Pacific Islands Monthly

Vol. XXVIII, No. 8 ( Mar. 1, 1958)
1958-03-01 · uncorrected OCR from NLA scans

PACIFIC ISLANDS Monthly MARCH, 1958 Vol. XXVIII No. 8 l;iòi -ansmissiun post us a iSpapcrJ A colourful guard of honour from the Fiji Military Forces dwarfs Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, as she makes her inspection during her brief visit to Fiji in February. The men are dressed in scarlet tunics, white sulus and sandals. There are more photographs of the Royal visit in this issue. —Fiji PRO.

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ST, im in the Coral Sea Low-Cost Homes by Aided Self-Help Mechanization of Tropical Agriculture in the Pacific Breeding Cattle and Horses in French Polynesia Essential Oils from ‘Tea-Trees” Weed-Killing in Tropica Pastures.

I Magazine for •a«*ifie Island Readers he SPC Quarterly ttuHetin . jblished by the South Pacific Commission, is a agazine that provides expert practical guidance i a wide range of topics of particular interest to acific planters. Advice is given on the growing crops such as coconuts, coffee, cocoa, bamboo, :e, bananas, castor and soft fibres. Other topics ivered in recent issues include the construction of >pra kilns, fish farming, sponge culture, processing coffee and cocoa beans, weed-killing by chemicals, lar stills, transplanting pearl shell and trochus, actical uses for coconut timber, and Pacific co- •eratives. Articles in the past three issues of special terest to planters include: 1958 ISSUE. Plant Introduction and cploration in the South Pacific Progress jport on SPC Rhinoceros Beetle Campaign *ricultural Equipment Demonstrated in New iledonia Pacific Copra Production Near issible Serious Decline Cyclone Prediction quarterly © OCTOBER 1957 ISSUE Should Mechanization be the Aim of all Planters?—Building Small Ships for Pacific Waters Weed-Killing by Chemicals in Tropical Crops Rhinoceros Beetle Campaign in Fiji—Mechanization of Agriculture in the South Pacific—Low-Cost Homes by Aided Self-Help Poultry Raising in Guam—Some Useful Food Plants —Cocoa Production in Papua and New Guinea JULY 1957 ISSUE Standardized Grading for Pacific Copra an Urgent Need —Mother-of-Pearl Industry in French Oceania Co-operative Development in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands —The Coconut Industry in the South Pacific—Coconut Research Outside the South Pacific (2) —Shade Problems of Cocoa in Papua and New Guinea—Breeding Turtles for Profit—Transplanting Trochus in the Eastern Pacific.

QUARTERLY BULLETIN One year . 8/- stg. ($1.15) SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Three years 20/- stg. ($2.80) (Post Free by Surface Mail) Copies ot the SPC Quarterly Bulletin and subscriptions thereto, and copies of SPC Technical Papers, are obtainable from: PAPUA AND NEW GUlNEA—Beadel’s Bookshop, P.O. Box 107, Port Moresby; FIJI -Desal Bookshop, Suva; WESTERN SAMOA—Wesley Bookshop, Apia; NEW ZEALAND—South Pacific Books. P.O Box 8590, Auckland—Oß direct post-free by surface mail from:

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r * i - T iifii ‘We feature here one of our larger industrial light and power plants which will motor up to 5 H.P. 3 phase. Sets are available ijin petrol or diesel from to 100 KVA capacities. € BRAYBON BROS Pty. Ltd. 27-33 WASHINGTON ST.. SYDNEY Telephone MA 6853 TELEGRAMS: “Braybonian”, Sydney Jueen Salote of Tonga, who has n residing in Auckland for some e, returned to Tonga in late iruary. She spent a couple of r s in Suva, as the guest of Sir laid and Lady Garvey, at Govment House; and she made a cial visit to the famous Leper ipital at Makogai. She joined the ua, for Nukualofa, at Suva, on iruary 28. * * * [r. Hal Evans, who retired a year from the Papua and New Guinea lie service, where he had been 23 years (mostly with Native lirs), now has joined the Sydney f of Messrs. Morris Hedstrom . He has spent the last year as lyer for the Islands firm, Ventura ding Co. Pty. Ltd., of Sydney.

Manager of the Lae, NG, branch the Commonwealth Bank, Mr. :h Bryant, and his wife, were leave in Australia in February. * * * r Harry Luke, KCMG, who was ernor of Fiji and High Comsioner of the Western Pacific veen 1938 and 1942, arrived in ney in mid-March after visits Fiji and Tonga. He joined the ntes for London on March 18.

Harry is engaged in the comtion of a book, historical and jriptive, for Oxford University ss, on the Territories of the th Pacific. * * * r. John Harrington, Cook Islands ness man, paid a business visit Auckland, Sydney, and Hongkong February, purchasing stock for attractive new retail store which earing completion in Rarotonga. * * * lichael Saufale and Manitete iti, of Western Samoa, carters, in Auckland in February, and Mrs. J. C. Burnett, of Wellington, among the passengers in the January [?] ja" from Auckland. Mr. Burnett, lately [?]e staff of the Wellington Boys' College, on his way to take an appointment with Suva Boys' Grammar School. —J. P. Shortall. 5 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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each received gaol sentences fines for assaulting an Aucl policeman. * * * Mr. Julian Dashwood, of M Island, has recently been vis Auckland. * * * General G. Fayet, head of P’rench airline, was visit Auckland late February to dii technical problems associated the company’s intention to i: duce DC7C aircraft to the F Auckland route. NZ Civil Avi authorities have declared Whem landing strip as of insuffi strength for DC7C’s.

Mr. Antony Alpers, of the A land Star, who has been kee Cook Islands affairs to the foi New Zealand, is to conduc tutorial class on the Cook Isl under Adult Education at Unive ol Auckland.

Miss Elizabeth Lowndes, of V ingt o n, and Sister Cath< Gillanders, of Auckland, left Zealand in February to join the of the Presbyterian Mission Tangoa, New Hebrides. Miss a Riach, of Waiuku, was to join: mission’s teaching staff at Om New Hebrides.

Passenger in the "Tofua" from Au to Niue Island was Mrs. F. L. Flavell, husband is Education Officer, Niue.

Flavell was in NZ placing her two dau in school.

J. P. S[?] Aboard the "Matua" in February wen and Mrs. E. Curtis, returning to Suva leave in NZ. Mr. Curtis is attached PWD engineering branch, Suva.-J. P. S[?] 6 MARCH, 1958 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Mormon choir consisting eny of Pacific islanders sang for Queen Mother at Auckland City icil’s public reception in Feb- G. Nevill, Resident Compner of the Cook Islands, lied to New Zealand in an iF transport aircraft in Janand there was some speculam the Cooks as to whether he I be returning. His term of was to expire in March but had been confirmed ie NZ Government last year, ver, since then there has been inge of Government, lesident Commissioner’s job is r a popular one, least so in ✓ook Islands at their present of development, so the job not be rushed by friends of resent Government. . L. G. Usher, executive dir of Fiji Times and Herald and publisher of The Fiji Times Shanti Dut, arrived in Sydney /larch 6, from New Zealand plans to return to Fiji in midh. The publishing and jobing business of Fiji Times & id Ltd. has increased consider- [?] ibly the only British subject holding a [?] ment post in Eastern Samoa is Mr.

McKenney, who returned to Pago Pago the "Matua" in February after vacation He is with the Management Services of the E. Samoa Administration. —J. P. Shortall. [?]ng bride and bridegroom are the former [?] Sye, and Mr. B. Blackie, after their [?]e at the Taurama Chapel, Port Moresby. —Papuan Prints. 7 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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Approach us direct or our Representatives for the Pacific Islands: DEMKA AGENCIES Pn. Limited 2-12 Carrington Street, Sydney, N.S.W. ably in the past two years; and Usher is examining plant usag; other establishments, as a guidl the Fiji Company in purchai necessary new equipment. * * * Mr. T. R. Smith, the new i retary-General of the South Pa Commission, spent the first wee: March in Canberra and Syd dealing with Commission mat: before going on to Noumea to sume the duties of his new 01 Mr. Paul Harricks, who ir many friends during the ten y he spent in Fiji as manager tl for Pan American Airways, has been appointed sales manager PAA in southern New Zealand, t headquarters in Wellington. He been succeeded in Fiji by Mr. I B. Lemdrum, who for several y has represented PAA in New C donia and New Hebrides.

General manager of Tasn Empire Airways, Mr. G. N. Robe* has resigned, his resignation to t effect at the end of May. Said Roberts, “I think 12 years in a executive position of the ain operating business is enough”.

Mr. A. Riechelmann, a leading busines of Tonga, was in Auckland in February, returned to Nukualofa in the "Matua". —J. P. Sho Major E. Stent and Major R. L. Corn of the Salvation Army, were aboard "Malekula" in February, bound for W[?] New Guinea. But they weren't on the —they were on holiday. 8 MARCH. 1958 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Ir. W. Craig, veteran telegraphic man of the Pacific, and supermdent of the Auckland cable bion, has retired. Mr. Craig red at Fanning Island and Fiji periods during his 45 years of dee under the Pacific Cable Td and Cable and Wireless Ltd. * * * i. and Mrs. A. T. Wotherspoon daughter Anne returned to New land in January after two years Pitcairn Island, where Mr. herspoon was headmaster of the id’s school of 25 children. * * * alian journalist Sergio Borelli, nng for the Milan newspaper II no, doesn’t let the grass grow ?r his feet. Arriving back in ley in January after a roundworld Qantas flight that took hours flying time, he promptly off again for New Guinea. “It’s of the last frontiers of the d,” he said in Lae in the middle le month, as he headed for the lands. sbane teacher Miss Dorothea lens left Brisbane for Fiji in iry to become headmistress of tary’s School, at Labasa. Her teaching experience has ied 12 years in India and four in New Guinea.

John Beaumont, of Sydney, will arrive Moresby in mid-March as AMP Society t inspector for P-NG. He succeeds Mr.

Bourke, who opened the Society's first y agency. Mr. Beaumont holds the rank tenant-commander in the RANR. He has and two young children. 9 1 F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH. 1958

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Mr. Hugh H. Hickling, for:' Director of Education in the Is. and Resident Agent of Aihc and more recently a canvass o tor for Wells Organisations Pty* —an organisation which co funds for religious bodies on a mission basis—has resigned td tablish a similar business orgss tion on his own account in.

Zealand. ♦ ♦ ♦ P-NG Police Commissioner,* C. Normoyle, will be in Melbu on March 17 to attend the ai. conference of police commissi for Australia, New Zealand am Pacific.

Mr. Sadaraka Metuakore, Islands student at Victoria versity College, Wellington. NJ successfully completed Stage of a BA Degree and requires one further Stage Three subji complete his degree. He we New Zealand as a scholarship in 1947.

Lae, NG, telephone incp will not be deprived of their ' courteous attention from teles ist Jill Potter following her • riage to Mr. Sevan Murphy it Mr. and Mrs. J. Sagaitu, returned to Fiji, aboard the "Tofua" in January leave in NZ. Originally of Rotum Sagaitu is attached to the Public Department, Lautoka. —J. P. S.

Headed north for marriage in Febru[?] Miss M. Scharf, a passenger on the "Mi[?] from Sydney. Her husband-to-be is in [?] New Guinea. 10 MARCH, 1958 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONT)

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N.BD.4T February 21. Mr. and Mrs. 3hy will -make their home in • * ♦ »ne Kilisimasi of Tonga, who shown considerable talent as a il trainee at Central Medical 01. Fiji, has been awarded a arship to take a three year e for a degree in dentistry at nsland University, Australia. • • * [ate Hingano and ’Anitelu i of the Department of Agrire. Tonga, are to undergo il training in forestry in New nd. joining Cook Islands nts who are already training The course is essentially ical and applicable to the Is. . Judy Tudor, a Pacific Islands ily editor, spent February in Guinea. Having a week to and seeking a rest, she ,ed from Lae to Rabaul by a, visiting Madang, Lom- Lorengau and Kavieng, and )arked at Rabaul to catch a s plane to Port Moresby and arch Legislative Council meethe found herself, instead, at )ttom of a hopeless waitingnd she finally got out of New i by riding an MAL plane :o Kavieng, etc., etc., to Lae, xactly the same route as she •aveiled leisurely by ship. The vocabulary fused when try- ) describe the vagaries and hides of travel in New Guinea, ns to be completely Australian aracter—too many would-be igers for the existing facilities. * * * members of the Nauru nolice -Constables Detea and Daniel ; gone to Suva for six months, idy police work there. The s have given them a warm ne. There now are about 4,000 on Nauru, and a police force * * * Zealand’s Island Territories tment could hardly have a better choice than the [?] manager of Morris Hedstrom and Co. [?] Mr. A. L. Lambourne, was in NZ [?] s wife in February, on holiday. They to W. Samoa in the "Matua". —J. P. Shortall. 11 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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Cable & Telegraphic Address: SUPERB, Sydney ction of Mr. Ronald Thorby as Resident Agent for Aitutaki, k Islands. r. Thorby will have the ; of implementing the govemit’s policy of a general health- -housing clean-up of this nd island of the Cooks, r. Thorby proved himself a ible, understanding, and popuresident agent at Atiu where las been stationed for the past n years. j is a keen agriculturalist, many essful projects having been ated at Atiu under his direc- These range from a thriving •estation scheme to the producand sale to other islands of ms strains of poultry. A numaf potentially useful crops have introduced there on an experital scale. le name of the new Resident it for Atiu had not been aniced to late February. . E. R. Fordham, Sydney manof the Rice Growers’ Co-opye Mills Ltd., was on a visit loumea, Vila and Santo in h. In Noumea he will negofor the re-introduction of alian rice imports to New Calei. They were stopped because iport cuts from sterling areas, at present New Caledonia’s must come from Saigon—redly at a dearer price. ♦ * ♦ e world Chief Guide, Lady n-Powell, spent a week in i in March, visiting most of nain centres, including Manus Kavieng. ♦ ♦ * . and Mrs. Roderick Maclean, were married in Sydney on h 12, will live in Fiji. Mr. Macis the elder son of the late 3. L Maclean, of Rabaul, and [rs. Maclean, now of Sydney, wife was formerly Barbara * * * aeral Manager of Fruit Disbors Ltd., of NZ, Mr. Ross er, was recently in W. Samoa, ssing with the Administration the growers the future of the >an banana industry. and Mrs. D. C. Brown, of Rarotonga, stands, were passengers in the Norwegian liner "Bergensfjord" when it reached and in February. — J. P. Shortall. 13 DIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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It will be sheathed in COPPER! d ■ , M 4 % # Adequate protection agaii the fierce onslaughts wind, water and marine I is essential to vessels in i Islands. The patrol so pictured here will be e tirely sheathed in copj below the water line (usi copper nails and rivets, course) to provide this p: tection. A 1,000 gal. wai tank is being installed ai it will be manufactui from copper. Proof agaii any attack by corrosion the virile marine bor copper is the one rea ideal protective material » The vessel pictured is bea built by BJARNE HALVO SEN LTD., John Street, Ncq Sydney, for the New Guiii Administration. It is one ; the popular “K” class hulls For any information regarding the advantages and applications of copper, please write (enclosing t\ ad) to the following address:

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Pacific Islands Monthly No. 8. Vol. XXXVIII MARCH, 1958 Contents: PEOPLE: Personal Paragraphs of Islands’ Interest 5 P-NG Legislative Council: Native Labour Legislation Under Fire 17 Manus, Naval Base Without a Navy 18 Pacific Islands’ Society Has Its 21st Birthday 18 Red Influence in Fiji Sugar Strikes 19 Warm Welcome for Indian Commissioner in Fiji .. 19 Royal Visit Arrangements for Fiji; Mayor Critical .. 20 Important New Post in W.

Samoa 20 Netherlands NG and P-NG to Have Liaison Machinery 20 Vital New Legislative Assembly Meeting in W.

Samoa 21 Arson on Liner Bulolo .. 21 Judy Tudor Reports on P-NG Legislative Council .. 22 Commentary; The Publisher and The Editors Look at Pacific and World Affairs 23 Governor of Fiji Announces Retirement 26 Editors’ Mailbag 26 Papua’s Oil Hopes in the Balance 27 P-NG’s New Copra Tax .. 31 Highlights from Addresses at Canberra Conference on P-NG 33 Territories’ Talk-Talk . .. 41 New Proposals on Milne Bay 41 Review of Latest Copra Position 45 Bill Money: Legend in His Own Time 49 The Story of The Big Six, by . R. W. Robson 50 New Pacific Shipping Link- Ud 55 Progress with Lae Brewery 59 Extraordinary Life of Harold Gatty 61 Tribute to Mrs. Flora Stewart from America .. 65 Tongan Whaling Industry Nearer 68 Fijian Development Fund Figures 68 Gordon Thomas Recalls Rabaul Invasion 69 NG’s Woolshed Dance .. 71 NG Dairy Farm Argument 73 Fiji’s Tortured Banana Industry 75 MAGAZINE SECTION; Tropicalities, 77; Profile, 77; Crossquiz, 78; Do You Remember? 79: Hulas and Hibiscus, 79; Fiji Meets the Queen, 80-81; Burns Philp Anniversary, 82-83; Book •Reviews 84 Pacific Shipping and Cruising Yachts 97

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William Money; Mr. Dan Power; Mrs. Ellen Meyers 142 Sports Review 145 Shipping Time-Tables . .. 147 Airways’ Time-Tables .. 153 Pacific Commerce and Produce 156 A Product of Pacific Publications Pty. Ltd., Technipress House, 29 Alberta Street, Sydney. (29 Alberta Street is 10 yards from the intersection of Gonlburn Street and Wentworth Avenue.)

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tody Has a Good Word to Say For It NG’s “Ridiculous and Extravagant” live Labour Legislation Under Fire From Judy Tudor, in Port Moresby On few occasions has the official majority of the Papuaew Guinea Legislative Council so ostensibly solicited the [official minority to save it from itself as during the debate i the five inter-related Native Labour Bills presented again the March meeting in Port Moresby. j of the bills had their first iring at the last meeting in eptember, and debate had adjourned. ire followed a conference of aterested parties in January, this must have left no doubt e minds of the Administration tmental chiefs that the pro- -5 had almost unbridgeable was thought that the bills ; then have not been prod with, but for some reasons )wn this was not so; and the vere given the full treatment ilting in a four days’ spate of . that turned even the cynical )ers dizzy. m each bill suffered the same -all were adjourned until the meeting of Council, it people take it that this 5 that they will not be seen for at least a year, and then with considerable amendment, it unofficial members took Dr. other’s assertion, in his introm to the Native Employment hat its fate would be decided e Council, as a polite fiction; onetheless they gave all their ies to the debate. 5, the first and probably most tant of the five bills, has been e stocks for five years, passed and forth between Port by and Canberra, and the ions as presented for Counconsideration were a monud work, set out in 118 typed ap pages. covered everything from the vitamin intake of native • to a two-page description of nd of latrine required.

"'Major Social Tool" ntroducing the bill, Dr. Guniescribed it as a major social to cover both the primitive native and the skilled Papuan ig £3O per month. this, he remarked, was not n one document, t of the non-official members evidently prepared to regard •s the understatement of the i and most attacked the bill is ground.

In framing the bill, said Dr.

Gunther, the Administration held that its duty was to regulate the rate of native social change, to prevent the unskilled breaking away from village life and creating a landless proletariat. At the same time the Administration had not been unmindful of the ability of big industry to pay. The bill was designed to ensure that both the employee and employer carried out their obligations.

Mr. B. Fairfax Ross, by far the most vigorous speaker at this meeting, was first at the attack.

The proposed legislation was, he declared, written round the wrong ideals and “sprinkled like hundreds-and-thousands with the principles of ILO’’.

At the same time, his impression was that it was out of date by about 20 years, and centred around life as it was then in old New Guinea, around Rabaul and the Bainings.

It did not take into consideration present working conditions in

Aftermath Of

A HURRICANE HAVOC. The South Pacific's recent hurricane almost wiped out the village of Lomati, on the island of Cicia, Northern Lau, Fiji. Top picture, taken by Ben Pickering, shows one house off its foundations and another overturned. A minor tidal wave added to the villagers' troubles. Bottom picture, taken at Apia, W. Samoa, shows a tidal wave pounding Apia's mam beach road, near Aggie Grey's hotel. The mountainous seas caused damage along the waterfront (Gladys Edwards Studio). 17 lnC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

Papua or in new New Guinea (the Hl ft hl made' the mistake of trying to cover in one piece of blanket legislation the primitive villager and the advanced native. There was nothing in it to improve on the old native labour ordinance; it was too complicated—particularly in its association with four other bills.

Greater Restrictions Its restrictions on casual labour were greater than had existed in Papua for 30 years. It was fine to maintain village life, but if he were a native of the Delta swamps he wouldn’t want to be made to stay there if he could get work away where he could better himself.

Mr. Fairfax-Ross criticised the proposed restrictions on recruitment, the sudden closing of areas to recruiting by local officials, the prohibition on payment of head money to new recruits, and particularly the new requirements for native accommodation.

He maintained that the dwellings provided should be in conformity with the earning capacity of the natives, and that it was useless to provide lined and ceilinged houses for natives just out of the bush who were just as likely to poke a hole in the walls to store their possessions there.

Other speakers called the proposals confusing, cumbersome, too detailed. Mr. E. A. James said that the architect of the legislation had been so many years compiling it that he had become confused and that there were plenty of men of experience in the Territory who were capable of drawing up a satisfactory code in months, not years. (Continued on page 139) PIR “ Whitewash ”

PORT MORESBY, Mar. 7.

Brigadier D. M. Cleland’s statement from the Chair regarding the PIR riots has produced a mixed bag of reactions from the general public here.

Some of these are: * It was an untimely attempt to whitewash the PIR. ® The announcement that 15 PIR ringleaders have been dismissed from the service is extraordinary in view of the fact that only four of the 58 accused could be identified in Court and were found guilty. « It was being wise after the event to find that the court should not have been held at Tauro.ma—a point upon which the Army was apparently most determined at the time—and it placed the Secretary for Law in an embarrassing position.

See stories, pages 22, 131.

Pacific Islands Society

New President On 21 st Birthday 9 At the February gathering members celebrated the 21 st birthday of the Pacific Islands Society which was formed in 1937 with a small membership. Two foundation members ( Messrs. R. W. Robson and Fred Hennings) were present.

Mr. A. E. Stephen retired from the office of President, owing to health reasons, and Mr. N. H. Foxcroft was elected.

Mr. Foxcroft went to New Guinea in 1918 as a radio-telegraphist with the Australian Expeditionary Force.

In 1922, when Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd., took over communication services throughout the Territory, Mr Foxcroft was stationed in Rabaul; and he served AWA in New Guinea for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Foxcroft (she is a sister of New Guinea Education Director W. C. Groves) have given much personal service to organisations connected with New Guinea and Pacific Islands affairs.

Other members of the new council for 1958-59: Vice-Presidents: A. E. Stephen, H.

Sabben, N. Casey, Dr. G. Mackaness, and L. A. R. Howell.

Hon. Secretary-Treasurer, Miss M. M. McGann. Assistant Hon. Secretary, Mr. L. T. Haynes.

Councillors: Mesdames H. Sabben, N H. Foxcroft, B. Sylvester Jones, Mrs. J. Edwards: Miss E. Courtney; Messrs. T. W. Wignall, and H. J.

Christoffersen.

New Southern Cross Launched

Southern Cross VIII, new ship in the old tradition for the Melanesian Mission, was launched at Ballina, NSW, on March 8, as scheduled.

For details, see Shipping, page 106.

The Naval Base Without a Navy

There’S Not Much

DEFEND AT From Judy Tudor • They have a fine swims baths at Lomhrum, Australia’. called defence base on Los N\ Island but the women on. station are not permitted to m Not till they have built a around it. This is so that) natives will not see what Euro ladies look like under their dr - HOWEVER, if any of the natives have any cur: about this they have onr go a few miles away, get a loading copra at Lorengau, s a bouncing surf boat at the bo of the gangway in this lx north-west weather and soona later all will be revealed to theE Lombrum is probably the; friendliest place in the South fic. The place bristles with “Itaj notices and the restrictions <• equally to Europeans.

A large notice on the wharf v against taking photographs sketching—penalty seven z And at that, photographs com revealing—of what the base haE got. Unless those acres of qui huts left by the Americans; now seemingly empty coc secret weapons, Australia’s bs in the north can be taken inj glance.

A couple of water or oil ten a small floating dock, a wharfl a new deck but shaky unde nings. All the facilities for hoc and feeding probably about 50 ( Some bulk oil tanks.

Paper Work Navy The Navy at Manus doesn’t sea. It occupies itself with ; work and refuelling and enter ing visiting American navy ve In this it probably fulfils a v function—if people would talking about a “Naval Base” v conjures up ideas of massive fications and dozens of battle riding at anchor.

The story here in the Territd that it is gradually being o down and that in its place Americans are going to open war-time airstrip on Los N! and use it as a jet base.

It could be just wishful thin As well as the Navy, Ausa has the Army and the Air For< residence at Manus. The Air has its being at Momote, wh;i maintains. The Army is repress by one company of the E 5 Islands Regiment which lives i place opposite Lombrum with (Continued on pag« 141) Mr. N. H. Foxcroft. 18 MARCH. 1958 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONT

[?]ent Irresponsible Strikes

[?] Ed Influence In Fiji

[?] Ugar Industry

There was a bad strike among Fiji’s sugar mill workers , Lautoka and Ba last December; and, in the course of it, msiderable lawlessness and hooliganism occurred.

E circumstances were such that he hooligans and rioters should lave been sternly dealt with le police, and made to realise formal agreements, formally >ted and put into legal form, be observed. tead, the Government dealt irly with the strikers and in- -1 them to go back to work, on omise that the circumstances unding the strike should be ined by a Special Commisr. in the person of the Chief ze (Sir Ragnar Hyne). 3 special circumstances which Ragnar especially examined rned the outcome of two prestrikes; and in one of them was made of the strikers’ tions to the continued emlent of two sirdars, or Indian len. ; CSR ended the second strike omising that one of their lead- ;xecutives would enquire into charge against the sirdars, inquiry was made. The CSR (Mr. J. M. Aitken) found ng against one sirdar, but sted that the conduct of the was such that it might be ible to put him in other emlent. This was done, vever the third strike ceil, attended by considerable ier, and led by obscure people union officials —and at first 3 impossible to learn the cause. , the men claimed that they dissatisfied with the CSR Cos. ons regarding the sirdars. ; Chief Justice was authorised to enquire into the latter irs. If his references had been , more valuable information ; have been obtained about actors causing unrest. ; Chief Justice’s report to the :nor, dated January 17, comy supported the enquiry and igs of CSR Co’s Executive —the i of the CSR Cos. was entirely nable, and the action taken le Cos. quite adequate, i Chief Justice, in forthright tage, indicates his opinion that tion to the sirdars actually not the cause of the third ■ in December —he points out the subject of the sirdars was irought into the picture by the ;rs until quite late in the piece: do not believe that the real 1 of the second strike was the act of the sirdars. It has been made to appear that their conduct was the reason, but I am quite convinced that the reason goes much deeper; and I agree with the submissions of counsel that the sirdars were merely chosen to divert attention from what are the real reasons for the strike.”

The Commissioner then goes on to present certain facts which clearly indicate that there has been active communication between some members of the Mill Workers Union and the official Communist Party.

He especially quotes statements in articles in the Melbourne Communist paper of December 12 and the Sydney Communist paper of December 18.

The situation therefore is left thus: There appears to have been no justification for the strike in December and there is no call upon the CSR Cos. to do anything more in relation to the sirdars than has been done already. The strike was called by irresponsible mischiefmakers.

This in turn means that no further action need be taken by anyone to placate the mill-workers, who struck in December and who went back to work on the condition that the enquiry by special commissioners was held.

It has been noted that a son of a prominent Communist tradeunion official is a member of the crew of the CSR Co’s ship Rona, and the possibility that he maintains contact with Fiji sugar-mill workers is being investigated.

A close observer of recent events in Fiji sugar industry writes under date March 1: “I forecast a lot of trouble in the sugar industry this season. If these irresponsible elements remain in control of the union, and if (as seems clear) they are taking instructions from Australian Communists, there is likely to be a series of rolling strikes which may be more disastrous than a straightout fight.”

The responsibility is placed squarely in the lap of the Government of Fiji. There need be no further trouble if (a) the Government shows the necessary strength in dealing with the irresponsible and hoodlum elements among the sugar mill workers of northwest Fiji and (b) sees that the Fiji police are properly instructed and efficiently directed, especially in relation to subversive activities.

Fiji Indians’ Loyalty To Fiji

The new Commissioner in Fiji for the Government of India, Mr.

K. D. Bhasin, was warmly welcomed in Suva at a series of functions, and made an excellent impression.

MR. and Mrs. Bhasin were guests at a dinner in the Grand Pacific Hotel, given by the Fiji-Indian Citizenship Association, and attended by representatives of all communities.

In the photograph above, are, left to right, Mr. R. B. Sharma (a well-known Indian resident of Suva), Mrs. Bhasin, Mr. Shankar Pratap (president of the Association), Mr. Bhasin, Mrs. Pratap, and Ratu Edward Cakobau.

Speaking at this function, Mr.

Bhasin commented that there appeared to be no racial problems in Fiji—the three major races were living together in harmony.

Mr. Pratap said that the purpose of his Association was the study of the cultural background of other racial groups, to foster good citizenship and inter-racial friendship.

Speaking at a Town Hall welcome given by the Indian Association of Fiji, Mr. Bhasin said he was proud to learn of the contributions which had been made by the Fiji Indians to the political, economic and cultural life of the Colony.

Mr. Abdul Lateef said the Colony had been built up by the three races—the Fijians provided the land, the Indians the labour and the Europeans the capital.

Other speakers stressed their loyalty to Fiji, while paying tribute to their mother country’s cultural background. 19 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

Lively Post-Royal-Visit

Incident In Fiji

Lautoka'S Indian

Mayor On The

WARPATH Never were the difficulties and embarrassments of Fiji’s racial mixture shown more clearly than by a row which occurred in the Lautoka Town Council on February 17, wherein the Council, by five votes to four, declared no-confidence in the mayor, Councillor Choy Gopal, and demanded that he resign.

It was over the arrangements made for the visit of the Queen Mother to Nadi and Lautoka on January 31—Feb 1.

ON December 20, the Western District Commissioner’s office telephoned and asked Mayor Gopal to a meeting, to be held December 30, to discuss the Royal Visit nrogramme. Mayor Gopal noted ‘ the meeting as for December 31.

No one ever has discovered who made the error —mayor or official.

The meeting was held without Mayor Gopal. He learned of it that day, soon after it was over, and naturally was perturbed.

Western Commissioner J. A. C.

Hill telephoned apologies, but said the meeting arrangements would come for confirmation before another meeting on January 8. Mayor Gopal said he would be there.

Probably, no one explained to the mayor at that stage that this Royal Visit really was very difficult for Fiji’s high officialdom.

It was not “official” it was merely to be a break in the Queen Mother’s long air journey from Canada to New Zealand. Presentations were “out”.

She was to be greeted at the airport by the Governor, as a matter of course. As it was Fiji, it was deemed wise to introduce also the senior Fijian notable—Sir Lala Sukuna.

As the Royal visitor planned to spend the night at the Governor’s Bure, some 20 miles from the airport, she had to enter the Lautoka area. Lautoka, which is predominantly Indian, in its turn became officially stirred.

Hence, as they say in some tropical places, the milk in the coconut! (They only thought “presentations” would be out. Before Her Majesty left, she had had to shake hands with scores of eager people.) Before January 8, the mayor got the minutes of the Dec. 30 meeting.

He was angered by what he found— he thought that he, as mayor, should have been consulted about Lautoka arrangements.

He said so at the Jan, 8 meeting— said that provision should have been made for the presentation of Lautoka Councillors by him to the Queen Mother; and that he objected to the mayor of Lautoka being placed in the second row on the dais at the park ceremony in Lautoka, while Sir Lala Sukuna and Ratu Edward Cakobau were with (Continned on page 143) Important New Post in W Samoa • Leader of Western Samoa's political party, Mr. Eugene F. Paul, has become Leader of Government Business in W. Samoa.

He was elected to the important new post after defeating two other candidates (Mr. M. Tualaulelei and Mata’afa Fiame) during the special Legislative Assembly meeting.

In addition, Mr. Paul, who is a prominent Apia businessman, will have the Secretariat, Police and Economic Development portfolios.

A reshuffle of Ministers also results in Tuatagaloa Leutele relinquishing Broadcasting, but taking over District Affairs besides Education; Mr. Faalavaau retains Postal and Radio, and takes over Broadcasting; and the Secretary to the Government, Mr. H, Levestam, ceases to be an official member of the Assembly and Executive Council.

Mr. Amoa Tausilia, member for Aleipata West, has been elected Deputy Speaker of the Assembly.

Some Machinery, After All

Netherlands Al

P-Ng To Have

Liaison Officer

Netherlands New Guine;; Papua-New Guinea are to ajj “liaison officers” in each c territory. r[EY will be stationed in- Moresby and Hollandia, at. ing to a Netherlands anno ment on February 28.

This is one—and a very in ant—result of last year’s Netherlands-Australian stat: which pledged the two Govern! to “continue and strengths operation” in their administj of the two territories.

Just before the declaration made, the Netherlands and tralian Ministers for Terr said, in Port Moresby, there be a full exchange of inform but no machinery would be & to handle it.

Apparently, though, this lat« nouncement means that mad now is being set up, and cen it will be needed if the joint dE ation is to mean anything at The latest Netherlands anno ment adds: “An Attache for A Overseas will be posted in Car as a member of the Royal N 1 lands Embassy.

“Apart from normal and it consultations on diplomatic between the two Governments, cerning the affairs of New Gr there will be periodical discu.'j for the first time, in the midE this year, between Netherlands Australian officials of both adi trations of New Guinea, ano resentatives of those departure both countries who are cone in matters of policy with regi; New Guinea.”

At the time the Netherlano nouncement was made, no nouncement on the matter ha». made by the Australian Go ment.

On Other Pages

Reds a Hot Question in N. Caledo p. 113; Severe Public Service CuM W. Samoa, p. 115; Planes Grounder Fiji, p. 117; 15 Dead in Tahiti Rq Crash, p. 119; BSIP Liquor Policy Ul Review, p. 125; New Hebrides Coui Meets, p. 129; Fiji Drought Endsz 131; New Hotel Company for p 137.

Mr. Eugene Paul. 20 MARCH, 1958 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

Speaking in New Assembly Western Samoa Faced With “Race For Production"

From a Special Correspondent in Apia Apia, Feb. 23.

“The main criticism against the Government is that we rried on too long before reducing sail,” High Commissioner Western Samoa, Mr. G. R. Powles, told the special session the Legislative Assembly here this week. told the council, which was called together to do something about getting increased ue to help Samoa out of its nt financial plight, that the sin was an urgent one, and the budget (to be ready for the ti session) could not be com- -1 until some matters were id up.

Powles said that Government ue, which began to drop in would probably show a further decline in 1958, with the drop opra prices a contributing •e Government services meant expenditure, but the money rot available unless there was ady increase in agricultural cts for export. seemed, he said, the fate of a depended on whether the ise in production could keep with the increase in popula- ■and therefore it was a pro- >n race. The production of en seemed to be winning the it present.

The result could be a drop in living standards, and a curtailment of Government services, Mr. Powles said copra production per head of population dropped from 478 lbs in 1948-52, to 326 lbs in 1953-56, to 322 lbs in 1957. Cocoa figures for the same period were 60 lbs, rising to 73 lbs, but back to 69 lbs in 1957.

Yet during the same 10-year period, the population increased b y about a third, from 75,000 to 100,000.

Mr, powles said that it could be suggested that instead of carrying sail for too longf the Government should have dismissed 200 teachers and other staff in 1956, instead of 1953, But this would have done no good, The Government had done the best possible, and after all the ship was s tin afloat Consultant Appointed The High Commissioner announced that the NZ Government had appointed a constitutional consultant, Prof. Colin Aikman, to advise the NZ Government on the steps required to give West Samoa full self-government and terminate the UN trusteeship agreement. Prof.

Aikman (who is already in W.

Samoa for talks) is Professor of Jurisprudence and Constitutional Law at Victoria University, Wellington.

He also announced that three Samoan representatives would be invited to attend the June session of the Trusteeship Council in New York, to discuss problems.

Higher Duties One of the more important bills to be dealt with at this special session is one proposing to increase import duties. Increases would be a 10 per cent, surcharge on some items, and various fixed amounts on 14 other items.

These include matches (an increase of 1/- a gross) ; cigarettes (6/- a 1000 for British, 8/- a 1000 for foreign); tobacco (5/- a lb British and 7/- foreign); ale and beer (1/- and 1/6 a gallon respectively) ; spirits (25/- and 30/-); wine (5/- and 6/- for less than 40 per cent, proof, 25/- and 30/- for more than 40 per cent.); motor spirits (4d a gallon); kerosene and fuel oils (Id); timber would also go up.

The bill also proposes an increase in export duty on bananas from 6d to 1/- a case. (See “Trouble Comes In Cycles”, page 115) Arson on “Bulolo”

Arson Squad detectives were called in when seven fires broke out on the Burns Philp liner “Bulolo” berthed in Sydney on March 9.

Three cabins were alight, there were three fires in the dining room and another on a staircase. They were all put out quickly by firemen and little damage was done.

Detectives said an inflammable liquid was used to start the fires. Investigations were continuing as “PIM” went to press.

Coastal Vessel Sinks

The 40-ton New Guinea coastal vessel Nuguria filled up and sank off the coast of New Britain on March 8, but all the crew got safely away. The Nuguna earlier had reported that she was leaking, and for a while the pumps were able to cope.

