiv tLat Th °- C Z eS^F n fiS cv riSh > ihere has been a tendency, in of CC the y^^ellen t g *(fen School of Fiji the title of “Dr.”

But that is misleading. Their correct title is AMP (Assistant Medical Practitioner); and their qualifications, while valuable, are far below those acquired (after Matriculation) in six years of hard study by the men and women who get a degree in Medical Science at a recognised University.

Some AMP’s, practising in the Islands, have shown a remarkable aptitude for medical service and, in the opinion of some, are the equal of some fully qualified men in their handling of uncomplicated cases.

Nonetheless, they are not entitled to be called “Dr.”; and to give them that appellation could lead to grievous error.

Moira Macdonald I applaud your piece in December on the perfidy of the way Sydney papers played up the Joyita story (writes GBB).

You probably don’t propose launch a continuing one-man cae paign against the over-Americs isation of the local press; buti hope you’ll spare two or three indc to comment on the ballyhoo appee ing on p. 33 of the issue of Peoc of January 11.

It is presumably a hand-out fn a film company. Heading: The sa who refuses to go to Hollywca First paragraph: “Film stars, fn time to time, make bitter attaf on Hollywood, but . . . only one, H Marie Saint, has deliberately turn her back on Hollywood.’’

Samoans reading this will o “Pepelo!” (Phooey!). For M© Macdonald, of Apia, the vee beautiful Samoan girl who starred with Gary Cooper in Rett to Paradise, turned her back Hollywood a year ago, and with«j any fuss and two-page flutter in weekly.

Last June and July I was Apia and saw her, back at her in the bank where, occasional she attended to me when I call on business. Her trip to Sydrr her personal appearance at t theatre screening her film, and t attendant publicity, had obviouj NOT dazzled her; she was the sai politely attentive little lady whi I noticed there before the fill makers “discovered” her, and I fi sure that Hollywood’s offers hi already been submerged by thougl, of her coming marriage—since ported in PIM.

Southern Cross Viii

Shaw Savill Assists Mission THE Shaw Savill line has raisj more than £2OO towards the cc of building a new Melanesi; Mission ship {Southern Cross VIS by allowing public inspections of new 20,000-ton liner Southern Crr at the Australian and New Zealae ports of call on the vessel’s last tf voyages.

It is likely that the practice w be kept up for the liner’s n«i voyage.

The reason for Shaw Savii gesture is that for 100 years t Melanesian Mission has had missi; ships named Southern Cro Southern Cross VII is tied up Sydney Harbour at present awaiti: a buyer. In addition to Numb VIII of the series the Mission . tends having another smaller btc built for work, in the islands, and) is understood that one tender H already been let to a NSW shr builder, while the other will as possibly be let there. 140 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS IUONTHI!

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Third South Pacific Conference

EPARATIONS now are in land for the Third South Pacific Conference to be held r the auspices of the South ic Commission. It will take ■ in Fiji, near Suva, in the light between April 23 and 3. legates representing the native ders will proceed from all the ;parate Countries (or Adminiions) of the South Pacific, and the American Trust Territory icronesia, in the latter part of , to Suva, where arrangements are being made for their tion, transport and accommon. ministration o ffi cia 1 s and ers from each Territory ly accompany the delegates; so the total personnel to be ded for is well over 100. s First Conference was held Suva, and the Second 3rence, in 1954, in Noumea.

Place Of Future

CONFERENCES had been hoped that this [ Conference would be held in Australian or New Zealand tory—New Guinea or Western a had been suggested—but the isers evidently found the 3m of accommodating over 100 ns for two weeks, under lie conditions, could not be 1 in either of those two Trust •itor i e s . Transportation is ier problem. New Caledonia, 54, presented many difficulties ie assembling and dispersing the delegations, and the isers did not want another iche. >se who favour New Guinea, fer, point out that New Guinea 3t as easy of access as Fiji. b delegations were brought to ;y they could easily be sent 3 New Guinea by ship or But the cost factor is tant—and probably Suva is heapest point of assembly in outh Pacific. it observers hope that, by ig arrangements well in ce, it may be possible to hold Fourth Conference in New a. Wau or Goroka, in the ands, would be an ideal place .ich a gathering; and, given ent warning, the Administrashould be able to provide all ssa r y accommodation and ties.

Fiji, the organisers make use 3 extensive modern buildings 3 Teachers’ Training College sinu, a few miles out of Suva.

F’irst Pacific Conference was here.

SCOPE AND vatttf CONF^fnpfq E ° F _ CONFERENCES The Islanders, at these Conferences, are encouraged to discuss numerous conditions which affect their common life in which have been dealt with by the Medical, Economic Development or Social Development Sections of the S^ l 9 omn i, 1 ? sl< ? n s R esearc h Council.

The subjects are numerous—the treatment of common diseases, trends in education, the development of new food sources, the training of Islanders for admini- Strative duties, the growth and control of co-operative societies, the introduction of new industries, technical training, control over immigration, standards of housing— are only a few of the matt ers in which all Islanders have a common interest.

The plan, when the South Pacific Commission was established in 1948-49, was that the recommendations of these Conferences, after being vetted bv the Commission should go forward to the sfx interested Governments (Britain Australia, France, United States’ 141 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY. 1956

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[?]ly Seven Make Grade Papua and New Guinea Deirtment of Agriculture received applications for participation scheme—launched last October freight subsidy on cattle im~ I to the Territory under certain ions. applications cover 4,602 head tie. early January, it was aned that seven applications for al of 350 cattle had been /ed; 10 applicants (for an ;ate of 2,952 cattle) must make cements to their leases before ire eligible: and in respect of vo remaining applicants—for I of 1,300 cattle—it is said that is no record of these persons g pastoral property in the Dry.” ppears, on the above figures, le number of cattle for which : subsidies are requested rises 'erse ratio to the degree of '■al manifested by the Depart- That is, the seven approved ants wish to import an averse 50 head each; the second which comes into the “mayitegory, wishes to import an e 295 head; the two appliin the third, “wishful-think- :ategory, wish to import an e 650 head each, freight subsidies range from * head for young beasts to £55 11s. as thought, when the scheme first announced in early r, that it would cover an experiod, but applications (for this financial year, anyway) closed smartly in mid-November, which so far as Papua and New Guinea is concerned, gave would-be applications scarcely time to think about it.

