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ARRIVED IX SYDNEY FROM NEW HEB-

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IN; Mr. C. G. Dawson, Miss P. Dawson, Miss N. Dawson. Mr. T. Black, Miss J. Bond, Mrs.

M. Branch. Mr. W. Cadwallader, Mr. C. Cadwallader, Mr. W. Eudey, Mr. W. Ferguson, Mr.

W. Lynch. Miss A. Morrice, Mr. G. Rowlands, Mrs. C. Mackie, Mrs. J. Purdy, Mr. C. Pratt, Mr. G. Barnard, Mr. W. Blwell, Mr. R. Griffith, Mrs. A. Hunter, Mrs. _K. McKerlie, Mr., Mrs.

A., and Miss M. McLachlan, Mrs. D. Nobbs, Miss G. Nobbs, Miss D. Thomas, Mr. A. Walton, Mrs. J. Waterhouse, Mr. K. Wilson, Mr. Murray Wright, Miss D. Alderson, Mrs. E. and Mr.

A. Atteridge, Miss K. Boland, Mr. R. Cowie, Miss L. Connellan, Mr. and Mrs. H. Dallimore, Mr. 11. Douglass, Miss M. Easson, Dr. W. Jermyn. Mr. G. M. Kirby, Mr. J. McFarland, Mr.

J. Payten, Miss A. Rielly, Miss H. Roper, Mrs.

J. Thorpe, Miss A. Virgons, Mr. G. Vial, Mr.

P. Woods.

Passengers Per “Mo Rind Awhich

Sailed From Sydney On September 29

FOR LORD HOWE ISLAND, NOR FOLD IS- LAND, AUCKLAND AND NEW HEBRIDES : Mr. Giles, Mrs. Giles, Mr. F. Pursell, Mrs. F.

Pursell, Mrs. L. B. Morgan, Miss L. Horsfall, Mr. J. Blackwell. Mrs. Blackwell, Mrs. J.

Murphy. Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. T. A. Smith, Mr. E. .1. Decent Mr. B. M. Clark, Mr J.

Sykes, Mr. W. Randall, Miss M. Bignell, Mrs.

K. Bignell. Miss S. Melot, Mrs. L. Hagen and infant, Miss A. Twomey, Miss B. Bartle, Mr.

E. H. Cherry, Mrs. Cherry, child and infant, Mr. A. K. Perrett, Mr. P. W. Colquhoun, Mr. and Mrs. J. Stewart, Mr. B. R. Park, Mr. H. Clayton.

Mr. R. Thomas, Mr. C. T. Brockhoff, Miss E.

Boardman, Mrs. M. Nichols and infant. Miss I. Speedy. Mrs. P. S. MacDermott, Miss P.

Lindsay, Miss A. Lindsay, Mrs. F. Winterbotham, Miss F. Winterbotham. Mrs. S. Rippingale, Mrs. Happ, Mr. W. Livingstone, Mrs.

Livingstone, Miss Livingstone, Mr. E. Sommerville. Master Happ, Mrs. H. S. Clayton, Mrs.

F. A. Gressier, Mrs. C. M. O’Connor. Miss A.

M. Smyth, Miss F. Hooper, Miss V. Nicholls, Miss A. Moore, Miss T. Towey, Miss C. M.

McKeough, Mr. A. R. Teaman, Mr. G. M.

Kirby, Mr. A. Russell, Mr. W. R. Hooper, Mr.

J. Sloane.

Passengers Per M.V “Macdhvi,”

WHICH SAILED FROM SYDNEY ON SEP-

Tember 22 For Papua And New

GUINEA ; Mr. L. C. Steembohm. Mr. and Mrs.

W. .1. Brooke. M-. W. G. Hosking, Mr. H. W.

Champion, Miss D. Brooks, Mr. A. L. Joubert, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs.

K. T. Whyte. Mrs. E. W. P. Chinnery. Mr. and Mrs. Swinfleld, Mr. G. Mackay, Mr. J. T.

Powell, Mr. W. Upton, Mr. B. Kprenimr, Mr.

G. Davies. Mrs. K. F. Walke, Miss M. Werner.

Mrs. C. Norris, Mr. ,1. B. Bailey, Mr. G.

McLaren. Mr. H. Gross, Mr. P. F. O’Sullivan.

Mr. G. H. Wilson, Mrs. H. P. Truscott, Mrs.

M. T. Mann, Mr. N. F. Lillycrop, Mr. W.

Buchan, Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Waterhouse, Miss •T. a terhouse. Mr. F. T. D. Meares. Mr. 0.

M. Anderson, Mrs. A. M. Allison. Mr. J. Nason- Jones, Mr. G. C. Folev, Mr. F. HambrFge, Mr. W. Morrison, Mr. G. Lanslev, Mr. H. Ingham. Mr. W. Dyson, Mr. E. G. Hadley. Mr. W.

Keppie, Mr. G. W Rae. Dr. and Mrs. G. D.

Broome. Mrs. W. Martin. Mrs. W. McLaughlan.

Miss D. Dnpain. Miss L. Dupain, Miss L. E.

Job. Miss R. Waldon, Miss T. Waldon, Mr. H.

A. B'-d'-er, Mr. R. S. Salmond. Mr. C. E. Hopkins. Mr. E. C. Vider, Miss D. Downing. Miss L. Willoughby. Miss H. M. Bowse Mr. R. Cranston, Mr. D. Gore, Mr. N. D. Hunt, Mr. E. R.

Disney. Mr. G. W. Bellany. Mr. D. L. Pullen.

Mr J. Mich ell. Mr. A. Graham. Mr. T. R.

Coles. Mr. D. Barriskill, Mrs. E. F. and Miss I. F. Robertson, Mr. A. James.

Passengers Per “Mariposa,” Which

Sailed From Sydney For Suva On

SEPTEMBER 24 : Miss V. E. Brahne Mrs.

M. A. Barry, Mr. A. S. Cross. Mr. E. Cohen, Mrs. M. Da whom, Mrs. H. F. Guthrie. Rev.

Father J. Griffin. Mrs. D. Holterman, Mr. and Mrs. G. Hood. Mr. J. Jeffrey, Mrs. S. Kane.

Miss I. Kane, Mrs. R. H. Morton. Mrs. N Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Penman. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Rennie, Mrs. D. Shaw, Miss C. Shephard, Mr. C. L. Stokes, Mr. and Mrs. C. S.

Stokes. Miss V. Stokes, Mr. G H. V. Saunders, Miss D. Worssam, Miss C. L. Benjamin.

Mrs. M. D Goodfellow and four children, Mr.

N. Naidu, Miss M. Offee. Mr. H. S. McKay.

Passengers Per S.S. “Montoro,”

Which Arrived In Sydney On October

10 FROM RABAUL AND PORTS : Miss V. E.

Chandler, Miss C. C. Jamieson, Miss L. Maguire, Mrs. M. Ellis, Mrs. R. Hines, Miss M. M.

Brodie, Mr. A. D. Pedley, Miss M. D. Stephenson, Mr. G. M. Keogh, Mrs. G. C. Walker and infant, Mr. R. J. Winters. Mr. C. Allen, Mr.

W. E. Allen. Mrs. R. Budden and child, Mr.

F. Dechert, Mr. P. Deutscher, Mr. C. Durham, Mr. R. B, Earl, Mrs. M. A. Helbig and child, Master C. Hendry, Mr. J. Lindner, Mrs. E.

Newton, Mr. R. E. F. Seale, Mr. R. Spenceley.

Mr. J. R. Stapleton, Mr. E. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Chugg and two children, Mrs.

Ellis, Mrs. W. H. Jenner, Mr. E. E. Munro, Mr. T. Spencer, Miss E. C. Williams, Miss C.

O. Heuston, Mr. J. G. Nelsson, Mr. T. R.

Thomson, Mr. H. R. Waring, Miss M. E.

Werner, Mr. W. Angel, Miss I. C. Baker, Miss B. F. Bragg, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Clay and child, Rev. Father W. Conners, Mr. B. W.

Faithorn. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Fraser, Mr. H.

Gors, Miss A. Gors, Miss E. B. Hardie, Mr.

L. H. Ross, Mr. W. M. Strong, Miss M. Grant, Mrs. A. Monkley.

Passengers Per “Aoranoi” From

Suva, Who Arrived In Sydney On

OCTOBER 7: Mr. H. J. Alsop. Mrs. K. P.

Alsop, Mr. H. B. Gilbert, Mrs. E. R. Gilbert.

Mrs. M. Jones. Master B. S. Jones, Mr. W. J.

Leech, Mrs. F. Leech, Mr. J. J. Mathers, Mrs.

G. 1. Mathers, Mr. W. F. White, Miss E.

Balgarnie, Mr. C. J. Corbett, Mrs. M. B. Collins, Mr. B. Collins and two children, Mrs.

A. N. R. McDowell, Mr. H. J. Smith, Mr. H.

Shaw, Mr. C. Johnston, Mrs. K. K. Johnston and two children. Mr. L. P. Lawton, Mr. A. S.

Lawton, Mr. G. Q. McGowan, Mr. N. A. Neagle.

Miss D. B. Worby, Mr. Mangal.

Passengers Per S.S. “Mataram” Who

Arrived In Sydney From The Solomon

ISLANDS ON OCTOBER 13 Mr. H. M.

Brindley, Miss E. E. Dyson, Miss G. E. Dyson, Mr. and Mrs. W. French, Mr. F. Green, Mr.

W. J. Hall Miss M. B. Higgins, Miss B. Larkins, Miss S. B. Marsden. Mr. D. Luttrell, Mr.

H. Lucas, Mr. R. McKerlie, Mr. and Mrs. R.

B. McKinnon, Miss M. M. Piers, Miss J. Radeski, D-. L. Sharfstein, Miss E. M. Safstrom, Mr. and Mrs. F. Stock, Mr. A. N. Slee. Mr.

H. F. W. J. Tarleton, Mr. S. J. Warrant. Mr.

J. C. West. Mr. L. W. S. Wright. Mr. T.

Wilson, Mr. L. C. Durrant, Mrs. E. Bennetts.

PASSENGERS PER “TAN DA” FROM SYD-

Ney On October 15 For Rabaul :—Miss

L. Wendt, Mrs. R. C. Willmott, Mrs. D. Fav, Mr. L. R. Hyland. Mrs. G. A. Hyland. Mrs.

D. F. K. Groves and three children. Mr. W. B.

Ball, Mr. and Mrs. W. Robinson, Mrs. R. Mullaly and infant. Miss X. V. Carter, Mr. C. E.

Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mackay, Mr. G.

F. Graham, Mr. K. Hill-Grifflths, Mr. H. C.

Cardew, Miss B. Cardew, Mrs. M. Browning, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Ryan, Mr. J. E. Hodgekiss, Mr. J. A. Carpenter, Mr. M. V. Walsh.

PASSENGERS FROM SUVA PER MON-

Terey” Arrived In Sydney On October

13: —Mrs. M. A. Barry, Miss P. Baulsch, Mrs.

M. Dawborn, Rev. James Griffin. Mrs. 11. F.

Guthrie, Miss A. G. A. Harbison, Mrs. C. M.

Hedger, Mrs. D. Holtermann, Mr. and Mrs. Q.

Hood, Mr. G. Jeffreys, Mrs. S. Kane, Miss I.

Kane, Dr. H. Kincaid, Mrs. R. H. Morton, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Pearce, Mr. and Mrs. A.

P. Penman, Mr. G. H. V. Saunders, Mrs. D.

Shaw, Miss C. Shepherd, Mr. C. L. Stokes, Mr.

C. S. Stokes, Mrs. C. Stokes, Miss V. Stokes, Mrs. D. Worssam, Mr. R. S. Anderson, Mrs. D.

L. Brown. Mrs. M. Evans, Miss M. Evans, Mrs.

L. Fowler, Miss J. Fowler, Mrs. A. M. Luker.

Mrs. J. M. Nicholls, Miss M. Rigney, Mr. R.

Sharp, Mr. S. Mackay, Mr. C. W. Stephenson.

Mrs. R. Stebbins, Miss F. Stebbins, Master R.

Stebbins, Mr. H. Vaskess, Mr. F. Wing. Miss S. Tyler.

Passengers Per “Aoranoi” From

SYDNEY, FOR SUVA ON OCTOBER 13 : -Mr.

O. D. Kiss, Mr. E. O. Seidel, Miss G. Harwin, Mrs. P. M. Potts, Miss M. Potts. Miss P.

Cozens, Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Woodward and infant. Miss T. A. Grainger, Mrs. N. M.

Bentley.

Passengers By “Van Rees” Arrived

AT SYDNEY ON OCTOBER 18. FROM SAMA- RAI, RABAUL, PORT VILA AND NOUMEA : Messrs. Paul, Lansley, Ledoux, Thompson, Lament, Yamakawa, Nobili, Dr. Nguyen; Mesdames Hough and two children. Venard, Chariot and three children. Nguyen and seven children; Misses Laing, Seres.

The American yacht “Stella Polaris,” carrying between 60 and 100 tourists, will call at Apia, Western Samoa, on February 16, 1933. Arrangements are being made to entertain the visitors.

The steamer “Dunrobin” sailed from Apia, Western Samoa, on September 6, for Rabaul and European ports. She carried over 1,700 tons of copra and cocoa beans.

A sawmill transported from Faisi, British Solomon Islands, was erected recently at the Marist Mission station at Tinputz, New Guinea. The mill has been erected to enable building operations to be carried on at Talina, the new headquarters of the Society. 1

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Pig-Headed New Zealand and Stubborn Mau JJEPORTS which continue to reach us from Western Samoa are conflicting and confusing.

On the one hand, we are assured by the New Zealand authorities, in personal as well as official correspondence, that the Mau movement in Western Samoa is dying out, insofar as active hostility to the present Administration is concerned, and that if Western Samoa is only left alone it will presently settle down to peace and tranquility.

On the other hand, we are informed by members of the Mau, and friends of the Mau, that the overwhelming majority of Samoans are supporters of the Mau, and that the Mau is stronger and more determined than ever in its hostility towards the New Zealand Administration and more determined than ever to continue its policy of non-cooperation.

When we seek for the truth among people recently in Western Samoa, who may be expected to be without partisan prejudices, we are equally confused. There are a few who say that the Territory is slowly settling down to more peaceful conditions ; but most of them, and apparently the better-informed people, declare that there is no possibility of the Mau quietly fading out of the picture and that, unless there is some definite rapprochement between the Administration and the* great body of Man followers, there inevitably will be another uprising in Western Samoa and another period of civil disorder.

It is impossible, in the circumstances, to say exactly what is the position, but we fear that the weight of evidence indicates a very unsatisfactory position, which will tend to get worse unless the New Zealand Government introduces a policy very different to that Avhich has been followed up to date. Almost every man of independent and judicial mind, who has considered the history of Samoa during the past 18 years, has given it as his opinion that the blundering stupidity of New Zealand officials was the prime cause of the trouble which came to a head in the fatal riot of December, 1929.

Grave faults also lay with the Samoans and their leaders; but the clear fact that the New Zealand authorities were not blameless throws upon New Zealand an obligation to at least make an attempt to end the present impasse by a generous gesture.

The outstanding and important fact is that the New Zealand Government, at no time, has met the Samoan natives of the Man organisation in a generous or even a conciliatory spirit. 3

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When Brig.-General Hart was appointed Administrator in 1931 it was believed that a way had been opened towards conciliation and compromise. But, to the bitter disappointment of all friends of Western Samoa, nothing has happened—the Administrator remains isolated on his hill at Vailima, surrounded only by officials and by a small section of the Samoans; while the Mau, sullen and silent, remains stubbornly apart, discussing its wrongs in its bush villages and grimly awaiting the next move of officialdom. The New Zealand Government possibly may deny that it was at fault in creating the situation which culminated in the 1929 riot; but it certainly cannot deny that it is at fault insofar that it has promoted no better relationship with the Mau since 1929, and that now, three years after that deplorable event, the Administration and the mass of Samoan natives are as far apart as ever. We know positively that an offer to arrange a roundtable conference between the New Zealand Administration and the Mau leaders was made recently to the New Zealand Government and turned down; and various communications which we have had from Samoa state unequivocably that it is the influence of the New Zealand Government itself which has prevented General Hart from undertaking the conciliatory activities that were generally expected of him when he took up the duties of Administrator.

Perhaps future events will justify the stubborn, uncompromising attitude of the New Zealand Government towards the Samoans —which is, of course, based op the belief that the Mau will presently wither and die. We hope that they do. Every friend of the Samoans and everyone who is jealous of the good name of the New Zealand people will hope that, out of the present difficult conditions, there may arise a happier and better Samoa. But, if it is true that conditions actually are no better in Samoa to-day than they have been iat any time during the past seven years, and if Samoan discontent is bubbling up towards another outbreak, then the New Zealand Government will stand convicted of a degree of stupidity and pig-headedness, which it is difficult to express in calm language.

An official correspondent has said to us that New Zealand has done everything that can be expected of her and that “the future of Samoa is on the knees of the high gods.” That is utterly ridiculous nonsense. The immediate future of Samoa is directly the obligation and responsibilty of the New Zealand Government; and if there is further friction in the Territory there will be such an uprising of opinion in the Chancellories of the Powers that it may easily result in New Zealand being disgracefully deprived of the mandate to govern Western Samoa.

This is no idle warning—as a recounting of the following circumstances may suggest.

In 1927 three Mau leaders (0. F. Nelson, a wealthy merchant, E. W. Gurr, a lawyer, and A. G.

Smyth, a well-known commercial man) were deported from Western Samoa by the Administrator because of alleged revolutionary activities. It was an ill-considered, high-handed action, and the final result of it is still in the future.

Messrs. Nelson and Gurr were sent away for five years, and Mr. Smyth for two years. When Mr.

Smyth returned to Apia on December 28, 1929, the Mau arranged a popular welcome. There was a clash between the Mau assembly and the police, in which 11 Samoans were killed, including the high chief Tamasese. This incident fanned the flame of Mau anger and discontent to white heat; and the breach between Administration and Mau has remained wide open, ever since.

The period of banishment of Messrs. Nelson and Gurr expires in December, and they propose to return to Samoa. On. August 31 six representative Samoans sent a letter to the Administrator, informing him of the above fact, and asking for his promise that the Mau will be permitted fittingly to welcome Mr. Nelson, and Mr. Nelson permitted to travel through the Territory and meet and address the Mau. The letter was very lengthy; and in it General Hart was reminded that when he arrived in Samoa on May 1, 1931, the Mau formally asked for a conference, with a view to the discussion and settlement of outstanding differences.

In their letter of August 31, the Mau leaders said: — “We propose to give Messrs. Nelson (Taisi) and Gurr on their return to Samoa that welcome and reception, which is not only due to them for their proved loyalty to Samoa, but which our own social system demands of us. We feel we have a right to know from you to what extent the armed military police will be permitted to use their lethal weapons on another peaceful and unarmed procession, which on this occasion will occur on the anniversary of the previous tragedy? In this event is a recurrence of that tragedy contemplated?

“In respect to Taisi, we respectfully wish to inform you that we are resolved to meet him without let or hindrance; to hear from him pei’sonally what were the results of the mission we entrusted to him to represent us in New Zealand, in Geneva, and in such other places where he might have found reason to plead our cause. It is not possible for all our people to assemble at Apia on Taisi’s arrival, and as they would all like to have the same opportunity to meet and hear him, we would propose that he meets the Samoans and speaks freely to them on these matters when he visits the outside districts, or on other occasions which might arise.

“We wish to be assured that no restrictions will be placed on us or on him to bring into effect what we claim we have a right to demand, also that the Government will not bring any action against Taisi for anything he might have said, written, or done in New Zealand or elsewhere; or in his communications to us, or others, in regard to his activities abroad on our behalf; or in regard to anything he may have to say to us here about his work when he meets us.’

General Hart never replied to the letter of May 1, 1931 —evidently the outcome of the policy of officially refusing to recognise the Mau, in any shape or form.

To the somewhat truculent letter of August 31, 1932, the Administrator replied curtly as follows, on September 3, 1932; — Faumuina Fiame, Lepea.

Dear Sir, , , , .

I am in receipt of the letter from you and others dated the 31st August. The events referred to by you will be considered and disposed of at the proper time and place as and when they occur.

Yours faithfully, H.HART Administrator. (Continued on page 11.) 4 October 19, 1932.

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OLD TRADER DEAD. 50 Years in French Oceania.

From Our Own Correspondent.

PAPEETE, Sept. ,10.

AN old identity passed away on August 27 in the person of Mons.

Emile Levy, who died after a long illness at the age of 74 years.

M. Levy, who arrived in these islands from France over 50 years ago, was well-known by all the natives of the outer archipelagoes of French Oceania, where his schooners collected copra and his agents kept close track of the divers in the hunt for valuable pearls.

Notwithstanding losses through hurricanes, shipwrecks, and other hazards inseparable from trading in such remote places, M. Levy was successful in accumulating considerable wealth, and his successors, who are related to many •of the principal families of Tahiti, fall heirs to much valuable real estate in and around Papeete and elsewhere.

M. Levy will be long remembered for his high integrity in business matters, and as a most genial and humorous raconteur of old-time happenings in the islands.

“Arutapu” for Mexico.

From Our Own Correspondent.

PAPEETE, Sept. 7.

The New Zealand schooner “Arutapu,” which arrived in Papeete some months ago after practically all hope had been lost of ever seeing her again, left last week under charter for the Mexican coast, with a full cargo of liquids. Her owner, Mr. Mardon, remains behind in Papeete.

THE NOSE OF A PAPUAN.

ILSUALLY the nose of a Western U Papuan is like a door-knocker, with its point firmly anchored downward.

But this is the tale of one whose nose, ‘tip-tilted like the petal of a flower,” was decidedly turned up.

It was with a full sense of the importance of this beautifully-modelled organ that the Papuan sought treatment at Torres Strait Hospital and was admitted for operation. The time came when it was necessary to give him an anaesthetic.

While operating, the surgeon was alarmed to discover a black object slowly extruding from the patient’s nostril; and, seizing a forceps, he pulled it out. It proved to be a piece of thin cane, or bamboo, coiled round in the form of a watch spring—the septum between the nostrils having been cut away to form a snug little nest, where the spring action came into play, and kept the point of the nose firmly up in position.

As soon as the cane was removed, the nose collapsed like a punctured bladder and lay flat on the man’s face, after the normal fashion of the Fly River native.

The officiating nurse was preparing to throw the spring away, but the surgeon stopped her —patient’s property is sacred, while under an anaesthetic! and had it disinfected and placed by his bed till recovery from the ether ensued.

For two days it remained there, for the patient neither knew nor cared that his nose had “dropped.” On the third morning, he secretly replaced the spring, and henceforth his nose soared heavenwards, as before.

In place of the customary nurse’s inquiry about false teeth, Papuan patients for anaesthetics should be asked, “Have you a nose spring?”

N.G. PUBLIC SERVICE.

Reclassification to Operate Retrospectively.

THERE is very much that will interest and please the public servants of New Guinea in the following extract from the “Hansard” report of proceedings in the Federal Parliament on September 22: Mr. MAKIN. —Will the Minister concerned advise whether the Government has issued instructions to the administration of the Mandated Territory to bring about the reduction of the salaries of the members of that public service? If so, will the Government, before such reductions are effected, take into consideration the fact that no increase has been granted to the public service of the Mandated Territory since 1921, and that the cost of living has since risen. Further, that the maintenance of that service imposes no charge upon the revenues of the Commonwealth?

Mr. MARK.—It is not proposed to make any cut in the salaries of the public servants in New Guinea. The Government recently approved a classification, which had remained in abeyance for eighteen months, but which will now come into operation with retrospective effect from the Ist July, 1931. While the Government is endeavouring to reduce expenditure in the Mandated Territory, it is exploring avenues other than the reduction of tfye public service salaries to effect its purpose.

