Pacific Islands Monthly

Vol. 56, No. 4 ( Apr. 1, 1985)
1985-04-01 · uncorrected OCR from NLA scans

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THE COVER Solomon Islands boy plays Pan flute Charles Boyle photo.

PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY Vol. 56 No. 4 April 1985 George Shultz 27 Dick Ukeiwe 28 Rosline Ben 49 Mosese Qionibaravi 53

In This Issue

EXCITING NEW GOLD FINDS IN PNG Australian geologist W. A. McGee reports on new gold deposits discovered in the chain of islands off the coast of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. 12

Hayden Visit Fisheries Talks In Png

A staff writer reviews the recent visit to Papua New Guinea by Australian Foreign Minister Bill Hayden, and the vital talks in Port Moresby between U.S. representatives and South Pacific Forum nations on access for U.S. tuna boats to the region’s 200-mile exclusive economic zones. 16 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PALAU’S PRESI- DENT Ed Rampell in Koror has secured an exclusive interview for PIM with Palau’s President Haruo I. Remeliik. It begins on page 1 9

U.S. Relations With “Compact” States

Floyd K. Takeuchi reports on the bureaucratic infighting over which government department State or Interior is to represent the U.S. in its relations with the future freely associated states of Micronesia. 27

Noumea-Papeete: The Toothless Alliance

Marie-Therese and Bengt Danielsson report on the odd “alliance” formed between the main anti-independence political parties in the French territories of New Caledonia and French Polynesia. 28 FROM NORFOLK TO PITCAIRN Kari Boye Young of Pitcairn records the islanders’ reaction to the visit late last year of 20-odd people from Norfolk Island, “second home” of many of the original Pitcairn families. 47 FIJI’S TWO DEPUTY PMs Fiji political circles are intrigued by the reasons behind Prime Minister Ratu Mara's recent appointment of Mosese Qionibaravi as a second deputy PM in association with Ratu David Toganivalu. 53 CONTENTS American Samoa 43 Australia 16,37 Books 39 Deaths 65 Edwin William Gurr 43 Fiji 33,50,53 France 28,50 French Polynesia 10,28 Galapagos Islands 37 Hawaii 42 Islands Press 55 Islands sport 52 Iwo Jima 22 Letters 10 Marshall Islands 37 Micronesia 19,27 New Caledonia 11,25 New Zealand 10 Norfolk Island 47 Pacific Report 7 Pacific stamp box 54 Palau 19, 27 PNG 12,16, 33, 39,41,48 People 57 RIM Opinion 5 Pitcairn Island 47 Political Currents 53 Service Page 66 Shipping Schedules 61 The Month 25 Tradewinds 31 Tropicalities 47 United States 17,27,31,57 Vanuatu 49 Western Samoa 23,43 Yachts 58 Australian cover price is recommended retail only. Registered by Australia Post, publication No. NBPI2IO. Second class postage paid at Honolulu, Hawaii. Copyright Pacific Publications (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. Postmaster Honolulu: Send address changes to PIM Hawaii, PO Box 22250, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822. 3 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985 Editor and Publisher Garry Barker Associate Editor Malcolm Salmon Layout & Design Barry Badger Editorial Adviser John Carter A Pacific Publications production Founded 1930 by R. W Robson (USPS 952480) 76 Clarence Street, Sydney, 2000, GPO Box 3408, Sydney, 2001 Cables: PACPUB Sydney.

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Pim Opinion

School marms should smile, too Anyone who has suffered the attention of a schoolyard bully knows that the true value of an alliance lies not in the quantity of damage done during an actual dust-up, but in the level of deterrence it poses to a potential enemy. The strength of the union is in the caution it generates in the beholder. Thus it was with ANZUS.

The chain of events over the last several months, since Mr David Lange became prime minister of New Zealand and rose on an unprecedented wave of public popularity to challenge the United States, was quite predictable. Here was a white, Anglo-Saxon Protestant mouse roaring its little head off in defiance of the greatest nation on earth where, not so incidentally, W.A.S.P. principles also held fair sway.

In return, the greatest nation on earth acted like a schoolmarm, cane in hand, sending New Zealand into the comer and threatening it with six of the best on the bottom of its trade figures.

At the neighboring desk sits Australia, vastly uncomfortable over the exchange of words, making its own errors over things like MX missiles, and unscheduled conversations with the arrogant North Vietnamese who (surprise, surprise), didn’t tell Foreign Minister Bill Hayden the truth about Kampuchea.

In short, it has been a very vigorous month for foreign affairs in this part of the world, not least of the events being Papua New Guinea’s sharp slap at the United States over its treatment of New Zealand. Foreign Minister Giheno accused Washington of being ’’insensitive, heavy-handed, and a bully” and of causing alarm among South Pacific Forum countries. ’’The Forum represents a region which is unquestionably pro-Western in its values and ideologies,” he said. ”It appears that this has been taken for granted or treated casually by the U.S. in its latest actions ... PNG believes the conduct of relations between the U.S. and individual countries of the Forum should continue to be based on mutual respect and equality.”

Part of that reaction seems to have been generated not so much by the ANZUS row as by the manner in which American interests (as possibly distinct from Washington’s executive), have concurrently dragged their feet over giving what the small nations regard as due recognition to their rights over the fish in their exclusive economic zones. In short, the Newtonian law of equal and opposite reactions seems to be working in the politics of the Pacific and the United States is getting a good bit of stick, both publicly and privately, for being too heavy-handed. Since nobody in the Pacific really expects to be menaced in the next day or two by a bunch of cement-faced Muscovites, it would be useful to the region generally if Washington now made some conciliatory noises which everyone could clearly hear.

Mr Lange has clearly enjoyed himself on the world stage and, to that extent, has done his country no real harm so far as publicity is concerned. Most democracies admire a battler; the smaller the warrior and the bigger the dragon, the louder the cheers. It is possibly also worth a few seconds of a Washington official’s time to think not so much about the size and importance of New Zealand in relation to the United States, but of its standing among Pacific nations.

New Zealand has had considerable influence in the region for many years; it has a fine reputation as a reliable friend of all the small countries. Where the United States is seen, albeit in favorable light, as a somewhat remote and occasionally clumsy giant, New Zealand has been on the ground for more than a century, helping, educating, supporting and cooperating.As a representative of Western democracy, and a long-time good friend of the United States, New Zealand has done an excellent job, politically and as a practical hod-carrier. New Zealand might have to be careful of its relations with the U.S. but, equally, in the Pacific if nowhere else, the U.S. must be careful about the way it from now on treats New Zealand, for, by those straws in the wind will the Pacific countries gauge their own affairs.

All of this is obvious enough, and there has been, since the beginning of this upset, considerable speculation that in fact it is all a matter of political engineering. Mr Lange was stuck with the anti-nuclear policy because he needed the support of the left-wing of his New Zealand Labour Party. The United States was happy to ’’make an example” of him because it would smarten-up attitudes towards the Western alliance in much more crucial areas like Europe, Canada, Iceland, Bermuda and Puerto Rico. Mr Lange didn’t really mind the appearance of a drubbing from the schoolmarm because it helped him pull his country together while he worked through some very painful, and desperately necessary, economic surgery.

So Mr Lange has taken his caning, and his snubbing at the hands of the Americans. He has been ticked off by Mrs Thatcher, and he has strutted his stuff at the Oxford Union debate and in some arenas in the U.S. At home, in his tight little islands, he has won plaudits, but he has also been told to watch it, for while principles are good, New Zealand is in no way threatened by the visits of nuclear ships and countries must trade so that their people can eat.

There is also, still, the matter of ANZUS. Everyone, including New Zealand, still says it is the cornerstone of peace in the Pacific.

But, if New Zealand believes that, and, furthermore, accepts that the U.S. believes it, they cannot cry for too long about being smacked for upsetting the alliance. Also, ANZUS has allowed them to have their defence pretty cheaply - less than three per cent of gross domestic product. Now, because they must maintain their forces, and take their fair share in regional defence cooperation with Australia and other Pacific countries, things will be more expensive, and difficult. They have lost access to large quantities of ANZUS intelligence, for instance.

Mr Lange is now back in his Wellington beehive. It is time to begin repairing the damage, real and notional, which his government’s stoutly-defended anti-nuclear policies have caused, not only to the stability and unity of the Pacific and to New Zealand, but also to the interests of many other countries.

The United States can help by being less publicly miffed than it has so far professed to be. Mr Lange can stop strutting the world stage and holding largely meaningless debates with people like the Rev Jerry Falwell. Indeed, Mr Lange may have started on this course by recently expressing the hope that he and U.S.Secretary of State Shultz might meet to talk it through when they both are in Malaysia for the regional conference next July. It would be a pity if Mr Shultz sent another under-gardener to talk with a sovereign nation’s prime minister, however awkward and argumentative that prime minister might be. 5 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

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Pacific Report

Govt. Party Has Easy Win In Samoa Poll

In Western Samoa’s February general election the government party, the Human Rights Protection Party, was returned with a majority of 15 scats. Polling closed at 3 p.m. on February 22 and by 5 p.m. the victory was clear. Of the 47 seats in the legislative assembly, 31 have been won by the H.R.P.P. and 15 new members have been elected to Western Samoa’s ninth parliament.

Only one former cabinet member, Lava Lio, minister for health, lost his seat. The prime minister, Tofilau Eti Alesana was returned with 328 votes, a record majority in this election. These results were provisional and must be confirmed within 45 days of the election. The government’s majority of 15 seats is equivalent to that held by the present Leader of the Opposition, Tupuola Efi, in the elections of 1976. Talking after the result was announced, the prime minister said from his home in Savaii he was grateful to his supporters and said his government would now consolidate its work of the past two years. He said he hoped the increased majority his party had won would give confidence to the countries that had been assisting Western Samoa in its development. Eti’s position as H.R.P.P. leader was reaffirmed on February 26, after a meeting of party faithful which lasted two days. He was thus put forward as the party’s official candidate for prime minister.

Parliament decides this by secret ballot at its first sitting after the election. Eti himself clearly enough has enjoyed the leadership of his country but, in various conversations over the past year, has indicated that he might not stand again. He is now over 60 but is still very fit and without doubt in command, a status the election has certainly confirmed. Lee Anderson in Apia. (see seperate report p. 23).

Brisbane: Anti-Kanak Gun-Running Charges

Four foreign nationals had conspired to smuggle more than $40,000 worth of firearms and ammunition to New Caledonia for use against Kanak rebels, the Brisbane Magistrates Court was told on March 6., Alan Grelier, 30, a teacher, Vu Viet Chaun, 30, unemployed, and Jean-Nicholas Bondaletoff, 38, yacht rigger and captain, were charged that between December 15, 1984 and March 5, 1985, they accumulated firearms and munitions to use in hostile activities against New Caledonia. Paul Ngoe Ly, 28, unemployed, was charged with giving money to Bondaletoff for the commission of the offence. No pleas were taken. The four men, from France and New Caledonia, were remanded in custody after the Public Prosecutions legal officer, lan Bates, said they were an unacceptable risk.

Soviets Ask Kiribati For Fishing Rights

Kiribati and Soviet delegations have met in Sydney for two days of talks on a Russian application for fishing rights in Kiribati’s 200-mile exclusive economic and fisheries zones, but no agreement was reached. It is believed that the Russian delegation, headed by Mr Guldibadimov, made certain proposals which the leader of the Kiribati delegation, Minister of Natural Resources and Development Babera Kirata, has conveyed to the Kiribati Government.

The meeting took place as the United States was considering a protest by Kiribati over the presence in its waters off Onotoa Island on January 21 of an American tuna boat Carol Linda, alleged to have been fishing without permission.

Palau Senate Approves Compact

The Senate of the Republic of Palau has approved the Compact of Free Association with the United States, after voting for rejection on two occasions, in August and November last year. The constitutional ban on the entry of nuclear substances into the republic was not a consideration in the Senate’s decision. When the referendum was held, the vote to remove the ban was below the required 75%, but the Senate now holds that approval needs only simple majority. Those who oppose this view may test it in the courts.

U.S. To Lift Ban On Solomons Imports?

The United States is expected to lift its ban on fish imports from Solomon Islands, which it imposed last year after Solomon Islands seized an American tuna boat, Jeanette Diana, for illegal fishing.

The boat was retrieved recently by the owners, C. & F. Fishing Company of San Diego, after paying about $U5770,000 for the boat, the boat’s fish-spotting helicopter and accessories. When Solomons Prime Minister Sir Peter Kenilorea returned from a visit to Washington, he complained that the U.S. Government was continuing its ban even though agreement had been reached with the owners. But the latest news is that the U.S. will lift the ban if the Solomons Government will enter into negotiations with the American Tuna Association for a bilateral fisheries agreement. Sir Peter has agreed to the proposal. Negotiations are continuing between member countries of the South Pacific Forum’s Fisheries Agency and the association over licences to fish in the various economic and fisheries zones in the region.

Arts Festival: Tahiti Bid Succeeds

The French Pacific territories appear determined to offer their hospitality to the Fourth Pacific Festival of the Arts which is now set down for celebration in Tahiti, starting on June 29. The original venue and date (Noumea, last December) became impossible because of the unrest at the time, and continuing, in New Caledonia and the festival was very reluctantly cancelled at the very last moment; some delegates, in fact, notable among them the governor of Easter Island, had already left on journeys designed to include the Noumea celebrations. The offer by Papeete to host the large and elaborate festival was made in the middle of February during a gathering of delegates from 20 Pacific independent nations and dependent territories. They debated the idea in private for several days, and many of them were reportedly reluctant to accept the invitation, not for any political reason, but because of the great added cost many of them will incur by having to travel to French Polynesia rather than to Noumea. Expenses in Tahiti are also considered to be somewhat higher than in New Caledonia.

Jacques Teheiura, minister for culture in the government of Gaston Flosse, agreed to pay the extra involved and, as was the case in Noumea, France will in fact pick up almost all of the CPF2OO million bill (about SAI.6 million). The local significance of June 29, the date set by the host delegation for the opening of the festival, may have escaped some of the delegates at the meeting, at least until an open letter, in French, English and Tahitian, appeared in the local newspapers, from the four biggest opposition political parties. June 29 was not, the letter passionately asserted, a great national holiday commemorating the free cession of the islands by King Pomare V on June 29,1880, but a “day of shame and sorrow for all Polynesians because of the fraudulent nature of the French take-over.” Premier Flosse tried to organise a local festival on the day last year but it was boycotted by the opposition parties and by Protestant and Catholic church leaders. The question now is whether local opposition will be less strong because the festival has an international dimension, and a large one at that. While the French government was apparently most eager to host the Pacific Arts Festival in Noumea last year, and very reluctant to cancel it, there is alleged to be some slightly different flavor about their approach to the Polynesian initiative, particularly since Premier Flosse’s treaty-signing business in Noumea. But, if he can pull it off the festival will undoubtedly increase his personal status in the region Bengt Danielsson and Staff Writer.

Thai Delegation Tours Islands

An eight-man delegation from Thailand led by Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Prapas Limpabhandhu has visited Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Views were exchanged in each country on international and regional affairs and methods of promoting co-operation in trade, investment and technology.

New Hope For Ok Tedi

Papua New Guinea’s Minister for Minerals and Energy, Francis Pusal, has reported that the other partners in Ok Tedi Mining Ltd have agreed to a government proposal on future development of the gold and copper mine involving construction of a permanent tailings waste dam and a single copper processing unit. 7 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1985

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letters NZ radiation lab chief replies to Moruroa report critics The article of the Danielssons in the October 1984 issue of Pacific Islands Monthly continues their efforts to undermine the conclusions of the scientific mission to Moruroa. A number of sweeping allegations are made in which they claim that the mission failed (a) to establish the effect of the French testing program on the health of French Polynesians, (b) to assess the extent and significance of possible venting and leaking of radioactive material, and (c) to assess the nature of the hazards presented by radioactive wastes originally deposited on the north coast of the atoll.

In fact, all of these points are considered in some detail in the mission report. With regard to (a) the Danielssons appear to have overlooked or missed the whole significance of the conclusions of the report. A fundamental consideration is that if there is no significant radiation exposure there can be no radiation-induced cancers. As the report records, the levels of radiation exposure in Tahiti during and immediately following the period of French atmospheric testing have been low in relation to natural levels of exposure.

Over the 11-year period 1964-1975 the mean radiation exposure (effective dose equivalent) of persons in Tahiti (where the greater proportion of the French Polynesian population resides) was about 8 millisieverts (mSv) from natural radiation (from cosmic radiation, terrestrial gamma emitters, and potassium-40 and other internal emitters), and only about 0.4 mSv from fallout radionuclides. For New Zealand the corresponding values are about 18 mSv from natural radiation and about 0.25 mSv from fallout.

If the case of miners exposed to radon gas in relatively high concentrations underground is excluded, it has not been demonstrated that natural radiation levels have any effect on cancer rates, even for areas of the world where background rates are very much higher (20-50 times) than in New Zealand. Clearly the contribution of fallout radionuclides to radiation exposure both in Tahiti and in New Zealand has been less than normal variations in natural radiation exposure rates from place to place.

This is the basis for the conclusion in the report that radiation exposure levels in French Polynesia do not lead to the expectation of any detectable radiation-induced cancers.

Having established the levels of radiation exposure, examination of cancer statistics could be considered of lesser significance. However, the statistics were examined and have been reported. Within the limitations of the data, most particularly the relatively small population base, there is no evidence of any increase in malignancy rates which might be attributable to exposure to radioactive fallout.

The Danielssons imply that nothing was learned about radioactive leakage because no submarine inspection around the atoll was made and no detonation occurred during the time of the mission visit. They indicate leakage has “demonstrably occurred” but offer no evidence. They appear to harbor the misconception that leakage would occur at the time of tests. In fact leakage of radioactivity would occur as a slow process over an extended period of time. The greater proportion of fission products In the days of atmospheric testing, before France took to underground tests in 1975: The first test in the 1973 series, and France’s 30th atmospheric nuclear test at Moruroa, presented an awesome sight to the watcher on board the New Zealand frigate Otago, 35 km from the mushroom cloud above Moruroa. -AAP picture. 10 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

arising from the underground detonations is fused in rock and only available for water transport at the leaching rate of the rock. Radioactive material in solution cannot be transported to the lagoon at a rate faster than that of the rate of movement of water through the volcanic rock strata in which the detonations occur. It is to be noted also that if leakage were to be detected this is not necessarily to be equated with the development of a local health risk. Apart from the fact that sea water contains considerable natural radioactivity, radioactive materials commonly can be detected in concentrations many orders of magnitude below those which might be considered to give rise to a possible long-term risk to health.

The Danielssons continue to raise the bogey of radioactive wastes dispersed in storms some years ago. The comparatively few persons at Moruroa who have been involved in waste-management practices have all been rigorously monitored, and the report notes that every reasonable effort is being made to clean up previously contaminated land areas. There is no evidence of unusual or excessive exposures of personnel. It is to be noted that the majority of the 3000 persons resident at Moruroa receive lower radiation exposures than persons living in almost all other parts of the world. This stems primarily from the fact that coral atolls have only very low concentrations of naturally-occurring radionuclides. The average contribution of fallout radionuclides in soil to human exposure at Moruroa is lower than in New Zealand, although for New Zealand, as in other countries, the soil concentrations of fallout radionuclides are much lower than those of naturally-occurring radioactive materials.

A. C. McEWAN Director, National Radiation Laboratory, Department of Health Christchurch New Zealand Bishop’s interview a ‘breath of fresh air’

I was greatly impressed by the interview with the former Bishop of Noumea Monsignor Pierre Martin (PIM Mar. p 24).

The calm tenor of Monsignor Martin’s remarks, and his obvious experience and appreciation of both sides in the present wretched situation in New Caledonia, were a breath of fresh air after the fevered bombast which has characterised so much recent discusion of the problem, both in the territory itself and in the National Assembly in Paris.

I was particularly impressed with the former bishop’s references to the experiences of Fiji and the Cook Islands, as possibly offering useful pointers to a political solution in New Caledonia. This reflects the man’s ability to adopt a wider perspective on Pacific Island affairs than the blinkered and embittered approaches which have done so much to bring the situation to the pass at which it now stands. After all, New Caledonia is a Pacific Islands entity, with a colonial past not so very dissimilar to many others.

There must surely be aspects of the post-colonial political arrangements in some of these other places which could be helpful to it, across the formidable, but in some respects irrelevant, “anglophone-francophone” barrier.

Finally, I was pleased to read his first-hand account of the priestly experience of FLNKS leader, Jean-Marie Tjibaou.

Perhaps the testimony of the prelate who ordained Mr Tjibaou, and later released him from his vows, will serve to shut up some of Tjibaou’s political opponents, who never seem to tire of trying to inject some sinister significance into his departure from the priesthood.

But I suppose the recent history of New Caledonia would indicate that this is really too much to hope.

P. WARBECK Sydney NSW Australia ‘New friend’ hit by plastic menace of the deep I was interested and disturbed to read your item “Plastic menace lurks in the deep” (“Pacific Report,” Mar., p 8).

I had no idea the threat to marine animal and bird life from our discarded plastic waste had reached such proportions.

It was only a day or so after I had been enlightened by this valuable item that I came across corroboration of it in another place altogether.

In one of my son’s surfing magazines the Queenslandbased Line-Up I read a story called “New Friend” by Lawrie Kavanagh.

Kavanagh wrote: “If it wasn’t for the hike in petrol and the halt in wages . . .

“If it wasn’t for airliners being shot out of the sky and lonely, lost bodies being turned over for political points scoring ... if it wasn’t for assassinations and murders and robberies and unemployment and inflation and recessions and atomic bombs and washing up, I’d probably be a happy man today.

“You see, I met a new friend in the surf last week, a dolphin, and that made me feel good . . .

“There followed 45 minutes of brilliance, with my new friend catching wave after wave, sometimes surfing so close you feared the fin may hit him.

“Most times when the new friend returned to the line-up out back he rocketed high over the incoming swells and breakers, sometimes twisting in the air and occasionally showing off.

“Between waves the dolphin swam about, sometimes on his back, and once, shortly before he went home, turned on his back with his head and flippers out of the water as if sunbathing.

“It was only on his last jump high over a breaking wave that I noticed the short piece of heavy nylon fishing line hanging from my new friend’s mouth.

“If it wasn’t for atomic bombs, rising prices and new friends with nylon fishing line dangling from their mouths, I’d probably be a happy man today ...”

Arthur Blackstock

Aireys Inlet, Vic., Australia.

During his 1956-70 tenure as Bishop of Noumea, Monsignor Pierre Martin is seen here ordaining two young Melanesians into the priesthood. The ceremony took place at Paita Seminary. On another occasion at Hienghene, Bishop Martin ordained presentday FLNKS leader Jean-Marie Tjibaou. 11 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL. 1985

New Gold In Png

"The Midas alternative" to OK Tedi The chain of islands off the east coast of New Ireland in Papua New Guinea is developing into a gold province of consequence. On Lihir, one of these islands, a joint venture between the major American company, Kennecott, and the junior Australian, Niugini Mining, has located a very large deposit.

Two large and closely positioned zones have been drilled and a resource of not less than 50 million tonnes, and probably much more, is indicated.

Grades encountered have been as high as 137 grams of gold per tonne, but are more typically in the one to five grams per tonne range.

These seemingly trivial amounts of gold can be very profitable to mine as the large tonnages available permit the application of highly efficient and economical extraction techniques.

With gold bringing about KinalO per gram, the deposit has an in-ground value of at least Kl5OO million (about Aussl.9 billion).

Gold is beginning to emerge as the principal metal of interest in Papua New Guinea, especially since the fortunes of Ok Tedi, for which so much had been hoped, have begun to falter.

Ok Tedi is, of course, a rich gold mine, with perhaps as much as 425 tonnes of the precious metal contained in the cap, and the first levels, of Mount Fubilan. But, in recent times, other major gold deposits have been found, particularly in the chain of small islands off the east coast of New Ireland. Of these, Lihir is thought to be one of the most promising the centre of a modern, very technical, high-stakes, gold rush. Australian geologist W.A.McGee, who has been closely connected with PNG exploration over a number of years, was recently there and writes here of a site few outsiders have seen.

The drills have yet to define the limits of the mineralisation and towards this a K 5 million (Au 556,250,000) is to be undertaken this year.

Not surprisingly, since the first announcement of success, Niugini Mining shares have boomed on the Sydney stock market. Currently they are trading in the Ausslo to $ll range, almost all of which reflects the valuation placed on the Lihir deposit by the market.

Unusual for modem discoveries, the gold on Lihir is a new find, one that the old prospectors missed completely.

Some 40 miles to the north of Lihir, on the small island of Simeri in the Tabar Group, surface indications of extensive gold mineralisation were found two years ago, but were not tested at depth until October, 1984. The first drill hole encountered a spectacular section which assayed 152 grams/tonne gold, over a hole distance of 5 metres. At current prices a tonne of this material would contain gold worth about $1875 if there was a tonne of it.

Even though such bonanzas are not an indication of the overall tenor of a deposit, the hole did penetrate several other rich, but lesser grade, sections and was in low grade mineralisation throughout its 225 metre length. For a first hole into a prospect this was a most exciting result.