She was anchored off Long Island when the leak increased and she sank. [?]peaker of the W. Samoa Legislative Assembly, the Hon. Mr. [?]fatasaga Kalapu, occupies the chair after the opening address by High Commissioner, Mr. G. R. Powles, on February 18. 21 7 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

No Fireworks, But Plenty of Interest

Some Pertinent Questions At Brief

P-Ng Legislative Council Meeting

From Judy Tudor, in Port Moresby No fireworks marked the opening of the March meeting of the Papua-New Guinea Legislative Council. This perhaps, was because of the absence of Treasurer Harold Reeve, who has a reputation for sitting up nights thinking of measures for stirring up his fellow Territorians.

OTHER absentees were Mr. A. A.

Roberts, Director of Native Affairs, on leave; and Mr. R.

Bunting, nominated member, whose plane was delayed.

He arrived on the second day of the sitting.

Only $64 question on the agenda was the fate of the five related native labour bills, which is dealt with elsewhere.

The debate “on adjournment” during the first afternoon of the session lacked the fire and brimstone of the last meeting in September, 1957 although several members touched on the recent Pacific Islands Regiment shenanigin.

Mr. lan Downs, elected member for New Guinea mainland, described it as a case of the Army having “saved 54 faces but not its own”.

Few Territorians disagree on that one.

Mr. Downs had other things to say about the Administration of justice in the Territory and suggested that it was often on the side of the person with the biggest financial resources.

There were frequently two purposes of administrators in the Territory, he said —firstly to carry out their duties, but secondly to increase their own powers. In addition, two administration instrumentalities sometimes found themselves with conflicting interests and between them the court found itself powerless to convict—with very bad results, particularly for the native people.

"Cannot Understand"

Papuans firmly believed that during the recent PIR troubles, a large number of native soldiers did invade the court room. They cannot understand why four of these were convicted and sentenced while 54 were discharged. (Native member, Mahuru Rarua Rarua, later spoke in support of Mr.

Downs on this matter).

Referring to the Anderson case, Mr. Downs said that a European officer who was able to employ learned counsel in Australia and appeal to the High Court had his 18 months sentence reduced to six weeks.

However no appeal had been made on behalf of a native police sergeant who had been involved in the same case, was convicted and was now serving his full sentence.

It was the duty of someone to take some measure to appeal on behalf of the sergeant and have his sentence reduced. The time for an appeal had passed, but there some other machinery that be employed.

In reply, Secretary of W. Watkins, said that Mr. II was misinformed; what he sai*j completely fallacious and in of his past magisterial experierr should know that accused always provided with a defen he could not pay for it, and was particularly so in the caE natives.

The matter of the sergeant been fully investigated by ’ highest tribunal and it was sidered that justice had been i an appeal was not justified..

Mystery of Missing 3,71 No one bothered to put; Downs’ mind at rest over his; problem—the alleged 3,716 ■ that the Department of Agricr livestock stations should have in excess of their present acfe! ledged 2,879.

The Department has nine stock stations, employing Europeans and 460 natives fo annual pay check of £50,000. i the period under review, 1,857 < have been imported. Over year period, it is calculated b;< Downs’ experts that the na increase should have broughi total up to over £6,500.

Taking into consideration and losses, present stock fiE (Continued on page 141) Brigadier Cleland's Statement to Legco PIR "IN NG TO STAY"

In a statement made to the P-NG Legislative Council on March 4, the President (Brigadier D. M. Cleland, P-NG Administrator) spoke on the matters raised by Mr. lan Downs on the previous afternoon.

BRIGADIER CLELAND reiterated what Mr. Watkins had said in relation to the Anderson case, but dealt at some length with the PIR riots.

He said that Mr. Justice Gore had recorded the fact that as the PIR men rushed down on the temporary court house at Taurama they had shouted “What right have the Administration and the magistrates to come out to Taurama and interfere with the PIR!”

Mr. James had construed from that—and he did not blame him— that the PIR regarded themselves as sacrosanct. (Mr. E. A. James, elected member for Papua, speaking on the adjournment, had also referred to the matter).

Brigadier Cleland said that the impression had been created in the public mind that it was now a matter of Army versus Administration. This was far from the truth.

There was a clear recognition on the part of the Army that the (Continued on page 139) Legco Protest: To Much, Too Late Ten hills were sprung Legco members less than hours before the meeting m due to begin—bringing a pi t test from Mr. E. A. Jams elected member for Papua, the continuing flouting standing orders that reqm (except in exceptional c: cumstances) that all new bv he in the hands of memhv 21 days before the meeth Mr. James has been protet ing for six years—but n even he believes that his pi t tests will this time at Zo bear fruit.

The 10 new bills we almost all amendments correct “minor errors” past legislation—which pm ably more than anything e; proves Mr. James’ perenm point: that legislation is n traduced too suddenly m pushed through too quiclk to allow proper considerate of either the wording or ti purport of the proposed legy lation.

Hours of members’ time wasted on these amendment 22 MARCH, 1958 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTI

OMMENTARY ...

Lunacy In P-N6, BSI s an obligation upon Britain d Australia to take every realable step to develop the reof the South Pacific Islands Delagoes. Thus they will » better conditions for the indus peoples growing to ihood, and greater protection ill these isolated European unities, lying in the Pacific lose to overcrowded Asia. ire is no quicker and more nt way of doing this than raging investors to go into Islands, and build up more bigger plantations, farms, -stations, industrial establish- ;, mines. re is no better and quicker f introducing new capital than eping it clear of income tax. lorable things have happened 3 field of Islands income tax and Solomons). Worse things hreatened (Papua and New a). The responsible bureauseem to have lost vision, perse and a sense of what is fair. re was no income tax in Fiji, y of note, until World War II nded “emergency measures”, latter should have been rebecause much overseas capi- ,d gone into the Colony in the that, thus avoiding taxation, ild gain additional rewards, the “emergency measures”

I; and now the Colony’s nonentative Government is ning the screws. New powers 3ing sought for a set of taxers trained in the merciless ition methods of Australia. ;his in spite of a promise by overnment, not long ago, that ing capital need fear no ;r imposts.

Income Tax Bill which the :axation authorities tried to through the last Legislative ;il in 1957 (and which is now hands of a Select Committee) very bad taste in the mouth, arries a clear threat to luce double tax, and undistriprofits tax —than which there ihing more iniquitous in Auss iniquitous tax machinery.

Papua and New Guinea, there is ;ome tax. Despite the hostility e present regime to the inlalist, investment funds have 1 in there for years in an inng stream, and developmental h has been phenomenal. the hungry bureaucrat caneave well alone. Already, he has Governmental approval of taxation of income—implementation being held up only because the unhappy wretches cannot find a way of taxing the income of private enterprise, while leaving the incomes of the swollen public services untaxed.

But it will come—and right on top of import duties which we were told, not long ago, were more than equal to the imposition of income tax!

If ever there was a pitiful example of bureaucracy’s inability to plan a developmental policy it is in the British Solomons.

The big, potentially-rich archipelago, undeveloped to the point of misery, had —of all things—a ferocious income tax fastened upon it by the Colonial Office bureaucrats soon after World War 11. Consequently, there has been no new enterprise and no introduction of capital for several years. It is right alongside Australia, which has both money and enterprise.

It is rumoured that the Lever interests there plan considerable extension of coconut planting. If that is so, it can be taken as certain that some guarantee about future taxation has been given Levers by the Colonial Office.

Observing these things, one can only assume that development of Islands industries is a matter of indifference to the bureaucrats. Their future is not in the Islands. They have a job to do, requiring money.

Therefore, tax the people who are making a living out of the country.

For them, it is as simple as that.

In the case of New Guinea, where many civilians have gathered huge rewards from planting and trading, one sometimes suspects that the judgment of petty officials with too much power is coloured by jealousy.

There is no future for these Islands countries if incomes are to be taxed. But let them all be freed from income taxation, as deliberate policy, and capital will go galloping in, away from the oppressive measures imposed on enterprise in Australia and New Zealand —and that in turn would mean development and progress.

These things are fixed by immutable laws of economics. Punitive taxation of income inevitably means, sooner or later, paralysis of enterprise and industry.

If there is no other way of escaping the taxation plans of powerdrunk bureaucrats in Australia and Britain, then these South Pacific countries should begin soon to seek more independence, and some representation in their own government.

How Does Uncle Sam Do It?

THE 160 million people in United States carry, in the defence of the free world, a financial load that is almost beyond computation.

The Communist world maintains enormous forces, equipped and poised for domination of the non- Communist world, when the chance comes. The only factor which keeps them off our throat is the powerful forces maintained throughout the world by United States.

In addition, USA gives free military aid —and a lot more military aid disguised as economic aid —to most of the anti-Red nations.

The total is staggering.

Take, as one single instance, Korea. A large North Korean army and air force has been maintained in North Korea ever since the

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This tabua was recently returned into the custody of the people of Fiji by Lady Rodwell, wife of a former Governor of Fiji. Holding it here after the presentation ceremony is Leone Batigai, of the Fijian Affairs Department. —Fiji PRO. 23 C I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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san armistice, years ago. The military force numbers 750,0000, )yed in a great arc north of 38. Behind that is a huge Soviet orce, including thousands of jet ss. To counter it all, President man Rhee maintains large s in South Korea, chiefly with :ican money. Actually, the des support being given to South a by USA costs USA more than fc donates to the defence of pe, Near East, Africa and Latin ica, combined. That is because man Rhee is now very old. It nsidered likely that when he s on, the Reds will try finitely to occupy South Korea; brces are maintained in South i against that day. ;le wonder that American taxs are beginning to grumble! ieration”: They Run y From It 1 the so-called expert comnentators on Pacific affairs simply turn their backs and vhen asked to say something he suggested South Pacific ation. ; Federation, in its simplest would be a political re-alignof the British-governed Terriof the South Pacific. In more ex form, it might • include h, Dutch and American Terrisither form, it would simplify Pacific Islands administraprovide a solution for several domestic problems, more ally those connected with implantations in some of the Territories; and might finally e the reproaches inherent in several “trusteeships” New a, West Samoa and Nauru — n the Condominium of New ies. sntly, in the House of Comsomeone asked the Colonial ary (Mr. Lennox Boyd), er the South Pacific Commis- ;ould be requested to report le question of forming a 3 Territories Federation; and was the typical Ministerial r: 2 purpose of the inter-Govntal conference was to review irk of the South Pacific Comn, not to consider the political of the South Pacific Terfi- -2 South Pacific Commission is sultative and advisory body ned with the economic and development of the non-selfling South Pacific Territories, xmld not be an appropriate o initiate talks on Federation.” ch, of course, carries the m precisely nowhere. •yone knows that the Comn has a set and limited field ich to work, and that it has accomplished a limited amount within that limited field.

But everyone knows—or should know —that this is the appropriate body to initiate talks on Federation.

But before that, a few responsible Ministers must see the pathetic political confusion represented by the 16 separate Administrations in the South Pacific Islands, and must develop enough initiative to give the necessary instructions to the South Pacific Commission.

Home Fights Bitterly For Church Authority r[ERE is nothing of greater significance in world affairs today than this fight between the highest authority of the Roman Catholic Church and the civil power in Italy.

An Italian couple, baptised Catholics, were married by civil process, and did not seek a religious service. The Church condemned them, and said openly they were living in sin. They thereupon charged a Bishop with libel; and an Italian civil court found the libel proved, and penalised the Church accordingly. The reaction of the Church has been extraordinarily bitter, and the Vatician has adopted extreme measures.

The incident does more than highlight the contest between Church and State that has been developing in Italy. It reminds us that this struggle is going on all over the world. It represents a new phase in the evolution of human society.

Once the Church, supported by the State, had supreme power over all the people in matters affecting religious observances, and social customs connected with birth, marriage and death. It could arrest and punish. Century by century, that power was reduced and in many cases withdrawn altogether.

Even without the State’s authority, however, Rome has retained great moral power over its people—usually because of childhood training. Although they argue and plead, and urge the hopelessness of the human outlook without religion, most Christian Churches (except the Roman) have steadily lost ground. An agnostic*, rather than an atheist outlook, is taking the place of simple faith.

But Rome carried on, powerful and proud—until it collided, headon, with this world-wide Marxist revolution. The Muscovite creed, increasingly thrust upon us since World War n, from behind the Iron Curtain, is frankly atheist.

Control over the people through religious teaching, implanted from childhood, is completely against the totalitarian plan, where the individual is sacrificed to the State.

Now the war is on. Rome, fighting generally for individualism, but especially for the Church as an institution, will accept no compromise. If Communism conquers the world, it may be over the dead body of the ancient Church.

So the spotlight is upon Italy, already nearly half Communist.

But a similar struggle is going on in every so-called Christian country.

Rome is not fighting Communism so much as materialism, and the rejection of Church control.

The non-Roman Churches talk much about this ideological struggle —and their utterances range from clamorous hope, through suggestions of compromise with the Reds, to sheer despair. There is no suggestion of compromise or despair in the attitude of the Roman Church —it seems to be all for fight. It has survived some great socio-political storms in the past thousand years—but nothing so ugly as this Moscow-directed campaign for the enslavement of the world. * An agnostic acknowledges a supreme spiritual power (God), but says he is unable to comprehend it, and so rejects creed and dogma. An atheist positively rejects all belief in spiritual power.

The Future Of Collapsing Indonesia FUTURE events in Indonesia are hard to foresee. Yet, whatever their shape, they must affect New Guinea and the South Pacific.

Both Soekarno and his empire are in process of disintegration.

Fighting is beginning; and—unless a coup d’etat in Jakarta removes Soekarno and his Communistdominated Government —it must get worse.

Part of Sumatra, part of the Celebes, some of West Java are under the control of rebels. The economic life of the archipelagoes is semi-paralysed. If no other country intervenes, Indonesia must collapse.

There is not a sign of intervention. If a Western Power, or UNO, makes a move, Soekarno will appeal to the Nasser bloc, who probably would bring in the Soviet. If the latter make a move, the West and UNO surely will counter-move.

Indications are that all interested parties (the Westerners, with which Australia is associated; the neutralists, like Nehru; the Communists, who now are strongly represented in Djakarta) will simply sit by and let nature take its course.

That will mean a period of considerable political turmoil, and much playing at soldiers—perhaps a bit of real fighting. The East Indies then may settle down as a series of related but disunited Indonesian administrations.

Someone then will move to create a Federation of some kind. Thereupon the real struggle will corn- 25 ,F IC ISLANDS MONTHLY-MARCH, 1958

mence, between the more resonsible sections grouping themselves under the Moslems (Masjuma party) and the irresponsible factions—especially certain followers of Soekarno—who probably will look to the Communists for leadership.

Each side is trying to get the support of Dr. Hatta, the respected leader of the Rightist or Moslem sections. But the wary Dr. Hatta Is keeping aloof from them all.

Fiji Governor

TO RETIRE The Governor of Fiji, Sir Ronald Garvey, KCMG, has announced that he will leave Fiji for England, at the end of August, on retirement.

It was expected, when Sir Ronald accepted the Fiji Governorship in 1952 that he would move on from Fiji in 1957 or 1958 to a highergrade Governorship, and retire from that post, thus ensuring him a higher retirement pension. But, since World War 11, the British Empire has shrunk considerably, and there simply are not enough Colonial Governorships to provide posts for the oncoming men who have earned them. Sir Ronald Garvey is one of many.

Sir Ronald Garvey was the only Governor, in 40 years, who went to the top job in Fiji with a prior knowledge of Fiji and the Pacific Islands —he spent the early part of his life in the Colonial Service in Western Pacific High Commission and Fiji. In Fiji, he married a daughter of Dr. McGusty, the Chief Medical Officer, and she accompanied him to positions in Central Africa and the West Indies, and on to British Honduras, where he became Governor and received a knighthood.

The Fiji appointment was heartily approved in Fiji, and Sir Ronald and Lady Garvey have been very popular there. At the request cf the principal residents, Sir Ronald’s term of office was, in 1956, extended for two years.

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'Jehovahs' Are In Papua A reader in Papua writes:— In a recent mail I received a screed from a gentleman who lives at 40 Tebbutt St., Leichhardt, Sydney, and who says: “We are interested in contacting people who would like to see world peace come in our time.”

He goes on to quote Biblical texts and says he will be pleased to answer any questions I may have.

I gather from the pamphlets he enclosed that he is one of the “Jehovahs Witnesses” sect.

I remember that Jehovahs Witnesses had a caravan between Redbank Camp, Queensland, and the Railway Station in 1940, and used to waylay passing troops and call them potential murderers and similar names. One morning I saw them being taken to hospital, but it was never known just who had dealt with them.

These Jehovahs Witnesses are in this country now, and are causing trouble already.

A campaign to keep all “splinter” religions out of this country should be inaugurated. They cause only confusion among the natives —as indeed they do among Europeans.

One of the publications this sect sent me is called AWAKE and is the April issue, 1957. In it is an article When Animals Heed the Mating Call. It is quite remarkable to find a thing like this in a religious paper. I cannot see how it has any bearing on religion.

Maybe It's Trouble With the Rye We’ve got a letter from a fellow in the British Solomons who is not at all happy about the way those New Guinea doctors are conducting their inquiries into the mystery disease, “Kuru”, which has been killing off a lot of unfortunate Fore people in the NG Highlands.

He has a few suggestions, and we quote: “I cannot believe that all the medical officers concerned are of the mind that nothing is known of the disease and nothing can be done about it. Surely this Laughing Death is of the same type of virus which depopulated what was left of European cities following the Black Death?

“History records whole populations laughing and dancing themselves to death as the disease swept through Europe. A medical officer at Vila recently discussed this with me and said that only thos« ate rye were affected, and the is connected with a mould develops on ill-kept rye grain “Perhaps these New C people consume a home-gro< imported cereal on which a a mould has developed. Sure* medical authorities are au fai these clues given us by histoc Well, we don’t know if thu or not, but we don’t intend ourselves involved in it. It’s c Drs. Zigas and Gajdasek.

Anybody Here Seen a Cross?

An old P-NG hand, now liv Brisbane, is looking for a n cross. He writes: “The young man sent from bane to cover the visit to the tories of the Duke of Edinbur ported that, whilst flying fron Moresby to Lae, he spotted s cross on the side of a moi and added that nobody seen know anything about it.

“As he was just what wr timers call ‘another journal checked to see if he had se« cross of Pere Jules Dubuy c Albert-Edward.

“No, he hadn’t gone that W' west of Mount Yule.

“As a matter of Territory h cal interest, does anybody about this ‘cross on the side mountain’?

“Exactly where is it and h» is it? Is it anything to do wii rescue of some American s by the Kunimaipans? This was reported on by PIM years au is it anything to do with ‘the on the crag’ which Fr, Bern* raised at the scene of the t:; of the wreck of a wa* bomber?

“I get this information fra November, 1957, ‘Walkabout’ bourne printed). For future torians I think all these nr should be recorded in Pli where will you find a medium? I would appreciat fullest possible particulars photograph and locality pH possible.”— SANASl.

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inouncement that Vacuum Oil ests, after 20 years, are rent to continue providing funds table the search for oil to con- • in Papua came as a severe t not unexpected—shock to the \tory of Papua and New ea.

PENDITURE (between £2m. md £3m. per annum recently) :annot, of course, go on initely, unless the interests con- ;d have some reasonable lise that they will find oil. um says the promise has faded, others have not disclosed intentions. e oil industry’s most skilled tists and technicians have been he job in Papua for over 20 (except 1942-45). It seems all the signs and portents ine the presence thereabout of a oilfield. This would be of tillable economic and strategic to the South Pacific, t, so far, they have failed to it. far, 14 wells have been sunk apua by this group of comis. Three or four more wells low being put down, in accordwith an engineering and ce programme adopted last lat will happen after the com- »n of those wells, no one knows he moment of this writing ch 4). An announcement by Pty., Ltd., is momentarily exd. understand what is going on, necessary to show the strucof the organisation that, so has spent close to £3O million :.) on this search for oil.

The Structure 3k in the ’Thirties, after much ng and filling among the r oil interests, it finally was d (with Australian Governbacking and approval) that should be boring for oil on scale in the Australian Terriof Papua ( not in the Trustee- Territory of New Guinea); that the respective interests sented therein should be: Approx.

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RICAN —Vacuum Oil .. 45 n lSH— D’Arcy Exploraa Co. (a subsidiary of tish Petroleum Co. Ltd.) lally referred to as “Brit- Exploration”, or “Brit- Petroleum” 45 TRALIAN —OiI Search i 10 For purposes of carrying out the job in Papua those three companies or groups formed two operating companies: Island Exploration Co. Pty., Ltd., registered in 1936.

Australasian Petroleum Co. Pty., Ltd., registered in 1938.

The three groups named above hold that percentage of interest in the two operating companies (namely, 45. 45 and 10) ; and for many years now the operations have been carried out in the name of Australasian Petroleum Co. Pty., Ltd. (APC, for short).

The latter has a huge establishment in Papua. The APC staff alone occupies a whole suburb (Bairiki) of Port Moresby, The drilling programme had no sooner got under way, when in 1942, the Japanese invasion forced the evacuation of Papua. Operations were resumed very quickly soon after the surrender of Japan in 1945; and have continued without interruption ever since, Expenditure on the oil search, at the rate of between £2,000,000 and £3 m . per annum, has been a very important factor in the economic set-up in Papua for several years.

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That left it to the other two partners—the British group known as D’Arcy Exploration (a subsidiary of British Petroleum Co. Ltd.) and Oil Search Ltd.

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“This does not mean that the company has abandoned hope for an oil strike in commercial quantities in Australian territory, “Total cost of oil exploration in Papua since Island Exploration Co. and Australasian Petroleum Co. were formed has exceeded £27 million, of which Vacuum contrilf more than £l2 million.

“While the possibility of comr cial oil in Papua has not eliminated, the enormous cos oil search in this forbidding t tory has forced Vacuum to< conclusion that it cannot ju further exploration expenditure yond that required for the wells now drilling unless result] encountered during the compll of these wells sufficiently encov ing to cause us to reassess; position.

“The presence of considerable at Kuru and Barikewa is of intt and the commercial possibility these gas reserves are under e:; ination.”

Directors of Oil Search said felt that the full programme sH be completed and decided to BP within the limits of the pany’s resources.

Any extra money subsc; would slightly increase Oil Sea percentage interest in the oper companies, directors said.

“Wells currently drilling ar on promising structures, so the certainly a chance that oil pro tion may be proved and thus ti form the whole picture,” added.

Prospects Seem Blue As at this point (March 4)( prospects seem blue. Vacuum; said, in so many words, that • is not enough evidence of the tence of an oil-field to justify' ther expenditure on boring.

There are two bright spots ii picture.

The official references to the; sence of large quantities of might mean that gas is presei commercial quantities. But locality (behind Gulf of Pa; means that the gas will have 1 very good in quality and qua; to make it workable.

The other encouraging thin the persistent report in Sydneys the staff of APC in Papua, sent orders for the purchase every Oil Search share coming the market. Shares are quote between 3/- and 4/- (they been up to 40/-).

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The Department of Civil Avii has been making investigations various aspects of air service; some months. 30 MARCH, 1958 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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f the Papua-New Guinea Adlistration thought they were iding something to Territory titers on a platter with their j basis of assessing copra ort tax, they were soon disjioned. r. T. GRAHAMSLAW had scarcely finished his last word in introducing the bill he March meeting of Legislative ncil when Mr. B. Fairfax-Ross, •dian of planters’ interests, was his feet declaiming, with the t of battle in his eye: “When Greeks bring gifts—beware”! ie Greek in this case—meaning usurer Reeve —was away on e but the gift he was offering not what it seemed to be and, rding to Mr. F.-R., would not the Treasury anything, le new ordinance was believed ssary because copra marketing entered a new era since the of the MOF contract in 1957. 1 now, the tax has been levied a declared, “in store” price— ;h was, of course, based on the I MOF price. The tax and stabtion contribution are now to be dated on a true f.o.b. value, i the surface, the new scale is to be much in favour of the ; ucer—tax under the old scale , n when copra was valued at ; per ton, and Stabilisation Fund i ributions began when it bed £27 per ton. Under the new ;, tax does not begin until the value of copra is £49 per ton, Stabilisation Fund contribuonly when it reaches £53 fob. looked good; but Mr. Fairfaxquickly showed that the key he mystery was in the letters ; explained it this way; Under present system of paying tax' stabilisation contribution on declared value for FMS at. £A46, NG planters pay £3/5/- for tax £2 into the Stabilisation Fund, len basing his calculations on equivalent c.i.f. value of £Stg.6s, Fairfax-Ross worked back to 7 that the final f.o.b. price on :h the planter would have to duty was EAS6/14/8 (the c.i.f. i less freight, insurance agency ges, commission, shrinkage; the premium for good grading, 25 per cent. Australian exige). It was on this amount the final payment of tax id be paid —and this amount iding the cost of running the Gr Copra Marketing Board. r. Fairfax-Ross described this as one of the cherished dreams of the Greek come true.

The Tax deductions from this £ASB, according to the new scale, would be £3 export tax and 10/fcr stabilisation. This meant that the planter is getting only 5/- relief in respect of copra export tax but £l/10 - in respect of Stabilisation Fund relief. At the same time, the Treasury was losing only 5/per ton —contributions to the Stabilisation Fund having been outside Treasury control.

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If the present Australian policy of benevolent neutralism indefinitely continued, the political future of New Guinea ill be exposed to all the perils and hazards which the new nail nation imperialism and communistic expansion in South ast Asia present. lose of us who like to feel that .re part of Papua-New Guinea the view that Australia must lop a new strong and politically •artisan programme for the tory. e eventual plan I would prowould include these things: A referendum which would it all the people of the Territo express or not express their to become Australians. This i establish the moral right for ralia’s future course of action.

The granting of Australian nship and nationality to all nhabitants who wish to become 'alians.

A system of incentives towards g eligibility, such as literacy, i would give an ever increasing Der of the people the right to Numerous alternate qualificacould be set up—not only as aeans of achieving the right to but as a means of accelerat- :he acquirement of skills and mprovement.

Representation for New Guinea le Federal Parliament and a elective New Guinea Legisla- Council. The present Council farce of democracy and a bad pie for the people.

The granting of State status immigration.

A Customs union. 3se proposals must be put into ice in a firm and continuous Too much too soon will prove sstible. Too little too late will >e enough. Australia will have ye up a little to gain a great J danger of an influx of cheap r is more imaginary than real, people of Papua and New 5a own their own land and will ’s cling to their own country. within the Territory pernt immigrants from one disto another are a mere hand- :ial segregation and colour iousness will not become probif we do not indulge in lonalism and remain stead- ’ objective. 3re are all sorts of obvious ds and obstacles to the immtation of such a plan, but I to you that Australia’s real ier is the Dutch New Guinea border, whether Australia wants that frontier or not, and that you in Australia have no security and no political future as a nation if you do not proceed with a plan which will make Australia and New Guinea one country.

A beginning must be made through the mixed blood people who are capable of exerting a profound influence.

Every year, you admit as New Australians thousands of people who become citizens of Australia. Very few of them know as much about Australia as the people of New Guinea.

None have so many common interests.

For years thousands of Papuans and New Guineans have yearned for the Australian flag to become their flag.

I do not believe that Papua and New Guinea can achieve successful separate nationhood. I agree that, on their own, Melanesians as a race have already shown themselves mcapable of mastering the challenge of their own environment to a Hpcrrpp whirh would nermit them to deg ree which woifld permit them to competition and ambition They need sincere Australian help and acceptance as partners.

In times of stress and war, people of all countries are forced into rea lism. In the last war. New Guinea in practice became part of Australia. That will always have to be true in similar circumstances, Together, Australia and New Guinea have some chance of survival. Separately they have none.

Canberra Conference

The reports on this and the following pages come from proceedings at the Australian Institute of Political Science conference held in Canberra in January. Speakers were invited to discuss the problems of Papua-New Guinea. “PIM” published other reports on the conference in the February issue.

A Psychiatrist Says: Natives' Natural Resentment to White Man "Heavily Suppressed" • Melbourne psychiatrist, Dr. Alex. Sinclair, was in Papua-New Guinea last year as one of a team charged with the task of finding out the incidence and causation of neurosis among the natives.

The team’s report is at present with the Minister for Territories, Mr. Hasluck, but some of the conclusions reached by the specialists were outlined by Dr. Sinclair during an address to the Australian Institute of Political Science summer school in Canberra in January.

The main portion of his address is published here.

IN the native’s own culture, his chief stresses are fear of attack, subsistence fears and the fear of supernatural forces. Disputes between individuals are mainly in relation to property—either of land, chattels or women.

The normal psychological adjustive mechanisms include a high degree of aggression—at times physical and destructive and at times verbal.

Socially acceptable behaviour from the cradle to the grave is ensured by a rigid group control vested in the clan. Conformity in behaviour is demanded and achieved by group pressure within this clan.

Failure to conform is punishable both by internally self applied forces or reprobation, such as “shame”, and externally by public reprobation. The final, awful sanction on social deviation resides within the universally accepted belief in the supernatural, The social system is further preserved by a highly embellished ritual observance and complicated systems of precept and practice, The ingredients of leadership are age, wisdom, strength and material possessions. Members of a cultural group are bound closer from time to time by marriage-contracts, and systems of matrilineal and patrilineal land tenure, Overall, sits the powerful monitor of the spirits who are everywhere and omnipotent, We do not know whether these 33 1 F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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Rituals Disappearing tective rituals are disappear- The disappearance of Dlism is for the time being ig some of the relevance and ing of life for the native. The r ,e from shell to paper money eft the native with a system terchange which lacks much ; ritual, social significance and power possessed by the old icy. formation of native labour s has broken down inter-clan lice and fear, and has laid •undation for the development v mechanisms of interpersonal ;ment. On the other hand, labour groups have posed ms of detribalisation. customary avenue for the ;sion of aggression has been ed. Contacts with Europeans made it necessary for ision to be suppressed. New es must be discovered for the y acceptable channelling of gression. laps, most importantly of all, inevitable uneveness in the of acculturation within the ories. Blueprints in generalisafirm time-schedules for the ition of so-called “civilisation” tives, could wreck prospects itional evolutionary developimportant site of action ofuration is at the growing edge ' new culture. Fortunately, dministration has very able men in forward areas in the ories who are attacking this It job with wisdom, energy nderstanding.

The changes consequent upon contact are inevitable.

Like all other human beings the native is making his own psychological adjustments. Some of these are healthy and some are not.

There is a tendencv for aggression to be heavily suppressed under a facade of agr eeable compliance and smiling dependency on the white man j t ould be foolish to take this' compliance and dependency at its fac £ value , It is unhealthy nnp thp rnnt pai]S . p<; JpuroSs causes ox ' Natural resentment to the white ™ an 18 fairly heavily suppressed by H l6 natives. The sense of frustratlon at inequality of opportunity, power and possession expresses itself in “cargo thinking”.

Return to a belief in magical thinking is often expressed in a desire for education, as I have indicated previously, When these and other adjustive mechanisms fail we see neurosis, I think the most important finding of the survey was that of the development of neurosis amongst urbanised natives feel that this will continue, seeing that it does not reacll the proportions existing in our own culture is a very heavy on , e „ , . .

We cannot stand and let this blending of cu i tu res go on its own way just because we are scared of the effects of our intervention.

There is no place in the Territories for a Don Quixote, in a feathered head-dress and a stone axe There is an urgent need in the Territories for painstaking anthropological study and for its close 35 1 F 1 C ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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John Gunther Asks: iat is Good outNG Culture?

The P-NG Assistant Adminisr, Dr. John Gunther, was one ,e main speakers at the conce. The following extract from ddress is published because it with a matter of special in- ; in P-NG at the moment. i ver, it should be kept in mind Dr. Gunther did not present views as an argument in selves, but merely as a dement in a wider argument. put the aspirations of the e r, ery simply, they are: to the cargo that we Europeans got. If we teach them the of getting it or give them the that will manufacture it, we lave partly achieved our task, et the cargo themselves they ieny their own culture, ilst appeasing their ancestors, will destroy their totems, t away their conventional )le grass skirt and replace it a dircy piece of calico, a symf the type of cargo that is to a veneer thing of our Wescivilisation. jy will sing hymns, but not own songs. They will not s their own dances; they will >y their houses of native 'ial and live in frightful ir in galvanised iron shelters; will destroy their gardens, ole groups have done all this action and sat down to await oming of the cargo. This is a hysterical behaviour. But in a cold, calculating way indi- -1 sophisticates are doing it exactly the same today.

Little That's Good 2 hears repeatedly the great to graft all that is good in Western culture onto what is in theirs. I believe they see that is good in their own. I nally would ask what is good it? now little of art or of music; I do know these people are capable of pleasant melody and of harmony, but to me few of their songs have either. Their dances have rhythm as we know that word, but they are mostly stilted, monotonous, barbaric affairs. Yet they dance the more attractive Polynesian dances ver y well.

They had little or no P ictorial art > though they carved quite well, but often grotesque phallic figures, Tbey had f ew pigments and used colours crudely. Some of their carvings, I readily admit, have character, some of their bowls are useful, most of their pottery is utilitarian, though the Amphlett Islands pots were, to me, beautifully delicate pieces.

Belshaw interestingly says, “The art of pottery for which the Motu were j ustly famous has now completely disappeared in Hanuabada.

European cooking-pots have replaced native ones and the institution motivated production has disappeared. This was the annual sago-trading expedition to the Gulf 0 f papua during which Motuans bartered thousands of pots for canoes and sago ” _ , ~ ... f ’ . ~ . ~ 1 dor ? f think that the pots could be , called works of art, by any stretch of the imagination. All of a sudden and recently a new use has been f oun( j f or them; they make decorative pots for plants, __ , , , . ...

D H “? dred l “f ?i’V beln l’ ! old ln f ort Moresby itself. Though decorathey deteriorate and break easily; they dont withstand the rigours that a good baked Australlan flower-pot would withstand, So , a cooking pot becomes a plant-pot; it took eleven years for somebody to think to put holes in the bottom of a cooking pot and sed A to the ex patriate, who is garden hungry and desirous of seein £ g reen in arid Port Moresby, The Price is about the same as the pot from Australia on which duty and frei S ht have been Paid- ,, , c ~ u 9'y Songs, Dances Except to record it for history and for closer academic study on tape and in picture, I see no heed to try to preserve what are, to me, ugly songs and dances. Their carving can be put to some purpose to make bowls and so on, similarly their pottery has its new uses.

Some must be encouraged to continue their art until museums and collectors are satisfied. I agree the artifacts must be collected and Ca Somfor t^Xe P s rSs of vvork are their bows, their arrows, their s P ears and a xes and clubs and their shields ; who can ask them to make these when th Q v qvp vent ed from ushig them? P Care is put into a favourite fighting-weapon, but who is going to put the same care into a weapon to be sold to a tourist?

Talking Points: A Conference Round Up Some talking points from the three-day conference: Dr. J. Andrews, of Sydney; “The Australian spokesmen on the Trusteeship Council have not always had the necessary standing or experience in territorial affairs, and the annual reports submitted by Australia on its administration of its Trust Territories suffer severely in comparison with those of other Administering Authorities, in regard both to technical production and the successful presentation of the story.

“During my term at UN Headquarters, the common impression in Trusteeship circles was that Australia was the least efficient of the administering nations, and that the Trust Territory of New Guinea was the least well-administered of all trust territories . . . The presentation of Australia’s case aright in the annual reports is a matter for experts in public relations techniques, and the story of the Administration’s achievements in the field, rather than in the office, can bring out convincingly the tremendous difficulties of the New Guinea physical and human environment.” * $ $ Mr. John Kerr, Sydney QC: “One problem we have to face is that many of the white settlers in New Guinea are not there to stay. They believe they can make their fortunes and pull out before the long term issues arise for settlement.

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"Supplants Others" i its services to primary pro- ’s the Agricultural Department, igh its scientific section, is a very good job, relation is progressing apace, some assistance is now being id to the mining industry. Unnately the story does not end le Administration owns and tes saw mills, has acquired of forest reserves, cattle ins far greater than required ixperimental study, and cons in many ways to supplant >art of private enterprise, would be interesting to know iconomic return, if any, from ventures.” 5jC v v A. A. Calwell, MHR, Deputy ;r of the Opposition: “There »e occasions when the Governand the Opposition will differ me aspects of Territories Adtration, but I never expect to ss any divergence of opinion tie things that matter. The iment has, in effect, a biian policy on Papua-New ?a .