The despatch boat “Hifofua” arrived in Suva from Nukualofa on August 22 and, after being overhauled, left again for Tonga.

REPRESENTATIVE FOOTBALL TEAMS from JFiji (white) and Tonga (black) plaued matches in Suva on August 27 and 31 and September 3 Fiji won all three, making 65 points to Tonga's 8. Until the middle of last century, 80 years ago, there were fierce struggles between Tonga and Fiji; but now the contest of the football field has replaced the “final arbitrament of war."

“Photo, by Caine, Sana. 5

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Mining Expert Visits Old Yodda Field.

From Our Own Correspondent PT. MORESBY, Oct. 1.

ACCORDING to Mr. J. Ward Williams, the American mining expert, who has been investigating the possibilities of re-opening the old Yodda goldfield, the result of the preliminary work has been sufficiently encouraging to justify further prospecting and drill testing operations.

It is interesting to note that the Yodda, which was proclaimed a goldfield in 1900, has so far produced gold valued at over £280,000. The Yodda is in the Northern Division of Papua.

Severe Winter in N.I.

From Our Own Correspondent.

NORFOLK IS., Sept. 9.

CONSIDERING the unusual severity of our winter this year—the worst within the memory of the oldest inhabitant —with endless rain and cold and bitter winds, comparatively speaking, it is unfortunate that we have had an unprecedented number of visitors, who came here to escape similar conditions elsewhere.

They have been thoroughly disgusted with everything and everybody, comparing us, greatly to our disadvantage, with such places as Tahiti, Samoa and Fiji; forgetting, in their annoyance, that we do not profess to be a tropical island —are, indeed, glad and fortunate to lie 29 degrees south of the burning equator and to enjoy, as a rule, the best all-the-year-round climate in the world. And, apart from unusual conditions, few of them appear to have enquired before they left home what season of the year was our rainy season.

Should they return in six months’ time, like Lazarus —if it was Lazarus — they will crave, in vain, a drop of water for the tips of their tongues.

Important New Roads

IN FIJI.

From Our Own Correspondent.

BA, FIJI, SEPT. 4.

WORK on the Suva road is going on satisfactorily, and we hope in a few months’ time to be able to go to Suva by car. Only a few miles of formation and a lot of surfacing is left to be done.

Down on the Sigatoka-Nadi road, only a few miles remain to be made, so the new year ought to see the road through from Sigotoka to Suva, a distance of something like 250 miles.

It should prove a blessing to the Colony, and will no doubt pay for itself over and over again, by opening up new country.

Boy Scout Movement Popular in Torres Straits.

From Our Own Correspondent.

THURSDAY IS., Sept. 29.

Dr. W. M. Bevington, officer in charge of the Commonwealth Quarantine Department at Thursday Island, has recently received his official appointment as District Commissioner of the Boy Scouts in Torres Strait.

At present there are troops on Badu, Darnley, Moa, and Murray Islands, with some others in process of formation. The scoutmasters are European, but the assistant - scout - masters are Torres Strait islanders.

The movement has taken on in the Strait, but one of the difficulties lies in establishing closer association between the troops themselves, owing to the islands being so widely scattered. However the appointment of the new District Commissioner, who will visit the islands from time to time, will help in the further development of the movement.

COPRA.

Little Variation in Prices.

F ; OR the first time for very many months, the London copra quotation has held to the one figure over a period of weeks without any variation.

This is a satisfactory sign insofar as it suggests some attempt to stabilise the market —although the price is still of little use to the average copra producer. There is a profit in copra production for planters in Papua, New Guinea and Solomons —but that is only because they are getting the benefit of the Australian exchange premium. Our weekiy reports from London indicate a fairly healthy condition of the market with some reasonable hope that prices may .improve slowly.

WHALE OIL.

Whale oil production continues to be an important factor in any forecast of the copra market. All reports indicate that there is a large assembly of whaling ships off South America and off Southern New Zealand, ready to dash off into the Antarctic in pursuit of whales, immediately weather conditions permit. One London report states that there are no less than 128 whaling steamers en route for the Antarctica.

Although it has been announced that Norwegian and other interests had agreed to limit production to about half of the capacity of the whaling fleets, it is still expected that the production will be about 330,000 tons. To this must be added Unilever and other production, equal to 100,000 tons, and last season’s carry over of about 114,000 tons. This apparently makes 534,000 tons of whale oil available at the end of the current season, which is from two to three times the normal whale oil production of the season of six or seven years ago.

Such a huge quantity of whale oil must affect the copra market and gives colour to the belief recently expressed by a Sydney copra buyer that “Only a blanky good war can lift copra prices back on to a level which will give everyone concerned a decent margin of profit.”

Prices in the Pacific.

The correspondents of “The Pacific Islands Monthly” report the following as the “average” of copra quotations at the places stated on the given dates.

Port Moresby, October I.—Smoke dried. £9/15/- per ton; sun-dried, £9/5/-.

Rabaul, September 30.—Hot air dried, per ton. in store Rabaul, £lO/5/-.

Suva, October 3.—£9/10/- per ton.

Tulagi, September 20. —From £5 to £7 under London c.i.f. price, as reported in “Sydney Morning Herald.”

Rarotonga, October 2.—About £4/15/- per ton for native, sun-dried. Only two firms are buying. Export duty (£1 per ton) practically kills industry. , Apia, Western Samoa, October 2.—£7/5/- per ton; native, Apia district, li cents per lb.; native, outside districts, 1 cent per lb.

Tonga-Nukualofa, September 18.—Copra, sundried on the beach £7 per ton: green, 1/- per 32 lb.; country, 1/- per 35 lb.

The schooner “T'alasea,” owned by Messrs. Money and Reynolds, of Rook Island, New Guinea, was wrecked on a reef near Lindenhafen, New Britain, during September. No lives were lost, but the schooner is a total loss.

Landing of the High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, Sir Murchison Fletcher, at the Government wharf at Vavau. From left; J. M. Woodbridge (Collector of Customs, Vavau); Havea Tuihaateiho, Governor of Vavau (who was educated in Newington College, Sydney, and is one of the Tongan Nobles); High Commissioner, Sir M. Fletcher-; Hon. Mr. Neil, British Consul Agent in the Tongan Group.

Photo by W. Finau. 6 October 19, 1932.

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Month.

September, September, 1931 1932 IMPORTS.

From Anst. £2,013 .

From N.Z. £915 £311 Month.

September.

September. 1931 1932 EXPORTS.

To Aust. £«0S £2,143 .

To N.Z. £695 £ ISO KING CAKOBAU’S CLUB.

Returned to Fiji as Council Mace After 30 Years in Windsor Castle.

SUVA, October 7.

MOST interesting ceremony took place at the opening of the Fiji Legislative Council on October 3. There was presented, on behalf of His Majesty King George V., King Cakobau’s War Club, for ceremonial use as the Mace of the Legislative Council.

This was given by King Cakobau (sometimes spelled Thakombau) to Queen Victoria on October 10, 1874, when the Deed of Cession by which the sovereignty of Fiji passed to the British Crown, was formally executed.

In 1930, a letter appeared in “The Times” asking for information as to what had happened to the Mace, once used in the old Fiji House of Commons.

Mr. A. B. Brewster, formerly of the Fiji Civil Service, took up the matter in the following letter, which appeared in “The Times” of July 31, 1930: Sir, —Before the interest in the recent “Rape of the Mace” passes away, may I tell you the tale of what happened to the “Bauble” of the Fijian House of Commons?

In the early months of 1871 a retired naval officer, Lieutenant George Austin Woods, arrived in Fiji to survey the Namuka Passage, which the mail steamers from Australia and New Zealand use on their way to Vancouver, San Francisco, and the western ports of the great American continent. He was a handsome man of great personality with all the dignity and manners of the quarter-deck. Thakombau was then the titular King of Fiji, but not recognised generally by the other high chiefs of the Group. His Majesty had the profoundest regard for the British Navy, and soon evinced much affection and esteem for Mr. Woods, and, with the solemn ceremonies attendant upon such an event, formally adopted him as a member of his Royal Family and created him Tui Kamba (Lord of Kamba), his Majesty’s own second title.

Mr. Woods, entering into Fijian politics with great zest, managed to get all the leading chiefs and principal white planters together, who formulated a constitution, with Thakombau as King, the hereditary principal chiefs as the House of Lords, and with a House of Commons elected by the European settlers, all in the good old British fashion. Such being the case, there had to be a Speaker, a Mace, and a Sergeant-at-Arms for the Commons.

Among 1 the planters was a Mr. James Stewart Butters, a North of Ireland man, who for some years had been the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Victoria, very able, and well versed in parliamentary usage.

King Thakombau presented the hereditary war club of his family, which, like King Arthur’s sword “Excalibur,” had also a name by which it was known and reverenced, to be the Mace of his faithful Commons. It was called the “T'utuvikuta i Radinimbau,” which means the Mat Coverlet of the Queen of Mbau. Before blankets were known mats woven from soft rushes were used for the sake of warmth. Thakombau was the hereditary War Lord of Mbau, and the name of his club carried a double meaning. Its coverlet was the blood of the tribal enemies, and when any of them were slain it was bathed with it and thus kept warm. Before it was used as the Mace it was sent up to Sydney, where it was dabbed all over with little doves and olive branches in frosted silver, as a token of its conversion to peaceful usages, which seemed to some of us a deplorable emasculation and a suggestion of shoddy.

On the hoisting of the Union Jack in October, 1874, this symbol of King Thakombau’s former sovereignty was sent to Queen Victoria as a token of homage and fealty. Its arrival in London is thus duly recorded in the “Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute,” vol. vi., 1874-75; The second Annual Conversazione took place at the South Kensington Museum on Friday, 18th June, 1875.

Among the objects of interest which were exhibited may be mentioned the War Club of King Thakombau of Fiji, which was specially lent to the Institute by Her Majesty, Queen Victoria.

That is the last that has been heard of it. Some of us old Fijians have endeavoured to find out what has become of it, but so far our quest has been unsuccessful. I wonder, sir, if any of your readers could throw any light upon the subject?

I am, sir, your obedient servant.

A. B. BREWSTER.

Lynwood, Cleveland Road, Torquay.

This letter came to the notice of the King, and His Majesty was pleased to send to Mr. Brewster information to the effect that King Cakobau’s War Club was at Windsor Castle.

In presenting the Mace to Queen Victoria, King Cakobau accompanied the gift with this message: Before finally ceding his country to Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, the King desires, 'through Your Excellency, to give Her Majesty the only thing he possesses that may interest her. The King gives Her Majesty his old and favourite War Club, the former and, until lately, only known law of Fiji.

In abandoning: club law and adopting the forms and principles of civilised societies, he laid by his old weapon, and covered it with the emblems of peace. Many of his people, whole tribes, died and passed away under the old law, but hundreds of thousands still survive to learn and enjoy the newer and better state of things.

The King adds only a few words. With this emblem of the past he sends his love to Her Majesty, saying that he fully confides in her and her children who succeeding her shall become Kings of Fiji, to exercise a watchful control over the welfare of his children and people who, having survived the barbaric law and age. are now submitting themselves, under His Majesty's rule, to civilisation.

The Governor said in his address to the Legislative Council that he was commanded by the King now to present the Club, on his behalf, to the Legislative Council with the following message: “Since its presentation by King Cakobau to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, this Mace has had an honoured place among the Royal Treasures in Windsor Castle.

“His Majesty now returns the Mace for ceremonial use in the Legislative Council of Fiji, as a visible token of his abiding concern for the welfare of his Fijian people, of whose unswerving loyalty he is deeply sensible.”

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Tropic Alitifs

IN a paragraph on page 8 of the September issue of “The Pacific Islands Monthly” it was stated that “A representative of a company called Federal Taxation Pty., Ltd., of 77 King Street, Sydney, has gone to Papua to investigate sugar-growing possibilities.” We are informed that this statement is untrue —that no representative of the Company named has gone to Papua to investigate sugar-growing possibilities, or for any other purpose, and the Company is not interested in any project having reference to Papuan sugar, or to the formation of a company in regard thereto. The report came to us from a source apparently reliable, and was published in good faith; and we now hasten formally to contradict it, and to express regret for any annoyance its publication may have caused. * * ♦ AN unusual request was contained in a telegram received in Thursday Island from the skipper of the oilsteamer “Turbo,” as that vessel was about to leave Melbourne. He asked that a live turtle be captured and that he would collect it when he passed T.I. at 12 o’clock on a certain day. On the date given, the vessel showed up promptly to time, and the turtle, caught a few hours earlier, was duly placed on board. * * * MR. N. HAGEN, of Noumea —one of the best-known men in the Pacific Territories sends along a note that is very welcome: “7 again take the opportunity of congratulating you on your interesting pub -> Hcation, ichich binds the South Sea interests of both nationalities in a cement of friendship * * * MR. J. WARD WILLIAMS, on his return to Port Moresby, Papua, from the Yodda goldfield, told of the unusual manner in which the new Kokoda aerodrome was dried to allow the first ’plane to successfully take-off from this ’drome. The surface was rather soft, due to heavy rains, and the ’plane at its initial attempt was unable to leave the ground. The next day, Mr.

Rich, A.R.M., paraded police boys, prisoners, and miscellaneous villagers, who had been attracted to the spot.

They were marched up and down the centre of the field under the command of the native sergeant, who, upon his own initiative, would halt his “troops” on the softest patches. He would then order them to “mark time.” After about an hour of this human rolling, theground was considered suitable for a? take-off. This was successfully made at the first try by Pilot Denny. Threequarters of an hour after leaving Kokoda, the ’plane landed at Port Moresby. * * * AN interesting innovation has been made by Mr. W. R. Carpenter in connection with the feeding of his labour corps at his desiccated coconut factory at Pondo, New Guinea.

For a long time the factory and plantation managers fed the 500 natives employed there in the usual waynamely, with issues of rice, meat, fish, etc., together with the usual mixture of native-grown foods. Some time ago, however, when it was found that the exchange position was against the importation of Asiatic rice, Mr. Carpenter decided to test Australian flour. He purchased well-known brands of Australian flour and established a bakery in one corner of the factory. Good quality white bread is produced here which is issued to the labour line in place of rice, etc. The experiment has been quite successful. The natives are enthusiastic about the new kind of kai —they much prefer white bread to rice —and they have apparently thrived on it, because when the present writer saw them a few weeks ago, they had as well-fed an appearance as any labor line in the Territory. The flour used in this way is actually no more costly than rice—probably it is less—and, above all, the issue of this class of food to the natives is giving employment to an Australian wheat farmer, rather than an Asiatic rice grower.

The attention of Pacific Islands employers and Australian flour millers is invited to this subject. Breadbaking in the Pacific Islands is easy. No better heating fuel for the oven can be found than the shell of the coconut, which is discarded in the process of copra making. * ♦ * NEW GUINEA continues to be the happy hunting-ground of the world of anthropology. Field work is being extensively undertaken there at the present time. Mr. Gregory Bateson, who has been carrying on anthropological research in the Territory for some years, is at present busy on the Sepik River, and is being assisted there by a young lady, Miss Stephenson, who joined him in Madang last July. Mr.

W. C. Groves has established a camp in New Ireland, and is carrying on research work under a special grant from the National Research Council of Australia and New Zealand. Inland from Aitape, two other famous anthropologists are working—Dr. Fortune and Mrs. Fortune. Mrs. Fortune is better known as Dr. Margaret Mead, who has published one or two successful books — “Growing up in New Guinea,” being a particularly notable work. Attached to the New Guinea Public Service is Mr.

E. W. P. Chinnery, who is also a famous anthropologist. Incidentally, it has been reported that Mr. Chinnery is to be given important administrative duties in the near future.

AN amusing instance of the effect of semi-education among the natives was told to me the other day.

A local missionary visited a - village in the Solomons and found a boy, who had only lately returned from medical training, sitting in his house lookingdejected and miserable. ‘What is the matter with you?” asked the missionary.

“Oh, I am very sick,” answered the boy, “I am suffering from acute nervous strain. I am going to see the Later the missionary revisited the village, and again found the boy looking sad and doleful.

“What is the matter with you this time?” he asked, “did you not get any medicine from the doctor?”

“No, the doctor said no medicine will cure my sickness.”

“But that is terrible, my poor boy,” said the missionary. ‘What did the doctor call your sickness?”

The boy moaned slightly. “The doctor,” he said feebly, “told me that I was suffering from im-ag-in-ation! ’’ * * * A TOURIST whose sympathies were evidently inclined in an anthropological direction stepped off an Island steamer the other day and passed along the street with an observant eye upon the various types of colour. Meeting a schoolgirl outside one of the Chinese shops, he asked, “What races have you got in this place, girlie?” The answer, coming from a mind full of the forthcoming aquatic meeting, was: “Well, swimming and boating, mostly!’?

Australian Silver Subject To Exchange in Samoa.

From Our Oun Correspondent.

APIA, Oct. 2.

AS in Tonga, considerable difficulties have arisen in Samoa over the large amount of Australian silver coins in circulation, and a few weeks, ago the local branch of the Bank of New Zealand and the various Government departments suddenly declared that Australian silver would be subject to exchange.

Following the strong representations made by the Chamber of Commerce, however, the Bank, as well as the Administration, agreed to grant an extension of time up to October 15, to prevent a serious disruption of tradingconditions.

After that date, exchange will be charged at the rate of £ll/12/- per cent, on all Australian silver received. 8 October 19, 1932.

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TUNG OIL.

Possible Lucrative Industry.

IN an article published in “The Times Trade Supplement,” Mr. T. Hedley Barry, after describing the valuable properties of China wood or tung oil in varnish manufacture, refers to efforts made in recent years to encourage the growth of the tung oil tree in suitable parts of the British Empire.

In 1929 about 7001 b. of selected seeds from American plantations were distributed in those parts of the Empire where there appeared to be a reasonable chance of successful cultivation.

It is, of course, too early to pronounce a definite opinion as to the final results of this excellent work, but it has been proved, he says, that an oil of the first grade can be obtained under proper conditions in certain parts of the Empire.

After describing results in Africa and India, Mr. Barry writes: “Recently considerable interest has been exhibited in the subject both in New Zealand and Australia, and in New Zealand a corporation has been founded for the commercial development of tung oil plantations. In Australia work so far appeal’s to have been confined to the cultivation of small experimental plantations, and the writer has received small samples of oil from Mr. Penfold, of the Technological Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.. which were certainly of the highest possible grade.

“It is most desirable that these excellent beginnings should be continued, for the use of China wood oil will continue to increase, and, quite apart from the disadvantages, especially under the present conditions, of being entirely In the hands of the Chinese, it is most important that the British Empire should be self-supporting in an essential raw material, the more so as the successful application of this particular oil in industry depends upon a rigid adherence to specification.

“The information already accumulated in the United States indicates that the successful cultivation of this tree would be a lucrative industry.

Whereas only about 2501 b. of linseed oil can be obtained from an acre of land, the yield of tung oil varies from 4001 b. per acre in the fourth or fifth year to 18001 b. in the ninth year, and as the oik- commands a higher price than linseed it is evident that its cultivation is worthy of serious consideration by all who have the necessary facilities.

“Admittedly the extraction of the oil from the nuts presents certain technical difficulties, but these have now been overcome, and there seems to be no reason why within a comparatively short time the British Empire should not be able to make a substantial contribution to the supply of this valuable oil.”

EDITORIAL NOTE. —Much information about attempts to grow the Fordii (Yangtse) variety of tung oil tree in the Pacific Islands has been published in this journal: but the general tenor of it is unfavourable to the enterprise. We recently saw a healthy young specimen grown by Mr. Allan at Bita Paka, T.N.G.; but Mr.

George Murray, Director of Agriculture at Rabaul, is of opinion that the Fordii variety will not flourish in the Territory. This is borne out by planters’ experiences in New Caledonia, where Fordii grew strongly at first, but became enfeebled later on and did not come to full fruition. The Fordii, it is thought, will do better in Southern Australia and New Zealand, where the climate is nearer to that of the Yangtse Valley.

It is possible that the Montana variety of tung oil tree, from the Cochin China region, although not such a prolific bearer, will grow satisfactorily in the Pacific Islands, and we should be glad to hear from any planter who has experimented with this shrub.

New Guinea Laws Need Revision.

From a Special Correspondent.

RABAUL, Sept. 23.

IT is believed here that the time is opportune to urge upon the Federal authorities the need for the appointment of a Judicial Commissioner (one good man only) to revise and codify the laws of New Guinea.

These laws at present are a heterogeneous collection culled from the laws of the Commonwealth, Papua, Queensland, and the old Military Administration —plus those made since 1921.

It is nearly as difficult for the average resident here to now what laws exist as it would be for him to know the laws of New South Wales.

Many of these laws could now, with great advantage, be repealed and others amended and consolidated.

Tung Oil Tree grown from seed by an official at Bita Paka radio station, New Britain. It is a healthy specimen of Fordii variety, 20 months old, and about four feet high. 9

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Nurse Clark, of the Methodist Missionary Society, returned to her work among the Indians in Fiji, after a short holiday in Sydney. She sailed by the ''Niagara” on September 15. * * * Mr. A. H. Wilson, Government Surveyor, Solomon Islands, is absent on long leave. * * * Nurse Dorr, of the Methodist Mission in New Britain, returned to Melbourne recently, as she has retired from active mission work. She spent five years in New Britain. * * * Bishop H. Newton, of New Guinea, arrived in Sydney on September 14, and later addressed meetings on behalf of the Australian Board of Missions. * * * Mr. A. F. Grimble, M.A., C.M.G., Resident Commissioner in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, arrived in Sydney on September 5, en route to London. He has spent 18 years in the Pacific, and is not returning there.

Mr. Harry Bond, a well-known planter and owner of a plantation in the Arawe district. New Britain, was drowned when his schooner “Aliwa” was wrecked near Siassi Island. Mr. Bond was one of the oldest and most respected residents of the Territory, having lived there for nearly 20 years. He spent most of his time at Arawe, on the south coast of New Britain, where he was formerly the manager of Arawe Plantation for the German firm H.S.A.G.. and later for the Expropriation Board. * • Mr. C. G. Kilner, of Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co.’s staff at Kavieng. New Guinea, has been transferred to Kieta to relieve Mr. A. E. Ray, who left the Territory for Svdney by the September “Macdhui.” * * • Mr. Fred. Green, of Gizo, Solomon Islands, came south by the “Mataram,” which reached Sydney on October 13.

Mr. Green, who is very well-known throughout the 8.5.1., is on a combined, business and holiday trip. * * * Captain J. M. Rondahl, a former wellknown resident of New Guinea, died at his home in Roseville, New South Wales, on September 24. He was born in Sweden in 1860 and arrived in the Territory in 1891, as mate of a small schooner. Several years later, after an adventurous career, including trading in the Fead Islands, Captain Rondahl commenced trading at Kabanga and later bought the Kabakaul property, which has been his business headquarters ever since. He had control of various plantations at Kulon and Makurapau until he disposed of his properties in 1929 and retired to live in Sydney.

N.Z. Banana Market Improves.

From Our Own Correspondent.

APIA, Oct. 2.

THE “Maui Pomare” left here on September 22 for Lyttleton, Via N : le, with a cargo of 5,140 cases of bananas.

During the first week of September, the price of bananas in the Auckland market went up by 7/- to 25/- per case for ripe repacked bananas.

Unfortunately, Samoa producers will not receive the benefit of this rise, as the Samoan price is fixed by contract.

While the producer is paid at the paltry rate of 2/- per case or less, the New Zealand dealer will rake in the handsome profit of 10/- to 12/- per case. 10 October 19, 1932.

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Faumuina Fiame, who was the first of the six signatories of the letter of August 31, is president of the Mau.

There was some critical comment because the Administrator, when replying, did not give him any courtesy title to which he is entitled, although this Chief and his fellows were careful on their part to observe all the niceties of formal and officials correspondence.