A second hole drilled 300 metres away, on what is thought to be a continuation of the zone, also encountered substantial gold mineralisation, giving hopes that this deposit, like that on Lihir, will prove to be very large. Further drilling on this zone is planned for 1985, and two other zones of surface gold indications remain to be 12 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1985

tested at depth, one having samples averaging a respectable 9 grams/tonne.

The Tabar prospects are being explored by a consortium which comprises the same two companies as are on Lihir, that is, Kennecott and Niugini Mining, but here also including a group of American interests led by Nord Resources, an American public company with international mining interests.

The Tanga Islands, the group to the south-east of the Lihir Islands,are being prospected by Newmont, another substantial American mining company, but no public comment on results has been made. That they are persisting there suggests that some favorable results are being obtained.

Esso, and a company with the somewhat improbable name of City and Suburban Properties, exploring in the Feni Islands, the most southerly group in the chain, have also found gold. Some good values have been obtained from outcrops sufficient to encourage them to embark on a detailed assessment of the occurrence.

Like the Lihir partnership, this joint venture is also between a major American and a small Australian. City and Suburban Properties was acquired by a group of Australian entrepreneurs in 1984 and the Feni and other interests injected into it. Funds for exploration were then realised from the public by a successful share issue.

But the Tabar to Feni chain is not the only area where discoveries are being made. Elsewhere in Papua New Guinea there have been important developments on both recognised and newly-found prospects.

At Porgera in the highland province of Enga, recent drill intersections have instilled new life into what was a languishing project. The best section reported, 39 grams/tonne gold over 86 metres, is a stupendous result, and it is understood that for calculation of the average some assays were reduced from figures so high that they read more like copper grades than gold.

These intersections are from holes on a new zone of mineralisation, adjacent to that which has been under exploration from many years without the establishment of a resource sufficient to permit a commitmcnt to mining. The defined ore body comprises 59 million tonnes grading 3.5 grams/tonne gold and 14.4 grams/tonne silver. The new mineralisation should substantially improve on this.

Three major international companies, Placer Deverequire appreciable investment, Even so, Porgera could well be the next mining project to be brought into production, Conzinc Riotinto of Australia (CRA) are rumored to have made a discovery of some importance at a prospect called Wafi Creek, located 70 km south-west of Lae. They have drilled there but have not released any details of the results, The scuttlebutt puts a size of lopment, Mount Isa Mines, and Renison Goldfields, are in partnership on this project.

Placer Development, wellknown in Papua New Guinea for its historic Bulolo dredging operation and its consistent exploration programs, has recently indicated its confidence in the project by exercising a K 1 million (about Aussl.2s million) option to secure its position.

Because of its remote location, development of this deposit will around 20 million tonnes at 2 or 3 grams/tonne gold on this find. This would be a substantial, but low-grade, resource, but it is possible that further work will improve these figures.

The Esso - City and Suburban Properties joint venture is exploring several areas as well as the Feni Islands, notably in the D’Entrecasteaux Islands where several gold prospects have been discovered. Some drilling has been carried out on two of these - the Unagala and Wapolu prospects on Fergusson Island, and several intersections of modest gold grades have been obtained.

Good gold values are also turning up in rocks from creeks on adjacent Normanby Island.

In the Highlands and on New Britain, other prospects are being investigated and some very encouraging values have been found in surface samples.

The exploration program is being accelerated to assess these discoveries.

On the older goldfields there is also considerable activity.

In 1982 Renison Goldfields took over the old New Guinea Goldfields operation at Wau as a base for exploration. Since then substantial investments have been made, improving production and efficiency. Revenues are being directed to an aggressive exploration program both at Wau and elsewhere in Papua New Guinea.

Exploration of the Umuna prospect on Misima Island, in progress now since the late seventies, has defined a large zone of gold mineralisation.

The joint venturers here, Placer and CRA, have disclosed a resource of 43 million tonnes grading 1.3 gram/tonne gold and 16 gram/tonne silver. This quite low average grade is complicated by exceedingly irregular distribution of the gold and so a thorough knowledge of the deposit will be required to generate sufficient confidence for development.

Misima, of course, is one of the historic goldfields of Papua New Guinea, and the lode system now under investigation supported highly profitable mines before the Second World War.

Altogether there are a dozen large companies exploring for gold in the country at present.

Many areas throughout Papua New Guinea are being prospected and new showings of gold have been found. Some of these prospects can be expected to move to the drilling stage within the next year, and a proportion may well develop into mineable deposits. The expenditure on exploration is itself a useful input to the Papua New Guinea economy, particu- FACING PAGE: The Lihir gold deposit as the helicopter sees it on approach ... the clearings are drill sites ... Above: Old methods still aid prospectors ... panning for surface show of gold. 13 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1985

larly as much is directed to remote areas where there is little other opportunity for any cash income.

Also of importance is an airborne geophysical survey which has lately commenced on Bougainville Island. It is being carried out jointly by the West German government as an aid project, and the Papua New Guinea Geological Survey. Airborne geophysics is an indirect method of prospecting which is unlikely itself to result in immediate mineral discoveries, but the survey is expected to be able to suggest locations favorable for both gold and copper.

Bougainville Island was chosen for this survey because of the considerable interest in exploration there. Both the Bougainville Provincial government and the national government are very dependent on revenues generated by the Panguna mine on Bougainville, but this has a limited life left and is already suffering from falling ore grades. Further, the mining company has a large investment in facilities, such as towns and the port, which it would like to see used beyond the exhaustion of the Panguna reserves.

Because of opposition by the local people, arising from difficulties in acquiring land for development of the Panguna mine, the island has been closed to exploration since the late sixties. In addition to the expected technical results, the initiation of this project is itself seen as a significant political breakthrough which could lead to opening of the island to general exploration. Bougainville Island is viewed by geologists as one of the most promising areas in Papua New Guinea, if only because where there is one large ore body there are good chances of another.

The gold discoveries come at a particularly favorable time for the Papua New Guinea government. Other mining projects are not fulfilling expectations and much of the national planning has looked to future income from mining. Depressed metal prices and its lowered ore grades have reduced revenues from the Panguna mine which alone provides around a quarter of the government’s funds.

The Ok Tedi project incurred large cost over-runs in construction and since commissioning has encountered several operational difficulties. Gold is now being produced, but is not generating the revenues expected. The Papua New Guinea government, which took a 20 per cent equity share in the venture, has indicated it may not contribute further capital at this stage.

The operating company has also been forced to delay implementation of further phases of the project, to introduce copper production, because at the prevailing low copper prices this would result in further losses. The gold zone now being mined has reserves for about three years only, by which time copper must be in production to sustain the project.

During the protracted and complicated negotiations between the government and the Ok Tedi consortium, before and after the government’s order closing down operations, a large number of concessions and assurances were offered back and forth across the table.

The government and the mining company moved positions considerably and several assurances of further investment were given. But, at time of writing, Ok Tedi was still closed, mainly because the outlook for copper prices remained somewhere between terrible and mediocre... Ed.

It has become evident that, in the foreseeable future, there is little chance of establishing mines on either the Frieda or the Yanderra copper deposits, or on the Ramu nickel-cobalt deposit. Each of these projects had at some stage in the last decade seemed close to development. Prices for the metals on which they would depend are exceedingly low and the markets show little prospect of recovery. Of all the common metals it is really only gold, a metal never in over-supply, which commands a sufficient market to attract investment in new projects.

Papua New Guinea at present produces about two per cent of the world’s newlymined gold and ranks about eighth among the producers in the world, although much is exported in copper concentrates for recovery at overseas refineries.

Besides providing a sizeable boost to the domestic economy, development of the new discoveries will improve the country’s trading position and significantly raise its standing as a source of gold for the international market. The political aspects of the successes in gold exploration remain themselves to be explored.

The gold deposit on Lihir is the most significant mineral discovery in Papua New Guinea since Ok Tedi was found in the late sixties. Kennecott, as is well known, also discovered Ok Tedi, but they failed to develop it due to disagreements with the Papua New Guinea government.

Perhaps, given Ok Tedi’s current difficulties, Kennecott did not miss too much. The Lihir discovery was made within a year of Kennecott re-commencing active exploration in Papua New Guinea after a 10-year absence. If nothing else, they have displayed an enviable skill as discoverers.

Geologists consider that all of the important gold deposits in Papua New Guinea have been formed by volcanic activity such as is characteristic of the Pacific rim. Similar deposits are present in other Pacific countries - Japan and the Philippines particularly seem to be well endowed, but not all of the region has been equally well prospected. Notably, there are excellent opportunities for discoveries in some of the littleprospected countries of the south-western Pacific region.

When the site is found work begins with light portable drilling rigs. 14 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

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Border-line welcome for Hayden Australian aid, the West Irian border situation, and domestic crime rates were the dominant subjects during the visit to Papua New Guinea mid-February of the Australian foreign minister, Mr Bill Hayden.

Through it all the Australians were at pains to be seen simply as very helpful friends and neighbors. ”It is important for Australia not to be seen as intrusive,” said Mr Hayden at the end of his four-day visit. ”If we dominate your economy it could be misunderstood as neo-colonialism. We want to avoid a long shadow of neo-colonialism in this country.”

Hayden’s PNG opposite number, Mr Giheno, said the visit had reinforced the fact that Australia did not seek to interfere. (Somewhat later, as if to reinforce PNG independence of thought and action, Mr Giheno delivered a sharp slap to the Americans for ’’bullying” New Zealand over the nuclear ship visit issue and ANZUS).

The most difficult aspect of the Hayden visit concerned the West Irian border. Mr Hayden had apparently expressed a desire to visit a refugee camp along the border. Canberra officials suggested the visit, to Kungim camp, about 30 minutes by air from Kiunga, would enable Mr Hayden to see for himself where Australian relief aid was being spent and perhaps also add to his personal knowledge of one of the most difficult political situations in the region.

The trip was cancelled by PNG foreign affairs secretary Paulias Matane, who expressed concern about Mr Hayden’s security.

Something of a furore developed over the cancellation, with Mr Hayden saying he wouldn’t do anything to embarrass PNG in any way, and people like former PNG Defence Force commander, Ted Diro, now MP for Central, saying he would have made sure the visitors would have been safe.

A bigger storm broke in Australia where Mr Hayden was sternly criticised by leading newspapers for having sought to go to the border and thereby risk his involvement, and thus the Australian government’s, in a sensitive matter between the Indonesians and PNG.

The Sydney Morning Herald said sharply in an editorial: ’There was no possible value to PNG, Australia or Indonesia in Mr Hayden being identified with what are OPM (Free West Mr Hayden was met by dancers from the Raun Raun Theatre when he called at Goroka on his PNG visit. 16 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

Papua Movement) camps in Western Province. ’The whole proposed trip to the border has been a wretched political bungle from the start, with plenty of poor and incautious planning on both sides.”

Mr Hayden defended himself vigorously in a letter to the editor of the Herald saying he had all along accepted the advice of his PNG hosts and was blameless of incaution or intrusion or failure to appreciate the sensitivity of the situation.

The dust of that affair settled fairly quickly, leaving the main point on Mr Hayden’s notes a request from PNG not to implement the cuts in Australian foreign aid recommended by the Jackson Report. The steep decline in mining revenues earned by PNG from the fading copper mine at Bougainville, and the delays at bringing Ok Tedi into production of copper had seriously damaged PNG’s economic outlook, Mr Hayden was told. The Jackson Report recommended an annual decline of five per cent in Australian aid, currently running at more than $350 million annually- Mr Hayden, member of a government itself enthusiastically searching for cuts in expenditure to support a promise to reform and lower domestic income taxes, did not commit himself on the aid question, but promised it would be closely examined by Canberra. ”In April the government of PNG will put proposals to us which we will consider,” said Mr Hayden at his final press conference in Port Moresby. ”We will commence discussion in May and expect discussions to continue over the next couple of months.” So far, however, Australia had not moved to implement any of the Jackson recommendations. ”We certainly would not move until we had received the proposals and the response of this country,” Mr Hayden said.

The foreign minister also said Australia would also be prepared to help PNG under the technical co-operation agreement with police training to deal with the country’s large and still growing crime problem. PNG’s Cabinet has decided to recruit 100 police officers from Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Staff Writer New York expands Pacific interest Pacific people, often neglected because of their remoteness and small populations, are being increasingly recognised in America for their distinctive cultural contributions. A few years ago the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing of Primitive Art opened at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, featuring a large collection of art from Oceania.

New Yorkers, however, were apparently not satisfied. Beginning this year a new permanent exhibition on Pacific peoples opened at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The exhibition, named in memory of Margaret Mead, allows the visitor to explore in a far more intimate way than before possible in the United States the immense richness of the many diverse Pacific cultures.

Outside the entrance of the main hall are two exhibits which introduce the visitor to Margaret Mead, the world figure and the anthropologist. Immediately inside the hall are several exhibits dealing with a number of cultural dynamics shared by Pacific islanders the effects of contact with western culture, the use of coconuts and betel nuts, and mediums of exchange to name but a few.

After exploring a number of cultural features held in common, what next strikes the visitor is the diversity of the Pacific region. The hall is divided into color-coded zones, each focusing on one of the six major cultural areas of the Pacific: Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

In one section the visitor can explore the burial customs of the indigenous people of Australia. When done with Australia one can move on to Indonesia and become fascinated by the finely-crafted puppets of Bali. Further on, the visitor will be able to explore the complexity of the various layers of cultures that form the modem day Filipino. Of particular interest, I thought, was a bamboo shoot from the Philippines, covered with Sanskrit writing.

Perhaps the largest collections deal with Melanesia and Polynesia. There are particularly extensive displays covering the cultures of the Maori people and the people of Papua New Guinea. A quite remarkable carving for its intricacy is a Maori feast bowl. There are also ample collections of artifacts from Vanuatu, the Solomons, Samoa, Fiji and many other island groups.

The most limited collection, however, is Micronesia, which is particularly disconcerting since this is an American museum and Micronesia has been for the past 40 years a political dependency of the U.S.A.

Although the Micronesian collection is small, it does contain some outstanding pieces. In the several years that I lived in the Micronesian islands I never came across a Marshallese stick chart or a Mortlockese devil mask so finely crafted and of such age as are to be found now in the American Museum.

The Margaret Mead Hall of Pacific Peoples contains some 1500 artifacts. These will now teach many future generations of Americans about the significant contributions their friends from the Pacific have made to the artistic and cultural accomplishments of humanity. But the collection is not for Americans only. As Dr Mead wrote before her death while planning the hall; ’’Not only will our children see these things. The descendants of Hawaiians, Trobrianders, Balinese and Australians will come to America as students, and here in the museum they will find the stone tools and weapons, the fragile ornaments and precious objects made by their ancestors cared for and safe. ” Henry M.Schwalbenberg, S.J.

Maori feastbowl fron New Zealand, used for serving dog flesh.

An exhibit from the Margaret Mead Hall. The piece was probably made after contact with European settlers. 17 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1985

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Remeliik Looks Ahead

Palau edges closer to compact Like many Pacific leaders, Haruo Remeliik, is out-going, articulate, and gentle. But he is also a consummate grass-roots politician who was recently reelected president of the Republic of Palau by what can only be described as an avalanche of popularity. It is his second term of office.

His primary task remains the handling of the Compact of Free Association with the United States. Alone among the Micronesian states Palau has so far failed to ratify the instrument, principally because it ”is considered by many to breach the Palauan constitutional declaration of the territory as a nuclear-free zone.”

Remeliik’s continuing struggle to attain senate passage of the compact is not seen as getting any easier, despite fair indication that a raw majority of the population does not oppose the measure.

Activists, on the other hand, claim it is the unmaking of a nuclear-free Palau, and the parliamentary opposition steadfastly opposes it.

Remeliik says, “the Compact is not dead, it is just sitting. ” But getting it moving in Palau seems to be easier said than done.

Haruo Remeliik was bom in 1933 at Peliv, an island south of Koror in the Palauan archipelago. He studied at the University of Hawaii and worked in the judicial system of the Trust Territory administration. He became involved in local politics and eventually rose to leadership which culminated in his election in 1980 as Palau’s first president. ”1 am grateful to the people of Palau for the second time. I owe them a great deal and hope to accomplish much,” he told PIM in an exclusive interview. “The people have been through all kinds of problems with me this time.” ”We have been working on the Compact for more than 14 years,” he said. The people have expressed their wish in our last plebiscite, on September 4, 1984. A majority of the people voted for the Compact as it is written now. ’’The Compact is our key issue and the people felt I should continue working on it. ”

PIM: Shortly before the election you appeared on television and said the only thing standing between the Compact and its passage was the senate which has repeatedly rejected it. Do you think these political ads were responsible for putting eleven of the senators out of office?

REMELIIK; It could have been one of the criteria on which the people based their decision. We look at the Compact as it is now, and it does not require 75 per cent approval because all those items which were contested were removed.

So now it simply requires a majority.

PIM: Ambassador Lazarus Salii has just won a senate seat.

Will he be running for senate president?

REMELIIK: It’s possible. If not, he will be one of the senators on whom I shall be relying to get this Compact through.

PIM: The new senate seems to have a majority in favor of the Compact. If they approve it in their first session, as many expect them to do, does that mean Palau will have to take another plebiscite?

REMELIIK: No. The Compact itself is not dead. It is just sitting, waiting for senate approval. When the senate approves it, then it’s ready for transmission to the U.S. for action.

PIM: The Opposition disagrees with your interpretation of the majority required and claims the courts will block you.

They say the 68 per cent vote in parliament fails to meet the criterion laid down in the nuclear-free provision of the Constitution.

REMELIIK: No. It does not need 75 per cent approval.

Once it is approved by the senate it is ready for transmittal to Washington.

PIM: Do you think the courts will try to stop you again?

Palau’s President Haruo I. Remeliik ... “the compact is our key issue, and people felt I should continue working on it.” 19 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

REMELIIK: Anyone can try, but I think it is clear that a 75 per cent approval is not necessary.

PIM: Now that Salii is in the senate, who will be your new man in Washington?

REMELIIK: Salii and Polycarp Basilius were working together on the Compact. He is the man who knows it well and he is being considered.

PIM; Palau is known for its Rock Islands and for the world’s first constitutional declaration of a nuclear-free zone. If the Compact is passed as it is written now, will Palau remain 100 per cent nuclear-free?

REMELIIK: It will.

PIM; What do you plan to do with the American grant money available once the Compact is passed?

REMELIIK; Construct all the infrastructure we need, like a road around Babeldaob. Economic development.

PIM: If Palau was militarily endangered, and the U.S. came to its aid, defence responsibility remains with the U.S. under the terms of the Compact, would Palau allow American nuclear powered ships into its waters?

REMELIIK; Those are circumstances we have yet to deal with. Of course, if the U.S. is responsible for our defence,it depends upon the aggression.

What we utilise has to be decided. We don’t have any enemies. We are friends with everyone.

PIM: Do you think that the Compact with the U.S. makes Palau a Soviet target?

REMELIIK: It is a small peanut. The next war will be between the super-powers ... they can fly nuclear missiles into each other’s country.

PIM: You grew up in Peleliu, where fighting took place in World War 11. Do you think warfare like that will reoccur?

REMELIIK: I don’t think so.

PIM; There is speculation that a U.S. military base may be built at Babelldaob as a possible fail-back for Clark and Subic bases.

REMELIIK; Possibly one for training, but not for defensive purposes,like at Clark and in Guam.

PIM; According to the Inspector-General of the U.S. Department of the Interior, the IPSECO power plant being built here will cost $32 million, plus an additional $l5 million in debt service. Where will Palau get that kind of money to pay its debts?

Palau and the Marshall Islands, two tiny Micronesian countries with an aggregate population of less than 50,000, owe more than US$67 million to various British and Australian lending institutions, principally for power plants and fuel storage facilities installed by International Power Systems Ltd (IPSECO), of London.

The U.S.Government, which maintains a close administrative link with the Micronesian countries, says neither has the money to meet debt servicing on the outstanding loans. They say the Marshalls owe Australian and British financial interests $ll.B million for three aircraft bought to serve outer atolls.

IPSECO plants on Koror and Babeldaop (or Babelthuap by the old spelling), in Palau are due to be completed in 1986. Koror is the Palauan capital and Babeldaop is the largest of the eight inhabited islands in the group which lies 1000 km east of the Philippines and 7250 km south-east of Hawaii.

The power plant at Majuro, in the Marshalls, 3700 km south-east of Honolulu, has been operational for about 18 months. The Marshalls are made up of 31 atolls and islands spread over about 800,000 sq km of the Central Pacific.

First payments on the IPSECO-related loans are to be made by the Marshalls this year and indications are that officials in Majuro are depending upon U.S. grant-aid, under the Compact of Free Association, to meet their commitments.

In the interview in this issue of PIM, President Remeliik, of Palau, indicates that his government hopes their plant will generate enough revenue from fuel sales to fishing boats to service their debt, but concedes that “some subsidisation” may be required from Compact money, the granting of which remains conditional upon the Palau senate ratifying the agreement.

Information obtained by the American Associated Press from the U.S.

Department of the Interior’s inspector-general under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act shows that the Marshalls obtained two loans, totalling U 5524.9 million in February, 1981, for construction of a 12 megawatt power plant and a six-million gallon fuel storage facility. Both loans came from the Midland Bank, Ltd., of London.

In March, 1980, the Marshalls got three loans to buy aircraft to establish a government-run, subsidised airline. Of these, one for $1.7 million came from the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation of Sydney, and another, of $1.5 million, came from the Midland Bank tocomplete payment for two Australian-made 19-seater, Nomad aircraft. The third loan, for $8.7 million, was with British Aerospace, Pic, of London, for a HS74B turboprop airliner.

The AP report says the U.S.lnterior Department inspector-general’s report complains that Palau ’’did not act responsibly” when, on February 2, 1982,it agreed to a $U527.5 million contract with IPSECO to build a 16 megawatt power plant and fuel storage facility in the republic. Altogether, says the report, Palau incurred $32.5 million in loan liability. The power transmission and distribution system between Koror and Babeldaop will cost $5 million. ’’Both agreements were contingent upon Palau securing financing to pay the contract price,” said the report.

Helped by IPSECO, Palau raised $24.3 million from the National Westminster Bank of London and a further sB.2million from the County Bank, also of London, the report said.

According to the Associated Press, the inspector-general was sharply critical of the loan arrangements, saying that Palau had not properly assessed its power and fuel storage needs or projected likely revenues.

They said there was no market for either the electricity or the fuel.

Others, critical in return of the inspectorgeneral’s attitude, say the department was miffed that the two Micronesian countries, so recently dependencies of the U.S., had not consulted Washington before proceeding to raise loans in London and Sydney. In fact, they say, the inspector-general under-rated the marketability of the fuel and, in common with American investors, failed to see the potential for development in Micronesia. 20 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

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IPSECO will pay for itself with the income it makes itself. It will be self-contained.

PIM: But wasn’t that concept based on the Van Camp plant which pulled out?

REMELIIK: We have an agreement with Japan Fishing Association. Over 400 boats are fishing within our 200 mile exclusive economic zone, and we can make arrangements for the boats to fuel here.

PIM: How many of those boats are Palauan?

REMELIIK: They are mostly Japanese and pay a fee for the fishing rights. It’s hard for Palauans to fish commercially because of the marketing problems. As for trade, we are still developing, so this is difficult.

We hope to attract some investments and businesses here with Compact money, so we can export, be duty-free, have incentives.

PIM: There is a probably scurrilous theory going around that IPSECO is really a plot to place Palau so deeply in debt that the Compact will have to be accepted. Then the military base will be built on Babeldaob where a power plant and fuelling facility will be conveniently waiting for it. What do you think of that sort of rumor?

REMELIIK; That’s not our understanding at all. We have been short of power and we need a plant to meet our needs.

We might consider using Compact money to subsidise it if necessary.

PIM: Is it true that Babeldaob has bauxite and phosphate?

REMELIIK: Yes. The owners of that land are looking into developing the resources, mostly negotiating with Japan for the mining.

PIM; What will be your policies for the next four years?

REMELIIK: We hope to have a better relationship with the national congress, so we can get more done. I hope this new congress will have a better attitude toward things we are trying to develop. We would like to attract more investment for the construction industries and to develop our marine and economic resources.

PIM: What relations will Palau have with Japan in the next four years?

REMELIIK; We have a business relationship between our businessmen and the Japanese, and we are also getting aid from Japan - about US$l.3 million.

This is not in actual cash, but mostly equipment for economic development. Our relationship is now friendly.

In September I travelled to Japan through the APPU with President Nakayama of the Federated States of Micronesia, and President Kabua of the Marshalls. It was an educational trip to make Japan more aware of the islands. We met with prime minister Nakasone, who said his government would continue to foster the relationship between Japan and Micronesia, economically and politically.

PIM: Having been brought up during the Japanese times, and the war, do you have any fears that the old “Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere” of Imperial Japan will try to take over Micronesia again?

REMELIIK: No. Japan is an economic giant and its interests now are mainly economic. This is something we welcome. The new luxury Palau Pacific Resort is a plus for our economy, for example.

Remeliik concedes that the Japanese developed Palau more than the Americans, but says their development in those (pre-war and wartime) days was for Japanese. America developed less, economically, but it was all for the Palauans. This was one of his reasons for supporting the Compact, he said.

PIM; Speaking of the Pacific Resort, how important is tourism for Palau?