Perhaps the Administration will again open its heart after June 30.

The scheme, if not wrecked by provisos, time limits and delay in getting the cattle into the Territory, should have real merit and be a means whereby the Department of Agriculture can be of real assistance to the cattle farmers in the Territory—which, PIM has heard tell, has not always been the case in the last couple of years. t The two Solomon Islanders who have been selected to represent the BSIP at the South Pacific Conference at Suva in April are Silas Sitai, BEM, and the Rev. L.

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Our photograph shows (left to right); Mr. W. Lussick, who gave the bride away; Mrs M Robinson, the bride's mother; the groom and his bride; Mrs. R. Bygrave, Matron-of-Honour- Mr. R. Bygrave, best-man.—Photo by F. Kersken. 143 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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Mr. Alfred Cowley

Ir. Alfred Cowley, long-time Ldent of Nukualofa, died there December 22, aged 96. [e was born in England in 1859, I accompanied by his wife and ng family, went to Tonga in 1895, ig first employed as a baker by Barnard, and, a year or so later ng up in a bakery and general ness on his own account. . addition to operating this busi- , Mr. Cowley acquired a plantaat Fatai, a few miles from ualofa, in 1911. He sold this he Mormon Mission in 1947. r. Cowley is survived by a son, ik, and two daughters, Mrs. h and Mrs. Flemming, all of iland, and another daughter, Newman, of Palmerston North, as well as by grandchildren, 5 of whom are in Tonga.

Captain F. K. Allen

iptain Frederick Kenneth Allen in Auckland in January, aged 66. ; was well known as a seaman owner of trading stations in tern Polynesia in pre-World I days. - was in command of the Maui are on her maiden voyage from nd, in 1922. In the First World he served in AIF signals, and he second World War served the small-ships section of US y Transport Service in New lea waters. was a prominent member of Company of Master Mariners in :land. is survived by his wife.

Ruarei A Toomaru

chauffeur to a long succession xovernors of French Oceania, Ruarei a Toomaru, died in Papeete infalf 3 caUed to him to increase ‘Tout a norLsUy tra r nslated JntoEngUsh. but not quite the reply usually made to a Governor. It was about equivalent to saying: “If we go any faster we’ll break your boko!”

MR CLINTON CHAPTvr atm ~ CHAFMAN Mr. Clinton Chapman, son of the late Benjamin Chapman, member of an old established Tahiti family, died there on January 16* aged 70 years.

Originally from the United States, the Chapman family were leading ship builders at Benecia, California, at the close of last century. The Tahiti branch of the family has been established at Paea for nearly a century.

Dr. Charles Mcbeth Dawson

Dr. Charles Mcßeth Dawson died on February 5, aged 86 years.

It was due to Dr. Dawson that the Central Medical School, Suva* came into being, though credit The late Mr. Alfred Cowley. 145 1 F * C ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY, 1956

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Commander W. Burrows

Commander William Burroc long-time resident of Fiji, and one time a member of the WP:' staff in the Gilbert and EIIJ Islands, died in England in mr January, He was 73.

Commander Burrows had a cuj vated mind, was interested in mr things pertaining to the sea—re«; shells and sea-birds—and was< contributor to many magazines as journals, including the PIM. He v Suva correspondent of the Lono Times.

In many respects he appeared! belong to the Victorian age, rati: than the 20th century, althou Victoria was already an old worn when he was born in Devonshire As a youth, he entered the Roc Naval College, Osborne. He ser r with distinction in the Royal Ns' in World War I and in the eas 20’s joined the Western Pacific HI Commission.

He was later District Commission in many parts of Fiji until the oc break of World War 11, during whr he saw active service again, in Inc and Malaya.

He lived in retirement in Fiji uu 1953, when he went to the UK..

Mrs. Howard King

Mrs. Howard King, a sister • Mr. Oscar Nordman, of Tahiti, ca in Beverley Hills, California, January, She was formerly Ao Thompson, a granddaughter of American, Mr. Isaac ThompS' who settled in Tahiti a long tic ago, and was thus related to mu people in French Oceania and M Zealand. She married Hr Rambke, a member of a G associated with the once fame German organisation, DHPG: s she left Tahiti with him years ago. When he died, married Mr. Howard King, California, In accordance wj family wishes, her body has be sent to Tahiti, for interment what she regarded as her o country.

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Mac Cully. Both are on the staflfi Robert Gillespie. 146 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHII

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NE RECORD MALAYA [?] ii Battalion Home June FTER three years of distinguished service against the Red Chinese terrorists in the jungles of [aya, the Fiji Battalion will det from Singapore on the Devone on May 30, and is expected to mbark in Suva on June 10. he wives and families will travel the ship with the main body, ne officer and 4 men, comprising •ay and Records staff, will go a Fiji to Malaya in April, to with records, pay, etc.; and a ;alian advance party of 1 officer 10 men will arrive in Suva i Malaya on May 20. lis will end a notable chapter he creditable military record of Colony of Fiji. The Fijian Lers who served in Malaya, by r courage and dependability in jungle, and their exemplary luct on all other occasions, have praise from all who came into act with them except the orists. leir score of kills, in dealing a sneaking enemy of a deadly , has exceeded that of any of Dther 20 or more Battalions end in this jungle war. The Royal ipshires had the next best score.