The next development was that the Administrator, General Hart, quite unexpectedly arrived in New Zealand at the beginning of October and proceeded to Wellington to consult with the Government. There was no indication of the purpose of the visit; but it was generally assumed to have some connection with the pending return to Samoa of Mr. O. F. Nelson.

“Hand Samoa Over to Colonial Office.”

The following- letter from Mr. Ernest Davies, a leading merchant and public man in New Zealand, was published in the Auckland “Star” on August 17; While I was in Fiji recently I had numerous opportunities to discuss with prominent persons the subject of our administration of Samoa.

The view that the islands should be handed over to the Colonial Office was almost universal.

While people were not ready to discuss our Samoan troubles, the unmistakeable impression I gained, was that New Zealand had failed and was continuing tc fail because we could not supply trained administrators, nor could we supply civil servants trained to handle a native race.

The natural corollary to this was that the Mandated Territory of Samoa should be handed to the Colonial Office in Downing Street to govern.

The Colonial Office has trained officials to call upon, and moreover I believe the Samoans themselves would prefer to be governed direct from Downing Street and not by New Zealand, which admittedly has been looked upon by the natives with such disfavour.

The impressions I gai.ed in Fiji and from people recently returned from Samoa are that this disfavour continues and I think New Zealand would be well advised to ask the Colonial Office to take over the administrations of the Western Samoan Territory.

New Zealand And Her

MANDATE. [To the Editor ] Sir, —Again I have to thank you for your courtesy in printing, in full, my somewhat lengthy letter of July 7 and also for correcting the mistaken idea that I am owner of the “N.Z. Samoa Guardian” and responsible for all its contents, though your use of the possessive pronoun in your footnote now imjdies that its editor is mine, anyhow.

I do not wish to appear contumacious or determined to have the last word, but I must, reluctantly, again protest at the wrongful implications in your August footnote.

I am not dominated by “hatred of New Zealand” and never have been. After five years’ compulsory exile here I find much to like and admire in the country, and have met innumerable friends of Samoa, whom I have the greatest respect for. But I certainly hate cruelty and oppression and the sufferings of my people and my blood relations in Samoa have filled me with the greatest contempt for those responsible.

I have no option but to face the facts as I see them, and one fact is that if New Zealand has been carrying out the terms of the Mandate, which Versailles declares “a sacred trust of civilisation” and “the tutelage of a people unable to stand alone in the stress of modern world conditions,” then words have lost their meaning, and a policy of coercion, oppression, degradation, massacre, and war on a helpless people has become the spirit of “sacred trusteeship” and of Geneva.

But even the League of Nations has rebuked the New Zealand Government for its conduct of the Mandate on more than one occasion, as a perusal of the findings of the Permanent Mandates Commission will disclose, and the report of the Verschaffelt-Park-Berendsen Inquiry was a tremendous revelation of maladministration, which shocked the League of Nations, especially when the New Zealand Government’s own public servants told it the administration of the Mandate “was in no way creditable to New Zealand.” Nor has it been since that scathing exposure.

You also suggest “that the only way out of the present impasse is by a proper approach by the Man to the New Zealand .Government.”

I enclose a copy of such an approach, which the Man made on August 31. together with the amazing reply of General Hart, the Administrator. In the face of this gesture by the administrative head towards a national organisation representing 95 per cent, of the Samoan people, I presume you will no longer think much of your “only way of the present impasse.”

I am, etc..

O. F. NELSON.

Auckland, Sept. 14, 1932. 11 October 19, 1932.

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THE following correspondence is selfexplanatory. Those who ship produce from Papua to Australia will heartily endorse the ancient saying that “the law is a hass.”

We have sent the correspondence on to the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, in the hope that representations may be made to the Federal Government, to give to Papua and New Guinea the same advantages as Norfolk Island.

Letter from editor of “The Pacific Islands Monthly” to Collector of Customs, Sydney, dated June 23, 1932: Dear Sir, —Some of our readers have asked us to ascertain why primage is charged on goods imported into Australia from Papua, whereas there is no primage charge on similar goods imported into Australia from Norfolk Island. Both places are Territories of Australia and both are similarly governed from Canberra through Administrators in each place. If you could let me have a brief explanation of the position, I should be glad of your permission to publish same for the information of a number of readers who appear to be somewhat puzzled by the circumstances.

Letter from Collector of Customs to “The Pacific Islands Monthly,” dated September 30, 1932: Dear Sir, —With reference to your letter of 23.6.32, relative to Primage Duty on goods imported into Australia from Norfolk Island and Papua, I quote hereunder for your information, Section 15 of the Norfolk Island Act, 1913: “Duties of Customs shall not be chargeable on goods imported into Australia from Norfolk Island if the goods— (a) Are the produce or manufacture of Nori folk Island: and (b) are shipped direct from Norfolk Island to Australia; and (c) are not goods which if manufactured or produced in Australia would be subject to any Duty of Excise.

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AVIATION IN PAPUA.

Additional Landing Grounds: New Air Mail Postage Rates.

From Our Own Correspondent.

PT. MORESBY, Oct. 2.

WITHIN the last month, two emergency landing- grounds have been completed in the heart of Papua, for the use of Guinea Airways, Ltd.

One of these is at Kabuna, in the Mekeo district, beyond Yule Island, and the other is at Kokoda in the Owen Stanley Rang-e, near the Yodda goldfleld. The former is for the convenience of aircraft flying- between Port Moresby and the Morobe goldfield in New Guinea, and the latter has been established for the purpose of facilitating transport to the Yodda, where mining operations have been restarted.

Mr. Ward Williams, the American mining expert, was the first passenger from Kokoda to Port Moresby.

It is likely that the next emergency" landing ground will be established at loma, which is in the mountains near the border of Papua and New Guinea..

MISHAP AT KABUNA.

Mr. Denny, a Guinea Airways’ pilot, on landing to inspect the emergency ground at Kabuna on September 15, damaged the undercarriage of his machine. Mr. Denny was uninjured.

Being unable to repair the undercarriage, the pilot found it necessary to secure the services of some 40 natives in order that the ’plane could be carried 15 miles through the jungle to the St. Joseph River. This was a big task.

It was then shipped down the river to Yule Island on the Catholic Mission punt and reached Port Moresby by the steamer “Papuan Chief” four days after the accident.

A Junkers-34 8-passenger ’plane is to taske the place of the present Junkerson the New Guinea goldfields to Port Moresby service. The old one is to be overhauled and refitted with a higherpowered engine.

AERIAL POSTAGE RATES.

The chief postmaster of Port Moresby announced on September 23 that air mail rates of postage are to be charged on mail matter for the New Guinea goldfield. Up to the present time, no extra charge has been made for mails.

They were carried by the courtesy of the aerial companies.

A contract has been now made for the carriage by air of mails from Papua to New Guinea. The charge is 3d. per |oz. for first-class mail matter, in addition to the ordinary rates of postage.

All second-class matter will be carried without special air mail fees. This is subject at any time to alteration, as regards newspaper matter published) outside the Territory of Papua.

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THE following report for September has been issued by the Mining Trust, Ltd., consulting engineers for New Guinea Goldfields, Limited — DEVELOPMENT.

Location 3—No. 1 shaft was sunk 42ft. to G6ft. below No. i level.

Location B—No. 4 shaft was sunk to a total depth of 204 ft.

Golden Ridges Extension—A length of 400 ft. has so far been proven by seven trenches. The average assav of samples from these trenches was 13.08 dwts. gold and 2.3 ozs. silver over an average width of 10.0 ft.

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Created a Spirit of Confidence In N.G.

A LEADING planter of New Guinea makes the following comment upon the article, which appeared in the August issue of “The Pacific Islands Monthly,” entitled “ ‘Tropicalia’ and Other Things in New Guinea and Papua”: “I agree largely with your August article. There is not a doubt that General Wisdom had exhausted his capacity for good administration, but you are right in not using the ‘muckrake.’ It must not be forgotten that General Wisdom took up his job with a staff untrained and, in many instances, unfitted. Also, the Commonwealth Government was not always very helpful to him. Our regret is that General Griffiths will not be here long enough. I think the Commonwealth Government should make a special effort to keep him here for 18 months, otherwise all his good beginnings will be wasted —especially if his successor does not follow the Griffiths’ policy of recognising that the public are after all the people whose interests are the most imporant.

“General Griffiths has created a wonderful atmosphere and spirit of confidence. He has most effectively broken down the barrier, which Central Administration, in particular, had erected for the exclusion of the public. His outstanding policy is ‘give the public every facility to place its views before the authorities and let very responsible public official avail himself of all opportunities to know the public mind.’

“We very much want the Administrator to have the opportunity to visit all out-stations and see that the new policy is extended there effectively before he leaves.

“Who will be the new Administrator?

Many are mentioned, but we do hope that we get a worker, who will not allow subordinate officials to usurp his functions. We also want one who will be capable of keeping himself under the heels of the politicians. <‘We mostly recognise the natives’ rights and the need for their proper protection and care, but we don’t wish to see a policy of ‘the native above all’ —which one or two district officers are rather inclined to favour.

“The announcement of the early introduction of a Legislative Council has caused much satisfaction here. It seems, though, that only one unofficial member is to be on the Legislative Council. There should be two or, failing that, provision for a substitute member; otherwise, in the event of sickness or other cause necessitating the one member’s absence, the nonofficial portion of the Council would be unrepresented.”

In Quest of Sepik Gold.

From Our Own Correspondent. * MADANG, Sept. 19.

MR. WINTERS, mining engineer of Wau and Bulolo, accompanied by Mr. Alf Belfield, an old and experienced prospector, has returned to Marienberg, after visiting the upper reaches of the Yuat River, a tributary of the Sepik, some 80 miles from its mouth.

Mr. Winters reports the country very rough with many boulders and, although gold bearing, the cost of production would be too great for him to recommend the proposition to a company. Mr. Winters later returned to en route to Salamaua by the “Montoro.”

It is Mr. Belfield’s intention to now proceed to the reaches of the Upper Sepik for further test on wash that has shown good colour, in the hope that he may yet find the source of the Sepik gold. On this trip he will be accompanied by Messrs. J. C. Wauhope and R. Wightman.

Prospecting North Of Madang

Mr. A. J. Hunter, late D.O. at Madang who several months ago, in company with Mr. Banks, mining engineer, and Mr. Coomb, inspected a platinum and gold bearing area behind Dugnmor, seme 70 miles north of Madang on the coast, returned by September Mac- C Mr Hunter is this time accompanied bv Mr. Phipps, another mining engineer, and together with all mining .ear they have again gone to the area for further prospecting and tests. 14 October 19, 19*2,

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What Medical Science Has Done For

NEW GUINEA. [To The Editor .] Sir, —It was with interest and not a little inward chuckling that I read your article on New Guinea in the August issue.

You certainly have placed your fingers on a few vibrant chords. I do not intend to criticise Administration methods of running this vast Territory (most of us could successfully run a Territory—perhaps!) except in one instance, which is at variance with your statement that the Administration does not foster private enterprise.

With regard to the Malaria problem and public health. I certainly disagree with what you say. During 1915 I sampled Rabaul as a health resort (?) and venture to state that malaria then and now are two vastly different diseases. Kavieng, 1915-1916, ditto. Lorengau, Manus, 1916-1919, ditto; also Madang, 1921-1929. The difference can hardly be described, as from 20 to 15 years ago Madang was recognised as a veritable death-trap in these islands.

Now it is as healthy as most places up this way. This was brought about by P.H.D. activities, draining the township and nearby swamps and enforcing sanitary regulations by court fines, etc.

Rabaul it was recently stated, was entirely free from the anopheles and malaria. I do not altogether agree with that statement, but I will say it is a much healthier place to live in now than it was at the time of changing hands in 1914, despite the fact of the enormously increased population, which entails more supervision from a health point of view. Many improvements have been made and much P.H.D. attention given to combat the feverbreeding pest. Private enterprise and population have not done this entirely, so must credit the medical department for a little of the work and thought in this matter of Mr. Anopheles, who has decreased his activities here, I should say, by at least 80 to 90 per cent, in the past 18 years.

Malaria is a much misused term in many instances up here; and our nosediving friend with the spotted wing gets the blame very often for things he does not do. One kind of malaria is caused by that very interesting occupation of taking crimped tops off bottles—the symptoms usually show up the morning after. (I know, because I’ve had it.) Of course, enterprises and plantations outside Administration Centres naturally must attend to their own health, and the extinction of the Anopheles, in their immediate vicinity. Advice as to how this could be done would, I am sure, be supplied by those who know how, upon request to the right quarter.

With regard to the Administration not fostering private enterprise—Mr.

Editor, you are wrong. In one instance, anyhow. Why is it that a person not employed by the Administration may not obtain the services of the Administration doctors who, we are to believe, are Public Health officials? The two doctors practising privately may be excellent and very efficient men at their job, but surely the public should be permitted to choose their own physician — especially as some of the Administration doctors have almost reared one’s own children from birth and through the few years of the little one’s life in not a few families in this Territory.

This state of affairs has only just recently come to pass in Rabaul. There is a mistake somewhere that should be rectified. The Administration foster private enterprise.

Other articles on this Territory by your pen will be looked for with relish.

More power and success to your P.I.

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I am, etc., TERRITORY RESIDENT.

Rabaul, Sept. 18, 1932.

EDITORIAL NOTE. —We are glad to publish this tribute to the good work of the Health Department of New Guinea. We freely acknowledge that this Department, working along orthodox lines, has done much to render the town fit for European occupation. But the Territory generally is still full of malarial fever; and our complaint is that the Department apparently has made no attempt to deal with the general problem of preventing infection through the Anopheles Mosquito. There was, for instance, the discovery of a predacious mosquito which feeds upon the larvae of the Anopheles when the latter is deposited in tree-water; yet nothing has been done to cultivate and study the predacious insect, with a view to using it to control the Anopheles. The problem of controlling malaria by such means is an enormous one; but the benefits to be gained by even a small measure of success in that direction are equally enormous, and worth working for. 16 October 19, 1932.

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JHE following is a report of a debate which took place in the House of Representatives, Canberra, on an adjournment motion, at the end of September. The case of Larkin is well-known in the Territory.

MR. R. GREEN: I desire to bring under the notice of the House, the case of a planter named James Joseph Larkin, who was sentenced in the Central Court at Rabaul by Chief Judge Wanliss, to ten years hard labour after being convicted of the murder of a native named Sambung.

Larkin was in charge of the Noru Plantation, which he purchased from the custodian of expropriated properties in 1928. Prior to that, for about seven years, he had occupied the position of plantation manager in the territory for the board, having gone to New Guinea upon his return from the war, where he held a commission in the Air Force. About 50 native boys were employed on Noru, and the nearest white man, other than Larkin himself, was 40 miles away. Larkin, at the time, was in partnership with Mr. Edgill.

The evidence shows that on Saturday afternoon, October 24, Mr. Edgell sent three of his native boys to Noru plantation from another plantation about 80 miles distant, with instructions to remain on Noru for about three weeks. When the- arrived, Larkin was in bed suffering from a bad attack of malaria. No work was done on Sunday, and on the Monday afternoon the three boys approached Mr. Larkin, and stated that they wanted to return immediately to Mr. Edgell. Larkin had given,, them some work to do, but, as he whs in bed, he was unable to supervise them.

Sambung, the youngest of the three became insolent to Larkin. The attitude of the three boys was really a direct challenge to Larkin’s authority.

He asked them why they wanted to leave, and Sambung told him that Edgell, and not Larkin, was their master. Because of Sambung’s insolence, Larkin, who was in pyjamas, made a step towards the boy, but did not lay hands on him. Sambung then attacked Larkin. He got him down on the ground, bit him on the arm, and broke one of the bones in Larkin’s right hand. As he was being badly knocked about by Sambun" Larkin called to his cook-boy, who came and pulled Sambung off.

Larkin then washed away the blood caused by his injuries and immediately ordered his cook-boy to call some of his other native boys. Sambung was then seized, and spread-eagled on the verandah and beaten with a cane by the cook-boy. The evidence does not disclose how many strokes were administered. Larkin said there were about 30 or 40, and as the native witnesses are unable to count, they could not say. All this happened within the space of about five minutes.

At about 7 o’clock in the evening, Larkin went down to the native quarters and found Sambung lying on a native blanket on the floor. The skin of one of his buttocks had been abrased by the cane and the wound was in contact with the blanket. Mr.

Larkin had the injury bathed with Condy’s fluid, and, having applied olive oil to the damaged skin, gave the boy a clean bed sheet. He visited Sambung again on the following morning and gave him further treatment. The boy was then able to walk about.

On the following Wednesday, the district officer arrived at Larkin’s plantation on his usual departmental inspection, and at about 2 o’clock made mention of Sambung’s condition. They then went down and found the boy sitting up in bed in a better house, to which he had been removed from the native quarter. Sambung showed the district officer the injuries caused by the cane, and the district officer ordered his removal to Manus hospital for treatment.

Sambung - made the journey in a small schooner, and during the voyage, which occupied 6 or 7 hours, received no attention whatever. When he arrived at the hospital, he was in a state of collapse, and died shortly afterwards. Mr. Lambert, the medical assistant who saw the boy, is not a duly qualified medical man, the nearest doctor at the time being about 300 miles distant. In his evidence, Mr.

Lambert said that the boy had died from gangrene and shock. He admitted that the boat trip would have had a detrimental effect on the boy’s condition.

NO TRIAL BY JURY.

Following Sambung’s death, Larkin was brought to trial before Judge Wanliss, and, being found guilty of wilful murder, was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment.

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There is no trial by jury in New Guinea. Lambert, a man in the middle forties, was the principal witness as to the cause of death, and he is not a fully qualified medical man; his status would be equivalent to that of a person competent to render first aid.

Larkin was convicted of wilful murder, and the charge of murder is not laid if the person accused does not commit the crime with murderous intent. In Larkin’s case, there certainly was no murderous intent. All he did was to have the boy spread-eagled and chastised, as a schoolmaster would punish an unruly pupil for insolence.

Even if the punishment was severe, Larkin had no intention of doing the boy serious injury.

MR. GABB: He admitted that 40 strokes of the cane were administered.

MR. MAXWELL; Has the honourable member given all the evidence submitted to the judge?

MR. GREEN: I have stated the facts as I know them.

MR. MAXWELL: The judge is one of the fairest-minded men who has ever sat on the bench.

MR. GREEN: I am not condemning him, but I am pointing out that Larkin had no murderous intent, and did not intend to inflict even grevious bodily harm. Yet, as I have pointed out, he was found guilty, not of manslaughter, but of murder. The nearest white man was 30 miles away, and the neighbourhood was not particularly quiet. Being an isolated white man, he had to maintain some semblance of discipline on his plantation.

SOME COMPARISONS.

A month or so after this episode, Chun Wun, an old Chinaman, who managed an adjoining plantation, was murdered by a plantation boy. In 1921, at a place in the same group of islands, Reiss, a German landholder, was murdered by natives, and the trouble started in a manner similar to the attack on Mr. Larkin. It is a frightful indignity for the master of a plantation to be “worsted” by a native.

There are about 75 boys working on the plantation, and if Larkin could not maintain discipline he would have to leave the plantation. Those familiar with native life know that the “boys’ will always try a man out at least once, and it is essential for him to show that he is the absolute master, no matter under what circumstances his authority is challenged.

MR. JAMES: Do not the natives work under slave conditions?

MR. GREEN: Certainly not. Let us compare Larkin’s case, in which a sentence of ten years was imposed for murder, with a number of other cases in which lighter penalties were inflicted, for a I consider that Larkin’s sentence was excessive in every respect. Scott, a white man with one arm, was murdered in 1925. He was attacked by a native employee, and the first blow he received resulted in his only arm being cut off. This left him incapable of defending himself. He was then practically hacked to pieces.

The verdict returned in that case was one of manslaughter; but I have yet to know a native who is capable of drawing a distinction between manslaughter and murder. All that the natives would know would be that one of their number had killed a white man, and had been sentenced to five years imprisonment for it. It was really a case of wilful murder, but the convicted man was not kept in gaol for the whole period of the sentence.

On the 27th August, 1929, a white man was convicted of having murdered a native labourer. He had kicked him about the bod'* with heavy boots, thereby causing his death. I understand that in the first place the white man was wearing sand shoes, but he afterwards changed into his heavy plantation boots for the purpose of punishing the native. He was convicted of wilful murder, and was sentenced to two years hard labour.

In another case, a native named Poina wilfully murdered the manager of a plantation on which he was employed, by striking him on the head with a hammer while he slept. The native was sentenced to death, but the sentence was afterwards commuted to seven years’ hard labour.

When one compares those sentences with that in Larkin’s case, one appreciates the extreme severity of the sentence imposed on him.

Twice recently I visited the territory concerned, and wherever I went the inhabitants were talking of Larkins case and of the severitv o* his sentence. He had been grossly insulted, then assaulted, and afterwards he had the native beaten with a cane as a schoolmaster might punish an unruly pupil. As I have said, he had no intention whatever of murdering him, or even inflicting grievous bodily harm.

After the punishment, he had the boys injuries attended to, and it is impossible to say whether the native’s death resulted from the punishment. The person who gave the medical evidence, and who performed the examination, was not a qualified medical man. But it was on his testimony that Larkin was convicted.

I appeal to the Minister to review this case. When he ascertains what has been done in previous cases of a similar nature, and considers them m conjunction with such evidence as is procurable in Larkin’s case, I feel sure that it will be found that the sentence is out of all proportion to the offence.

MINISTER’S REPLY.

MR. MARK (Minister for Health): The gravamen of the charge, I take it, is that the penalty inflicted was out of all proportion to the offence. I do not intend to express an opinion regarding the decision of the judge. The administration of the Mandated Territory must be left to the officials appointed for that purpose. The judge in question was placed in his present position to administer justice in the islands in accordance with the law.

Shortly after I assumed control of the territorial services, this case was brought prominently before my notice.

I called for a full report, and the judge himself, through the administration, submitted a file of papers covering ten sheets of foolscap, setting out the whole of the facts from beginning to end. That file is open to examination.

The opening facts are practically as outlined by Mr. Green. There was a stand-up fight between the black man and the white. The evidence given to the court by the white man was, that the black man rushed in with his head pushing into his (the white man’s) chest. He grabbed the black man by the head, and closed with him. We know that at times trouble has been experienced in the islands. The New Guinea native especially is of primitive stock. White men at least know, or they should, the difference between right and wrong. The island native has not yet advanced to that extent. In administering its mandate in New Guinea, the Commonwealth has to perform the particular duty of safeguarding the interests of the natives.

If, during the heat of this fight, either the black man or the white man had been killed, I would have said that Mr. Green’s allegations were wellfounded. But this man, with his face spattered with blood, and his thumb broken from having been pressed over the verandah rail, retired and had a bath.

MR. GANDER: Still with his pyjamas on?

MR. MARR: No; he clothed himself in his white raiment. It is alleged that he was in his right mind He called his cookboy, who brought with him four other boys. The latter carried the native to the verandah or the bungalow, and, sitting on his arms and legs, held him down while the cookboy thrashed him with a walking stick. The accused, in his evidence to the court, stated that he told the boy to proceed to the bungalow and 18 October 19, 1932.

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Had the boy been told the number of strokes to give, and had the punishment ceased when they had been given, there might have been less reason to take exception to it. But, when the cookboy was so fatigued that he could not continue, Larkin took the cane himself and went on with the thrashing. When he had had a “go,” he called upon another native to proceed with the castigation. As one became tired, another took it over, until the boy who was being thrashed was in such a state that he could not even roll off the verandah, and was carried away by the natives, and thrown on to his wooden bunk in the hut.