REMELIIK: It is one of the potentials we would like to develop. We see tourism as a major economic force in the islands.

PIM: With whom else, besides the U.S. and Japan, would Palau like to develop a close relationship?

REMELIIK: Taiwan, Hongkong and the Philippines have expressed interest in us, but our ties to the South Pacific are very important to us. Palau cooperates fully with all Pacific Island nations. ‘ We are a new island nation and we are making every effort to impress our neighboring friends with our existence ant our willingness to cooperate in all areas of mutual interest.

Palau is not yet a member of either the Forum or of SPEC, because we have not yet attained Free Association status or independence, which are membership requirements. But we are very much members of the South Pacific Commission.

Palau has indeed received much technical assistance from SPC and it is through this association that we are making appreciable relationships with other member nations.

We feel through our active participation in the SPC that we are sending the message to our island friends that we are serious and willing to work with our neighbors on mutually beneficial programs.

PIM: What is your view of the situation in New Caledonia?

REMELIIK: We were looking forward to the Festival of the Pacific Arts. It would have been our second participation. We feel defeated by its cancellation because the festival is something we need for our country, our culture, our identity. Without our culture we are not Palauan any more.

As for the political situation there now-I don’t know the details. The Kanaks want to claim their rights as natives of the islands. Things have been brewing for a long time and now it has surfaced. I think it is an internal matter between the Kanaks and the French New Caledonians.

PIM: What is your hope for the future?

REMELIIK: I would like to see Palau remain as Palau and become economically self-sufficient and independent. But we have to build up Palau’s economic strength to achieve this goal.

E.Rampell 21 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1985

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Kolone resignation may upset Eti rule On Thursday, March 7, at a meeting of the Human Rights Protection Party (H.R.P.P.) in Apia, one of the party’s most prominent members, Vaai Kolone, stunned party members when he announced his resignation from the party.

Since the elections held on February 22, leadership of the party has been one of the main issues. Vaai Kolone has made several bids for leadership.

However the H.R.P.P. has decided to give its support to Tofilau Eti Alesana, prime minister for the past two years.

In Vaai Kolone’s press statement, issued on March 8, he said he had officially dissociated himself from the H.R.P.P. and claimed that he believed that the party is no longer conscious of its original ideals and objectives. He added that he did not feel he could personally bring any effective influence to bear on the situation.

Tofilau Eti, interviewed the same day, said Kolone’s decision had come ”as a complete surprise.” The prime minister said he hoped to have another meeting with Kolone and try to bring him back into the party.

Vaai Kolone was one of the founders of the H.R.P.P. in 1976 and became prime minister for ten months in 1982. He lost his seat in September of that year through a court decision. Until then Tofilau Eti had been deputy prime minister and minister for finance, but at the fall of Vaai he became leader of the H.R.P.P. and prime minister.

The dissociation of Vaai Kolone from the H.R.P.P. under the leadership of Tofilau Eti is considered crucial in the coming election for prime minister to be held on March 19 when the legislative assembly will meet to hold a secret ballot for the country’s leadership. At present Vaai Kolone says he is Not for the first time since their independence, the politics of Western Samoa are in a high state of flux. Despite his party’s clear election win, the leadership of Tofilau Eti fell into question because of movement among the engineers of influence within the legislative assembly. The catalyst was Vaai Kolone, one of the founders of the Human Rights Protection Party, now led by Tofilau Eti Alesana.

Kolone was prime minister for less than a year in 1982, but lost his seat after a court action. He remains a powerful figure in the land.

Western Samoa’s electoral system is unique in the Pacific for votes are not cast by the population generally but by the matai (clan and family leaders). In the previous election there were about 12,000 matai. This number was increased by appointment to about 16,000 for the most recent poll, a rise which has caused considerable debate in the country. Lee Anderson reports from Apia on the latest moves which appear to cast doubt on the future leadership of Tofilau Eti. not affiliated with any party.

The H.R.P.P. in the elections on February 22 won with 31 seats to 16. The opposition, the Christian Democratic Party, would need to attract Vaai Kolone, his supporters, and possibly eight other members to its ranks before having any chance of holding a majority in the assembly.

It is possible that Vaai Kolone could become prime minister by working together with the Christian Democrats. If this were the case the eight cabinet posts, including those of deputy prime minister and Speaker, could be split between representatives of both groups.

The other major figure in this delicate political round, Tupuola Efi, said in an interview after Kolone’s resignation that he did not rule out the possibility of a coalition government. He said his policy now was to ’’fold my arms” and wait to see what happened.

Apia, and the rest of Western Samoa seethed with speculation over the situation but Tupuola Efi said he had nothing positive to say; things were in flux.

Couple elected For the second time in Samoan political history, a husband and wife team have been elected to the parliament in Apia. Le Tagaloa Pita was elected from Palauli (Le Falese) and his wife Aiono Fanaasi was elected from Aana Alofi Number One. The first couple to be elected simultaneously to parliament entered the house in the early seventies were Vaovasamanaia Filipo, now chief justice, and his wife, Taulapapa Faimaala Filipo.

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Stop Press The prime minister of Western Samoa, Tofilau Eti Alesana, was re-elected unopposed on March 19 at the ninth meeting of the legislative assembly, This is only the second time in the history of Western Samoa’s parliament thal a prime minister has been elected unopposed. As expected, a motion was put that Vaai Kolone, a former prime minister, stand for election, bu Kolone declined before the motion could be seconded. It was expected that either Vaai Kolone or Tupuola Efi, leader of the Christian Democratic Party would oppose Tofilau Eti.

AXx After the vote, the P”me minister told me „ wa ® surprised he had been elected unanimously. In his f= ceptance s Pf ect ] »° ,he assembly the p "? e m, "' s ‘ ar ‘Leed Tupuola Efi and his P ar V f° r their confidance in him. He also thanked Vaai Kolone ,or . his withdrawal, sa V m 9 h that a , “n«mmous choice of leader would now serve to strengthen the country’

Nonumalo Sofara was re-elected Speaker of the house, Lee Anderson, in Apia.

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Initially the airline will operate two flights a week on that route using a Boeing 707 airline bought from the charter operator, Aero Pilipinas.

The aircraft was delivered last September and since then has been fully refurbished and given new livery. It has 16 first class and 143 economy class seats. According to a spokesman for Samoa Air all necessary international clearances have been obtained.

Yet to come is a US$2.2 million ’’hush kit” to bring the engines within current noise level limits. This is due to be fitted by Boeing Aircraft Company in Seattle, later this year.

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The president and chairman of the board of the new airline is Mr Ron Pritchard, an American Samoan national, who has banking and other financial and community interests in the territory.

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Two other airlines operate on this sector, Hawaiian Airlines and South Pacific Island Airways. Each runs three services a week, also with Boeing 707 equipment.

Shipping service suspended Pacific Islands Transport Line has suspended its service between the Pacific Coast and the Pacific Islands of Tahiti, American Samoa and Western Samoa.

General Steamship Corporation, Ltd., agent for the line, and its owner, A/S Thor Dahl of Sandefjord, Norway, said that so far the line has been unable to find a suitable replacement for the chartered vessel ’’Sirius” which completed her last voyage for PITL on February 13, at Wilmington, California.

The owners say they are continuing their search for a suitable substitute vessel to serve the trade.

This is the second recent withdrawal of a major ship from the island trade. Last year Burns Philp found themselves unable to find sufficient cargo to justify their very useful inter-island shipping service. They had received considerable verbal support from various governments, but not enough actual cargo, despite the fact that such a service would clearly be of benefit to island economies.

Hi-tech comes to P.I.M.

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NEC terminal. At his end a Hayes modem connected him through the telephone lines of Hawaii Bell Telephone to the overseas cable of Cable and Wireless and Australia’s O.T.C. and thus to Australian Telecom’s phone system and the Avtek multi-modem in P.l.M.’s offices. The file was edited and then transmitted, again by Australian Telecom telephone lines to the central type-setting system in Melbourne.

All of this happened with speed and accuracy, and enables P.I.M. to serve its readers better, faster, and closer to the news of our region. 24 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

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Mr Dick Ukeiwe, Republican Party senator and president of the territorial government, has not held talks with Mr Pisani since the release of the latter’s plan for independence/association in early January. Since then Mr Ukeiwe has refused contact with Mr Pisani, accusing him of having taken the proindependence side, and has said he cannot talk with him while the ’’cadaver” of independence is between them. Mr Ukeiwe has several times demanded the recall to Paris of Mr Pisani.

Following the clashes between riot police and Kanak villagers at Thio on the southeast coast (see below), Mr Jean- Marie Tjibaou has been staying in his home village of Tiendanite, near Hienghene on the north-east coast. Mr Tjibaou and other F.L.N.K.S. leaders feel they have said their piece to Mr Pisani and now await the final report he will submit to President Mitterrand at the end of March.

Mr Pisani had described as ’’criminal behavior” the organisation of a ’’picnic” in mid- February by the extreme rightwing Caledonian Front. The picnic, to the F.L.N.K.S. stronghold town of Thio, was to show solidarity with the inhabitants, the organisers said. However the event was banned by Mr Pisani under the state of emergency laws still in force in New Caledonia and Republican Party leaders called on their supporters not to take part.

A total of 190 cars carrying more than 400 people set off on the Sunday picnic but found themselves blocked by riot police halfway towards Thio.

After several hours of negotiation police allowed 70 cars through with about 170 people aboard, including the Caledonian Front leaders. As the police-protected convoy approached the Kanak village of St Philippo, local F.L.N.K.S. leaders protested to riot police.

Police then charged the villagers, firing tear gas and stun grenades, to chase them back into the St Philippo tribe.

Kanaks threw rocks, sticks and other missiles at the police. The result was 11 Kanaks wounded, four of them seriously. One of the aspects of this confrontation, and some others held recently has been the growing prominence of women on the barricades from both Kanak, and non-Kanak sides. In some recent demonstrations they have been much more militant than the men. (After the Thio incident Kanak women warned that they would ’’now take the front line” in any future clashes between riot police and villagers.

Both women and children were very active in the Thio clash, throwing rocks at gendarmes.

At the same time, on the extreme right-wing side of the non-Kanaks it is also now the women who are becoming more often hysterical and militant, inciting their men to take extreme action. Ed.) But despite the troubles, and after considerable delays, the picnic was eventually held under police protection.

F.L.N.K.S. spokesman, Mr Yeiwene Yeiwene, described the clashes as ’’extremely serious,” and said a return to normal life at Thio was handicapped by the violence.

At a press conference several days later Mr Leopold Joredie, minister for security in the Kanaky government, called on all F.L.N.K.S. militants to mobilise for self-defence and said they had lost confidence in Mr Pisani. Mr Joredie was elected by the Kanak’s selfproclaimed government after the death of Eloi Machoro (see P.1.M., March ’B5).

The picnic had come after several weeks of tentative effort to re-establish normal life at Thio ~ workers at the nickel mining centre had started a gradual return to work, shops had re-opened and people were in the streets. But following the renewed clashes tension Noumea Notebook rose again, with daily incidents of rocks thrown at cars as they passed militant tribes and the burning down of at least a dozen houses of non-Kanaks.

Questioned following the violence, Mr Pisani said he that he had a plan, and it was soon revealed - the expulsion from the territory of four leaders of Helen Fraser 25 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

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The five, whose banning orders came under the powers of the state of emergency, were given several days to leave the territory. All went underground and announced to a news agency that they had no intention of quitting New Caledonia.

Eventually Mr Emile Lebargy, Caledonian Front sympathiser and president of the local branch of the Parachutists’

Association, made contact with Mr Pisani and was shown clemency. Mr Lebargy has a sick wife and is allowed to stay, although under a form of probation. However the police hunt for the four Caledonian Front leaders is continuing.

The expulsion orders given to the picnic organisers were denounced by Republican Party leader, Mr Jacques Lafleur, and Noumea’s Mayor Mr Roger Laroque. They called on French prime minister, Laurent Fabius, to intercede, but to no avail. A demonstration was held along with the closing of many shops and businesses in protest against the expulsions which Mr Lafleur termed ’’arbitrary and unjust. ”

The demonstration of around 15,000 (according to the police) and 35,000 (according to the organisers) was without incident and was accompanied by small demonstrations in the west coast towns of Bourail, La Foa, Koumac, and Kone. The demonstrations also resulted in the recall to France, to face an internal inquiry, of CaptSassray, the gendarme officer in charge of the police road block near Thio at the time of the picnic.

Republican leaders, Dick Ukeiwe and Jacques Lafleur, warned that if France did not organise a referendum promptly, the territorial government would organise its own on the Ukeiwe autonomy plan, and hold it on April 15. However, Mr Pisani replied that this was not within the competence of the Ukeiwe government and that it was unlikely that all mayors would participate (18 of Left: Jacques Lafleur. . . expulsion orders “arbitrary and unjust”. 26 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

New Caledonia’s 32 mayors who are responsible for electoral and referendum voting organisation are publicly proindependence).

Mr Pisani asked: ”How far would a solution be advanced if a referendum showed a majority of New Caledonians wanting to stay within the French Republic and a majority of Kanaks against it?”

At the beginning of March, when pupils were due to return to school, the F.L.N.K.S. organised a boycott of many schools. Each local committee was permitted to decide for its own area. Those boycotting French-run schools have set up, or plan to set up, their own Kanak ’’people’s” schools in opposition to the French ecole system. F.L.N.K.S. leaders described the French education system in New Caledonia as ’’colonialist” and ’’ill-adapted to Kanak language and culture.”

This point has been readily admitted by Mr Pisani who said that the education system needed to adapt to teaching French as a second language to Kanak children and to ’’identify, codify in educational terms and transmit Kanak culture to Kanak children.”

But Mr Pisani said that Kanak people’s schools were not the answer and warned they would become marginal with few means to support them.

The boycott of French schooling is at 100 per cent in some strong F.L.N.K.S. areas.

The beginning of March also saw the start of an indefinite hunger strike by 19 F.L.N.K.S. militants held in the Camp Est prison, in a bid to gain political prisoner status and an improvement in prison conditions.

F.L.N.K.S. leader Yeiwene Yeiwene called on Amnesty International to visit New Caledonia to investigate human rights in the territory the call followed more recent clashes between riot police and Kanak villagers at Thio.

Mr Pisani has said that such moves are not within his powers and it is up to the French minister for justice, Mr Badinter, to deal with the demand.

To show solidarity with the hunger strikers the F.L.N.K.S. called for a day of general mobilisation on March 8.

Around 3000 Kanaks marched on the prison, Camp Est, where a sit-in was held and more than 1000 demonstrated in towns throughout the territory. The demonstration was the biggest by independentists since 7000 demonstrated for the arrival of French overseas territories minister, Georges Lemoine, in May 1983. Most Kanaks do not live in Noumea.

However, at the same time as the demonstration was dispersing, a gendarme was killed by a machete in the back at Pouebo on the north-east coast. Sgt.- Maj. Roland Lecomte, 48, married, father of two, was killed as gendarmes climbed into trucks after dispersing 80 Kanak militants and lifting a road block at Pouebo.

The gendarmes had used stun grenades and tear gas and had received a hail of machetes, rocks and other missiles as they started to leave.

Sgt.- Maj. Lecomte died from his wounds 20 minutes after being hit. A military funeral was held in Noumea on March 11 and he was posthumously decorated.

A 19 year old Kanak, Gerald Cana, was later arrested in connection with the death.

Helen Fraser State, Interior?

In-fighting is on The child’s fairy tale of the boy who cried wolf once too often has applicability to the Micronesian situation in early 1985. The Trust Territory administration was to have come to an end in the mid 1970 s Then it was the late seventies. Then the early ’Bos.

Now, as we enter the halfway point of this decade, 38 years after the United States formally took control of these islands under the auspices of the United Nations, once again there are predictions of the end being in sight.

However, this time they have more validity. The word from Washington, D.C., is that most if not all congressional hearings will be over by the end of this month. That could put the Congress in a position to vote on the compacts for the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands before the mid-year recess. Even congressional opponents of the compacts concede that approval is likely.

But an issue has resurfaced that promises to add fireworks to what otherwise might be a routine process. That is the nature of the United States’ representation in the newly- Notes from the North emerging Micronesian states following the termination of the Trust Territory administration, In its most basic form, the Dick Ukeiwe . . . “the cadaver of Independence’.—Canberra Times photo.

Jean-Marie Tjibaou . . . feels he’s “said his piece”.—AlS photo by John Crowther.

Floyd K.

Takeuchi on Micronesia 27 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1985

bureaucratic battle is over whether the State Department or Interior Department will be the lead federal agency for this watery domain.

Interior, of course, has had traditional oversight duties since the early 1950 s when it took control from the U.S. Navy.

The Trust Territory became part of the department’s insular concerns, a responsibility that still includes Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Caribbean.

However. Interior's major responsibility is management of the United States’ natural resources, primarily parks and wilderness areas. What grizzly bears, giant redwood trees, and running the affairs of far-away Micronesian islands have in common has never been made clear.

Now the State Department is making a bid to serve as the bridge between the islands and the United States. The twoperson State Department liaison office, which served as the eyes and ears for the U.S. negotiating team, has been the vehicle for State’s expansion into the Micronesian scene.

A Foreign Service officer, Mike Senko, has been based in the Marshall Islands since late last year. Another career diplomat. Michael Wygant. has just moved to Micronesia where his main duties will be with the FSM. All the while a third officer remains on Saipan. Should the Palauans work out their compact-constitutional difficulties, a fourth officer no doubt would be attached to that government.

The building tensions are in part due to the two departments' bureaucratic interests.

Interior has an established interest in the region; to lose a part of its portfolio would be a tactical defeat. State has a small but increasingly active Pacific Islands office, of which expanded responsibilities for the North Pacific would be a natural.

But another reason, perhaps the most important, is the congressional interest in which department has primary responsibility for Micronesia. The Congress divides its work among committees and subcommittees. That is where the power lies. To have oversight for the multi-million dollar Micronesian arrangements via the various departments is added clout. Like the administration bureaucrats, representatives and senators do not like to give away chunks (albeit relatively small ones) of their empires. If institutional egos were not a consideration wishful thinking the State Department would be the obvious choice. The governments of the Marshalls, FSM and Palau will be self-governing.

They will have the ability to deal with foreign governments almost as equals. Why should they have to deal with the United States through the same agency responsible for the colonial administration in Micronesia?

On second thought, given the tortuous way government often works, perhaps the question is too obvious Floyd K.

Takeuchi.

Noumea-Papeete: The odd alliance Ever since ’’the troubles” began in New Caledonia, French politicians of every hue have been worried that they may be contagious and eventually lead to the loss of all the remaining French overseas possessions.

The next, likely, victim, according to this new version of the old domino theory, could be French Polynesia.

The simple truth is that the French Polynesians have so far taken very little interest in the struggle of their Melanesian cousins and have shown even less compassion for it. Of the political parties, only la mana has publicly expressed its unqualified support for Tjibaou and the provisional government of Kanaky. As for the Autonomist parties Here aio and Ea api, founded by the old ’’freedom fighters” Pouvanaa, Teariki and Francis Sanford, when on rare occasion one of its present leaders has spoken up, it has mostly been to say that the local troubles in New Caledonia do not concern them.

In stark contrast to this general indifference is the strong endorsement and assistance given by the premier, Gaston Flosse, to the pro-French parties of the white settlers in New Caledonia. This anachronistic stand, which has probably surprised many Pacific leaders, can, of course, to some extent be ascribed to the fact that Gaston Flosse is a part-European (or demi in the local parlance) and basically a product of the French mission schools. He taught in one of them before he went into politics.

But it represents above all the logical political option of a man who all his life has been a fervent Gaullist and for many years a prominent member of the inner circle of the French conservative RPR party of Jacques Chirac. The esteem in which Chirac holds him was most recently shown during the 1984 European elections, when Flosse was placed high enough on the RPR ticket to become a deputy in the Strasbourg parliament (PIM, Aug ’B4 pp 23s).With the near certainty that the conservative national parties will win the French legislative elections in June, 1986, it is thus more than ever in Flosse’s interest to be on the side of the man who may then become France’s next prime minister.

The reward Flosse appears to expect is the freedom to run local affairs in Tahiti. We use the word ’’affairs” in its widest and most literal sense of business, as Flosse is a strong believer in the free enterprise system, of which he is a successful practitioner himself.

His main opponent on the local level is, therefore, the ’’radical” la mono party which preaches socialist independence like the FLNKS in New Caledonia.

Right from the beginning of the Caledonian conflict Flosse espoused the theory, outrageously biased, we feel, that it is not a colonial or a racial problem, but solely the work of a handful of Kanak terrorists inspired and backed by Colonel Gaddafi of Libya, the communists and the Australian government, all of whom, they consider. selfishly seek to boot France out of the Pacific. It is a Postmark Papeete construction advanced by all the French arch-conservastive leaders, like Debre, Chirac and Le Pen.

Consequently, Flosse also advocates as the only solution for Caledonia the sending to the territory of more police, more gendarmes, and more troops to re-establish law and order.

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to support the status quo and that is a genuine concern for the safety and the fate of the considerable community of Tahitian nickel mine workers and their families living in New Caledonia. They number about 5500 and, in the past, have consistently put themselves under the protection of their employers. It is therefore speculated in Papeete that their future might be clouded if, and when, the Kanaks manage to achieve independence.

The main aim of the several trips Flosse has made to New Caledonia, accompanied by several of his cabinet ministers, seems to have been to assure these ’’overseas” Tahitians of his moral and material support, regardless of whether they wish to remain and throw in their lot with the Caledoches, or eventually opt for a return to Tahiti.

Their final decision will doubtless depend on the outcome of the planned referendum, and who will be allowed to vote.

This stand was thus motivated by both human and political considerations which everyone could understand and accept. On the other hand, eyebrows were lifted in Papeete when Flosse extended his welcoming arms to all ’’refugees” wishing to start a new life in Tahiti, away from ’’the Kanak terror.” Among reactions was that of the staunchly conservative Chamber of Commerce, which appeared to have no qualms about recommending that henceforth a ten-year residency be required of those seeking a shop licence. The editorial in the January issue of its bulletin was a warning from president Charles T.Poroi about the ’’invasion” of New Caledonian capital, estimated at more than five billion CFP last year. The Chamber’s motto, by the way, is: ’’Together we shall achieve economic independence.”

Flosse never does anything by halves, and at an early date he hatched the bold idea (or wild scheme) of forming an alliance of all three French territories in the Pacific, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna and French Polynesia. New Caledonian premier, Dick Ukeiwe, travelled to Tahiti at the end of December to discuss this project with Flosse, and their total agreement was announced a few days later.

The goal of the pact: ”To protect the Polynesian community living in New Caledonia against aggressions by elements incontroles (roughly, outlaws).

This protection will cover both property and life. Families will be grouped together, and the means for their protection and defence will be centralised.”

This proposal to form a militia-style defence corps was, of course, quite illegal, since the maintenance of law and order in all French overseas territories is the sole responsibility of the Paris government, acting through its high commissioners.

It was therefore, wisely, dropped when, on January 24, Flosse asked the Territorial Assembly to ratify his ’’alliance. ” Instead, Flosse introduced a considerably rewritten treaty which dealt with the alleged aims and ambitions of such foreign powers as Russia, Libya, New Zealand and Australia and proposed defence (by unspecified means) of the territories against foreign encroachment.

So far this alliance remains of two, rather than three, for nothing has been heard from Wallis and Futuna, presumably because the invasion risk there was smaller.

The la mana assemblymen livened the debate by proposing what they saw as more solid help for the Tahitians in New Caledonia. Their argument went as follows: These poor, misled countrymen who have over all these years made the terrible mistake of listening to Flosse’s bosom friends, Lafleur and Laroque, are now too afraid to come home. Let us be generous and help them to start a new life. But where will the money be found? Ah, there is at least 428 million francs in the 1985 budget, earmarked for subsidies, representation and feasts, which could find a better purpose. Another 593 million francs could easily be found by slapping a ten per cent tax on the sums stashed away in Papeete banks by cautious Caledonian businessmen since the troubles began. If some of this money is used for the benefit of some victims of colonial rule, it is simply to do them justice.

This proposal was naturally rejected with the greatest contempt by Flosse’s Tahoeraa majority of 16 votes, unusually slim on the day, which was also the score of acceptance in the vote on the treaty.

A similar ratification by the territorial assembly in New Caledonia met with even fewer snags, and the great alliance was eventually sealed with flourish and fanfare in the Noumea town hall on February 13. In its final version it was further reduced to the eminently reasonable proposition that the three French Pacific territories should cooperate closely in the cultural, economic and political fields. No representative from either Wallis or Futuna turned up, however, but Flosse and Ukeiwe assured all that there was room for more signatures.

The French pro-consul in New Caledonia, Edgard Pisani, immediately denounced the treaty as being anti-constitutional, and added that he had already taken the necessary steps to have it annulled.

To sign treaties with foreign powers is definitely a prerogative reserved for the mother country, and thus an act that no overseas territory can perform.

But it is less certain that the constitution also forbids two French overseas territories to sign a mutual pact, and Dick Ukeiwe and Gaston Flosse may get away with their defiant act, especially as their alliance does not have much substance.