H. C. Brookfield, Australian nal University; “European iltural development is responfor more than half the total le of the Territory from all ss, yet in many respects it is le copra industry, widely dised around the coastal fringes e northern mainland and the Is, has been aptly described wasting asset. r too many of the trees are eat age, and far too few are planted. Particularly in of the termination of the h contract in 1958, planters it feel sufficiently assured of ong-term security of returns d for this crop. Consequently, :h 80 per cent, of copra prom still comes from European plantations, the proportion that is derived from native growers is increasing, and is likely to increase more rapidly in the future. * * * __ _ _ n/rTi-. * Mr. lan Downs, MLC, a former District Commissioner of the NG Eastern Highlands: “No matter what has been said here, no matter what you may read, no matter what you may wishfully hope, the fact is certain that if our Australian authority and control was withdrawn to-day or next year, or even 50 years hence, the people of New Guinea would rise one against the other and revert to a scale of tribal war possibly more vicious and certainly more widespread than ever before . . . « o nly a little while ago we had - n p Moresby a vicious battle between the Elama, whom the people of Port Moresby call Kerema, and the Pacific Islands -Rpo-impnt “Quite apart from the shocking deficiencies and training as citizens, which the Army people showed that week, there was revealed to many surprised post - war Government officials, who had not previously seen the savagery of primitive people at war, the naked hatred for man against man, which is always present in New Guinea as a latent but terrible force easily stirred and hard to placate.” 39 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH. 1958

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Territories Talk-Talk

By Tolala Tuming the pages of an Auckland Weekly News for last ecember, I came across a short review of a book by the late anon James Benson, the well-known Papuan missionary, ititled Prisoner's Base and Home Again. s published by Hale, of London, id, as its title suggests, deals th the author’s war-time exnces; from his escape at Gona , the Japs landed there to demons of his prison-life in ul. I have not read the book, t will surely be one of interest, s Benson died in England in ier, 1955. A pity he could not lived to see its publication, iptured after a long pursuit”, the review, “he lived with his rs and formed his own highly [dual opinion of them.” i what a life he had in ul! He was kept separate from other European POWs, and rised a one-man sanitary 1 at the Kempei-Tai gaol in ul for a time. A war corres- ;nt of one of the Jap newss told me of Benson and his ion and the correspondent d himself a library service i enabled me to send the something to read during the he was not occupied with empsanitary pans. Despite his treatment in the boob he lis own genial self and a lovcompanion when I met him in the RC Camp at Ramale 3 we were relieved by our s on that memorable day in mber, 1945. It was only when arned of the fate of his two mary sisters from Gona that ent to bits. It was Fairfax -one of the ANGAU crowd brought us the good tidings— unwittingly spilled the beans the tragic incident at Gona, did not recognise Benson, and no notice of my efforts at ing on his toes beneath the ory table, as we sat quaffing )dicum of the very precious la plonk reserved for special ions. ine man was James Benson; who had carried more than verage load of burdens in this , and I believe it was only his linished faith in God that him going through the fearful Is of his imprisonment. s the Good Oil? : announcement of APC that might be an easing in the i for oil in P-NG gave quite people a shock. And not the least of them, I would say, would be the Administration people who have reaped a good harvest from oil research and its attendant activities for quite a few years now.

Seeking for oil has brought quite a few quid into the P-NG Treasury, and Moresby realtors had rosey visions of the future.

Actually it has been a long and unprofitable game for these oil prospecting companies, who started ’way back in 1923 testing out promising areas. I knew, personally, for a while at least how energetic they were nearly 34 years ago when I was assistant driller on a bore for Mandated Development Coy’s lease at Matapau up in the then Aitape district. No. 1 bore gave out oil at about 40 ft. But not in commercial quantities. (And that is the catch!) Truly, it was primitive machinery —the old hit and miss drill —which went down over 1,000 ft. in No. 2 bore, but nary a sign. (And how many bits did I sharpen in the process?) Matapau was the first site in NG where serious drilling was carried out. Glanville (who died a few years ago) was the chief driller and I was his off-sider; George Mann was the Boss. He died last year and was a brother of Cecil Mann, of The Bulletin staff; and there was Marcus Cobb and his wife.

They lived on a cliff-top and their ducks were an invitation to the 30ft pythons that abounded in that area. Marcus has passed on, but his wife is now Mrs. Corrigan, well-known in Wewak.

We were a happy crowd in those days, with “Kus-Kus” Harris, with his consistent game of patience, in charge of the store. It was from here that I departed for Rabaul in 1925 to take up the job as editor of newly-launched Rabaul Times.

I cannot but wonder whether the proposed cessation of oil search activities is due not so much to the geological aspect as to the long view on political potentialities: never forgetting the fact that had we struck oil in NG the envious eyes of the world would have been focussed more assiduously upon us, thus creating a greater desire of acquisitiveness. Most of the trouble spots in this world at the moment are “oil spots”.

Or, as a foot-note: Is it due to a realisation that oil is not to occupy such an important place in world affairs in these days of atomic power?

There are so many wheels within wheels these days that a common or garden commentator doesn’t know where he is. And much less where he will be.

Good-bye, Bill Money!

With the passing on of Bill Money in Lae last month the ranks of the Big Six lose yet another member. It was only last August that Dick Glasson passed in his number. Frank Chisholm died some years ago, and I doubt very much whether Joe Sloane—the oldest of the Six—has weathered the storm for I have heard nothing of him for years. Bill Royal is still chasing the elusive ’weight in NG; while his brother Albert (who never lived for any length of time in NG) is down in Melbourne, I believe.

Life had not been easy for Bill Money in the years just preceding his death. 111-health had dogged him and financial worries added to

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From a Special NG Correspondent A proposal to move the administrative centre of the Milne Bay district of Papua to some place other than Samarai is again in the air.

The cost these days would be tremendous compared to just after the war, but, even so, providing an area is selected which allows plenty of room for expansion, with gardens and small industries, the result would be beneficial to all and would possibly mean the beginning of a new period of prosperity for this district.

There are places with more natural facilities than Samarai waiting to be exploited. Several places in Milne Bay offer potential hydroelectric power and will bear investigation. Milne Bay already has a good airstrip and the wartime loads are still trafficable.

Wharves have fallen to pieces and the one in Samarai is in need of major repairs at the moment, too.

Commercial firms would have to follow the Administration eventually and, although the initial cost would be high, the reduction in cost of living, etc., would probably more than pay in the end. Native gardeners would have a larger market for their produce instead of the very limited ones at present. One very big thing is that natives, who have learnt trades, would have an opportunity to reap the benefit of them and be able to have their own gardens at the same time.

There are many who are keen to see the move take place, despite the cost. 41 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH. 1958

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burden; but he always reled the same lovable character, y to share his last bean with a y one. Had he been less gens in his more affluent days he d have been in more comfortcircumstances in the autumn is life. Good-bye, Bill. You’ve a well-earned rest. fries and Such-Like calling the days of the Big Six ;s back memories of TNG’s outstanding Public Inquiry (in I think it was a Royal Comon) set up to investigate comts by the Miners’ Association the large area held by the iix and a definition of the class ming to be carried on there. 3 Big Six briefed F. S. B. Boyce ■ Judge), who was related to Glasson by marriage; the •s had W. R. Simpson, a [sing young eager legal eagle is now Supreme Court Judge mberra. The chairman was L. acGregor from Brisbane, who iter Australian Trade Commis- • in USA. vas during this Inquiry that ctions of Doris Booth as the •1 of Bulolo” were high-lighted subsequently brought her an Incidentally, the Big Six had re were various Committees luiry in TNG in pre-War II The first was back in 1920 Judge Murray, Atlee Hunt Valter Lucas investigated the bility of amalgamating Papua 'NG. The answer was No. ther Committee delved into me matter (as well as a capiite) when Fred Eggleston knighted), Leonard Murray rton Townsend comprised the y. The answer was again No. 929 there was an Inquiry into tabaul strike, conducted by Griffiths. He returned some later on another Inquiry for irpose of selecting a suitable 1 site, after the Rabaul erupthe most popular subject for ies has been that of Native •. The first one I remember 1 in 1922 with the Canning 7, when allegations' were against Government officials :elty and maladministration ives. Canning was a retired issioner from Kenya, of the i sahib type, allegations started someup in the Baining by an >oard overseer and quickly 'ailed throughout the Territanning travelled hither on lied many pages of foolscap vidence and his finding, but as done; no one lost his job. vas not an important factor itical life in those days— ten and six years ago—and tole thing was more or less ashed.

And what good do these Committees of Inquiry ever do? The Territories have been amalgamated, despite the recommendations of two Committees against such action: and native labour ordinances and amendments have been introduced with a cavalier disregard of suggestions put forward by many of the Committees.

Here’s a typical example of the ineffectiveness of an Inquiry: Replying to observations by Members of the Permanent Mandates Commission, the TNG Administration in its 1938-39 report to the League of Nations stated: “The Committee [Eggleston’s] favoured Lae as a site for the Administration Headquarters of New Guinea. The Commonwealth Government, however, decided that the Administration Headquarters should remain at Rabaul where a vulcanological observatory has been established and other precautionary measures taken. . . .”

The Commonwealth Government wins every time.

Pushing Them Around I suppose a Trustee Government has limitless powers where underdeveloped people are concerned, but it does seem we are looking for trouble when we start the wholesale removal of native people from one area to another as was mentioned by Minister Hasluck in his Summer School talk at Canberra, and has since been suggested by Keith McCarthy as a possible step towards solving a future problem of lebensraum which eventually may arise owing to (a) increased population and (b) economic changes.

It is claimed that better health conditions and less tribal fighting have contributed to (a) and the need for spending money in the commercial world of today creates (b). As the government is responsible for both (a) and (b) it is only natural that it should feel morally accountable for solving accompanying problems.

No one likes being pushed around; not even the under-priviliged races.

A cry rose to high heaven during the early twenties when TNG officials on patrol in the Namatanai district ordered some hill villages to move down to the beach to save the patrol having to climb a rough, steep road! The natives moved down, but later were allowed to return to the home of their ancestors.

After the 1937 eruption in Rabaul efforts were made to persuade the Matupi Island natives to move away from under the ash-cloud of Tavurvur, but they wouldn’t have it on at any price. That sort of thing suggests the Police State, It seems we are going a little too far in our civilisation inoculation when we start these migratory schemes. Presumably the present village sites do not offer sufficient accommodation for a garage to be attached to earch dwelling!

Army versus Civvies The PRI incidents in Moresby, resulting in four members of the Regiment collecting 18 months in the boob, puts the spot-light on the old, old friction (or tension, if you prefer that term) which has existed between the military and civil population, especially in TNG for over forty years.

Australian residents were not so happy with the antics of many of the AN&MEF when they landed In German New Guinea in the First War. Their general deportment: their dress; their attitude towards the natives—male and female—all left much to be desired according to prevailing local standards.

The natives were as much puzzled and astonished as the Australian civvies were embarrassed at the gaucheries perpetrated by their fellow-countrymen in uniform.

Admittedly a large proportion of the first expeditionary troops was made up of pretty tough blokes and later reinforcements proved more adaptable to local conditions, plus the fact that the officers developed a greater know-how and realisation that New Guinea life was vastly different to Aussie.

In March, 1941, when the 2/22nd arrived, there was again a certain tenseness apparent, but the relationship between Army and Civvies was far more cordial than in War I. Conditions, too, had changed.

But even so there were numerous “incidents” arising mostly out of the erroneous idea that young lads in uniform automatically had greater privileges and were not amenable to laws governing ordinary decent behaviour.

A problem, of course, arises when a thousand or so lusty males are set down in a township—whether they be white or black—and those in control of them do realise this, and do nothing realistic about it.

Authority, ostrich-like, buries its head in the sands—and lets the troops loose on the civilian population When the Japanese occupied Rabaul in 1942 they brought with them a few thousand head of female amenities: and participation in such amenities was carried out on a parade level. There was little interference by the Japs with either native or Asian females during the occupation. But we Europeans cannot, of course, make use of such a system.

If maintaining the PIR is of such importance to the defence of New' Guinea and Australia, why not appoint senior officers (at least) with lengthy repeat lengthy Territorial experience, and keen them on the job? 43 1F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY _ M A R C H , 1958

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I find that, among copra growers and merchants generally, iere is lively interest in the prices being paid now for copra in le different South Pacific Territories. The rates vary considerbly. (See produce section.) E markets in most of the Tertories are more or less under he control of Government umentalities. But the market in is completely free. The teny is to compare prices elsee with those paid in Fiji, e comparison is difficult to ;, and in some ways, unfair, e P-NG price, for example, was tentatively in January at £47 , in Copra Marketing Board , New Guinea port. “Tenta- /” means that, at intervals, i will be a general clean-up in accounts department: and, if there is a surplus, there will be a pro rata distribution to all suppliers.

Present indications are that there will be a fairly substantial distribution; but it remains very much on the knees of the high market gods.

In Fiji, however, the Carpenter crushing-mill announces each Monday the price it will pay, on wharf, Suva, for copra delivered in the ensuing week. Prompt payment is the end of the transaction. Here are the prices paid for Hot-air-dried, and Fair Merchantable Ist and 2nd grades in Suva in February: Those prices are in Fiji currency.

To get corresponding figures in Australian currency, add one-eighth (12s per cent.), Australia, in the same period, paid £47 Aus. for Hot-air-dried, which is £ll Aus. per ton below Fiji.

But there is an export tax of £6 per ton on the F-NG copra, and none on Fiji copra. This reduces the difference between them to about £5.

On present indications, the “final dividend’’ price for P-NG growers should not be far short of £s— more.

The P-NG price appears to be based on an average Philippines FM price (reduced to European CIF» of £6l. That average was got prior to January. 1958. Calculations which have been made, based as far as we can tell on the formula used by the P-NG Copra Marketing Board, show that the Philippines FM (and GIF) average in January was £66 17 6 Stg., and in February £67 15/0 Stg.

On the formula, that would indicate a final dividend in P-NG of another £5 or £6 per ton. But that pre-supposes that the P-NG Copra Board is selling all its copra quickly, to get the advantage of the higher prices; and that is unlikely.

There is little doubt that the chief factor in the market rise since January is the grave political [?] ixed, Puzzling" [?] pra Picture [?] s P-NG Board The P-NG Copra Marketing i’s February report, issued h 3, says there is talk of Tern in Western Europe and the and as a result copra buyers xercising more caution in comng themselves ahead.

S report says it’s difficult to iredict how far this developlent will go. cussing the edible oil seed et, the report says one of the serious problems at present is leavy increase in butter proon in the UK, and to a lesser it in Europe, all at the expense argarine. e report adds that, unfor- ;ely buyers consider that in the 12 months copra has moved one of the cheapest raw rials to one of the dearer, i it was cheap, more coconut as used in such things as mare, but as soon as it becomes attractive “one realises the inangeability factor in soya, idnut, coconut and whale oils.” e report says the market cons quiet at present, but the I market prospects present “a mixed and puzzling picture”. 45 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH. 1958

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Jooner or later, it will get out; i the world market will react icrdingly, ’he P-NG Copra Marketing ird is in the position of a huge, i-profit-making trader —doing the y best that it can for its nerous clients, but taking no ponsibility. The final dividends its clients depend on (a) the ird’s success in handling and ing the copra placed in its ids; (b) the ups and downs of world market. he set-up in Fiji is entirely erent. he growers there are more or in the hands of the Carpenter shing-mill. The mill buys the ra as it is brought in to Suva, pays prompt cash—and takes usual trader’s risk on the world •ket. The growers have got their i, and know precisely where / stand. The mill has the copra, cannot know its profit until copra is milled, sold and iped.

Carpenter Mill Prices to calculations I have i in Sydney, based on the Feb- •y figures, the Carpenter mill suva is doing quite well on the es it is paying for copra in a— always providing it is selling shipping promptly, to catch world market. would be interesting to know t the Carpenter mill in Rabaul aying for its supplies, think it is probable that the center Fiji interests—shrewd ers always—are keeping their ulated profits low so as to give Fiji growers the biggest possible le eyes of all the Pacific growers irally are on the Governmentrolled prices in P-NG, Solos, Samoa, etc., and on the prienterprise price being paid in i. If 1958 shows a consistent ad- ;age in favour of sale to the prily-owned copra-mill, there irally will arise a demand for ider application of the system, merally, this moral competition • good thing. It will tend to keep Government-controlled instrutalities on their toes, onversely, a monopoly—by 3r privately-owned mills or by overnment controlled-marketing jm—would be a bad thing. Let i bite at each other. Australia t had better air services than n Australian National Airways Government-owned Trans Ausan Airways were in full comuon.

Prices in Solomons A friend of ours has had a look lately at the Annual Trading Accounts of the British Solomon Islands Government, and especially at the figures which show the result of the marketing of BSI copra by the Government, Some comparisons; The average export duty paid by BSI was well over £lO per ton; in F-NG it was slightly over £7 per ton.

The BSI handling costs were just on £3/15/- per ton; while the P-NG Board got its handling costs down to approximately 42/6 per ton.

The BSI people reported a shrinkage rate of 2.4 per cent., while the P-NG rate was just under 2 per cent.

The BSI price, which is final, is running from £5 to £6 Aus. above the P-NG price (tentative). As already stated, we shall need the figures for a large part of 1958 before we can be sure whether this is a good or bad thing.

One market student, looking at that day’s whale oil quote (£77/10/-) and the Groundnuts quote (£6O) said: “It can be taken as certain that the copra quote will fall”,

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Few men become legends in their own time —but one of he few was Bill Money, who struck it rich on New Guinea’s Bdie Creek in the late Twenties. In recent years, Money was i legend rather in eclipse —but a legend for all that.

ITH his death in Lae, New Guinea, on February 8, only other member of the original b Creek Big Six remains in New nea. He is Bill Royal, who for ly years made a living at allumining around Maprik in the vak district. Recently he has m a job with New Guinea Goldis in Wau. rith the exception of Bill Royal his brother Albert (who was a ping partner in the syndicate) the others are dead, moss of n in tragic circumstances. Probr, Bill Money’s end was the most ;ic of all. [oney was born in London in . of humble Cockney parents. As oungster he sold papers in the ets, but when he was 22 he mi- ;ed to Australia. r orld War I came soon after and mlisted as a private in the First Money had had little educa- , but he was a natural soldier.

Bn hostilities ended he had won Medaille Militaire, DCM, MC the Russian White Order. He commissioned in the field, and r attained the rank of Captain. r hen he returned to Australia was sent as a member of the tralian Occupation Forces to r Guinea; and during this period became District Officer in the lang area. r hen Civil Administration took • from the Army, Money began stablish himself in the commerfield; and, in partnership with rlie Reynolds, he planted up a table coconut plantation on tsi Island and established tradstations up and down the obe coast. (Siassi was later to the Lutheran Mission, and nolds lost his life in World War during the Sandakan “death ch”). r hen Edie Creek was discovered, ley was the right man in the t place at the right time—and i all the right kind of assets, owned schooners, could recruit 5 and provision them —and that .nt the difference between sucand failure to miners in those s.

Dr this reason he became one he Big Six —with Bill and Albert al, Chisholm, Dick Glasson and Sloane. he Big Six made a fortune each the Edie, and most of them spent it. But of Bill Money it was said that he was “a shrewdie”—he retained his wealth—at least un until the end of World War 11.

When World War II broke out he enlisted in the NGVR as a private —he was at that time mining on the Black Cat in Morobe.

When the Japs struck, he was instrumental in saving many of the members of the 22nd Battalion AIF which had been cut off in New Britain, and in the small G'Air took them and some civilians to Queensland.

In Queensland. Bill Money was commissioned in the Australian Intelligence Bureau (AIB), and he returned to New Guinea to work behind the enemy lines. He had a natural aptitude for native languages, and was considered an authority on Ko i, the principal language of Morobe.

At one time during the Pacific war he was landed by submarine at Umboi Is., disguised as a native, and he lived there until picked up by the same means six days later.

At the end of the war, he returned to the Territory and made profits out of disposals. In 1946 it was estimated that he had £78,000 —but 10 years later he was penniless. He had far too many “friends” —he never refused a “loan”.

He was sent down to the Repatriation Hospital in Brisbane in the hope that he would rehabilitate himself, but within a few months he had returned to Lae where the Returned Servicemen’s Association was able to get him a Digger’s pension.

What actually happened to Bill Money after the war is something of a mystery. It seems he was no longer the “shrewdie”, the one member of the Big Six who retained his wealth.

In more recent years, this man who had won decorations for valour in the First War, and performed most exacting assignments for Intelligence in the second, suffered in intellect, and became something of a charge upon the community.

His fortune he gave away with both hands —allegedly to finance other, more enterprising citizens. Bill Money kept no records, and asked for no securities —so the fate of that £78,000 is likely to remain one of Lae’s unsolved mysteries.

Although Bill Money was down on his luck, and little resembled the man of the 20’s and 30’s, he had many loyal friends. His funeral was one of the largest Lae has ever seen.

He is survived by a brother, who lives in Victoria. (See next page.) Flowers, and a circle of stones, mark Bill Money’s new grave in Lae. 49 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH. 1958

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Someone, writing of the death of Bill Money in February, said he was the fifth of the Big Six to die—only Bill Royal is left.

MEMORY carried me back 27 years, to “the beach” at Salamaua as I saw it first. Lines of weary carriers were coming out of those Terrible jungles, after an 8days’ walk from Koranga and Edie Creek. (Only the other day, I fiew over much the same route, Salamaua via Black Cat to Wau, in j minutes.) Groups of rollicking i were disposing of their packs gold in the palm-leaf stores, over Allen Innes’ bar. All were yes from anti-malaria drugs.

At that time, Shark-eye P c and Nettleton, and Levien, and j Big Six, were household wo Some of them still were around: To-day, how many people k: how those once-famous names v introduced to the Morobe goldfio World War 11, and the Jap vasion distorted the New Gui record, or wiped out parts of it. ' fascinating story is worth re-tell It was William Park —a toe Australian jack-of-all-trades— actually found the very rich Bn goldfield: but he did not disco the fabulous Edie Creek section it. That came later.

Park was a queer, tactiturn m He liked to be by himself. He a peculiarly cold and searching and natives who encountered its wavering stare bent at the krr and would go to considerable leng to placate the tambaram. “Shs eye” was no misnomer.

Smelled Gold Shark-eye was one of scores well-salted Australian prospec; on the Papuan goldfields 50 ye ago; and these men seemed to sn gold. They argued that, if th were colours in a river, the sou of the gold would be found hig up. Working up the rivers and tL tributaries, they located many gc fields, large and small.

Thus, they were greatly attrao by signs of gold in the Waria Rii just across the Papuan border,, German New Guinea. In the dec: before World War I, the Gern officials were always hunting Australian prospectors out of Waria country especially M s Crowe, Shark-eye Park, Arthur D:( ing, Jim Preston and Frank Pry< But, in spite of the Germans, three first-named apparen prospected their way into the heE waters of the Waria, and across dividing ranges into the Bulolo wat shed, before 1914. It is certain tt Park was in there then, and gold”.

World War I was no sooc finished than Shark-eye was be there again. There were no Germr now to chase him out; but Sharkkept his own counsel. He literr went native —he must have spq a couple of years living among thi exceedingly primitive folk, whiles fossicked his way along the Bur River.

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Shark Eye Missing ut old Australian prospectors had ced that Shark-eye still was sing, and that Nettleton was iding a lot of time inland, and e very restive. loane (“Lucky Joe” they called ) smelled the gold strike from ■esby. He got around to Samarai, ice to Morobe, and thence along coast to Salamaua, which Nettlenow was using as a beach-head. )e organised a team and painy found his way in, along Nettles track. Approaching the Bulolo, met Ernie Dover, istory does not say how Ernie in there so early. Sloane and er joined the reluctant Sharkand Jack Nettleton on the anga. There still was plenty of I for all. at not for long. Men came Lggling in over that terrible track: 3 Smart, Travers Black, George old, Bill Anderson, Peter Burke, t Livingstone, Herbert Wilson, ton, Burleigh Gorman, were mg them. ill Money made a nightmare age from Rabaul in 1923 in a boat ed the Manam, with a brokenn engine—he carried as passen- ; Doris and Yorkie Booth. The ths decided to go in to the 010. Yorkie went ahead, to innate; Doris stayed on the beach jalamaua for a while, to organise •iers and supplies, tore men were reaching the amaua beach from overseas by ious means. Bill Money saw a ling opportunity. He left Collins the beach, to build him a shed of nleaves, to house the stores, and set off back to Rabaul in his ched-up Manam. (Collins was later murdered by the Nakanais in New Britain.) About this time, boatbuilder Bill Royal arrived from Rabaul, followed soon afterwards by his friend Dick Glasson; and they also walked in. . . c ...

Risked Everything District Officer Levien had the earliest tidings of the Koranga strike, and he decided to risk everything on it. He resigned his job, went to Australia, and looked up a fellow-officer of World War I, C V T Wells, an accountant, of Adelaide. He told Wells of what he thought might happen in New Guinea; and then he returned, as a miner, and joined the trek into the Bulolo.

Two years passed, while the trickle of goldseekers grew into a stream, and the stream became a pool of men in Koranga Creek, and in the creeks and gorges round about. The good claims thereabouts soon were all taken up and worked out. B y Ju i y> 1924, Nettleton had amassed what he regarded as a fortune, and he departed for England.

He was happy to leave. It was a terrible life, in those Morobe gorges—frequent rain, no amenities, shortage of supplies, constant danger from malaria, dysentery and the deadly scrub typhus.

Shark-eye Park sold out to Levien in 1925 and retired to Canada and a new wife—a very rich man. (Over) 51 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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ONIONS ★ We invite your enquiries WEYMARK & SON (overseas) pty. ltd. 14-18 STEAMMILL STREET, SYDNEY, N.S.W. here are two or three varying ies of how Bill Royal found ; Creek. This is the account n me by Allen Innes, who saw 01. r. and Mrs. Allen Innes (he a Burns Philp man) estab- =d a store and the first hotel Salamaua in 1925, and made a une. They live now in Sydney, □ranga had been pretty well sed out, as a place for individual ers. The “mob” tended to get ther in groups. Thus was led the Alpha Syndicate—Bill al. Joe Sloane, Dick Glasson, Money, Stowers. They were i up against it —if Allen Innes not kept them going with ss, they might have given it and missed Edie. lere came a time in 1925 when iey and Glasson were over at Watut end of the Bulolo, prosing, and Stowers and Royal i waiting at Salamaua for ;s. The stores came, and Royal Stowers on to the Watut, with nt supplies, while he headed ; into Koranga, with Sloane. il had with him a very wellled and loyal New Guinea boy had had experience on the ikamu goldfield, in Papua, ospects were grim. they got back into the Bulolo , Royal looked for the hunth time at the ugly precipices nd Kaindi, out of which some he big creeks came tumbling i. So far, every prospector who tried had failed to get up 5, “on top”. Royal’s hunch was that Koranga gold came from top”.

Scaled Precipices ; provisioned his special boy instructed him to try and get following a particular line of itry. A few days later, the boy back. He had finally got up op; and the story of what he d in a creek there seemed inible. le boy guided Royal back up precipices. It took them two hree days to advance only a n miles —in which they nted from 3,500 feet to 7,000 )yal’s return trip was much leer. In his excitement, he pracly slid down the precipices, carried to Joe Sloane a tale of lous gold in the bed of Edie k. ley planned secretly and acted [uickly as they could. Unlucky /ers had “given it away”, and gone. But the others of the la Syndicate (Royal, Sloane, ey, and Glasson) brought in holm and Royal’s brother irt, and formed the Big Six, and ceded to peg all the Edie k they were entitled to. no time at all, the new rush on. ght at their heels came Whitbourne, Yorkie Booth, Arnold, Robertson, Taylor, Wilson, Ernie Dover, Ned Coakeley. The Big Six —and most of the others —made fortunes.

One day in February, 1926, in Adelaide, C. V. T. Wells got a radiogram from Levien: “Phenomenal alluvial gold discovered at Edie Creek, get busy.”

This was Levien’s signal to Wells to proceed with the plan they had made. It was the toughest assignment of Wells’ life.

He had faith in Levien —but how to convince Adelaide investors of this chance? He appealed to another fellow-officer of World War I, W. P. A. Lapthorne.

Somehow, they got the funds together. Guinea Gold, NL, was formed; the country which Levien had nominated (the flats below the Bulolo Gorge—miles below the Edie Creek - Koranga - Bulolo junction) were taken under lease; and from that group there came Placer, Bulolo Gold Dredging, Guinea Airways and the further development of the Morobe goldfield, almost as sensational in its gold-production as Edie Creek.

The original development of the Morobe goldfield, therefore, was in three sections: first, the discovery of Koranga, by Shark-eye Park; next, three years later, the discovery of Edie Creek by Bill Royal and Joe Sloane; and the location of the Bulolo flats by Cecil Levien, soon afterwards, and the establishment of the eight dredges there by Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd..

From 1922 until June 30, 1957, the gold exported from New Guinea (mostly Morobe) was worth £30,000,000.

Of all the venturesome people who were there in 1923-24 I think only Bill Royal and Mrs. Doris Booth are alive. The others “died before their time”—and no one, who knew anything of the conditions they endured in those first years in the Salamaua-Bulolo area, can wonder at it. * * * I believe that there still is rich gold in the lesser-known parts of New Guinea, but it is hard to get at. We want a new generation of Shark-eye Parks, Matt Crowes, Bill Royals, Joe Sloanes and lads of that calibre.

THE OLD TIMERS. Last of The Big Six, Bill Royal Heft) photographed at Wau with Joe Bourke and Mrs.

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The new service will be named the Orient and Pacific Lines, and it’s expected to increase the number of passenger accommodations across the North and South Pacific, to and from the US West Coast, by 20,000 a year.

It means that for the first time two UK lines will be operating across the North Pacific, linking the US, Canada and Honolulu with Japan, Hongkong and the Philippines. , _ In the South Pacific, P. and O. will integrate its service with existing Orient line routes between America, New Zealand and Australia.

The joint service will bring the 30,000-ton Arcadia into the Pacific run, making her the biggest commercial liner operating in the Pacific. This will be in 1959.

The P. and O. Chusan will also come in, and towards the end of 1960 it is planned to add two big ships now being built in Britain — the 40,000-ton Oriana and a 45,000ton P. and O. ship not yet named.

The two new ships will each carry about 2,000 passengers at a speed of 27 knots.

Deputy chairman of P. & 0., Sir Donald Anderson, said in New York in February that the investment was being made “because of the growing importance of the Pacific area in world commerce and the increasing recognition everywhere of the Pacific world as one of the most fascinating and satisfying tourist experiences to be found on this globe”.

Something in the nature of a trial run for the new service will be undertaken on March 21, when the 28,000-ton Himalaya leaves Sydney for Vancouver—thus being Big lines of Suva taxis, buses and people all add up to a big welcome for the US luxury liner "Lurline", on her recent visit to Fiji. Her last visit was 12 years ago, when she took Australian, NZ and Fiji war brides to America. —Fiji PRO 55 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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P.O. Box 3838, G.P.0., Sydney. Cable Address: “Carefulness”. i first P. and O. Liner to enter Pacific service, he left London for Sydney (via Indian Ocean) on February 15, I expects to reach Vancouver April 6. The 40,000 mile journey . be the longest yet undertaken a P. and O. passenger ship, [eanwhile, there will be plenty other activity on the tourist “s in the next few months, the two already having created a >rd of some sort with tourist >s. Here are some details; part from the direct trade beneto Islands visited by the Bersfjord in February, there were charitable benefits, saving Pitcairn, the tour organs indicated that a collection mgst passengers might enable island to be supplied with a organ, which is much wanted.

Passed Around the Hat t Rarotonga, private car owners made their vehicles available the transport of the tourists — e are no taxis there —each led to donate the £5-per-car fee he Crippled Children’s Society, a the way south to New Zeal a further collection was taken aoard and handed over to Mr.

Brown, a member of the Cook ads Legislative Council, who elled in the vessel to Auckland l Mrs. Brown. Under this colon $2OO will go to Tereora Col- Committee, $2OO to Rarotonga pital, and $7l to the Cook ads Crippled Children’s Society, ae of the latest contributions to schedule of 1958 Island cruises in announcement by Huddart :er, Ltd., that their 9,876-ton s-Tasman vessel Wanganella make a winter cruise this year, ans are for the vessel to clear lington, NZ, on June 12 for i, June 17-18, Apia June 20-21, ualofa June 23, arriving back at lington June 27. ires for the 15-day voyage will ;e from £NZ9O to £NZISO deling on accommodation.

"Duntroon" for Suva ie Duntroon is also to make two ;es to Fiji in June and July, ag in Norfolk, Noumea and I Howe. iring last winter’s cruises of Duntroon many passengers exsed the view that the two-day in Suva was too short. They I the Colony so much that they Led a longer stay and so for this the Duntroon will spend three days in Suva. om Apia, W. Samoa, it is reed that the Swedish - American ’s cruise ship, Kungsholm, h visited there on February 9, not result in any startling ding spree, simply because it Sunday and everything was id. Nevertheless, the tourists managed to spend an estimated >0 on transport, curios and entertainment, which isn’t bad on a Sunday.

By one of those unfortunate mischances that occur in the bestregulated shipping world, there was a record jam of passenger liners in Suva Harbour, Fiji, on February 25.

There was not nearly enough room at the docks for the ships, and passengers (most of them eager to spend as much time as possible in sightseeing) suffered irritation and inconvenience.

The captain of the Orient liner Orcades, which had the morning alongside the wharves, moved out to an anchorage at noon so that the Matson liner Monterey could get alongside during the afternoon.

The Matson representative, Captain M. C. Stone, declared publicly that the captain of the Orcades was a gentleman, and acted in the best traditions of the sea; but the Monterey passengers—mostly rich American tourists—howled a good deal. They said they had paid a lot of dollars for the chance to see these Islands—and now they were given only two or three hours in Fiji.

The cargo and passenger liner Lakemba remained at the southern berth—as she was entitled to do— and let the others scramble for the remainder of the room. The Direct Line Otaki and the CSR Co. Rona were also in port. (Over) 57 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH 1958

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From Our Lae Correspondent IE Stars and Stripes on ship and aircraft are becoming a familiar sight around these parts ily; and the Yankee drawl can heard from visiting American ntists as well as tourists in clubs, 5 and airport. ; is only a few months ago that brigantine Yankee sailed into under spreading sail, with a g of interested youngsters on ir d. In mid-January, Dame nour had it that she was back, at Finschhafen. But the Dame wrong. The 109-ft schooner was our old friend, but a similar ly lady named Ramona. he Ramona is on a pleasure around the Pacific, but unlike crew of the Yankee —which jisted of hand-picked girls and > who worked their passage, vona’s crew are mostly older jle who have signed on as crew ibers for adventure and profit, upper-owner of the ship, Mr.

R. Insinger, of La Jolla, Gallla, bought Ramona in March, , but he and his wife have had trip in mind for the last 7 ■s. ae ship left San Diego on >ber 13, 1957, and visited Hono- , Johnston Island, Marshall ads, Rabaul, Finschhafen and sxt stops will be Suva, American oa and on into French Polynesia. [?] G Drinkers Will [?]ve to be Patient From Our Lae Correspondent jer drinkers in Lae, NG, who j been complaining of the high of drinking, have been wonder when the brew from the new I brewery will be available; and diat price. i we went along and had another at the brewery. lose two hard-working gentle- , Messrs. Meier and Nydam, that everyone will have to be ent a while longer. Getting a /ery producing is a slow busifew months ago PIM showed a tograph of a skeleton building to-day that building is complete some machinery installed. A I shipment of machinery is exed within the next few weeks when this is working they exto run their first “blind” brew.

Huge fermenters, giant vats and miles of refrigeration pipes are in, and two large water storage tanks built.

Mr. Meier explained the different steps taken in the making of the beer, from the fermenter to the finished product—about 4 months — and said that after all the pipes are thoroughly cleaned with caustic soda there will be three “blind” brews made and left to soak in the vats and pipes.

This will be done under Customs’ supervision and the beer will be run off as waste.

Mr. Meier said he expected the local price to be comparable to the South Pacific beer brewed in Port Moresby. South Pacific lager is obtainable in Port Moresby for about 30/- a dozen, but freight costs to Lae increase the price here.

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Males total 178,475 and females 167,262.

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• In two books, recently published '‘Flying Matilda”, by Norman Ellin, and “Nature Is Your Guide”, Harold Gatty—we learn a good al more about the extraordinary e of Harold Gatty, head of Fiji rways, and former world-famous zr, who died late last year in Fiji.

IHE story of Gatty’s achievements, all packed into only 54 years of life, was told in PIM of Sepnber last. But few knew of his 5t attempt at a world-record flight, d of how near he came to death, is described in Ellison’s new book, ying Matilda (reviewed in PIM, n.); and the following is from at book: h 1930, Harold Bromley, Canadian ot, and Harold Gatty, Ausilian navigator, were backed by a coma timber tycoon in an attempt make the first non-stop transcific flight, Tacoma to Tokio, in a 3cially-equipped plane. No less an three planes crashed, when be- \ tested.

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For hours, the cracked motor had ured carbon monoxide into their )in —Bromley blacked out immedi- ;ly after putting the plane down harmed on a sandhill. rhey abandoned the flight and ;urned to USA. rwo years later, because of his yigational skill, Gatty was selected go with Wiley Post —the first men fly around the world. Gatty was arded the American DFC, and t an important job in USA Air rce. His air navigation instructs came standard equipment in •uglas planes, and a lifelong endship developed between Gatty d Donald Douglas.

Douglas sent Gatty to Australia th a plan for the establishment of II million Douglas aircraft factory sre. Prime Minister Joseph Lyons med down the proposition.

Douglas and Gatty then decided to investigate the idea of a transpacific air service. Gatty favoured land-planes.

Islands 7 Ownership He personally investigated the history and titles of certain Pacific islands—Wake, Johnson, Kingman, Jarvis, Howland, Baker, Canton— and he was satisfied that, despite their colour (red) on most maps, Britain had no real title to them.

It was Gatty’s activity that started the lively British versus American competition to establish title (see many issues of PIM between 1934 and 1939).

In these inquiries, Gatty became impressed with the value of the fertiliser deposits on some of these small islands. He and Douglas formed the South Seas Commercial Company, to make use of the islands as sources of fertiliser and as airfields.

Then Pan American Airways said a few words. Douglas, they pointed out, built and sold airplanes. PAA bought and operated airplanes.

They should keep out of each other’s way. Douglas agreed.

Douglas joined the PAA board.

Gatty was retained by PAA to survey and establish the first transpacific airline.

Gatty organised a PAA seaplane service via Palymra and Pago Pago to Auckland. No one knows how he persuaded the New Zealand Government to grant him landingrights. He failed to get similar permission from Australia and, until World War 11, the PAA air-service terminated at Auckland. (over) ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958 61

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No Australian Appreciation aiison praises Gatty’s many lievements, and adds, pertinly: But never has he had any token Australian appreciation. It is iwn that when he held the ware post of Director of Air Transt, Allied HQ in Java, he was ; than popular in certain Auslian military and airline circles.