I consider that Mr. Green was illadvised in bringing this case into the Commonwealth Parliament. I say that in the interests of the relatives of the man who was accused and found guilty. I have had many heartrending episodes in connection with his relatives. The news of his treatment of this native and the sentence imposed on him has been kept from his old father, who, up to the present moment, is not aware that such a thing happened. The judge, in his summing up, made most caustic reference to the fight, and to the manner in which the native was treated.

Under the mandate which they hold, the people of Australia, who have given the custody of these natives, owe a duty to the League of Nations. The black man, who cannot distinguish between right and wrong, is our peculiar charge. It is the duty of this Parliament, as well as of the people of this country, and particularly duty as Minister administering the territories, to see that the natives of the island are given a fair deal. In Papua, the administration under Sir Hubert Murray—a man whose name stands high in the annals of colonisation, and whose word is accepted unquestioningly—has never had an experience such as this. We have to be very careful, in the handling of our mandate and the treatment of our natives, to show to the world that we are worthy of the trust that has been reposed in us. Probably, there are many faults in the black man. But we of the white race profess to be much further advanced than he in our civilisation. From the practical experience that I gained while living with the natives for some time, I can say that the native of New Guinea is most amenable to reason. He is a man who loves his children, and who jealously guards his “Mary.” The troubles in the islands are almost invariably caused by the interference of white men with the native women.

MR. MAXWELL: Mr. Green would not have touched the case had he known the facts.

MR. GREEN; I was supplied with the information by the people themselves.

MR. MARK: I agree with Mr.

Green’s contention that there may be some cause for complaint in that we have not the jury system in New Guinea. Since 1 became Minister in charge of the territories on the occasion, I have investigated the conditions in other dominions, colonies, and protectorates. There is no British colony or protectorate that has the jury system. They have assessors.

We have the assessor system in Papua, but it has never been availed of.

During my last term as Minister, in 1927-28 the assessor system was d ’ to New Qu i n ea, but was not uucieu lu ac «£ te Thev haV e the jury MR. GREEN. They have tne jury system in Papua. 19 October 19, 1932.

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MR. MARK; It obtains only in one particular spot, and no jury has yet been empanelled. There may be faults on both sides; but again I it is our duty to show the natives that we are anxious to see that they get justice.

MR. JAMES: Is it true that the rate of wages paid to the boys is only 4s. or ss. a month?

MR. MARR: It is not a fact.

MR. JAMES: What is the rate?

MR. MARR: The rate is what the natives call one mark, which is equal to about 10d. a day. They are generally paid Is. a day. It has been my experience that the natives will not take money.

MR. COLLINS: They would sooner have a bottle of rum.

MR. MARR: There is no intoxicating liquors in New Guinea. If the natives get liquor it is because the white man gives it to them. I have never yet found natives who willingly take liquor. Planters, traders, and miners have told me that they can give a native a case of whisky and he will carry it for eight days to the goldfields and not touch a drop of it.

MR. MAKIN; When were the labour conditions altered? When I was in the islands some years ago the pay was ss, a month.

The ‘Fsumming Up.”

MR. MARR; The pay is ss. a month and keep, but there are three years’ deferred pay and other conditions of employment. So many “lap-laps” are provided, and so on. Honorable members who have visited the territory and who have seen natives at the time they were recruited, must admit that the recruiting is of inestimable value to the natives themselves. Natives are frequently brought in from the bush mere bundles of skin and bone. Of course, no native is forced to pffer himself for service. He is taken before a magistrate and asked whether he is willing to “make paper.’’ If he says “No,” he simply goes back to his village again. But these natives, after having three square meals a day for a while, grow into practically new men.

The concluding paragraph of the judge’s summing-up in the Larkin case read as follows; To my mind it was abundantly proved, and there was no suggestion of any other cause of death. It was suggested that if he had not been taken in the pinnace to Lorungau he might have survived. The only possible chance he had of living was to be taken to Lorungau, where he would receive attention. If, as it was the case, it was necessary to take him in the pinnace, he had to be taken. He had to be taken in the pinnace ©r left to die where he was. The suggestion also that death was due to other causes also fails. The cause of death was the flogging. The shock, gangrene, etc., are all attributable to the flogging, and nothing else, and if ever a native was flogged to death this one was.

Now, I have stated that, in my opinion, the first assault, or the first fight, was the fault of the accused. The boy may have been, as he says, cheeky. That is quite possible, although he' had only the accused’s word for it. There is the possibility that the boy was the attacker in that case, and, as it is a possibility, I am going to give the accused the benefit of that, but that is no excuse for what happened afterwards.

The flogging, unfortunately, was a considered act, done after the heat of the struggle; after the other party to the struggle had gone and after Sambung had been brought back for reasons of revenge and punishment. The revenge or punishment was brutal, cowardly and deliberate. The act was one which is a disgrace to the white race, and one of a type that discredits the territory. These things when they happen do more harm than many cases of violence by natives, and I cannot treat it as other than a very serious offence.

It has been pointed out to me that you served your country during the War. It may be that hardships of active service have affected you to some extent. That I do not know, but, at any rate, we know that you have served your country, and because of that your sentence will be lighter than would otherwise be the case.

When I took charge of the administration of these territories (continued Mr. Green), and had this case brought under my notice, I was at first inclined to think that there was some justification for the view that justice had not been meted out to this man, but after I read the evidence and the judge’s summing-up, I could form no other conclusion than that the judge had summed-up in a masterly way and that the verdict was just. In these circumstances, I can see no reason why the Government or Parliament should intervene.

Serious Miscarriage of Justice.

Review of Larkin Case.

The circumstances, as coldly recounted in the foregoing- Parliamentary debate, can bring only one conviction to the mind of any reasonable man conversant with native labour conditions in New Guinea namely, that .the sentence imposed on Mr. Larkin was savage, brutal, and unjustified.

We have had many communications relating to the Larkin case; but preferred to leave the subject alone until we could learn all the facts. Presumably, all the relevant details were stated in Parliament; and, with all due respect to the politicians, we say that they provide an unanswerable case for a revision of the sentence. Here are the facts: Larkin was a man of good family, and an educated man, with an excellent war record as an airman. He was an average, respectable, law-abiding citizen.

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Any man acquainted with New Guinea knows there is only one way to control these primitive natives — namely, by sharp, summary justice, promptly administered.

Larkin was savagely attacked by a “flash” native, and there is only one thing to do in such circumstances — namely, establish immediate authority over the “coon.”

Larkin did not deal with the native in a passionate, revengeful manner.

He calmly and deliberately arranged to have him flogged, and thoroughly flogged. That was Larkin’s honest conception of his duty—and not many white men who know New Guinea will say that he did wrong.

The native died —apparently from septic poisoning, owing to his broken skin coming in contact with dirt.

There is not much doubt that the flogging was too severe —that Larkin, in administering the prompt punishment the case clearly called for, committed a serious error of judgment, by over-flogging.

To call this a case of murder is, on the circumstances as presented, one of the most ridiculous misconstructions of a term we have ever seen—about as ridiculous as Judge Wanliss’s “masterly” summing up. There can be no murder without deliberate intent —and if Larkin had wished to kill the native, he could have done it much more conveniently in a dozen other ways. He could have shot the native immediately he made the assault, and quite fairly have pleaded justification.

It was possibly a case of manslaughter; and, in that connection, Larkin might have been punished for the excessive beating he gave the native. But to bring it in as murder, and impose ten years’ hard labour, is nothing more or less than a monstrous perversion of justice.

This necessarily brings up the whole question of the capacity of Judge Wanliss to deal with such cases; and, in that connection, a great deal may be said. It is sufficient, at this stage, merely to cite the verdicts and punishments recorded by this court in cases where natives have murdered white men (as described by Mr. Green), and compare them with the Larkin case, to show there is reason for lack of confidence in the judgment of this Judge.

Something should be done to have the case of Larkin reconsidered and reviewed. To allow a man of Larkin’s type and record to remain ten years in a convict prison, on the solitary finding of one man (he is on the point of retirement, and the operations of his Court have been bitterly criticised in the Territory) is unthinkable.

The appeal from Judge Wanliss’s Court direct to the Federal Parliament, while apparently the only course open to Mr. Green, was actually defeated before it was made. The matter came up on the adjournment, while members were itching to get away, after a busy day, and they were content to accept the Minister’s statement, which was naturally in favour of established bureaucracy. The debate, such as it was, showed no reasoned consideration of the facts.

An agitation for the review of the sentence on Larkin should call also for a close investigation of the whole system of administering justice in the Territory, which is in a very unsatisfactory condition. Such an inquiry should embrace the police as well as the justice department. It should attempt, also, the settlement of one of the Territory’s greatest problems— namely, the right of responsible Europeans to administer corporal punishment to delinquent natives. The present system is worse than a farce — it is a danger, because it tends to bring ridicule upon the whole administration.

In the belief that there has been a grave miscarriage of justice, The Pacific Islands Monthly will do all it can to assist those who are working for a reconsideration of the Larkin case.

Fees and Taxes In Papua.

Two statements about Papua, re ■ cently published in “The Pacific Islands Monthly,” have been mildly corrected by a valued Port Moresby correspondent.

It was stated recently that the Papuan Administration had greatly reduced the duties payable on the registration of companies. Actually, says our correspondent, the amount has been increased. Formerly, the cost of registering a foreign company had a maximum of £5O; but recently 4 per cent, primage was added and all stamp duties doubled.

We also recently commented upon the ease and cheapness with which telephone communication might be given in the Territory, owing to the Administration’s success in training natives as telephone mechanics. Our correspondent quotes a case in which a firm applied for a telephone to be attached to a building two miles from the Treasury. The quotation for the work was some £2OO cash down and five years’ rent in advance. The firm did not put in the telephone!

PIRACY UP-TO-DATE.

Boat Robberies Worry Thursday Islanders.

From Our Own Correspondent THURSDAY IS., Sept. 10.

TORRES STRAIT will be soon able to recover some of its associations of bygone days in the realm of piratical romance.

At the end of last year a party of adventurers made away with a launch from Cairns and passed through the Strait to Dutch New Guinea, after calling in at islands on the way; and a few weeks ago—despite the fact that the above-mentioned pirates were in due course collected and dealt with— another lot of sea-faring gentlemen from down the east coast decided to emulate their example, and ran off with another launch. So far they have not been captured, although traces of their passage through the Strait have been discovered.

The natives who own fishing craft are feeling a little nervy in consequence of these escapades, as the boat-robbers are armed and would probably not be averse to using their weapons if they desired to obtain food supplies, or anything else they wanted.

The fact that there is no means of communication between Thursday Island and the various islands of the Strait, other than by intermittent sailing craft and the visit of the Government ketch once in six weeks or so makes it difficult to follow up strange boats that are seen passing through should their movements seem suspicious.

Mr. Walter H. Gors, of Port Moresby, Papua, arrived in Sydney by the Montoro on October 11, with a view to spending several months in Australia. 21

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Story of Famous Raider Revived.

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A PAPEETE. Sept. 14.

MYSTERIOUS radio message, emanating from a certain quarter in Chicago, was received in Papeete the other day, asking for information regarding the remains of Von Luckner’s raider “Seeadler,” and whether the French authorities would raise objections to its removal.

The “Seeadler,” as will be remembered by those who followed Von Luckner’s adventurous career, was a famous German raider in the War, and was taken to Meupiha, an isolated atoll about 250 miles N.W. of Tahiti, to have her bottom cleaned preparatory to an attempt to return to Germany by way of Cape Horn. Here she was kedged to the reef like any Island trading schooner, and the work commenced.

As the fates would have it, however—perhaps fortunately so for Von Luckner —a shift of wind and weather occurred, and the “Seeadler,” caught all unprepared, could not be extricated from her dangerous position, and was thrown upon the coral.

The subsequent adventures of Von Luckner have been so much written about that it is unnecessary to repeat them here, but it may not be generally known that there had been on board the “Seeadler” some officers of captured vessels, one at least of whom was well acquainted with the treacherous currents around Moupiha. This officer, being very much averse to the hazards of a voyage round the Horn, with all its incidental chances of being shot to pieces by a British or Japanese cruiser, persuaded Von Luckner against his original plan of cleaning up his vessel at Rapa, where there is a good harbour, and was thus instrumental in bringing the “Seeadler” to her ignominious end.

After the war, the “Seeadler” was sold at auction and stripped of everything valuable that was accessible by a local firm of shipbuilders, and nothing now remains of the wreck above water line. It is stated that she was fitted with specially fine engines, but these could scarcely be of any value after being submerged for seventeen years.

Some time ago, there was a rumour current in Papeete that Von Luckner proposed to visit the wreck, but his plans were objected to by the French Government.

Another Account of Historic Incident.

In a book recently published, entitled, “White Man —Brown Woman,” the author, Mr. Richards, who was a supercargo in those seas for many years, gives the following account of the “Seeadler,” from first-hand information: — Approaching the island of Bellinghausen, in the Schilly Group, to take aboard a load of pearl shell, left there on a previous trip, we espied a large three-masted barque, high and dry on the outer reef of Mopihaa—sometimes referred to as Mopelia. Coming nearer, we found her men camped in tents on the island and that the vessel had apparently caught fire after going on the reef, as she was now a charred, rusty hulk.

We dropped anchor in the lagoon and prepared to launch our boat.

So busy were we that we did not notice a ship’s longboat approach from the starboard side. We heard a voice, in French, ordering us to surrender, and turning, beheld an officer in the uniform of the Imperial German Navy.

He pointed a Mauser at the skipper, who became beside himself with excitement and fear. I was too amazed to say anything.

They boarded us so suddenly that they might have dropped from the sky. The officer was a good-looking German, but there was a nasty glint in his eye as he lined us up on the poop. At last Captain Drisson found his tongue: “Mon Dieu! Mon Dieu! Mon Dieu!” he repeated; “Les Allemands! Les Allemands!”

The German officer, Second-Lieutenant Alfred Kling of the “Seeadler” was a thorough e-entleman. He explained to the now-weeping skipper that as the two countries were at war, he claimed our ship, the “Lutece,” and intended to set sail immediately and maroon us on Mopihaa.

“H6las,” wept the skipper. “I come in ’ere to look for ze sheepwreck sailor, and I find les Allemands. Zey take my sheep, ma petite Lutece.”

Lieutenant Kling smiled and winked at me. If he ever reads this book, it may surprise him to learn that the writer was the then boyish supercargo of the “Lutece,” renamed the “Fortuna,” and finally piled up on a reef off Easter Island.

Ashore, we discovered Kananas, and members of crews of other schooners which had been captured by the “Sea Devil.” They represented the full complements of the Tjiordken the Second and the Farallone. Their respective skippers had been dropped on an island in the Paumotus. As a greater part of the “Seeadler’s” crew was ill, these Kanakas were kept aboard to work the raider.

Lieutenant Kling invited the skipper and me to take possession of his tent.

He spoke excellent English, and was quite garrulous: “You’re English, eh, sonny?” he inquired, with an ingratiating smile.

“Yes, and England is a country you’re not going to beat,” I replied, heatedly.

“I think you’re right,” he replied sadly. “You people have too much spirit.”

“This isn’t a bad little island,” he went on.

“Been here long?” I questioned.

“About two months. That damned skipper of the Tjiordken the Second, which we downed, told our commander that this island was well out of the way, and an ideal place to beach the ship for cleaning. That passage is full of sunken coral, and as we felt our way through, a patch caught the ‘Seeadler’ amidships. Just when we had her about clear, a northerly caught us and she went broadside on. That skipper offered to pilot von Luckner in here himself. He’s a pretty brave man, and lucky he wasn’t shot. We dropped him and another skipper on Anaa, in th° Paumotus,” and he 22 October 19, 1932.

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“Yes, his name is very appropriate,” retorted Kling. “We sent him to his doom and he sent us to ours.”

Captain Alexander Doom, master of the Tjiordken, a huge quarter-caste Austral islander, later skippered the schooner Tereora.

I questioned the naval officer about the commander and other members of the crew, and was informed that they had left in the ,4, Seeadler’s” launch, in an attempt to capture another vessel.

If successful, they were to return and pick up the marooned crew. But two months had gone by and he feared his dare-devil commander had been captured.

That evening the “Lutece” sailed for an unknown destination, with a strange crew aboard. I cannot describe my feeling as I saw her disappear into the cloud banks on the horizon.

We were left marooned on the tiny island of Mopihaa, far off the beaten track of any vessel. The provisions left behind by the Germans could not last more than a month, as Kling had given us all the schooner stores he could spare.

The crews of the Tjiordken and Farallone described how the “Seeadler” had met her fate, and how von Luckner had accepted it all with philosophic calm, typical of the man. The “Seeadler's” top gear had come down with a run, killing two men.

How she caught fire was a mystery.

It happened during the night. Von Luckner himself was surprised, and I have an idea that one of the native sailors knew a great deal about that fire. He did a service to France, as Alex. Doom had done when he advised the raider that Mopihaa was an excellent ishland on which to beach the "Seeadler.”

The daring of the Germans in embarking in a small launch to capture a vessel must be recognised. The risk in a small boat during the hurricane season was great.

I discussed matters with the skipper, who had cooled down. One of the raider’s boats had been left on the beach, but it needed a good deal of repairing.

I was astonished when Captain Drisson suggested an open boat voyage to Bora Bora, the nearest habited island, some three hundred miles to the south-westward, and right in the hurricane belt. But I understood his anxiety to reach that island, when he explained he had a young wife there, and was filled with a gloomy foreboding that she would give him up for lost, and marry another. From his description, I concluded that she was a rare peach.

Next day I wandered over the island and through the dense scrub. Wild fruits grew in profusion, and there were evidences of pearl shell in the small lagoon. The Kanakas went out fishing and returned with two large howk-bill turtles, the shells of which Captain Drisson promntly commandeered. We had turtle steak that night, and turtle eggs for breakfast the following morning.

How To Handle

NATIVES.

A PROFESSIONAL man who has spent very many years in different parts of the Pacific has written for Mr. A. J. Vogan, his summing up of native character, and his opinion of the best way to handle natives.

“First, I have learned that no white man thoroughly understands the natives, although he may get a certain amount of insight into the native mind. . . . One may win their confidence and respect—and the latter is not an easy thing to do —but one can never get to bedrock. Even with boys I have had for years, there is always a certain amount of restraint after certain points have been passed—but, after all, it is capable of understanding —or, should I say, of being understood.

“Secondly, never get familiar with a native, I think that there lies the chief mistake of the Missions. Of course, they have to carry out that policy, but I think it is a dangerous one. If a boy comes into my camp I can tell in a second whether he is a Mission boy or not, and also, if he has been under the control of a lady.

“Thirdly, size has nothing to do with the successful handling of natives. I, myself, am only a little over 5 feet in height and my boys are from two very truculent tribes, and they range from 5 feet 9 inches to 6 feet 2 inches, and yet during the ten years I have been in this particular Territory, I have had trouble only twice. Also, they admire what is most inelegantly, but pithily, called Gutz. Also, they like discipline. When one of my boys comes along to report or to talk to me he salutes first.

“Apropos of size, I remember on one occasion a big, burly white man, a plantation manager, camped with me one night. He had his house boys with him. The insolence he took from those boys so annoyed me that finally I took charge and booted them all out of the rest house. It is an awful thing when a native gets a hold on a white man.

“Fourthly, never break your word to a native. They think a lot of that, and they have long memories.

“These are the chief points I have worked upon and, even if I say it myself, I have been moderately successful in dealing with natives. At times, I have been as long as six months without seeing another white man.'' Filming Tahitian Life.

From Our Own Correspondent.

PAPEETE, Sept. 7.

MRS. GOUVENEUR MORRIS, wife of the celebrated author, who owns a fine residence and plantation in the Paca district of Tahiti, returned from San Francisco on the “Makura" last month, bringing with her Mr. Irving Willat, the well-known cinema director.

During her stay here, which will be for two months only, Mrs. Morris and her associate will be engaged upon the production of a film intended to portray the various phases of present-day life among the native people. This picture, it is stated, is to be a mere preliminary to a much more important production to be commenced later in the year.

The party is at present in Moorea carrying out the initial part of the present programme. 23

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PAPEETE, Aug. 10.

THE French National festivities of the 14th July and following days, were, as is usual in Tahiti, favoured with perfect weather, and brilliant nights just snappy and exhilarating enough to make it a pleasure for the large number of visitors to take an active part in the general merrymaking.

The greatest interest and the largest crowds naturally centred about the community-singing and dancing events, which attracted competitive troupes, all in special costumes of native workmanship, from every district of Tahiti, and also from the neighbouring island of Moorea.

To the Tahitian-born, these performances provide a never-ending source of uproarious hilarity. The old-time European resident, too, who is more than half-native in his outlook upon life, will regretfully realise the changes brought by the years, but will nevertheless, be stirred to action by the throbbing of the drums, and revive again his experiences of earlier days before our civilisation took such a strangle-hold upon the Islands.

But the greatest thrill of all is for the visitor who, for the first time in his life, is privileged to witness these unique events, enacted upon the flowerstrewn grass before the Governor’s palace at Papeete. Being ignorant of the native language, customs, and traditions, he will, of course, fail to grasp the real meaning of the scene before him, for these primitive and dances go back to the very roots of native life.

But something deep down and fundamental within him will be stirred, as never before, by the unaccustomed rhythm of the drums, the wild and sonorous euphony of the chant, and the seductive tremors of the dance. Strange and but dimly comprehended longings take possession of him as he stands like one In a trance among the sea of brown faces. The enchantment of Tahiti, to which Robert Louis Stevenson succumbed, but which neither he nor any of his literary successors could adequately put before their readers, is upon him.

This stage will pass if he stays long enough to acquire an interest in more practical affairs. But whether he elects the next steamer away, his first July period, or is reluctantly obliged to take to remain in Tahiti for an indefinite fete will remain as an unforgettable experience.

TAHITI’S NEW BISHOP.

From Our Own Correspondent PAPEETE, Sept. 7.

AN interesting ceremony took place at the Catholic Mission at Papeete, when Pere Amedee Nouailles was consecrated as the fourth Vicar Apostolique of Tahiti, to fill the vacancy left by the decease of His Excellency, the Rev. Andre Etienne Hermel some months ago.

The new Bishop, who comes from France, and belong to the Order of the Sacre Coeur de Picpus, has spent the last few years in various islands of the Tuamotu Archipelago, MISSIONS AND TRADE.

Complaint from New Ireland. (To the Editor.) Sir, —There have in the past appeared letters in various papers from members of the Roman Catholic Mission, denying that they take a penny from the Kanaka in return for their services.

This may be so; but what about the pennies, not to say shillings and pounds, that they take out of the mouths of the already soreW afflicted planter (in many cases a returned soldier) by their policy of trading with the Kanaka, in competition with the aforementioned planter and at prices with which he cannot possibly compete.

The Missions are here for the purpose of ministering to the spiritual and mental requirements of the Kanaka, and, in consideration of this, the Government allows them certain concessions. Why, then, should they not be made to confine themselves to their proper sphere, and not interfere with others who are at their wits’ end to know how to make a living?

The Roman Catholic Bishop of Vunapope, the headquarters of the Mission in the Mandated Territory, has most definitely informed the Planters & Traders’ Association that trading is opposed to the canon law of his Church. Is he, then, incapable of enforcing these laws, or are his men a law unto themselves? I am in a position to state that in the Kavieng district, at the Lemakott Mission, a large trade store is maintained and, in consequence of the prices charged, the turnover in the several stores maintained by planters in the vicinity has dropped to practically nil.

Here are a few examples of his prices: For 7 feet of laplap, of a quality which is unobtainable at any local store under sixpence a yard, or more one shilling.

For 2 bottles of kerosene—one shilling. (Kerosene is at least 19/6 a case locally, plus freight. Approximately 48 bottles go to the case, so that by the time the bottles have been paid for there is not much profit left, if any).

He sells bicycle tyres for a string of mace (value to the Kanaka, and nobody else, 5/-) plus 3/- cash; and tubes for a string of mace, less 27cash, which the Father returns to the native as change. How can the private individual compete with these prices?