Flosse’s first attempt to apply the noble principle of mutual help, embodied in the treaty, did not seem to be entirely disinterested. It consisted of an offer to take over and stage in Tahiti the the Fourth Pacific Arts Festival, originally scheduled to take place in Noumea last December. (See separate report, this issue). Marie- Therese and Bengt Danielsson.

Dick Ukeiwe (centre), wearing tricolor sash, makes his way to the bandstand in Noumea’s Place des Cocotiers to address supporters on January 19, the day of President Mitterrand’s visit to New Caledonia. Les Nouvelles photo. 29 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

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Joint management, or international cooperation in management, of Pacific fisheries resources has been receiving renewed attention lately, partly as a result of the talks held in Washington between Fiji’s prime minister, Sir Kamisese Mara and American officials, including President Reagan. Regional discussions have been held by the Forum fisheries agencies on market development of this major Pacific resource. ’’Fish swim freely in the sea, from one economic zone to another, so perhaps it makes sense to have them harvested, if not jointly, then perhaps under cooperative management,” said South Pacific Trade Commissioner, Bill McCabe.

“This concept is not new but has been receiving a lot more attention lately, and hopefully we will be able to have cooperative promotion and marketing for fish products.”

This example of how fish could be handled cooperatively might now be taken up by other industries. Timber is one industry looking at the possibility of pooling marketing energies. ’’Clothing is another, perhaps less obvious, field where a similar approach might be taken, even though manufacturers pride themselves on each being individual in the style of their product,” said Mr Mcabe.

“We have been able to work in the last 18 months or so with manufacturers, not only from the same country, but from several countries, to promote clothing products jointly and in some ways that joint promotion has helped each participant,” he said. ’’Manufacturers have found that they can benefit from the support of their competitors. ’’Forum island manufacturers are individually small, but when combined can make a worthwhile supplier to a market in Australia, New Zealand or North America.”

A point offered in support of this concept is that the big markets, like Europe, the U.S. and Japan, as well as Australia and New Zealand, tend to look on the Pacific as one region of supply. It should be of advantage, for the suppliers to act in concert rather than in direct and possibly damaging competition.

Marketing is also extremely important and a number of seminars to upgrade this essential element of international trade are planned. One of these to be held at Madang and the other at Suva. They are designed to cover the basic necessities of exporting to the U.S., or any other market, but particularly the American one, and of other matters, such as financing sales and arranging distribution.

A similar seminar will be held by New Zealand at Apia, in Samoa, with the manager of a major food manufacturer and an official from the Small Business Agency attending.

The Solomons Islands government has organised its own business meeting and both the director of Australia’s Developing Country Liaison Unit and South Pacific Trade Commissioner McCabe will attend to talk to Solomons business people about marketing in Australia, New Zealand and other countries. ”We would like to see many more chambers of commerce and governments organise that sort of promotion,” Mr McCabe said.

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Summit attacks sluggish economy Fiji’s first economic summit, held in Suva in the first week of February, was hailed as a success, but suffered from a boycott of the Fiji trades union movement and the opposition National Federation Party.

Their absence was probably expected, given that newlyelevated deputy prime minister, Mosese Qionibaravi, whose idea the summit was, saw the meeting as a means of achieving consensus on the government’s prices and incomes policy.

Fiji has had a total wage freeze since last November in an effort to control inflation and take some of the pain out of the country’s economic problems.

Most union leaders have been highly critical of the freeze and, while they have probably in private understood its necessity, have been vocal in the service of their membership in opposing it.

Until last November wage rates for union labor were decided annually by a Tripartite Forum representing unions, employers and government.

They, in consultation, produced a percentage increase beyond which it was recommended wage rises not go. In practice the maximum became the minimum.

But there was a mb. While most of the Fiji economy is in the hands of Indian businessmen, few of them allow unions into their shops, factories or offices. Workers thus employed are slow to attempt to organise themselves for there are plenty of examples of union-convenors suddenly finding themselves sacked. Not all nonunion workers in Fiji are on sweat-shop rates, but there are many who are. Rates as low as 20 or 25 cents an hour are common enough, particularly for women employed in menial process work.

The biggest unions are to be found in the public service, and in the larger companies, like Burns Philp, W.R. Carpenter and so forth. But, because of costs, and changing conditions in fields such as retailing, which is now almost entirely in Indian hands, these firms have been retrenching their work force.

The effect of that has been to reduce the number of highwage earners in the country, and also to cut the membership of their unions.

The economic summit was boycotted by the FTUC because, it said, it was not the proper arena to discuss the wage freeze. The NFP stayed away because it had not been consulted in the summit planning stages. Few believed either of them, and put it all down to politics and unwillingness to get involved in a public debate.

Yet, more than 200 delegates representing most sectors of the community attended to be told that Fiji was spending more than it was earning and could not go on doing it.

Prime Minister, Ratu Mara, said world prices for sugar, Fiji’s main foreign exchange earner, were badly depressed and pointed also to the great damage caused by the series of cyclones. The government’s wage bill was now more than half its total operating expenses and it was having to borrow to meet the cost. This could not go on.

The governor of the Reserve Bank of Fiji, Savenaca Siwatibau, said external debt had grown by an average of 21 per cent in 1980-84; debt rising from Fsl94 million in 1980 to almost Fs4oo million last year.

Total overseas debt stood at Fslsl million last year, an increase of 69 per cent, from the FsB9 million of 1980.

Fiji’s credit rating was good, he said, and borrowing was easy enough, yet to continue spending in excess of income was to invite trouble; better to adjust gradually than have a crisis.

Finance minister, Mr Qionibaravi, said Fiji had been in recession since 1981 with low, or negative, growth and very little investment in the private sector. Since 1981 wages had risen significantly, but the national income had fallen. During 1981-82 average wages rose 15 per cent, but the gdp fell ten per cent, he said.

The wage freeze will save $36 million, some of which will be used on job creation programs, he said. Among these was a major rice project and a vegetable-growing scheme capable of providing employment for 1100 people.

Additionally, cocoa projects on Viti Levu and Vanua Levu will involve planting several hundred hectares, and the construction of roads. The timber industry was also growing rapidly and would eventually provide perhaps as many as 12,000 new jobs.

Fiji will now set up an Incomes Policy Unit at the Central Planning Office to help the Tripartite Forum with wagefixing. This move towards government control of wage levels will be taken in concert with a new Economic Planning Council which will advise the Cabinet on economic matters and also improve dialogue between all sectors of the community.

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“Bring back the DDT” call in East New Britain Papua New Guinea’s East New Britain Province is suffering a dramatic rise in malaria cases and a doctor has blamed the provincial government.

Since it stopped the indoor spraying of DDT the figure had jumped from 13,600 in 1983 to 17,600 in 1984, said Dr Nathaniel Tavil, from Korere village.

And he slammed the idea of keeping pigs and other animals under the house to lure mosquitoes away from humans as ridiculous.

The idea which came from the provincial health secretary was “impractical and unhealthy.”

Animals were filthy and should not be allowed to wander anywhere near people’s eating and sleeping places.

Dr Tavil said whoever recommended calling off the spraying had misled the government.

Spraying kept the parasite rate down to between 12 and 16 per cent for four years. Then suddenly in 1984 it went up to 34.5 per cent.

“The increase was felt throughout the Gazelle Peninsula and every family had a bout or two of malaria,” Dr Tavil said.

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Ecuador debt vs. Galapagos conservation “The Galapagos Islands, Charles Darwin’s natural laboratory for the investigation of the laws of nature, are themselves in the midst of a turbulent evolution,” writes journalist Richard Lyons in The Sydney Morning Herald.

Just back from a visit to the islands, Lyons reports: A staggering foreign debt has forced Ecuador to cut drastically its spending on social programs, including environmental efforts.

The park’s budget has been cut by 75 per cent, the number of rangers from 75 to 50, and its patrol boat fleet from five to two. True, there is now less need for muscle in policing the 50 or so islands, only a few of which are inhabited.

For more than 200 years since their discovery in 1735, the islands were ravaged by pirates and whalers seeking, food, fuel and water. Some 100,000 of the tortoises that gave their name to the islands were carried off aboard ships.

Whalers and, more recently, fishermen deliberately stocked many of the islands with goats and pigs that have played havoc with the ecology. Goats have all but stripped some islands of the vegetation that is the tortoises’ nourishment.

Thus, the major problem has shifted from the deliberately rapacious early visitors to the animals they brought to the islands.

Packs of wild dogs roam some islands killing iguanas; house cats prey on the nests of the endangered Hawaiian Petrel and rats attack flamingo and penguin chicks.

Legal battles loom over Oz Nomads An international legal battle is brewing over the Australiandesigned and built Nomad twin prop-jet light feeder aircraft, several of which are in use throughout the Pacific, notably in Samoa and, until recently, in the Marshall Islands.

Currently the two Nomads operated by Airlines of the Marshall Islands are grounded.

A.M.I. manager Tim Smith said one of these probably would never fly again. It had been partly cannibalised for parts to keep the other one flying but it, too, had now been withdrawn from service because of engine problems.

The Nomad, built by the Government Aircraft Factories at Fishermen’s Bend, outside Melbourne, Australia, is the subject of a series of law suits and counter-suits. The Hughes Aircraft Company, through the Summa Corporation, was sueing the makers for $24 million because of problems it had encountered with Nomads it had bought.

G.A.F. had, in turn, filed suit against Hawker Pacific and Hawker de Havilland, who marketed the aircraft on their behalf. It is also expected that there will be a third claim against the Allison engine company of Detroit. These cases will be heard in the Supreme Court in Sydney.

The precise nature of the problem with these Nomads is unclear, although it is reported from the Marshall Islands to be associated with the engines.

A.M.I. manager Smith has also complained about what he considers to be the high cost of spare parts and maintenance.

A.M.I. is now looking for possible replacements for the Nomads and is looking at West German Dorniers, a type which is also, apparently, interesting Tonga. The King of Tonga recently made a trip which took him to the Dornier factory.

With their Nomads grounded A.M.I. services have been limited to those routes on which its bigger HS74B can operate.

But, as Smith pointed out, this left the outer islands, where airstrips were too short for the 748, without an air service.

Plummeting sOz and the Islands The recent gyrations of world currency markets, particularly as they have affected the value of the Australian dollar which, in February assumed the gliding angle of a brick, has had several effects upon Pacific Islands trade.

Many of the smaller island countries use Australian dollars as their daily currency. The steep decline of the Australian dollar against its U.S. counterpart will not alter local trading, but it will have an effect on prices.

First, since most countries are heavy importers, and since Japanese goods, often bought on U.S. dollar contracts, make up a large proportion of their imports, the overall effect has been a rise in domestic prices.

Newsprint is a case in point since, although most of it comes from New Zealand, it is paid for in U.S. dollars on a New York market-based price. Broadly similar rules apply to motor vehicles, electrical goods, and, of course, most of all (and the bane of many a Pacific island economy), petroleum fuels.

But, since most islands’ exports are to non-U.S. countries, the balance between income, compared with outgoings, is changed, adversely.

All of this seems to give point to trade advisers’ constant cautions to Pacific Islands exporters to be careful about drawing up contracts for export orders, particularly in specifying the currency in which the deal is done. Profits can be wiped out completely by a change in the value of currency. P/M Staff Writer. ’B5 Christmas Islands flavor ?

Pacific traders, in conjunction with New Zealand’s Developing Country Liaison Unit, plan this year to develop what they feel should be a considerable international market for Christmas-related products from the Islands. Makers of wooden items, soaps and cosmetics, and other lines ought to find plenty of potential in this area, says South Pacific Trade Commissioner, Mr Bill McCabe.

He has recommended that anyone in the islands seeking this sort of market should contact Richard Graves at the N.Z.

Developing Country Liaison Unit at the Ministry of Trade, Wellington, or write to him at 225 Clarence Street, Sydney, and he will pass queries on to Wellington.

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Bundi: The Culture of a Papua New Guinea People. By David G. Fitz-Patrick and John Kimbuna. Published 1983 by Roebuck Publications, 61 Price Street, Nerang, 4211, Australia, Pp. x, 166, ISBN 0 9591786 00. $A24.95 plus postage.

Bundi is a coffee table book with an extensive enthnographic text. It contains a large number of color photographs taken by Fitz-Patrick, and 10 earlier black and white photographs by Gerard Guthrie. The Bundi live on the fringe of the Bismarck Ranges in the Madang Province some 100 kilometres northeast of Goroka at levels between 500 m and 1500 m.

Noting the rapid rate of social change in the Highlands and that much of the heritage has been recorded, the authors say: “This book is also an endeavor to record in both written and pictures form the customs and traditional lifestyle of a Papua New Guinea society.” Later they say that; “. . . it was decided to deal exclusively with the traditional culture as the basis of the book, in particular to begin with birth and its accompanying ceremonies and trace the rites of passage from birth to death in a simple format.”

The first chapter sets the Bundi in their environmental, historical and social context.

Staple root crops, under a system of shifting cultivation, are sweet potatoes, yams and taro, and these are supplemented by game and fruits gathered from the rain forest.

The forest also supplies much of the materials used in daily life. Bundi society consists of nine tribes, within which there are clans and subclans. (A detailed tribal map besides the hard-to-find location map would have been useful.) In the past, men lived mainly in men’s houses clustered in hamlets.

Women lived with their pigs in houses built near their scattered gardens. The Bundi now live in tribal villages, and men’s houses have been abandoned with nuclear-family households.

Catholic missionaries were the first Europeans to enter the area in 1932. A mission station was opened in 1934 and a wide variety of European fruits and vegetables were introduced. As a result of mission efforts, an airstrip was finished in 1958.

A mission school was established in 1956, and in time Bundi people achieved high positions in government and business. A Bundi was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1976.

The Bundi are experiencing the social changes occurring throughout Papua New Guinea. Many leave their villages to settle in towns where often they marry women from other groups. Traditional leadership based on personal skills and traditional wealth has been usurped by educated men, businessmen, councillors and cash income earners. Pig festivals now involve the purchase of beer and food for cash.

In spite of these changes, the people in the villages largely maintain their traditional way of life, but this may be shattered when a major road linking Madang to the Highlands goes through the Bundi area.

Chapter Two begins the serious business of the book. The use of the present tense is somewhat disconcerting until one realises it is the historic present, and reference is to the past. Religion and sorcery are extremely important aspects of Bundi life and there follows a catalogue of the different spirits in which the Bundi believe.

Belief in them is seen as “the major source of social control”.

The next three chapters are concerned with birth, courtship and marriage, Married couples are not expected to produce children for two or three years until their bride-price obligations are settled, and throughout their lives opportunities for sexual intercourse or any other kind of association are limited.

As in many Papua New Guinea societies, intercourse is thought to weaken a man and make him unfit for battle. The celebration of a birth enables Among the Bundi, as In many other societies, child-rearing is often the responsibility of other, older, children. 39 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1985

the husband to gain recognition in the village by providing lavishly for the feast.

Children pass through a number of ceremonial stages as they are trained for a life of work and warfare and taught their rights and duties. Between the ages of 10 and 14 boys pass through a frightening and painful initiation ceremony. Finally, when they are physically mature, they spend 10 months hunting in the forest and they then undergo the painful process of having their septums pierced.

Courtship takes place in publicly orchestrated meetings and young Bundi men visit as far as Chimbu for this purpose.

When a couple like each other, a young man may take a girl to his hamlet, where for three or four months she is on approval until the man’s family decide whether or not they should marry. If they do, a bride-price is ceremoniously presented and the bride and groom lectured separately on their responsibilities. While divorce is infrequent, a woman may leave her husband if he is greedy, cruel, or weak and lazy.

There follows an account of parties at which debts are paid, involving a complex calculation of obligations. “Knotted rope is used to measure the thickness of the (pig-belly) fat and is the yardstick of repayment.”

In Chapter Six, four kinds of sing sing are described: the first is in honor of ancestors; the second is held during pig festivals and other festive gatherings; the third is provided by women after young initiates come back from the forest; and the fourth, traded from the Madang area, is held on any festive occasion.

“War is the overriding social purpose” and is “dominated by a dynamic process of pay back ...” Stealing, murder and dealings with women are the immediate causes of warfare. It takes place only during the dry season, either in pitched battles or by ambush. Courageous warriors are highly honored at victory celebrations. As in other New Guinea societies, if relatives or close friends were on opposite sides, they could sit out the battle to avoid injuring each other.

The last chapter is headed “Death”. It opens with a discussion of the importance of sorcery. and there is mild confusion between what happens and what is believed to happen: for example, “In other cases she may be killed by her victim’s spirit”. This section ends with the statement that “Most of the killing is believed to be performed by women sorcerers,” who perform “many weird and unusual physical feats When a person dies, the possibility of sorcery is tested. A dead person immediately becomes an ancestor, who may be malevolent. After two or three years, a final ceremony is held at which the number of pigs killed is related to the status of the deceased.

In conclusion, old men reflect that life in the past had a meaning, now lost, when there was “one religion, one set of rules and laws and a set way to gain prestige and dignity”.

The book is based on oral accounts collected by the authors in 1978-79 and there are only two references to published works, neither by the authors. At that time a number of people who were young adults at first contact in 1932 would have been alive.

The book is clearly written as a straightforward narrative in a way easy for lay people to understand, and if, as seems probable, informants disagreed, this is not mentioned. Otherwise, the research seems careful and accurate. One wonders who the authors were. John Kimbuna is a Bundi, but my limited inquiries have revealed nothing about Fitz-Patrick.

While the latter may have been a post-graduate student, no academic affiliations are, mentioned.

The photographs are excellent. While a number of them are of decorated warriors (including one of David Fitz- Patrick in full Bundi dress) and girls with scanty coverings, many either illustrate the ceremonies described in the text, or illustrate social change by showing such innovations as schools, helicopters and tractors.

David Hyndman, of the University of Queensland, describes the book as important.

“Their ethnography is truly a sensitive portrayal of traditional, pre-contact culture. ” One wonders, however, whether it may not fall between two stools.

While the authors achieve precisely what they have set out to do, the account of the life cycle seems somewhat abstracted from the noisy vigor, dirt, disease, violence and bloodshed of traditional Highland life. It may prove too ethnographic, for example, compared with James Sinclair’s admirable and more general The Highlanders.

Anthropologists, on the other hand, may regret the lack of analysis and more detailed information.

If these considerations are borne in mind, it is recommended reading.

Nigel Oram.

One for the malocologists and for shell collectors as well Shells: A Collector’s Colour Guide. By J. and R. Senders.

English translation by Lucia Wildt. Published 1984 by David and Charles . Newton Abbot London. ISBN 0 7153 8497 X. Price £Stg7.9s.

It is common for a newcomer to Pacific Islands beaches, lagoons and reefs to be enthralled by the beauty of the marine life. In particular, for many the multitude of molluscs, with their varied and stunningly sculptured and colored shells, have almost irresistible appeal.

There are two possible lines of behavior for the newly arrived visitor in relation to molluscs and their shells.

Either shells can be collected for the sole purpose of accumulating sundry reminders of days spent in the tropics, or the visitor can develop an interest in the creatures themselves. and in their conservation.

Clearly the second line of action is to be preferred the offhand exploitation of certain small marine environments and their molluscs can sometimes lead to the extinction of a species.

But a problem arises in discovering vital information about the molluscs one comes across in one’s investigations.

What is it? To which family does it belong? How common is it? Is it dangerous? Is it edible?

The question marks are endless Finding a happy medium between over-simplified texts on the subject, and over-complicated specialist works, is no easy matter.

It is therefore a great pleasure to be able to say that the problem has been solved with style, clarity and a wealth of valuable but easily assimilated information by the publication in English of Shells: A Collector's Colour Guide by the Belgian specialists, J. and R. Senders. The book was originally published in French, but its A woman’s responsibility is to rear pigs. If a sow dies a woman will suckle the piglet. 40 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

translation has been impeccably done if you leave aside the translator’s inexplicable retention of a howler committed by the authors in their historical introduction, where they write (pl 5): “But the serious scientific explorations of the Pacific only started during the second half of the eighteenth century with Louis-Antoine de Bougainville and Captain Thomas Cook ..." Well, nobody can deny that Thomas Cook has been a big name in British travel for a long time, but he’s hardly in the same league as his kinsman James!

The book contains sections on the anatomy and habitats of molluscs, and, of course, on shell collecting. The authors provide warnings on illegal and improper collecting methods, saying that the attitude giving rise to such activity “is obviously due to ignorance, which it is the duty of all collectors to remedy”.

The authors point out that today there are over 100,000 known species of molluscs, but they prudently restrict themselves to dealing only with the major species. The book contains 144 color plates which reproduce clearly and sharply the patterns, forms, and peculiar characteristics of the shells concerned. In some cases, several variant species are shown. In others, both sides of the shells are depicted. Elsewhere, emphasis is given to the opercula, the plates or flaps closing the shell’s aperture when the animal is retracted, Several of the plates are of particular interest as they show the molluscs as living creatures, This is particularly well done with some of the cowries, The book has one feature which gives it a charm and utility all its own. Each plate is accompanied by a box containing more than 100 small sections, each containing a symbol relating to the features of molluscs the physical situations in which they are found, their structure, their patterns, particular whorls, shapes of apertures, whether or not they are edible, the water depths at which they are found, and so on. A series of stars from a rating of one to four also indicates the shell’s value in U.S. dollars. Sections relevant to the particular shell depicted are shaded yellow, and thus vital information is readily avaiable. The whole set of symbols, with a key, is reproduced on a card accompanying the book, and if made waterproof in some way this would be a most useful “ready reckoner” to take on a shelling expedition, The Senders provide an international list of shell-collectors’ societies and their publications. Most notable is the Hawaiian Malacological Society “malacology” is the science of molluscs of which the authors say; “In 40 years since its foundation, the membership of this club has risen to about 1600. It is the largest group of shell collectors in the world with members from over 70 countries.” There is also an extensive bibliography, and a glossary of malacological terms, Here is a shell collector’s book which deserves a place in the library of every Pacific bibliophile.

W. G. Coppell.

PNG gets a mammoth bibliography A New Guinea Bibliography.

Compiled by Alan Butler.

Waigani. University of Papua New Guinea Press, 1984.

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Have you ever wanted information on the human cranium from New Guinea, as collected by Lord Mayne in the early 1900 s?

I haven’t, but frequently I have tried to locate references on specific subjects connected with Papua New Guinea. Until now there have been various bibliographies published but They have been limited in their scope. Probably the most comprehensive until now has been that published by the national library.

However, at last, a comprehensive bibliography is being published. Volume One of A New Guinea Bibliography compiled by Alan Butler, librarian at the University of Papua New Guinea, is now available.

The publications listed are all the monographs, pamphlets, theses, reports, government documents, seminar papers, journals, etc., which were published either in Papua New Guinea or deal with Papua New Guinea or Irian Jaya topics up to 1983. The listing is based on holdings of the major libraries in Papua New Guinea.

The work represents a mammoth task. Alan Butler talks lightly of the job and says it was compiled in odd moments left over from running the UPNG library.

Altogether the bibliography will consist of five volumes. The first covers bibliography, librarianship, philosophy, religion, sociology, anthropology, ethnology, the arts, politics, administration and law.

Volume two will have economics, commerce, transport, psychology and education as its headings. Volume three will carry languages, literature, science and medicine. Volume four will have applied sciences, agriculture, geography, history Cymbiola vespertilio Linnaeus 1758. Bat volute. There are over 200 known species of volutes. Most of them cam be found in shallow waters; others, the rarest, have been dredged from depths of up to 1000 m.

Oliva oliva Linnaeus 1758. Olive. The genus Oliva has no operculum; the mantle completely covers the shell. They can be gathered at low tide. The family consists of over 300 species, all carnivorous: they live on fish, crabs and bivalves. 41 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1985

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Atlas of islands still in process of becoming Atlas of Hawaii (Second Edition) By the Department of Geography, University of Hawaii, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1983. ISBN 0-8248-0837-1, $U529.95.

Since its initial publication a decade ago, the Atlas of Hawaii has secured its place as the first source book on the Hawaiian Islands. A project of the University of Hawaii’s Department of Geography, the Atlas is a rich compendium of knowledge on the Fiftieth American State.

It begins with descriptions of each of the islands, accompanied by the most detailed maps available. The maps alone are worth the price of the book. No matter how many times a traveller has visited Hawaii, the Atlas’s cartography will provide additional lessons.

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Edwin William Gurr

The final years: From Pago’s chief judge to Mau political exile In May, 1900, Gurr met Tilley and advised him on the formation of the government, and “on Samoan law and customs”.

Wisely, he sought an administration based on the traditional political structure, for the Samoans already had village governing bodies in place. Tutuila had been considered a subdistrict of Atua on Upolu, so, as a new political entity, it was divided into the eastern, central and western districts, each district with its own governor, the harbor area being Naval property. The only difficulty would be with the Manu’a Group, which had not ceded its authority to the United States, and which, in fact, not only boasted a royal chief as its leader, but hardly considered themselves Samoans at all they were Manu’a People (’O Tagata Manu’a). Gurr would twice be reminded of their differences.

“In 1903,” Masterman wrote in An Outline of Samoan History, (“Gurr) was appointed secretary for native affairs, which position he held until 1908. His knowledge of the country, the people and the language was most valuable to the administration ...”