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ie Pacific Islands suffer a good in many ways, from the attenof Australia’s sensational and ponsible newspapers. The disarance of the Joyita, and the of a mission youth charged a murder in the Solomons, are it cases in point. So the friends 7 i j i suffered in philosophic ze while the Sydney newsrs ’ brightest young men ran : in Malaya lately.

Australian Battalion, a few ;hs ago, arrived in Penang; and ie course was introduced to the e exercise known as tracking . Red terrorists. With them some of the hysterical boys the Australian press, stralian troops are worldus fighting-men, and the ya Battalion—although pampin Penang—probably are ly sons of their AIF fathers, if one were guided by the sh published in Australia from Special Correspondents in 7a” one might believe that the troops in Malaya are Ausns, and that they have the irists everywhere on the run.

Darently, the “Special Correthf South" pSSS? that there three veara brfoS thf trahLs and hnd Aus : skittled hundreds of Commimi5 nd skittied hundreds of Communists.

Actually there are some 20,000 English and Indian (Ghurkas, from Nepal) troops in Malaya, and some of them have a notable record of successes.

The most publicised achievement of the Australian troops, up to date ar?worthy U tf a "Ta P the n f alaya “M^ rS there t 0 the excellent article about the Fljians has appeared recently, however~m the Brisbane Courier-Mail. 7 he ■ author - Philip Luker, told Australians that their soldiers had an almost impossible task to equal the Fijians’ record either in fighting or in sport.

He said, amongst other things that the Fijians were anxious to get their 200th Terrorist before thev went home. s Fiji^lnfSy |"-H t W U Tpe\ h e e r sercra d cte 0 i one captured SSST&JSSSt 147 ' T f' 1 C ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY. 1956

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However, the Company has now prepared ground at Cascades, and is pushing ahead with construction work.

It is understood that some Councillors are of the opinion that Ball Bay would not be a satisfactory harbour, even if a breakwater were built there.

Outside interests are investigating the prospects of building and operating a licenced hotel on Norfolk Island. In the meantime, a new guest house is being built in Grassy Road to help accommodate the growing influx of tourists.

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Conducted by Ex ZK-1-AC/VR-2-AK Y the time this appears, Island Hams may already be in communication with the ivian raft, westbound for Polynesia, ur Balboa correspondent sends news clipis showing that "La Cantuta" was in regular act with HP-l-JF, other Central American is, and HCBGI in the Galapagos to early lary. HP-l-JF appeared to be operating a d. at 7.30 p.m. Panama time—l23o GMT.

Balboa correspondent—a non-Ham, says the s call-sign is simple AO-ZERO, and is ating on 14,150 kc/s phone. The equipt is described as "very poor"—but it is ently working fairly well, jnny Weil and his yacht "Yasme" are torarily snug in Papeete, and Danny, with call-sign FOBAN is on the air each day the verandah of the old American Consulate ling now occupied by Mr. Oscar Nordman, across the street from the yacht. some id Hams will have worked him ere this, note from QST that his home call is V, and that he has already operated under call VP2VB/P earlier in the voyage, while Vest Indies waters. Present gear was reid to have been supplied by KV4AA. At the yacht operates on 2182 kc/s under nercial call GMTY —no Ham contacts, om Suva we've received Vo. 1, No. 1 of after", official organ of the Fiji Radio which gives promise of being a sortpublication by overseas DX-ers. No price Town. From it we note that, as forecast ctober PIM, VP-l-GG has arrived in the ly and has been issued with the call C. He will be located at Nausori. ;reased activity from the Cook Islands s likely. Doug Cunnold, ZK-l-AB, who tly completed his term and returned to has been replaced by Bill Scarborough, r of ZL but well remembered formerly as A of Niue Island. Mr. Bert Brunton, of onga Radio, also recently returned and been replaced by Mr. E. Cahill as senior itor, lately of the Chatham Islands, change of staff at Raoul Island, Kermadecs, luled for January, was to result in ex- J and ZL2GX taking up residence there period. They will no doubt appear with ZL-1 calls soon. mateur Radio" reports the death last er of Georges Courtot, FKBAN, at the age t. There is also a report that FKBAI who New Caledonia some time ago, is now the Department of Civil Aviation at jane Airport, Marseilles, nming interest is obviously going to be ;d on the Antarctic during the next two with probable Hamming activity from lajority of the 12 national research teams 3 part. en M. Perry, chief technician with the can team which went south this summer, that two main radio stations were to be ished immediately at Little America in Bay) and McMurdo Sound, then next er two lower powered stations will itablished, one at the geographical pole tsible, and one at a base 600 miles east iinan Bay. re will be 1 KW Ham stations at all bases, the first two by about March 1 s year and the others by December, 1957. ransmitters are Colline KWS-1, with 600 : amplitude-modulated phone and 1 KW Receivers are Collins 75A4's. Times of ion will depend on research work in Up to late January, the advance British- Australian -NZ - South African team, heading for Vahsel Bay in the Weddell Sea, was stuck in the ice, but if the ship gets through, a small advance party will remain south this year and probably will do some Hamming.

The Russian party is at Knox Land in the Davis Sea, across the pole from the British team's intended base. The French are at Adelie Land at their 1952 base. The Japanese, next summer, will set up base at Prince Harald Coast, 500 miles from the Australian base at Macßobertson's Coast, and 650 miles from the Norwegians at Princess Martha Coast.

Argentine and Chile will have bases south of South America.

Although the South Sandwich Islands are claimed by Britain there is a report that LU- -1-ZY was to be active from those Islands as from January.

Other Southern Hams currently active or momentarily expected on the air are FBBZZ on Amsterdam Island, ZD9AD on Gough Island, and VK-l-DA and VK-l-IJ (ex VK7IJ/3IJ) at Australia's southern bases.