The worst feature about the whole business, of which the Mission cannot be unaware, and which does nearly as much damage to the planter as the loss of revenue, is that it makes the Kanaka think he is being robbed at other stores which charge reasonable prices, and he is therefore suspicious of the bonafides of planters generally.

This state of affairs will never conduce to the advancement of this Territory as an Australian Mandate.

MORTGAGED.

Kavieng, N.G., August 15, 1932.

NEW HEBRIDES COMPLAINT.

Sir, —In a recent letter to you—which was subsequently published in the P.I.M. —regarding mission trading, I remarked that it was part of the Mission tactics to injure those who do not see eye to eye with them. I was recently in conversation with a gentleman who, although not a missionary himself, is in contact with them. I enquired of him as to the reason for a certain missionary’s intention to start trading—whether it was because I was a “profiteer”, or what.

This gentleman then informed me that the reason was to attack my neighbour, and when I pointed out that my neighbour did not engage in trade, my informant replied that I was a friend of his. This is an example of the true Christian spirit —if you cant “bump” your enemy, “bump” his friends. It is also an indication of what we may expect should this group ever pass under British control.

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Pacific Frenchmen’s Reply To Argument That France Should Exchange Her Islands Possessions For African Territory.

We are indebted to M. Desmazures, editor of La France Australe (which circulates in New Caledonia, New Hebrides and Tahiti), for a translation of the statement issued by the “Comite de VOceanie Francaise,” concerning the opinions of the French strategist , Rear-Admiral Castex.

The Rear-Admiral has argued that France is not wise in seeking to retain New Caledonia, Tahiti. New Hebrides and Cochin China as part of her Colonial Empire, because they have no economic value, offer few opportunities to Frenchmen seeking a home in the Colonies, and would be impossible to defend against an enemy with strong maritime forces.

A summary of M. Castex’s arguments was published in the June issue of this journal, in support of our opinion that France should exchange those Pacific Islands territories for more valuable lands in Africa. where French colonial int&rests are predominant, prosperous and much more easily defended. The following extracts from the Comite’s statement give the other side of the question.

M. Desmazures, in his letter to us, says— “ The French of New Caledonia intend to offer some resistance in case our Home Government, acting as an unworthy mother, should contemplate the exchange of our native land for others.”

THERE are words which must be killed. It is the same with ideas one might believe to be dead and buried for ever and which return to life after a long oblivion, brought up again by one knows not what flow that follows the ebb which had carried them away.

The idea of selling, bartering, or surrendering portions of our Colonial empire is among those. It was lately the absurd suggestion of the President of the Financial Committee of the American Senate, Mr. MacFadden, to settle the war debts by a transfer of the French and British West Indies.

That scheme, which we had already seen come to light a few years ago, had however, been supremely stigmatised by M. Herriot, declaring from the Chair of the Chamber of Deputies that “a mother does not sell her- children.” The Assembly heard on that occasion the vehement and indignant protests of the representatives of those countries, united to France for the last three centuries, welded to her more by their souls than by their interests and that strength alone could now separate from the mother land.

Now here is the idea launched, a quarter of a century ago, by Onesime Reclus; “Let us abandon Asia, let us take Africa,” taken up again by one of our most subtle-minded statesmen, M.

Joseph Caillaux.

French Africa, no doubt, must be nevertheless the principal axis of our world-wide power, the one which requires all our care and efforts, and is to enable the constitution of that French-African bloc, the basis of our power for the future. But should we, for that reason, give up our activities in the other parts of the world?

It is the real question which is set and which we shall answer after having set forth the thesis upheld by one of the young chiefs of our Navy, Rear- Admiral Castex, in the Third Volume of his “Strategic Theories,” just published.

If the world was governed only by material forces likely to run riot brutally and unexpectedly, if mankind had not made any progress and concluded treaties to which one cannot deny some value, strategical principles would surely induce us to pre-occupy our minds about a situation fraught with serious perils.

Yet, are we the only; ones tq hold territory thus scattered? Is it not also the case of Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium and Portugal? And are not those powers always as strategically exposed as we are? If it takes away but little from the nature of the situation, this fact establishes among those powers a real solidarity,

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CORRUGATED PLAIN Guaranteed obvious in its principle, though yet imperfectly realised in their relations and that is a circumstance which should not be overlooked.

It is obvious that we should reply with difficulty to certain attacks—to aggression, for instance, from a yellow nation against our colonies in the Pacific Ocean. But Great Britain and the United States also are not free from such a risk. Yet they are not thinking of withdrawing from their possessions, thus threatened.

As for the fate of our colonies in other likely contests, the last war has taught us that it would be settled at the principal seat of war —in Europe, most likely. It is there we should concentrate all our land and sea forces.

The limited military or naval units we maintain outside the French-African axis cannot cause us to be accused of departing from that principle.

Strategy, we have said, is not all.

Politics have their share. The colonial problem cannot be considered solely from either the military or mercantile point of view. Our possessions are not lifeless pieces on some vast chessboard, nor business houses which we could sell owing to a liquidation, or after having made a fortune.

Are we to be seriously asked to abandon territories, nowadays mostly inhabited by French people, such as New Caledonia, where 20,000 of our own folks have settled in answer to the call of our administrators and our governors?

The flag flying over our distant lands covers no longer the mere possession of countries submitted to the sweating system. It has become the symbol of a tutelage which we freely fulfil on behalf of a principle of a superior civilisation. We have in that respect a twofold moral duty to fulfil; to bring up to it the peoples of whom we claimed to be the educators, and to make mankind take advantage of the wealth of those territories.

This idea of a mission, which henceforth is attached to our colonial undertakings, is incompatible with thoughts of exchange or transfer, inspired by the antique notion of barter and that independently from any sentimentalism.

Still other reasons are opposed to it.

Does wisdom consist, as Goethe said, in placing oneself above events, without ever mixing with them. We remember having learnt, in our youth, to comment on that maxim, but to prove how false it is. France has been, is still, and we think she expects to remain so, a great nation. She must be present wherever great world-wide interests are agitated. She cannot follow the policy of falling back, which in most cases, would mean a policy of renouncement.

To abstain, outside the segment of our planet considered above, from any interference, any action, were it of moderation or conciliation, undertaken with a pacific or civilising spirit, would be indeed to abdicate, and that France cannot do.

As if it was not enough to hear Germany openly and untiringly claim her pre-war colonies, and to read in foreign newspapers allusions to renewed suggestions about the transfer of our colonies, we must hear Frenchmen candidly propose to return her former territories to Germany or to recommend, now for equivocal reasons, now for pusillanimous reasons, the exchange or the surrender pf some of our possessions.

Rescuers of Native Fishermen Honoured.

From Our Own Correspondent.

RAROTONGA, Sept. 12.

AT a public function on September 2, Judge Ay son presented six awards made by the Royal Humane Society in connection with the rescue of a native fisherman off the island of Rarotonga in August of last year. In making the presentation, he outlined the thrilling story of the rescue, which has already been told in this journal.

The following were the awards; Bronze medal, Ekete and Potou Henry; certificate, Capt. J. D. Campbell and Mr. Fred Rennie; letter of commendation, Makea Tinirau (Ariki) and Ua Atiu. 26

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My connection with the Islands goes back to 1904, when R. H. Sharpe was the manager of the Cook Islands Trading Co., and “Watty” Taylor was (before that time) purser of the “Corinna.” When “L. & M.’’ bananas from Fiji had a good name, and Mr.

Griffiths owned and ran The Fiji Times.

Since those days, I have lived in British New Guinea, etc., and was Collector of Customs in Daru, when the Rupert Clarke partv in the “Kismet,” left for the source of the Fly River. They discovered it, as Mr.

Leo. Austen states. The party was composed of Sir Rupert Clarke, Archibald Mac Alpine, the Pryke Brothers, and M. McKay, the engineer (who is now in charge of the Sir John Forrest, running out of Suva to the outer districts of the Fiji group). They had a smaller launch, and Sir Rupert, with Archie, returned ahead of the “Kismet.” During the interval of the arrival of the small launch and the “Kismet,” R. M. Ryan was sent to try to locate the main party, and—l think —got stuck in one of the rivers which feed the Fly.

The Pryke Brothers brought back a native dog, which they caught at a place named (by them) Maungatta, on account of the natives who, as the “Kismet” drew to their village, called out, “Maungatta! Maungatta ” What it meant is not really known, but what the Prykes thought it meant, would fill a book.

Eventually, they reached Daru, and Frank Pryke had a very bad arm, where part of a spearhead penetrated.

Mr. Baxter-Riley, the L.M.S. missionary, who had studied medicine at Owen’s College, Manchester England, attended the injury. The whole party —both Sir Rupert’s and the “Kismet” —stayed at my house whilst in Daru.

Professor A. C. Haddon was also there, and he reaped a wonderful harvest of antiquities, etc., by being on the Island when the expedition returned.

Regarding the photographs, Mr. Leo.

Austen mentions, I believe I am the only person with these, because I got copies from the Prykes, and had—with their permission—plates made from them. One of the photographs shows what they considered was the very source of the Fly, and, if my memory serves me correctly, the picture was taken in what was then German territory.

Other photographs show huge piles of turtle eggs and a tribe of natives, who were exceedingly docile, but had the most peculiar at weird manners and habits.

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The Epidemic at Salamo.

THE outbreak of an influenza epidemic at Salamo, Eastern Papua, has been responsible for the death of several native mission workers there.

Among- them was Sunema, who, with her husband, Polonga, had worked in Papua with the Methodist Missionary Society since 1915. She was a native of Falealili, Samoa, and commenced her mission work in the Solomon Islands, nearly 30 years ag-o. Sunema won the affection of all who knew her.

She was a most proficient teacher, and conducted both day and Sunday schools for the mission.

American Governor Visits Apia.

The U.S.S. “Ontario” arrived at Apia on August 27, with Captain G. B. Landenberger, the new Governor of American Samoa, on board. The Governor paid his first official call on our Administrator, General Hart.

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BY the departure of Dr. G. H. Vernon, M.C., F.R.G.S.A., who has resigned his position as surgeonsuperintendent of the Torres Strait Hospital and also disposed of his private practice, and has just gone to Papua, this little Northern outpost has lost a medical man of marked ability, a townsman of public spirit and wide sympathies, a citizen whose interests were more than merely local, and one who, by white and coloured alike, will be remembered for many years to come for his generous and unassuming help and self-sacrificing devotion to duty.

T.I. has always been fortunate in its doctors, and some of the best representatives of the profession have occupied the modest dwellings which house the “town doctor” and the Commonwealth medical officer, respectively.

One of its public memorials is to the memory of a former doctor.

Dr. Vernon, or “Doc.,” as he is more generally known, has been with us for somewhere about twelve years now; and if there were no public farewells with crowded halls at the time of his departure, it is not because of any lack of appreciative affection on the part of the people, but at the specific request of the Doctor himself, whose deprecating modesty and large-heartedijess combined in a £rjn refusal to the pleadings of the Mayor, to be allowed to convene a civic demonstration.

This did not, however, prevent people from subtly inviting him to various little functions where they could at any rate quietly tell him how he is honoured and respected here, and how greatly his services have been appreciated in various ways. And, much as we feel that we shall like his successor, it causes somewhat a heartache to realise that the familiar tall figure of the “Doc.” will no longer be seen striding along, in shorts, and frequently hatless, to the Hospital at Vivien Point, or perhaps urging a pushbike uphill in the face of a southeaster.

At the local Hospital, there have beeh a number of additions and improvements during Dr. Vernon’s regime, in the way of new buildings and equipment. And one of his characters qualities was that he always desired to give the native and coloured patients a “fair show,” as well as the Europeans.

A very large percentage of patients are coloured; and the doctor’s large and travelled experience with various coloured peoples of the world gave him ready understanding of those with whom one has to deal here.

Often, in one of the wards, might be seen a group playing draughts, or cards, or some other game —Japanese, or half-caste, or Malay, or Islander — and amongst them the Doctor. And in the town itself, the various coloured peoples always felt that they could go to him on any matter whatever, as to a friend who understood them.

There are various institutions which will miss his invigorating influence and good sportsmanship very keenly. He was keen on both football and cricket. The Aquatic Club owes a good deal to his steady help; and he himself generally took a prominent part in the sailing competitions and other events arranged, even although more than one tide and wind in their trickiness capsized his little craft! • Another organisation (which he brought into existence) is the local branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, which has done valuable work in collecting records of both geographical and historical interest, and in providing for frequent lectures, which have stimulated interest and drawn forth new knowledge.

This body, at its last meeting, (decided to make Dr. Vernon, who, from the inception, has been its energetic secretary, a life member.

As an active member of the Returned Soldiers’ Association (serving with distinction in the War, for which he was awarded the M.C.), he leaves a gap. And as a staunch supporter of everything that was done in town’s interest, his name will be remembered with both affection and gratitude. The Doctor, it may be mentioned, is a loyal Australian, as well as a staunch Britisher.

Extremely fond of animals, especially dogs, our “Doc.” has at least two other attachments also. One is music; the other is writing. For some time he was one of the organists at the Quetta Cathedral (which also reminds me that he occupied a seat on the Diocesan Council for many years as one of the lay advisers of the Bishop of Carpentaria), and his own piano provided him with those little “breaks” which dwellers in tropic climes find necessary at times.

Then, besides being- himself a wide reader, he is facile with the pen. To “The Bulletin” and various magazines and newspapers he has contributed stories and descriptive articles; and there are also some other publications of which he very modestly acknowledges authorship if you nin him down to it!

To those upon whom fortune has temporarily frowned instead of smiled, Dr. G. H. Vernon, M.C., late Government Medi cal Officer. T.I., and Dr. W. M. Bevington Government Quarantine Officer, T.I., “snapped’ while they were resting after carrying out a difficult operation in the tropical heat.

Thursday Island Hospital. 28 October 19, 1932.

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And although he is loath to receive any public testimony, and would rather face any number of batteries than sit on a platform to hear people say nice things of him, his many friends will echo every word, and more, of this brief “P.1.M.” tribute, and will wish for the Doctor in his new place of abode the best that life has to offer, with the hope that from time to time he may pass this way again.

Praise For Public Servants of New Guinea. [To The Editor .] Sir, —Having in mind that “Fair play is bonnie play,” I could not allow the article in the August number of The Pacific Islands Monthly, “New Roads in the Territory,” to pass without a mild protest.

For an old resident to say the Kokopo Road is not as good as it was 10 years ago is quite wrong, and to say that no one seems to care is most unfair to the Roadmasters. All our Roadmasters are smart, conscientious lads, always on their jobs. As soon as rain falls heavy enough to cause v rut in the road they have their boys on it immediately and'it is soon repaired.

I live in Kokopo, so I know the road well, and have seen the improvements made. To-day, the road is half as wide again as it used to be, the road at the bends at Raluana is twice the width, and the grades on all the hills have been reduced. The motor traffic between Kokopo and Rabaul has increased considerably during the last five years, and the road has been improved as necessity arose.

Ten years ago it would have been interesting to see a man handling fully loaded five-ton lorry round the hair-pin bend at Kuradui, which is the way the road passed in those days, and at the bends at Raluana one has only to think of the accidents that often took place until a few years ago. Now we have natives driving heavy lorries round them at a fair pace and plenty of room to avoid accidents.

On the Kavieng road, there were no motors in the German time —the only vehicles that passed over it were light sulkies. Riding in a car to-day at 30 miles an hour is a very different experience from riding in a sulky in the German time at about six, so again the comparison is not fair. The old story (which seems to be told to all visitors to the Territory) about Bulominiski’s treatment of the natives when he found the road bad makes one smile. If the road was bad for a sulky to pass over, it must have been bad indeed, and to-day, if any of our District Officers found any such patches, those responsible would be dealt with just as severely as in the German time.

From the stories that reach us from Australia one would think this place, instead of progressing rapidly, is going back and will continue to do so until Germany steps in to straighten things out.

There were many able administrators in the German time, and I raise my hat to their memory; but we have equally as clever men to-day, and, given the same authority and freedom that the German District Officers enjoyed, would soon prove themselves and become as distinguished.

We who have adopted this country as our own take it very seriously. We are proud of the place, proud to know we are assisting in its development, and we do not like to read articles in such a valuable magazine as the Pacific Islands Monthly which do not emanate from a reliable source and, therefore, not always true.

Genuine and constructive criticism is welcome. Anything short of that does no good, and affects industry far more than it does the Administration.

Trusting these few remarks will be received in the spirit in which they are meant and wishing every success for the Pacific Islands Monthly.

I am, etc..

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Rapopo Plantation, Kokopo, 28/9/32.

EDITORIAL NOTE. —We are glad to have this testimony to the good work of the district officers and staffs in the Territory of N.G.; and from personal observation, we endorse it. This journal has been critical of the New Guinea Administration, in certain directions: but the few weaknesses to which attention nas been directed may be usually traced back to depaitmental heads in Rabaul. and are generally not faults of personnel.

As a further step in the retrenchment campaign of the Administration, the Customs and Marine Department has been amalgamated with the Treasury Department and, as from September 1, the two departments are united under one head. The Treasurer, Mr. J. G. W.

T. Pound, has been appointed Collector of Customs and Taxes. Probably additional savings will be effected in the near future. 29 October 19, 1932.

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NORFOLK IS., SEPT. 9.

THE new Administrator, Captain C. R.

Pinney, is particularly interested in estimating our timber resources, which he is determined to safeguard and to conserve; and it is well, indeed, that it is so.

At present, the timber is being ruthlessly cut down in all directions, not only by the mills, which must, of course, provide timber for building and for fruit cases, but by persons who are devastating the mountain reserve, in particular, by taking the finest woods for fence posts and firewood.

If our shelter goes, Norfolk will become but a barren rock —blistered in the summer months, leaping with a thousand torrents in the wet winter season; the fertile soil all washed down the steep hillsides into the depths of the valleys that intersect the island from end to end.

And in regard to the general destruction of our invaluable timber, not only are thoughtless humans involved, but wandering, homeless cattle are also doing their share.

Owing to the fact that the island is heavily overstocked with animals, for whom their owners have no pasture, it is permissible, on payment of a very small charge, to allow stock to graze here and there and everywhere upon the roadsides and on such land as is not yet enclosed by fencing.

But that open land is shrinking month by month, as it is taken up and fenced, and familiar water holes are also being lost to the wretched cattle, who suffer every summer from lack of water and who must suffer increasingly with every hot season as it comes round. Very little pasture is deliberately cultivated, water is seldom conserved for them, and, on the whole, animals have as poor a time on this island as anywhere in the world.

Unwanted calves are never destroyed at birth or even converted into veal at an early age. Tied up like dogs, they exist precariously on what they are allowed of their thin mothers’ milk and, at a month or so old, they are turned out to wander the island in little hungry bands, gnawing like sheep instead of browsing like cattle, at everything that promises sustenance —even the prickly, inhospitable, infant pine.

The condition of horses and cattle towards the end of a long dry summer is almost unendurable to the tenderhearted, and a prosperous dairy farmer from New Zealand, who left here by the last steamer, stated that no inducement would be sufficient to keep him here during the next few months.

This indictment sounds harsh, perhaps, but it is long overdue and if, seeing the facts in cold, considered print will help stockowners on the island to realise the sorry circumstances under which their own actual cattle endure existence and to redress their lot, it will be well worth writing.

Tetanus Causes Death of Mission Worker.

From Our Own Correspondent.

THURSDAY IS., Sept. 10.

AN event which cast a gloom over the whole island was the death here on September 8 of Miss Mary Earl, who, until this year, was on the staff of the Mitchell River Mission in charge of the school, but who, with another worker, relinquished her post owing to retrenchment.

Her death was very sudden. A few days previously, she ran a rusty nail into her foot and, although at the time there seemed no indication of danger, tetanus set in and, despite the efforts of the three medical men who were called in, she died in Thursday Island Hospital.

She was engaged to be married to one of our local young business men.

The funeral was attended by practically the whole community, the bishop and sub-dean both taking part in the service. Business places were closed for part of the day, the tragic suddenness of the happening producing a wave of sympathy from all sections.

Donation of New X-Ray Equipment for Suva Hospital.

From Our Own Correspondent.

SUVA, Sept. 30.

THE Colonial War Memorial Hospital was erected in Suva —as its name implies—as a war memorial. Returned men and their wives and families get free treatment, probably as good a form of war memorial as could be devised.

The hospital owes a debt of gratitude to the Hon. Henry Marks, C.8.E., for his munificent gift in 1920 of an X-ray apparatus at a cost running into some thousands of pounds. Even X-ray apparatus gets obsolete, and so the installation at the Memorial Hospital needed some kind friend to come forward and bring it upto-date.

Once more the Hon. Henry Marks has done what was required and has given £5OO odd in the shape of new apparatus. Fiji has every cause to be appreciative of such a citizen as the Hon. Henry Marks —a well-loved figure in Suva T. I.’s BIG FISH.

Zane Grey To Visit Straits.

From Our Own Correspondent THURSDAY IS., SEPT. 10.

NEWS has been received that the American novelist and angler, Zane Grey, hopes to sail his yacht into Torres Strait waters some time next year, with the object of seeing what we have to offer in the shape of big fish.

Local fishermen are turning up past records to find out what their heaviest catches in trevalli and ‘couta have been; and anglers, who have been fortunate enough to capture a specimen of the Indian sword fish (generally known as the sail-fish), are comparing notes as to size. The sail-fish has been caught out Murray Island way on an ordinary towline, one specimen measuring up nine feet in length: but they are not numerous.

The Strait can provide quite an amount of excitement in big fishing, however. Along the top end of the Barrier, the groper and shark assume large proportions; but even round T. 1., through Endeavour Strait and about the surrounding islands, good sport may be found in trevalli, kingfish, and barracouta. 30 October 19, 1932.

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PAPEETE, SEPT. 7.

AN important Ministerial decree, which will have a far-reaching effect on present land titles, and regulate all future transactions in real estate within the French Establishments of Oceania, was promulgated in the Official Journal of the Colony on August 16.

This enactment nrovides that all future transfers of land, whether by sale, testament, or donation, must have the sanction of His Excellency, the Governor, and leases of ten years or longer are subject to the same condition. The Governor may deliver the authorisation solicited, or refuse it, without being required, in the latter event, to furnish any explanation of the reasons determining his refusal.

Specal conditions apply to transfers, where such would cause property to pass into the hands of persons who have no legal domicile in the Colony.

In such cases, the Governor may, if he considers it necessary, exercise, in the name of the Colony, the right of preemption with respect to the property in question upon payment for same according to a valuation arrived at by experts. Of these experts, one will be chosen by the interested parties and one by the Governor; failing agreement between these two as to pric of the property, the matter will be submitted for arbitration to a third expert named by the President of the Superior Court.

The Decree is not made applicable to contracts and mortgages entered into prior to its promulgation except insofar as the right of pre-emption is concerned which is retro-active.

Article 8 of the Decree stipulates that public auctions of real estate, which are held from time to time as the result of judicial proceedings at the Civil Court of Papeete, may not be held without the authorisation of the Governor, to whom intending bidders must apply at least 15 days before the sale, when permission to bid will be granted or refused at the Governor’s discretion.

Special penalties, as well as the provisions of Article 463 of the penal Code, are made applicable to infractions of the Decree.

From the comments heard around Papeete, it seems evident that the majority of the population has received the measure favourably, realising that it may be administered to operate as a check upon the acquisition of land by undesirables, and as a safeguard to native interests; it may also have the beneficial effect of placing the mortgage business on a sounder and more satisfactory basis than has been possible hitherto.

Mr. W. Grose did not seek election to the position of general president of the New Guinea Planters’ Association, which held its annual meeting in Rabaul in July, and has been succeeded by Mr.

D. Mullaly.

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Entertained by Hospital Board. (From Our Own Correspondent.) NORFOLK IS., Sept. 9.