Earlier, when he was organising first trans-Pacific airline ser- , an American one, he had hes with some sections of Ausian officialdom. And it is fair assume that Gatty’s effective ocacy of American possession of le tiny mid-Pacific islands, then iarently unwanted but since of lificant strategic and aeronautical le, did not make for his poputy with the relevant British horities.

However, the fact remains that, ike every other international ious airman of his time, Gatty er had a token of approbation n his homeland. It is a flagrant ional oversight. Or worse.”

Let Nature Guide You YEAR ago, in Suva, I sat with Harold Gatty and Publisher Collins, from London, and heard n discussing Gatty’s new book, i partly written. Its name then Let Nature Be Your Guide. atty, already a famous navi- )r, claimed that it was possible ind one’s way around this globe, ly accurately, without navigalal instruments. One was guided the sun, the moon, the stars, the Is, the winds, the waves, the ks on trees, the shape and moveit of desert sands, the behaviour rivers, the way anthills are t. he manuscript was finished and t to London early last August.

August 30, Harold Gatty was d, of a coronary occlusion. Now, e is the book, exactly as author publisher described it to me; it has a better title — Nature Is ir Guide. his is, as Gatty says in his prej, “a new sort of outdoor book.” ause of the invention of many s and instruments of navigation, b countless clues and guide-posts ch nature places at our disposal aids in natural navigation are e recognised or known to-day.” e, for the first time, those clues 1 guide-posts are described, hey range from the camelcaravan system of keeping a straight line in the Australian deserts (leaving behind a line of smoking fires) to the Captain Scott method of maintaining direction (leaving behind a line of snow cairns) when crossing the featureless Antarctic wastes.

Although almost every kind of natural directional sign is examined and described, the author has given most space to the heavens (especially the stars) and the seabirds.

There are very numerous diagrams, sketches and photographs. Mr. Gatty must have devoted years of research to this work. These are, for example, drawings to enable one to identify each sea-bird, and four pages of small-type tables entitled, “Land Indications From Sea Birds.”

In its class, it is a most important contribution to the science of navigation, and to nature-study.

With his three books (The Raft Book, Around the World in Eight Days, and this one) Harold Gatty made for himself a place in air navigation that never can be forgotten.—RWß.

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AMERICA JfRS. FLORA SHAW STEWART, H who after over 50 years in Papua and New Guinea is robably the Territory’s best-known isident, was surprised recently hen she received this letter from merica. ar Mrs. Stewart: It was rather startling to see an article in r evening paper "The New Haven Register" out Mrs. Shaw Stewart. I am sure that we j not related but my grandmother's name is Phoebe Shaw before she married my grander, Alexander Stewart. Grandmother was ucated in England (Birmingham), and grandher was a Scotsman whose parents settled Nova Scotia, Canada. This makes it quite coincidence, don't you think?

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With the letter was a clipping of article, some of which follows, me of the article can be written to art, but there is a fair lount of truth in it. The gold tiers “with pockets crammed with itled dust” are conspicuously ;ent from the Hotel Cecil (and STG generally) these days; and rry Gofton was certainly not ed in France in World War 11. may have been a World War I ualty, but the impression is that died in Papua. t is true that Mrs. Stewart set business again after the war in AW AS barracks, near Lae, but re was not much segregation of sexes when I stayed there in S. I know I occupied a cubicle arated by a piece of sisalkraft n Mr. S., an ex-Wewak miner.

S. slept, but I didn’t. The ht was punctuated by my howls anguish: “Turn over, Mr. S. n over. You’re snoring!” travelling Bishop, in the end icle of the same house, also red. But although I hadn’t any ipunction about telling my ing friend of his nocturnal its, respect for the Cloth made hestitate with the Bishop, tunately, he moved on before J overcame inhibitions and I found myself howling through his partition.— JT.

This is how a North American Newspaper Alliance writer saw it: — Salute to a N. Guinea Pioneer Tvirs. Flora Shaw Stewart, known as “Ma” to generations of gold miners, anthropologists, pilots, geologists, gamblers, crocodile shooters and beachcombing drunks, has sold her “pub”, the Hotel Cecil, after 51 years in the islands in the hotel business.

The “pub” is a wondrous place, an establishment where guests order by number, because the barefoot black waiters in laplaps do not speak English.

At any given moment, Ma Stewart’s place is apt to house gold miners with pockets crammed with bottled dust, a United Nations delegation, an ornithologist from New York, a crocodile hunter on his way south to Sydney for vacation, a Government patrol officer freshly back from contacting stone agers who have never seen whites before, and a missionary bishop sternly disapproving of the enthusiastic collective consumption of highpowered Australian beer he views.

Lae, the principal centre of New Guinea’s north coast, still retains a bit of the frontier.

The Bloke from the Bush It hasn’t been too long since a visiting Sydney zoologist, who issued a call for live New Guinea snakes, got better service than he bargained for.

A “bloke from the bush” wandered into the “pub”, opened his shirt and dumped a squirming and poisonous mass of taipans on the bed.

Since she arrived in Samarai in eastern Papua, a dark-eyed Scots lassie of 20 in 1906, Mrs. Stewart has collected butterflies, birds, bad debts and racehorses. She came to the islands originally because her father was considering investing in a hotel and sent her to inspect the place. She found both a career and a husband.

She was married to Harry Gofton, who promoted the first island horse race meeting in 1910-11, three years after her arrival in the islands.

Gofton was killed in France during World War I. Their only son, Moresby Gofton, died in Europe also, flying with the Royal Air Force.

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Offices in all Capital Cities TTS7 she married James Stewart —not Hollywood’s—and both moved into the mountainous heart of New Guinea to establish the first hotel serving the hundreds of miners drawn by the fabulously wealthy Edie Creek gold rush.

Gold Field Days The Hotel Bulolo at Wau was a plaited bamboo place, which provided accommodation for 32 guests and a glass of air-freighted beer for the prospectors when they came in from the wilderness.

Mrs. Stewart and her husband — who was killed in an auto accident in Wau in 1937 —promoted one of the most unusual race tracks in the world.

They shipped horses from Australia to Lae, then loaded them iboard big corrugated Junkers ilanes to fly them into the rugged nterior. Bookies, parimutuel board, ockeys complete with racing colours vere flown in, too —and a fulliedged race track with saddling taddocks and grandstand appeared vhere primitive savages had been earring a short time before.

Racing ended abruptly in 1934, phen investigation showed that— iven in the heart of New Guinea -horses had been doped and ockeys had held back mounts to irevent them from winning.

In those gold rush days, Mrs. itewart was often the community ianker, keeping tobacco tins of gold nder her bed for miners who did lot know that the hotel had no afe.

She was a community banker in nother way as well. Before World yar 11, she had nearly £12,000 out 2 grub stakes, loans or accommodaion or food to miners down on heir luck. None of that sum has ince been repaid.

The war arrived at Lae at several undred miles an hour on the lorning of January 17, 1942. When apanese planes swept in from the iismarck Sea, Mrs. Stewart, along ith other Australian women, had een evacuated south. But her ub was open and the fighters lachine-gunned it after attacking le airstrip.

Bar patrons returned to their eer when the planes flew away, eading up the Markham River alley.

The Wau horses and hotel and hotel in Lae were destroyed uring the war.

Back to Business Mrs. Stewart returned to Lae in 146, one of the first civilian women ) come back, to attempt to enter asiness again.

“There wasn’t thrupence of my Id hotel to be found,” she says. [ was the only woman in the territory who would have attempted to return to business under the circumstances —but I did.”

She acquired a barracks area recently vacated by Australian Army WACs and went into business in a place that is still legendary in New Guinea.

Guests were housed in cubicles separating them from their neighbours only with thin and narrow sisalkraft walls which extended neither to the ceiling nor to the floor.

There weren’t any complaints about ventilation but there wasn’t any privacy either.

Guests were segregated by st into separate buildings.

Conditions were crude, but M Stewart is still proud of a pub th£ was for five years “the only plat you could buy a cup of tea in th Territory of New Guinea,”

By June of 1951, however, Mr Stewart was able to obtain materia: to build the present Hotel Cecil, large two-storey wooden place the is an island institution.

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TER SIXTEEN YEARS, A SURVIVOR SAYS: If We Had Known Rabaul Was Expendable, "History May Have Been Changed"

By Gordon Thomas

It was on January 22, 1958, that I received a copy of Lionel Wigmore’s The Japanese Thrust, from the PIM with a note from editor Stuart Inder: “You might like to make some comments”.

' was on January 22, 1942, in Rabaul —16 years earlier to the day—and there were five of us ted around a table in the New inea Club. The time was 11 p.m. ■here were Acting-Administrator rold Page, Treasurer Orton msend, Magistrate Freddie atle, Chief Warden “Nobby” Clark I myself. We were discussing: at was the best thing to do now t the Jap forces were about to d? he Army had left the town; re was no line of retreat and it ; a case of “every man for him- The day before, the Army 1 informed the civilians to “reie normal duties”, pinions between the five of us ied. (I did not know at the time b Harold Page had twice been ised permission by the Ausian authorities to use the Norian freighter, Herstein for the pose of evacuating the civilians a Rabaul. It was six months later b he told me of this, when I saw in the “boob” just prior to the ing of Montevideo Maru with all >e Australian civilians who were sr seen again.) here was a pause in the dis- ;ion while we sipped our drinks, n Orton, in his quiet way, reked: “I suppose one day, after this is over, we will read in the * History what we should have e, and then know what is going all around us.” lot of ruddy good that is to low,” said “Nobby.” nd now . . . Sixteen years afterds I am turning the pages of history book to which Orton reed, and I am reading about the igs we knew nought of at the * A Transit Depot think, somehow, that history tit have been changed had we ivn that Rabaul was classed as mdable, and that no effort was >e made to rescue the civilians ilan a line of retreat for our e of a few gallant men, with 3w strands of barbed-wire.

Earlier that day—in the afternoon—the NG Club had been the general assembly point in the town for civilians.

It was here that Capt. “Taffy”

Williams, of the good ship Matafele, had come for last-minute supplies before sailing, and to collect any passengers desirous of making a break for freedom.

He was not rushed with passengers, with Jap warships hull-down on the horizon. The odds seemed stacked against a small coastal vessel reaching safety.

Nevertheless, he had a few optimists ready to take a chance.

One of them was Judge Bathgate, and another Paddy George, the auditor: and, while “Taffy” took in liquid stores for the voyage, Paddy was looking for a police-boy to shoot his Alsatian dog, which he would have to leave behind. There was no sign of a PB; and, months later, in a line of Jap Alsations, Paddy’s dog made one.

At the last moment the Skipper found he had no clearance to sail— the Customs Office just didn’t exist.

Chief Warden “Nobby” Clark came to the rescue and wrote out a chit clearing the vessel, and all was well.

It was in the same NG Club that previously the Air Force chaps had gathered to make some last purchases before making their way down the South Coast, where later they were picked up by a special aircraft. But at the time the movements of Lerew and his companions were shrouded in Security.

It is easy enough to criticise after an event. But the overall picture of Rabaul on the day or so before the final Jap invasion is not a happy one to recall: The bewildered whites, the near-panicking Asiatic men, women and children for whom no provision had been made whatsoever; and the negative attitude of the military command which had taken over control. The history tells us, now that the Army officers themselves were almost as much in the dark as the civilians.

A Myth Exploded For a number of years, amongst a certain section, there has existed the impression that the Rabaul civilians who were placed aboard Montevideo Maru were never drowned in that vessel when it was torpedoed off Luzon, but had been put ashore shortly after departing from Rabaul, and later were executed- In the history there is no mention of this rumour at all, and it is well to have this myth exploded.

One explanation which I have heard, for the report, was that a wrist-w at c h belonging to WRC Accountant Thompson was found in a common grave on Matupi Island.

This is easily explained.

Thompson was a member of the Vic Pratt party brought into Rabaul about the end of July, 1942—over a month after the vessel had sailed- This party had been in hiding in a cave somewhere around Raniolo plantation; they had successfully evaded capture for six months.

I saw some of the party from a distance when they were brought in to Rabaul, and I later was informed by natives that they had been executed for not having surrendered earlier. The party consisted of Vic Pratt, Jack Marshall (of the Customs), A. A. Smith (North Coast), Frank Smith, Thompson and another whom it was thought might have been Tommy Goss.

One of these days we may be able to obtain a consolidated record of the whole New Guinea war years and thus have in one volume an overall picture of those dark days.

The Japanese Thrust gives the army record—and a very detailed account, too; but one needs Feldt’s Coastwatchers and Selby’s Hell and High Fever, to round off the picture, to say nothing of the Navy histories and those of the Air Force.

The Writer “The Japanese Thrust”, by Lionel Wigmore, volume four in the Army series of Australia’s official war history, was reviewed in the January “PIM”.

The review dealt mainly with the unhappy facts of the loss of Rabaul and New Britain to the Japanese in 1942.

In this article, Gordon Thomas (“Tolala”), who was a war-prisoner of the Japanese in Rabaul and one of the few Rabaul civilians to survive the Japanese occupation, gives the kind of personal angle that war histories never do. 69 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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PORT MORESBY, Feb. 10. • Edward Hallstrom said here his new woolshed, which re- ;s sheds made of native irials, was even better than the ralian-type sheds. It was built eel on concrete piers, uipment for handling the sheep equal to the best in Australia.

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ENTERPRISE Back in the days of German ninistration of New Guinea, 13, to he exact), the Lutheran \ngelical Educational and Medical sionary Society was granted \e 1,200 acres of land, outside \, on which to carry on its mission vities. In 1957, the Mission lied for an additional 100-odd is.

R. MICK LEAHY, a dairy farmer, of Zenag, objected to the grant being made and objection was upheld. The sion was told to re-apply for a Her area. tiis the Mission did, and the lication was heard before the r Guinea Land Board at Lae on nary 9. r. Leahy was again vehement in objection to the land grant bemade to the Mission. : the hearing, Mr. Leahy pointed that when the Mission was ited the 1,200 acres at Malahang, ?as granted to the Missionary ety for evangelical, educational medical purposes. Both the ve owners and the then Govlent assumed it would be used those purposes. t was never intended to be a V farm or beef project, used ;xpl o i t poorly-paid, inspired gelists in commercial enterprises h are in no way related to their s ambitions”, said Mr. Leahy, le point of the objection irently is that the Lutheran ;ational and Medical Missionary sty is the registered proprietor of pical Dairies”, and “Dairies” is tiasised. The present dairy rating over 700 acres of their ) and operated by Mission :ers whose wages and conditions not comparable with those paid )rivate enterprise, has already undercutting local dairy prices, hey say they want the extra for dairying. This implies more es, in which case I cannot comand I would have to look else- •e for a means of livelihood”, Mr. Leahy.

It was noted that other commercial activities of the Mission include butchering, native trade stores and trading, buying in bulk and selling in retail—all presumably in competition with private enterprise.

Mr. Leahy has stated that the claim made in the South Pacific Post of June 26, by Mr. Kellart, of Chimbu, that the Mission Aviation Fellowhsip facilities were being abused, has never been denied.

During the hearing, Mr. Leahy said: “It is always assumed, unless specifically stated otherwise in the application, that when a Missionary Society applies for land, that land is to be used for evangelical, educational and medical purposes.

“The Malahang grant of 1,200 acres has not been used for that purpose only. It has become a commercial enterprise, and has pushed out the evangelical, educational and medical ideals which influenced the grant, making it necessary to ask for more land which will—when the expanding interests of the Mission’s commercial enterprises warrant it— become another step in the eventual commercialising of that Mission area, and more land will be required —and so on”, “I contend”, said Mr. Leahy, “that the Mission work is a cover-up for development and expansion of commercial activities, and that 1,200 acres of freehold Mission land is more than enough for the evangelical, educational and medical activities of 73 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1058

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[?]ji‘s Tortured Banana Industry ,Vhen he arrived in New hand on a business trip in i-February, the head of The Times, Mr. L. G. Usher, ted some lively publicity in the v Zealand newspapers about failure of New Zealand to ly to Fiji’s frantic appeals ut its banana industry. t the end of 1957, the newlyted NZ Labour Government leked over the Dominion’s ign trade position, and chopped a large proportion of NZ’s exs. Among other things, NZ cut much of Fiji banana imports, lis was a shocking thing to do. only are there many close conions commercial, financial, il between Fiji and New and. But, officially and com- :ially, New Zealand always enaged Fiji to grow bananas for ever-hungry NZ banana marand, in the past two or three s, Fiji had responded actively, len in December, NZ’s imports fiji’s bananas suddenly were reted to 75 per cent, of the 1956 i and (owing to the floods) production of bananas was low. leant that there would be a NZ set for only half of Fiji’s esti- ?d 1958 crop. ji Governor Sir Ronald Garvey anuary appealed urgently to NZ re Minister Nash, and the latter used his “urgent personal ation”. Nothing since has been i; and now Mr. Nash, like all Prime Ministers, is about to 5 on an overseas tour. *. Usher told the story effecy, and the newspapers played it stirred up the Prime Minister. ;aid he still was examining the tion. “NZ would like to help, I hope to solve the problem”, aid. tat was on February 22. The ng was that the gentleman d get away overseas with the lem still unsolved. NZ loves .nas, but really hasn’t got ey to buy them.

Meanwhile, the Fiji bananagrowers got another kind of shock.

Late in February, the Navua came to Suva to load about 10,500 cases of bananas. About 8,000 cases were brought into Suva, and submitted for Agriculture Department inspection, in the usual way.

The Department, after having given repeated warnings, now put a more rigid system of inspection into operation, and rejected 2,062 cases. It was a heavy loss to shippers the Suva fob price is 22/6 per case. The growers get at least 10/6 per case.

The Navua sailed with only 5,927 cases.

A man regarded as a competent critic, Mr. A. E. Muir, manager of Fiji Export Agency Ltd., praised the new move. He said that the Fiji banana-shipping industry had become “a disorganised rabble”, which ignored the reasonable standards of quality that had been set, and had been receiving and shipping all kinds of rubbish to New Zealand.

The chief produce inspector, Mr.

C. R. Vasey, spread cases of the rejected bananas across the shed floor, to let reporters see how bad was the fruit rejected. There seemed to be agreement that the industry needed a lesson. It surely got it.

Better late than never, perhaps.

But these abuses have been going on for a long time. If strong official action had been taken sooner, the growers—the people who really matter most—might have suffered less.

Development of Bananas in Hawaii Though from an agricultural viewpoint Hawaii usually brings to mind pineapples, that territory also has a banana industry supplying local needs.

At the end of last October 1,056 acres were under bananas, mainly on Oahu Island. Varieties produced are 60 per cent. Brazilian (apple), 30 per cent. Cavendish (Chinese) and 10 per cent. Bluefields. The latter variety is most popular with consumers but is highly susceptible to Panama wilt disease.

Banana production over the past three years has averaged around 6i million pounds of fruit per annum, and in the three preceding years it was about 9i million pounds. Of the total acreage under bananas last October, about 915 acres were in actual bearing.

Cost of production is substantially higher in Hawaii, with its high wages and high cost of living, than in the South Pacific but the crop has been worth about $480,000 per annum in recent years. Peak production is from about April to July. 75 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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Tropicalities

He Cycle Of The Microbe

JHERE may be something for , medical science in these paragraphs from Return to the 'ands, just published, in which r Arthur Grimble describes coupons on Ocean Island 30 years o.

T never saw a new draft of rents from Hong Kong (brought to work the phosphate deposits) at failed to arrive in the pink of Qdition—or omitted to bring with an influenza germ of peculiar ilignancy. When the newcomers ided, the order of events never ried.

Almost at once the entire populan of Gilbertese labourers would appear into hospital.

A week or so later, the British osphate Commission’s staff of ;y odd Europeans would succumb, masse , with their wives and nilies.

The eleven hundred Ocean anders, in their beautiful villages, uld follow.

Last of all, when everyone else i forgotten what it felt like to ill, came the turn of the wretched le Government staff.”

How They Did It Then

fE’RE not sure, but the moral to this item extracted from the columns of the Port Moresby yuan Courier (now defunct) of ne 1, 1934, probably is that ther national nor international pards change their spots. Or it ild be a moral for the conciporary NG patrol officer, such “If you’re going to shoot ’em is, shoot the lot!”

Will League of Nations Ask For planation of Shooting of New inea Natives?” was the heading the item, which continued: Fears ; held in official quarters in Can- •ra that the Government may be led upon by the League of Nations the explanation of the shooting a number of natives in NG in bruary by an official party deitched to arrest certain native irderers, says an Australian newsier.

Jnder the mandate by which stralia controls the Pacific terriies, she is responsible for the wellng and the proper care of the tive inhabitants. lecently, Bernard McGrath, a prospector, was murdered by a tribe of natives who are admitted by the Administration to have been partly under control and to have been of a peaceful disposition.

It is suggested that the official reports convey evidence of provocation which may account for the murder, as a native was shot by McGrath while McGrath was searching for missing stores.

A police party sent to make investigations was attacked by the same natives, with the result that 13 natives were killed and 17 wounded. Although it is admitted that the police party was justified in defending itself when attacked, the casualties are regarded in official quarters as being unduly high.

It is feared that when the reports reach Geneva the erronious impression may be created that a punitive expedition was despatched by the authorities.

A Handbook About Colony

OF FIJI rPHE handbook, Colony of Fiji, JL which has been published irregularly since 1924, is out again. Again, it has a striking cover, and contains many excellent photographs, the work of Rob Wright, of the Fiji Public Relations Department.

The book provides an accurate summary of the history of the Colony, and a description of its ad-

He'S A Pilot Without A Plane

A LARGE part of the life of Harry Donald L. McGilvery, Kavieng representative of the P-NG Copra Marketing Board, has been spent in flying. But like many veteran pilots, he has had a large variety of jobs in between.

Born at Raymond Terrace, Hunter River Valley, NSW, in 1897, he started his working life as a telegraph messenger, but four years later he was with the AIF in England as a wireless operator, and then managed to get a pilot's training course with the RFC.

After ground training at Oxford he went to Waddington for flying training on Maurice Farman biplanes, known as "bird-cages". His first solo flight, after about three hours' dual, ended with the plane crashing into a hanger, which was only slightly damaged. A few crashes later he qualified as a Service Pilot and was posted to the original No. 3 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps in France, flying REB's.

Back in Australia in 1919, he was variously a telegraphist, radio-telegraphist, clerk and then divisional returning officer for the electorate of Eden-Monaro.

When the RAAF was newly formed, Mac rejoined as an instructor, flying Avro 504K's and DH9A's. On one occasion he was rammed at 300 feet by an SESA, which broke Its undercart and had some trouble in landing.

In 1926 he was involved in displays and tests on the introduction of parachutes, one of which failed to open until the last minute, landing him hard on the blunt end and severely jolting his pride.

In 1927 Mac went to New Guinea to earn big flying money, joining the company which became Guinea Airways, Limited. Their service frorfi Lae to the goldfields was an intrepid pioneering effort, and rapidly developed into the heaviest air-lift in the world, and the best training school for overseas airlines.

About a year later he left New Guinea "for good" (first time) and spent a year in Australia flying the "Sun" Moth, and aero-club instructing. He then returned to New Guinea and married Jean, daughter of Bill Mitchell, BP's manager at Salamaua, and now of Norfolk Island. In 1932 Mac gave up flying "for good" and started a store in the Edie Creek goldfields. He was soon flying again, first for Stephens Aviation and then for Mandated Airlines.

Called up by the RAAF as a pilot in 1940, Mac was chosen to reform No. 33 Squadron for service in New Guinea, was promoted to Acting Squadron-Leader, and was awarded the Air Force Cross for his work. This was followed by a spell at Evans Head Bombing and Gunnery School, and then a year as CO at Mascot. In 1945 he was posted back to New Guinea to take over No. 8 Communication Unit at Madang from Jerry Pentland. One dark night in August, 1945, Mac dunked two Generals in the sea off Lae in an Anson, but without any serious damage.

After thf war Mac returned to New Guinea in Commonwealth Disposals, leaving that to work for Carpenters at Madang, then a spell of commercial life in Sydney, and back to New Guinea once more.—BRETT HILDER. 77 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY-MARCH, 1958

linistrative organisation, peoples nd conditions generally. The most ecent work of editing and revising le extensive text was carried out y Ravuama Vunivalu; and the rovernment Printer has excelled imself in the production.

British Royal Friendship

For Queen Salote

IALOTE of Tonga has a unique } position in the world—she is a queen, accepted and unchalnged, and yet she is the loyal ibject of Queen Elizabeth 11, of re British Commonwealth. Tonga a Protectorate within the Comionwealth: but, except that a ritish “adviser” lives in Nukualofa, is completely free and indepensnt - There is warm friendship between le Queens—it has grown since alote attended the coronation of lizabeth 11, sat upright and smiling i her car while the London rain jlted down upon her—and became imediately the focus of the Lonm crowd’s delighted attention. izabeth II and Philip paid a special visit to Nukualofa when in the South Pacific five years ago. when the Queen Mother was in New Zealand, there was a special dinner party at the Governor- General’s residence, where she stayed; and the guests of honour were Queen Salote (who has been living in Auckland for a few weeks) and her daughter-in-law, Princess Mata’aho (wife of Prince Tugi, heir Tongan throne).

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Chinese Puzzle

IN Lae, New Guinea, there is a 1 chap with a Chinese name who isn’t Chinese, but lately he’s been having difficulty in convincing the post office of it.

He g o £ a i e tter the other day which was addressed to him care of a box number, but which ended up in the Chinese Club. The club obligingly passed the letter on, and along the way somebody suggested he might also like to visit a certain Chinese store in Chinatown, where he might find something to advantage.

He did that, and among a heap of letters on the counter he found) two more of his own—they had beem posted three months before in Port' Moresby, which is about an hour’s flight across the range.

It seems that Chinese store is. used as a kind of unofficial post*, office for residents of Chinatown: who have no box number. As there is no postal delivery in Lae, the system works quite well, and everybody is happy—except the European: gentleman with the Chinese name.

Good Old Dad

KEITH SMITH, an Australian: radio identity who specialises in adult-like interviews withi children—usually very successfully— was in Fiji recently to do a show.

His interviews made good listening in Australia, where they weres broadcast over commercial stationss —but at least one interview alsoc brought the house down for the Fijii audience.

This was when Smith beganr quizzing a bright little girl on hen home life. Among other things, shes admitted to being naughty occasionally.

“You get a smack when you’ree naughty?” asked Smith. “Yes, sometimes,” she agreed.

“Does Daddy do it?” asked Smith..: “Yes,” she said.

“And what job does Daddy do?”" asked Smith.

“He’s the Governor!” replied Juliaf Garvey, youngest daughter of Sin Ronald Garvey.

CROSSQUIZ (Solution on page 92) ACROSS I. —What is the highest degree of honour borne by commoners in Great Britain? 4.—Who was star of the film "Morning Departure"? 7,—Who wrote "All Quiet on the Western Front"? 10. —In a motor car, what pin fastens the piston to the connecting rod? 11. —Which famous ship crossed the Atlantic in 1620? 13. —Who came into a fortune in "Great Expectations"? 14. —Where was Columbus born? 17.—What was Paderewski's Christian name? 18.—What is another name for the walrus? 20. —What tasty dish is an anagram of a pale pipe? 21. —What is the term for a belief contrary to one's religious teachings? 22. —What is the world's quietest sea? -DOWN- 1. —Who introduced Jenny Lind to the public? 2. —Which English painter was noted for his many portraits of Lady Hamilton? 3.—What enemy of society obtained his name from professional murderers in India? 5. —What is the last or perfect state of insect life? 6. —Which large town on Martinique was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Pelee in 1902? 8. —Which famous bridge spans the Grand Canal in Venice? 9. —Who was the wife of Napoleon III? 12. —Which island in the Irish Sea is linked to Wales by two bridges? 13. —Which mammal lays eggs? 15. —Which US coin is equal to five cents? 16. —What tune, composed by Irving Berlin has always remained an evergreen? 19.—What is the solid scum on molten metal?

Island Winds

The wind that rose at dawn rag eat through the trees, Swooped down upon the hay andX. lashed the seas To screaming fury on the reef. PUeat high The sand against the huts, andX strewed the sky With tattered clouds. And then it* raced away And all was still until the close of\ day.

Then from the south a small windX came, a vagrant Wind that murmured through thez palms, fragrant And warm. Beneath its hushedX caress the night Wrapped all the world in sleep. Thes stars were bright And close ; and through the nights, the island lay — A painted island on a painted bay . .

MARJORIE C. MCLAUGHLIN. 78 MARCH. 1958 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

THERE WERE HULAS AND HIBISCUS,

But Not One Cup Of Tea

Two Wednesdays this week! And now Tahiti.

WE berthed at 8 a.m. A lovely morning and there lay Papeete, the world-famed "Paradise of the Pacific”; anyway, the French version of same.

Papeete was, to me, another French waterfront town, like Noumea is now, and as perhaps Vila will be maybe in the future, dominated by Glamour, with each nostalgic local sighing for or singing of Homing to Paris; even )ur bus driver, a native of a near-by island, sang dramatically )f his yearning for France.

We struck the very time of French Celebration, Bastille Week [it is week or weeks in Papeete; not Day).

Booths along the main street of he waterfront, hastily constructed >alm ones, selling unvarying and not very appetising-looking peeled iranges; hefty sandwiches; and mattractive-looking cakes. Peamts, which with French thrift were old in used soft-drink bottles.

I though of thousands of unused lottles in other Island ports, and ;ave them credit for sensible conomy.

The Caledonien and our Southern ?ross lay cheek to cheek, almost treathtakingly close, and tourists looded the town, but the real local /elcome which we witnessed on the /harf as we disembarked was not or mere tourists.

No, Sir, The Fleet was in, and tow that Fleet was welcomed.

Onto the wharf in regal state larched a group of tall and very landsome native men clad in deturesque grass skirts, wide, hell-embroidered belts and graceully swinging grass cavalier capes.

Waited grass crowns with uptanding fringe of finely-combed rass made attractive head gear.

Eyes on the Girls Of course the women were also resent ... all male tourists’ eyes roved that.

They were young, and not so oung, but whether or no, how they anced! Long grass skirts and ery brief bras, frangipani, and ibiscus, like jewels in their fern rowns, and long wavy hair, all lade the girls worth looking at.

To the rhythm of drums, tummies oiled and sterns wobbled with such iolence and vigour that the sailors ome from the sea, came tumbling ff the little Naval frigates to join he dancers. Not only the ratings, ither, the officers (those of lesser ank, anyhow) were in it, too.

This curtain-raiser got us off to a good hectic start. Old and demure travellers of both sexes came down the gangway, swinging their cameras and humming in varying voices and varying periods, little homely melodies.

On the spacious wharf were lines of palm - and - flower decorated "buses” —disguised lorries plus top and wooden seats —and eleven of them were rapidly filled for the tour. The Best People had bespoke taxis but away we went, bumpetybump! Roads actually very good, and tar-sealed for miles.

As to where we went and what we did I must shamelessly quote our tour literature: Tour No. 3, "departing from wharf to Avenue a le Union Sacree, which affords a good view of the Diademe (Crown) mountain . . . landmark of Tahiti”, We cross Fautaua Bridge; on your (our) left Fautau Stadium; the town, so we are told, has also two smaller playing-fields, for a population of 16,000 inhabitants.

On into the district of Ahue, where Tahitian history begins.

From Taharaa Hill (which Capt.

Cook named One Tree Hill), we overlook Matavai Bay, which Wallis (first navigator to arrive in That tireless ex-Territorian, Alice Allen Innes, who has written many stories of New Guinea and Fiji, went off travelling again last year, and from the United Kingdom has sent this amusing item about what happens when Suburbia meets Polynesia. . . .

Tahiti, in 1767), entered. He wa followed by Captains Cook an< Vancouver a few years later.

Memories of Cook We come to “Pointe Venus’ 1 named in memory of Capt. Cook’ observation of the transit of plane Venus; and we are told that th( East Coast of the island is th< least populated side, while the Wes Coast, where most powe r f u "princes” lived, is where the lane is flat and more developed. It ii protected from winds and rain b: high mountains of the interior.

In a narrow valley is the Lepe: Settlement (Orafara) where nev cases are being cured in about sh months, due to new drugs anc excellent medical services.

Crossing a bridge over th( Papenoo river we "glimpse th< largest Valley in Tahiti”. Here some of the sacred places where chief: competed in archery contests car still be seen. Nobody lives now ir Papenoo Valley. ("Why,” came frorr many of the agriculturally mindec tourists in our bus). (Continued on page 93)

Do You Remember?

From PIM of 20 Years ago VI/’EATHER seemed to be occupy- T f ing a lot of the Islanders’ time in the Pacific during the first months of 1938, for then as now it was the hurricane season.

Fiji was hit—Suva itself escaped but 50 per cent, of the sugar crop in some districts was flattened, and there was flooding. Port Moresby was having storm trouble, too, and St. John’s Church lost one wall.

Raratonga was preparing for its expected emergency (which never came).

Other events from PIM of March, 1938: In Rabaul, a Federal Government committee was still hearing evidence to decide where New Guinea's new administrative headquarters should go, since volcanic Rabaul was regarded as unsuitable. Virtually every town in New Guinea was being lobbied by its respective residents. Wau felt it had a strong chance. * ❖ * For those who think that history doesn't repeat itself, there was proceeding in West Samoa a serious inquiry into the economic and political future of the territory. There was a special investigation into the whole of the Administration personnel and services with the idea of reorganisation and salar revision.

In New Hebrides it was quaintly announce* that the letter rate had been raised from 5< to 60 centimes "in order to allow for th< use of 60 centimes stamps, the stock of 51 centimes stamps being almost exhausted". ❖ He * A party of US officials landed on Canton an* Enderbury islands and hoisted American flag alongside the British. The Americans had mad a formal claim to the islands after searofiim historical records. The new move was con nected with rival British and American plan to establish air mail services across th< Pacific. However, everything was done in < friendly manner. * He * Navua district of Fiji had just had sevei dysentry deaths among Indians and Fijians and more were expected. The Medical Depart ment was under fire.

He sfc j|c An old New Guinea hand was complainini bitterly that too many so-called miners wen coming into the Territory, handling the native the wrong way and "spoiling them", "so tha they are very little good to themselves o anyone else, as it is almost impossible to un spoil them". 79 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

A Little Bit of Trouble Over Protocol, But—

A Gracious Fiji

MEETS

A Gracious Queen

Queen Elizabeth, the Mother, spent a fortnight in Nev Zealand, a month in Australis. 18 hours in Fiji; and “the camen cannot lie”.

Rob WRIGHT’S pictures in dicate that Her Majesty’s brie stay in the Nadi-Lautoka are ol Fiji held as much colourfu ceremony, and incident, and do win right goodwill, as any visit to th bigger Dominions.

Fiji even staged a mild squabblt about prestige and dignity. Late* there was a fight in Canberra oc a high diplomatic level, betwees those who got invitations to a cen tain function there, and those whr didn’t.

But Fiji got in first. Someorri wanted to know why the Mayor o Lautoka was presented to the Queer Mother, while the Mayor of Suw was ignored. Also, why were th heads of the Anglican and Romar Catholic Churches brought to tlr ceremonies, while the head of thr Methodist Church (who is responr. sible for the spiritual well-being o two-thirds of the Fijians) remained at home?

Just No Provision The Government gave the exx planation wearily: The “Order cd Precedence” provides for Bishopa but there is no provision for thr Methodist Church. The Royal pen sonage meets the Mayor of whatevea city’s territory he or she enters— in this case, the honour went ti Lautoka.

What a thing is Protocol!

The “Order of Precedence” musa have been drawn up long before thr days of Wesley, and no one since har had the energy or initiative to brinji it into line with modern conditions...

However, one does not imagine that the Rev. S. G. C. Cowled, OBE3 MLC, is unnecessarily cast down. (Later, Lautoka’s mayor had s fight with the Royal Visit organr isers. That is another story, told on< another page.) These photographs suggest thatfj 80 MARCH, 1958 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

i though the mayors and heads churches were thrown to the res by the guardians of tradition, smiling Queen Mother was py with her few hours in Fiji.

Fijians Predominate tie Fijians dominated the monies. 3 the Queen Mother came rard on her arrival the daughter Ratu K. K. T. Mara and Adi ~ pretty little Adi Ateca, dropped her knees and presented a juet (top picture opposite 3.) jhind her, Adi Lala looks on. n Adi Ateca sat back on the , and softly clapped her hands, he traditional Fijian manner. >thing worth while can take e in Fiji without Kava and ua. ) the non-Polynesian that first k of kava comes as a shock. (It Peasant and refreshing—when are accustomed to it. But the en Mother, knowing that a tsand jealous Fijian eyes were i her, emptied the Bilo (coconut —and kept on smiling. (Centre, was a very famous Bilo. Queen ibeth II drank her allocation aqona (kava) from it four years and it has been carefully presd ever since. There it is, held : respectfully by Fijian hands, the photographer.

Whale's Tooth even greater traditional imance is the Tabua, or mounted i of a whale. One must be pre- -3d to any visitor of importance; the highest ceremonial (Qaloid) was used when the precious n was handed to Her Majesty. ;he next picture Ka Levu, a chief of the District of :oga, in ceremonial dress, is caching Her Majesty with the la in his hands, r Majesty received the Tabua . Ka Levu, and now hands it afe keeping to her Matanivanua aid for the day), Ratu Rusiate dwau (who also acted as Id for Queen Elizabeth II in ell known residents of Fiji 3 forward for presentation to Majesty. There (first picture, this page) are Sir Hugh j and Lady Rene Ragg. id there, a notable Fijian, l Edward Cakobau (Deputyetary for Fijian Affairs), makes bow. id the lovely Adi Seruwaia ea, wife of Ratu G. K. Cakobau, ed in traditional costume of , makes a charming picture as is presented to Fiji’s gracious il visitor. 81 cIF I C ISLANDS MONTHLY-MARCH. 1958

Burns, Philip and Co. Ltd. celebrates its 75th anniversary on April 1. Formed in 1883, on an issued capital of £250,000, the company now controls assets, including those of associates and subsidiaries, worth £A2O-millions.