The secretary was responsible for the supervision of district governors, judges and police, the administration of the copra industry and the collection of taxes. (The Naval government was a sort of agent or middleman in the copra industry, buying from the Samoans and selling overseas; they also bought handicrafts for export.) As secretary, Gurr was also chief judge. Despite his lack of formal training, Gurr grew into his position, as men occasionally do. But one case, which was called “O le Ipu o le Tuimanu’a” or “The Cup of the King of Manu’a” would have JOSEPH THEROUX concludes his three-part series on the life and times of EDWIN WILLIAM GURR. He continues the story as Gurr in 1900 accepts the invitation of U.S. Naval Captain B. F. Tilley to take responsibility for the setting-up of a government and administration in the newly acquired territory of American Samoa. strained the abilities of a Solomon.

Tuimanu’a Elesara was the last in a long line of kings, or was something akin to a king, as thought of by Westerners.

He was certainly more than a chief or a district governor. A whole sacredness surrounded him: he could not be touched by common men, nor could his food be touched by them. Only his wife could feed him, and his taupou could make his bed.

Captain Gray wrote in his A merika Samoa: “When he walked abroad, he had to be preceded by two talking chiefs blowing upon conches to warn all within earshot to prostrate themselves upon pain of death.

“A special vocabulary, above and beyond the chiefly language, was connected to the Tuimanu’a. For instance, the chicken is the family totem of the Tuimanu’a, and for this reason the word moa , the common word in Samoa generally, became a tabooed word. Until recently, manu (meaning simply “bird”) was used as the everyday word. In this way the common word for cup (ipu) was solely reserved for the Tuimanu’a. Commoners used the word taumafa for cup. During a kava ceremony the Tuimanu’a serving was always heralded as “Aumai o le ipu o le Tuimanu’a or “Bring the cup of the Tuimanu’a.”

A crisis was precipitated when Mauga Moimoi (1852- 1935), district chief and signer of the Deed of Cession, visited Ofu, Manu’a, in August of 1901. At a kava ceremony there, Mauga demanded to be served an ipu, which horrified the Manu’ans. But Mauga was also a district governor and seemed to be challenging the changing order. Mauga rejected his serving. Gray reports: “If you please,” said someone, “Why not?”

“Because,” Mauga replied, “I demand to be served an ipuh. ”

“Why, Mauga,” it was asked, “do you demand an ipu?”

“Render under each man his due,” said Moimoi, quoting the Bible (Romans 13:7) with obvious premeditation. “Tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom; and honor to whom honor.”

The chiefs of Ofu adjourned to argue the wisdom of granting his request. After much discussion, it was agreed to compromise and call the serving with the words, O le Ipu o le Kouana, “The Cup of the Governor. ” Both parties were pleased with the phrase.

But when the Tuimanu’a heard that his sacred word had been taken in vain, he ordered E. W. Gurr, about 1925. From: Samoa Under the Sailing Gods.

Diane Theroux copy. 43 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

his policemen to arrest the Ofu chiefs.

“He ordered their property to be destroyed, their families evicted, and themselves set afloat in the ocean in canoes to take their chance of survival.”

No one, it seemed, was allowed the use of his words, even in modified form. Gray continued: “There is no doubt that this sentence would have been effected but for the chance arrival of Mr E.W. Gurr in Ta’u, whither he had come to hold court.” Gurr ordered the Tuimanu’a “to desist at once from his intentions” and to bring charges in a court of law, if that was his intention.

It was, and on September 20, 1901, the trial began at “District Court Number Five, Ta’u, Manu’a. ”

“Judge Gurr presided, and with him sat High Chief Tufele and Talking Chief Tufele and Talking Chief Tulifua as associate judges... the defendants pled not guilty.”

Mr W.H. Yandall translated throughout the long trial, which was marked by discussion and quibbling as to fine meanings. A month later a split decision was announced. Gurr and Tufele found the Ofu chiefs not guilty and that the use of the word ipu could not be restricted to the Tuimanu’a, though the custom could continue between the Tuimanu’a and his people.

Gurr reasoned that since the full kava ceremony of the Tuimanu’a had not been performed it was indeed the ipu of the kovana that was referred to and not the ipu of the Tuimanu’a. An appeal to the governor (Naval Commandant Uriel Sebree) resulted in support for Gurr’s decision, and explained: “In giving kava to Tuimanu’a the word ipu alone is used, but “The late Judge Gurr” from the obituary in the Samoa Guardian, July 28, 1933, issue. Forsgren Studio copy. when once the word ipu is conjoined with another name, it is no longer the Tuimanu’a ipu but the ipu of the intended recipient...”

The case did not improve relations with the Tuimanu’a, nor, however, did it unnecessarily strain them. Visiting commandants had repeatedly been unsuccessful in persuading Elesara to cede his islands to the United States. As a governor’s report suggested: “He had ... a vague fear that if he ceded the land, he ran a risk of losing it,” In 1903 another trip was made, this time by an acting commandant, Lt.-Cmdr.

H. Minett. The results were disappointing. Ploys were used.

When the government was asked for aid in building the first public high school, one of the conditions Minett gave was the cession of the Manu’a islands.

The chiefs refused, though a small monthly grant was found for the school. Elesara had signed “an expression of allegiance, and an acknowledgement of the sovereignty of the United States,” but outright cession seemed impossible.

But in July, 1904, Judge Gurr arrived on Ta’u for a tour of inspection. We know he visited Elesara and stayed for a time. But what arguments, what promises, what winning turns of phrase Gurr used are unknown to us. We do know that he succeeded where many failed: on July 15, 1904, Judge Gurr returned from Manu’a clutching sheets entitled “The Cession of the Manu’a Islands,” signed on the previous day by Tuimanu’a Elesara and other Manu’a chiefs. On the 16th Gurr registered the document at the courthouse. However, there is a story that the Deed was not actually signed until January, 1905, for bad weather prevented Gurr from reaching Manu’a until then. Most accounts dispute the tale.

Gurr carried out the myriad duties of his position until 1908, when, at the age of 45, he sought to devote himself fully to developing his plantations on both Tutuila and Upolu.

So he retired in 1908 to become a planter or say the history books.

In fact, Gurr resigned under a cloud the accusations of 1891 were repeated, but this time they were specific, if not consistent, charges. The government alleged that as secretary of native affairs and as such, copra agent for the Samoans he had neglected to turn over certain funds to the island treasurer. How much?

Unpublished court papers recently discovered in the High Court of American Samoa provide no clear answer. At different times the government alleged different amounts. One audit said $846.25 was missing; a board of inquiry reported that nearly $lO,OOO was unaccounted for; another time it said that just over $5OOO was lacking. But when the issue came to court, on March 30, 1908, the Naval Government charged that Gurr had misappropriated $lO,OOO.

Gurr put up a strenuous defence, arguing at first that the court was biased (the judge, he reasoned, was a naval lieutenant, and through his rank, answerable to the governor, Commandant C. B. T. Moore, the “prime mover” behind his prosecution), and, finally, that poor accounting procedures were at the bottom of the problem.

It is perhaps too easy at this late date to say that where there’s smoke there’s fire, especially in the light of the (admittedly vague) accusations of 1891. But it should be remembered that Judge Gurr was wearing several official hats at this time in his career. And, by the board’s own admission, Gurr was no accountant. Report after report (the records are full of them) lists many “small errors.” In one of his own reports, Gurr (as pointed out by the board), mistakenly listed debit amounts which, if correctly placed in the credit column, would have substantially improved his case (in that particular report, anyway).

Nevertheless, it did go to trial, and after nearly a month of testimony and exhibits from both sides, Lieutenant Wilbur G. Briggs found for the Naval Government. He did, however, judge that the government was only entitled to $5544.41 considerably less than the Navy had asked for.

Appeals were denied, as the The Late Judge Gurr MR. E. W. GURR, of Samoa, whose death has occurred at Pago Pago. 44 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

Federal Courts were said to have no jurisdiction over the “colony.” Gurr maintained his innocence.

But to pay the government and court costs, Gurr declared bankruptcy on May 19, 1908.

Several auctions were held.

Most of his land (as opposed to family land held in Fanua’s name) at Faga’alu, Mulinu’u (Coconut Point), and Pugamai sold, along with his cattle, furniture and a rowboat. But it did not raise the needed funds.

His personal library was inventoried by the government and auctioned he lost his whole law library, two sets of encyclopaedias, a set of histories, a set each of Stevenson and Kipling.

Finally, most of his remaining furniture, paintings, candlesticks, family photos (which accounts for the meagre supply now available) and household artifacts were sold off.

Everything down to his inkwell and ashtrays was sold. On February 4, 1911, when the results of the final auction had been paid to the government, Commandant William Crose announced the case closed.

If Gurr’s hand had been in the till, if he was the “rascal”

Moore had said, he did not appear to profit from it. O. F.

Nelson wrote years later that what remained of the estate pieces of furniture would not cover the man’s funeral expenses. • • • He and Fanua led a quiet life for the next few years. His only dealing with the government came in November, 1913, when he sold part of their adjoining property for the purpose of the island government to build the first Samoan Hospital (buildings which later came to be called the Annex). Gurr was paid $6BOO partly in cash and the rest mortgaged, which was completed in August of 1915.

On April 25, 1916, at the age of 22, Teuila married one H.

Lloyd Haliday. Haliday had been part of the New Zealand expeditionary force that had descended upon German Samoa at the beginning of the war. They had landed in Apia on August 29, 1914 1365 Kiwis in warm woollies, they had no tropical uniforms. Haliday stayed on to become the assistant customs officer in Apia. He had captured, according to the newspaper, “one of the most popular and attractive young ladies in American Samoa. ”

The wedding was conducted in the house at Malaloa. “The bride wore a beautiful dress of white satin with an over dress of shadow lace and a court train with the traditional orange blossoms and carried a bouquet of exquisite flowers,” said the Fa’atonu. A “Grand March” was held, leading the wedding party to a reception at the Pavilion of the Enlisted Men’s Club. The Fitafita Band played until well into the night, pausing only for a 10 o’clock dinner which was served to a hundred people, including Governor Poyer and “his little daughter Miss Mary Poyer. . . Paymaster and Mrs Jennings, and various government officials.

“. . . Judge E. W. Gurr, a well known planter in Tutuila, and Fanua, a member of a prominent family in Upolu,” were justly famous for their generous parties.

By 1917, Teuila had moved to New Zealand with her husband. Bernard fought in the trenches of Europe; he would return with a shattered arm, a hand clenched in immobility.

In mid-December, Fanua became febrile and “Dr Linde of the (adjacent) Samoan Hospital was called to attend her. It was then discovered she was suffering from ptomaine poisoning and every effort was put forward to overcome the attack.”

Gurr was with her, as was indeed the whole hospital staff “in constant attendance ... to save the life of one much loved and respected. For two days Mrs Gurr suffered intense agony but bore up bravely in order to give the treatment all possible chance of restoration.

At 1 o’clock in the afternoon of December 13th, Fanuaea Eletino, daughter of Aisake and Amalaina, adopted of Seumanutafa and Fatulia, late taupou of Apia, friend of artist John Lafarge, historian Henry Adams and writer Robert Louis Stevenson, wife of Edwin Gurr, breathed her last.”

Governor Poyer, away on a cruise, cancelled his plans and cabled condolences to Gurr.

The funeral was held “on Sunday, December 16.” The notice in the Fa’atonu of January 1918 continued; “The funeral was attended by the Governor, Naval officers and most residents of Pago Pago; it was very impressive and at the same time picturesque, taking place at her home and buried amongst the flowers and plants she delighted to rear and cultivate.”

To this day, ti plants, the traditional graveside decoration, flourish next to her grave.

She was interred on her grounds, as is Samoan custom, overlooking the harbor of Pago Pago.

Her stone reads; “IN Loving Memory of Fanuaea Eletino the dearly beloved wife of E. W. Gurr who departed this life 13 December 1917 aged 45 years until we meet again • • • Again there is a lapse in Gurr’s life, a quietude wherein he tended his plantations and continued his studies of the island flora. He kept notes of his descriptions, identifying both Fanua’s gravestone at Malaloa, near Pago Pago. Diane Theroux photo. 45 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

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The chronology of Gurr’s life again becomes documented in the middle ’2os. He had been accused by Major-General George Spafford Richardson (1868-1938) of being “an active member of the Mau,” and indeed began attending Mau meetings with regularity. By this time Gurr had moved to Apia.

On May 26, 1927, he began editing a pro-Mau newspaper, the Samoa Guardian. Again there were rumors Gurr “had fled” the administration though this time the American administration was meant. In August of the same year, the Fa’atonu officially denied that Gurr was “a prohibited immigrant to American Samoa” or “that his record in American Samoa (had) been officially communicated by the Governor of American Samoa.” It did say that the “Governor did discuss Mr Gurr’s official career in American Samoa with the Honorable Minister for External Affairs of New Zealand. ” Sadly, they found he was no criminal.

Nevertheless, the minister, W.

Nosworthy, condemned the efforts of Mau supporters.

Gurr became a contributor to the American Associated Press, and documented the oppressive policies of Richardson in particular and New Zealand in general.

On December 15, 1927, the 10th anniversary of Fanua’s death, Gurr was threatened with arrest. The threats became reality on the 17th, when he, O.

F. Nelson and A. G. Smyth were sentenced without trial to be deported to New Zealand.

Gurr and Nelson got five years; Smyth, two. The Samoa Guardian was banned. Before Gurr was exiled on December 25, he wrote a long dispatch to the Associated Press. George Westbrook wrote to Nelson Rowe on February 20, 1928: “Last month a letter of Gurr’s containing about 12 pages . . . and posted in time for the Lady Roberts, was discovered in the pan of the lavatory at the (Apia) Post Office all wet and had been used as toilet paper.”

Three workers were suspended for the offence, but Westbrook believed that to be “the last of it.” The issue apparently came up between Westbrook and the pro-administration editor of the Samoa Times, a man named Brown.

Westbrook told Rowe: “Brown did not come up to time, re what I gave him for saying that Gurr ought to be in Vaimea Jail.”

On December 28, 1929, when Smyth returned from deportation, there was a welcoming parade. There was a scuffle, and recent research has shown a planned assassination occurred. Tamasese, one of the Mau leaders, was cut down.

Eleven others were wounded.

Gurr wrote to Rowe from Suva, Fiji: “Send any letters to me care of GPO Auckland, NZ.

I cannot tell what I shall be doing or where I shall reside. ”

In other circumstances, he would have stayed with one of his children, but he undoubtedly wished to keep them free of his political entanglements.

Also, he expected to be pardoned, to return early to Samoa, before his five years was completed. His lonely exile must have made him mindful of Fanua, of her politics and exploits. He yearned to return.

But the New Zealand Government was determined to keep him out of Samoan affairs.

It was not until May of 1933 that he and 0. F. Nelson were allowed to return to Samoa.

The ship touched first at Pago Pago. There Gurr left the ship and was taken to the Samoan Hospital suffering from a stomach carcinoma. For two months he languished and on July 1, 1933, he died, aged 70.

He was buried next to Fanua.

But there was no one to erect a stone.

There is still no stone, and the graves are wild and overgrown, the ti plants among the weeds.

Misi Kea was gone. 46 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

tropicalitigs From Norfolk to Pitcairn: The great home-coming To meet our distant relatives from Norfolk was the experience of a lifetime. Even I, who have no mutineer blood, and have been a Pitcairner for only seven years, felt very deeply about their presence on our island.

Because Pitcairn’s history is part of my husband and children, it is part of me too.

The trip had been planned for months, and arranged by Tom Lloyd on Norfolk Island, expertly assisted by Jimmy Bennett, the Air New Zealand representative in Papeete. They were 26, some with well-known Pitcairn names, like Adams, Buffett, Evans and Nobbs, some with names unknown to us, but they all had a Christian, Young, Quintal, McCoy or Adams among their ancestors.

Since the Pitcairners split, as a result of the 1856 emigration to Norfolk, there has not been much communication between the two islands, apart from a short visit to Pitcairn by some Norfolk Islanders around the turn of the century. So it was certainly high time this “pilgrimage” was organised.

Our visitors flew from Papeete to Mangareva, where the trading vessel Taporo II was waiting. This vessel, used for inter-island trade in French Polynesia, had been especially chartered.

Weeks before they arrived, Pitcairn houses had been cleaned and painted, flower beds weeded and lawns trimmed. Goodies were acquired from ships and stowed away in freezers. Everything had to be the best for our cherished guests who were to be lodged in our homes, their number varying between one and six “pilgrims” per household.

As late as the 1930 s and '4os, Australians and New Zealanders often used to speak of Britain as “home”, even if they had never been there. The Bounty descendants living today on Norfolk Island seem to have a similar sentimental attitude towards Pitcairn with the difference that the lack of regular communications makes it extremely difficult for them to make a pilgrimage.

However, a group of 26 Norfolk Islanders at long last managed to make the trip across the Pacific in October-November, 1984, first by air to Tahiti and Mangareva, and then by a chartered vessel for the last 300 miles across the ocean. Kari from Norway, who married Brian Young seven years ago and has contributed mightily to the repopulation of Pitcairn by giving birth to two children, has written this account of the great home-coming. Bengt Danielsson.

On Thursday morning, October 25, the Taporo II anchored off the west coast, and we went out in the long-boats to greet our relatives. The trip across from Mangareva had taken two days, they had all been seasick, and most of them had slept on deck under a canvas. We looked at them with great respect, for had they not suffered all these harships just in order to spend five days on our little rock!

I always feel proud of Pitcairn’s beauty and historical heritage when we greet visitors from far away, but I have never been prouder than on this day, when our long-boats took our Norfolk pilgrims into Bounty Bay. Their faces reflected both awe and excitement, just as it should be with pilgrims. ‘the invasion made us feel we were part of the wide world, that other people cared about us ..

On board the Taporo II were also 30-odd Mangarevans and Tahitians, many of whom had been related to Pitcairners for several generations, without ever having had a chance to fasten their eyes on the island.

This made about 60 visitors to accommodate, which we did in a happy mood. This meant that our population rose for five days to more than double its usual number. As a result a completely new and more hectic atmosphere prevailed in Adamstown, for people were everywhere, at all times, talking and laughing.

Our own quiet household of Pitcairn Island’s entire population goes out in long-boats to welcome the visitors from afar. 47 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

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Bookings through Union Steamship Company of NZ. Pan Am, Air New Zealand or direct to Aggie Grey’s, Apia, Western Samoa. Cables: AGGIES’ Apia. four people, Brian Young, my husband, myself, and our two children, took in two Buffetts from Norfolk, four Mangarevans, and one American yachtsman. Meals were like a United Nations meeting with conversation in English, Pitcairnese, Norwegian, French and Polynesian, plus sign language.

Therefore, in spite of the work involved in housing and feeding such a big crowd, the experience was incredibly rewarding.

Usually, our little island has only a few visitors at a time, and then only for a couple of hours, or at the most a couple of days.

This invasion made us feel that we were part of the wide world, and that other people cared about us. It made us feel strong and alive, and full of hope for the future, and not isolated and forgotten, as we have often felt in the past, with only three or four supply ships calling from New Zealand each year.

Brian’s grandmother was from Mangareva, and his cousin Paul was staying with us, doing his bit of entertaining at the table, telling the same kind of stories and laughing at the same jokes as Brian and Merwyn Buffett. Again we felt that we were not alone, that we belonged to a wider community, a wider brotherhood.

It really is a great pity that we have hardly any communication with our nearest neighbors in Mangareva, which is only 300 miles away. In the past, we had our own schooners, built here, to carry on trade with Mangareva and even Tahiti.

But today there is only the occasional yacht making trips of this sort.

The Norfolk Islanders traced their ancestors in the Pitcairn Island Registry Book, took thousands of snapshots and miles of video film, while wandering around the island and Adamstown. They also beat us Pitcairners by one run in a day-long cricket match in Aute Valley, in which everyone took part.

The last night of their stay, there was a public dinner in the Court House, with the usual Pitcairn spread, followed by entertainment, with the schoolchildren singing and doing some skits. The Polynesians provided the last half-hour’s entertainment, with guitar music, songs and dancing.

More than one Pitcairner and Norfolker felt his ancestral blood respond, and there was much excitement and applause.

It was also quite marvellous to hear our relatives from Norfolk speak the same Bounty language that we use, and that we, of course, call Pitcaimese.

This was perhaps, after all is said and done, the strongest bond between us.

The Taporo was anchored off the coast during the whole visit, and the ship’s owners discussed with the Island Council the possibility of a regular shipping service, every four months, such a regular service to bring us supplies. It would mean a lot for our morale if it ever came into existence.

We took our visitors on board the Taporo on the last day, and followed the ship for a little while in our long-boats, singing our traditional farewell hymn. There were few dry eyes, and all faces were sad.

But we console ourselves with the thought that some of our Norfolk relatives will not wait for the Bounty bicentenary in 1990 to visit us again. Kari Boye Young.

Introducing the killer coconut palm Marlon Brando once said that the only thing one had to learn in order to live happily on his Polynesian island was instant recognition of the sound made by a falling coconut and, of course, the ability to take quick evasive action.

His idea seems to be borne out by a report in the British Medical Journal of a four year study of admissions to the provincial hospital in Papua New Guinea’s Milne Bay Province.

The study shows that “treerelated incidents” seem to be the most common cause for injuries. Trees accounted for 41 per cent of admissions for wounds and injuries, and for a large number of deaths. The types of accidents included falling off a tree while climbing, being struck by a falling tree limb or by a falling coconut, tripping over fallen tree limbs, and being struck by a crashing tree while trying to cut it down.

The victims ranged in age from three to 60, and the tree implicated most often was the coconut palm. The researchers noted that most village tree climbers did not use safety equipment and that some of the palm trees they climbed were 30 metres tall. The report also stated that a climber’s fall from a mature coconut palm would be the equivalent of a fall from a 10-storey building, and that falling coconuts could strike a person on the ground with a force of almost 908 kilograms.

Kari and her husband Brian guide a visitor (third from left) on a walk around Pitcairn. 48 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL. 1985

“Sharks came to my rescue”

Vanuatu girl The shark is one of the most efficient killing machines in nature; a creature of voracious appetite which has, through history, struck terror in the hearts of men because of the viciousness of its nature, and the blind frenzy with which it attacks its prey, and even its own kind.

Yet, from time to time, there occur astonishing tales of sharks appearing to help people in distress. We record one such mysterious story here, with our thanks to the Vanuatu Weekly of Port Vila, which first reported what can only go into history as a story in the true tradition of Strange and Inexplicable Tales of the Islands. Real, half-imagined, or dreamed, perhaps not even the teller truly knows; it is a story of survival in the face of what looked like certain death.

Rosline Ben, a shy 20-yearold from Lamen Island, Epi, was among the 66 passengers of the motor vessel Onma II cast into the seething ocean off Malakula when the ship foundered at the height of Hurricane Eric on January 16. She spent two days in the sea with only a life-jacket, and her own spirit, to support her in the eerie, constant, company of two sharks which not only did not attack her but, according to Rosline, even fed her. ’’They were like my friends.

They watched me intently all the time I remember their eyes, always on me - I felt they contributed to my good fortune in that I was saved from the sea,” she said.

The Onma II came to grief in the early dawn of Wednesday, January 16. Rosline was asleep in the passengers’ end of the ship when the alarm was sounded. She awoke to find all the passengers in life-jackets.

The ship’s cook helped her into a jacket and, altogether, they jumped into the raging sea.

There was much confusion but, soon, they sighted the ship’s only boat and tried to board it, but were turned away because it was full. Eventually she saw a life-raft and, after an exhausting swim, reached it and was hauled on board by her friend, the ship’s cook. Four or five rafts were tied together, but in the furious sea they became unwieldy and so they were cut apart, each to find its own fortune.

By midday Rosline’s raft was quite alone, drifting towards the coast of Tisman island, when they saw a man swimming. It turned out to be the Onma ll’s captain, and they helped him on to their raft, said Rosline.

After a time the captain urged the cook and herself to try to ashore, because the coast was only a short distance away.

He and the cook had tried to swim the raft to the beach, but had failed because of the currents. ”1 became concerned. The cook went into the water and began swimming for the island.

Then the captain dragged me with him into the water and I started to swim. I tried to reach the island, but the currents were too strong, so I gave up and let the currents take me.”

According to her watch, which she had tied on to a necklace around her neck, it was now 4 pm. ”By 8 pm I was so exhausted that when I came across a drifting log I could not have cared if it was a monster from the deep. What I needed was something to rest my body. I grabbed it and hung on. ”1 must have gone to sleep because I remember nothing until suddenly my body was jerked. I looked up and saw this thing moving towards me through the water. ”1 was very frightened and I screamed out, praying to God that it was only a nightmare and to make it end so that I could be safe again. ’The shark came gliding in at me with its mouth open and it tore at my life-jacket. I could do nothing but wait for the end.”

Rosline thinks she first saw the sharks about midnight.