We learn from South Pacific Air Lines that the radio-man to be in charge of their Christmas Island (Pacific) radio organisation will be a New Zealander. We're not at liberty to mention his name as yet, but believe he is a ZL Ham, and may therefore swell the VR3 ranks by mid-year. It would seem unlikely that the KP6 prefix will be heard from that QTH.

We note the following VK9 changes of recent months: VK9AS, J. A. Whittaker, located at A.P.C. Oil Exploration Station, Upper Bamu River, postal address Seismic Five, c/o A.P C., Port Moresby; VK9SD, S. D. Sutherland, P.o!

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JUlfll DATII'C DTV ITH 202 Pitt St Sydney ' Aus,rolio IVIiILHM II! J r| I • LI M. Cable Address “Rotunda”, Sydney. [?] Jorfolk Is. in Direct Path of Hurricane JANUARY hurricane centre L passed close to the Yasawas but was never nearer than 50 miles )m the west coast of Viti Levu. Its te of movement increased as it >ved southwestward away from ji.

During the night of February 2, 3 centre passed right over Nork Island, near where the cable ip Matai had just completed ?ent repairs to a faulty Norfolkva section of the trans-Pacific cable caused by heavy weather in December. During the week-end of February 3-5 the storm centre crossed the northern part of New Zealand, causing heavy rain and flooding with wind-damage in a few places. It then moved away to the south-east.

Rarotonga, Too, Has Blow

There was a hurricane scare in the Cooks during the second half of January.

Rarotonga experienced gales and very rough seas. Fears were felt for the safety of the local Brixhamtrawler-type trading vessel Inspire, which was moored in the Avarua Pass when the blow came up; she rode it out in that precarious harbour. Once the wind came in from the north it was not possible for the vessel to get out to sea. However, she weathered the storm, and later sailed for Manihiki. t A new commanding officer of the Pacific Island Regiment reached Port Moresby in January. He is Lieut.-Colonel Wansley, formerly of Northern Command, Townsville. He takes over from Lieut.-Colonel Baldwin, who has been posted to Army Headquarters ih Melbourne.

Passengers leaving Auckland for Polynesia per "Matua" in January included, left to right: Mr. and Mrs.

T. J. Cormish, who were returning to Suva where Mr. Cormish is attached to the Post & Telegraph Department; Mr. K. A.

E. Marlow, Suva business man, returning after vacation; Mrs. H.

Vete, of Nukualofa, seen off by her nephew, Mr.

V. Vete. 155 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTH I. Y FEBRUARY. 1956

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BRITISH OVERSEAS AIRWAYS CORPORATION WITH QANTAS, TEAL AND S.A.A. in airtravel AS3/A Ua 1955 TRADE ANALYSED Fiji Again Bought More Than It Soli FIJI had an adverse trade balano of approximately £2 million ii 1955, although exports as wes as imports reached new record level!

Fiji’s total external trade for thi year was nearly £27 million, importtotalling over £l4 million and ex ports over £l2 million.

Both imports and exports wen considerably higher than in 195 c imports reaching 123.4 per cent, o the 1954 -figure, and exports 111 J per cent.

Of imports, manufactured good! chiefly materials, totalled over fi million; machinery, etc., million food £3 million.

Nearly three-quarters of Fijii exports and re-exports for 1955 feE under the two headings of food am oils —accounted for by the importance of the sugar, copra and fruj industries.

More than a third of Fiji’s trad] was with the UK, imports wen £5,300,000, and exports £4,700,000.

Australia was second as a souro of imports (nearly 31 million), fo!< lowed by New Zealand (over £ million). India and Indonesia wen both over £BOO,OOO and the US.{ £640,000.

After the United Kingdom, thi best export markets were New Zess land (£2 h million), Canada £2 miJ lion), Australia took only £1 million of “goods” from Fiji in thi period—if gold bullion, whio made up the bulk of this trade, cat be called goods.

Its adverse trade with AustraliJ has been a sore point with Fiji fo many years. Unfortunately, Aus. tralia produces the things that Fii relies upon for export income.

Noumea Air Tourists

SEE NZ ON an educational holi d a; arranged by the Federation de Oevres de I’Ecole Publique o New Caledonia, 55 persons includim 20 school teachers, with ages rang ing from 11 to over 60 years, spen 13 days in New Zealand in Januar;- Main wish of the party, only few of whom could speak Englisl; was to see a glacier, and the wise was realised. The New Zealanr Tourist Department arranged am conducted the tour of both island! which included a visit to Fran Joseph glacier on the West Coasj of the South Island, as well as othe principal “sights.”

The party was flown to and frorr New Zealand in a chartered TEAi DC6 aircraft. (Cost was £AI7S). 156

February. 1956 Pacific I S I A N D S Monthl

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The C.S.B. gives you every encouragement to save. It pays interest on all accounts and transfers them anywhere FREE of exchange. You can also withdraw any amount from your account at your own Branch without notice.