ON August 31, a very pleasant party was held in the garden of our little hospital, in order that the wives and families of the Board and the ladies who compose the Hospital Guild should have an opportunity of meeting, informally, the new Administrator and Mrs. Pinney, who had already paid an official visit to the institution, but who are most cordially meeting all sections of the community and making themselves popular wherever they go.

'Tea was served on the lawn and, in response to one or two very brief speeches of welcome, His Honor said that he had been most agreeably surprised by the up-to-date fittings and thorough equipment of the establishment, even to an X-ray plant, which he considered an essential on this isolated island, although he had heard that many people did not agree. He said that while it was not so large a building as that in Port Moresby, Papua— from which Territory he came to us— our hospital was much better equipped and more modern in every way. He congratulated the Board on the good Avork it was doing and complimented the ladies of the Guild for their ready assistance whenever asked.

Mrs. Pinney succeeds Mrs. Bennett as patroness of the Guild.

New Ireland Recovering from Drought.

From a Special Correspondent.

KAVIENG, Sept. 19.

The effect of the 1930 drought is now rapidly disappearing and copra production is increasing back to normal.

It has been a severe strain on the top of our other difficulties to have lost, for the last 18 months, over 40 per cent, of our normal production. 31

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Dearth of Candidates.

From Our Own Correspondent.

APIA, SEPT. 5.

THOUGH an election of two new European-elected members to the Legislative Council was fixed some weeks ago, no candidates have come forward so far or announced their intention to stand.

The “Herald” has appealed to the public to nominate candidates and not to run the risk of losing their privilege of representation on the Council.

Among the planters, as well as among the commercial community there should be some suitable men who could represent the European interests in an able way.

It is true that there appears to be little interest amongst European residents in the coming election, caused by disappointment with the lack of influence the elected members can exercise in the Council. They are outvoted, in any case, by the official members, whose number is sufficient to ratify any legislation the Administration requires. However, as the “Herald” rightly points out, the elected members have the privilege of intervening with the Administration on behalf of their electors whenever necessary. The late Hon. A. W. Johnston did a great lot of good work in this way, though quite unobstrusively.

Lately, several names have been mentioned as possible candidates. Mr.

S. H, Meredith, the second elected member, is expected to stand again, also Mr. A. Williams, a former rrfember, and Mr. T. H. Carruthers, who represents plantation and commercial interests. The most popular candidate, however, would be Mr. A. G. Smythe, the manager of Messrs. Morris, Hedstrom, ,Ltd., Apia, a resident of long standing and a favourite with all classes of the population. It is hoped, that Mr. Smythe can be persuaded to stand, and in this case his election by an overwhelming majority may be predicted.

Another very popular candidate, a local-born resident, is also mentioned, and he may go on the one platform with Mr. Smythe.

The new electoral roll has caused surprise locally, as it contains only 103 names, as against 198 at the last election —striking evidence of the effects of the depression on our little country. Quite a number of those entitled to vote have been left out of the roll, and most of them will have this omission remedied.

As a result of the recent amalgamation of the Customs and Treasury Departments, the Administration has lost one seat on the Council. There are now five official members, as against two European- and two Samoanelected members.

Novel Mace for Fiji.

When the Fiji Legislative Council met on October 3, the Governor presented, for ceremonial use as a mace, King Cukobau’s war club given by him to Queen Victoria in 1874, on the executive deed of cession, and now returned by King George to Fiji.

Double Farewell On

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Mr. Grimble’s Long Service.

From Our Own Correspondent OCEAN IS., SEPT. 1.

OCEAN Island was the scene of a double farewell on August 19, when Mr. Arthur Grimble and Mr. and Mrs. Lodge sailed by the S.S.

“Triona” for Australia, on their way to England.

It was with sincere regret that the Europeans and natives of Ocean Island said farewell to the Resident Commissioner, Mr. Grimble. Genuine feeling was displayed by all, and it was a sad and sick-looking man who left the jetty. Mr. Grimble’s health has been very indifferent for some time past, and it is hoped that he will benefit considerably by his leave.

Rumour has it that he will not come back. If that be the case, he will be missed by many folk, to whom he has endeared himself during his long stay in the Gilbert and Ellice Colony.

Mr. Grimble came to the Islands in 1913, as a cadet, straight from Cambridge University. He leaves it in 1932 as Resident Commissioner, a fact which speaks for itself.

Departure Of Phosphate

COMMISSIONER.

The British Phosphate Commissioner, Mr. T. Lodge, accompanied by Mrs.

Lodge, has been visiting Ocean Island and Nauru on a tour of inspection.

Mr. and Mrs. Lodge have been most interested in everything they have seen. All who have met them are sorry they have gone. They have left a very warm spot in the hearts of the people, for they radiate good-nature wherever they go.

Mr. Christian, the manager for the British Phosphate Commissioners on Ocean Island, and Mrs. Christian, gave a farewell luncheon at their home for Mr, and Mrs. Lodge. Mr. Christian, in a few suitable words, wished them “bon voyage.”

Mr. Lodge, in responding, said that when they left England, Ocean Island to them was a mere speck on the map, but, after their most enjoyable visit, it was now a very definite and pleasant place in the world. They were taking back to England the feeling that they had made some good and sincere friends on the Island.

Mr. and Mrs. Lodge also made a trip through the Gilbert Islands, when the S.S. “Triona” was recruiting labour there for Ocean Island.

It is quite probable that this will be the only occasion in the history of Ocean Island, on which two Commissioners have left for England at the same time and on the same day.

Revival of Coffee Planting in Samoa.

From Our Own Correspondent.

APIA SEP. 10.

COFFEE planting, which had to be given up before the war by the D. H. & P. G. and other planters on account of the ravages of the rust and leaf disease, is to be re-started again with better prospects, owing to the introduction of a disease-proof variety of coffee, the Robusta.

Mr. F. Yahnke, of Fasitovuta, an old and experienced planter, has imported seeds of this brand from Ceylon, and these have come on exceedingly well. It is hoped that it will be now possible to revive the industry.

It should not be difficult to produce a quality product, which will find a ready market in New Zealand and elsewhere. 32 October 19, 1932.

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Sydney Club Facilities For Members of The Pacific Islands Association.

AN arrangement has been practically completed under which Sydney club facilities will be made available to any member of the Pacific Islands Association who may visit Sydney.

Negotiations between the Pacific Islands Association executive and the Council of the Millions Club have been proceeding for some time. An agreement has been practically reached under which, on condition that the Pacific Islands Association makes an annual payment to the Millions Club, and Sydney members of the Association become full members of the Millions Club, the Millions Club will grant honorary membership and full club facilities to any non-Sydney member of the Pacific Islands Association, who may visit Sydney, during the full period of his visit, without any additional charge.

The Millions Club will also provide a room within the new Millions Club building, which will be specially set aside to be the office and headquarters of the Pacific Islands Association.

Members of the Association will find this a very convenient arrangement. As soon as they arrive in Sydney and report at the office of the Association, they will be handed the necessary introduction, entitling them to the use of the Millions Club rooms and privileges.

The Millions Club now occupies a new and excellently planned building extending over several floors, and it includes dining rooms, lounges, writing rooms, billiard rooms, dressing and bathrooms, licensed bar, etc.

Members of the Association will find the Millions Club—which is centrally situated at the corner of Pitt and Rowe Streets, directly opposite the G.P.O. — a very convenient place to which they may have their letters addressed, arrange interviews, attend to correspondence, etc. The luncheon and dinner menus at this Club are kept up to a high standard.

It may be necessary to slightly increase the present subscription of the Pacific Islands Association (now £l/1/for Sydney members and 10/6 for others) in order to cover the cost of these additional privileges. Members are to be circularised on the matter immediately.

It is intended, now' that the question of accommodation and office facilities appears to have been settled, to deal immediately with the general purposes and organisation of the Association — more particularly in the direction of providing machinery so that the views of members can be obtained in such a w'ay as to allow the Association to speak with a united voice on various matters affecting the common interests of Pacific Islands residents.

The following have been elected members of the Association: —W. F.

Robertson and A. R. Evans (both of New Hebrides), F. Headon (Papua), H.

Kuper, F. M. Campbell and A. D. C.

Stephens (all of British Solomon Islands).

All stations of the New' Hebrides Presbyterian Mission reported to Synod, which met at Santo recently, that native contributions had decreased. As a result, teachers’ salaries wall, in some cases, have to be reduced.

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Thousand Excursionists Due on December 26.

WEATHER permitting, Norfolk Island on or about Monday, December, 26, will have a unique experience.

It will be overwhelmed by a thousand or two care-free tourists from Australia.

It was announced on Wednesday, October 12, that the magnificent new P. and O. liner, “Strathaird,” would run an excursion to Norfolk Island from Sydney during Christmas week. The steamer would leave on Friday, December 23, and return to Sydney on Thursday, December 29, and the inclusive fare for the six days’ holiday cruise would be from £6/10/- to £lO per head, according to cabin accommodation.

On Thursday morning, October 13, the sober and dignified booking-clerks at the P. and O. office in Sydney were nearly killed in the rush. By that evening, practically the whole of the “Strathaird’s” accommodation was booked out.

So now Norfolk Island knows what to expect. The liner is expected to lie off Norfolk Island during Monday and her thousand or so passengers will be ferried ashore and permitted for a few hours to over-run the island. Weather permitting! Norfolk Island knows what that means!

Incidentally, there is much laughter in Sydney shipping circles concerning this development. On a number of occasions the organisation of some such excursion as this has been urged upon the owners of coastal passenger steamers: but the latter, with singular lack of enterprise, have turned it down.

The P. and O. Co. have now hopped in and stolen the rich prize from under the noses of the Australian shipowners, who will have at least two first-class passenger liners lying idle during the Christmas holidays. 33

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From Our Own Correspondent.

APIA, Oct. 2.

Recent events have given rise to the definite hope that the New Zealand Government is planning some sort of conference in Wellington at an early date, with a view to the settlement of the Samoan trouble.

The Administrator, General Hart, left by the “Maui Pomare,” and with him goes Mr. C. McKay, assistant secretary.

Mr. G. E. L. Westbrook, a leading resident of Samoa, a sincere and relentless critic of the New Zealand administration and a consistent supporter of Mr.

O. F. NeK-.on, is leaving this week for New Zealand on the “Monterey.”

The opportunity. there foie, presents itself for holding in New Zealand a preliminary conference, which might include the Administrator, officials of his Department, Mr. Westbrook and Mr. O. F. Nelson and Mr.

Gurr —both of whom intend to return to Samoa when their period of banishment expires in December.

The subject of Western Samoa is dealt with in article on pages 3, 4 and 11.

Queen Salote Tubou Of Tonga

IS INVESTED WITH ORDER OF D.B.E.

We are indebted to the Government of Tonga for the following official account of the visit of Sir Murchison Fletcher ( High Commissioner for the Western Pacific) and the Investiture Ceremony.

ON Wednesday, September 7, His Excellency the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, Sir Murchison Fletcher, K.C.M.G., visited Tonga.

H.M.S. “Laburnum,” with His Excellency on board, arrived off Nukualofa shortly after 8.30 a.m. At 9.15 a.m. His Britannic Majesty's Agent and Consul, Mr J. S. Neill, made an official call, and at 10 o’clock the High Commissioner, accompanied by Capt. M. Godley A.D.C., and Commander R. Ramsbotham, R.N., landed at the Nukualofa wharf, where he was met and welcomed by H.B.M.'s Agent and Consul and the members of the Tongan Government.

Those present on the wharf who were introduced to His Excellency were the Hon. U.

Tugi (Premier), the Hon. C. M. Murray-Aynsley (Chief Justice), the Hon. W. G. Bagnall (Minister for Finance), the Hon. J. A. Kaho (Minister for Police), the Hon. S. Ata (Minister for Lands), and Mr. Ragnar Hyne ((Secretary to the Premier).

The High Commissioner drove to the Resi dency, where he was the guest, during his stay in Nukualofa, of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Neill.

At 10.45 a.m. His Excellency, attended by his A.D.C. and accompanied by H.B.M.’s Agent and Consul, made an official call upon the Queen of Tonga at the Palace. From 11.30 a.m. to 1 o’clock His Excellency, attended b> his A D.C and accompanied by H.B.M.’s Agent and Consul, the Hon. the Premier, and the Secretary to the Premier, made a tour of inspection of the various Government departments.

The Government College and the hospital were visited during the afternoon.

In the evening a dinner party in honour or the High Commissioner was given at the Residency by 11.8.M.’s Agent and Consul and Mrs Neill. Those present at the dinner included Her Majesty Queen Salote Tubou, His Excellency the High Commissioner (Sir Murchison Fletcher, K.C.M.G.), the Prince Consort and Premier (the Hon. U. Tagi). His Honour the Chief Justice and Mrs. Murray-Aynsley. Commander R. Ramsbotham, R.N., Lieutenant- Commander D. H. Johnston, and the aide-decamp to His Excellency (Captain M. Godley).

During the evening musical selections were played by the band of the Government College under the conductorship of Jione Tuifua. At the conclusion of their performance His Excellency personally congratulated Tuifua on the excellent playing of his bandsmen.

On Thursday, September 8, the High Commissioner held an Investiture at the Palace. Queen Salote Tubou received at the hands of His Excellency the dignity of an Honorary Dame Commander of the most Excellent Order of the British Empire, an honour that had been conferred upon the Queen of Tonga by His Majesty King George V on New Year’s Day of this year.

At 10 a.m. the High Commissioner, attended by Captain M. Godley, A.D.C., and accompanied by H.B.M, Agent and Consul, arrived at the Palace grounds where a guard of honour, consisting of a detachment of sailors under the command of Lieutenant Milne Home, and the Royal Tongan Guards, under the command of Lieutenant Tevita Fatafehi, was drawn up. Officers from H.M.S. “Laburnum” who were present included Commander R. Ramsbotham, R.N.; Lieutenant-Commander D. H.

Johnston, Surgeon-Lieutenant A. J.

Burden, Mr. B. Clynick, and Mr. R. S.

Tolliday. a . ~ His Excellency proceeded to the Throne Room of the Palace, where the Queen of Tonga and the Prince Consort, together with the members of Her Majesty’s Privy Council and the Nobles Photograph taken before the Palace grounds at the conclusion of the Investiture Queen Salote is in the centre of the picture surrounded by Tongan nobles, and Sir Murchison Fletcher is on her right. 34 October 19, 1932.

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Both Queen Salote and the Prince Consort wore native dress, as did also the Tcngan Nobles. A magnificent Tongan mat, on which was woven the Royal coat of arms, covered the floor.

A dignified ceremony followed. The Queen and all those who were gathered in the Throne Room rose when Captain M. Gcdley announced the High Commissioner. His Excellency and party approached and the British Consul read the Royal Warrant from the King.

The High Commissioner, addressing the Queen of Tonga, said: “Your Majesty, at the command and in the name of the King I invest you with the Title and Dignity of Honorary Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and as a mark of esteem and affection for Your Majesty and the people of your kingdom.”

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Queen Salote Tubou, D.8.E., then proceeded to the steps outside the Palace. Surrounded by her Ministers and Nobles, Her Majesty was greeted by her own people who were assembled in the Palace grounds. The Tongan National Anthem was played and rousing cheers were given for the Queen, who smilingly acknowledged the acclamation of her subjects.

In the afternoon a most enjoyable garden party in honour of the High Commissioner was given at the Palace by the Queen. The Government College band provided music and tea was served on the verandahs and lawns of the Palace by girls from the Wesleyan Mission Girls’ College. Exhibitions of native “lakalakas” were given by groups of Tongans.

In the evening, a dinner party was given at the Residency by Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Neill.

In addition to Sir Murchison Fletcher and Capt.

M. Godley, the following guests were present: The Hon. W. G. and Mrs. Bagnall, the Rev.

H, A. Favell (Vicar of Tonga), and Commander R. Ramsbotham, R.N. After dinner, Sir Murchison Fletcher, together with Mr. J.

S. Neill and the men of the party, visited the Nukualofa Club. His Excellency was welcomed at the Clubhouse by the President (Mr.

W. G. Bagnall) and the Honorary Secretary (Mr. C. W. Aidney).

On Friday morning His Excellency was taken by the British Consul and the Ministers to various places of interest on the island. At 1 p.m. a picnic given by the Government and Chiefs of Tonga in honour of His Excellency was held at Lotolevoleva. and attended by fully two thousand persons. Native singing and dancing occupied the afternoon and Sir Murchison Fletcher was presented with some beautiful Tongan mats and “tapa.”

In the evening His Excellency gave a dinner party on board H.M.S. ‘''Laburnum.” The guests were Her Majesty the Queen, the Prince Consort, H.B.M.’s Agent and Consul and Mrs.

Neill, His Honour the Chief Justice and Mrs.

Murray Aynsley. and Commanfletr R. Ramsbotham, R.N.

On Saturday at 10 a.m. the High Commissioner visited the Palace and took leave of Her Majesty. The members of the Government were on the wharf to say good-bye to His Excellency who, at 10.30 a.m., embarked on H.M.S. ‘‘Laburnum” for Vavau and Suva.

At a recent meeting of the Apia Chamber of Commerce, Mr. N. Caldwell was appointed secretary in place of Mr. W. N. Burnett, who recently resigned.

ISLAND TRADE.

Mr W. R. Carpenter Elected Chairman of Section.

AT a meeting of the Island Trade Sectional Committee of the Sydney Chamber, on September 22, Mr. W.

R. Carpenter was elected chairman for the year 1932-33.

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BA, FIJI. Sept. 4.

Things around this side of the Island are very quiet. The two sugar mills are this season crushing up to six o’clock on Saturday evenings, in order to cope with the surplus cane.

Both are still breaking long-standing records— the Rarawai Mill averaging 10,000 tons of cane weekly and Lautoka 13,000. Last season two sugar trains were sent daily from Rarawai to Lautoka—this season three are required.

An Indian was murdered down at Mami (Nadi) last month, but very few details have come to hand. The victim’s body was found four days after the deed. and was partly buried.

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An Indian-owned launch runs regularly from Suva to Ellington in order to connect with the lorry and now we have two mails every week from Suva. Before the contract, mails sometimes took ten days from Suva to Ba.

SOCIAL AND SPORTING.

On July 30 the Ba dancing season was opened by a very successful dance in aid of the Namosan Tennis Club. A large number of visitors came from Lautoka, Nadi and Nadarivater.

The native football season ended a few weeks ago. The cup given by Mr. Upton was won by the Rarawai team, with Medical a close second.

Some very good games were played during the competition, but some of the natives have yet to learn how to control their tempers. Taken all round, a great improvement was noticed between the first and last games and the next season ought to prove a success.

We are quite proud of the bowling team that represented us at the carnival in Suva last month, for they won the Governor’s Cup. Our Mr Wilson won the much coveted Pineapple Cup and is the hero of the Carnival, which has been aptly termed —Wilson’s Carnival.

FIJI’S CREDIT.

Figures Show Why It Stands High In London.

From Our Own Correspondent.

SUVA, Oct. 4.

THE Governor, Sir Murchison Fletcher, put before the Legislative Council, on October 3, his report on the state of the Colony’s finances. It showed that the estimated deficit for 1932 is £12,000. The estimated revenue for 1933 is £568,350 and expenditure £554,132.

Regarding conditions generally in the Colony, the Governor forecast record crops of sugar. Up-to-date in 1932, the production was 130,000 tons, twice the 1931 output. Copra was again on a paying basis, the estimated output for 1933 being a third in excess of the 1932 production.

In a budget of round about £550,000, this deficit for 1932 of £12,000 is a trifle, which should be recovered two or three times over in 1933.

Those of us who live in Fiji and whose boundary is Suva wharf, sometimes find difficulty in distinguishing the wood from the trees. The true financial position is measured more accurately in London where, within the last couple of months, the Fiji Government decided to raise portion of the balance of the Colonial Loan authorised to be issued. Fiji obtained money at £lO2 at 4 per cent. —a really extraordinary demonstration of the high esteem in which the Colony’s finances are regarded in the centre of the financial universe. 36 October 19, 1932.

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PT. MORESBY, Oct. 1.

NEWS was received on September 16 that the Commonwealth Government had decided that officers in the Public Service of Papua should be subjected to financial emergency legislation and that a reduction of 10 per cent, on civil servants’ salaries should take place from October 1, 1932.

At the same time, the Federal Government announced that the annual subsidy for Papua would be reduced by £6,000 per annum to £34,000.

The Commonwealth grant towards the expenses of the Administration of Papua which was originally £50,000, was reduced by 20 per cent, in 1931 bringing the amount to £40,000 The reduction then was not as drastic as it first appeared as, during the two previous years, the subsidy had been reduced to £45,000 and £42,000 respectively.

Though the news of the reduction in salaries was expected by the Public Service and accepted by many with philosophic resignation, it was received with disapproval throughout the Territoiy. It was considered that there were other means of effecting economy in the Government far preferable to that of the cut in salaries.

It was, therefore, with relief that the Public Service learned later that the Federal Cabinet had reconsidered the matter and that the reduction in expenditure to meet the reduction in subsidy might be effected otherwise than by a deduction from salaries.

The Papuan Government is considering the matter in council. The Public Service Association has been informed, however, that this does not necessarily mean that there w‘ 1 be no deductions in salaries at all.

NEWSPAPER’S COMMENT.

The “Papuan Courier,” the only newspaper published in the Territory, has always opposed a salaries’ cut. Extracts from its leading article on this subject on September 16 are as follows: “To us, it has always appeared to be a clumsy method of retrenchment. It is perhaps a necessary step in emergency, but not in the present case.

“If our finances had been taken firmly in hand, even a year ago, most officials would have been drawing their full salaries this year right through the depression. We think that it will be a scandal if the revenue is allowed to fall and further blind cuts are made. It is useless thinking of further taxation, as our industries are taxed to the utmost.

“The only thing now is for the public servants themselves to realise the position and by force of public opinion within and without the Service force the Executive into considering schemes which will give us an increase in exports and increased revenue.”

NORFOLK IsLAND TRADE.

Samoans Stone Tongan Sportsman.

Ugly Scene at Apia Wharf.

From Our Own Correspondent.

APIA, Oct. 2.

BY the last “Waipahi,” the team of Tongan footballers who had played several matches against Fijian teams, arrived to play a match against a selected team of Samoan footballers, who had been training in camp for the preceding two weeks.

The Tongans, who had been unlucky in Fiji, were more successful in Samoa, beating the local team by 15 to 9.

In a boxing match between a Tongan heavyweight and the local heavyweight champion, Kilifi, the latter was given the decision on a foul in the third round, though the Tongan was by far the superior fighter. In a second heavyweight bout, the Tongan, Visavaka, knocked out the Samoan, Paulo, in the third round.

The Samoans showed a deplorable lack of sportsmanship when, after the boxing 1 bouts, the Tongans returned to the wharf to embark on the “Waipahi.”’

A large crowd of Samoans booed and stoned the Tongan sportsmen, apparently resenting the Samoan defeat, and police had to be requisitioned to protect the Tongans from serious assaults. 37

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Visit of H.M.A.S. Australia.

From Our Own Correspondent.

PT. MORESBY, Oct. 1.

THE Australian warship, “Australia,” and the destroyer, “Tattoo,” visited Port Moresby on September 16 and left again on the 19th for Samarai and for the British Solomons. The usual formalities were exchanged between the Commander and the Lieut.-Governor of Papua, a salute of 15 guns being fired when His Ex celleucy left the “Australia.”

An official dinner was held at Government House and also on board the “Australia.” Capt.

Bradley entertaining Sir Hubert Murray, Mr.

Justice Gore and Mrs. Gore, the Hon. H. L.

Murray and Mrs. Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Dupain and others.

The tennis, golf and cricket clubs were open to the visitors. The rank and file were looked after by Mrs. Munro and other ladies of Port Moresby, who ran an excellent canteen in the European school grounds.