There were two of them, about two and a half metres long and the biggest she had ever seen, she said. ’’After the first time, when the shark tore my life jacket, it went away a bit and I took the jacket Were they sharks like this one that helped Rosline Ben (inset)? Shark picture by Ron and Valerie Taylor. 49 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1985

off and hung it on one of the four branches of the log. ”1 was too scared to make a sound,” said Rosline. ”1 just hung there, very still. ’The sharks kept circling me, and then they stopped, one on each side of me. One of them came under me so that my legs were across his tail. ’They stayed with me until dawn, and by then I no longer feared them. They seemed to understand. I could see their eyes and they watched me all the time.” she said, ’’Sometimes on that long night I got angry as well as frightened and I would scream at them, but they always seemed to read my mind. They just flapped their tails and I knew then to stop screaming. ”

Rosline said she was very tired and hungry. She saw a coconut floating past and tried to open it with her teeth, but could not. ’Then the strangest thing happened. Something I will remember all my life. One of the sharks disappeared and a few minutes later I saw a fish floating up to the surface. Its tail was gone. I took it and began to eat it. ’’Then something moved against the back of my neck. I turned. It was an island cabbage top. I took it, too, and ate it, with the fish. ’The two sharks were now like my friends. I felt they were watching over me and I felt better.”

The sharks stayed with her until late in the afternoon, she said, when an aircraft flew over.

She waved madly, but thought she had not been seen by the pilot, for the plane flew on.

It was about this time that the sharks left her. She did not see them again. ”1 think I became unconscious,” she said. ”I,did not wake up until the Marata rescued me somewhere past Malakula. ’’But I think that even that was strange. The captain of the Marata told me two seagulls were sitting on the log when he saw me. 1 think they were my two friends in the form of birds, with me to the end of my journey. ”

Were they sharks, or were they dolphins? By general consensus and experience dolphins are more likely to look kindly upon humans than are sharks. Stories of dolphins coming to the aid of people cast into the sea are, if not common, certainly far from unknown.

Either way, young Rosline Ben had a remarkable experience, and a fortunate survival. Sharks are common around Malakula which has in recent times been the scene of two fatal shark attacks. The first of these involved a Swedish tourist guide who went swimming outside the reef at sunset, which local people regard as somewhat foolhardy. The other victim in the same vicinity was the child of cruising yacht couple — Ed.

The pride of Daniel Dupont Arrangements had been made for journalists from the Papeete news media to accompany the aid consignment for Fiji cyclone victims prepared by the CEP the French nuclear testing authority and the French armed forces in French Polynesia.

But the Caravelle military aircraft Torea carrying the seven tonnes of food and camping gear took off for Nadi on the morning of.

January 25 without them.

What had happened?

The newspaper La Depeche de Tahiti reported on January 26: “Unfortunately for our readers, the French Ambassador to Fiji Daniel Dupont did not consider it helpful to say the least of it to have journalists among the group charged by the French Government with going to the aid of these thousands of human beings who had fallen victim to a natural disaster.

“This personal viewpoint of the diplomat was quickly transformed into a sort of veto, and journalists were prevented from reporting on the event. According to information we have been able to gather on the affair, it appears that our ambassador, embarrassed at seeing that American aid to the cyclone victims was larger than that of France, ‘desired’ that this fact should not be made obvious to the public The newspaper concluded sourly: “This was an extraordinary diplomatic decision. It smacks strongly of an infringement of freedom of the press, and of the public’s right to information. ” • U.S. Charge d’Affaires in Fiji, Russell J. Surber, had shortly before announced U.S. aid to cyclone victims worth a total of SUSI. 2 million. The supplies included two 400-gallon mobile water carriers, 2000 tents, 100 rolls of plastic sheeting providing 15 shelters each, 1000 five-gallon plastic water containers, and 1000 2.5 gallon plastic water containers. The supplies were brought in by a C-141 Starlifter and two C- -5A Galaxies.

Could it have been dolphins like the one pictured who helped Rosline? The record certainly suggests they’re more likely to help humans than sharks . . .

French aid for Fiji cyclone victims is loaded aboard a military Caravelle in Tahiti ... the press were not welcome. La Depeche photo. 50 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

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In what sport have players of the South Pacific most excelled? Rugby? Swimming?

No. The surprising answer is lawn bowls. And ladies’ bowls at that. If you had been in Melbourne for the sth World Bowls titles, along with the girls from Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and Western Samoa, you would have had to drastically change your impressions of lawn bowls being for little old ladies.

The tournament was held at the Reservoir Bowling Club, Melbourne, from February 13 to March 2, with 36 games played over 18 days.

The South Pacific was well represented, where PNG, Fiji and Western Samoa took part for the first time, together. PNG had a fully indigenous team for the first time and acquitted themselves well, but it was left to Fiji to carry the game to the rest of the world by taking out two silver medals. Maraia Lum On, of the Rewa Bowling Club, Fiji, took the silver medal in the singles, and Maraia, with Willow Fong, also of Rewa, won the silver medal in the pairs.

Of the 19 countries participating, PNG was one of the few having competed at all five tournaments. Fiji took part in the first meet in Sydney in 1969, but withdrew in 1973 (N.Z.) and 1977 (England). For Western Samoa it was their first attempt at world bowls. They withdrew from the 1981 titles in Canada.

The spectators at this year’s tournament were treated to entertaining bowls from the Samoans, especially Pativane Ainu, of the Apia club, with their less inhibited South Seas style which won everyone’s hearts. The South Pacific ladies have now won medals in all five world tournaments, a remarkable achievement considering that the best bowlers in the world compete in these events. Most countries have considerably more clubs and bowlers than the island nations.

The 6th tournament will be held in New Zealand in 1988. Marion and Bill Bramwell.

J 52 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

political currents Mara’s double deputies intrigue Fiji In Fiji politics the biggest question is not which side will form the next government, but who will be the next prime minister - probably from the Fijian side. The conundrum was made spicier, in February, by the appointment of a second deputy to Fiji’s first, and so far only, prime minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara.

The appointee is Mosese Qionibaravi, the minister of finance in the Mara government since the somewhat dramatic resignation of long-serving treasurer, Charles Walker. Mr Qionibaravi thus joins Ratu David Toganivalu on the second, or princeling, deck of the Fiji pecking order. But, everyone is now asking, will the real heir apparent please stand up? Or, to put it more succinctly, will Ratu Mara now indicate who is his first deputy, and who is second? The answer seems to lie deep within the complicated thickets of Fijian and Fiji politics, which are not synonymous.

Inevitably, the appointment has led to speculation that Ratu David has lost the ear of the prime minister. Ratu David is, after all, of chiefly rank where Mosese is not. He is also, at 50, a touch older than his 46 year old new partner, and was appointed first. However, it is noted by some observers in the gossip-heavy capital of Suva, that when the appointment of Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau as Governor-General, to succeed Ratu Sir George Cakobau, became necessary, the choosing of a deputy prime minister to replace him was very much a matter not only of speculation but of time. Indeed, a year elapsed between Ratu Penaia’s arrival at Government House and the announcement of a new deputy P.M. Ratu David was not the automatic choice, it seemed.

At that time several other names were bandied about, including those of Mr Walker and Jonati Mavoa, both very senior ministers, with claims to the second chair. Mr Qionibaravi was also mentioned at that time as a good choice with an outside chance.

Suva pundits say that Ratu David has lately distanced himself from Ratu Mara and cite the recent meeting the prime minister had with top trade union officials to discuss the wage freeze and other matters of the economy. Ratu David was not among those present.lt is understood that he had been in favor of a softer approach to the control of wage-costs and, because of that, was at odds not only with Ratu Mara, but also with Mr Walker (now minister for primary industries), and the veteran Mohammed Ramzan, minister for employment and industrial relations. But Mosese Qionibaravi was present at these crucial talks, at the right hand of the prime minister.

Areas of responsibility for the two deputy prime ministers have not yet been defined.

However, it is expected that Mr Qionibaravi will look after economic matters. In an interview with The Fiji Times he said his professional relationship with Ratu David still had to be worked out.

The official announcement said the country needed a second deputy prime minister ’’because of the increasing complexity of functions and the added burden imposed on the government as a result of the disaster caused by the twin hurricanes, Eric and Nigel”.

Mr Qionibaravi’s raising came as part of a minor cabinet reshuffle in which Ratu Mara gave his portfolio of Fijian Affairs to Ratu David. Thus, while the deputy may be seen to have a rival, he has also been handed one of the most powerful ministries in the country.

Ratu David’s former responsibility at the ministry of economic planning and development has gone to Peter Stinson, son of former Fiji minister of finance, Sir Charles Stinson. Mr Stinson was made minister of energy in the government immediately after the last general election, but resigned in July, 1983, to give full attention to his troubled family business, the Stinson Pearce Group. The Fiji Cabinet has thus been increased by one to number 14.

Mosese Qionibaravi first entered politics, and parliament, in 1973 when he won a byelection for a seat made vacant by the death of Fiji’s first deputy prime minister, and one of the nation’s most-loved chiefs, Ratu Sir Edward Cakobau. He was returned in 1977 and appointed Speaker. He was re-elected in 1982 and taken into the Cabinet as Fiji’s first minister of foreign affairs, taking over interests Ratu Mara had handled as prime minister since independence.. He also had responsibility for tourism, by then, with a decline in sugar income, the country’s principal industry.

In December, 1983, when Mr Walker resigned the treasury because he disagreed with the prime minister over the granting of a pay rise to civil servants, Mr Qionibaravi was given charge of the finance ministry, a post in which he has earned great respect.

Mosese Qionibaravi was educated at the Queen Victoria School, Fiji, and at Auckland University where he took his Master of Commerce degree in 1964.

He joined the Fiji civil service as assistant secretary in the Central Planning Office and rose to be permanent secretary for finance in 1971. In 1973 he left to manage Naviti Investments, Ltd., a company which owned hotels in Fiji and Western Samoa. He had limited success in this venture and entered politics in 1977.

He also holds the position of pro-chancellor of the University of the South Pacific, and is chairman of the university council. He was president of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association for its 1980-81 session, and president of the 67nation ACP Council of Ministers in 1983. In this post he led trade negotiations with the E.E.C. and won many admirers for his grasp of the complex sugar protocol and the ease with which he ran the meetings.

Speculation about which of the two deputies would be senior subsided somewhat as Ratu Mara flew out to Sydney for an operation on his knee, a matter which was to occupy most of February and early March. Ratu David was quietly named to act as prime minister.

Some observers said he saw himself as ”on trial” for this period, given that Mr Qionibaravi was. in effect, still "waiting in the wings.” Staff Writer.

Mr Qionibaravi 53 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

Pacific stamp box In my early youth I entered a competition to design an animal stamp for Australia. I can’t remember what animal I chose, but I do remember being proud and hopeful for it to be carried around Australia on the comers of millions of letters. Alas, I didn’t win, and thus was blighted, very early on, a brilliant artistic career. Mark you, even the winner hasn't done much good because the Post Office rejected the idea before any stamps were ever printed.

But, despite this early setback, the designing of stamps has continued to fascinate me and it was with great pleasure that I met, recently, Graham Wade, a commercial artist who has designed about 60 stamps for Papua New Guinea. His latest set is to be released on May 1 this year.

Graham told me he had designed exclusively for Australia. ”1 tried Australia Post once, but they told me that they knew all the good designers, and so I went away again. However, during Ausipex in Melbourne last year I talked with a number of officials from other Pacific countries, and they were interested in my work. The Cocos Islands and Solomons Islands, particularly, have exhibited interest.”

Graham began stamp designing when he was making a film for a missionary organisation in PNG and, during the time there, was asked to do a film for PNG Post called ’’Post Mark Impressions.”

"During this work someone said to me, ’why don’t you design some stamps?’ So I did.”

The first set was the 1968 Industrial series, and it led to the now long and happy association between the PNG postal authorities and Graham Wade. ”1 enjoy the challenge of stamp design,” he said. ”1 don’t make a living out of it; it’s just a hobby, but an absorbing and very satisfying one.”

Graham’s job is that of film director for Pilgrim Christian Communications and he is at present working on a film for the PNG Post and Telecommunications Corporation.

The list of themes on ydiich Graham has designed stamps for PNG is now long and fascinating. The latest series will feature ceremonial structures, but some of those from the past include the 25th anniversary of the Second World War, the centenary of the PNG missions, the introduction of self-government, the year of the child, mission planes, fishing, healthy foods, world communications, canoes and canoe prows. The list goes on for some time and covers a wide swathe of PNG culture and activities. ”1 think the set of missionary aircraft is my favorite,” said Graham. ”1 designed them on a vertical format, which is unusual for a subject like aeroplanes, but it allowed me to include views of the countryside over which the planes were flying. It was something different in stamp design.”

Graham begins a design in various ways. ’’Sometimes an idea is sent to me; sometimes I submit my own idea to the Bureau who then decide. I start with a rough pencil sketch for the Bureau’s initial reaction, and then work through to the final design in consultation with them, all along the way. ”FNG has a sound policy of featuring subjects on its stamps which relate directly to the country,” he said. ’They favor pictorial scene designs, and 1 think that is a good idea because most stamp collectors like bright and colorful views. My preference is for a simple, clean and bright design and a cohesive subject. ”

Graham collects stamps himself and has a spectacular collection of 13 volumes of stamps featuring bicycles. ”1 have several real jewels in the collection, including some of the old bicycle mail labels,” he said. In fact it is astonishing how many stamps have featured bicycles, either centrally or as part of their design. There is even an Australian one showing a bicycle wheel in a rubbish dump. It was one of a set on the protection of the environment.

In his own designs the bicycle appears only once, on a stamp in the PNG communications year set.

But there could be more, one day, for as he left us Graham weaved off into the Sydney traffic aboard a bicycle.

Above; Wade’s rough design sketches and, left, the finished designs. 54 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

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national TOURIST autwritv Unlike many other Pacific island countries, Papua New Guinea is not heavily involved with tourism. Nonetheless some of its officials keep a beady and hopeful eye on it. Thus national statistician, John Shadlow, was quick to point out, as the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier reported, that the Pope’s visit to PNG attracted a considerable rise in the number of foreign visitors to the country.

June quarter arrivals were up 6.1 per cent, compared with 1983, with 8396 visitors, of which total 51.2 per cent were from Australia for the Papal visit. Grass Roots, Post-Courier’s resident cartoonist, offered comment. from the islands press From the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, Port Moresby Churches that created instability and conflict would be closed down and told to “pack up and leave”, the Home Affairs Minster, Mr Lawi, warned yesteday.

He added that there were “far too many churches” in the country and there should be a ban on the entry of more churches.

Mr Lawi said some churches had preached against each other in recent years and caused conflict among their followers.

From the Cook Islands News, Rarotonga

The Secret Of Knowing One’S Future Directions

IS TO KNOW ALL THE DETAILS OF THE PAST.

So asserts Deputy Prime Minister and Arts and culture minister Geoffrey Henry. Quoting a previous speaker at the Te Atu Kura function on Monday night for the visiting Earthwatch archaeology team he said, “You have got to know your yesterdays before you know where you are going tomorrow.”

New Year’s Eve on Niue according to Scene n’ Heard in Tohi Tala Niue.

New Year’s Eve in the past years was a time of festivities but the street was so quiet it was hard to believe New Year had been and gone. One of the local celebrities suggested that all the “Yahoos” have migrated leaving only himself to carry on the tradition. “All they know these days is to ride thier motorbikes and drink Palagi beer give me back the old days when they knew how to have a good time.”

A letter from Jim Kei Sabata, Boroko, in the Papua New Ginea Post-Courier, Port Moresby.

I would like to express my views of the number of women giving their bodies away for K 2.

Are these women pigs or dogs, or are they human beings? Does God want us to pay for something that a man and a woman do to create life?

This sort of thing is happening a lot around Moresby and I suggest to the women who are selling themselves, that they go back to their homes and start gardening, etc, instead of selling themselves.

High kicking in the Marshalls as cited in the Police Blotter in the Marshall Islands, Majuro.

Jan. 25 WOUNDED NOSE At 2200 hours, Rosemond Digno reported to police that while standing in front of the Yacht Club, Bruce came to her and asked for money. When she told him that she did not have money, he kicked her in the nose.

From Around Town by Grant in the Marshall Islands Journal, Majuro.

In the Marshalls it is worse to grow marijuana than to assault, batter, rape and murder people.

Murderers so far seem to get four years in jail and other jail terms can be run concurrently to that. But, if you are caught growing your own smoke you are liable to a $5,000 fine and five years jail.

Somehow it doesn’t seem right to me.

From a letter by Leiasmanu (nee Kalsakau) Cullwick in the Vanuatu Weekly, Port-Vila replying to comments on living costs in UK and Vanuatu.

May I add comment to your item in the Vanuatu Weekly issue No. 22 dated 5/1/85, page 12 ‘Vanuatu VS England “shocked” ni-Vanuatu reveals.’

It’s 1985 and Vanuatu now has 4 class citizens, Rich, Poor, Beggars & Thieves! 1990 is the target year for Vanuatu’s Economic Independence, perhaps this won’t eventuate, but one thing’s certain Vanuatu will achieve another class of citizens those who die of starvation and malnutrition as in other 3rd world countries.

Vanuatu’s cost of living is phenomenal, higher than UK, USA, Australia & certainly New Zealand, and to mention, the electricity generated by UNELCO is the 3rd highest in the world.

From Around Town by Grant in the Marshall Islands Journal, Majuro.

I think one the best indicators of progress in the Marshall’s is that you can now get a glass of real draft beer here. Charley’s Tavern is the exclusive distributor of “Vailima” draft beer and their customers are extremly pleased. The product comes from Apia, Western Samoa, in 15 gallon kegs just like the best taverns in America.

From the Police Blotter in the Marshall Islands Journal, Majure.

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people Inoke Faletau, for the past 12 years Tonga’s high commissioner in London, has been appointed as the new director of the Commonwealth Foundation. He succeeds Ric Throssell of Australia, who retired last year due to ill health.

The London-based Commonwealth Foundation was established in 1965 to promote professional activity and cooperation among member nations of the Commonwealth.

Correspondent in New Calendonia for PIM and other media outlets, Helen Fraser, has won the 1984 Canadian Government Award for Journalistic Merit for her reporting on events in the territory.

The citation referred to Ms Fraser’s demonstrated skill in anticipating the course of major social and political events.

The prize carries a two-week visit to Canada, one of the fine soapstone carvings made by Eskimo artists, and the engraving of the prize-winner’s name on a perpetual honor roll at Canada’s National Press Club.

Ben Blaz, the first Guamanian to win a general’s star in the US armed forces (he was in the Marines), has been elected president by the 34 new Republicans elected to the US House of Representatives in last November’s US elections.

Freshmen House members of both parties organise themselves to ensure they have a voice in House affairs, usually dominated by “seniors”.

In the polling on Guam, retired General Blaz narrowly defeated Antonio Borja Won Fat, the Democrat who had represented Guam as non-voting delegate in the House for 19 years, by 15,725 votes to 15,402.

In other Pacific Island or island-related US elections: • A. P. Lutali, supported by many members of outgoing Governor Peter Tali Coleman’s political committee, was elected Governor of American Samoa over incumbent Lt- Governor Tufele Li’a, by a margin of 5234 to 3715. • American Samoa’s delegate to Washington, Fofo I. F.

Sunnia, was re-elected over Aumoevalogo Soli, 5031 to 3124. Sunnia sits with the Democrats in the House of Representatives, but Samoan elections are conducted on a non-partisan basis. • Fred Eckert, former US ambassador to Fiji, Tuvalu and Kiribati, was elected to a Republican seat in the House of Representatives from Upstate New York. • Hawaii’s delegation to the US Congress remains all- Democratic. Congressmen Heftel and Akaka both were reelected by better than five-toone margins. The two Democratic Senators (Inouye and Matsunaga) were not up for re-election. David S. North in Washington.

George L. Chan, energy administrator for the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas and one of the Pacific’s most noted specialists on alternative energy, has retired from government service.

Mr Chan, 60, said in Saipan that the time had come for him to join his family in their business enterprises.

Born in Mauritius and educated (B.Sc., Engineering) at the University of London, Mr Chan has worked in the Pacific for 20 years, first as public health engineer, and then as environmental engineer, with the South Pacific Commission.

He was a senior lecturer at the University of Papua New Guinea for three years, and a United Nations consultant in biogas technology and utilisation for two years.

In 1978 he joined the CNMI Goverment as environment and energy administrator, and in 1980 was appointed chief physical planner, a position he held until late 1984 when he was named energy administrator.

He was a tireless advocate of the integrated farming system which produces fuel, feed and fertiliser, as a solution to rural development problems in the under-developed regions of Asia, Africa and the Pacific.

CNMI Lieutenant-Governor Pedro A. Tenorio described George Chan as “a humble, low-key person, a real gentleman and a hard worker who has set the path and standard of achievement for us in the Northern Marianas to follow”.

On October 1, 1984, Mr Chan was presented with a Special Recognition Award, the highest US award in the field of energy innovation, by US Secretary of Energy Donald P.

Hodel. The award particularly noted Mr Chan’s work on a device known as the biogas digester.

Murray Finlay, news editor of the Newcastle, Australia, television station NBN Channel 3, has been appointed general manager of Papua New Guinea’s first TV service.

Mr Finlay has been with NBN for 22 years, first as a news reader, and later as news editor.

NBN, which is a subsidiary of Kevin Parry’s Perth-based Parry Corporation Ltd., and the PNG Goverment, will jointly operate the Niugini Television Network Ltd. from headquarters at Port Moresby.

The service will later be extended to Lae, Goroka and Mt.

Hagen.

Niue’s new director of education is Atapana Siakimotu, 37, formerly deputy principal of Niue High School.

Holder of a diploma in horticulture from Lincoln Agricultural College, Christchurch, New Zealand, Mr Siakimotu takes over from veteran Niuean teacher, H. Vilitama, who in 1978 became the first locally born director of education.

Speaking at a farewell ceremony at Alofi, Mr Vilitama recalled how he was chosen as a trainee teacher in 1944: “There was no teachers training college at that stage, and a student was given no option but to accept what was offered or miss out altogether.

“Although no salary was paid for the first six months, in the next six months we struck paydirt, at the rate of five shillings per month although 50 per cent of that was banked in a post office savings account.

“It sounds little, but at 15 years of age at that time I was on top of the world.”

Niue also has a new director of health, Dr Arbutus Mitikulena.

Dr Mitikulena graduated from the Fiji School of Medicine in 1974, and following six months as a intern there began work with Niue’s health department.

He told Tohi Tala Niue: “Lots of people in this country don’t realise how lucky they are. With a free health service, Niue has one of the best health set-ups in the South Pacific, and it’s something we should be proud of.”

Asked about his affiliations with the Public Service Association (he had been its chairman over recent times), Dr Mitikulena said the PSA should not be regarded as an anti-government organisation, but should work with the administration and come to mutually agreed solutions to issues.

He stepped down from his PSA office early this year.

Burns Philp manufacturing division’s marketing manager in Fiji, George Chand, was seconded to the South Pacific Trade Commission offices in Sydney for a two-month period early this year to help in marketing southwest Pacific island country products.

Mr Chand is working with Bill McCabe. senior trade commissioner with the South Pacific Trade Commission, and a former Australian trade commissioner in Fiji.

George Chand .. . seconded to Sydney on a matter of trade. 57 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

yachts lAN G. MENZIES reports from Darwin , Australia: • FANCY FREE OF BEM- BRIDGE. Previously reported in Port Moresby by Kay Bason (PIM Dec. ’B4), Fancy Free has now cleared Darwin and is well on her way to Mauritius.

The passage from Port Moresby to Darwin was not at all uneventful for Harry and Lidy Greenway and their 11-months-old daughter, Sasha. Whilst running in 10-15 knots out of Thursday Island, Harry had the boom held forward and down by the boom vang/kicking strap. This was attached to an eye bolt on the edge of the deck. As Harry admitted, it was an easy way out, and not really the role for which the boom vang is designed.

The forces and unnatural stresses on the boom inevitably resulted in a major fracture just aft of where the vang was attached. Fancy Free was forced to sail the remaining miles into Darwin under cruising spinnaker. Harry was able to effect his own repairs to the boom in Darwin. • WORLD CITIZEN. Originally built for the 1980 Transpac singlehander race from San Francisco to Hawaii, World Citizen is a Golden Gate 30 designed by Chuck Burns. With a cutaway forefoot, short full keel and displacing about 4181 kg, she was specifically modified for long distance singlehanded ocean racing. Her heavily laid-up GRP hull carries a conventional sloop rig, and has reinforced internal bulkheads.

When Jack Ronalter bought her in 1981, her construction was ideal for ocean cruising all he needed to add were all the comforts of home. This he has done exceptionally well the interior is both functional and cosy.

In April ’B2, Jack headed south to Mexico, where he spent about seven months before following “the yellow brick road” to New Zealand.

Along the way, though, both he and his vessel were put to the ultimate test he rode out Hurricane Veena while anchored off Maeva Beach in Tahiti. This is a story worth telling.

Jack arrived in Tahiti just five days ahead of Veena and was faced with three choices as to which was to be his personal “hurrican hole.”

The first was Papeete harbor, which in previous hurricanes had proved to be a veritable zoo with the inevitable “bump and grind contest” and masses of twisted anchor ropes. The second was Beachcomber Bay, which reportedly had good holding ground, but was already crowded when he arrived.

Third, and last, was Maeva Beach Bay. Though wide open to northwest through to southwest winds, it did offer some protection from seas because of a substantial barrier reef. It too was reported to have good holding ground, and was the least crowded. Jack finally chose it. and although Maeva Beach suffered the heaviest casualties, World Citizen survived.