Save for the future with an account in the COMMONWEALTH BANK Modern in Service—Old in Experience [?]r. Oceania Re-Elects Pouvanaa a Oopa HEN the National Assembly of France went to a general election, last month, the •esentatives of the French ritories in the South Pacific had >e re-elected. be retiring Deputy for French ania, Mr. Pouvanaa a Oopa, ig h t re-election, and was ilenged for the seat by a wellwn resident of Papeete, Mr. y Bambridge. There was one ;r candidate, Mr. Walter Grand, 'apeete. ae election campaign was short, very lively. The retiring Deputy regarded as definitely Leftist, reas Mr. Bambridge spoke for Centre of Rightist elements, forthright attack upon wellm people and institutions in ralia and New Zealand uding the Pacific Islands thly) was broadcast in the ing of January 19, when Dr. sson made a speech in support retiring Deputy Pouvaana a i and Renublican Councillor n-Jerusalemy. (PIM heard of speech, but has had no ation of the terms of it, or such an attack was launched, ch politics are beyond normal rstanding, anyway). ie French Oceania vote was i on January 29, and resulted: anaa a Oopa 11,624 r Bambridge 7,708 er Grand 745 Honolulu report on South Pacific a PP? are d in January PIM (p. 137), was in error. Captain F. I. L. Barnes, now conducting Les Tropiques Hotel in Papeete and xormeriy of Sydney, is believed to be in charge of the Company’s interests at that end of the air-route, not in Sydney, as stated. t Dr. F. Hawking, of the Medical Research Council in England, visited Fiji in January to observe the investigations into filariasis and the control of mosquitoes responsible for the transmission of this disease, which have been conducted by the Medical Department staff during the past 11 years. [?]uty Pouvanaa a Oopa, re-elected to reprefrebch Oceania in the National Assembly [?]nce. 157

' I F I C Islands Monthly February. 1956

Maron. Komuli—Price £18,800: Compj ing two groups of Islands—St. Andrei Group and Fedarb (or Sivisa) Islas Group. St. Andrew’s Group situated soe< easterly from Manus Island. Fedarb Islas Group situated approximately 38 kilomee east-south-easterly from Cape Sanders Manus Island. Nareshafen and Sisi—PH £6,400: Comprises Nareshafen, Sopa SeE Saha and Sisi. Nareshafen comprises i following islands —Sori, Aawa, Okoru, Marengan, Murray, Buchanan and Mosei situated north-west of the island of Man Sopa Sopa situated on the north-west c«: of Manus Island. Saha situated n Balscot Bay on the north coast of Mm Island. Sisi comprises the islands of Liu, Pahi and Selehau off the west cc of Manus Island. Singaua—Price £45,V Situated on the northern shore of Ht Gulf on the mainland of New Guiii approximately 14 miles east of Lae in j Morobe District. Agita—Price £7,', Situated on Wuvulu or Matty Island v of Manus Island and comprises Tumas (Ruvuraue), Agita and Watolla. Pellell and Heina—Price £43,160): A groupq islands in the Ninigo Group, District) Manus. Mai Allison and Awinn—PH £34,870: Mai a group of islands in south of the Ninigo Group, District* Manus. Allison (or Manu) Island, wess Mai Plantation, District of Manus. Aw« Island south of Ninigo Group, District: of Manus. Longan—Price £11,850: A gn of islands north of Mai Plantation in .

Ninigo Group, District of Manus. Apj cation forms, together with Conditions; Application and of Sale and further I ticulars obtainable from Custodian: Expropriated Property, Department i Territories, Canberra, A.C.T.; Departm of Lands, Port Moresby, Papua; or Dist) Offices, Rabaul, Madang, Lae, Manusa Kavieng. A licence to collect and disj of all agricultural produce has b granted in respect of each of these pic tations. The licence is terminable om days’ notice and each property is offe for sale on the understanding that tt is to be allowed for the Custodianx terminate the licence. No buildings on following properties are included in sale: Tsalui, Enuk, Dewau, Ungan, Be and Metewoi. All buildings on the foil! ing properties are included in the sa Matanabago, Bogadjim and Magas Lemacott, Wassanga and Meteisso: Fileba, Pissoa, Baia, Katu, Anchorr Komuli, Nareshafen, Sisi, Sopa Sopa, Sal Singaua, Agita. The following buildi* and plant on the properties mentioned not included in the sale: Mai. Allison Awin—l Ceylon Drier on Mai, 1 Cej; Drier on Suma Suma (part of Ml, Longan—l Lighting Plant and build, housing same, 2 Sun Driers. Pelleluhn Heina —2 Copra Stores made of Nax material, 1 Ceylon Drier. The plantatiel Bogadjim and Magaria, Dewau, Wassan Meteissong, and Lemacott, are not garded as economic units and prefers will be given to applicants who are owe of plantations in the vicinity. ApplicatL close at 3 p.m., Monday, April 16, II (C. R. Lambert) Custodian of Expropris Property, Department of TerritoHi Canberra, A.C.T. December 29, 1955.

Books, Magazines

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ANY NEW BOOK (English), which isa print now, posted to you in a few d£l I also find rare and out-of-print bo> to order. Large Pacific clientele. Bank! accounts at Sydney and Wellington. WV Philip R. Boulton, Bookseller, Westbv- Wilts, England.

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ACCOMMODATION NORFOLK ISLAND, “Burnt Pine” Real Estate Agency. Cable Address: “Adage, Norfolk Island”. Properties for sale in peaceful surroundings and beautiful climate of Norfolk Island. All enquiries promptly attended to.

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HELP yourself and another lonely person to a full life. Be introduced the modern way by correspondence. Members in Australia and overseas. All ages (from 18 on), faiths, nationalities and walks of life; cities and country. State age, sex, languages, etc., and write for free information brochure to be sent to you, in plain sealed envelope, to: Milton’s Friendship Club (Regd.), Dept. 5. Box 2871, Q.P.0., Sydney. Strictly confidential—No obligation—New Australians welcome.

WANTED Contact correspondents, philatelists, hobbyists and Pen Friends throughout the Pacific. Island representatives wanted. Members in almost every country of the world. Write for specimen copy Club journal “Island Life” and application form, to Secretary, South Sea Islands Correspondence Club, Natuvu, Fiji Is.

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Enquiries Invited.

Positions Wanted

FOREMAN, boiler-maker, welder, desires position in islands; wharfs, tanks, ships, structure. Accompanied by wife. Please reply to: Lawrence Edgar, P.O. Box 480, Darwin, N.T.