On leaving port, Capt. Bradley, of the “Australia.” o cially thanked Mrs. Munro for her thoughtfulness to the men.

SLR HUBERT MURRAY RETURNS.

Sir Hubert Murray, the Lieut.-Governor, returned on September 8 from Sydney, where he presided over the meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Science.

Since his return His Excellency has made an inspection of Daru and all western stations and will be leaving on October 4 for the Eastern Division and Samarai in the “Laurabada,” accompanied by the Hon. H. L. Murray, official secretary.

WINNERS OF GOLF TROPHIES.

Mrs. G. M. Turnbull is the winner of the Ladv Murray Cup played on September 24 on the ' Port Moresby links. Mrs. Turnbull has played a consistently good game throughout the season and is the third player in the club to return a card equal to or better than par during the season. The runner-up for the cup was Mrs. Gore, followed by Mrs. Kerr and Mrs. Lett. The Strong Cup, a par competition, was won by Mrs. Anderson, and the Courier and MacDonald trophies by Mrs. Kerr and Mrs- Turnbull.

COPRA PRODUCTION.

Every effort is being made by the various plantations in Papua—coconut and rubber —to reduce their overhead expenses in order to show a margin of profit.

One plantation manager finds he has had considerable success with his copra dryer by running a modem engine on residual oil, instead of power kerosene. In comparison with other efforts he finds that by using power kerosene for an older pattern of engine of another make, it cost just twice as much in fuel and lubricating oil only to dry 30 tons of copra as it costs to dry 100 tons by using residual oil for the modern engine for the same type of dryer.

The expenses and difficulties of transport are also being seriously considered. Many plantations in Papua lie inland and mules, tractors, lorries and, in some cases, carriers are used to bring their produce to a landing or shipping River Plantation, a plantation of 3 300 acres of coconuts, lying in the east ot Papua, has found a Fordson tractor the most satisfactory and economical means of transport for its copra from drying sheds to wharf, a matter of five miles. Sixteen trucks, containing 320 bags of copra, are drawn by tractor at the cost of 3% gallons of kerosene for the trip of 10 miles.

POOR SUPPORT FOR LOTTERY.

APIA, Oct. 2.

THE Samoan lottery, expected to provide funds for the improvement of the the sports grounds at Apia Park and which comprises a total of 40,000 tickets at 1/- each, with prize money to the amount of £5OO, seems to be a dismal failure, owing to lack of money and interest.

So far, in the last three months, only about £lO worth of tickets have been sold, and this in spite of intensive canvassing and advertising. 38 October 19, 1932.

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APIA, Sept. 12.

AFTER considerable delay, due probably to the constantly changing economic conditions, the estimates for 1932-33 have been issued.

They show the very satisfactory fact that the Administration, by rigid economy expects to be able to balance the budget without outside assistance.

Including a balance of £7,041 brought forward from last financial year, the expected revenue amounts to £105,003, against an estimated expenditure of £104,317 for the financial year (April 1, 1932, to March 31, 1933).

An examination of the detailed estimates discloses some interesting facts.

Except in the case of bananas, the estimated produce exports may be considered as conservative, banana exports will hardly reach the figure of 84,000 cases for the year.

A remarkable fact revealed by the estimates is the remission of the whole of the anana export duty under the heading of “refund” following on the new banana contract concluded in May of this year. This constitutes a loss of revenue for the Administration to the tune of £9,450, a distinctly unfavourable development and evidence of the handicaps the banana export trade is suffering at present.

The estimated revenue for 1932-33 of 97,962, compares with an actual revenue of £109,040 last year, which was £lB,OOO below the estimate.

The estimated expenditure for 1932- 33 of £104,317 compares with an actual expenditure of £128,936, and an estimated expenditure of £138,853 in 1931- 1932.

Under the heading of Customs, Taxes and Marine, the export duty on bananas, as mentioned above, shows a large falling off (£9,000) and “Postal and Radio” revenue is estimated at about £3,000 less. The other departments show only insignificant changes as against last year’s revenue.

In the estimates of expenditure the results of the stringent retrenchment policy of the Administration are shown with the exception of “Permanent Charges on Public Debt” and the “Treasury Department/’ which show increases of £6,120 and £1,330 respectively, all other departments show considerable decreases in expenditure due mainly to cuts in wages and salaries and retrenchments.

In round figures, the savings effected in the various departments are as follows: — A total saving of about £25,000 has been effected!—truly a very satisfactory result of the efforts of the Administrator.

It is probable, though uncertain so far, that the output of copra and cocoa for the financial year will be in excess of the estimates and the final results will be thus further improved. 39

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October 19, 1932.

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HfE have been building Wireless Receiving Sets for use in the Pacific Islands for eleven years, and ** we are conversant with Pacific Islands conditions The Sets we supply to the Islands give Reliable and Clear Reception to Australian New Zealand and American Stations. We have had scores of letters from satisfied purchasers m New Hebrides, Solomons, Norfolk Islands, New Guinea, Fiji, etc.

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A member of the iS'taff of Burns, Pliilp (5.&.) Co.. Ltd., writing from Vila (New Hebrides) to us, on 2/9/32, says:— “One of these sets was sold to G. A. Joy, Esq., British Resident Commissioner for the New Hebrides.

It was installed by the writer, and Mr. Joy appears to be thoroughly satisfied with his purchase.

“Results have been exceedingly good. All the main Australian and N.Z. Stations come in at very good speaker volume, and most of the B class stations as well. Mr. Joy states he has received even West Australian Stations at good strength.”

Growing Use Of Radio Receivers In

THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.

A PROBLEM which is increasingly exercising the minds of residents in the various Pacific Territories is that of securing for themselves an nripmiatp and reliable sunolv of news.

K may be solved by the use of better and bigger wireless receiving sets.

These are now being built In past decades, the Pacific Islands rpsidpnt reconciled himself to the fact [hat he wfs far ou? of ran|e of telegraphs and newspapers, and he was content to receive and consume his news in large lumps whenever the steamers called with his mail.

But with the development of radio, the whole position in that regard has altered.

Almost all Pacific Islands communitics of anv size now have a radio station, and a radio official settled among them. The air is full of news services, broadcast in short-wave Morse from the surrounding continents. It is possible for men living in very remote islands to know nowadays about great events within a few hours of their occurrence. But, up-to-date, no regular system of supplying news to the Pacific Islands communities has been devised.

The reason is that the preparation, broadcasting, transmission, copying and circulation of news by Morse definitely represents a considerable cost; and when the amount is passed on to Pacific Islands residents, per medium of the local radio station, the sum represents a too heavy tax on individuals.

Yet, in the South Seas there are thousands of planters and traders who recognise the possibilities of radio; and who now insist that it shall be used to provide them with a regular news service, and a means of obtaining special messages from the mainland. This may yet be done by picking up broadcasts on individual receiving sets, instead of depending on messages copied through the Morse station.

Up to recently, radio receiving sets installed in the Pacific Islands, to keep their owners in touch with Australian and New Zealand broadcasts. have not been satisfactory. Sets with six and seven valves can pick up the stations from almost any of the Islands; but they also pick up static, and these older sets have been practically useless in the stormy season, for months at a time.

But, month by month, new and better receiving sets are being produced; a nd the far more delicate adjustments that are now possible are very rapidly extending the radius of reliable broadcast reception. As a result, more and more Islands groups are becoming wirelessly workable, so that it, is now possible to bring Norfolk Island, New Caledonia. New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, and some parts of Papua within effective range of Australian stations; and Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Cook Islands within range of Australian and New Zealand stations, during practically the whole of the year.

We are much interested in these developments, because we believe they are going - to solve one of the chief disadvantages of life in the Islands — namely, inability to keep in touch with the world’s current affairs. It is only a question of a short time before one or more of the big broadcasting stations in Australia and New Zealand will devote at least one regular session to Pacific Islands listeners-in, during which a special news service, and special messages for Islands residents, will be broadcast. Under these conditions, a resident of New Ireland, or Malaita, or Santo, or Norfolk Island, who now receives a mail perhaps once a month, will listen in every evening to a news broadcast, and perhaps to special messages directed to him personally.

In this connection we have been much interested in conversations with makers of receiving sets—and particularly with Mr. S. V. Colville, whose advertisement, directed to Pacific Islands residents, appears on this page. Mr.

Colville is a well-known radio engineer, who has been in practice in Sydney for about 12 years, and he has recently had remarkable success in building a special 7-valve set for Pacific Islands reception of Australian broadcasts. He claims that his sets are now being satisfactorily operated in the New Hebrides, Solomons, Papua and Fiji, and he is studying the problem of considerably extending the reception.

Mr. Colville does not urge Pacific Islands residents to blindly order a receiving - set. They should write to a reliable firm dealing with radio apparatus, describe their requirement, and 40 October 19, 1932.

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Fijo Firm Gets Verdict Against N.Z.R.E.

From Our Otcn Correspondent.

APIA, Oct. 2.

AN interesting case has been decided in the High Court of Samoa. A Fijian firm of sawmillers, Messrs.

Long and Co., claimed £750 from the N.Z. Reparation Estates for breach of contract.

The N.Z.R.E. had made a cohtract with Messrs. Long and Co., whereby the latter were to manufacture banana cases for export of Samoan bananas to New Zealand from lumber, supplied by the N-Z.R.E. for the purpose. After a considerable time, N.Z. banana buyers r omplained that the wood the boxps were made of was unsuitable and. to some extent, spoiled the aroma and quality of the fruit.

Thereupon, the N.Z.R.E. terminated the contract, blaming the sawmillers for the trouble. The latter contended that they had nothing whatever to do with the selection of lumber for the boxes, as this was supplied bv the Estates.

Judge Luxford awarded the claimants £375 and costs.

AUSTRALIA ADMITS FIJI BANANAS.

Fiji Removes Tariff Barrier Against Australia.

AN important and interesting provision in the new Ottawa agreement affects trade between Fiji and Australia.

The duty previously maintained by Australia against Fiji bananas has been reduced from 8/- per cental to 2/6 per cental and Australia, in future, will admit, under these conditions 4.100 cases of Fijian bananas each month to Sydney and Melbourne. rp,. . „ . . ... .

This is not a very large quantity of bananas—but it represents a definite relief for the Fijian banana growers, and a definite step towards the revival of Australian-Fijian trade c , , „ Several years ago, before Australia became protection-mad, large quantities of Fijian bananas came into the Australian market and Australia in renna 1 ) S x h Ju Pod f°°t S *° n°n f « nual value of about £750.000. Then Australia settled a number of returned soldiers on banana-growing land and imposed a prohibitive tariff against Fiji bananas. The effect of that was that Fiji ceased to buy goods from Australia; and when the Australian politician, in his usual fashion, declined to see the obvious the Fiji Government droye home the lesson in 1931 by imposing a tariff against Australian goods and giving preference to Britain and i\ew Zealand.

That position has now been altered under the Ottawa treaty. Fiji bananas are to be allowed into the Australian market again and the Fijian tariff a f ainst Australia is to be removed. some revival of Australia-Fiji trade. Fiji should not let 9 thmLnP+n■ h 9 w ® ver—ll mu ® t th ® <!9 antltatlve limitation removed. « Australians cannot grow bananas for under the double protection of 2/6 per cental, plus the cost of transport from the Islands, they should not be encouraged to grow bananas at all. mu The admission ot 4,100 cases of bananas to Australia each month from Fiji will not necessitate any special shipping arrangement. The ordinary mail steamers running from America through Suva and Auckland, to Australia can tak « care of this additional trade. There has been a suggestion that the Burns, Philp steamer Morinda on her way back from the New Hebrides to Australia, via Norfolk Island might call at Fijian ports to pick up bananas, thus giving quicker despatch than the shipment bv the mail steamers through Auckland.* The objection against this, however, is that the “Morinda” might be delayed a day or two at Norfolk Island bv bad weather which would not be very good for the banana cargo.

FIJI AIRWAYS.

Plan Favourably Received by Government.

MR. GEORGE JEFFREYS, who accompanied Mr. Alan Cross to Suva m order to interview the Fiji authorities in connection with the proposed inter-island seaplane service to be inaugurated by Fiji Airways, Ltd., returned to Sydney, en route to Adelaide, by the “Monterey” on October 13.

He told a representative of the P.I.M. that they were received with courtesy and consideration by all concerned.

They found that the Governor, Sir Murchison Fletcher, who was a most progressive man, was deeply interested in their proposals and the Elected Members of the Legislative Council were also enthusiastic regarding such a service. It was felt on all hands that, if an efficient and reliable service could be established, it would be of great benefit to the Colony.

After lengthy discussion, the Executive Council had recommended to the Governor that a reasonable subsidy should be paid to Fiji Airways to enable them to carry out their plan. The Governor brought this matter before -Parliament, and it was agreed to. Mr.

Jeffreys said that it should be understood that the Governor, before definitely signing any agreement regarding such a subsidy, had first submitted the proposals to the Home Secretary in London.

It was understood, however, that the Governor had received such encouragement that is looked upon as a foregone conclusion that, before the end of the year, Fiji Airways seaplanes, as well as a fast motor boat, will be operating in the Fiji group.

Sir Maynard Hedstrom, of Suva, has consented to election as a local director of Fiji Airways, Ltd. 41

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THURSDAY IS. NOTES.

From Our Own Correspondent.

THURSDAY IS., Sept. 10.

THE Annual Moonlight Fete in connection the Church of England parish of All Souls' was held on September 9, and, although the financial results were naturally affected by the existing conditions, they were nevertheless very satisfactory. There was plenty of fun, and the stalls did good business. This year, however, everything savouring of raffles or games of chance was passed out.

At the last meeting of the T.I. branch of the Royal Geographical Society it was announced that a presentation had been made by an English shipping man of a fine photograph of the ship “Conqueror,” which was wrecked off Raine Island, along the Great Barrier, east of Thursday Island, in 1866. The survivors managed to reach Somerset, which had then not long been formed as a port of refuge. The photo, is reproduced from a painting. At the same meeting, the resignation of the hon. sec., Dr. G. H. Vernon, was accepted with expressions of keenest regret; and appreciation of his services to the Society were placed on record.

Until the appointment of another member to the position, the Rev. W. H. MacFarlane is acting in a secretarial capacity.

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION.

In a recent issue reference was made to the need for wireless communication around Torres Strait. The possibilities of the “Baby Wireless Sets,” devised by the Australian Inland Mission, were specially mentioned.

It is now reported that three of these sets are to be installed on the North Australia side of the Gulf, at Groote Eyiandt, Roper River, and Oenpelli, all of which are Mission stations of the C.M.S. They will use Cloncurry and Darwin (the latter being, of course, the A.W.A.

Radio station) as the mother stations.

It is hoped that it will not be long ere facilities may be made available for the radio station at T.I. to be used, so that similar portable sets may be installed on this side.

RESCUE OF MALAY.

An unusual occurrence was reported on the arrival of the s.s. “Narbada” at Thursday Island on August 29 en route from Calcutta to Auckland.

One night during her voyage through the Malay Archipelago, a cry for help came from the water, but the officer on watch was unable to locate its source, owing to the darkness. Fortunately, however, the vessel was stopped and a Malay, who had been clinging to the wreck of his small boat for eight hours, was rescued from a very perilous position. The Dutch authorities were communicated with by wireless. and the native was landed at the nearest port.

NAVAL MEN AT T.I.

Visits from H.M.A.S. “Canberra,” “Australia” and “Albatross” enlivened the closing days of last month. The last-named ship brought up a large company of artificers, builders, etc., who are setting to work on the pulling down of the military buildings, for the long expected transfer of the Garrison Artillery to Darwin is now taking place. The naval coal hulk. “City of Hankow,” for long a landmark in the harbour, and once a famous tea clipper, was towed away by the “Albatross” to Darwin, where she will be dismantled and sunk. The naval men from the “Albatross” were very welcome on T. 1., their presence at church parade, at sporting fixtures, and in the streets being reminiscent of the good old days when the Island was more frequently visited by the Navy. The “Canberra” and ‘Australia” touched at the anchorage, sending parties ashore for a short visit only.

Opening Of Second

BULOLO DREDGE.

Preparations are now well forward for the formal opening of the No. 2 dredge of Bulolo Gold Dredging, Ltd. in New Guinea. It is anticipated that dredging will be commenced about the end of October, in the area in which No. 1 dredge is operating.

The new dredge will be christened by Mrs. L. V. Waterhouse. Mr. and Mrs.

Waterhouse are at present visiting the gold field.

COIR FIBRE PRODUCTION.

A Samoan member of the Samoan Legislative Council, Mr. Mataafa, recently urged the Administration to take steps to introduce new industries to Samoa. He suggested coir fibre manufacture.

The Administration replied, that it was constantly seeking new industries for Samoa. Coir fibre, however, was produced very cheaply in other tropical countries, with which Samoa could not compete.

Samoans may be interested to know that a plant is now being installed in New Britain (T.N.G.) for the production of coir fibre, under conditions which will undersell the Asiatic and East Indies products.

Thursday Is. Personals.

From Our Own Correspondent THURSDAY IS., Sept. CSO.

FOLLOWING upon the retirement of Captain Wilson, one of the veterans of the Torres Strait pilot service, the appointment is announced of Captain Diamond to the service.

Captain Diamond is a popular officer here, being well-known in connection with the E. and A.

Co., whose boats ran regularly to Thursday Island until a couple of years ago.

The Rev. W. McKenzie, superintendent of (Presbyterian) Mission station, returned by the mid-month “Marella” from furlough, accompanied by Mrs. McKenzie and, after a few days on the Island, journeyed to his station down the GulL in the mission ketch, “J. G. Ward.”

The Rev. W. Burvill, Sub-Dean of the “Quetta” Memorial Cathedral, leaves in the China boat this week for Sydney, to attend General Synod, and after that takts three months’ furlough. In his absence, the Rev. J.

A. G. Housden, chaplain at the Mitchell River Mission, will have charge .of the Cathedral parish.

The Lord Bishop of Carpentaria and Mrs.

Davies are also going down to Sydney for General Synod, and will be away from Thursday Island for some weeks.

Mr. H. Green, Acting-Protector of Aboriginals, left for south this week, on furlough. While he is away, Mr. C. O’Leary, Deputy Chief Protector, from Brisbane, will look after aboriginal administrative affairs here.

The new Government resident medical officer and surgeon superintendent of the Torres Strait Hospital, Dr. Nimmo, arrived at the beginning of the month to take over Dr. Vernon’s duties.

He has brought a Baby Austin with him, so the Island is able to add another car to its tally of motor vehicles.

A recent appointment to the Torres Strait Hospital Committee is that of Mr. Thos. Byres as Government representative. 42 October 19, 19*2.

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AGENT'LEMAN named Mr. James S.

Inch, who is the manager of an Australian insurance company, made a visit to the East recently, travelling by E. and A. steamer, which means that, going and coming, he made a brief call at Rabaul.

Having thus fully qualified himself to speak as an authority on the Territory of New Guinea, Mr, Inch met newspaper reporters in Brisbane and Sydney and explained his views concerning the economic value and probable future of the Territory. He told the Brisbane reporter that Rabaul was “ruining Australians living there.”

“They seemed to prefer a life of ‘eat, drink and be merry,’ (said Mr. Inch) and did not seem to take life seriously. There were very few who had not contracted malaria, and they drank quinine all day. Many persons told him it would be better if the Germans again took over the country. Most of the men were working for practically no wages, and he had heard that a quarter of the revenue of the place was used up in leave pay and expenses for public servants.”

Mr. Inch made somewhat similar statements to a Sydney reporter and raised the question of whether Australian expenditure in New Guinea was justified from the taxpayers’ point of view. Much of the trade at present went direct to Europe. Australia would suffer no great loss if the Mandated Territory were returned to Germany.

We had not previously heard of Mr.

Inch as an authority on public affairs, and were concerned only because of the prominence given to his somewhat ridiculous statements in a Sydney evening newspaper.

We therefore telephoned Mr. Inch to ascertain how long he had been in New Guinea and, in a decidedly snappy conversation, we learned that Mr. Inch merely called at Rabaul for a few hours on his way to the East; that he had had the opportunity of discussing New Guinea affairs with various fellow-travellers who lived there; and that he regarded New Guinea as “a pestilential hole.” He was also of opinion that the possession of New Guinea was of no use whatever to Australia, and Australia would be better without it. He also informed us that we were quite mistaken in supposing that Australia held New Guinea under a mandate from the League of Nations —he hai other information and knew much better than that!

With these few words, we may dismiss Mr. James S. Inch, But opportunity may be taken to express regret that supposedly responsible Australian newspapers allow irresponsible reporters to give such prominence, on a matter of national importance, to completely irresponsible and uninformed utterances.

"Hold-Up” At South

SANTO.

Details were reported to the New Hebrides Presbyterian Mission Synod, which met during July, of a “hold-up” at a small coastal village at South Santo.

It appears that £4 was extorted from the villagers by two British half-castes, accompanied by a native, who were armed with firearms and mounted on horses.

At a later date, the people of the same village were evicted by a young Frenchman, who gave them 48 hours to quit, and took possession of their coconut trees.

It was stated at Synod that the New Hebrides Administration were investigating these reports.

TONGAN NOTES.

From Our Own Corretpondent NUKUALOFA. Sept. 16.

The Government’s decision to increase the payment to growers to 1/6 per case for to-day’s shipment of bananas by the “Waipahi” to New Zealand appears to have met with approval.

Government lorries distributed the empties a week ago to the country packing depots and these same lorries have been streaming to the wharf depot for the past two days laden with packed fruit. Unfortunately, the Dominion buyers have fixed our quota at 3,500 cases for this vessel, so, presumably, any surplus will either go forward “on spec.” or be fed to local pigs.

From a Tongan point of view, a wedding of the first magnitude is announced for the end of the present month. Princess Fusipala, halfsister to Her Majesty the Queen, is to be married to Haamea, eldest son of high chief Finau, and descendant of that redoubtable Finau who, 130 years ago, was war lord of the Tongan Group. The wedding is to take place at the Royal Chapel, and the happy couple will then journey to Vavau, where Chief Haamea has extensive holdings.

AN ISLANDS WEDDING.

A PICTURESQUE wedding took place on October 15 at St. Peter’s Church, Cremorne, Sydney, when Miss Pat Coates, of Balmoral, was married to Mr. Cecil Mason, of Chatswood.

The ceremony had a distinctly Islands atmosphere, as the bride is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.

Ernest Coates, who already have a married daughter (Madam B. Lancon) and two sons—Keith and Col —on Ouesso Plantation, Malekula, New Hebrides.

The bridegroom, after varied New Guinea experience, is now stationed at Here Plantation, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, and the young couple will leave for their Island home by the “Mataram” on the 22nd instant. Mr. Mason is the third son of the late Mr. JJ. H. Mason (Crown Prosecutor) and Mrs. C. Mason, of Beaconsfleld Road, Chatswood, Sydney.

Among the friends at the church were several with Islands interests, including Mr. and Mrs.

M. D. Cobb, of Karewap Plantation, Aitape, New Guinea; and Mrs. and Miss Cowley, late of Samarai and Port Moresby The bride was given away by her father and attended by her younger sisters, Joy and Madeleine, the groom being looked after by his brother. Dick. The bride looked very sweet and handsome in a pretty soft cream lace costume and picture hat, and carried a shower bouquet of white lilac and roses, a most charming Island effect being created by a lovely orange blossom lei worn by the bride. 43

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From Our Own Correspondent APIA, Sept. 5.

THERE are hardly any changes in the copra and cocoa market. The local cocoa price has again dropped £5 per ton.

The last “Maui Pomare’’ took only about 4,500 cases of bananas for the New Zealand market, though she is to load about 2,000 cases from Niue on her way back.