The foundation was the result of an amalgamation of the interests of James Burns and Robert Philp, both of whom had started out separately in business some years earlier.

Burns, in 1873, aged 26, had started a general store at Cleveland Bay, on Australia’s north coast (afterwards Townsville). Philp had started as another small Townsville storekeeper in 1875. Both had prospered.

In this article, Toagoba, a writer of long Islands’ experience, recalls some of BP’s earliest ships—ships that helped lay the foundation of the Burns, Philp fortune, and the foundation of prosperity and progress for many of the Islands themselves.

Burns Philp's 75th Anniversary Recalls

Ships That Leaked

An Sla Ads Empih

By Toagoba

How many folk who now travel between Australia and tl various archipelagoes of the Pacific Ocean—particularly N»1 Guinea ever stop and think of the great job of pioneering thl was done here by Burns Philp & Co. Ltd.?

THE great steamship companies of Britain—Elder Dempster Co., to West Africa, Nigeria, etc.; British India Co. to India and China; Blue Funnel to China and Japan, come to mind—all played their part in building up the British Empire. But few can compare with the Burns Philp achievement in establishing Australian trade and industry in the vast, sparsely g lated archipelagoes of the S Seas.

In every instance, the inhabit of these groups were 95 per illiterate. The white traders, in to trade, had to teach the nsj how to count coconuts in fir and how to produce crops. Ther sionaries undertook similar t All their efforts would have useless without contact withr outside world. Contact was proc by Mr. (later Sir) James Burnsa his very able lieutenants like A Forsyth, P. G. Black, Noswo Joseph Mitchell, and others.

To care for and develop theses tacts, it was necessary to pro cargo-carrying vessels, either ss< steam. The BP vessels which t( with a few small sailers like schooner Myrtle, grew to a hr efficient fleet of cargo and passe< ships.

The modern liners do not any place in this article. I will only to vessels owned by H Philp and Co. prior to World W The Myrtle —designated a schoc but hardly that—was of 150 burthen and plied between O town and Samarai. Prior to BP C ing her over, she had been eng§ in the Solomon Islands labour t;J Her captain was a Mr. Inman,, finally retired to Samarai and t 82 MARCH, 1958 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHS

e of the small 20-tons schooner ia —and the name of her cookjteward was William Wisdell ie the Cook”) later landlord of Old Pub” in Samarai. tunately, the Queensland Gov- ;nt subsidised the running of issels: but such subsidy was retd against the then British- Juinea Territory Government. ;r a very checkered career, the 5 ended her days in the sion of Mr. Harold P. Reynolds, ru, and did good work recruitiwai natives for estate work. y early, BP gave the Gilbert Ellice Islands the British ons, and New Guinea, direct ship services from Sydney. The for the two last-named inl Brisbane; while the New a service went to Cooktown. ater, the last port of call on ntinent was Cairns, steamers purchased for these is were mostly second-hand, employed on the Gilbert and run were the Tambo, built in ,nd (but this may be wrong) i the NSW coastal trade; the a, built July, 1891, and previoperated on the Natal coast; the Muniara, built 1901. ra’s name was changed from \eer —her previous place of ion is not recorded. The rere tonnages were all gross tons 699 and 837. They all went irfolk, New Caledonia, New les and Groups eastward.

Real Traders work of these steamers was ar to that of real tradingas could be found anywhere world. They and their “supers’’ really were real Empire- 's. i vessel was equipped with a room and the “supercargo” )t only a bookkeeper, but also pert in merchandising, ad to purchase copra and shell f available, sandalwood and articles. Each was usually the al adviser and confidant of ople dealt with. The womenould ask him to purchase all of personal articles for them the steamer was in Sydney, round trip took up to four s. n the supercargoes’ lists of were presented to the andise Department, in Bridge dney, the staff had to go “all i place them, so that the goods be ready for shipment on the trip. mable this to be done, “Bill” t, of the Merchandise branch, .1 Indents placed before him, fith the help of his staff, he ed purchases or allocated items to “brokers”, who were go out and find—eventually— m wanted. tout this tremendous organised the people of such places as tari (Northern Gilberts) could not have existed; and their whole livelihood was dependent on BP. The latter, whilst surely not a benevolent institution, were most mindful of their obligation. They left no stone unturned to fill each order, even if it was only for a shilling’s worth of garden seeds.

Wide Authority On other runs—with perhaps the exception of the Hebrides—there was no necessity for trade-rooms. But the pursers had authority to purchase copra and other items marketable in Sydney. Articles which had to go to Europe were accepted in a consignment basis. If head office was able to pass a 90 per cent, credit, this was immediately credited to the trader.

The first regular steamer to New Guinea was the Moresby, previously called the Jacob Christiansen, and owned by a Scandinavian Company, Moresby was a most uncomfortable vessel. When the Matunga (built 1900, and o.wned by the Liverpool Mersey Shipping Co., as the Zweena ) was put on the newlysubsidised regular scheduled run, the New Guinea people were very happy.

About the same time (1910) BP purchased a small, wooden vessel called Mindora. She ran, as far as was possible, as a coastal feeder to Matunga ; and also in a like capacity with the then Sydney Straits vessel Airlie and Guthrie (ex. E & A ships).

The Northern terminal of the Mindora was Buna Bay (Northern Papua) and to the credit of BP. She certainly brought joy to the people in some very out-of-way places.

On the Solomons-Hebrides runs were the Marsina (previous name Samuel Hough, built 1905) and that awful tub of a boat Malaita (built in 1893, and known first as Antilla) .

She was about the most uncomfortable vessel ever built, but no doubt suited the trade.

All these ships were more or less subsidised by the Australian Commonwealth Government. Without subsidy, it would not have been possible for Burns Philp to operate them. But their introduction showed great foresight and enterprise on Sir James Burns’ part. Some people may not always see eye to eye with the firm, but all must pay tribute to the great work it did in developing the trade of the Pacific for the benefit of the Australian merchants.

VARIED HISTORY. The old photograph at top of opposite page shows the "Morinda" standing off the Papuan coast while natives unload her —a typical scene. Also on that page is the "Matunga", sunk by the famous German raider "Wolf" in 1917. Below, the "Malabar" breaks up after being wrecked near Sydney in 1931. Right, Sir James Burns, who died in 1923, aged 77. 83 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

The Month'S New Reading

All who really know the atolls of the Line Islands, and thousands who don’t, got a lot of entertainment out of Pattern of Islands, with which Sir Arthur Grimble, a few years ago, burst into literary fame. (He died a few months ago.) UPON his knowledge and experience of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, where he spent most of a lifetime as an administrative officer, Sir Arthur hung a lot of colourful and romantic stories which paid tribute to his memory, plus the author’s imagination and literary skill: and, as a work of art, Pattern of Islands, deserved the success it achieved.

Now, in the good, old-fashioned way, Sir Arthur comes back to the goldmine with Return to the Islands; and it is just as readable and, in many respects, just as informative.

For example, he tells how the Banabans of Ocean Island coped with droughts—and the marks on the coconut trees there show a drought approximately every 10 years.

Deep under the phosphate layer of Ocean Island there are miles of twisted passages chambers and corridors and chimneys—and fresh water collects there. When drought comes, the people go into this labyrinth of caves to get water. When the drought gets worse, they go far out over the sea in their canoes, seeking the odd sea-showers, with coconut fronds held upright to catch the falling rain and conduct it into wooden bowls.

“You could count, on the marks on Ocean Island’s oldest palms, six indications of drought. That carried you back 40 years or so. The record could go no further into the past because the seventh drought back from 1924, which happened in the middle 1870’s, wiped out every palm on the island.

“Indeed, it destroyed every plant of any kind except the saltbush and ironwood scrub by the sea. and the deep forest of callophyllum trees on the crest of the island. The forest survived because it had its roots far down in the hidden caves and galleries where the Banabans, had they but known the way, could have found water in plenty for their need.

“But that supply was discovered half a century later. By then, the phosphate mining operations which revealed the caves were paying the islanders royalties enough to build fine village reservoirs.”

Grimble, having learned the languages, took a keen interest in the legends of the Banabans and the Gilbertese and Ellice folk; and thus built up his own theory of the migrations.

Originally, there was a stream from the west, which planted colonies in these equatorial islands and passed on, “through the 16 Gilbert atolls, through the eight Ellices, past lonely Rotuma, across the empty vastitude beyond, until they came to Savai’i and Upolu, of Samoa. There they and their descendants stayed for perhaps a thousand years.”

The Banabans and Gilbertese maintained some communication with their kinsmen to the west, but not with the east. Then those Line Islands, between 20 and 30 generations ago, were re-invaded by their kinsmen from the east—Samoans who had forgotten that these were their forebears—and the pattern of life changed. The communications between the Line Islanders and the west was broken, permanently.

Interesting—but it adds no more than theory to some of the puzzles of the Polynesian distribution. For example: Why, if the Samoans surged westward in that way, are the Gilbertese so much darker than the Ellice Islanders, and speak a tongue so different?

There are some lively sections which deal with social customs •‘Pleasures of Polygamy”, “Stubborn Virgin”, “Unwanted Monogamy”, and so forth.

Polygamy was an old-established custom among the Gilbertese a very happy one, apparently. W a well-endowed man took a wifi was entitled to take also, as ondary wives, her sisters cousins. In certain circumstax he could sell off the seconc wives, to wife-seeking neighboc “Monogamy was forced on j Gilbertese by the British law at. turn of the century, when Frr tant missions had been at won the islands for about 50 years,, the local administration fox decade, or less.

“There was no popular denr for it. On the contrary, excen one or two southern islands, mendous pagan majorities clung to the polygamy of their-] cestors, and the strictly contrr system of sex conduct that T with it. But nobody spoke fon pagans. The petition of the tarian minority went through!

London, backed by the Adminisj tion (this must be said in fain to the Colonial Office of the dae and that was abysmally that.”' From which it may be dedl that Grimble, experienced adm:i trator, found little to admire inr Britishers’ interference with ano Gilbertese social customs.

Grimble takes a less tolerant of the ancient practice of Tim Under Tinaba, a husband cc send his wife to the sleepingof his paternal or maternal unu and the uncles returned the o pliment with gifts of land, or oc valuable property.

The British promptly outlss the practice; but Grimble say{ persisted and may still persist..; woman saw no disgrace in proving her wifely obedience, demonstrating her “loving k? ness” within the family circle which is the literal meaning Tinaba.

Sections dealing with conji faithlessness, the tendency to o mit adultery on the Sabbath,,, rights of deceived husbands, filled with bright anecdote and! famous Grimble humour.

The story of a Chinese riot< Ocean Island —some time in ’Twenties, apparently is amusingly. The Chinese and .

Gilbertese labourers were house's adjoining compounds; and loathed each other.

Racially, they are poles apart.d was bad enough that they shr have to work together. When i had to eat and sleep within a yards of each other, trouble do oped.

The Chinese spent months onn cret organisation. They fon three armies, each with a gem armed with a revolver, ofH3 armed with home-made scimiti and soldiers, with iron bars, generalissimo gave the word, they attacked from three directs while the Gilbertese were ha'f their noon meal.

The surprised Gilbertese did run, as was expected. They rail!

"Home Sweet ..."

We have a lovely garden Where phlox and roses twine, And all our gladioli Are really rather fine, Where prize-size pink begonias You everywhere will find, We have a lovely garden But mostly in our mind.

We have a lovely garden Where flowers are bright and gay And all the seeds we purchase All sprout up as they say; Where fragrant pink carnations The cooling rain showers drink — We have a lovely garden But mainly when we think.

We have a mouldy garden With weeds quite six feet high, Where things that all need pruning Will greet the expert eye.

But let us go a-travelling, Whatever times we've tyad When we come home together It doesn’t look so bad.

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Published by John Murray, London. Price, 6 Aust.) : e on a ountain Top EW novels bear up well under translation. French fares best; German worst of all. And in s respect, Hans Kades’ second >k, The House Of Crystal , comes worse than his first, The Great nptation.

Vhen a writer ventures forth into foreign field, much depends on translator and a great deal on t. A good plot will make up for i loss of the fine writing and rary nuances that occurred in mother tongue version but sure translation in battered state. louse Of Crystal is an analytical r el rather than one of clear-cut t and although the translation is >matic enough, the dialogue has off-key unrealism about it —like outsider trying to write Auslian slang.

'he House of Crystal was built by ler as a retreat, high in the imtains beyond Innsbruck. At the e of this story, however, Austria 5 occupied, and the House of r stal was occupied by French and strian scientists doing research > cosmic rays, amongst other tigs. lecause of its isolation, those who d there inhabited a small world which thoughts turned inwards I idiosyncrasies became more nounced. It is this respect that occupies the writer —rather than murder of one of the scientists h a strange poison, his novel was probably excellent its original German. In English s somewhat below average. üblished by Angus and Robertson. Ausan price, 17/-.) ;ak—No itter What HE jacket flap says that this is a light-hearted account of life on a cattle station in the Gulf ntry of Northern Australia —and t is just what it is. hzabeth O’Connor calls her book ak For Breakfast —and there ays was, come flood, drought, h fire, cook or no cook, lizabeth, from civilised New South les, married Danny, who mand huge cattle stations in the far th. When their baby son Robert 5 only three months old they yed farther into the Gulf—which was also farther into the heat, and farther into the unknown.

The station was called Silver Ridge. There were 1,200 rugged square miles of it running 16,000 head of cattle.

The station house was large, with a lagoon in front (except in the driest dry) ; there were six native house girls—most of whom had numerous offspring at foot; there was a white cook by the name of Mabel, who developed measles and departed as soon as the ‘O’Connor’s moved in. Then, of course, there were the musterers and the station hands, black and white.

The story is mostly an account of coping with this environment—plus the two little sisters who, in the fullness of the years, came to join Junior.

Elizabeth O’Connor has natural writing ability and with her the leader proceeds from new-chum apprehensions to cheerful acceptance of the hard but rewarding world of the Gulf Country. (Published by Angus and Robertson. Australian price, 17/-.) Love and a Stag at Bay MISS DENISE ROBINS has ■written 114 novels, as well as countless serials and short stories. She probably has a few million readers—all of them women —and as well as being one of the 87 C.I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY M ARCH, 1958

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Published by Heinemann. 31/- Aust.) ore Blondes and ark Corrigan HE structure of a Mark Corrigan novel does not vary. Mark is an American secret service man ;h an unlimited expense account. has an unlimited all ra c n for curvaceous blondes—and ndes for him. He enjoys the unlited devotion of a beautiful retary, who follows him from intry to country, also on a limits expense account. He stumbles m murders —and, because of his iat hatred of regular “cops”, he :es pleasure in discovering “who i it”, and the outspoken fury the “cops” is part of our enternment. t sounds very silly—and it is— ; Mark Corrigan’s story-telling lehow holds one—probably beise it is quick-moving, and iniious and impertinent. Also, it is y sexy. The combination is not to resisted. lis latest, Dumb As They Come, ile somewhat clumsily plotted, is 1 amusing and readable. A blonde murdered; the regular police irge her sister with the crime; i the incorrigible Corrigan proves y are right, yet completely wrong, remarkable denouement.

Published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney. - Aust.] Collection of the d Rhymes you should attempt to trace the origins of Australia’s old bush songs, ballads and rhymes, you aid be surprised at the big pro- •tion that must be regarded as mymous. Perhaps that’s what is be expected, since the ballads of 7 country spring from the people, i long before anyone gets to the nt of realising that a tradition in the making, the names of the thors —and sometimes even the ■ pose of many of the songs—have :n lost. fet if we are to make any effort all to identify the old songs, and thus learn something more of how or why they came on the scene, surely we have to do it now, for it will become more difficult to do it as time goes on.

In Old Bush Songs, Douglas Stewart and Nancy Keesing have made an improved collection of the old rhymes—improved because it is bigger than “Banjo” Patterson’s collection of 1905, on which it is based, and because many new histories have been added. Many songs once attributed to Anon, have been linked with their rightful authors.

It is a book that should be on your library shelf. (Published by Angus and Robertson. Australian price, 25/-.) Not a Very Good Hotel fjPHERE appears to be a growing X market lately for historical novels of an Australian or New Zealand background.

Will Lawson’s Mary Smith's Hotel is the latest in the bookshops (although it was published some years ago under another name) and tells the story of Charleston, as an isolated NZ gold boom town of last century. Mary Smith runs the local hostelry, and fate puts Christopher and Mary Black in her hands, thus the material for the novel is born.

The book has two weaknesses. One 91 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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The second is that the autlr poor handling of dialogue tends; drive the reader to distraction., times the conversations are rr amateurish, and one has to rem oneself that they come from pen of the man who wrote W' Cobb & Co. was King, and a H list of Pacific and Australian ti and poems. Lawson, no relation Henry, died in Sydney last year (Published by Angus and Robertson, 17/- Aust.) Green, Refreshing Leaves TO look at the jacket of Gn Leaves, by Helen Fowler, would expect to find inside of those little semi-religious wo with a Message, aimed at all tH friends and neighbours in need: moral guidance of some sort.

As it turns out, Green Leaves no particular Message, but it ii refreshing change from many bo of to-day, because its story is meant to be taken too seriousll It tells of a Sydney socias daughter, Joselyn Mathers, who “28 years of age, carefully groonr perfectly poised, of wealthy fan and secure social background,” ; who meets up with an odd charan named Mac and goes off to country with him to run an orchr and an odd collection of childil and an odd assortment of otr< characters.

At the beginning, the reader fif himself picking holes in the st: here and there until he comes realise that it is only meant as bit of fun, and then he settles do! to it.

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Eels with Ears road further along leads to iria, Tahiti’s only lake, where, le story goes, are many eels, large ears. tween Matatea and Papara is argest plain of Tahiti. During American Civil War it was a n plantation and I am left the hope that it turned out profitably than did the sorry cotton venture, of the same w it is a cattle ranch; and also now grow the delicious grapefruit. to the residential districts of and Punaauia. In Paea we the Marae Arahurahu, the tian Temple of pagan days, e local authorities have done le job in re-constructing this ual and well-kept area, water-worn stones so placed they formed a series of ced platforms. tices in French and English nn the ancient customs and ry, and even the most ring tourist could not fail to npressed with the beauty and tion of the lovely area, set een steep and colourful hills, d now to a bungalow type of hotel, whose host, Monsieur Rivnac, has had a native feast prepared, to be served in native fashion. Pig, taro, dalo, fish in coconut and lime, marinated to a delicious absorption, delicate flavours intermingled. A novelty most tourists enjoyed.

I do not know how many tourists had been anticipated but at least five hundred people turned up.

Eleven buses and 20 odd taxi-cab loads.

The crowd was huge, hungry and very impatient as there had been almost an hour’s delay on the wharf before we got away. But there was, inevitably, the most amusing reaction on all sides to the table appointments of banana leaves, as table cloths; half coconut shells filled with “lolo” sauce to dip food into; and neat bamboo water containers for drinking.

“What! No tea?” from a hundred thirsting tourists.

Perils of Travel Bamboo containers —half sections looking attractive with pieces of food —cooked in a native oven, caused varying comments.

“No knives and forks!”

“No spoons!”

And on either side of us howls of dismay, “I won’t eat with my fingers”.

“Disgusting!” (over) : is recommended reading for [iders who feel a little fed up. iblished by Angus and Robertson, price Aust.) Irief DRAL SEA CALLING: lon L. dss’ publishers seem to have n up listing his previous books be front of the current volume, ainly they must run into some bs by now. This latest of his ,es concerns the area between ; York peninsula and the under- ' of Papua, west from the mouth le Fly River, and all the islands Bin. This is the area that he vs well himself and in fashionthe story he has dug back into >ry to the time when men first ared north from Sydney Town le unknown north of the Great h Land. jlished by Angus and Robertson. Ausi price, 21/-.) 93 ' I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH 1958

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Chronic Moaners at point of departure I think remember Papeete most for larming and capable Madame from the Tahitian Tourist i, who so capably handled our terrific invasion and flew tirelessly from a group of dancers to the catering dept.; soothed the chronic moaners and explained patiently in French and English (and maybe other tongues) to the confused and fussy ones.

And I will remember the fun, the fine roads, the thousands of people on two wheels natives and Europeans alike own Lambrettas, scooters, and motor bikes or homely old pedal-pushers. „ , . , . , The exchange rate is very high, and the prices of everything seemed terrific, on our reckoning. Three small bottles of beer worked out at £AI; coffee, which is local and delicious, was about 1 '6 a cup. The native market, very like Suva’s new markets, and clean and attractive, hinted at high cost of native food. Limes at 1/- dozen; 1/6 for three bananas (tourist touch!) and 4 - for a medium sized yam. Still, it was possibly not a nqrmal pirice as Papeete had a carnival time ln P ° rt ’ and W&S It was a grand day of contrasts, but looking back, I think that if mine host, at his luscious native banquet, had supplied bamboo forks, or shell spoons, the genteel diners and the conventional consumers may have had merrier memories of that meal ' Although we, who took stock of the unbending ones, would have missed a lot of fun.

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Pacific Shipping And Cruising Yachts

An important international conference on the law of the :a opened at Geneva on February 24, and will continue until pril 25. will attempt to hammer out national agreement on at least of a variety of subjects, li include breadth of the terri- -1 sea, right of innocent ige through territorial waters, •nality of ships, penal jurisdicin cases of maritime collision, tion of the seas, and piracy, ne 73 draft articles covering subjects were prepared by the national Law Commission in Breadth of the territorial sea :ely to be the most contentiissue, with some nations, like in and Japan, holding firmly le traditional three-mile limit, others claiming rull rights to uch as 200 miles off-shore, my decision is reached on this it will probably influence a which Japan and Australia will to the International Court of ;e later this year, concerning lese pearling rights off the coast of Australia, cussions on this subject broke in 1953, but an interim agreewas reached whereby Japanese s have operated under Ausn license and in Australianlated areas only, the annual being fixed by agreement. Disms on the basis of conservaff the resources of this pearl y took place in Canberra bethe Japanese and Australian i Ministers some months ago.

Iampling Continues

about the time that the m oceanographic vessel Witjaz arrives back at Vladivostock via the meridian of 173 degrees east — her next run will be across the North Pacific to the US the New Zealand oceanographic vessel lui will be moving off from Auckland on the next project of her IGY undertakings, some time in March.

The main purpose of this cruise will be to study the South Equatorial Current in the Western Pacific, with soundings and samplings all the way from Auckland northward. Plans call for an approximately five-day run to Suva, for ten days on a Suva- Niue-Tonga-Suva loop, another ten days on a Suva-Samoa-Suva circuit, and a final five-day run from Suva to Auckland.

Suva may be the only Island port actually visited. At regular points along the circuit water samples will be taken at various depths. Temperature readings, chemical analysis, and Carbon-14 “dating” of these samples will all contribute towards a knowledge of surface and deep-sea currents in this region.

The carbon dating will reveal something of the history of bodies of water now deep down, but perhaps on the surface centuries ago m the course of a slow but littleknown pattern of vertical and horizontal circulation. Climatologists, perhaps more than navigators, will benefit from this knowledge. Tui is scheduled to make another cruise to tropical waters in September - October.

Sold By Receiver Of Wreck

On October 13, 1955, a Japanese tuna vessel went on a reef at Ongea Driki, Southern Lau, and despite subsequent efforts to haul her off, made first by other tuna vessels, and later by the fishery training vessel Jinyi Maru from Japan, the vessel remained fast, and eventually, abandoned by the owners and underwriters, became the property of the Receiver of Wreck.

In earlier reports from Fiji, the vessel’s name appeared as Miye Maru, Mie Maru, and Mei Maru.

The Receiver settled for the latter version when he advertised the vessel, as is, where is, in Fiji Times of January 24, as well as three separate lots of equipment which had been removed from the vessel and brought to Suva, including radar, direction-finding, and radio equipment. Tenders closed January 31.

Our information is that the Japanese effectively wrecked the main engine after abandoning salvage efforts. Met Maru is a wooden vessel 187 tons gross. The tender price was to include Customs duty,

Watery Talky

“Watery Talky” could well be the name assigned to an interesting piece of World War II submarine hunting equipment which the RNZAF is now using for search-andrescue operations. Known to the Americans as a sono-buoy, the device is simply a radio telephone transmitter sealed in a buoy, with a whip aerial on top and a microphone dangling on a 25-ft cable below. (Over) The News This Month mo.

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Walrus.

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Utopia.

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Vixen.

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Wapi.

Yatu Lau.

Zarya.

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The high masts of “Te Vega” stand out. W. A. Robinson’s “Varua” is also among the group in the crowded anchorage. —John O'Donnell. 97 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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LH.22.62 to a dozen of these were >ed by a submarine-hunting ift in a large circle enclosing area where a sub was last ed. Each sono-buoy operated slightly different radio fre- ;y. Aboard the aircraft was a fl twelve-channel radio retire sub moved out through the of sono-buoys its engine Is were picked up by those st. In the aircraft overhead the on of each sono-buoy was n, so the position of the sub be quickly fixed, he peace-time RNZAF applicative sono-buoy will be dropped side a vessel in trouble and ut radio transmitter. With the will be instructions to haul up Aerophone and speak into it. 1 be one-way contact with the ft, but will allow the distressed er to explain his troubles and i be highly effective and a useful aid under some circumis. ilar equipment was moored in n channels during the ons campaign to pick up the of Japanese destroyers or subes passing through by night, watch was kept on the sonotransmitter from a distant and post.

H That Ballast

days out from Rarotonga, Dick Brown’s 128-ton ketch ni reached Auckland for re- February 12. Nearing Auckserious engine damage was i by quick work by the engineer when the big-end 3roke in one cylinder of the 'Under 125 hp Crossley motor, dinder liner was fractured but ible by the Metalock system, iston was drawn at sea and few hours the voyage was ?d under four cylinders. 3ed by Chas. Bailey & Son, hull-planking was found to )een worn thin by improperly secured permanent stone ballast, necessitating a few plank replacements. In one place, near the keel, lii-inch planking was worn to half an inch, accounting for a hull leak which had developed in recent months.

There seemed to be a lesson here for all vessels with stone ballast.

On completion of repairs, Taveuni was to load stores for Mr. Brown’s new Rarotonga store, recently acquired by buying out Jagger and Harvey Ltd.

Japanese Fleet Out Again

Though no Japanese destroyers have cruised the Solomons channels since World War 11, they have cruised Pearl Harbour waters. Early February, a four-ship destroyer flotilla, headed by the Harukaze flying the flag of Admiral Nakayama, paid an official goodwill visit to Hawaii. These are vessels of the American-organised Japanese home defence force. Hula girls were on the wharf to meet them in the traditional Hawaiian fashion. Like the hula girls, most of the Japanese seamen of this force were infants or unborn on December 7, 1941.

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* Obtainable from Auckland and Island Merchants ich Polynesia Mormon Mission jl Paraita is likely to head for port from Papeete in March ,pril. She would bring missioni to attend the planned open- >f the huge new Mormon college temple near Hamilton late I. rmerly the yacht Fandango, by le American owner she was ,ted to the mission some years Paraita is a schooner-rigged, finished craft of pleasing lines a pair of tall sticks. She is red by an Atlas 120 hp motor registered in the name of :te Tahitienne de Navigation, insions unknown.

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The Union Co. lease of the Avarua jetty and the land on which their cargo sheds are located at the waterfront, has been renewed for a further ten years, but is now subject to termination on six months’ notice, on payment of compensation of up to £50,000, depending on date of such termination.

Lady With A Story

Survivor of a mere handful of trading craft still to sail Pacific waters under schooner rig, Tiare Maori, based in the Cook Islands but Bahama-registered and American-owned, is a lady with a tale to tell —though few details have yet come our way. This wooden staysail schooner was built at Nunes Boatyard, Sausulito, Cal., year unknown to us, and launched as Soreno.

Next she became E. W. Scripps and made her contribution to the scientific knowledge of the Pacific as a maid of all work for the famous Scripps Institution of Oceanography of La Jolla, Cal. Next name on our list is Henrietta, under which she became a film star in, we believe, Eighty Days Around the World.

After that, Walter S. Johnson, of California, took her in hand, refitted her, and brought her south to the Cooks, where she has just returned after lengthy engine overhaul in Papeete. (Over) DRESSING WELL: Mr. Bob Grant, of USA, seriously burnt aboard his trading "Ve Tega" in the New Hebrides last [?] ter, is progressing well at Middlemore [?] l, Auckland, where he has undergone [?] ve skin grafting. Story February RIM. —J. P. Shortall. 101 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY— MARCH. 1958

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ED ;k in September, 1954, PIM ;d an interesting story by Mrs. le Booth Johnson, concerning 96-ton salvage “yacht” Caronia which she was purser-radio tor at the time—and of work in hand carving up the warwreck of the 10,495-ton Pret Taylor in the entrance to m Island lagoon. Subsequently, is column, we gave occasional ess reports until word came in Tarawa that Caronia had been i by fire on July 11, 1956. ters to several sources at Canailed to raise so much as an iwledgement and no details forthcoming. Now at last the look can be closed, thanks to iteresting letter from Jeanne l Johnson, now of Honolulu, i. Johnson says that had she een roused from sleep by the ig of her pet dogs, all aboard lave been lost. The fire, which ently originated in a cargo irtment, had a firm hold and smoke and fumes were being ated through the ventilation n when she roused the others, ersonal belongings were lost, y the engine-room with its two p Atlas diesels, each worth 3, was little damaged. The steel remained afloat but was so twisted by heat that she was lered incapable of towing to yerseas junk-yard. Insurance mies, marine law, and “the s that be” at Canton then took id.

A move was made for the vessel to be towed to Tarawa by the GEIC government ketch Te Matapula, where the motors —then for sale from the insurance underwriters at a mere $7,500 —could have been used, together with the big generators aboard, as a valuable electric power source.

This offer fell through, and a plan by the original owners, North Coast Corporation, to beach the derelict and dismantle all salvageable equipment, was prevented. The end came last April, 1957, when a US Coastguard cutter was diverted 750 miles off-course to Canton, to tow Caronia off-shore and sink her, complete with Atlas motors. No one seems to know quite why, but marine law was involved. Technically, the vessel was already “abandoned” and was littering up Canton “harbour”.

Five gun-shots at a point three miles SSW of Canton spelt the end of Caronia ex Andradite-PCY-11 ex Comoco.

The vessel was built between the wars as a yacht at a cost of $750,000.

She served as a weather station in the North Atlantic during World War II and had been re-equipped by her post-war owners, at considerable expense, specially for the type of salvage work in which she was engaged at Canton.

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Dana Rescuer, that 22:7-ft Danishdesigned ship’s lifeboat, commanded by master mariner Walther Westborg, is on the move again after nine months in Panama canal zone.

The steel decked-in craft, with automatic pilot and diesel motor with fuel tankage for 3,500 miles of cruising, cleared Balboa December 17 for Los Angeles, Honolulu, Guam, Wake, Yap, the Philippines, Singapore and westward ports. Westborg and designer Claus Sorensen, too old to make the voyage, are hopeful that shipowners will appreciate the lifeboat’s virtues and that commercial production will commence in Germany. Westborg took aboard a monkey as companion before clearing Balboa.

Where Goes "Zarya"?

Though Professor Ivanov and his fellow scientists are now almost certainly engaged in their IGY research aboard the Russian 480-ton non-magnetic schooner Zarya somewhere in the Pacific, no one this side of the Iron Curtain seems to have any idea of the vessel’s approximate itinerary.

Inquiries to a number of overseas magnetic laboratories likely to be informed of her movements have all drawn blanks. It would appear [?] in Archie Pickering (left) and chief [?] r Emori Waka, both well known on the [?] aterfront, brought "Taveuni" south from [?] ga for refit in Auckland. Story page 99. —J. P. Shoctall.

UP SHE GOES! Loading and unloading ships at Mangaia, the southernmost of the Cook Islands, has always been difficult and dangerous.

The Passage off the main settlement, from which all produce is shipped, is narrow and frequently impassable, so that canoes have to go over the reef. There have been several attempts to blast a bigger passage—mostly unsuccessful. Photo shows an operation during the last attempt in November-December. Navy depth charges of 250 lbs were used —and this is what it is like when 15 of them are fired simultaneously. Work has now been halted for the hurricane season.

Photo: W. H. Percival. 103 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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ure Is Your Guide, said to be lel to, and in some respects a i edition of the well-known Book, in the hands of English hers at the time of Harold ’s death in Fiji last year, has ieen published, price 16 - Stg. the Raft Book, this one ema great deal of research and ation of natural phenomena to aid the traveller afloat or ?. (See review elsewhere.)

Whalers Did Well

mese and Russian whaling in the Antarctic have reported alarly good catches in the preseason, which opened early ry, and the indications are he total catch of 14,500 Blue units (one Blue equals two wo and a half humpback, or i whales) for the season, will iched early March. of those busy maids of all Suruga Maru and Banshu No. 33, which run supplies to acific tuna fleets part of the 'arry meat from New Zealand pan for part, and serve the ig fleets in season, were back pan from South early Febwith a total of 1,430 tons of whale-meat, and word that lx Japanese fleets had then taken 40 per cent, to 54 per cent, of their expected totals.

One had taken 314 Blue Whale units (440 actual whales) to February 1, the highest of all 20 international fleets operating. (Norway sent nine, Japan six, Britain three, the Netherlands one, and [?] ese heavy anchors, photographed at the rear of the Papeete Customs [?]ice, look as if they are capable of doing the job that has been [?]gned them—that of anchoring the new off-shore mooring system at Taiohae Bay, Marquesas. —John O'Donnell.

Anare Vuli Vuibureta, captain of the 84-ton "Yatu Lau", which he successfully brought through the recent hurricane that caused havoc in Fiji. The ship was located by the RNZAF after it had drifted in the teeth of the gale. —Fiji PRO. 105 F 1 C ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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New Mission Ship

The Melanesian Missions’ Som Cross VIII, for which a tender let to S. G. White & Co. Pf October, 1956, for building atd Company’s Ballina, NSW, yard,! be launched on March 8 Caulton, wife of the Rt. Rev.

Caulton, Assistant Bishop of a and former Bishop of Melae The £65,000 vessel will be read) service in May, when she will tf livered to the Solomons by Cas G. E. Langley. There the comr will be taken over by the pu( Bishop, the Rt. Rev. A. T. Hill, , himself a master mariner.

When Southern Cross VII\ laid up for sale in Sydney s©e years ago (since sold to New GI and renamed Kilinailau) the ML intended to build a somor smaller vessel than SC VII. plans were changed and two c siderably smaller craft were dei upon. The first of these, Badfe "La Cle de Sol" of Cannes now cruise Pacific. (See story Yachting Notes). —Max 106 MARCH, 1958 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONT

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Al Queen" Delayed

npletion of Coral Queen, new ig vessel for the WPHC, has i delayed in Hongkong, ■ently because of “problems in ruction”. Delivery to Honiara )een expected in January, but efinite delivery date is now ible. BSI Marine Superinten- J. Morris flew to Hongkong at nd of January to advise on ruction.

POSH ew 56-ft scow now under conion at Bjarne Halvorsen’s Sydards for the P-NG Adminisn, will be finished before April. iw will be sent from Port by to take her up. scow, as yet unnamed, is tv draft, similar in hull design ? K-boats, and will be used )ply the outstations. She will erent from the K-boats in lay- Dwever, with special provisions >oth European and native igers. Among the amenities, mtly, are improved, separate . Power is from a 6 LW ter.

P-NG Administration’s trawle reported to be developing a deal of rot, and might not a much longer life.

Copra Fire

The Shansi, Sydney-bound, had some trouble in Port Moresby in February when a cargo of copra meal in the forward hold caught fire —apparently through spontaneous combustion. Local firemen got quickly on the job, removed the hatches and top bags of meal to get at the seat of the fire. About 20 bags were affected by the fire.

"A'Oniu" For Men Only!

Holland may be far from Tonga, but Tongan custom is to be rigidly enforced in respect of Tonga Copra Board’s smart new A’oniu, which was launched in Holland last December 19, according to a report of the event recently received in Tonga from Holland.

The report said no woman will be allowed aboard the vessel “until the official boarding ceremony has been performed by a lady of rank”, and the shipyard authorities will see that this instruction from Tonga is enforced. Though launched, it will be some time before the vessel is completed.

The launching, strangely enough, was performed by a woman—Mrs.

K. Kamp, wife of the ship-broker through whom the order for the vessel was placed—but there was no call for Mrs. Kamp, of Gronigen, to board the vessel for this event.

Just whether the “lady of rank” must be a Tongan is not made has begun on extensions to the main Papeete. The scaffolding is up to drive s for the new foundations. —John O'Donnell. 107 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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Tonga Department of Agri- 3 and Fisheries’ research veslaimoana—the fishing vessel ised in Auckland several ago and then named Pearlin, it in over 4,000 lbs of ocean rom a short cruise late in :y. The catch included a big swordfish. The vessel is red by a Japanese fishing exbrought from Japan some tf ago to “show them how”. vs of Cruising Yachts XHINA-11, ex MANU-O-AITUTAKI, ex EAS, ex SCALDIS, 19 days out from a via Raoul, reached Auckland 16 on delivery voyage to her new t Nadi. Dave Beard and Gordon nie, handling the job for the love lame, reported fair winds but equipubles en route. Two pleasant days ent ashore on Raoul, Kermadecs, lying comfortably at anchor in Boat le the crew relished the fresh-food dairy produce and fruit which that igical station had to offer. A good maintenance work will be involved e yacht continues to Fiji about April, i readers will recall that Messrs, d Auchterlonie were first reported in imn when heading for the Pacific land in SKAFFIE, which they sold at coming on to NZ by ship. Since then is cruised to Australia and Norfolk -member in the Wellington yacht A. His ambition is to acquire a iss yacht of his own for entry in a trans-Atlantic race. TAHI-O-AUTAHI, to be shortest ever (about 19 ft.) the Pacific, which sailed from Rarothe same day as MAHINA-11, had not ited en route.