FOR SALE FLEETS offer 40 ft. x 12 ft. 9 in. x 4 ft. 6 in. carvel trawler, 3V 2 years old, 30 H.P.

Ailsa Craig Diesel, 2 way radio. £2,500. Also 72 ft. x 15 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 6 in. carvel, built by Norman Wright in 1928, 72 H.P.

Gardner Diesel. £9,000. Fleets, Water St. East, South Brisbane, Qld., Australia.

DOUBLE BASS, orchestral instrument, brand new, came from Hongkong, made in England. Please write; Rev. John Su, P.O. Box 90, Rabaul, N.G.

Island In South Pacific (New

Hebrides Group) approximately 4 miles long by IV2 wide no swampy country, good rainfall, very suitable for Cocoa and Coffee on Plateau, and Coconuts round sea shore, suitable for cattle raising, comparatively healthy, being free from mosquitoes, good landing in a Bay on North side, sheltered from prevailing winds, shipping Port near-by on mainland. Suitable for a group of families, or individual exploitation. Could arrange for a visit of inspection. Further particulars from Graham Kerr, Boite Postale 79, Noumea, New Caledonia, or D. H. Kerr, 46 Rosamond Street, Hornsby, N.S.W.

Meadows Diesel Generating Set

complete with switchboard and voltage regulator. The capacity of this well-known unit is 100 H.P., 75 K.V.A., 415 volts, 104 amps, 3-phase alternator, 50 cycles. Has had very little use and cost £2,825. Will sacrifice sale of this unit for £l,OOO plus delivery costs. Photo can be submitted upon application. Brico (Australia) Pty.

Ltd., 41-57 Mallett Street, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia.

The Custodian Of Expropriated

PROPERTY invites applications from ex- Servicemen only for the purchase of the following plantations—Tsaiui and Matanabago—Price £7,625: Tsaiui comprises Tsalul, Bing Bing Sing, Nangbolo, Dunung and Nemto—a group of islands 27 miles north - west of Kavieng. Matanabago (formerly Konolabau) situated on the Island of Tsoi-Launung, approximately 10 miles from Kavieng. Enuk and Ungan— Price £17,700: Enuk comprises the Enuk Islands (Globig and Schneider) and Nago Island. These are a group of islands situated in Nusa Passage near Kavieng.

Ungan comprises Ungan (or Manungan) Island, Kabotteron Island and Nasalomon Island—a group of islands 12 miles west of Kavieng. Benge and Metewoi—Price £18,587. Situated on the south coast of Lavangoi (or New Hanover) Island.

Bogadjim and Magaria—Price £8,825: Situated on the coast of the mainland of New Guinea, about 15 miles south-east of Madang. Lemacott (or Sogui)—Price £5,800: Situated on Pangelawa Bay on the north-east coast of New Ireland, 38 miles south-east of Kavieng. Wassanga and Meteissong—Price £4,580: Situated on south-w'est coast of Lavongai Island (or New Hanover l. Fileba—Price £14,825: Situated on the north-eastern coast of New Ireland, approximately 52 miles south of Kavieng. Fissoa —Price £9,328: Situated on the east coast of New Ireland about 62 miles from Kavieng. Dewau— Price £4,300: Situated on Carola Harbour on the west coast of Buka Island in the District of Bougainville. Baia (Matassut- Kobitau) —Price £15,409: Situated on the coast of New Ireland, about 38 miles south-east of Kavieng, in the Chibobossock and Limmerodt District. Katu—Price £21,950: Situated on the east of Lossuk Bay on the north-east coast of New Ireland, 27 miles south of Kavieng. Anchorites—Price £7,650: Comprising the Islands of Tailing and Suf (Schoof), north-east of 158 FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MO NT HO