As Jack says: “I was not completely happy with it (Maeva Beach) because of the marginal protection, but it was the least of three evils.

Essentially, I was betting that, given room to manoeuvre, my good ground tackle would make up for some of the shortcomings of the anchorage.” He was right.

Jack positioned World Citizen out in the middle of the bay, well away from other boats. Anchoring with his regular bow hook, a 10-kg Bruce, he paid out 60 m of 7.9 mm chain. He then shackled a 91 m x 12.7 mm length of nylon rope to the chain and paid out about 30 m.

Next he took a 16 kg CQR with 15 m of chain, and a further 91 m of 12.7 mm nylon rope. Taking this rope back to a cockpit winch, he paid out about 9 m and set it up so that he could drop it from the safety of the cockpit. Further back-ups included two Danforths (13S and 22H), and another 7.5 kg Bruce.

He had now used up every available mooring line and docking line.

Altogether, one anchor set, one in immediate reserve, and three further anchors available.

Jack then set to and completely stripped the boat. Everything that could be stowed went below. The only exceptions were the boom and the liferaft. He went to bed at 2100 hrs, with conditions hot and humid, and light winds.

At 0200 hrs it began with a vengeance. His first problem, and one that was to continue throughout the night, was to “fight the chafe.” Ten minutes fight with the nylon rope to get new chafing gear attached, and 20 minutes later it was gone again and again and again. For good measure, Jack decided to put out his smaller Danforth with its meagre amount of rope.

With 2 m breaking waves, and sustained winds of 175 km/h, with gusts to 240 km/h, it was only a matter of time before the inevitable happened.

Shortly before 0500 hrs it did the rope snapped on the big Bruce.

As Jack watched the line tauten on the light Danforth, he released the CQR from the cockpit winch. In a matter of seconds he had let out about 76 m, but the CQR dug in and held. Now the battle started to prevent chafe on two anchor lines.

Using his two larger cockpit winches he was able to alter the chafe points, and by noon, with the wind down to 50 knots, he was able to go below and get some sleep.

The final tally for Maeva Bay Beach was 17 boats beached or reefed, with a total of about 47 vessels for the whole of Tahiti. It is understood that 30 of these were cruising yachts. When Jack participated in a diving assistance pro- Above: The Chuck Burns-designed GRP sloop, World Citizen, which rode out and survived Hurricane Veena in Tahiti. Jack Ronalter is owner/skipper. Right; Susan Schroll (Denmark) and Jack Ronalter (USA), in the cosy cabin of World Citizen. The couple are now well on their way to South Africa.

Harry and Lidy Greenway, with daughter Sasha, pictured on board their ferro-cement Endurance 35, Fancy Free of Bembridge, just before their departure from Darwin for Mauritius.-lan G. Menzies photos. 58 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

gram two days later to recover ground tackle, he found that anchors were all well buried with chain still attached. In almost every case, it was the chafing through the nylon rope, or the failure of the securing point on the vessel, that caused them to come adrift.

Jack Ronalter’s final comment on Hurricane Veena was, “that was one hell of a learning experience!”

From Tahiti, World Citizen made for the Bay of Islands and Whangarei, where Jack slipped and rebuilt his 12 kW Renault diesel. The Renault had started deteriorating after only 100 hours of use, and had “given up the ghost” by 600 hours. Today, although it functions, Jack has to use hand start.

From New Zealand, Jack made for Bundaberg and worked his way round to Darwin, enjoying all the excellent sky-diving spots along the way. Jack is a keen sky-diver and carries his own sports parachute on board.

For communications he chose a Kenwood TS 120 transceiver.

Jack’s regular callsign is KBIDP and he has an allocated Australian call sign of VK4 FBI. The set has worked exceptionally well over the past two years.

An unreliable engine has forced Jack to rely on his Arco 34 solar panel for battery charging. It has proved to be “just golden,” and was pumping out a hefty 14.5 V while the author was on board.

Jack says that it takes care of all his electrical requirements while in port.

Jack Ronalter normally cruises single-handed, but for the leg to South Africa he has been joined by Susanne Schroll from Denmark. By now they should have made their Seychelles landfall. (My personal thanks go to Jack Ronalter for his permission to use extracts from his log, and his record of the Hurricane Veena disaster. lan Menzies). • SONIC. The name Camper Nicholson is synonomous with quality and seaworthiness, and the 10.5 m Sonic is no exception. This sloop-rigged GRP yacht was launched in 1979 in Southampton in the U.K., and has since proved to be an extremely good rough weather vessel. Her 1.82 m draught and three-quarter keel give her great stability, and yet do not detract from her ability to make fast ocean passages.

This has been the experience of her current owner, Gordon Murphy, who purchased Sonic in Southampton, and subsequently re-registered her in his home port of Vancouver, Canada. Gordon departed the U.K. in August ’B2 and sailed via the Canaries and the Cape Verde Islands to the Caribbean. After Panama, they stayed 10 days at Easter Island, where “they failed to solve the mystery of the statues,” but did visit the area where these huge stone monoliths were quarried. Gordon recommends the anchorage on the northern approach they at least enjoyed days of idyllic calm and sunshine.

The next stopover was at Henderson Island in the Pitcairn Group, where they enjoyed the total isolation of this deserted place. It was then on to Tahiti and the Society Islands. From Tahiti, Gordon decided to head for the Austral Islands via Mehetia and it was there that tragedy struck.

At Mehetia, Bob and Peter, then co-owners of Sonic with Gordon, decided to free dive and spear some fish for supper. The first indication Gordon had that anything was wrong was when he spotted a speargun stuck in a coral outcrop at 18 m, but no sign of Peter. He and Bob then saw an arm waving feebly at about 35 m.

Following Bob down to effect a rescue, Gordon was amazed to see Bob black-out and spiral out of control. Knowing that the same could happen to him, Gordon headed to the surface and donned scuba gear. He brought Peter and Bob back to the surface, but it was too late. They were both dead.

Medical examination later revealed that, in both cases, their lungs had. collapsed under the pressure.

The trauma of that experience, for both Gordon and his remaining crew, took a long time to overcome, but they eventually headed for the Cook Islands and Rarotonga. Then, with confidence regained, they explored the underwater atolls in the Vava’u Group of North Tonga.

A four-months sojourn in New Zealand was necessary both to replenish finances and escape the South Pacific cyclone season. It was then off to Brisbane and a combination of cruising and working their way up the Queensland coast and round to Darwin.

Sonic is a vessel where the emphasis is on simplicity. There are no masses of electronic wizardry, just an Icom 720 all-band “ham” transceiver and a Magnavox Sat- Nav which has performed less than efficiently. Major repairs were required for the SatNav while the vessel was in New Zealand luckily the unit was still under warranty.

At last reports, Sonic was well on her way to Capetown, with an Atlantic passage to Brazil planned in mid-’B5. • WASA. Henry Ryagard blames his Swedish ancestry “the Viking blood in his veins” for his decision to adopt the cruising lifestyle. A former industrial engineer, Henry chose a John Biddlecombe design, a Manitou 32, as the vessel in which he would “find his freedom. ”

After completing the fitting-out himself, Henry launched Wasa in Sydney in 1977 and then cruised the Australian east coast for three years. He found that the medium draught and long keel of the Manitou design was ideal for both coastal and bluewater cruising, and therefore decided to venture further afield.

Heading north he entered Papua New Guinea at Samarai and then followed the coastline round to Madang on the north coast. At Tufi, on Cape Nelson, he was entranced by the magnificence of the coastal scenery this area is often called the “fiords of PNG.” At the village of Tufi itself, he was officially inducted into the tribe and is regarded as an “adopted son.”

In his journey around the PNG coastline, Henry found that it was the smaller and more remote villages that offered the more friendly welcome. Fish hooks and line, chewing tobacco, and T-shirts are a few of the gifts that should be carried to repay that hospitality.

From Madang, Wasa sailed to the lonely Hermit Islands, one of the remote bastions of the former German New Guinea colonies. They are located about 90 nautical miles northwest of Manus. There can be found wild rusa deer, and the ruins of the castle-like home of the last of the German residents.

Mention of the Hermit Islands first appears in the log of the Spanish vesse[ San Juan when she visited there in 1545. Her captain, Inigo Ortiz de Retes, named them La Caimana, though some doubt has been cast on the exactness of his identification. The islands were accurately mapped by another Spanish captain, Francisco Maurelle, in 1781, and re-named Los Hermitanos, from which the modem name is derived.

The Hermit Islands were first colonised by Eduard Hemsheim, a ship’s captain and trader from the Rhineland, in 1874. His attempts to establish trepang and turtle-fishing failed, but the European demand for copra by-products led to the establishment of large coconut plantations. In 1892 the Hermit Islands were flourishing, with Hemsheim maintaining an active trading post, and another German, Heinrich Wahlen, controlling the plantations.

Decolonisation by the Germans in 1915 saw the Hermit Islands gradually slip into obscurity, though traders still lived on the islands for many years thereafter. Evidence of the early German occupation abounds, including hand-chiselled stone ramparts which formed the foundations of Wahlen’s castlehome. The wreck of the last of the island-based trading vessels can also still be seen near the reef entrance.

From the Hermit Islands, Henry steered IVasa to Rabaul and thence down through the Duke of York Islands to Kieta on Bougainville Island. Henry also found that Buka Passage was a trap for the unwary he barely made headway against the racing tidal flow.

Wasa then cruised the Solomon Islands extensively prior to making her Australian landfall at Cairns.

The crew of Sonic relax in the cockpit of their Camper Nicholson 35 prior to their departure for South Africa. Left to right: Gordon Murphy (owner), lan Parfitt, Melanie Boyle and Carl Peterson (first mate).

Henry Ryagard checks his rigging abroad Wasa, a John Biddlecombe-designed Manitou 32. 59 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1985

BANK LINE and

Columbus Line

24 day service to Europe.

Need we say more....

D G The Joint Service Partners offer facilities for shipment of: Containers (FCL/LCL) and Break-bulk Cargo plus reefer space and deeptanks for carriage of vegetable oils and other liquid bulk cargo.

Carriers also accept heavy lifts, overlength and cumbersome parcels.

Ports of Service: Loading; Papeete, Apia, Suva, Lautoka, Noumea, Port Vila, Santo, Honiara, Port Moresby, Lae, Madang, Kimbe, Rabaul, Kieta, Darwin. For: Rotterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Hull, Dunkirk, Le Havre.

Additional ports on enquiry.

Please contact our regional offices for further information: The Bank Line (Australasia) Pty Ltd Columbus Line Reederei GmbH Suite 801, 51 Pitt St, P.O. Box 1 667, Lae/Papua New Guinea.

Sydney, NSW, Australia 2000 Phone: 423466/423487/AH. 422481 Phone 27 2041 Telex 24063 Telex; Colline NE 441 71 The South Pacific Specialists for over 75 years

For Sale By Tender

CAPTAIN W.L. KENNEDY PTY. LTD.

Under instructions from the mortgagee we are offering the Landing Craft Type Vessel “Roger Rougier” for sale by Tender.

TENDERS CLOSE 31st MAY 1985

T Roger Rougier

(1968) DIMENSIONS: 45 58 x 12 x 2 99m draft CAPACITIES; 654 Dead Weight Tons, 526.96 Gross Tons 286.31 Nett Tons, 30 ISO Refrigerated Container, Clear Deck Area 21.3 xll 4m., Bow Door Opening 4.3 m., 360 Ton Cargo Oil.

MACHINERY: 2 x 480BHP Cummins KTAII SOM diesel engines driving through Jetsram Rudder propellers. 2 x 671 GM aux. diesels driving 180 KVA alternators 415/240 (all new 1982).

Classification: Bureau Veritas, Class 1,3/3

and Commonwealth Department of Transport Certificates for the Australian Coast Trade.

ACCOMMODATION: 10 Berths in 9 Cabins. * All equip, recently overhauled. * Vessel ready for immediate service. * Insp. by appointment only. * The highest or any Tender not necessarily accepted. * G.A. Plan available on request.

For further details contact CAPT. W.L. KENNEDY PTY. LTD.

Suite 14, 332 Military Road, Cremorne. N S W. 2090. Australia PHONE: (02) 908 1805 TELEX; AA22333 shipping schedules Should any shipping company wish to have its services cargo and passenger included in these listings they should contact PIM.

Australia - Fiji

Sofrana-Unilines (Fiji Express Line) operates to Suva and Lautoka every three weeks from the main ports on the east coast of Australia and monthly to Lautoka from Melbourne and Sydney.

Details from Sofrana-Unilines, 19 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-9851), Wiltrans Agency Pty Ltd., 21st Floor, 60 Market St., Melbourne (614-4788) Tlx 30163. ACTA Pty. Ltd.. Brisbane (221-3116); Elders-ANL Pty. Ltd. Port Adelaide (47-5688); Newcastle, Sofrana Sydney (27-9851); Websters-ANL, 58 Charles St., Launceston, Tasmania (320-555) Carpenters Shipping, Harbour Centre Building, Ist Floor, Thomson Street, Suva, Fiji (312-244), Tlx FJ2199.

Australia - Samoas - Tonga

Warner Pacific Lines operates a regular cargo service from Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne to Nukualofa, Pago Pago, Apia and Vavau. Feeder service available from Apia to Cook, Christmas, Fanning and Washington Islands.

Details from Hetherington Wesfarmers Shipping Agency. 37-49 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-1671).

AUSTRALIA - NEW CALEDONIA -

Fiji - Samoas - Tonga

Pacific Forum Line operates a fully containerised service (general, reefer and ro-ro) from Sydney to Noumea, Lautoka, Suva, Apia, Pago Pago, Nukualofa, Lyttelton, Sydney. Cargo centralised from Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane.

Details from: Pacific Forum Line, P.O. Box 796 Auckland; Union Bulkships, 333 George Street, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne: Union Co., Lautoka, Suva, Nukualofa; Pacific Forum Line Apia: Polynesia Shipping Pago Pago; SCONZ, Christchurch, AUSTRALIA - LORD HOWE IS. - NORFOLK IS.

Compagnie des Chargeurs Caledoniens operates four-weekly cargo service Sydney- Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.

Details Hetherington Wesfarmers Shipping Agency, 37-49 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-1671).

Australia - Kiribati

K. Asia Pacific operates a 5 6 weekly service from Melbourne and Sydney to Kiribati (Tarawa).

Details from K. Asia Pacific Pty. Ltd., 19-31 Pitt Street Sydney (232-2277), Tlx 22143.

KAP New Guinea Lines call Tarawa after PNG ports on a 35 day basis from Melbourne and Sydney Brisbane.

Details from K. Asia Pacific Pty. Ltd., 19-31 Pitt Street, Sydney (232-2277), Tlx. 22143.

Warner Pacific Line operates a 6 weekly containerised breakbulk service to Tarawa from Melbourne Sydney Brisbane and Auckland. Details from Hetherington Wesfarmers Shipping Agency, 37-49 Pitt Street Sydney (27-1671); Mac Kay Shipping Ltd., Downtown House, Queen Street, Auckland (30-229).

Australia - New Caledonia

And Or Vanuatu

Sofrana-Unilines ships serve Noumea every three weeks from the main ports along the east Australian coast.

Details from Sofrana-Unilines, 19 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-9851), Wiltrtans-Agency Pty. Ltd., 21st Floor 60 Market St., Melbourne (614-4788) Tlx 30163 ACTA Pty. Ltd., Brisbane (221-3116), Elders-ANL Pty Ltd . Port Adelaide (47-5688), Newcastle, Sofrana Sydney (27-9851): Websters-ANL. 58 Charles St, Launceston, Tasmania (320-555) Compagnie des Chargeurs Caledoniens operates a three-weekly containerised cargo service from Sydney to Noumea.

Details Hetherington Wesfarmers Shipping Agency, 37-49 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-1671).

Compagnie Generale Maritime operates a monthly service from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to Noumea, Port Vila and Santo, for containerised and break bulk cargo.

Details Compagnie Generale Maritime. 12 Castlereagh Street, Sydney (231-3700).

Australia - Nauru - Marshall

Is. - Kiribati

Nauru Pacific Line operates regular cargo service from Melbourne to Nauru. Majuro and Tarawa. Passenger service to Nauru only.

Details: Nauru Pacific Line (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.

Nauru House, 80 Collins Street, Melbourne (653-5709). Nedlloyd Swire, 8 Spring Street.

Sydney (2-0522),

Australia - New Zealand

The Australian National Line (ANL) and the Shipping Corporation of New Zealand operate a 10-day container service between Sydney and Melbourne to Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton and Port Chalmers.

Details from ANL. 20 Bond Street. Sydney (232-0444) or P.O. Box 2238 T G.P.O. Melbourne 3001 (62-0681) or Shipping Corporation of New Zealand, P.O. Box 3344 Wellington (72-8500).

AUSTRALIA - MARSHALL IS.

Warner Pacific Line operates a 6 weekly containerised breakbulk service to Majuro from Melbourne Sydney Brisbane and Auckland.

Details from Hetherington Wesfarmers Shipping Agency, 37-49 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-1671); Mac Kay Shipping Ltd, Downtown House, Queen Street, Auckland. (30-229).

Australia - Marianas - Guam

Fsm - Palau

Micronesia Transport Line operate a 55 day containerised breakbulk service from Melbourne Sydney Brisbane and Auckland to Palau, Yap, Guam, Saipan, Truk, Ponape and on inducement, Kosrae.

Details from Hetherington Wesfarmers Shipping Agency, 37-49 Pitt Sreet, Sydney (27-1671); Sofrana Unilines Customs Street, Auckland (77-3279).

AUSTRALIA - NZ - FIJI - TONGA - VANUATU - NEW CALEDONIA -

Solomons - New Guinea

Sitmar Cruises operates a year-round cruise program from Sydney to include the better known ports in the above countries, plus a number of unspoilt and largely unknown, island paradises.

Details from Sitmar Cruises, 39 Martin Place, Sydney (239-9000); NSW, reservations and inquiries (008 42-2277); Rest of Australia, reservations and inquiries (008 22-2277).

AUSTRALIA - NZ - FIJI - TONGA - VANUATU - NEW CALEDONIA -

Solomons - Samoas - Tahiti

P & O liners call at Auckland, Bay of Islands, Honiara. Lautoka, Noumea, Nukualofa, Pago Pago, Papeete, Port Moresby, Santo, Savusavu, Suva, Vavau and Vila on cruises from Australia.

Details from P & O Booking Centre, World Travel Headquarters Pty. Ltd., 33 Bligh Street. Sydney (237-0333).

AUSTRALIA - NZ - SOLOMONS - PNG Pacific Forum Line operates containerised and general cargo service from Lyttleton, Napier and Auckland to Honiara, Lae, Port Moresby, Brisbane.

Details from: Pacific Forum Line, Auckland; Steamships Shipping, Port Moresby and Lae; Sullivans Ltd., Honiara; Union Bulkships, Brisbane.

Australia - Micronesia

Nauru Pacific Line operates a regular container service from Melbourne to Ponape, Truk, Guam and Saipan.

Details: N.P.L. (Australia) Pty. Ltd. Nauru House, 80 Collins Street, Melbourne (653- 5709). Nedlloyd Swire, 8 Spring Street, Sydney (2-0522).

Australia - Tuvalu

K Asia Pacific operates a 3 monthly service from Sydney and Melbourne to Tuvalu (Funafuti). Subject inducement.

Details from K. Asia Pacific Pty. Ltd., 19-31 Pitt Street, Sydney (232-2277), Tlx. 22143 Warner Pacific Line operates a 6 week containerised breakbulk service to Funafuti from Melbourne Brisbane Sydney and Auckland.

Details from Hetherington Wesfarmers Shipping Agency, 37-49 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-1671); Mac Kay Shipping Ltd., Downtown House, Queen Street, Auckland (30-229)

Australia - Png

KAP New Guinea Lines cargo vessels call at Melbourne, Sydney, Port Moresby, Lae, Madang, Wewak, Manus, Kimbe, Rabaul, Popondetta.

Details from K. Asia Pacific Pty. Ltd., 19-31 Pitt Street, Sydney (232-2277), Dalgety Shipping, World Trade Centre, Melbourne (616- 6700).

Australia - Png - Solomons

Sofrana Unilines (Aust.) P L operates a 3-4 weekly cargo service to PNG ex-main ports on the east coast of Australia.

Details from Sofrana Unilines, 19 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-9851) Tlx. 25327, AUSTRALIA - PNG - SOLOMONS - VANUATU A consortium of NGAL PNGL and CON- PAC NEL have four vessels operating a joint service from east coast Australian ports to Port Moresby, Lae, Alotau, Madang, Wewak, Rabaul, Kavieng-Kimbe, Kieta, Honiara, Vila.

Santo.

Details from Burns Philp & Co. Ltd., P.O.

Box R 124, Royal Exchange. Sydney 2000 (2-0547); Interocean Swire. 8 Spring Street, Sydney. (2-0522); New Guinea Express Lines, 37 Pitt Street, Sydney, (241-3991), Vila Agents, PO Box 27, Port-Vila (2456), Tlx.

NHIOII.

New Guinea Express Lines operates a weekly container service from Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane to Port Moresby, Lae, Alotau, Kimbe, Rabaul, Kieta, Honiara, Kavieng, Madang, Wewak, Santo, Vila.

Details from New Guinea Express Lines, PO Box R 73, Royal Exchange, Sydney (241-3991); New Guinea Express Lines, 127 Creek Street, Brisbane (221-9333); New Guinea Express Lines, 327 Collins Street.

Melbourne (61-3053); Niugini Express Lines, Port Moresby (21-4572), Lae (42-1536), Niugini Island Cargo Services Pty Ltd., Rabaul (922-467); Bougainville Agencies Pty Ltd., Kieta (956-089). Alotau Stevedoring & Transport, Alotau (61-1318); Ngatia Wholesalers Pty Ltd., Kimbe (93-5102); and Trading Company, Mendana Avenue, Honiara (22588): Vila Agents Ltd., PO Box 971, Vila, Vanuatu (2490); John Lum & Associates, PO Box 65, Santo. Vanuatu (329).

Australia - Tahiti

Compagnie Generale Maritime operates a monthly service from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to Papeete, for containerised and break bulk cargo.

Details Compagnie Generale Maritime, 12 Castlereagh Street, Sydney (231-3700).

Sofrana Unilines (Aust.) P L operates a 3 4 weekly cargo service to Papeete ex main ports on the east coast of Australia.

Details from Sofrana Unilines, 19 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-9851) Tlx. 25327.

SINGAPORE - HONG KONG - FIJI -

Islands Ports

Kyowa Shipping Co. Ltd. operates a monthly containerised and breakbulk cargo service from Singapore. Hongkong to Lautoka, Suva and then to island ports.

Details from Carpenters Shipping, Harbour 61 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

YOU’LL FIND IT.

Where The Sky Meets

THE SEA.

New Caledonia

Solomon Island

VANUATU W. S A M O A 1 A. S A MO A TAHITI - T A

Jointly Operated By

The China Navigation Co., Ltd.

MltsulOt&K. LlnesXtd

Nippon Yusen Kaisha

Centre Building, Ist Floor, Thomson Street, Suva, (312-244), Tlx FJ2199.

Far East - Fiji - New

ZEALAND New Zealand Unit Express (NZUE) now operates a monthly service accepting containerised and break bulk cargo from Manila, Keelung. Kaohsiung and Hongkong to Lautoka, Suva and thence to New Zealand ports.

Details from Carpenters Shipping, Harbour Centre Building. Ist Floor, Thomson Street, Suva (312-244), Tlx FJ2199; Burns Philp, Suva (311-777); P&O S.N. Co. Wellington (736-477) or Nedlloyd Swire Pty. Ltd., Sydney (20-522).

Nedlloyd operates bi-weekly cargo service with four ships from Sourabaya, Jakarta, Bangkok, Port Kelang and Singapore to Suva, Lautoka and NZ ports.

Details from Nedlloyd (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., 8 Spring St., Sydney (27-3801), Burns Philp (SS) Co. Ltd., Suva and Lautoka.

Far East - Mid-S. Pacific

China Navigation's New Guinea Pacific Line operates a regular container service from Hongkong, Taiwan. Manila, Port Kelang and Singapore to Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul and Honiara monthly and to Wewak, Madang and Kieta every three months. Cargo from the same Far Eastern ports to the South Pacific ports of Noumea, Santo. Vila. Papeete, Pago Pago, Apia, Raratonga and Tarawa will be shipped via Japan on the monthly Bali Hai service.

Details from Steamships Shipping, PO Box 634, Port Moresby (22-0289).

Kyowa Shipping Ltd. operates monthly services from Japan to Guam, Saipan, Solomons. New Caledonia, Fiji, Western and American Samoa, Tahiti, Cook Is.. Tonga and Vanuatu.

Details: Hetherington Wesfarmers Shipping Agency, 37-49 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-1671); Carpenters Shipping, Suva (312-244), Tlx FJ2199.

Guam - Northern Marianas

Saipan Shipping Co. Inc. operate a weekly service via barge carrying containers and conventional cargo between Guam and Saipan and Tinian.

Details from Saipan Shipping Co. Inc., PO Box 8, Saipan, CM 96950 (Tel. 9707), Tlx 783619; Guam agents Maritime Agencies of the Pacific Ltd.