MO, first Vertue-class to come to the lavigated by the Hamilton couple of England, was reported out from Borabora for Apia early January. This yacht has no auxiliary motor. • AGNES, 136-year-old English trading ketchcum-yacht, with her unlikely crew of both sexes, urged on by professional mariner Alistair Barr, was reported at Papeete early February. The crew, it will be recalled, had each contributed £l6O for the privilege of working their way to Tahiti, and an additional £3O on to Auckland, in the 100-ton craft.

The voyage began May 4, 1957, from Appledore. Barr was then said to have plans to put the ketch to work somewhere in the Islands after delivering his human cargo. • LA CLE DE SOL of Cannes, 45-ft ketch owned by Jean de L'Espee and with Christion Regaud and Mar Roche as sailing companions, cleared Balboa for Polynesia January 26, westbound round the world. Our information indicates an unusual route—from Papeete to Japan thence Indonesia, etc. The three men are keen musicians and before the yacht was decked a grand piano was installed. Our Balboa correspondent's impression: An able ship and an able crew. The yacht left France September last. c PHOENIX, American owned, which cruised the Islands 1956-57 from Japan, bound round the world, again entered the Pacific via Panama January 18 bound for Galapagos, Marquesas, and Honolulu, with a target date for arrival back at Japan July, 1958. Two of the Japanese university student crewmen left the yacht at Panama to hurry home by faster means. Owners are the Reynolds family. • FLYING WALRUS which caused all the rumpus last year, now at Whangarei, NZ, will be signing on a new crew member in March when the Wells' expect the arrival of a son and heir —or, anyway, an heir. Meanwhile John is working on the waterfront. • GEMINI, 44-ft. Honolulu ketch, currently based at Palmyra Island where Jack Wheeler has an IGY job, has signed a new crew-member —a daughter recently born. Wife Leah travelled to Fanning in November for the big event as a passenger aboard Martin and Bea Vitousek's 72-ft. schooner FIESTA. FIESTA has the IGY seized and sold by court order at while en route to Sydney. (See story [?] ng Notes). 109 1 F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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Vi-Stim To restore I Vim and I Vigour :t to supply Palmyra regularly from lu. 10LDEN RULE, on a somewhat late "proission" to Eniwetok to halt the nuclear ests, cleared Los Angeles February 11. the 30-ft. ketch was owner A. S. i and a crew of three.

ZU HANG, believe it or not, has again Dth masts and dog-house, according to circulating in Auckland. Dismasted en from Australia to the Horn last year, cht spent months at Talcahuano, Chile, g Away again, the yacht received beating-up—apparently in January— iin made port, this time Valparaiso, from the Smeetons reported that they will lip the yacht home and renounce the I delights of sailing round the Horn.

AHITI NUI-11, successor to TAHITI NUI, raft in which Frenchman Eric de i and companions failed to complete a -Chile voyage last year, is on the way jm Constitucion, Chile, to French Poly- The 40-ft. x 16-ft. raft was towed to miles and set free on February 15, ; to contact land at Callao, Peru, before larance via the KON-TIKI route. TAHITI stbound, foundered near Juan Fernandez May 26 last while in tow, with her >oard the Chilean frigate BAQUEDANO. ichop was later reported down with iia. It is not known whether the crew are the same four men who were Bisschop before.

PEDA of Canada, which ended a transcruise to New Zealand on a Rarotonga st June 15, may soon start a new as a towing launch. Mr. Dick Brown onga, trader, who purchased the vessel reef at auction, salvaged her, and is )ut to fit a Lister diesel. The 34-ft. !-type craft will be used for the towage lighters at Rarotonga for Mr. Brown. iPI of England, details of which were n January PIM, has been traced. Our correspondent gives the interesting VAPl— we called her WAPY—a husky 18-ft. double-ender ketch, was being from Southampton to Sydney by Sarel and his wife Margerie. Having no pay, the Sarels held the vessel at iy "attachment" last October 18 and Marshall put the vessel up for public fhere on December 16 after advertising he US. The Sarels claimed $2,600 in ages. The sale, to a San Francisco brought $3,650. Total liens against el by then were $5,000. Debts were »ly settled, as the vessel, with the nd two other persons hired by the ner, cleared Balboa for San Francisco iry. WAPI was built of oak on steel m Germany in 1920. She has a 54 bhp Lister diesel. She draws 8£ ft. She is gaff-rigged with topsails. e Jean and Jim Stark, on VIXEN, are in Brisbane from Miami. Departing Tahiti in May, 1957, they visited Pago Pago and Fiji, and are currently preparing to leave for a five-months' Barrier Reef cruise in April, thence from Thursday Island to South Africa. • NONA, 41- ft. x 11-ft. x 6-ft. of London, owned by Charles Candler and John Grout, arrived Papeete January 19, departed February 2, en route direct to NZ. Vessel was built in 1900 and modelled on lines of a Moreton Bay prawner. With Mr. Chandler are Bill Hodgson (engineer) and Joe and Elsa Channing- Pearce. Mr. Candler's partner returned home from the Channel Islands because of family illness. • George L. Karl, who with James G.

Robinson, was previous owner of MARINER (Pacific cruise, 1953, 1954), of Seattle, has temporarily forsaken the sea and is currently owner of the Coronation milk bar, Ponsonby, Auckland. • According to a Papeete report, Fred J.

Petersen, owner of UTOPIA, planned to rejoin the yacht late February, with his wife. No news on whether he had recruited a new crew. • TE MATANGI, owned by Jack, Jacque and Lon Ferguson, THE GENII, a cutter, 40-ft. x 12£-ft. x 6J-ft., owned and crewed by Bill Schallenberg from Coronado, California, with Jean (and new born son, little Bill!), and ANNETTE, cutter, 32-ft. x 11-ft. x 6-ft., owned and crewed by Byron (Doc) and Dot Tanner, all plan to clear Honolulu together for Polynesian ports in May. It will be the second trip to Tahiti and points west for the Tanners.

TE MATANGI ("The wind", in Tuamotuan) was —rather like Noah's Ark, built on the shores of a lake—this one 8,300-ft. high in Nevada, with snow and sleet abounding and only hand tools for the job. She was towed to the Sacramento River near San Francisco, finished and launched. Jack Ferguson single-handed her across to Hilo, where he was joined by his wife and son. • The 60-ft. yacht VAGABOND of Okinawa has just been bought by the Wright Essers, of Honolulu, is being sailed by Horace Pope and crew to Honolulu, expected to arrive mid-March.

The Essers will then move aboard, check, refit and prepare for a cruise south. • Yacht ADOIS, 32-ft. ketch from Newport, California, owned and crewed by Tom and Janet Steele, will be leaving from Acapulco, Mexico, in mid-March for the Marquesas, Tahiti and points west. • The yacht SUNDOWNER, 37-ft. ketch, owned and crewed by Ed and Betty Wall and their two children from Newport, California, left for Tahiti last month, but due to a calm and later high seas and gales, turned back to the coast of Mexico. Will be leaving for Tahiti about March. • TULAK of Hamburg, whose where-abouts we were querying in January, arrived safely at Brisbane last June 21 from Papeete via Suva. Our last report had been from Papeete.

This was believed to be the first German-flag vessel to cross the Pacific from Europe in postwar years. Joroslav Novy and wife Bozena were the navigators of the 31£-ft. craft, and both are now working in Brisbane. TULAK is anchored off the Botanic Gardens. • Details are in of the grounding of yacht SOLQUEST (January PIM). It occurred off Wailupe Circle, southeast of Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii. Len Staples, the owner, with wife Joyce and the two boys Len, Jr., and Wayne were asleep in the cabin when in early hours the wind shifted and the yacht was driven on to the reef. Local residents made the rescue, and a US Coast Guard boat, with members of the Hawaii Yacht Club, salvaged SOLQUEST and took her to dry dock. She is now at the slip while the Staples, from Tasmania, await Immigration Department decision on whether they can enter the US, where they want to stay. However, they had only a visitors' permit. Meantime, Mrs. Staples got her name in the paper after giving birth, January 24, to her third son at Queen's Hospital—and wihout doubt HE is an American citizen. (See story elsewhere this issue).

Ckland-Suva Race

ABANDONED Royal Akarana Yacht Club, rs of what was intended to biennial event, announced in md, on February 17, that Luckland-Suva Yacht Race, lied for May, has been oned for 1958 due to lack of it. linimum of five entries and certain starters was called for, ly two acceptable entries were id —the big new Rongomau, by Auckland boatbuilder Roy d, and Bounty, now owned by M. Friedlander, of Auckland. :r interested owners who 1 in 1956 were not prepared it the heavy cost of another so soon. 111 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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Pacific Report

Is a Hot Question New Caledonia lestions of the repatriation of Indo-Chinese is fast becoming ilitical issue in New Caledonia, he Committee for the Defence New Caledonian Interests”, h had been lying low during elections, has now come into m, declaring that members will ill in their power to get the 5 out of the country. The nittee is making a wide appeal lew members. iking a radio broadcast in r , the vice-president of the Asily Territorial, Mr. Lenormand, North and South Viet Nam been invited to send delegates ew Caledonia to discuss the reation question. But only South had done anything about it, most New Caledonia Viets from the north.

Lenormand said President l, of South Viet Nam, had made ;ar to him and Senator Ohlen ligon recently that his governcould only give asylum for e willing to remain in his ter- 7, and no guarantee could be . for any passage to the north. . Lenormand said there were to send a New Caledonian ation to Northern Indo China attempt to break the impasse, added that the local governwould not tolerate “any apto public disorder by rabble rs who were only using the situation as a political eon.” ning back to the attack, the littee denied that it had any cal aims and said it was astonthe government was doing ng “to rid the country of the menacing it.” - committee accused the Viets sfusing to pay the recently Foreigners’ Tax, of sending sums of money to Ho Chi s Communist government, of irately increasing their population to insure the complete submergence of the white population in 20 years, and of planning the destruction of the native by illicit liquor sales.

Royal Occasion, With Cheers For Mr. Cleland The best view by far—on the verandah of Parliament House— of the arriving diplomats, politicians and their beautifully gowned wives at the Royal Ball in Canberra on February 26, was had by the youngsters from the Territories who were brought down to see the Queen Mother.

There were about 40 of them from P-NG, Nauru, Norfolk and the Northern Territory.

Right opposite a battery of TV cameras and Press photographers, they were seen by thousands of Australians w r ho were viewing the spectacular occasion from the comfort of their living rooms 180 miles away in Sydney.

Overawed a little, they stood quietly watching the hundreds of guests enter the King’s Hall. But when the familiar face of P-NG Administrator Cleland hove into view, many let themselves go and he received a specially loud clap.

The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, and Dame Pattie Menzies, walked over and talked to them while awaiting the arrival of the Queen Mother. One Island boy stood rigidly to attention when Australia’s number one stopped to talk to him.

And when the Queen Mother, escorted by the Governor-General, Sir William Slim, arrived she turned and gave the Territory kids a wave and smile all to themselves.

Captain de Bisschop Rafts Again Captain Eric de Bisschop, that notable navigator and wanderer of the Eastern Pacific, now aged 65, is in the news again.

This time, aided by three companions, he is attempting to sail a two-masted raft 6,850 miles, from Constitucion (Chile) to Tahiti.

They departed in February, and said they planned to follow the route of the Kon-Tiki raft (which carried a jolly party of Scandinavians) and of the less buoyant raft which carried William Willis, and the much-headlined black cat that ate the Willis parrot.

De Bisschop has been around Hawaii and French Oceania for a long time. It was he who fought with Botanist Degener over the Comrades All ensation of the recent visit Noumea of the Russian scien- -2 ship “Witjas” was the nner in which local Viet nese took to her.

Vhile Europeans showed little irest, the Viets invaded her hundreds, querying crew mbers. Some of them udly pulled out photographs the Viet Communist leader, Chi Mien, and showed them und.

Some of the children from the Australian Territories, in Canberra to see the Queen Mother in February.

EAST MEETS EAST. These Russians from the big Russian scientific ship "Witjas" seem absorbed in their conversation with the Indonesian family they met on the wharf at Noumea, during the ship's recent visit to New Caledonia. However, Noumea's Viet Nam population was even more interested in the Russian ship (see story this page). 113 1 F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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isorganise the whole of the )an education service, ne critics have said an all- -3 salary cut would have been r, because the system wouldn’t been disturbed, cumber of schools will have to malgamated as result of the ic new cuts. e retrenchments, brought out L Samoa’s financial difficulties elsewhere this issue) have also )ther branches of the public ;e, including the police, health igricultural departments. About amoan policemen have been ssed. anwhile, the public service has having troubles of a different e—accusations of dishonesty been made against some of large number of electricity • readers in the Public Works rtment have been accused of ig illegal electricity connecin their homes, designed to tss the meters. sre are also allegations of mis- >priation, and forgery of its, against other workers. Anofficial has been charged with following the alleged disap- -nce of about £250 of banana t payments meant for growers.

H’s Apia correspondent says system of control and superi by senior Government offiis apparently unsatisfactory. fal Fatigue' Grounds Planes i’s internal communications thrown into confusion on February 11 when Fiji Airways grounded their Drover aircraft.

Marks found on one of the three aircraft indicated serious metal fatigue so the company played safe and grounded the entire fleet.

An expert was flown from Sydney to make a detailed examination of all aircraft. Fiji Airways tried to charter suitable replacements, but without success.

Much equipment and many replacements were flown in from Australia and New Zealand.

February 20 saw one aircraft back in action, operating from Nausori to Labasa, Savusavu and Taveuni; and all were serviceable by February 26, and the service was soon resumed.

Agitation in Labasa before the limited service was resumed gave the impression that there was a backlog of passenger and cargo traffic. But the first four flights carried only 23 passengers, and there were seats for 32.

The complaints of those who were suddenly deprived of their air service can be understood. For several years they had enjoyed an air service which brought them within two hours of the captal at Suva.

Mails arrived promptly and so did urgent cargo.

They became “air-minded”; and they showed it when they had to go back to coastal shipping, with irregular schedules and high fares for one-way passages.

The development came at an awkward time for Fiji Airways, which was being carried on under temporary conditions pending probate being granted in the estate of the late Mr. Harold Gatty. As stated elsewhere, the service will soon be taken over, on formal purchase, by Qantas, the big Australian, Government-owned corporation.

PIR Riots: More Service For Officers “I wish to die!” a member of the Pacific Islands Regiment called out in the P-NG Supreme Court in Port Moresby in February, after being convicted of having taken part in last December’s FIR riots.

But he didn’t get his wish. He and three fellow native soldiers were each sentenced to 18 months’ hard labour by Mr. Justice Gore.

This was no surprise. The surprise came when 54 other soldiers who had been charged with the four were found not guilty and discharged.

The reason was, as Mr. Justice Gore pointed out, that there was no evidence to say that this particular 54 had been among those who had taken part in the riot, “although there was a riot beyond any doubt at all”.

And it was, said the judge, “an outrageous, alarming event —outrageous because the riot was in a court of law, aimed at stopping the proceedings: alarming because the rioters were soldiers on whom the ABAUL INTEREST IN SYDNEY WEDDING: Mr. and Mrs. Henry Chow, of Rabaul, are seen with attendants Peter Chow, John Seeto, Rosie Jung and Lucy Chow outside St. Brigid's Catholic Church, Coogee, on February 1. Henry Chow, educated in Australia, is the son briel Chow Sing Yip, whose father, alive and well at 77, arrived in New Guinea 67 ago. Henry's wife is the daughter of Thomas Ah Ying. The couple will return to Rabaul, Mr. Chow will open a boat-building yard.

While she was in Lautoka on February 1, the Queen Mother received one of Fiji's oldest residents, Mrs. Peggy Eaves, who is 85. Mrs.

Eaves arrived in Suva in 1912, and this was the first time she had left the capital city.

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Port Moresby, CO of the PIR, Jolonel L. McGuinn, welcomed announcement and said he d the day “would not be far nt” when the PIR would bei a parent unit for junior :rs. ter a term in the Territory would be able to return south, ‘ back to the regiment with aps the rank of captain, until tually one of them commanded mit, he hoped. is scheme is one that has been widely advocated by the PlR’s critics since the riots.

He's the Motor-bike King of Kainantu It was red-letter day for native miners in the Kainantu area, NG Eastern Highlands, on February 13, when something like £4,000 was paid out.

It was an even redder-letter day for trade stores in the area.

The money represented refund of gold royalty (when this was reduced last year natives became exempt retrospectively) plus the native share of the Commonwealth gold bonus.

This Government largess does its bit towards enriching the whole community. Just after the war, when Australia opened its heart and paid war damage compensation to natives, the Mt. Hagen indigenes got £1,400.

They were paid in £1 notes, which they had never before seen. The matter was easily adjusted, however.

Local trade stores marked everything at £1 and everyone was happy.

The Kainantu native miners are not likely to be so naive. Wealthiest native in the area is Kabaki, who is reputed to have made £2,000 from goldmining last year. He is now the proud owner of a motor-bike.

Fifteen Dead in Catalina Crash Fifteen people lost their lives when an MAI (formerly RAI) Catalina flying boat crashed into the Raiatea lagoon, Tahiti, late February—in what was French Polynesia’s first serious air crash.

The dead included the Administrator of Raiatea, M. Lecas, the head of the Public Works Department of French Polynesia, M. Passand, and three of the Catalina’s crew—Captain R. C. Allais, chief pilot for TAI in the Pacific area, his WELL-KNOWN FIJI FAMILY. Mr. and Mrs. Felix Emberson, of Suva, photographed in Sydney itly with Felicia, who is on the nursing staff of St. Vincent's Hospital, Dr. Felix Emberson, tly graduated from Sydney University, and his brother Oscar, who is also studying medicine. —Tele-Photos. 119 1 F 1 C ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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H’s NZ correspondent reported larch 3 that it was probable MAI operations would cease the return of the other Cataand work on that is not exd to be finished before late Collet, representative of TAlat Auckland was unable to lent on what effect the crash t have on the planned TAI- Noumea - Horabora - Papeete ;e, which calls for MAI mainig the water link between Dora and Papeete with Cata- He indicated, however, that with the New Zealand Govent on certain phases of this :e, which would compete to extent with TEAL, were still nuing, and that the loss of the ina would therefore not be a oiling factor at present.

Deports a ician „ Arthur de la Perelle, aged 62, ined £lO in Suva in February laving remained in Fiji after srmit to enter had expired and s ordered that he be deported ntain at the end of three h s. appears that after World War II Mr. de la Perelle, then residing in Queensland, divorced his wife, and went wandering in a yacht in the South Pacific Islands. He lived in New Hebrides, Tahiti (for two years), Tonga (for nine months), Samoa and Cook Islands. He returned from New Zealand to Samoa and married a Samoan girl and remalned there for three years.

He divorced his Samoan wife, and his permit to live there was not renewed, and he went to Fiji at the end of 1954, entered on a visitor’s permit, and then was given a permit to remain three years on his representation that he was a magician and proposed to tour Fiji, giving performances. Some time in 1956 he acquired a launch and had lived on board practically ever since. He then apparently wished to remain indefinitely in the Colony but the Immigration authorities refused the necessary permit.

Another Plague of Politicians Looming There are all the signs that the Cook Islanders, their pig and poultry runs and their gardens already struggling to meet the all too frequent needs of the traditional inter-island tere party, are to be inflicted with yet another plague of parliamentary visitors from New Zealand some time this winter.

The opening moves in the raid were made by Mr. G. A. Walsh, Opposition MP for Tauranga—who Ix-residents Now j-uests at the Hotel Cecil, Lae, mid-February—two Chinese, ■residents of the British Soloms, on their way back to ina, deported, it is said, for nr Communist activities. p hey were at liberty in Lae ring their week’s stay but had plain clothes police-boy (red \-lap and betel-nut pouch, we i sume) to tail them to check whom they visited and who ited them. n hey left Lae for Hollandia i China on February 19, by IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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resented the then government at 1956 annual Legislative Council eting at Rarotonga—when he put ward the suggestion in parliant in January that “a five-man liamentary deputation make the t in recognition of the new Cook mds Constitution and as an ression of interest”. hough there are unlikely to be ■ seconders in the Cook Islands, proposal will doubtless have ity of support in the house on part of likely candidates. fficially, visiting journalists are d somewhat less than visiting ticians by the Cook Islands ainistration, but it is to be ed, for the sake of the Cook nders, that if this completely ecessary holiday trip is made, ill be financed in the same way ; journalistic visits are financed, without causing havoc to the stock and gardens. jwever, as the Auckland Star kly pointed out in an editorial ing thumbs down on the visit, culd be a far greater “expression nterest” if, instead of making visit, five politicians made a ful study of the Belshaw-Stace art on the Cooks which was ;d in October, 1955, and has r yet been properly debated. e Auckland Star's concluding graph is pertinent: “Until some iamentarians have read what is y available to them in Welling- -and above all the Report—no ■man deputations’ should go to itonga, to be feasted and feted the misguided and endlessly itable islanders—who do not se what a false impression of ’ true situation is conveyed to visitors by trestle tables laden the pork and fish and chicken can hardly spare”.

No Rest for the Vanquished Human bones gathered in the vicinity of a wrecked aircraft 25 miles out of Lae, NG, in February, are something of an embarrassment to the Administration.

The aircraft was a wartime Japanese bomber and the bones are presumably Japanese. The machine had plowed into the ground, scattering wreckage over a wide area.

However, there has been no Japanese cemetery in Lae since a Jap war graves’ ship removed the remains of Japanese war dead in 1955.

Drop in Income For Milne Bay The Samarai area of Papua looks like having a depressing year financially, says a NG correspondent.

The copra prices dropping was bad enough but the dry years have taken their toll of copra production.

Many plantations dropped over onethird in production last year.

The Copra Marketing Board in Samarai received into its shed 24,000 bags less than 1956, which year produced less than 1955. With rains now becoming general the future looks brighter, but it will not improve very much until towards the end of the year. The copra shortage means that approximately £lOO,OOO less was received by the district last year.

A lot of this would have been paid to native growers, some of whose production practically ceased, but it was not only caused by dry weather. The high rejection rate earlier in the piece had the result of causing many to give up making copra at all (most natives take the line of least resistance) and the activities of the Agricultural Department in pushing the coffee and rice programme had an adverse effect on copra.

One area in Milne Bay allowed all its small drum-type copra driers to fall into disrepair while they concentrated on coffee and rice.

Whether the programme will pay off is problematical.

The rice growing can be left to several small areas where the country lends itself to such crops but the coffee is growing well. It will be years before any quantity is marketed. It appears to be a pity the natives did not take advantage last year of the MOF contract (the correspondent adds).

A bit more of a commercial outlook by the Agricultural Department in this area would have been advantageous. The native cooperatives are feeling the strain badly. 16-inch Telescope For Rarotonga A 16-inch reflector telescope will soon be probing the heavens from Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

The instrument is being made available to Mr. F. M. Bateson, probably the only amateur astronomer doing serious work from a South Pacific tropical location, by a United States astronomical observatory.

Mr. Bateson, who is manager of a Cook Islands business firm, has had the use of a 9-inch American telescope for a number of years.

The new telescope is one of the John Mathison, New Zealand's new er of Island Territories. He is aged 56.

FOUR GENERATIONS OF KAI VITI. "RlM" in February reported that with the birth of a great-grandchild of Sir Hugh Ragg in Suva on January 25, there were now four generations of Raggs born in Fiji—for Sir Hugh himself was born there in 1882. Here they are: Sir Hugh; his son, Mr. David Petrie Ragg, of Sydney; Mr. Ragg's son, David Hugh, who is holding his own new-born son, Hugh Nicholas Petrie Ragg. 123 IFIC TSLANDS MONTHLY MARCH. 1958

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daughter of an old New Hebrides family Ginette Ratard, daughter of Mr. Jack of Santo—was married in Sydney on [?] y 8 to Mr. Frederick Clark, a Sydney [?] r. Friends of the bride—including memthe well-known Harris family, on Santo [?] d to the ceremony; and there were [?] 00 guests at the reception at the Hotel [?] a, later in the day. bride's grandfather settled in the Con- [?]m some 50 years ago. The bride was ing sister at the Concord Repatriation bridesmaids were Miss Margaret Pavey, [?] es, and young Cynthia Ratard, 11, a of the bride and now a student at the Pymble, Sydney. Mrs. C. M. Ratard, ide's stepmother, directed the happy [?] ings. Photographs show the bride and [?] om (above) and the bride with her Mr. J. Ratard. 125 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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New Plans for Avele Agricultural College The proposed scheme to convert the Avele Agricultural College, W.

Samoa, into an institution to be used for other South Pacific Territories cannot be put into effect.

American Samoa and Tonga have declined to join in the venture.

It is now intended to operate the college as a Samoan-New Zealand partnership and make the training available to boys from New Zealand island territories —the Cooks, Niue and the Tokelau Islands. The college is to be opened in February.

They've Heard It In Papua, Too Papua-New Guinea’s ham radio enthusiasts, who are always chasing something new, managed to receive a signal from the United States’ new satellite in February, shortly after it had been put into space.

Frank Nolan, president of the P-NG Division of the Wireless Institute of Australia, heard a weak signal for about a minute. It was surging badly.

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This means that in 1958, four children will be studying at mainland schools under Vacuum scholarships for Papua-New Guinea, established last year. The scholarships are tenable for six years and two more winners will be added annually, until each year 12 students will be studying in Australia under Vacuum Scholarships.

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A First For The Cook Islands History was made for the Catholic Church in the Cook Islands when the first Cook Island girl took her final vows as a member of the congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, at Tutakimoa church on January 26.

The special ceremony was conduced by Hs Lordship Bishop Übald Lehman. Sister Juliana had earlier completed her studies in New Zealand.

The Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny, a teaching Order, have communities throughout the Islands.

Fiji Cuts its Unfavourable Balance Fiji did quite a lot in 1957 to straighten out its unfavourable trade balance, which had been causing some uneasiness.

At the end of 1956, the Colony had an unfavourable balance of £F5,000,000; at the end of last year it was only £F200,000. During the period, exports increased by £3,700,000 —and sugar, coconut oil, gold, and bananas, in that order, helped.

Imports decreased by £F1,200,000.

The improvement in the situation was caused by a good season for export crops, plus a credit squeeze that limited bank accommodation.

Some Notes From Norfolk Is.

Norfolk Island is regretfully to lose shortly the services of the Rev.

Silas Horton, who will be returning to Sydney with his baby daughter, following the tragic loss of his wife last year.

Mr. Horton has done remarkable work among the young people of the island, and has been instrumental in building up attendances at All Saints’ Church and St. Barnabas Chapel to a degree not thought possible. (Over) [?] S WEDDINGS. Top: Mr. and Mrs. [?] ee, are showered with confetti while he Holy Trinity Cathedral, Suva, after rriage. (Photo C. L. Cheng). Centre: [?] oole and the former Miss A. Schultz, urama Chapel, Port Moresby. Below: damson and his bride, formerly Miss after their marriage at Port Moresby [?] F England. (Papuan Prints).

The former Miss Winnie Mon, taken after her marriage to Mr. T. E. Roga, at the Roman Catholic Church, Port Moresby, on January 15.

There were several attendants.

Photo: Papuan Prints. 127 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH. 1958

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Budget, discussed at the ng, calls for the established a new experimental station piritu Santo, and recruitment •ee new extension officers with )b of improving the quality of ce and developing new cash er Budget points: or new works project is the installation of a water supply for Santo town, first phase to begin this year at a cost of £5tg.16,060.

Vila and Santo manual telephones will be replaced with an automatic exchange.

A better town sanitation service wili be instituted.

A Museum and Cultural Centre will be built at Vila to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Joint Administration, and the Tagabe airfield on Efate will be put into repair.

No new general taxation is proposed for 1958, but an urban property tax for people in Vila and Santo is being considered.

Qantas and Fiji Airways The gross estate of Mr. Harold Gatty, of Fiji, who died last August, was officially valued at £40,500, and probate was granted at the end of February. He left the whole of his estate to his widow. He and Mrs. Gatty were the owners of Katafanga Estates Ltd. and the latter owned, among other things Fiji Airways.

It is expected that, since probate now has been granted, no time will be lost in completing tne sale of Fiji Airways to the Australian International company, Qantas.

Owing to the late Mr. Gatty’s long association with Pan American Airways, the inclination of his executors is beleived to have been in favour of a sale to PAA.

British officialdom, however, let it be known that such a development would be badly received by British-Australian interests.

As has been frequently pointed oui by PIM, almost 100 per cent, of the corporations carrying on the trade, commerce and industries of Fiji now are Australianowned.

Enquiries made by PIM in Sydney indicate that, as soon as a sale becomes effective, Qantas will take over the management and operation of Fiji Airways within 30 days.

It is expected that Qantas will register Fiji Airways in Fiji as a company, and that the conrolling interest —if not the whole of the shares —will be held by Qantas.

Planning for a Big Trek Investigations into the possibility of moving New Guinea natives en masse from overcrowded areas into less settled ones are going ahead in the Territory.

Minister for Territories, Mr.

Hasluck, first announced at a political science conference in Canberra in January that the plan was afoot.

Acting director of Native Af- 129 1 F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY-MARCH 1958

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i, Mr. J. K. McCarthy, said in Moresby in late February in at least two places, the ibu valley and the Gazelle nsula, there were land prob- , and the people would suffer use of it within a few years, said the department was [ng a survey of the Chimbu y position, and had already d. using one clan as an av- ; unit, that there was a shortof land there caused by the sasing population, traditional usage and the people’s defer cash crops, remedy would be to change [and usage (whereby land was mused for 10 to 20 years) but could be done only after years xperience of proper crop roi, and Mr. McCarthy said he Dted very much if we have for that”. e of the resettlement sites : looked at by the Adminism is the Wahgi valley, but l of it is swamp land which i have to be drained, d another problem, which the nistration is aware of, is that Chimbus, among others, are to be reluctant to move, t “unbearable” population ure might eventually change viewpoint, according to the nistration. of Fiji's Freakish ight 3 monsoonal rains arrived in ate in February, instead of in nber-December, after the gest weather Fiji had exiced in many long years. 3 south-east trade-wind blew steadily through December January, and by early Februhe usually lush Fiji was crydrought”. It appeared that the production of cane would be ly affected, and water shortwere reported from all direc- -3 city of Suva was in dire straits —there was just not enough water coming into the catchment area to take care of normal needs.

Various rationing plans were operated.

Old residents said it was between 30 and 40 years since the south-east persisted in this fashion. Meteorological reaction was shown in freakish weather, from New Zealand to the Solomons.

Then the rains came, in a series of heavy deluges—and, as usual, road communications were disrupted.

But the change in the appearance of the country was magical.

All green growth seems to be making up for lost time.

By March 1, the sugar industry people were drastically revising their cane estimates. There will be a reduction in the 1958 sugar crop —but it will not be nearly as serious as at first reported.

Suva got water —but mostly in the form of yellow mud. New roads and dams are in course of construction to improve catchment in the water supply area; and the deluge washed the clay into the supply system.

The city still was suffering great inconvenience in early March —and every kind of known home-made filtering system was being tried out.

Broadcasting Station For Tonga The Tonga Government has decided to proceed with the establishment of a broadcasting station, according to a February Nukualofa announcement.

The decision follows a visit last year by Mr. W. L. Harrison, chief engineer of the New Zealand Broadcasting Service.

The station will operate in the broadcast band—not on short wave.

This will offer some advantages from the listener point of view, as not all receiving sets have a shortwave band, and some short-wave sets do not cover all the frequencies used by tropical broadcasting stations. The precise frequency of the transmitter is not yet settled.

The station will have a power of not less than two kilowatts and the transmitter site will be at Popua, Tongatabu. The studio will be on the present site of the Copra Board headquarters near Nukualofa, The Copra Board is to shift its> stores to Havelu.

It is understood that the station will be in operation some time in 1959.

The government announcement says that a broadcasting service will permit early and accurate reporting of local and overseas news f school broadcasts, and entertainment of many kinds, and should make a real contribution to the educational and cultural life of the Tongan people.

With the establishment of this station, the New Hebrides will be the only administrative area in the South Pacific of any size which has not got some sort of broadcasting service.

An End to the Goilala Trouble P-NG, which in the last 12 months has had more than a normal quota of noteworthy court cases, closed the case history on yet another one on February 21 when the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Mann, found a former mission teacher, John Huon De Havrancourt, not guilty of having unlawfully assaulted a native.

Evidence was that Navrancourt had tied the hands of the native and led him behind a horse for about three miles, from his village to a neighbouring one, in the mountainous Goilala area of Papua.

The native, Kutoi, was a pupil teacher under Navrancourt, and Navrancourt had taken him to the neighbouring village to straighten out some trouble the native had got into.

Mr. Justice Mann said the acts of the accused were carried out by him in carrying out a part of a deliberate plan, and there was nothing to show that he was in any way enraged.

The evidence did not show that the native or the horse were hard pressed during the ride to Jake Village.

Mr. Justice Mann said, “I think the real case is to be found in the relationship between the accused and the native.

“The accused was the head of a local mission school, and in that capacity represented, in an Illdefined way, a new concept of civilisation being established in this remote region.

“Apart from getting his schools going, he had to establish some common understanding amongst the inhabitants of the little scattered hamlets and villages served by his schools. (Over) Foundation Member [?] ographed at a recent Polynesian Asso- [?]meeting in Sydney are Messrs. E. J. and G. Dennis, from the British Solowith Mary Young, of Suva. —Tele-Photos.

This is Mrs. Olga Page, formerly of Apia, now of Sydney, and a foundation member of the Polynesian Association. With her is her husband, Alfred Page, and friend, Dr. Gordon Shortland (right). —Tele-Photos. 131 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH. 1958

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[any of these local communihad histories of mutual lity. he accused had made much ress when Kutoi was suspected aking improper advances to the of a native in another, and to extent, hostile village. Both jes were in the care of the acl and both Kutoi and the coming husband were student ters being trained by the ac- , Justice Mann added: ridence does not warrant any ig that he acted otherwise with kindness and with a real rstanding of the people and ems involved. think that what he did was by cans an unreasonable action le part of a person charged the duty and responsibility of ng education and enlightento these people. ie of the matters which im- ;d me most strongly, was the ilified approval of the native, , of the work of the accused 3 area which was devoted tothe well-being of the natives d come to serve, think it would be an uniate result if because of some icality, I were to find that he ommitted a technical assault native.”

Navrancourt case was of 1 interest in New Guinea be- Navrancourt -was stationed in oilala as a mission teacher at ime time as Assistant District r Frederic Anderson, who last vas given gaol sentences total- -21 months, by Mr. Justice , on several charges connected assaults on Goilala natives, ippeal to the High Court, Anil was released after serving two months.) lerson’s conviction was unar in the Territory, and it was is stage that the first public ;s began about “the man who ran a native behind a horse —what are they going to do about him?

Nobody at that time had been charged.

Now, at last, from the legal viewpoint anyway, the long Anderson- Navrancourt story has been ended.

In Quest of a Place In the Sun Former Tasmanian advertising man Leonard Staples, his wife and three young children (the youngest only a few weeks old) were in Honolulu in February, awaiting a decision by the US Immigration Department on whether the family could enter the US as permanent citizens.

They arrived in Honolulu last November rather dramatically—in their 38-ft ketch, Solquest, which hit a local reef after the family (with no previous experience) had sailed her the 8,000 miles from Sydney.

Mr. Staples sold his home in Hobart so he could build the vessel and head for the US, in the hope that the compassionate nation would open its doors once it found him knocking. The family has only visitors’ visas, allowing them six months in the US.

Mr. Staples told Honolulu reporters that he had a liking for Americans after meeting them in Australia during the war, but his attempts to get an immigrant visa had been hopeless. Only 100 a year were available to Australians, and there was a waiting list of about 5,000.

Honolulu Immigration officers have sent details of the case to Washington for a decision, and Mr.

Staples has also made an appeal to President Eisenhower. The Staples have no cash and Mr.

Staples is not allowed to take a job.

Meanwhile, the new baby, born in Honolulu, is an American citizen under US laws, which also provide that the parents could be admitted to the US legally when the son becomes 21.

Fiji-lndian Nurses: More Basic Education It appeared at first that the action of the Immigration Department of Australia, in ordering twin Indian trainee nurses from Fiji to return from Brisbane to Fiji, would blow up into a first-class row.

Newspaper reports, as first published, suggested racial discrimination.

However, it soon became clear that the official action was directed not against the two 19-years-old girls because they are Indians, but because of embarrassment caused to the training authorities in the Brisbane General Hospital by the girls’ low scholastic standard. They had not had a sufficient basic education before leaving Fiji for hospital training.

The twins are Khairun and Tajun Nisha. They are attractive youngsters and they have been popular among the trainee nurses since, in February of 1957, they came from Fiji for training under the Brisbane and South Coast Hospital Board.

However, before the year ended the Hospital authority said the girls did not have the necessary educational qualifications to continue; and the Immigration Department thereupon requested them to return to Fiji.

The fellow-nurses of the Fiji- Indian girls urgently requested that they be given another chance. The Hospital Board said it would let them to stay on as assistant nurses for six months if they would undertake special study to lift theneducational standards. Finally, the Immigration Department said the girls could stay in Australia if they became student nurses instead of trainee nurses.

It was not a matter of race— it was a matter of basic education.

The increasing number of Fiji- Indians who are looking towards Australia for opportunities of training in various crafts should bear this incident in mind.

Leprosy Clean-up At Aitutaki One of the darker skeletons in the Cook Islands cupboard has been the high incidence of leprosy on certain islands, especially Aitutaki which is one of the more accessible to the health services.