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NAME Lister the DMv 17.84 as ADDRESS... index to Advertisers 1 139 it R. Ltd. . . 38 ,L. & F. . . 120 i-Vite .... 46 linium Ltd. . 64 lion Ltd. . . 93 Z. Bank . . 47 . Air Sales . 105 strong & iringhall . . 129 tt, Wm. . . 148 0 55 A 99 . Cotton ’. ’. 49 r, W. Jno. . 59 : of NSW . . 2, 3 ; of NZ . . .73 aclough, J. . 30 ell, Gwyn . . 9 , 0. ... 146 land-Rae . . 103 dell-Spence . 150 \.C. ... 156 iwicks Ltd. . 56 ford Mills . 76 )on Bros. . . 151 cwoldt . 62, 90 ;n, W. S. . 102 01 Myers . . 57 dway Motors . 9 lon & Co. . 87 e Pty. ... 46 ng, A. H. . 94 38, 63, 72, 85 jry Fry . . 44 corn Charters 98 nter Ltd. . . 50 aram, D. . . 74 • E 11l te . .110, 136 ial Meat . . 54 r W's'n. . . 134 lonwealth ik .... 157 ; Bros. . . 153 Co 39 nond Co. . 152 x 33 ir, G. & M. 159 s, S. W. . . 106 avilland . . 16 d Ltd. ... 70 ass, W. C. 35 p Rubber . . 37 onald ... 56 day Prod. . 145 , Wm. . . 135 i & Hiedecke 115 e Rum . .105 er Eng. . . 100 k Hotel . . 12 , W. & A. . 69 lie Bros. . . 66 )ie, R. . 1, 34, , 114, 122, 146 i's Gin . . 59 ne Books . 151 (Suva) . . 13 Ltd. . . 31, 51 sen, B. . . 101 sen Sons . 99 on Court . 52 & Spear . 42 an & Hall . 13 ' Trinder . 128 Agencies . 74 gs Diesels . 58 Ltd. . . 40 / Ltd. ... 91 oks Ltd. . 127 Co 43 R 27 iustries . . 67 msport . . 106 Johnson's Wax . . 86 K.L.M 10 Kennedy, Capt. . 103 Kerr Bros. ... 131 Kiwi Polish ... 90 Kolynos .... 36 Kopsen & Co. . . 126 Kwit 5 Lanchoo Tea . .11 Maclntyre, T. . 149 Madang Slipways 104 Marine Spares . 98 Mcllrath's ... 155 Mears Earphone . 28 Mendaco .... 61 Millers Ltd. ... 124 M. H. Ltd. . 26, 125 Morgan Vernex . 45 Mungo Scott . . 119 National In. Co. 112 N. & R. . . 107, 147 Needham & Co. . 65 Nestle's .... 138 NG Aust. Line . . 6 Nile Products . . 68 Nixoderm .... 41 N.Z.N.A.C. ... 4 Pacific Watch . . 160 P. I. Line .... 8 Papuan Prints . 66 Piccaninny Wax . 48 Qld. Insurance . 55 Qld. Milling . . 97 Ransomes Co. . . 113 Refrig. Inst. Co. . 89 Riverstone Co. . . 96 Rohu, Si I . . . .89 Rozema Bros. . .14 Royal Interocean . 10 Sails and Covers 101 Seppelt & Son . 142 Seward Ltd. ... 34 Shaw Savill ... 7 Sleepmakers Ltd. . 70 Sparklets Ltd. . . 71 Spruso Co. . . . 28 S.T.C. Co. . . . 42 Stapleton, J. . . 117 Stewarts-Lloyds . 62 S. P. Brewery . .113 Sthn. Pac. Ins. . 45 Sullivan Ltd. . . 41, 121, 154 Suva Motors . . 95 Tait, W. S. . . . 33 Thornycroft Co. . 154 Tilley Lamps . . 123 Til lock & Co. . . 75 Tongala Milk . . 92 Tongan Photos . 73 Tooheys Ltd. . .118 Tooth & Co. ... 87 Turners & Growers 94 Tyneside Eng. . . 53 United Insurance . 49 U.R.D 153 Vacuum Oil . . . 130 Valiant Rum . .117 Vincent Bros. . .108 Ventura 124, 140, 160 Vi-Stim . . . .149 Vincent's APC . . 29 Warnock . . . .143 Wakefield Oils . 116 Waters, Ed. 132, 133 Westfield Meats . 144 Wilhelmsen, W. . 8 White Rose ... 52 Wills Ltd. ... 88 Wise Bros. ... 60 Wright & Co. . . 102 Wrigley's ... 137 Wunderlich Co. . 141 Yorkshire Ins. . . 93 159 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FE B*R UARY, 1956

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Islands Produce

(Unless otherwise stated, quotations are In Anstralian currency. Aust. £ equals approximately 16/- Stg., NZ, or W.

Samoa; 18/- Fiji; 20/- Tonga, Solomons & WPHC areas; 140 Pac. Francs: SUS2.2S.) COPRA (Negotiations between MOF and British SP producers for 1956 price not finalised Feb. 10. Fiji and P-NG have announced tentative price based on £Stg.sB/10/-FOB.) Price negotiated between British Ministry of Food and British South Pacific Territories for 1955 is £Stg.6s, FOB main ports—a reduction of 7.14% on the 1954 price. Stabilisation funds and other charges reduce the actual prices to producers to those given below, per ton: PAPUA - NEW GUINEA;—Hot Air £69/15/-; FM (Sun) £69; Smoked £66/15/-.

FlJl:—Plantation £F63/5/6; FM £F63; moister grades to £FS9/15/- minimum.

W. SAMOA:—£S42/6/-, £S4I/18/-, and £ S4l/12/- for the three gradings in use.

E. SAMOA:—Adjusted with free-market fluctuations. Currently $89.60 (£A4O approx.) per long ton. Periodic bonus if average proceeds exceed Government buying price.

SOLOMONS:—Honiara /Gizo: Hot Air £ A6B/10/-; Mixed HA/FM £A64; FM £AS9/10/-; Yandina: 5/- higher.

NEW HEBRIDES:—Buying price unchanged from Jan. 10, 1956, at 6,450 Pac. francs (£A46/1/-) delivered Vila/Santo.

Continental buyers 69.5 Met. francs per kilo c.i.f. (Jan. 27).

FRENCH OCEANIA:—Jan. 16, top grade 8.36 Pac. francs per kilo (£A6O/12/0 per long ton) in store, Papeete. Minimum price for lowest grade 5.35 P£c. francs (£ A 39 per long ton).

TONGA:— £AS9 and £AS3 per ton for the two gradings in use.

COOK IS.: —Growers receive £Stg.37 to £ Stg.3o depending on quality and freight rates from particular island to Rarotonga.

COCOA: —Islands prices are based on the rate for Accra cocoa which, on Feb. 14, was £Stg.222/6/- f.o.b.

P.-N.G.: £A2BS, delivered Sydney.

W. SAMOA: Feb. 8, £Stg.2so, f.o.b.

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COFFEE:—P.-N.G.: Top grades bought on sample at 5/6 lb. approx.

PEANUTS:—P.-N.G.: Market only for Virginia Bunch, in shell, large, well cleaned, 1/3 and 1/4 per lb. delivered Sydney. Kernels up to 1/2 del. store, Sydney.

RUBBER:—P.-N.G. price is based on Singapore, which quoted Feb. 3, No. 1 RSS, spot 107 cents (37.87 d Aust.).

VANILLA BEANS: Victor Karp, Tulk & Co., Sydney, quoted Feb. 6 buying price, c.i.f. Sydney, Tahiti White and Yellow label, processed, standard packs, 4£ Green, 40/- per lb.

RICE (Australian): —Price adjusted Mil each year. P.-N.G.: Dry brown and dre:e £65 per ton, f.o.b. To other Territoo £7B per ton, f.o.b.