HAWAII - TAHITI - SAMOAS - TONGA - KIRIBATI - FIJI - SOLOMONS - PNG.

Star Shipping Associates operates a monthly service originating in Honolulu and destined for Pago Pago, Papeete, Apia, Nukualofa, Suva, Vila and Port Moresby.

Details from Star Shipping Assoc., P.O.

Box 25988, Honolulu. Hawaii 96825. Ph. (808) 545-3026; Polynesia Shipping Services in Pago Pago and Burns Philp Agency in Apia, Nukualofa, Suva and Port Moresby.

Japan Fiji Island Ports

Kyowa Shipping Co. Ltd. operates a monthly containerised service from main ports of Japan to Suva and Lautoka and thence to island ports.

Details from Carpenters Shipping, Harbour Centre Building, Ist Floor, Thomson St., Suva (312-244), Tlx FJ2199.

Bali Hai service operates a monthly containerised service from main ports of Japan to Lautoka and Suva and thence to island ports.

Details from Carpenters Shipping, Harbour Centre Building, Ist Floor, Thomson St., Suva (312-244), Tlx FJ2199 and Burns Philp, Suva (311-777).

Japan Micronesia

The NYK Shipping Line operates a monthly cargo service from Japan to Micronesia, calling at Voko, Nagoya, Kobe, Guam, Saipan, Truk, Ponape and Majuro, returning via Yoko, Nagoya and Kobe.

Details from Burns Philp & Co. Ltd., 51 Pitt Street, Sydney (2-0547).

Saipan Shipping Co. Inc. operates a monthly service from Japan to Saipan, Guam, Truk, Ponape, Majuro (Kosrae and Ebeye on inducement).

Details from Saipan Shipping Co. Inc., P.O.

Box 8, Saipan, CM 96950 (Tel. 9707), Tlx 783619; Japan agents Kyowa Shipping Company Ltd; Guam Agents Maritime Agencies of the Pacific Ltd.

JAPAN PNG Mitsui O.S.K. Lines operates a monthly service from main ports Japan and Port Moresby, Rabaul, Lae, Madang, Kieta and Kimbe.

Details from Robert Laurie (PNG) Pty. Ltd., P.O. Box 922, Port Moresby (21-2466/21- 1898).

New Caledonia Fiji West

Coast North America

PAD Line operates an approx. 3-weekly ro-ro service from Noumea and Suva to Honolulu and West Coast USA and Canadian ports.

Details from Sofrana-Unilines SA, BP 1602, Noumea (27-51-91), Tlx NMO4B; Carpenters Shipping, Harbour Centre Building, Ist Floor, Thomson St., Suva (312-244), Tlx FJ2199.

Png Inter Mainport

Papua New Guinea Line offers scheduled 10-20 day coastal liner services linking all PNG major ports with containerisation, reefer, heavy lift and transhipment facilities.

Details from PNG Line, Box 543. Port Moresby, PNG (21-1174), Tlx 22269.

Png Uk.Continent

The Bank Line & Columbus Line operate a regular joint service from Port Moresby, Oro Bay, Kieta, Rabaul, Kimbe, Madang and Lae to Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Le Havre.

Details from The Bank Line (A'asia) Pty, Ltd., 51 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-2041); Tlx AA24063; Columbus Line, Lae (423466), Tlx NE 44171; or lines' local agents.

Solomons Uk/Continent

The Bank Line & Columbus Line operate a regular joint cargo service from Honiara to Hull, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Le Havre.

Details from The Bank Line (A'asia) Pty.

Ltd., 51 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-2041); Tlx AA24063; Columbus Line, Lae (423466), Tlx NE 44171; or the lines’ local agents.

New Zealand Vanuatu

Solomon Islands Papua New

Guinea Australia

Pacific Forum Line operates a 28 day cycle container shipping service from New Zealand direct to Vila, then on to Honiara, Lae, Port Moresby, Brisbane, back to Lyttelton, Napier and Auckland.

Details from Pacific Forum Line. P.O. Box 796, Auckland (790-050), Tlx 60460: P.O.

Box 971, Vila, Vanuatu (2490), Tlx 1044

Nz Cook Is. Niue Tahiti

Shipping Corporation of NZ Ltd, operates cargo services based on pallets and similar units from Auckland to Niue, Cook Islands and Tahiti.

Details from the Shipping Corp. of NZ Ltd., P.O. Box 3344, Wellington (72-8500); Waterfront Commission, P.O. Box 61, Rarotonga: Cook Islands; Shipping Office, Govt, of Niue, P.O. Box 107, Niue Island: Compagnie Maritime Polynesienne, P.O. Box 368, Papeete. Tahiti.

NZ FIJI Reef operates a regular 18-day service from Auckland to Suva and Lautoka. Also passenger accommodation.

Details from Reef Shipping Agencies, P.O.

Box 3382, Auckland, NZ (77-1221-3), Tlx 60633; M.V. Fijian Shipping Agencies Ltd., Private Bag, Suva, Fiji (31-1056).

Pacific Line with one ship operates threeweekly ro-ro cargo service New Zealand.

Lautoka, Suva. No passengers.

Details: Sofrana Unilines, 18 Customs Street, Auckland (773-279) P.O. Box 3614, Tlx NZ2313; Carpenters Shipping, 100 Thomson Street, Suva (312-244), Tlx FJ2199.

Nz Fiji North America (Wc)

Blue Star Line Ltd. Pacific Coast container services. Only direct service to and from New Zealand. Blue Star vessels call at Suva and Honolulu on NZ-US-West Coast voyages.

Details from Blueport ACT (NZ) Ltd., P.O.

Box 192, Wellington (739-029). Burns Philp (SS) Co. Ltd., GPO Box 355, Suva, Fiji (311-777), Tlx FJ2168 Burship. 62 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

Poush Ocean Lines

General Management, 10 Lutego 24,81-364 GDYNIA. POLAND, Phone: 20-19-01, Cables: POLOCEAN Telex: 054-231 © Q 1 8 Ti % --T , s <v*.... 4 ‘ ; '»•; . i I:*' •*. % P'iV ■' v : : • * • .. : v .v * : •• il r vw*v *2 k-v:vtS ' trb&dk ■' ■ «***

South Pacific Service 1!

We offer monthly service to and from; GDYNIA, HAMBURG, ROTTERDAM, MIDDLESBOROUGH/IMMINGHAM, ANTWERP, DUNKIRK, ROUEN, PAPEETE (via PANAMA), NOUMEA, AUCKLAND, HONIARA, RABAUL, LAE, SINGAPORE, by our multipurpose vessels carrying dry and reefer containers, reefer chambers, heavy lifts, breakbulk or palletized, bulk liquids.

POLISH OCEAN LINES Representatives AUCKLAND T.B.A. Telex 21517 NZ “UNISHIP". SYDNEY Mr Walenciak Telex 20428 AA “SLEIGH” a i iiti . POLISH OCEAN LINES Agents JAHm SOTAMA Telex 296 FP “COUTIMEX”. NEW CALEDONIA SATO Telex 163 NM “SATO”. AUCKLAND UNIVERSAL SHIPPING AGENCIES LTD.. Telex 21517 NZ “UNISHIP” SOI DMONQ mpi am rwiMP swiPPiMn r.n irn Toiov un “CVMPrw dmc

We’ve just made the ocean smaller!

Polynesia Line's new MS Polynesia 550-container ship provides regular monthly cargo service between Papeete, Pago Pago and Apia in the South Pacific, and Long Beach and Oakland on the US Pacific Coast.

Polynesia Line

Interocean Steamship Corporation General Agent oOk & K .S U v>. to fk 3* £ * * & ,v ■V Pago Pago MojgarvVfenex 8o»e Postal 449 Papeete, Tah» CabteTVIORBC' *590 Pago Pofyneste Shaping inc. 80*1478 Pcgo Pago, MieficonSomoar' Cabte'KXVSHIP- Steam Ship* Western Samoa Port Agents Corporation fiancjsco. CA.94^34 Long Beach Snterocean Steamship Serving Polynesia is all we do—and we do it better!

Nz Fiji Samoas Tonga

Pacific Forum Line operates a fully containerised three-weekly service (Gen Reefer) from Auckland to Lautoka, Suva, Apia, Pago Pago and Nukualofa.

Details from Pacific Forum Line, Auckland: Union Co. Auckland, Lautoka, Suva and Nukualofa; Pacific Forum Line. Apia: Polynesian Shipping, Pago Pago.

Nz N. Caledonia Vanuatu

Png Solomons

Sofrana Unilines with three ships operate to Vila and Santo, to Honiara and Papua New Guinea and to Norfolk Island and Noumea (No passengers).

Details from Sofrana Unilines, 18 Customs Street, Auckland (773-279), P.O. Box 3614, Tlx NZ2313.

NZ TAHITI Compagnie Tahttienne Maritime SA (as CTM-Tahiti Line) operates one ship, MV Bounty 111, monthly Papeete New Zealand. (No passengers).

Details from Sofrana Unilines, P.O Box 3614, 18 Customs St.. Auckland, Tlx NZ2313; Agence Mantime Cowan, P.O. Box 9012, Papeete (39042), Tlx Tahitlin 322 FP Tahiti

Nz Tonga Samoas

Warner Pacific Line services Auckland, Nukualofa, Vavau, Apia, Pago Pago fortnightly carrying general and freezer cargoes.

Details from McKay Shipping Ltd., Downtown House, 21 Queen St., Auckland, P.O Box 1372 (30-299) Cables MACSHIP, Telex NZ2554, Warner Pacific Line, Box 93, Nukualofa. Tonga Mealelei (Western Samoa,) Ltd. Private Bag. Apia. Western Samoa, Kneubuhl Maritime Service, Box 39, Pago Pago, American Samoa, 96799

Nz New Caledonia

CP Line operates a monthly cargo service from Auckland. Napier and Ml Maunganui to Noumea.

Details from McKay Shipping Ltd.. P O Box 1372, Auckland (9-30229); Tlx 2554 NZ

Tahiti New Caledonia Vanuatu

SOLOMON IS.

New Zealand Png Singapore

EUROPE Polish Ocean Lines operate in a semicontainer type vessel to the following ports, from Papeete, Noumea, Santo, Vila, Yandina, Honiara, Auckland, Rabaul, Lae, Singapore, Port Kelang, Penang then to Mediterranean ports and Europe via the Suez Canal. (Other New Zealand ports subject to inducement).

Details from Universal Shipping Agencies Ltd., 6th Floor, 38 Fort Street. Auckland 1, New Zealand (30931), Tlx 21517,

Europe Tahiti

New Caledonia

Compagnie Generate Maritime operates services from Europe and Mediterranean ports to Papeete and Noumea using three ro-ro and multi-purpose vessels thus ensuring a bi-monthly sailing to and from.

Details Compagnie Generate Maritime, 12 Castlereagh Street, Sydney (231-3700).

Europe Tahiti

New Caledonia New Zealand

Solomons Png Europe

Polish Ocean Lines offers regular monthly sailings for containerised and break bulk cargo and reefer space, conventional and in reefer containers, from Noumea to Vanuatu (Santo Vila), Solomon Islands (Honiara), New Zealand (always Auckland, other ports subject to inducement). Lae. Rabaul, Singapore, Port Kelang, Penang then Mediterranean to Europe. Other ports in the South Pacific can be served with inducement.

Details from Sotama, BP 9170, Papeete (27805), Tlx 296 SATO. BP C 2. Noumea (272094), Tlx 163 NM SATO, Union Steamship Co. of NZ, P.O Box 50. Apia. Tlx 25; Williams and Gosling. P.O Box 79, Suva (312633), Tlx 2163; Warner Pacific Line, P.O.

Box 93 Nukualofa (21089), Tlx 66219; Universal Shipping Agencies. 6th Floor, 38 Fort Street. Auckland 1. New Zealand (30930), Tlx 21517.

Europe Tahiti W. Samoa

Fiji N. Caledonia

Nedlloyd offers regular cargo services from Continental ports to Papeete. Apia, Fiji and New Caledonia.

Details Nedlloyd (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., 8 Spring Street, Sydney (27-3801); Carpenters Shipping, Ist Floor. Harbour Centre Bldg., 100 Thomson St.. Suva (312-244). Tlx 2199 FJ and Vetari Street, Lautoka (63988), Tlx 5215FJ.

Uk N. Continent W. Samoa

Tonga, Fiji

The Bank Line & Columbus Line operate a regular joint cargo service from Hull, Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Le Havre to Apia, Nukualofa, Suva and Lautoka.

Details from The Bank Line (A'asia) Pty.

Ltd., 51 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-2041), Tlx AA 24063: Columbus Line, Lae (423-466), Tlx NE 44171; or lines’ local agents.

Uk N. Continent Png

SOLOMONS The Bank Line & Columbus Line operate a regular joint cargo service from Hull, Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Le Havre to Port Moresby, Lae, Madang, Kimbe.

Rabaul, Kieta and Honiara and on inducement to Yandina.

Details from The Bank Line (A'asia) Pty.

Ltd., 51 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-2041), Tlx AA 24063; Columbus Line. Lae (42-3466), Tlx NE 44171; or lines' local agents.

Uk N. Continent Tahiti

N. Caledonia Vanuatu

The Bank Line & Columbus Line operate a regular joint cargo service from Hull, Hamburg, Bremen, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Le Havre to Papeete, Noumea, Port-Vila and Santo.

Details from The Bank Line (A'asia) Pty, Ltd., 51 Pitt Street, Sydney (27-2041), Tlx AA 24063; Columbus Line, Lae (42-3466), Tlx NE 44171; Ets. A M. Fare UTE, Papeete; Ets.

Ballande, Noumea and other local agents.

Us Hawaii Micronesia

E. Malaysia Brunei Papua New

Guinea Philippines

PM&O Lines operates three fully self-sustained container vessels on a sailing frequency of every 21 days from the San Francisco Bay area, Los Angeles, and Honolulu to Majuro, Ebeye, Kosrae, Ponape, Truk, Saipan, Yap, Koror, Kota Kinabalu, Brunei, Lae, Kieta and Rabaul.

Service is also offered utilising the same vessels on the same 21-day frequency from the Philippine ports of Manila, Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Davao and General Santos and the Papua New Guinea ports of Rabaul, Lae and Kieta to Hawaii. San Francisco Bay area and Los Angeles.

Details from PM&O Lines, 181 Fremont Street, San Francisco. California, 94105, U.S.A. (415) 543-7430, Tlx 278016; Cable PMONAV SFO; PM&O Owner s representative, P.O. Box 803, Saipan, N.M.I. 96950.

Cable COMMONTIME SAIPAN, Tlx 783605; Anscor Transport and Terminals Inc., P.O. Box 7023-5, Metro Manila, Philippines (521-8074) Tlx 65021 ATTI PN.

Us Hawaii Nauru

MICRONESIA Nauru Pacific Line operates regular conventional and container services from San Francisco and Honolulu to Majuro. Ponape, Truk and Saipan. Cargo is accepted for Nauru and Kosrae with transhipment at Majuro and Ponape.

Details from N.P.O. (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Nauru House, 80 Collins Street, Melbourne (653-5709): Nauru Air and Shipping Agency, Suite 2803, 185 Berry Street, San Francisco, California 94107 (415-543-1737); Nauru Air and Shipping Agency. Suite 506, 841 Bishop St., Honolulu, HI 96813 (808-523-0441),

Us. Noumea Fiji

PAD Line operates an approx, 3-weekly ro-ro service from west coast USA and Canada to Noumea, Suva and Lautoka.

Details from Sofrana Unilines BP 1602, Noumea (27-51-91), Tlx NMO4B: Carpenters Shipping, Harbour Centre Building, Ist Floor, 100 Thomson Street, Suva (312-244), Tlx FJ2199; Trans-Austral Shipping Pty. Ltd., P.O. Box R 232, Royal Exchange, 2000 (231-8411), Tlx AA21204.

Us Tahiti Samoa

Pacific Islands Transport operates a five weekly cargo service from North America west coast ports to Papeete. Pago Pago, Apia.

Details from Polynesia Shipping Services Inc. P.O. Box 1478, Pago Pago 96799.

Polynesia Line operates container and general cargo service from US west coast ports to Papeete and Pago Pago.

Details from Polynesia Shipping Services Inc., P.O. Box 1478, Pago Pago 96799. 64 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

deaths Faiz Mohammed Sherani In Sydney on February 9, aged 65.

Mr Sherani was until shortly before his death Fiji’s high commissioner to Australia, Singapore and Malaysia, based in Canberra.

A lawyer by profession, Mr Sherani was warmly praised by Fiji’s Chief Justice Sir Timoci Tuivaga, who described him as “a gentleman to the last”, who had “left behind a memory of a life dedicated to the proper administration of justice and the welfare of the country.”

Sir Timoci added that Mr Sherani’s legal training and experience had served him well in his diplomatic role.

Aselemo Fatiaki In Suva on January 18, aged 59.

The director or the Housing and Relief Trust Fund (HART), Mr Fatiaki died of a heart attack after a day of strenuous work following Cyclone Eric.

Because of the extensive damage caused by the cyclone at its peak on January 17, Mr Fatiaki was out checking HART homes early the following morning.

He returned home in the afternoon and worked at clearing debris from his own home in Nailuva Road.

He collapsed shortly after 7 p.m., and died at the Suva Colonial War Memorial Hospital later in the evening.

Morris Sterling Warren On Pitcairn Island on September 5, 1984, aged 78.

Born on Pitcairn, Mr Warren or Mento as he was known spent his whole life on the island, apart from visits to neighboring Oeno and Henderson Islands.

In a tribute published in Pitcairn Miscellany, Irma Christian wrote; “Morris was known for his kind nature, his willingness to help, his reliability and his physical strength.

“He was part of the group who almost met with death by starvation on Oeno Island in December 1931. Because of unfavorable weather, food supplies ran low, as the group waited their opportunity to return home. After being a month on the island, it was decided to risk an attempt to leave. Morris was on the boat Twilight, skippered by Parkin Christian.

“Unfortunately the boat was in poor condition and while passing through the passage in the reef at Oeno, heavy seas caused her to founder and sink.

Fortunately, two other nearby sailing boats came to the aid of those on Twilight. Morris was no swimmer, yet he managed to survive the incident, still clutching Parkin’s hurricane lantern which he had been holding before Twilight sank.

“On Pitcairn, throughout his life, he was always willing to run errands for anyone and he enjoyed delivering telegrams.

He liked to walk up to the Radio Station during sched time and would busy himself at other times topping up the main generators. He served as Flagman until his death, and had also been the Church Bell Ringer. Even at the age of 60, he could still climb a coconut tree to knock down a few coconuts for whoever wanted them. One story tells how, in his younger days, he carried a complete bundle of six foot roofing iron on his back, from the Edge to Terry’s place.

“Since his passing, there are many reminders for everyone of the work he did until his death. Things people perhaps took for granted. We are reminded by lights left on late in the Square, by windows left open in the Courthouse, and by other things that he always attended to, that Mento is no longer with us.”

Leslie Raymond Pearson In Sydney on January 16, aged 73.

Les Pearson migrated from Australia to Fiji in 1932. He worked for Burns Philp (SS) Ltd. and the Emperor Gold Mining Company Ltd. at Vatukoula, and managed a number of Fiji tourist resorts with distinction.

After about 45 years in the Islands Fiji, the Cooks and the two Samoas Les retired to Australia, where his widow Mary now lives at 6/50 Shirley Road. Wollstonecraft, 2065.

Palene Hnaloane In Port-Vila on January 27. aged 44.

Born on the island of Mare.

New Caledonia. Palene Hnaloane was among the first Kanaks to come to the then New Hebrides in 1963. He was employed as a French teacher.

After independence in 1980, Mr Hnaloane resigned from teaching and worked in private business.

He is remembered by his friends in Port-Vila and on the islands on which he taught as a generous and open person, who had a “big heart’’.

For some years his voice was well known throughout the country for his contribution to Radio Vanuatu’s one-time “Open Heart’’ program.

Ema Daniel In Rarotonga on January 26, aged 39.

The deputy program officer on Radio Cook Islands, Ema Daniel was one of the most popular personalities in the Cook Islands Broadcasting and Newspaper Corporation.

Ema was employed as a technician at the CIBNC in 1974, and later became a radio announcer.

As an announcer, he specialised in country music and sports programs.

Brother Lambert Delehanty In Suva on February 7, aged 82.

New Zealand-born Brother Lambert was the first principal of the Marist Brothers High School established in Suva in 1937.

In 1955 he became the founding director and principal of St. Paul’s College, Auckland, where he remained until 1960 when he returned to Fiji to serve a further term as director and principal of the high school.

In 1963. after a total of 21 years as principal, Brother Lambert handed over the responsibility to another brother, while remaining an active member of the staff.

Paniatua Ngakaara Kora In Rarotonga in January, age unknown.

Mama Pamu. as she was known, was born and educated in Aitutaki. She went to Rarotonga. married and settled in Matavera.

According to her son. Motu.

Pamu’s mother Levigi had Samoan blood.

Mama Pamu was a strong religious supporter of the Cook Islands Christian Church, and she walked to church even in her old age.

She read the Bible without using reading glasses up until she passed away.

Two of Mama Pamu’s children hold the Kiriparu Mataiapo and Mokare Mataiapo titles under Pa Tepaeru Ariki of Takitumu.

Last year Mama Pama flew to New Zealand where she celebrated her last birthday. But the sad story is that nobody knows how old she was when she died.

Was she 90? 100?

Misael H. Ogo On Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, on December 23, in his late 40s.

Ogo began his public service career in 1969 when he was appointed by former Rota council municipal chairman Antonio C. Atalig as a council member. Twice he served as vice-speaker of that body during his eight-year term.

At the inception of the CNMI Government, he was elected to the first Commonwealth legislature. During the third legislature, he served as vice-speaker as well as chairman of the House Committee on Health, Education and Welfare.

His other major accomplishments included sponsoring of legislation to establish the Northern Marianas College, and the Land Commission.

Governor Pedro P. Tenorio ordered a state funeral for Misael H. Ogo. 65 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APRIL, 1985

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ADVERTISING Afro Hair 66 Aggie Grey 48 AIWA 51 Amatil 32 Bali Hai 62 Bank Line 60 Charles Leski 25 Citizen 15 Dept, of Trade 30 Gillette 36 Hawker Siddeley 22 Henry Cumines 24 Hitachi 18 Honda 2 Hudson Homes 26 David Hughes 66 Capt. Kennedy 61 Komatsu 38 McDonnell Douglas 8,9 Chin H. Meen 56 Pacific Books 42 Papua Hotel 48 Pioneer 6 Polish Shipping 63 Polynesian Airlines 4 Polynesian Lines 64 Sansui 68 Sheaffer Pen Textron 21 Stamps 26 Toyota 34,35,67 Tutt Bryant 46 Williams 66 Zona Chainco 66 [PA(£OFD(S DmiMD© KMmjiEir AUSTRALIA: Distribution; The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd., 44-74 Flinders St., Melbourne, Vic., 3000. Advertising Reps — Brisbane — D. Wood. Anday Agency. CCA Centre, Dayboro Road. Closebum 4520; Box 1918, GPO Brisbane. 4001; telephone (07) 289-4128. Adelaide — Hastwell Williamson Rouse Pty. Ltd., PO Box 419, Norwood. SA, 5067; 59 Kensington Road. Norwood: telephone (08) 332-3322. telex 87113; Perth — Allen & Associates, Suite 2, 284 Stirling St.. Perth. WA, 6000, telephone (09) 328-9593 or (09) 328-9363.

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Toyota Presents

THE “MORE” MACHINE.

Toyota believe in giving you more for your money. And that’s just what our new three-wheeled electric forklift does. Look it over closely. Compare. You’ll see that no matter how you measure it, the new Toyota electric forklift challenges the very best of its class. And best of all, it offers you world-famous Toyota reliability. We build more quality in, so you get more value out. 66 (all 48V models)

More Load Handling

POWER A powerful 6.6 kW load handling motor takes on the biggest jobs with ease something that can’t be said for most electrics. 320 ec (2FBEIO 48V model) MORE EFFICIENCY -

Quicker Lift Speed

Wasted time is wasted money. So Toyota help you get the job done.

Fast. Its 320 mm/sec. lift speed is among the quickest in this class. mm /s TOVOTA TOYOTACI 2x27 48V models) MORE DRIVE POWER Twin 2 7 kW drive motors deliver torque and power that rival even engine-powered forklifts. And overpower most other electrics in this class. 1350 m (minimum turning radius, 2FBEIO model)

More Manoeuvrability

With a remarkably small 1350 mm turning radius, and rugged, compact body, this new Toyota is at home in cramped quarters.

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More Drive Speed

You can zip from one work area to another at a brisk 12.5 km/h top speed - among the best in this class. lil%(tano) (5-minute ratings, 2FBEIO 48V model)

More Gradeability

With front-wheel drive traction and powerful twin drive motors, it can haul a full load up the steepest of inclines even up to 18% tano!

More Operating Ease

All controls, including power steering, are designed to help the operator do his job quickly and easily. • A Toyota forklift. See for yourself one day soon.

MORE ECONOMY Toyota build in the kind of reliability and durability that result in long-term economy. • Options and standard features differ according to region. • Specifications are subject to change without notice.

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