The governments of the past have never shown any great concern about this situation—as evidenced by the fact that the number of cases has actually increased and no really drastic action has been taken to root out this disease which is associated with poor hygiene.

New Zealand newspaper publicity on recent health surveys of the Cooks now seems to be having its

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A Protestant pastor, disowned by his Mission headquarters in Paris, is conducting a “Stay-In Strike” at his Mission in New Caledonia.

A Noumea, report says the pastor is at his mission post at Doneva, the Protestant headquarters in New Caledonia, and refuses to leave.

The Societe des Missions Evangelique de Paris disowned the pastor recently. It brought the affair before an appeal tribunal in Noumea, which gave the pastor eight days to quit the mission station. happy family group was aboard the when it left Auckland in January. prises Mr. and Mrs. K. H. Hemus, with Daryl and Brent. Mr. Hemus was on his take up his appointment as Principal, College. He has recently been at Aka [?] hool, near Waiuku. —J. P. Shortall. 133 1 F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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Lite clearly it will not be much building better houses in these ds if they are going to be alj to again deteriorate into s. The programme of public th education is intended to this situation and the preunnecessarily high incidence isease associated with it. lei Plantation Sale cording to a February report Rarotonga, the best equipped most efficiently managed itely operated coconut plantain the Cook Islands is about sold. Mr. Karlo Andersen, who managed the property for aas Plantation Company of ourne, is reported to have ten- -1 his resignation, e Belshaw-Stace economic surof the Cook Islands, made in 1955, found Manuae to be the sole bright spot in the Cook Islands copra industry. The plantation consists of 528 acres on Manaue and 996 acres on Te Ao-o-tu, the two islets of the atoll. The lease expires in 1997 and the annual rent is £6l/10/-.

Since the war, following the appointment of Mr. Andersen as manager, there has been a considerable programme of development. The native groves were thinned out to 30-ft spacings, rat-guards were fitted to palms, a modern mechanical dryer was installed, and a replanting scheme put in hand, using selected nuts. South Pacific Commission copra experts have used Manuae as an example. Production over the past four years has averaged 165 tons, according to official export figures.

More Gilbertese for The Solomons The Resident Commissioner of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, Mr.

M. L. Bernacchi, reached Honiara from Tarawa on February 14 for talks with the Western Pacific High Commissioner, Sir John Gutch.

Mr. Bernacchi travelled in the Nareau, accompanied by his wife, and also 25 Gilbertese settlers for Titiara. The new arrivals are mainly family groups from the overcrowded Phoenix Islands.

Titiana village is five miles from Gizo in the western Solomons—and literally carved from the tropical undergrowth. PlM’s Honiara correspondent says it’s a credit to the Gilbertese, who with the latest arrivals will number about 100.

The Problem of The Misplaced Capital The unawareness of a certain Medium Important Person (a public Servant) of an Asian population in New Guinea, was a pretty good indication of the disadvantage the Other Side suffers in having the P-NG capital in Port Moresby, according to Mr. Dudley Jones, elected member for the New Guinea Islands.

Speaking at the March meeting of the Legco, he described Port Moresby as being on the geographical and business perimeter of the Territory, and Rabaul and other parts of the Trusteeship territory suffered from “double remoteness” —remoteness from Port Moresby, and remoteness from Canberra. Because of this, New Guinea did not get proper consideration.

Of the non-indigenous population of the combined territory, 7,600 were in Papua and 14,400 in New Guinea. There were 461,000 natives in Papua and 1,289,000 in New Guinea. Yet when money was allocated for public building, 52.4 per cent, went to Papua (45 per cent, to Port Moresby) and NG got the remaining 47.6 per cent.

Of the last allocation for new works, out of £1,305,700, Bougainville her Ronald (left), of the Marist Brothers s, Apia, returned there aboard the " from Auckland in January, after visit- [?]is people at Whangarei. He is probably aly NZ Maori Marist Brother stationed in slands. He was accompanied on the [?] a" by Brother Nicholas, who was bound pia for the first time. —J. P. Shortall.

"Witjas”, the big Russian scientific ship which has been cruising the Pacific —and making news of a sort in one or two places—is now on its way back to Vladivostok. The hammer and sickle insignia, photographed here when the ship called at Noumea, created wide interest during the ship’s Pacific tour. 135 IFIC ISLANDS MONTH L Y MARCH. 1958

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;he extraordinary sum of £1,500, d Mr. Jones. [r Jones did not ask for the ival of the capital elsewhere— ontented himself with “drawthe attention of the Adminisjn to the remoter districts”. one who has sighted that iding labryinth called Konecould imagine that anything than a cataclysm could rei it. •eading like a rash upon the tre more and more office buildall filled with perspiring public nts burrowing amongst mounof files. The miracle of the is that, when the traveller at last charted a blundering e to the particular department squires, the individual public nt comes up with unfailing esy and goes to endless trouble oduce the information that is *ed.] ing Palms for 0 Beetle ieriments in dusting the palm is of coconuts for the eradica- >f rhinoceros beetles have had sing results in Fiji.

' experiments have been in sss for four months and ly palms in Viti Levu are free signs of beetle damage—if not the beetle itself, omologists who are in charge 1 treatment say that it is too yet to tell whether palm-dustone will be sufficient. ogical control of the pest is egarded as the best prospect— -3 far no really effective prehas been found. Dusting the crowns of coconut trees would laborious process in a large ition. } assionfruit and Bananas organisation called the il Passionfruit Growers’ Ason of NSW has been howling in a NSW country newspaper >e someone called a “a proceseems likely to get permission the Commonwealth Governto import 25,000 gallons of nfruit juice from New Guinea :h is scathingly described as tive labour country”, se people never get accusto the idea that if Australia lation is going to sell its proabroad—which it is exgly eager to do—it must be ed to purchase a correspondlantity of goods from abroad, is the basis of international and if that system of exs does not work out, trade ears and corresponding 3 is suffered by the persons in the manufacture of the which have to be exported, some years ago, provided a very good example. Australia for years sold millions of pounds’ worth of flour each year to Fiji, but bought practically nothing from Fiji in return.

Finally, Fiji took action. Unless Australia could buy a certain quantity of Fiji bananas, Fiji would buy the greater part of its flour elsewhere. Australia promptly came into line and agreed to purchase a quantity of Fiji bananas each year.

Thereupon the North Coast banana-growers of NSW went crying to their parliamentary representatives. The latter were quite ready to kill the Fiji banana trade; but learned that if that happened a flour market would be lost and certain wheatgrowers would suffer correspondingly.

The harried politicians had to choose between wheatgrowers and bananagrowers.

A policy of masterly inactivity was followed: and certain underground organisation succeeded in killing the Fiji banana trade with Australia.

As far as is known it still is permissible to import a limited quantity of Fiji bananas to Australia — but no one seems game to do it.

The matter could be brought into the limelight again—and perhaps with good effect—if Fiji as a matter of policy decided to buy most of its flour needs elsewhere than in Australia.

Australia sells millions of pounds worth of goods every year to New Guinea. Australia, in fairness, should buy whatever it can.

If NSW passionfruit growers cannet compete against juice that has to be brought from the middle of New Guinea —part of the way by air—they should try some other means of making a livelihood.

New Hotel Company For Fiji Mr. Fletcher C. Kettle and Mr.

Rodolphe de Seife, president and vice-president respectively of South Seas Enterprises Ltd., a Canadian foreign business corporation, announced in Suva on March 5, the formation of its new Fiji subsidiary, “Hotels of the Crown Colony of Fiji, Limited”.

Mr. Kettle stated that the creation of this company marked the first step in the implementation of their programme for hotel and tourist development in Fiji.

The new company was registered in Suva on March 5 with a capital of £500,000. The company’s directorate is; Mr. Carl F. Rehnborg, industralist, of California; Mr. Fletcher C. Kettle, business executive, of California; Mr. Luther G. Hester, business executive, of California; Mr. de Seife, attorney and counsellor-at-law, Washington, DC; Mr. R. L. Munro, solicitor, of Suva; Mr. Barry Philp, of the Mocambo Hotel, Nadi: Mr. Harvey Hunt, of Hunts’ Travel Service, Fiji.

Mr. Hunt has been very active in interesting the Canadian corporation in Fiji and other areas of the South Seas.

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New Caledonia has been suffering from what the old hands insist is the heaviest mosquito invasion on record.

Reports from the west coast say life there has been “almost unliveable”. The east coast gets some relief because of prevailing winds.

Shops have made record sales of repellants, and in Noumea “the odour ts of citronella”, says a correspondent.

The Territorials Assembly has been discussing the question, and there is a suggestion that aircraft should spray the country to rid it of the invaders, who arrived following the recent drought-breaking rains.

Captain Marshall Burgess, of Qantas, in October, 1956, put his Catalina flying-boat down in a sixfoot swell in open sea in the Gulf of Papua to rescue a yachtsman, Danny Weil, who was adrift in a rubber dinghy with no other help at hand. Last month, the Royal Humane Society announced it had awarded him its Certificate of Merit. 137 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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Young Fiji And Beer-Drinking There has been no noticeable change in the behaviour of the Fijian men, as the result of the removal of the beer-drinking-permit system. But licensees report that the purchase of bottled liquor— often for friends waiting outside, without permits—has markedly decreased.

Mr. J. H. H. Millett, veteran proprietor of Melbourne Hotel, tells an illustrative story, Two young Fijians breasted the bar and ordered beer. They drank; ro iied their eyes at each other in astonishment; and then tried again.

After that, they abandoned their drinks, and went outside, and spat vigorously.

They had been happy to test their new-found freedom; but learned that the Fijians’ taste for European liquor, like the Europeans’ taste for Polynesian kava, must be cultivated and acquired.

Liquor offences in Suva dui February—the first month duu which there were no restriction!! the drinking of beer by Fijians < Indians —totalled 44. There wan in January.

But 10 of the February arr occurred on February 1, two i before unrestricted beer drinr became legal; so that the iotas the unrestricted period really 34.

Most of those arrested ’

Fijians—24 for drunk and orderly behaviour, two for td under the influence, five for td drunk and incapable, and twoc unlawful possession of liquor.

Eight Indians were arrestedE drunk and disorderly behavv and two for being drunk andE capable.

Police officers in Suva say there has been little, if any,, crease in rowdy behaviour at S hotels. The hotels employ “be cers”, who go into action at; first sign of trouble. In addii the police make regular patrol!

But there seems to be r rowdiness in the streets. Fiji v/ho have found their natural spirits curbed in the hotels, themselves go” when they get 8 from surveillance.

New Caledonia's Food Troubles New Caledonia has been gee trial shipments of meat fromr New Hebrides in an effort tco heve its serious meat shon brought on by the recent proloc drought.

First shipment of more than! tons arrived on January 30 atf the Polynesie —and it was sold) the next morning. It was “enti satisfactory”.

Meanwhile, two extra ships been put on the Marseille-Nox< run (via Suez) to help relieve : Caledonia’s food shortage genes They are carrying frozen canned meat and a large quas of rice.

PlM’s Noumea correspondents it’s regrettable that New Caleo? and Australia can’t get togethr solve their exchange prolf< through some form of trade ae ment. He says France appear forget Noumea’s peculiar graphical position in the S Pacific and its inability to sufficient food for its population Lae Airstrip To Be Repaired The airstrip at Lae, New Gir will be closed for at least six * from late March for repairs tf run-way.

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Gordon St., Suva, Fiji suggested that the Adminis- ►n “wipe the whole lot”, make accessary amendments to the nt legislation and then, in due start out with a new concepaf employer/employee relations jet right away from the native r conception that has been >asis of chinking for the last ars.

Native Support i only people who came out ooted for the legislation were three native members —who probably carried away by the se of palatial residences, luru Rarua Rarua was a great nore pathetic than he realised he said that native children o school in Australia felt “dis- ;ned and discontented” on return to see the conditions lich their parents lived and want to live in houses like Workers’ Compensation Bill, >n the agenda for debate and ■nment, was described by Mr.

James as an impracticable unworkable endeavour by ne to fall over backwards to racial discrimination —but in ng he had provided so many Ities and restrictions that it I’t work. remarkable piece of legislattempts to cover with one set ulations every worker in the )ry, from the highest paid to the lowest paid native tion labourer. 3r these proposals the maxicompensation payable to the ients of a member of the econd or third grade divisions Public Service was fixed at while in the case of a native tion worker the amount was £634/10 -.

Compensation Attacked as not long before unofficial :rs were pointing out that the t compensation was far too id the lowest compensation o high—that in the case of ependents of a plantation 5r who was killed or died on ), £634 was a tremendous for- DUt of all proportion to the >f village native economy.

Fairfax-Ross, again leading tack, said that the bill proa cover for contract plantar other native labour for 24 round the clock, day in and it, until the contract expired, ing like this had been atd in other countries. £634 proposed was equal to dinary labourer’s wages for years; while the compensarhich would be available to /erage European would be equal to only two years’ salary.

No reliable estimate of the cost of insuring workers had been forthcoming from insurance underwriters —estimates varied from £lO per annum to between £2 and £3, but he had worked out himself that for every 10/- it cost to insure a plantation worker, the cost of producing a ton of copra would rise by 1/3, (If insuring cost £2 per annum, copra production costs would rise by 5/-).

Beating the Air Late on Thursday night, March 6, the meeting ended, having beaten the air for four days and produced numerous machinery and corrective pieces of legislation—and one effective ordinance relating to the levying of export tax on copra.

The worth of the debate on the native bills has yet to be assessed.

In essence, it can probably be said that the bills themselves and the manner of dealing with them, represents the conflict between Port Moresby and Canberra.

They were opposed by Mission and private enterprise members alike —in that they made ridiculous and extravagant demands on behalf of natives barely emerging from the primitive state; and did not take sufficiently into consideration the requirements of individual natives who had progressed much beyond that stage.

Administration was the respected and superior authority.

Brigadier Cleland said that since his return from leave he had spent considerable time trying to get at the root of the trouble and find a solution for the future.

He said that on the Thursday before the riot in the Taurama court, there had been an incident at Koki; on the following Saturday there had been further trouble.

Later the same afternoon, a RSM and NCO’s, not knowing of the previous trouble, had gone to Koki and were beaten up; they returned to barracks and talked about it and this resulted in the regiment moving out for further trouble on the Sunday. On the Monday came the final riot at the court.

Brigadier Cleland said that in his opinion, going to Taurama to hold court was an error of judgment on both sides, although it had been undertaken in good faith. The offenders should have been brought to court where the court usually sits and the native troops did not understand the implication of their act. It was not real defiance; they saw something they were not 139

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Apart from the übiquitous quonset hut—which people still live in, go to church in, keep stores in, there is little left of the American installations. At Lorengau rows of piles jutting out into the sea are all that remain of the many wharves that were erected.

These wharves were in use until three years ago but now the Malaita, the only overseas vessel currently calling here regularly, must load and unload into surf boats that are towed a half mile to the beach by the district work boat and the ship’s launch.

The call at Lorengau can last two days or six, according to the weather. Although theoretically protected by the islands that form the outer wall of Seeadler Harbour, the anchorage off Lorengau is in fact open to the full force of the weather during the North West season.

Australian Minister for Air, Mr.

F. M. Osborne, who was also acting Minister for Navy, in February made this statement on the situation at Manus: The RAAF is discussing with other Government Departments the possibility of withdrawing RAAF personnel from Momote airfield on Manus Island, and arranging that the task of maintaining the airfield be carried out on a civilian basis.

For some years the RAAF has maintained only a small works party on Manus Island, largely engaged in assisting the Navy in maintaining roads and other permanent fixtures. The principal air activity of the RAAF unit in recent years has been to maintain the airfield establishment. RAAF aircraft use the airfield infrequently but it is in regular use by civil airliners.

The main concern of the Air Force is to ensure that the landing strip is maintained so that it will be available for military use in case of need and this will be continued either by the Air Force or other Government Departments.

Manus Island is primarily a Naval base known as HMAS Tarangau. Following the Government’s decision to review the administration of all Naval shore establishments in order to build up seagoing strength, the Naval complement of HMAS Tarangau is being reduced.

Greater use will be made of the native labour force and we propose to transfer some tasks which are not strictly Naval ones to other Departments.

In this way the functions of the establishment will be carried on substantially as at present. that there are 3,716 animals mnted for, and Mr. Downs— lot of other people—are left surne that they have been tered—and that, at the price >orting cattle to this territory, mighty expensive meat, i if the experts are only half said Mr. Downs, that leaves cattle missing. He suggested t of a recognised expert to on the future conduct of the is —and to close some of them if necessary. fin a day or two it was clear Hr. lan Downs was going to e the only sensations in the t meeting.

'■> he said “damned” during —and was instructed by the mt to moderate his language, i he incautiously remarked iany top level Public Servants mly too happy to see P-NG led up—until they retired. brought down the wrath of lair (in public) and a lot of xed reaction (in private) from some of the top public servants. This time, it was said, lan really had gone too far.

He probably realised this himself and, after some obviously quick thinking, made the necessary, and probably quite sincere, withdrawal.

Now only the memory remains.

The incident occurred during the discussion on the Public Service Bill —the fate of which was sealed from the outset, having been introduced by a private member, Mr.

Downs himself.

He sought to have an amendment made to the Public Service Ordinance whereby public servants of over 20 years’ service could obtain agricultural land. Mr.

Downs’ argument was that in this way New Guinea would retain the services of men who have devoted their best years to the Territory’s service but who have, on retirement, no alternative but to go to Australia with which country they have lost contact.

Under existing legislation public servants are prohibited from owning land other than house sites; or possessing shares in any local company.

Many public servants have pressed for an amendment to the land clause, but many others, especially in the higher positions, are in opposition to the idea, holding that such a practice would be detrimental to the public service as a whole—in that few men could successfully serve two masters; and confusing to the natives, who would find it almost impossible to differentiate between the individual’s two functions—that of public servant and that of private landowner.

Debate on the proposed amendment showed surprising variation of opinion—some members representing private interests were for the amendment: more were against it. Some mission representatives approved; others did not. Mr. J.

K. McCarthy, alone amongst the official members, gave some lukewarm approval. Most refrained from voicing an opinion.

During these free expressions of views, Mr. Downs had the doubtful pleasure of hearing himself quoted against himself. The Bishop of New Guinea, the Rt. Rev. P. N. W Strong, reminded him that at the last meeting he (Downs) had told the Council that “power tends to corrupt”. The Bishop thought that if public servants were also landholders they might find themselves corrupted by power.

Whatever the merits and demerits of the proposition, it appears that all that public servants can look forward to in the way of land acquisition is the measure of relief provided at present—that within a few years of retirement (even up to five) they may make application for leave to acquire land. stomed to and reacted accord- Brigadier Cleland’s opinion, Army authorities did not lack rol over their troops, but lacked ligence of what had happened that weekend and what the es were thinking. PIR officers inly did not run away, and rerritory resident who went to ralia and reported that they vas casting a nasty and unved slur on the Army.

"Undeserved Slur" icer strength of the PIR had been increased; European Dn commanders had now been iuced and five new Army rs were now taking a course 3GPA, Sydney. lad been decided also that an ' could be returned to Ausif, after a period in the ;ory, the officer commanding lered that he had not the f to deal with native troops. whole future of the period rvice of officers now serving erritory was now being recond (present period is two ; and finally 15 of the ring s in the riot had been disi from the service, adier Cleland said that y he would visit the PIR and as Administrator, tell in plain language their duty community.

PIR was in the Territory y and he hoped in time that )uld be built to brigade th. (See also page 131) 141 Manus Strength Cut (Continued from page 18) 1F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958 Downs Said 'Damn!' (Continued from page 22)

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DR. B. F. K. KROENING After several years of ill-health and, lately months of suffering with the added loss of sight, Dr, Bruno Kroening died in the Sohano Hospital, Bougainville, in the early hours of December 14 after a rushed trip from his home at Toboroi plantation, near Kieta. He was buried in the Sohano Island cemetery on the same afternoon.

And so passes one of the Territory’s oldest residents, and one who, in his day as a practicising medical man, had brought relief and health to many European and native residents" And to him Kieta, a somewhat isolated port in the old German colony, owed one of the most up-to-date and wellequipped hospitals in the Pacific.

But, besides his high medical qualifications, he was an able and energetic administrator as was proved when he acted as District Officer at Kieta during the absence of Capt. Doellinger.

Bruno Frederick Karl Kroening was born in Soest, Westphalia, Germany, in 1879, and was educated at secondary schools in Werl and Hagen in Westphalia, At first he specialised in astronomy and engineering and then decided that medicine would be his career and this he studied at the universities of Bonn, Munich, Strassburg and Heidelberg and, after receiving his degree in surgery and medicine he served his time at a Strassburg hospital. He later studied tropical medicine and diseases in Hamburg.

After qualifying for tropical service he served a term as medical officer for a construction firm in the German Cameroons (Africa) and arrived in German New Guinea in 1909, where he served as Medical Officer and relieving District Officer at Rataaul, Kavieng, Namatanai and Kieta.

It was while he was stationed at Kieta that he married Miss Frances Highley, the daughter of Mrs.

Calder, of the Mortlock Islands, shortly after Miss Highley’s return to New Guinea after years at school in England. The marriage took place on September 4, 1913, at Rabaul.

After the outbreak of War I, the Kroenings returned to Germany, where he served in military hospitals and behind the lines on the western front.

In 1924 he returned to Australia and to New Guinea in 1926, when he retired from medical work and took over the management of Toboroi plantation, where he remained with his wife and family, which consited of two sons, Bruno and Helmut (now resident in New Guinea) and two daughters, Irmgard (Mrs. J. Joyes) Beatrix (Mrs. J. Tandy), bott whom are settled in Austral The late Dr. Kroening, who. came a naturalised British suj in 1947, was a man held in regard for his academic knowv and his vast experience ofi Territory.

To his widow and family extend our sympathy.— GT.

Mr. Alexander Maih

MACALPINE Alex Macalpine, a real Guinea “Before”, died quiet!: Queensland in late February, , 82.

He first went to New Guim years ago, serving under Sir Wf' MacGregor. He resigned the ernment service to go sandalv ing, which was then fetchii good price, but re-entered the vice again about 1906. Oven next 20 years, he was station! many areas, and became a dent Magistrate.

A brother, Archie Macalpii NG planter, died in 1927.

MR. R. J. KEEGAN Many Pacific Island resit will learn with regret of the in Sydney, in December, of M J. Keegan, aged 57. He had be ill-health for a considerable Mr. Keegan was born in Em in 1901, and educated at the Military College at Sandhurs was commissioned into the n Army, and he served with thee of lieutenant and captain oic Northwest Frontier and in He entered the British onial Service as a police offioj New Hebrides in 1927, and he £ in the New Hebrides and H Solomons—including some sp ised war service—for the n© years. He retired to live in SE some four years ago. Mr. K married a daughter of Mr.

Bell, a former Customs Collecs the New Hebrides and they hs. son —both survive him.

MR. F. C. PETERSON 1 Mr. Frank Charles Peters member of the well-known Pe3 family, of Naselesele Plamr Taveuni, Fiji, died in thes Memorial Hospital in Suva oni uary 16, and was buried at Taf He became ill early in Januar. was flown to Suva for treatmo Mr. Peterson was aged 50 an a son of Mr. William Peters Taveuni, who died in 1938. Hee a widow (formerly Miss Watkins) and four children-j daughters and a son, Mn 142 MARCH, 1958 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTI

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There could be no presentations of Councillors or anyone else prior to the Fijian welcome; and, in any event, it was desired to reduce the number of presentations.

Mayor Gopal, unappeased, went to Suva next day and took the matter up with the Colonial Secretary and considerable correspondence ensued.

At one stage, the Mayor told the Western Commissioner; “I felt that because I was an Indian I had been ignored,”

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Eventually, Colonial Secretary Macdonald and Western Commissioner Hill succeeded in convincing the angry mayor that he had not been made the victim of a rather cunning bureaucratic plot, to keep him in the background of the Royal reception programme.

He joined the Governor in welcoming Her Majesty at Nadi airport, and the original plan under which his little daughter was to present the visitor with a bouquet when she entered Laukota was carried out; and all went well.

Until the next Town Council meeting. Then there were wigs on the village green.

There are nine Councillors—four Indian, four European and one Fijian. The Europeans (Councillors K. A. E. Marlow, H. T. T. Mansell, H. Eyre and R. B. Ingleton) evidently decided that the mayor had been unnecessarily active and insistent in demanding a bigger place for the Council in the programme.

Sharp exchanges occurred. They moved their vote of no-confidence coupled with a demand for resign nation.

The Mayor was supported by Councillors D. S. Naidu, G. Shankaran, and Pragji Sidha. Votings four all.

All eyes upon the fifth Councillor a clergyman, the Rev. Kolinio Saukuru, and the only Fijian. He, quite understandably, said he did not wish to vote. When the Council insisted, he voted with the Europeans.

The Mayor, with spirit, defied the motion, and refused to resign—and still is carrying on. The little stoim is over.

Officialdom's Fault Many such incidents have occurred in recent years. The Indian community is extremely sensitive on the matter of racial discrimination, and often sees slights where none was intended.

But in this case, the fault clearly lay with officialdom.

The error over the date probably was a clerical error. But why did not the Western Commissioner, having learned within an hour of the end of the meeting that an important official like the Lautoka mayor had been absent through error, not take special pains to place an outline of the meeting’s decisions in the hands of the mayor, for his approval or comments before they were sent to the Governor? It was then, if the mayor had objections to the programme, that the unofficial character of the Royal visit could have been explained to him.

There seems to have been some blithesome disregard of the mayor’s office, all the more deplorable when Indian sensitivity in this respect is taken into account. son, of the Fiji Department iblic Works.

Mr. William Money

* death occurred in Lae, New ia. on February 8, of Bill Money, f the last remaining members ie Big Six who first worked Sdie Creek goldfields of the ities. (See articles elsewhere in ssue.)

Mr. Dan Power

Daniel Power, who lived for il years in New Guinea before mmediately after World War ied in Nairobi, East Africa, ast year. He was skilled in ! life, and rendered good ser- -3 the AIF during the war. He ew Guinea for Africa in 1948.

Mrs. Ellen Meyers

of the early missionaries of wenth Day Adventist Church i, Mrs. Ellen Meyers, died in y on February 28, aged 93 Meyers went to Fiji from n work in India in 1912, and ied there until the 1920’5, had five children, and one, Harold Meyers, is now with tiurch on Norfolk Island. 143 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958 or on the Warpath (Continued from page 20)

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\sionary Does Anti-Torpedo Job rom J. P. Shortall, in Auckland [JCK WOODWORTH, the hnerican 25-year - old erst phile Mormon missionary from demonstrated before about ) fight fans in Auckland’s iw Park on February 27 that nows all about the handling orpedoes—even Tongan Tor- 's like Kitione Lave. 5 fans got their money’s worth le full twelve rounds —but the a Woodworth victory, was a not only to their judgment ilso to a good many of their it-books, as the Tongan Torwith almost a stone and a of advantage and plenty of t fighting experience, was un- ;edly a hot favourite over worth who had not been in ing for about two and a half during his term of mission land fight fans were able to 'n to the Lave-Woodworth t as a result of an approach ‘PIM” to the Auckland Box- Association and the NZ ideasting Service. The com- ■tary was excellent. However, r in the Islands were probenraged when the relay interrupted at 10.30 p.m. for usual news broadcast. This in the tenth round when ion was at its highest, xe concluding rounds were rded and the broadcast was med after the 7-minute s break. Just why the news and not have been delayed for linutes is not clear, although loubt the fight was expected nd well before 10.30 in the nal planning of the proxme. it what ever the reason, id listeners are likely to re- -3 their criticism in their itude for having the event dcost at all. j, now completed. Few exthe fight to go beyond three 5. i fighters had employed “punching bags” during their l of training prior to the sparring with Fred Kaho, Valevale, Johnny lefata, and Wolfgramm. Valevale, who > fight a preliminary bout on ? night, suffered some broken m a sparring match with vorth. lefata of Western 1 fought and won a prelimiitions for the out-door fight were perfect and attendance was excellent. On some estimates the ABA would show a clear profit of £ISOO.

Lave had made no secret of the fact that he was, as usual, out for an early knock-out, and conditions were distinctly boisterous for Woodworth who appeared far from happy at the end of the third round.

But by then he had sized up the Torpedo’s weak points, and by constant use of a very effective left Lave was kept at a distance.

What surprised the Auckland fans was the slowness of Lave’s 1958 footwork as compared with his cat-like speed in some pre- -1954 Auckland fights.

Recalling that Lave had lost his last four fights—three in England and one in Germany—prior to returning to New Zealand —some fans consider that Lave is already on the down-grade. Woodworth was clearly the more skilled fighter on this occasion. By the eleventh round, it was clear that only a knock-out could give Lave a victory. As in the early rounds, Lave made another all-out effort to overpower the American, but Woodworth was able to stand him off.

The verdict of the two judges was unanimously for Woodworth—a verdict which was not booed by anyone.

Lave had been unwilling to fight on a gate-percentage purse basis and although Woodworth won the fight, his purse was only £450, compared with Lave’s £BOO, plus expenses of his trip from England and return.

He left again on March 1 for a pre-arranged fight with a Nigerian.

Negotiations were under way early March for Joe Bygraves, a leading English fighter, to meet Woodworth in an Auckland openair contest about mid-March, but prospects for this fight were uncertain. Due to the absence of any suitable indoor stadium, the fight would have to take place while the summer weather holds in Auckland.

Soccer Tour Might Not Be A Good Idea From Norman Baxter, in Suva r® breakaway NSW Soccer Federation has opened negotiations for a short tour of Fiji sometime in July or August. But its terms, which on the surface appear to be reasonable, could be prohibitive to the Fiji Indian Soccer Association, which, like all other sports bodies in the Colony is anything but wealthy.

Air fares and allowance to players and managers could cost a minimum of £1,860, and on top of this there are internal travelling costs and accommodation to be met. In addition, the visitors want a percentage of the profits.

The Fiji Indian Soccer Association just has not got that sort of money, so it is unlikely that the tour will enventuate unless some philanthropist comes to light.

Two other factors mitigate against the tour. These are: • The NSW Soccer Federation is a breakaway body and has no official affiliation with any organisation connected with the international controlling body.

The local association could endanger its relations with overseas soccer bodies if it entertained an unaffiliated body. • One of the men behind the scenes is Mr. Johnny Phillips, formerly manager of the Australian heavyweight boxing champion, Allen Williams.

Phillips and Williams, with two others, were charged in Inverell Court about three years ago with conspiracy. The charge related to “ringing” in a boxer as heavyweight champion of Queensland. All accused were acquitted.

In 1956 Phillips was concerned with an incident in New Zealand, when a fight between Williams and Fijian, Tom Hini, at Hastings, was declared a “no contest”. The referee held that neither boxer was trying. The New Zealand Association later endorsed the referee’s action and withheld the purses.

Fiji at this stage might be well advised to look elsewhere for touring soccer teams.

In Sydney, Peter Hall says: 4 Fiji Times report about the Federation’s approach to the Fiji Association may have given some readers the wrong impression on what the Federation is.

Ostensibly, the Federation was formed by dissatisfied members of the NSW Soccer Association w T ho wanted to put the game on a better footing. In fact, it was probably formed purelv as a business venture, and it has achieved little so far but split Association clubs, create bad feeling and lower the standard of soccer in NSW.

The Federation consists of about 34 clubs that have been banned by FIFA, and thus must play between themselves. But they are getting a bit fed up with that, thus has come the proposals to the Fiji Indian Soccer Association.

A Way They Have

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A typical example of real Islands' sportsmanship is being demonstrated at Rabaul, New Guinea, on March 29, when the Rabaul Apex Club and the Rabaul Baseball Association combine to present a baseball benefit '.arnival for 17-year-old Blue Sox pitcher Joe Leung.

The reason for the benefit: Joe has recently and tragically lost his father, mother and brother—all through illness. 145 Flc ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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Nouvelles Hebrides. SYDNEY—Birt & Co. (Pty.) Ltd. [elbourne, with quarterly calls at opt.), Honiara and Vanlkoro. : Sailing from Brisbane March 13, to Japan. Southbound: Hongkong 'Manila Apr. 6, Sandakan Apr. 12, Apr. 20, Lae Apr. 23, Brisbane Apr. 27, Sydney Apr. 30. Adelaide Melbourne May 9. ; Southbound: Hongkong Mar. 1, ar. 10, Rabaul Mar. 13, Honiara ), Vanikoro Mar. 25, Brisbane arrive ) : Dep. Sydney northbound Peb. 11 ound, Japan Feb. 27. Hongkong , Sandakan Mar. 13, Rabaul Mar.

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Is from Wllh. Wllhelmsen Agency ;d., 30 Pitt St., Sydney, or Islands (R. Tebb, Lae; Town Transport.

A. Strachan, Madang; BSIP liadrp., Honiara). ealand-Fiji-Tonga-Samoa Tofua maintains a service from d to Suva, Nukualofa, Vavau, ago Pago, Apia, Suva and return land. Next sailings from Auckland: , Apl. 22.

Matua maintains a service from d to Lautoka, Suva, Apia, Suva, n. Wellington, and return to Auckfext sailings from Auckland: Mar. 12. s from all offices of Union Steam >. of NZ.

N. Zealand Cook Is. passenger vessel Maul Pomare is a regular service between 1 and the Cook Islands, s on application to NZ Oovern- •epartment of Island Territories on. or to any office of the Union of NZ Ltd. ney-New Hebrides-BSI- Rabaul, Etc. ilagl, 10 passengers, leaves Sydney oik, Vila, santo, Honiara, Tenant , Pepesala, Gizo, Kieta. Arlgua o, Numa, Soraken. Next Sydney pprox. March 13. from Burns. Phllp & Co.. 7 Street. Sydney. ey-N. Caledonia-Tahiti of Messageries Maritimes Line, :rom Marseilles, via West Indies ama, call about every six week? te. Vila (New Hebrides), Noumea ney, and return by same route, nt on this run are the motor- ’ahitien and Caledonien. '.'ext sailing: Caledonien, April r May 15. )lynesie (Messageries Maritimes) 3 about monthly passenger sailween Sydney and Noumea and Hebrides. Next Sydney sailings- Mar. 28. from Sydney agents; Messageries s, 36 Grosvenor Street, Sydney. ey-S. Africa-UK-Pacific Ports-Sydney avill’s new one-class all-passenger ithern Cross makes four round- . voyages per year, two westhen two east-bound, calling at Papeete every trip. Next voyagethampton Mar. 4, via Panama to March 28-29; Suva, April 3; m. April 6-9; Sydney, April 12. 149 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY-MARCH, 1958

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mm America-Fiji-Hebrides, etc. slflc Islands Transport Line’s vessels dsle and Thorshall maintain a ar service from Pacific Coast North ican ports, with sailings over 35-40 Some ports depend on cargoes ng. >rsisle: New Westminster Jan. 23- Jan Francisco Jan. 31-Feb. 5, Los es Feb. 6-8, Papeete Feb. 19-21, alofa Feb. 26-28, Pago Pago, Mar. 1- La Mar. 2-4, Suva Mar. 7-9, Lautoka 9-11, Noumea Mar. 14-16, Vila, Mar.

San Francisco, Apl. 18. rshall: New Westminster, Mar. 12; Prancisco, 15-20; Los Angeles, 21-22; te, Apl. 2-4; Suva, 7-8; Pago Pago, Apia 15-16; Noumea, 19-23; Lae.

San Francisco, May 24. ills from General Steamships Coron Ltd., 432 California St.. San Isco. USA. and Island Agents.

S-Tahiti-Pago Pago-Fiji- Australia son-Oceanlc Line of San Francisco es a regular five-weeks passengerservice from Los Angeles with the ■a, Alameda, Sierra and Sonoma, srn terminal ports vary with cargoes g. Vessels call at Papeete, Pago and Suva, depending on cargoes, sailings approx., Ventura Mar. 15, Brisbane northbound; Sonoma, arr.

Sydney, approx. Apr. 6; northbound dep.

Brisbane. Apr. 17. Alameda, arr. Sydney approx. Apr. 18: dep. Brisbane northbound about mid-May.

Sydney-Fiji-Vancouver Pacific Shipowners, Ltd., of Suva (subsidiary of W. R. Carpenter & Co.) operate a service three times yearly with the 10,000 ton, 98-passenger vessel Lakemba along the above route. Accommodation is entirely First Class, two-berth cabins.

Next sailing from Sydney: About March 25, with calls at Suva, Lautoka and Honolulu.

Details from American Trading & Shipping Co. Pty., Ltd., 19 Bridge St., Sydney.

Sydney-(or NZ)-North America The four cargo vessels, Waihemo, Wairuna, Walkawa, and Waitomo, owned and operated by the Union Steam Ship Co. of NZ Ltd., maintain a monthly service across the Pacific, from Sydney to Vancouver and USA ports, via Suva, Lautoka, Nukualofa, and Apia, as cargoes offer. Occasional calls are made at Fanning Island. They have limited passenger accommodation. Next Sydney sailings: Waikemo Feb. 6, Waitomo Feb. 14, Wairuna early Apr., Waikawa end May!

The Waitemata, from NZ ports, makes 3-4 trips yearly to Vancouver, via Rarotonga and Papeete.

N. America-Hawaii-Fiji-Samoa- Tahitl-N. Zealand-Australia Matson Line’s Mariposa and Monterey make round passenger trips from Pacific North Coast American ports to Australia, via Pacific Islands ports and New Zealand.

Mariposa, northbound, Sydney dep.

Mar. 12, Auckland Mar. 15, Suva Mar. 18-19, Honolulu Mar. 24-25, San Francisco Mar. 30.

Monterey, southbound, San Francisco dep. Mar. 12, Los Angeles Mar. 13, Papeete Mar. 21-23, Auckland Mar. 29, Sydney Apr. 1.

Details from Matson Lines, Berger House, 82 Elizabeth Street, Sydney.