PEARL SHELL.—Prices fixed betw? : Torres Strait producers and Otto Gen Co. (USA) for 1955: Sound grades, £A‘i D, £ A 390; E, £A3OO; EE. £A225, f.o.b. Australian port. Prices for 1956 i available in Sydney early February. Mil hiki: Lagoon closed. Last shipment £A c.i.f. Sydney. Divers now working Penn Lagoon. Tuamotu; £A9IO, long ton, raw shell on beach, Mangareva.

TROCHUS:—Feb. 6, in store Sydif subject to rejects, SW Pacific £515 ton. Market temporarily saturated.

New Caledonia: Season closed Oct. .

GREEN SNAIL:—SW Pacific, in se Sydney, to £445, subject to rejects.

London And U.S. Prices

Copra:—London. Feb. 2, Straits, ca £Stg.6s; Philippines, SUSII7, del. weig§ Cocoa:—London, Jan. 21: Gold C£ new season. Jan. del. c.i.f., £Stg.22o I ton; May del. £Stg.232. New York, . 20: March del. 27.40 cents per lb.

Coffee:—London, Jan. 21: Uganda nas f.a.q., Jan.-Feb. £Stg.24B/6/- f.o.b. Ml basa; Santos, £Stg.47l, in bond, Lonu Shell:—London, Nov. 17, Singap trochus, Nov.-Dec. shipments £Stgi c.i.f. Greensnail £Stg.s6s c.i.f.

Rubber:—London, Feb. 3, Spot bu yi Stg.SlVid; Feb. c.i.f., Stg.3ld; July-Se< Stg.29»/ 2 d.

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Exchange Rates

FlJl.—Through BANK OF NSW. A BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia on I basis £lOO Fiji: Buying. £Alll/2/6; Sell! £ All 3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO Lon* B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-FIJI, basis £2 NZ: B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3.

SAMOA.—Through BANK OF NZ. Aft tralia on Samoa, basis £lOO Sanu B. £ A123/12/6; S. £AI24/10/9. Sam London, basis £lOO London: B. £lOO/7' S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £lOO I B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-Flji, bac £lOO Samoa: B. £111; S. £llO.

Papua - Ng.—Commonwealth Baft

(Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Kavlei Madang), BANK OF NSW (branches: Moresby, Lae, Bulolo, Rabaul. Madte Samarai, Goroka; agencies: Wau, Boroi Kokopo) and ANZ BANK (Port Mores; quote exchange rate Australia-Papua-I- -10- per £lOO.

BSI.—COMMONWEALTH BANK (brau at Honiara) quotes exchange rate Aft tralia-BSI: 10/- per £lOO.

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific frarj most valuable of the three franc groo in French Union, are used in New Ct!: donia, New Hebrides, and Pr. Oceau FRENCH BANK (Comptolr Natlool D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quoc Selling 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust.: 180 H fr. to £Stg.; 63 Pac. fr. to US $.

Published by PACIFIC PUBLICATIONS PTY. LTD., 29 Alberta Street, Sydney. (Telephone: MA 9197.) Wholly set up andfc printed in Australia by the Sydney and Melbourne Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 29 Alberta Street, Sydney.

Ly On The Luxury Level—Fiji Auckland

VhlAAll i SERVICE

• Twice Weekly Service

• Pressurized Dc-6 Airliners

• Choice Of Luxury First-Class

Or Economy Tourist Service

.To U.S.A. And Canada

TAHITI SAMOA V- 1 FIJI TONGA AITUTAKI # SYDNEY ♦ MELBOURNE AUCKLAND TEAL Hibiscus Service Other TEAL Services Connecting Routes WELLINGTON CHRISTCHURCH It costs no more to enjoy the extra comfort and convenience of TEAL pressurized DC-6 airliners on the Hibiscus service between Fiji and Auckland.

Twice weekly return service. Choice of luxury accommodation with superb TEAL cuisine and wine service or economical comfortable, Tourist accommodation.

Arrive refreshed after a mere 5-hours over-the-weather flight in pressurized DC-6 comfort.

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Reservations, Inquiries .* Leading Travel

Agents Everywhere And Teal Offices At

Suva, Auckland, Wellington And

CHRISTCHURCH. 3 Trans-Tasman air routes and the Coral Route (incorporating Hibiscus Service Fiji — Auckland).

TASMAN EMPIRE AIRWAYS LIMITED in association with Qantas and 8.0.A.C.

FEBRUARY, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

General Merchants

Capital £2,500,000 ESTABLISHED 1914

General Merchants

and PROVIDORES

Trade Throughout The Pacific

OVER FORTY YEARS OF PACIFIC ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE

Wholesalers And Retailers

Buyers And Exporters Of All Kinds

OF ISLAND PRODUCE, COPRA, COCOA, M.O.P. SHELL, TROCAS SHELL, ETC.

Agents For Australian, European

AND AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS.

Distributors Of Every Description

OF MERCHANDISE.

Through our Sydney office, branches and agents, we distribute a wide and comprehensive range of general merchandise.

W. R. CARPENTER & CO. LTD.

Head Office: 16 O'CONNELL STREET, SYDNEY, N.S.W.

Cable Address: Telephone: Postal Address: “CAMOHE.” BW 4421. G.P.0., Box 168, Sydney.

In London: W. R. Carpenter Cr Co. (London) Ltd., 13 Rood Lane, London, E.C.3.

ASSOCIATED COMPANIES THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC: IN NEW GUINEA: IN PAPUA: IN FIJI: New Guinea Company Limited, Island Products Ltd., Morris Hedstrom Ltd., Suva.

Rabaul, Lae, Madang, Kavieng. Port Moresby. W. R. Carpenter & Co. (Fiji) Ltd., Suva. .

PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY FEBRUARY. 1956