United Kingdom-Australia- Port Moresby The Federal Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., will extend its regular quarterly UK- AustrqJia service to Port Moresby.

MV’s Donegal and Westmeath will sail Liverpool on Jan. 7 and Apr. 1 respectively, and will proceed via Suez to Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville, Cairns. Port Moresby, and return to UK via same route.

Arrival in Moresby: Donegal Mar. 10, Westmeath June 2.

Sydney agents: Birt and Co. Pty., Ltd., 4 Bridge St. Port Moresby agents: Burns Philp (New Guinea). Ltd. 151 ,F,C ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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Ns-Pacific Services

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itrato Clippers, using Sleeperettes and Berths*) ues.. Thur.. Fri.: Sydney, Nadi m Is., Honolulu, San Francisco or Angeles. ’ues., Thurs., Sat.: San Francisco s Angeles to Sydney (same route).

Skymasters are used on a conservice between Auckland and ee table 16); and also on a biservice between Nadi and Tafuna, a Samoa (see table 19).

Qantas Empire Airways

luper Constellation Service) NORTHWARDS and Sat.; Melbourne, Sydney, Nadi bnolulu, San Francisco, New York, Sydney, Nadi, Honolulu, San a. fdney, Nadi, Honolulu, San Franmcouver.

SOUTHWARDS and Fri.: London, New York, San ), Honolulu, Nadi, Sydney, Mel- San Francisco, Honolulu, Nadi, Vancouver, San Francisco, Hono- Ji, Sydney.

International dateline crossed Nadi and Honolulu), super DC6 aircraft from Auck- , connect with the Qantas northights at Nadi on Tues. and Fri; Sat. and Wed. at Nadi for the id flights.

Wed. and Fri. services ex. connect with BOAC London at San Francisco (dep. Thurs. l. services ex, London Tues. and onnect at San Francisco Thurs. with southbound Qantas ser-

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Ional Services In

PACIFIC Sydney-New Guinea i by Qantas Empire Airways (Skymasters) NORTHWARDS Mon. t: Arrive: .30 p.m. Brisbane, 9.10 p.m 10.10 p.m.

Tues.

Arrive: Townsville, 1.50 a.m Townsville. ?.50 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 6.35 a.m Pt. Moresby 7.35 a.m. Lae, 9 a.m Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat.

Depart: Arrive: Sydney, 8 p.m. Brisbane, 10.40 p.m.

Brisbane, 11.45 p.m.

Wed., Thurs., Sat., Sun.

Pt. Moresby, 6.35 a.m.

Pt. Moresby, 7.35 a.m. Lae, 9 a.m.

Thurs.

Depart: Arrive: Sydney, 8 p m. Brisbane, 10.40 p.m Brisbane, 11.45 p.m.

Fri.

Cairns, 4.20 a.m Cairns, 5.30 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 8.20 a.m.

Pt. Moresby, 9.20 a m. Lae, 10.45 a.m.

Sun. (Thrift Class Service) Depart: Arrive; Sydney. 8 p.m. Brisbane, 10.40 p.m.

Brisbane, 11.45 p.m.

Mon.

Pt. Moresby. 6.35 a.m.

Pt. Moresby, 7.35 a.m. Lae, 9 a.m.

SOUTHWARDS Mon. (Thrift Class Service) Depart: Arrive: Lae, 10.30 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 11.45 a.m Pt. Moresby, 12.30 p.m. Brisbane, 7.5 p.m, Brisbane. 8.30 p.m. Sydney, 11,10 p.m.

Tues.

Depart: Arrive: Lae, 10.30 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 11.45 a.m Pt. Moresby. 12.30 p.m. Townsville, 4.15 p.m Townsville. 5.45 p.m. Brisbane, 9.25 p.m.

Brisbane, 10.10 p.m.

Wed.

Sydney. 12.50 a.m Wed., Thurs., Sun.

Depart: Arrive: Lae, 10.30 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 11.45 a.m Pt. Moresby. 12.30 p.m. Brisbane. 7.5 p m Brisbane, 8.30 p.m. Sydney, 11.10 p.m.

Fri.

Depart: Arrive: Lae, 12.45 p.m. Pt. Moresby, 2 p.m.

Pt. Moresby, 2.45 p.m. Brisbane, 9.20 p.m Brisbane. 10.20 p.m. Sydney, 1 a.m. (Sat.) Sat.

Depart: Arrive: Lae, 10.30 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 11.45 a.m Pt. Moresby. 12.30 p.m. Cairns, 3.20 p.m Cairns, 4.50 p.m Brisbane. 9.25 p.m Brisbane, 10.10 p.m.

Sun.

Sydney. 12.50 a.m 3. P-NG Internal Services Operated by Qantas LAE-HOLLANDIA (Dutch New Guinea) (DCS) Alt. Wed. (Mar. 19, Apr. 2, 16, 30, etc.).

Departs Lae 11.00 a.m., calls at Madang and Wewak, and arrives at Hollandla 3.30 p.m. Every alternative Thurs. (Mar. 20, Apr. 3, 17, etc.) departs Hollandia at 9.30 a.m., and. with calls at Wewak and Madang, arrives Lae at 3.20 p.m.

Lae-Manus (Dcs)

Alt. Wed. (Mar. 19, Apr. 2, 16, 30, etc.).

Dep. Lae, 8.00 a.m.: Finschhafen. Hoskins, Rabaul, Kavieng, arr. Manus 3.30 p.m Every alt. Sat. (Mar. 22, Apr. 5. 19, etc.) departs Manus 8 a.m. and with calls at Kavieng, Rabaul, Hoskins and Finschhafen, arrives Lae at 3.30 p m PORT MORESBY-KIKORI (Catalina) Via Yule Is., Kerema. Vaimuru: Alt. Fri returning same day (Mar. 14 28 etc.).

PORT MORESBY DARU (Catalina) Direct service each fourth Friday, returning direct same day (Mar. 21, Apr. 18 etc.).

PORT MORESBY-SAMARAI (Catalina) Pt. Moresby, Samarai, Pt. Moresby Alt Tues. (Mar. 11, 25, Apr. 8, 22, etc.).

PORT MORESBY-RABAUL (Catalina) Alt. Tues. (Mar. 18, Apr. 1, 15, 29, etc ) Port Moresby-Moewe Harbour-Talasea- Jacquinot Bay-Rabaul, returning via same ports (Mar. 20, Apr. 3, 17, etc.).

New Britain-Bougainville

(Catalina) Alt. Wed. (Mar. 19. etc.), Rabaul, Buka, Teopasino, Kieta, Buin. Returning same day.

LAE-MADANG-WEWAK-MANUS-

Kavifng-Rabaul Service

(DC3) Mon.: Dep. Lae 6.30 a.m., Madang arr. 7.35 a.m. Wewak, Manus, Kavieng, Rabaul, arr. 3.45 p.m.

Tues.: Dep. Rabaul 6.30 a.m., Kavieng, Manus, Wewak, Madang, arr. 2.15 p.m.

Thurs.: Dep. Lae 6.30 a.m., Madang.

Awar, Wewak, Manus, Kavieng, Rabaul, arr. 4.05 p.m.

Fri.: Dep. Rabaul 6.30 a.m. Kavieng.

Manus. Wewak, Madang, Lae, arr 3.55 p.m.

Central Highlands (Dcs)

Fridays: Lae (7.45 a.m.) to Wapenamunda, calling at any of: Goroka, Nondugl.

Banz, MinJ, Mt. Hagen. Baiyer R., Kamantu, Wapenamunda. Arrival back at Lae dependent on stops.

Lower Highlands

(Beaver) Fridays: Lae (7.30 a.m.) to Goroka. calling at any of Nadzab, Kalanlt. Gusap Alyura, Plnlntegu, Rintebe, Bena Bena Kainantu, Goroka. Arena. Arrival back at Lae depends on stops made.

LAE-BULOLO-WAU (D.H. Beaver) Dep. Lae; Mon. 7.30 a.m., Tues. 11 a.m.

Dep. Wau: Mon. 8.55 a.m., Tues., 12.25 p.m. Bulolo is omitted on return flights which take 30 minutes, Wau-Lae.

Lae-Bulolo-Wau-Pt, Moresby (Dcs)

Dep. Lae Wed. and Sat. 8.30 a.m. via Bulolo, Wau to Pt. Moresby, returning via same route.

Madang-Goroka (Dcs)

Wed.: Depart Madang 7.45 a.m., arrive Goroka 8.20 a.m., returning same day; depart Goroka 8.50 a.m., arr. Madang 9.25 a.m.

NEW GUINEA-NEW BRITAIN-

Bougainville (Dcs)

Fridays: Depart Lae 1.30 p.m., Flnschhafen 2.20 p.m., arrive Rabaul 4.30 p.m.

Saturdays: Depart Rabaul 5.45 a.m., direct to Lae, arr. 8.25 a.m.

Sundays: Depart ’ae 12 noon, Flnschhafen 1 p.m., Rahe’-’ 1.10 p.m.

Tuesdays: Depart Rabaul 5.45 a.m., Plnschhafen 8.10 a.m . arrive Lae 8 45 a.m.

Thurs.: Dep. Lae 11 a.m., Finschhafen.

Rabaul, arr. 2.15 p.m.

Fri.: Dep. Rabaul 7 a.m., Madang, Lae. arr. 11.35 a.m.

Services By Mandated Airlines

Scheduled flights with DCS Aircraft Mon.; Depart Lae at 7 30 a.m. for Goroka.

Madang, Wewak. Madang. Rabaul— remaining overnight. Depart Lae 7.30 a.m. for Goroka, Wau, Port Moresby.

Wau, Goroka, Lae.

Tues.: Depart Rabaul at 6.30 a.m. for Madang, Wewak, Madang, Goroka, Lae.

Wed.: Depart Lae 7 a.m. for Madang.

Wewak, Momote, Kavieng, Rabaul’.

Depart Lae 7.30 a.m. for Goroka, Wau, Port Moresby, Wau. Goroka, Lae!

Optional call at Goroka on this flight.

Thurs.: Depart Rabaul 7 a.m. for Kavieng, Momote, Wewak, Madang, Goroka, Lae Fri.: Depart Lae at 7 a.m. for Madang Wewak, Momote, Kavieng. Rabaul remaining overnight. Depart Lae 730 a.m. for Goroka, Wau. Port Moresby Wau, Goroka, Lae.

Sat.: Depart Rabaul at 7 a.m. for Kavieng, Momote, Wewak. Madang Goroka, Lae. 4. Dutch N. Guinea By KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Super Constellation Service) A weekly service between Sydney and 153 IC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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erdam with a call at Blak (DNO) Manila (Philippines).

I aircraft link Blak with Hollandla, g, Merauke, Tenah Merah, Manok- Nlemfoer, Ransiki, Genjem, and lao. >. N. Guinea-Solomons By Qantas with DCS Aircraft.

Ihree flights every four weeks) (Mar. 10, 24, 31, Apr. 17, etc.) Lae i. 6 a.m.; Flnschhafen. Rabaul, ca, Vella Lavella, Yandlna, Honiara 51), arriving 5.25 p.m. (Mar. 11, 25, Apr. 1,8, etc.) ilara dep. 7 a.m.: Yandlna. Vella ella, Buka, Rabaul, Lae, arriving 5 p.m.

Paris-Saigon-Noumea- Auckland ansports Aeriens Intercontinental!!aircraft depart Paris every Monday Athens, Karachi, Saigon, Darwin, bane, Noumea, Auckland. Leaves kland every Friday on return.

Sydney-Lord Howe Is. y Ansett Airways Pty., Ltd., ith Sandringham Flying-boats. flight usually each Tuesday and irday. 5. Sydney-Norfolk Is.

By Qantas, with Skymaster) ri. Dep. Sydney midnight, arr. 6.45 a.m. Saturday; dep. NI 5.30 same day for Sydney, arr. 9.30 Alt. weeks makes Nl-Aucklandllght. (See table 12 below). 9. Sydney-Noumea Jy Qantas, with Skymasters (Weekly) Sydney dep. 11.45 p.m., arriving outa, 7 a.m. Fridays.

'ontouta dep. 8.30 a.m., arriving ey. 2 p.m. . New Caledonia-New Hebrides TAI with DCS Aircraft. days: Depart Tontouta 8 a.m., e Santo 11.10 a.m., arrive Vila p.m., depart Vila 2.15 p.m., arrive Juta 1.30 p.m. 7s: Depart Tontouta 8 a.m., arrive 10.20 a.m., arrive Santo 12.5 p.m., •t Santo 1.30 p.m., arrive Tontouta p.m. . New Caledonia-Fiji- Wallis Is.

TAI with DCS Aircraft e from Noumea to Nadi (Fiji) allis Is. first Sunday in each Next flights: Feb. 2, Mar 2 Apr Wallis Feb. 4, Mar. 4, Apr. 8.

Norfolk Is.-Auckland PEAL, by Qantas (charter) • : Return flight Norfolk (dep. 8 Auckland (arr. 11.45 a.m., dep P-m.) Norfolk (arr. 4.15 p.m.).

Table 8 above). 13. Auckland-Sydney Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft.

Daily: Departs Auckland 9.30 a.m., arr.

Sydney 1.00 p.m.

Sun.: Dep. Auckland 6.15 p.m., arr.

Sydney. 9.45 p.m.

Wed.: Departs Auckland 11.30 a.m., arr, Sydney 3 p.m.

Daily except Sat.; Dep. Sydney 3.00 p.m., arr. Auckland 10.00 p.m.

Tue.. Thur.: Dep. Sydney 11.30 p.m.; arr. Auckland Wed., Fri. 6.30 a.m.

Sat.: Dep. Sydney 10 a.m., arr. Auckland 5 p.m. 14. Christchurch-Sydney Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft.

Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri.: Dep. Christchurch 5 p.m., arr. Sydney 8.40 p.m.

Mon., Tues., Thurs.: Dep. Sydney 8 a.m., arr. Christchurch 3.10 p.m.

Sat.: Dep. Sydney 3.00 p.m., arr. Christchurch 10.10 p.m. 15A. Christchurch-Melbourne Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft.

Sun.: Dep. Christchurch 11.30 a.m., arr.

Melbourne 4.00 p.m.

Fri : Dep. Melbourne 7.30 a.m., arr.

Christchurch 3.00 p.m. 158. Auckland-Melbourne Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 Aircraft.

Thurs.: Dep. Auckland 11.30 a.m., arr.

Melbourne 4.15 p.m.

Mon.: Dep. Melbourne 7.30 a.m., arr.

Auckland 3.45 p.m. 16. New Zealand-Fiji Tasman Empire Airways, with Super DC6 aircraft.

Tues. Fri.; Dep. Auckland 4 p.m., arr.

Nadi 9.00 p.m.

Wed., Sat.: Dep. Nadi 10.30 a.m., arr Auckland 3.30 p.m.

Pan-American Airways, with Skymasters Sun., Tues., Thurs.: Dep. Auckland 3.30 p.m., arr. Nadi 10.35 p.m.

Sun., Tues., Thurs.: Dep. Nadi, 12.30 a.m., arr. Auckland 7.50 a.m. 17. Fiji-Tahiti Tasman Empire Airways, with Solent aircraft.

Service normally fortnightly, with extra flights as required.

Departs Suva Thurs. 9 a.m. crosses Date- Line, arrives Satapuala (W. Samoa) Wed. 1.55 p.m., departs Thurs. 2 a.m., arrives Aitutaki 7.30 a.m., departs 9 30 a.m., arrives Papeete (Tahiti) 2 p.m.

Departs Papeete Sun. 7.30 a.m., arrives Aitutaki 11 a.m., departs 12.30 p.m., arrives Satapuala 5 p.m., departs Mon! 8 a.m.. crosses Date-Line arrives Suva Tues. 10.55 a.m.

Leaves Suva Mar. 6, 20, Apr. 3. 17, etc Leaves Papeete Mar. 9. 23. Apr 6 20 etc. 18. Fiji-Samoa Tasman Empire Airways, with Solent Aircraft.

Dep. Suva 6 a.m., arr. Satapuala 11 5 a.m.

Dep. Satapuala 1.30 p.m., arr. Suva 435 p.m.

Next flights from Suva Mar. 13, Apr. 14, May 22. Crossing International Date- Line and leaving Satapuala (Mar. 12, Apr. 13, May 21, etc.). 19. Fiji-American Samoa Pan American Airways With DC4 Aircraft Alt. Fri. dep. Nadi 7 a.m., arr. Tafuna 12.30 p.m. (Thurs.).

Alt. Thurs. dep. Tafuna 2.30 p.m., arr.

Nadi 8.5 p.m. (Friday). (Note: This service crosses International Date Line —the two-way flight is actually made on the one day.) 20. Fiji Internal Airways Fiji Airways, Ltd., Drover Aircraft.

Suva-Nadi-Suva: Two flights dally except Wed., Sun., one flight.

Suva-Nadi: Tues., Wed., Fri. (additional to the above return flights).

Nadi-Suva; Wed., Thurs., Sat.

Suva-Labasa-Suva: Dally.

Suva-Taveuni-Suva: Fri., Sun.

Suva-Taveuni-Savusavu-Suva; Wed.

Suva-Savusavu-Taveuni-Suva: Thurs.

Suva - Labasa - Savusavu - Labasa - Suva; Tues., Thurs.

Suva-Labasa-Taveunl-Labasa-Suva: Fri.

Suva-Savusavu-Suva: Mon., Tues.

Suva - Savusavu - Labasa - Savusavu - Suva: Sat., Sun.

Suva-Taveuni-Labasa-Taveuni-Suva; Mon. 21. N. Caledonia-Loyalty Is.

Internal Service Societe Caledonienne de Transports Aeriens (TRANSPAC), with Rapide aircraft.

Noumea (Magenta), Lifou (Chepenehe), Noumea: Tues. a.m.

Noumea. Mare (Tadine), Noumea; Tues, p.m.

Noumea, Mare, Lifou, Noumea, or Noumea, Lifou, Mare, Noumea, alternatively, Thurs. a.m.

Noumea, Koumac. Noumea (with conditional call at Plaine des Galacs): Fri. a.m.

Noumea, Lifou, Ouvea Is.; Wed. mornings.

Noumea, Poindimie, Noumea (with conditional call at Houailou). Fri. p.m.

Noumea, He des Pins, Noumea; Saturday and Sunday afternoons. 22. Micronesia Trans Ocean Airlines.

Using Grumman Albatross twin-motored amphibious flying boats, TOA operates a service throughout the Trust Territory of Micronesia on behalf of the US Government. Details from Trans Ocean Airlines, Agana. Guam. 23. French Polynesia Inter- Island Service Messageries Aeriens Interinsular (MAI), with Amphibious Catalina.

Twice weekly service to the Leeward Group.

Wednesday: Papeete, Raiatea, Bora Bora, Raiatea, Papeete.

Friday: Papeete, Huahine, Raiatea, Papeete.

Booking agents in Papeete: Messageries Maritimes. 155 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH, 1958

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Pacific Commerce and Produc Behind the New Burns, Philp Appointment Appointment of Sir William Crawford Currie, chairman of the P & O Steam Navigation Cos., as a director of Burns, Philp & Cos. Ltd., has created considerable interest in Australian business circles.

Sir William, aged 73, has been chairman and managing director of the P & O since 1938.

Recently his company announced plans involving a considerable expansion of its interests in the Pacific area.

This was followed shortly afterwards by the announcement of Sir William’s appointment to the Burns, Philp board.

Inquiries have failed to produce any suggestion of any more tangible association between these two large groups.

The association between Sir W’illiam Currie and Mr. James Burns, chairman of Burns, Philp, represents the renewal of an old link. Both were previously associated many years ago in the British India Steam company.

It is suggested that Sir William’s appointment gives Burns, Philp a distinguished London director, and serves to renew this old personal association.

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NOUVELLE CALEDONIE: "PlM's" Noumea correspondent reports that this company, which has been looking for oil in New Caledonia, is to be wound up. It has reported to the Territory Assembly that its operations have "not given the results expected". The company has a deficit of four million francs and has asked the New Caledonia government to finance at least half of it, but the government says it can manage only about one-third. The government had subscribed 16 per cent, of the capital, local shareholders about 18 per cent., and the remaining capital had come from France. Strong hopes had recently been held that the seismic tests conducted in the lagoon at Noumea would have resulted in something.

Total cost of the oil programme was about 44,500,000 francs (£330,000). * * * CONSOLIDATED GOLD MINING AREAS N.L.: This company has secured a test option over an alluvial proposition in New Guinea. Vendors says the area is "rich". Terms of the option are a free sampling for six months, with the right of extension for another three months— with total purchase price of £12,000 (£5,000 in cash if the option is exercised and 75,000 shares paid to 2/1 which would be credited with any calls made during the working of the area). Mr. J. W. Connolly, of Sydney, has been engaged to carry out the test boring. * * *

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February report, made after the Oil Search announcement that Vacuum, a major partner, would not subscribe beyond the present drilling programme, said that drilling in the Barikewa hole had been resumed after tests had been made of substantial flows of & two separate zones. The hole was » 8,028 ft. The Puri hole was down t ft. and the Komewu No. 2 well to (d * * *

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PETROLEUM DEV.: The mine manager on March 3 that 37 oz of retorted goto had been yielded by 25 tons of devt\ ore treated during February. * * *

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January discloses that during the mom oz fine gold and 975 oz of silver y covered from 3,480 tons of ore and I treated at the Golden Ridges Mill, i oz of fine gold from tributes. In 182,864 super feet of timber were p * * ❖ SANDY CREEK GOLD SLUICING, LTD., that during February, approximately 8E gold were recovered from 4,300 cubd of material treated at the compai' leases. * * * PAPUAN RUBBER: Profits for the ye.£ December 31 were down for two cos and another, Koitaki Para Rubber E-; cutting its interim dividend from li per cent, for the half-year. (Full divic year was reduced from 35 to 30 pe The Koitaki directors state that amr reasons for the cut are the downwas in rubber prices over the last few ' the loss of the primage concession ss November, and the uncertainty of thr of the proposed new native labour hi on plantation economy (see page 17)..

Rubber, Ltd., shows a decline of 33 (£12,084) to £24,456, for the yesi December 31, but ordinary dividend) changed at 20 per cent. Rubberlam had a 21 per cent, fall in profit Iasi £8,728 —to earn £15,843. Dividend is) from 15 to 12£ per cent, on bonus capital. 156 MARCH, 1958 PACIFIC ISLANDS MON

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S. (Bob) Smith, Box 122, Tweed Heads, N.S.W., Australia.

FURNISHED FLATS, Cremorne, Sydney.

Water frontage, large, comfortable, two bedrooms, linen and cutlery, 10 minutes to city. Enquiries: Nelson & Robertson Pty. Ltd., G.P.O. Box 5316, Sydney, Aust.

FOR SALE LAND BARGAIN Owner leav Guinea —200 acres situated Eastea lands New Guinea, accessible, g well drained, one river boundary. . coffee, tobacco, mixed farming, ar water, easily harnessed for electn Further particulars to: Advertid Box 1, Madang, New Guinea.

ISLAND VESSELS under con;x 40 ft. army-type workboat, wv and accommodation fwd., and Is cockpit. 40 ft, raised-deck wheelhouse, and large hold fd below decks. 45 ft. raised-deck ’ for cargo and personnel. Abow are of sturdy construction, builtt specifications. Delivery at shon Specifications, price, etc., will bes on request. Builders: Wynne S' Pty, Ltd., “Phoenix Shipyards”, M N.S.W.

FLEETS. —54 ft. steel workboat. 1 old, trawl gear, 90 h.p. diesel; 55 ft. strongly built wooden trs h.p. diesel, large hold, £6,850 bridge deck diesel launch, £4,20« 525 Stanley St., Sth. Brisbane, O

Property For S

Lae . . . New Gw Large modern home apq 14 squares. 2 bedrr lounge, dining, bath, kitt septic system.

Telephone installedt Concrete patio ... Car ■ 2 minutes from ms shopping centre.

Boi-house with electrid Lawns, gardens, et<t Total price £5,500< Apply P. Mokeefe,,

Qantas, Lae, Ne3

GUINEA.

Furnished Serviced Suites In Sydney Kanimbla Hall, 19-29 Tusculum St., Potts Point, 5 mins, city, next Kings Cross, modern, 9 floors, harbour views, restaurant, S.C., furn. serviced suites with separate Lounge, Bed and Bath Rms. and K’ettes. Refrig., H.W. from 21 Gns. daily for 2, from 4 Gns. for 3. Under new management. Write or Phone: FL3014. Telegrams: “Kanimblahall”, Sydney. 158 MARCH, 1958 PACIFIC ISLANDS MON>

Racing VJS Popular 11 ft. 6 in. Unsinkable Lightweight Sailing Craft Self-draining Cockpit, Sprung Swinging Board, Streamlined Dural Fin, Hollow Mast and Boom internal track, Stainless Steel Rigging and Fittings, Best Quality Jib, Main and Coloured Spinnaker. These boats complete in every detail.

Price, including name and finish in Forminax Plastic and crated for shipment, £2OO F. 0.8. Sydney. Also available, “Mark 2” Moths, Price £175.

J. DOWNTON, 36a Wattle Street, Haberfield, N.S.W.

FOR SALE Estate H. R. Koch, Deceased “ALIWA” PLANTATION, Kandrian, New Guinea. Situated in beautiful position 4Va miles from Kandrian, 150 acres leasehold; approximately 7,500 palms only 30-40 years old; two bedroomed owner’s residence, trade store, bulk store, labour quarters and driers; Ronaldson Tippet 32 V. power plant; Ferguson tractor and trailer; two jeeps and trailer: furniture; sundry equipment, tools, etc. Walk-in walk-out.

Inventory of personal property and buildings may be obtained on application from the undersigned.

ALSO M.V. “DJAUL”, 40 ft. workboat, 6 cylinder Gray Marine Diesel engine; good condition.

TENDERS in writing to reach the undersigned by March 31. 1958.

Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Sale of Plantation subject to Administrator’s consent.

McGREGOR GIVEN & CO., Solicitors, Box 896 L, G.P.0., Brisbane, Q’land.

Position Wanted

Young Company Executive At

present employed in an administrative capacity by a leading textile company In Victoria, requires a suitable position in the Pacific Area. Qualifications and a wide experience in; Finance, Standard Costing and Budgetary Control, Purchasing, Distribution. Methods and Industrial Organisation, Stores Control Personnel and Public Relations. Any person or firm interested in obtaining further information should reply to- “ Executive”, C/o Box 3408, G.P O "

Sydney, Australia.

FOR SALE Property on N.S.W. Coast, between Gosford and Terrigal Splendid home in 8 acres; 2 main bedrooms; 2 glassed-in sleep-outs; 30 ft. lounge-dining room, with picture window; log fire-place; sun deck; glassed-in sun verandah and dinette; 50 ft. Venetian blinds and canvas awnings; kitchen fuel and electric stove; tiled bathroom. Hot water throughout. Built-in wardrobes and cupboards. Garage, workshop and storage space under house (12 sq.). Septic toilet; ample water supply; 2 electric pumps. Out building 50 ft. x 18 ft., with electric saw-bench and 3-horse stables; fowl houses. Lovely garden, home orchard, ocean view. On main road, 5 miles from Gosford, N.S.W., within V/ 2 hours of Sydney!

Bus passes door. Price £7,000 Write: “Country Home’’, c/o PO Box 3408, Sydney

Arlos Barton Corporation

Sumitomo Bldg., Marunouchi, TOKYO, JAPAN Exporters Importers Agents wv C °a^ UL tTt™ t . FOR YOUR JAPANESE REQUIREMENTS

We Are Interested In Produce From The Islands

Cable Address: “BARTOS”, TOKYO

Our Hands Make Good Arms

_ For y° ur Fishing and Shooting Wants Consult Us.

Litheonr S Re P ea ting Rifle . .. £2O 19 6 I P®s gow .22 Cal. Single Shot £l2 19 6 f Extr (Prices Subject to Change Without Notice.) ROH U , 143 ELIZABETH STREET, SYDNEY. overseas coffee plentiful since asing of Aust. import restrictions ITS; —P.-N.G.: Mar. 10; Kernels store; Virginia bunch, in shell, 11 cleaned, 1/8 per lb. del. Sydney.

IR; —P.-N.G. price is based on s rate, which on Mar. 7 was: XSS, spot, 76.78, Straits cents Lust, approx.) per lb.

LA BEANS: Victor Karp, Tulk & ney, reported on Mar. 10: New .f., Sydney, Tahiti White and abel, processed standard packs en 68/6 per lb.

Australian): —Price from May 1. f.G.: Dry brown and dressed, igs, 5 tons and over, £6l per v .; under 5 tons £6l/10/- per imised and enriched white, 112 5 tons and over, £67/10/- per r.; under 5 tons, £6B per ton. :. Islands: Dry, brown, etc., £7O f.0.w., Sydney or Melbourne.

SHELL.—March 10 quotation indent pearlers: Sound, £A7SO; 50; E, £ A 375; EE, £A2OS Sydney). Cook Is.-Manihikl: Export price, £Stg.6oo (approx.) otonga.

US:—Market still weak. Quotes NG, £ A 325; BSI, £A3IS; New agent reports “No business Prices are less rejects and Sydney weights.

SNAIL:—Ist quote: Ist quality, nd quality, £A2BO. Subject to of market. 2nd quote; £A2BO price. on and US Quotations -London, Mar. 7: Philippines in -Apr. SUSIB6 (seller). Straits/ air merchantable, del. weight, Tlth. European ports, Mar.-Apr’ nominal). New York Mar 7ked. ruary, £1 Australian was about •25 US Dollars.) Oil:— London, Mar. 7; Straits, k c.i.f. Mar.-Apr. £Stg.99/6/-; bulk, c.i.f.. fair. UK-Nth. Euro r.-Apr. £Stg.llo/6/- per ton. -London, Mar. 7: RSS No. 1. d Stg.; July-Sept. 22y 4 d Stg ; , 23%d Stg.

Cchange Rates

trough BANK OF NSW, ANZ 1 BANK OF NZ. Australia on £lOO Fiji: Buying, £ All 1/2/6; AH3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO . £llO/15/-; S. £ll2. NZ-Fiji, NZ; B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3. -Through BANK OF NZ. Aus- Samoa, basis £lOO Samoa: B. £ A123/12/6; S. £124/10/9. Samoa- London, basis £lOO London; B. £99/7/6; S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £lOO NZ: B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-Fiji, basis £lOO Samoa; B. £111; S. £llO.

Papua - Ng.— Commonwealth Bank

(Pt. Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Goroka, Bulolo, Kavieng, Madang, Wewak), BANK OF NSW (branches: Port Moresby, Lae, Bulolo, Rabaul, Madang, Samarai, Goroka; agencies: Wau, Boroko, Kokopo), ANZ BANK (Port Moresby) and NATIONAL BANK OF A/ASIA. (Port Moresby) quote exchange rate Australia-Papua-NG: 10/per £ AlOO.

NORFOLK IS.—Commonwealth Bank quotes exchange rate Australia - Norfolk Island; 5/- per £AIOO.

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific francs, most valuable of the three franc groups in French Union, are used in New Caledonia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Polynesia.

FRENCH BANK (Comptoir National D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quotes: Selling Noumea; 168 Pac. fr. to £ Aust., Papeete; 166.56 Pac. fr.; Noumea-Papeete; S. 208 Pac. fr. to £Stg. Noumea-Papeete: B. 75.82 Pac. fr. to US $.

World Coffee Crop Will

BE HIGHER Total world production of green coffee is estimated by the US Department of Agriculture to be up by 4.4 million bags to a new high of 50.1 million bags in the 1957-58 marketing season.

Exportable production is put at 41.5 million bags as compared with 35 million bags last season.

A considerable increase in production is estimated for South America, a large increase for North America, but only very small increases in Africa and Asia. 159 ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH. 1958

Features that make better home baking in the tropics certain % MARYS.

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Always Fresh

Cakes Keep Longer

Airtight Container

Constant Full Strength

To give your cakes and pastries extra freshness and lightness you must be confident that the ingredients you use are fresh.

That’s why you can be sure of first-rate results with Aunt Mary’s Cream of Tartar Baking Powder. It never deteriorates and is always dependable. You also cook with the added advantage of adding the rising agent when you do your mixing—that is the right time —the best time for sure results. (UmU niatt/1 Cream of Tartar

Baking Powder

Always Ask For Aunt Mary S

Index to Advertise Kennedy, Capt.

Kerr Bros. . . .

Kiwi Polish . ..

Kopsen & Co.

Lawrence, A. . .

Lysaght, J. . .. v.a-Robertson P,.' Magazine Servif Mcllrath's . .

McNiven Bros.

Maize Products i Marine Spares Mendaco . .

Millers Ltd. .

Mitchell's Toun Mokeefe, P. .

Morris, H. . .

M. H. Ltd. . 2S Mungo Scott ..

Nathan & Wyetlt N. & R. . .A Nestles . . ..

NG Aust. Line Nicholson's . , Nile Products Nixoderm . .

N.Z.N.A.C. . .

P.A.A Papuan Prints Parke Davis .

Penfold, W. C..

Philips . . .

P. 1. Line . . .

Piccaninny Wa;r Old. Insurances Ransomes Co.

Reckitt's Blue i Rohu, Sil .

Seward Ltd. .

Shaw Savill . .

Silvo . . .

S.P.C. . . .

S.T.C. Co. .

Stapleton, J.

Stewarts Lloycb S. P. Brewery ' Sthn. Pac. Ins.s Sullivan Ltd.

II Tait, W. S. .

Tatham, S. B Taubmans Ltdb Teale, R. M. .

Tilley Lamps Thornycroft Co Ti I lock & C0..1 Tonqala Milk Tooth & Co. .

Turners & Growers .

Tyneside Eng. .

United InsuraiE U.R.D. . . .

Ventura . .

Van Gelder, JL V ; cta Mowers’' Vi-Stim . .

Vincent's APCS Walkers Ltd.

Warnock . .

Webster, D.

Sons . .

Westfield Mea; Weymark Pty. .

White, J. .

White Rose I Wills Ltd. .

Wrigley's .

Wunderlich L J Yorkshire I n;r Zevenboom, JL Adastra Service . 75 A.c.l 130 Akta-Vite .... 83 Amal. Dairies . . 76 A. & F. ... 54 Angliss, W. & Co. 52 Appleton N. V. . 134 Arnott, Wm. . .120 Aspro 54 Austin Cars . .150 B. Paints 13i Barton, C. . . . 159 Bank of NSW 31, 89 Bank of NZ . . 64 Berger Paints . . 62 Bethell, Gwyn . 149 B!axland-Rae . .138 Boroko Hotel . . 151 Bradford Mills 93 Braybon Bros. . 5, 46 Bray & Holliday 122 British Aluminium 56 British United Dairies .... 38 Broadway Motors 148 Brunton & Co. . . 35 Buckland, W. . . 27 Bunting, A. H. . 64 B. ... 85, 95, 96, 149 Cadbury 6 Cameron & Sutherland 7 Carlton Breweries 74 Carpenter Ltd. . 110 Cecil, The Hotel . 71 Coldstream P/L . 48 Colgate .... 40 Colman's French Cream .... 121 Colonial Meat . . 66 Colyer Watson . 112 C'wealth Bank . . 68 Crammond Co. . 128 Crane, G. E. . . .14 C. Co. . . . 143 Cyclone Co. . . . 58 Cystex 119 Davies & Dalziel 156 Dangar, G. & M. 94 Demka Agencies . 42 Dettol 13 Donald Ltd. ... 71 Douglass, W. Co. 50 Downton, J. . . 159 Dunlop Rubber 44 Econo Steel ... 4 Et. Donald . . .133 Filmo Depot . .105 Foster Clark . . 27 Franke & Hiedecke 46 Frigate Rum . . 115 Gardner Eng. . . 102 Gilbey, W. & A. 92 Gillespie Bros. . 112 Gillespie, R. . 1, 114 Glazebrooks Paints 8 Gordon's Gin . . 44 Goroka, Hotel . 157 G.P.H. (Suva) . . 148 Grove Ltd. . 38, 88 Halvorsen, B. . 100 Halvorsen Sons . 99 Hanimex .... 16 Hansen, G. . . .159 Hari, G. B. . . . 12 Hastings Diesels 140 Hellaby Ltd. . . 63 Hemingway Robertson Institute . 126 Hytest Co. ... 132 International (Harvester . 28, 29 K.L.M 152 Keens Curry . . 45 Published by PACIFIC PUBLICATIONS PTY. LTD., 29 Alberta Street, Sydney. (Telephone: MA9197). Wholly set up printed in Australia by the Sydney and Melbourne Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 29 Alberta Street. Sydney.

or-: From Fiji L o the crisp, fresh lir of ’New _ Zealand s only 300 pleasant nim tes by mi SUP£R DC-6 - NEW ZEALAND'S INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE . . . SERVING THE SOUTH PACIFIC ■ies, reservations : Your travel agent or any TEAL office.

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General Merchants

■ Ki JjgfesF ft * ,•**' ~ Capitol . . . . £2,500,000 Kit!..* ESTABLISHED 1914 M M GENERAL MERCHANTS 2 6 MAR 1458 and PROVIDORES /V V rst &0 4

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 THE WALES HOUSE, 27 O'CONNELL STREET, SYDNEY, N.S.W.

Cable Address: “CAMOHE.”

Telephone: BL 5421 Postal Address: G.P.0., Box 168, Sydney t London: W. R. Corpenter & Co. (London) Ltd,, 13 Rood Lane, London, E.C.3 ASSOCIATED COMPANIES THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC: IN FIJI: IN NEW GUINEA: IN PAPUA: New Guinea Company Limited, Rabaul, Island Products Ltd., VfBI) lSu Lae, Madang, Kavieng, Kokopo. Port Moresby. W. R. Carpenter & Co. (F.p) Ltd.l PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY MARCH. 1958