A representative of the N.Z. buyers has recently noticed a great improvement in the quality of the banana shipments from Samoa and has expressed his appreciation. Unfortunately, this improvement will have no effect on the contract price nor is it likely to lead to larger shipments in the future, so it does not help the producer very much.

DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED.

The Niue murderer, recently brought to Apia by the “Maui Pomare” and sentenced to death by the Commissioner at Niue Island, has had his death sentence commuted by the Governor- General of New Zealand to imprisonment for life. The sentence will be served in Samoa.

SUCCESSFUL RACE MEETING.

The Apia Turf Club held a successful race meeting on August 29, flag-raising day. A large crowd of natives had gathered, though the European attendance left much to be desired.

Some interesting races were run in the presence of the Administrator and an official party from American Samoa. The old racer “Buster” won the Roberts Memorial Handicap, while a newcomer, “Lady Scapani,” a promising filly of the imported stallion “Loyal Irish,” won the Maiden Plate and the Flag-raising Day Handicap in record time.

RESULT OF BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP.

At the Tifaga Playhouse on August 31 before a crowded house, the eagerly-awaited bout between “Red” David and “Bill” Scanlon for the heavyweight championship title and the Carruthers belt took place. Expectations had been rife for weeks regarding the outcome and quite a bit of money had been laid on both contestants, though Scanlon, owing to his previous ring experience, had been the favourite. A number of visitors from Pago Pago had come over and some of the sailors of the U.S.S.

“Ontario” had stayed behind after their ship’s departure to witness the contest and back up Scanlon, who is a Tutuila boy. The bout lasted the full ten rounds and resulted in “Red David winning on points by a small margin.

The result is very creditable to the young local boxer and evoked intense enthusiasm amongst the local fans. Scanlon’s manager immediately issued a challenge to David for a return bout in three months’ time. Scanlon is confident that he will defeat David in the return bout.

Samoan Election

PROSPECTS.

From Our Own Correspondent APIA, Oct 2.

Preparations have begun for the coming election of two European elected members of the Legislative Council on November 9. So far, 16 additional names have been entered on the electoral roll, bringing the total up to 119.

Two candidates will represent the Planters’ Association, Messrs. I. H.

Carruthers and G. Miedicke, who both hold Crown leases. It is somewhat hard to understand, why the planters, though they are certainly entitled to representation, have put up and two candidates, whom they cannot possibly hope to get in, completely ignoring the right to representation of the commercial interests. It is believed that Mr.

A. G. Smythe will stand as an independent candidate and will be supported by the commercial community.

As Mr. Smythe is very popular, his election may be considered certain. Another independent candidate will be announced shortly.

Mr. S. H. Meredith has also declared his intention to contest the election, his chance of retaining his seat is very slight. With an eye on the coming election, he became active at the last Legislative Council meeting and brought several important matters to the notice of the Administration.

The electoral register closes on October 19. After that date, the fight will begin, and promises to be interesting in view of the number of candidates and the conflicting interests in the field. (An earlier reference to the Samoan election appears on page 32 of this issue.) 44 October 19, 1932.

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Plantation London Para Smoked.

Price on— Per lb.

Per lb.

December 4 .... 3Ad.

January 1, 1932 . . 3 Ad.

January 29 2f|d.

February 5 3Jd. 2id.

February 19 2fid.

March 4 ■ • 2 Ad.

March 18 3}d- 2Ad.

April l lid.

April 15 lid.

April 29 2d.

May 13 Ifld.

May 27 Ud.

June 10 Uid.

June 24 Ufd.

July 8 Ud.

July 22 U3d.

July 29 3|d. .. 2.093d.

August 5 4d. .. 2Jd.

August 12 . • 2.43d.

August 19 43d, .. 2.46id.

August 26 . . 2.6id.

September 2 5id. . . 2id.

September 9 5}d. 2id.

September 16 5*d. .. 2.653d.

September 23 .... r,jd. . . 2.68Jd.

September 30 Sid. .. 2.56Jd.

October 7 .... 5*d. 2*d.

October 14 . . 2.403d.

COTTON.

Good Middling.

London Price on— Per lb.

January 1, 1932 S.Old. February Shipment January 29 5.16d. March Shipment February 5 5v23d. March Shipment February 19 5.65d. March Shipment March 4 5.40d. April Shipment March 25 4.87d. April Shipment April 8 4.36d. May Shipment May 6 4.27d. June Shipment May 20 4.23d. June Shipment June 3 3.86d. July Shipment June 17 4.07d. July Shipment July 1 4.36d. August Shipment July 15 4.35d. August Shipment July 29 4.52d. Sept. Shipment August 12 5.42d. Sept. Shipment August 26 6.36d. Sept. Shipment September 9 6.07d. October Shipment September 16 5.58d. October Shipment September 23 5.74d. October Shipment September 30 5.49d. Nov. Shipment October 7 5.60d. Nov. Shipment October 14 5.250 Nov. Shipment.

COPRA South Sea.

Plantation, Sun-Dried, London.

S*un-Dried.

Rabaul.

Price on— Per ton c.i.f.

Per ton c.i.f.

January 16, 1931 £14 7 6 £14 12 6 January 30 £14 12 6 £14 15 0 February 27 £14 17 6 March 13 £16 2 6 March 27 £14 12 6 April 10 £14 10 0 April 24 £13 15 0 £13 17 6 May 8 £12 15 0 £12 17 6 May 15 £12 12 6 May 22 .... £13 0 0 £12 2 6 May 29 £10 17 6 £11 0 0 June 5 £10 5 0 £10 7 6 June 12 .... £11 5 0 £11 7 6 June 19 .... £10 15 0 £11 2 6 June 26 . . . . £11 15 0 £11 17 0 July 3 . ... £12 15 0 £12.17 fl July 10 . .. . £12 2 6 £12 5 0 July 17 . . . . £12 0 0 £12 2 0 July 24 .... £11 15 0 £11 7 6 July 31 £11 7 6 August 7 £11 5 0 August 14 £11 7 6 £11 10 0 August 21 £11 2 6 £11 7 6 August 28 £11 2 0 £11 5 0 September 4 £10 5 0 £10 7 0 September 11 £10 12 6 £10 15 0 September 18 £10 7 6 £10 7 0 September 25 £12 15 0 £12 15 0 October 2 £12 0 0 £12 2 6 October 9 . . . . £12 15 0 £13 0 0 October 16 .... £12 10 0 £12 15 0 October 23 .... £12 17 6 £13 2 6 October 30 .... £13 10 0 £18 15 0 November 6 . ... £14 0 0 £14 5 0 November 13 , ... £14 5 0 £14 10 0 November 20 £13 15 0 November 27 £13 10 0 £13 15 0 December 4 £14 10 0 December 11 ... £14 5 0 £14 10 0 December 18 ,... £14 5 0 £14 10 0 December 24 ... £14 5 0 £14 io a January 1, 1632 . . . . ... £14 10 0 £14 15 0 January 8 £14 7 6 January 15 ... £14 7 0 £14 12 6 January 22 ... £14 15 0 £15 0 0 January 29 £15 0 0 February 5 £15 10 0 February 12 £16 10 0 February 19 ... £17 5 0 £17 7 6 February 26 £16 12 6 March 4 . . . £16 15 0 £16 17 6 March 11 £16 5 0 March 18 £16 0 0 March 25 ... £14 17 6 £15 0 0 April i £14 15 0 April 8 £14 2 6 April 15 £14 15 0 April 22 £14 15 0 April 29 £14 17 6 May 6 £14 2 0 May 13 £14 12 6 May 20 £14 0 0 May 27 .. £13 0 0 £13 2 0 June 3 £13 0 0 June 10 £12 10 0 £12 12 6 June 17 £13 5 0 June 24 ... £13 2 6 £13 5 0 July 1 £13 7 6 July 8 £13 15 0 July 15 £13 12 6 July 22 ... £13 7 6 £13 10 0 July 29 .. £13 15 0 £13 17 6 August 5 .. £13 12 6 £13 15 0 August 12 .. £13 17 6 £14 0 0 August 19 . . £13 15 0 £13 17 6 August 26 £13 15 0 September 2 £14 0 0 September 9 £14 5 0 £14 7 6 September 16 .. £14 2 6 £14 5 0 September 23 ... £14 5 0 £14 7 6 September 30 .... £14 5 0 £14 7 0 October 7 . . £14 5 0 £14 7 6 October 14 £14 5 0 RUBBER.

London Para Plantation Stacked.

Price on— Per lb.

Per lb.

November 6 2{d.

November 20 2*44 Still Supreme After thirty years’ trading with the Islands, Aunt Mary’s Pure Pood Products are still supreme.

Highest quality goods, specially manufactured and packed to meet Island conditions.

AUNT MARY I PURE FOOD PRODUCTS “Defiance” Brand Canned Goods These High-grade Products are packed by the proprietors of Aunt Mary’s Pure Food Products. Hermetically sealed and specially prepared to withstand tropical heat, thus ensuring satisfaction to consumers.

Only goods of the highest standard are packed under these brands, thus the Proprietors keep faith with their clients and consumers.

Aunt Mary’s Pure Pood Products and “Defiance” Brand Canned Goods are prepared and packed only by TILLOCK & CO. LTD., PURE FOOD MANUFACTURERS, Kent and Liverpool Streets, SYDNEY, N.S.W, Market Quotations Range of Prices.

The Pacific Islands Monthly makes a close check of the prices quoted for Islands produce ; and it regularly publishes the range of prices during each month, including the last available quotation before going to press.

OTHER ISLANDS PRODUCE.

Nominal prices for other Islands produce quoted in Sydney on October 13, from two different sources, were: (a) Trochus shell, No. 1 grade £63 Trochus shell. No. 2 grade £57 Trochus shell, No. 3 grade £5l Ivory nuts, nominal £9 (b) Trochus shell, No. 1 grade nominal.. £6l Trochus shell, No. 2 grade nominal. . £55 Trochus shell. No. 3 grade nominal. . £49 Beche-de-mer, high grade £2OO Beche-de-mer, lower grade, from £3O Cocoa Beans £33 to £35 Ivory nuts, nominal only £9/10/- All quotes are f.0.b., Sydney, and on the Australian £.

Coffee and Kapok.

Many planters in New Guinea and Papua are experimenting with coffee and kapok, with an eye on the Australian market, and we have arranged to publish Australian quotations in future. New Guinea and Papuan coffee, entering Australia, would be free from duty and exchange. Practically none is being received from those Territories at present.

The following quotations were given on October 13:— COFFEE.

Robustaj f.a.q., imported from Java, on firm conversion of exchange, c.i.f., Sydney, per cwt., G3/6.

Robusta, as above, based on 9 gulden to Australian £, fluctuations at date of shipment on buyer’s account, 61/-.

Arabian (Aden) Hodeidah No. 1 (pure), c.i.f., Sydney, per cwt., 78/-.

Djibouti, Longberry Harrar Extra, 78/-; No. 1, 76/-: No. 2, 74/-; pure. 72/-.

Importers of Robusta coffee from Java pay the following charges: As above per cwt.: 63/6; remitting 25% per cent, exchange, 16/2; duty 4d. per lb., 37/4; primage 10 per cent., 6/3; landing charges, 1/-; total, 124/8 per cwt., equal to 1/1 id. per lb.. landed cost. Coffee imported from Papua and New Guinea would escape exchange and duty equal to 53/6 per cwt.

KAPOK.

Australian supplies now imported from Java.

Based on an exchange conversion of 9 gulden to Australian £, the Australian c.i.f. prices current in mid-September were, per lb.: Prime Samarang, 0%d.: prime Japara, 6d. 45

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October 19, 1932.

Buying. Selling.

Telegraphic transfer . . £110 0 0 £111 2 R On demand 109 15 0 111 0 0 30 days *. 109 10 0 110 17 0 00 days 109 G 3 110 15 0 Fiji, on New Zealand, basis of £100, New Zealand —buying £99, selling £101.

Buying. Selling.

Telegraphic transfer . . £109 15 0 £111 7 6 On demand *09 2 6 111 2 fi 30 days 108 13 9 110 17 6 60 davs 108 6 3 110 12 6 90 daVs 107 18 9 110 7 6 120 days 107 11 3 110 2 6 COMMONWEALTH BANK.

Aust. money.

Each English sovereign £1/13/0 Each English paper £1 £1/4/9 Each English £1 in silver . .. £1/2/- PROFESSIONAL MONEY-CHANGERS.

Aust. money.

Each English sovereign £1/13/9 Each English paper £1 £l/4/lU Each English £1 in silver . .. £1/3/10 MUSCULAR rheumatism Genuine Vincent’s A.P.C. is prepared on the scientific formula now in use in the largest hospitals in Australia. Avoid imitations.

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BRANDTS LTD., 371 Pitt St., SYDNEY Exchange Quotations The following exchange quotations, gathered In Sydney, show the rates existing in Sydney on October 13:— FIJI—THROUGH BANK OF N.S.W.

AND BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

Australia on Fiji on the basis of £lOO Fiji— buying £lll/10/-, selling £llB/2/6.

Fiji on London, basis of £lOO London:

Western Samoa—Through

BANK OF N.Z.

Exchange Australia, on Western Samoa, basis £lOO Samoa—selling £ll3/2/6. buying par.

Samoa on Australia—selling par, buying £ll3/2/0.

Exchange, Samoa on London, basis £lOO in London: The above is only a nominal indication. The exchange between Apia and Suva, Apia and New Zealand, Apia and Sydney, and Apia and London, is constantly altering.

NEW GUINEA AND PAPUA-

Through Commonwealth

BANK.

From Australia, on Rabaul and Salamoa, fl per cent. , , From Rabaul on London, same as Australia on London—2ss per cent.

THROUGH BANK OF N.S.W.

Australia, on Papua and New Guinea, £1 per per cent, premium each way. equivalent to commission of £1 per cent.

Papua and New Guinea, on London; Same as Australia on London, and vice versa.

New Caledonia —Through

FRENCH BANK.

Drafts Svdnev-Noumea and Noumea-Sydney. are on the basis of current rate of exchange on Paris, less 1 per cent, either way Business is handled mostly by the Comptoir National, in Sydney, and the Bank of Indo-Chme. Noumea.

On October 13, when the Australian £ was nominally worth 09 francs, £lOO Austraimn would purchase a credit in Noumea of 0.833 francs.

The rates between Sydney and Noumea are not made direct, but depend mostly on the Paris-London telegraphic rate, which fluctuates constantly. It is usually much cheaper to transfer a large sum than a small sum be tween Sydney and Noumea, as the large sum be madfthe subject of a cable to Pans and its transfer arranged at a fixed pricc.while the small sum takes the chance of the market and the banks, of course, guard themselves against loss.

POST OFFICE ORDERS.

The following are the rates f^ r transfer of money between Sydney .and through the General Post Office. All such transfers are limited in amount.

Papua, Mandated Territory of New Guinea.

Fiji, New Caledonia —rate 3d. for each f or fraction, with minimum charge of 6d.; remittances strictly restricted to small amounts for business purposes, at absolute discretion of post office authorities.

Norfolk Island—6d. for £5 or fraction; no restriction: same as Interstate.

Solomon Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands Tonga.—No actual restriction, but an implied one; rate, 4d. for each £ or fraction, for first £6- and 3d. for each additional £, with mini mum charge of 9d. Post office orders issued at discretion of post office authorities.

New Hebrides and Tahiti.—No money order issued through post office.

Western Samoa and Cook Islands.—Small amounts can be transferred by Australian Pos* Office through New Zealand Post Office; bi issue strictly limited, at discretion of post office authorities.

Value of English Currency.

The following is the quotation for English currency, obtained in Sydney just before this issue went to press:— SOLOMONS’ GOLD.

We have received the following from “Sulphonal”; — To the would-be speculators, and chasers of the elusive auriferous reefs of the Solomons, a warning!

Having been in personal conversation and touch with genuine and conscientious mining experts, who really are in a financial position to carry on operations, I am prepared to state that prospecting in this group is very precarious and exceptionally expensive and there is very little hope of returns for time, labour and money expended.

It is easy for some late Islands’ resident to obtain possession of auriferous samples from other lands and to state they were actually found in the Solomons. There is every reason to believe that this had been done in the past and the ex-islanders’ yarns have gained credence with bad results for financiers. . , There is "a mug born every minute and one is apt to think there are quite a few in the smaller financial circles of Australia who are prepared to finance an expedition after having listened to “a cock and bull yarn” and seen a few rock specimens that in all probability come from an adjacent backyard. The “silent six” have not yet shown their hand and it must have cost them a pot of money to date, notwithstanding them being in possession of the “dinkum oil.

Solomon Is. Council.

TULAGI, Oct. 1.

The Advisory Council meets, on November 1 and I have heard that the following matters are likely to be brought up by the hon. official members; — 1. Asiatic labor. 2. Natives to be made responsible for debts in view of the fact that they are now granted trading licenses. 3. More power for the Agricultural Committee, with regard to expenditure of funds and the appointment of an experienced entomologist. 4. Legislation to be placed before the Advisory Council before being incorporated in an ordinance.

It is hoped that this meeting will show better results than the last the resolutions of which seems to have been merely pigeon-holed. 46

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October 19, 1932.

Mon tore.

Macdhui.

Montoro- Sydney Oct 20 Nov 10 Nov 30 Brisbane Oct 22 Nov 12 Dec 2 Townsville Oct 25 Nov 15 Dec 5 Cairns . .

Oct 20 — Dec 6 Ft. Moresby Oct 28 Nov 17 Dec 8 Oct 20 Samarai < )ct 30-31 Nov 18 Dec 9-10 Woodlark Is — — Dec 11 Rabaul Xov 2-3 Nov 20-22 Dec 13-14 Kavieng Nov 4-5 — Dec 15-16 Lombrum 1 Lorengau f Nov 6-7 — Dec 17-18 Lae .... 1 Salamaua f Nov 24-25 Madang Nov S-9 Nov 26 Dec- 19-20 Salamaua ) Lae Nov 10-11 — Dec 21-22 Kavieng — Nov 28-29 Rabaul . .

Nov 14 Nov 30 Dec- 24 Soraken Dec 1 Numa . .

I Dec 2 Teopuaina J Arlgus \ Kietn } — Dec 3 Rabaul — Nov 14 Dec 5 Dec 24 Samarai Nov 16 Dec 7 Dec- 26-27 Ft. Moresby Nov 17 Dec 8 Dec 28 Cairns Nov 19 — Dec 30 Brisbane Nov 22 Dec 12 Jau 2 Sydney Nov 24 Dec 14 Jan 4 (Subject to alteration without notice.) Burns, Philp .

O o . Ltd., Agents.

Per 9.S. Van Rees.

Saigon 12 Batavia -1H Samarang „■> 19 Pt. Moresby 28 Samarai 30 Rabaul 2-3 ft Vila Noumea Sydney -20 27 Pt. Moresby . .. ., Batavia Saigon 0 Royal Packet Navigation Co. Ltd.

Sydney Per S.S. Vlorlnda.

Nov 10 Dec 20 Jan 20 Lord Howe Nov 12 Dec 22 Jan 31 Norfolk Is.

Nov 14 Dec 24 Feb o Auckland Nov 17 Dec 27 Feb 5 Norfolk Is. . . Nov 20-21 Dec 30-31 Feb 8-0 Vila 24-25 Jan 3-4 Feb 1 2-13 Bushman’s Bay Nov 20 Jan 5 Feb 14 Malo Tangoa [ Nov 27 Jau G Feb 15 Segond Aoba , j 28 Jan 7 Feb 1G Vila 20 Jan 8 Feb 17 Norfolk Is.

Dec- 2-3 Jan 11 Feb 20 Lord Howe Dec 5 Jan 13 Feb 22 Sydney 7 Jan 15 Feb 24 (Subject to alteration without notice.) Burns, Philp & Co. , Ltd., Agents.

Nellore.

Tanda.

Nankin.

Hongkong .. Nov 2 Dec 2 Dec 31 Manila 5 Dec 5 Jan 3 Rabaul .. . . Nov 13 Dec 13 Jan 11 Brisbane Nov 19 Dec 19 Jan 17 Sydney .. . . Nov 21 Dec 21 Jan 19 Melbourne. dep Dec 3 Jan 3 Feb 1 Sydney, dep Dec 14 Jan 14 Feb 11 Brisbane . . . . Dec 16 Jan 16 Feb 13 Rabaul . .. . Dec 24 Jan 24 Feb 21 Manila 1 Feb 1 Mar 1 Hongkong Jan 4 Feb 4 Mar 4 E. & A, . Steamship Co. Ltd ,, Agents.

Samara 1 NTJSA’S TIMETABLE.

Nov. Nov. Dec. 4 22 14 Jan. 4 Jan. 27 Puni Puni 4 22 14 4 27 Baniara 23 15 5 28 Tufi 24 16 6 29 Buna 7 25 17 7 30 Mambare — 26 8 Mambare — 26 8 Buna 8 27 IS 9 31 Tufi 10 29 20 11 Feb. 2 Baniara Dec. 1 22 13 4 Samarai 14 3 24 15 6

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Sydney—Rabaul—Hongkong.

Papuan Inter-Island Services.

S.S. Papuan Chief (Steamships Trading Co..

Ltd.) makes regular round trips from Port Moresby to Eapa Kapa, Abau, Baibara, Samarai, and back by same route; then Port Moresby to Hlsiu, Yule Island, Kuklpi, Orokolo, Kikori, Daru and back via Orokolo, Yule Is., and Hisiu —full trip occupying about one month.

The m.v. “Nusa” (Steamships Trading Co , Ltd.) holds the Papuan Government’s contract for carrying mails and passengers on the northeast coast of Papua. The “Nusa” connects with all southern mail steamers at Samarai.

N.G. Goldfields’ Service.

Aeroplanes, conducted by Guinea Airways, Ltd., and other companies, leave Salamaua and Lae two and three times daily for Wau, and other centres on the Morobe * Goldfield. The aerial services are the only means of communication.

WAU—POET MORESBY.

A regular aeroplane service is now maintained by Guinea Airways Ltd., allowing passengers to and from the goldfields to connect with the steamers at Port Moresby.

New Guinea Inter-Island Service. 5.5. Maiwara (Burns Philp & Co.) makes regular round trips from Rabaul to New Ireland and Bougainville ports. 5.5. Mirani (Burns, Philp & Co.) makes regular round trips from Rabaul to New Guinea mainland ports. 5.5. Duris, s.s. Durour (W. R. Carpenter & Co., Ltd.) make sailings from Rabaul every two or three weeks to various ports In the Territory.

Saigon—Java—Noumea Line.

Hongkong New Guinea Hongkong.

The Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Bremerhaven carries on a service, visiting New Guinea ports approximately every six weeks.

Sydney—Norfolk Island — New Hebrides—Auckland. 47

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r er S.S.

Mataram.

Sydney Oct 22 Nov 30 Jan 7 Brisbane Oct 24 Dec 2 Jan 9 Tulagi .... 1 Makambo . }• Oct 29-31 Dec 7-9 Jan 14- •16 Gavutu ... | Su’u Nov 1 Dec 10 Jau 17 Aola 1 Rere { — Dec 11 Kaukaul . .) Nov 1 Jan 17 Rere ( Teneru Nov 1 Dec 11 Jan 18 Lunga — Dec 11 Kookoom Nov 2 — Jan 18 Maraara . . .

Dec- 12 Domma . . . . ( Dec 13 Yandina . . ] Hanika • • • f Nov 3 Dec- 14 Jan 19 Loabie . . ., J Ufa 1 Dec 14 Fainm 1 Y. Pepsale ..1 Nov 3 Dec- 14 Jan 19 Kaylah . . . .) Meringe .... — Dec 13- ■10 West Bay . .) Nov 3 Jan 19 Somata . . . . f Marobo Nov 4 — Jan 20 Rendova ..) Kenelo .. . . f Dec 17 Hatborn S. . ] Vila }■ Nov 5-6 Jan 21-22 Stanmore . . ,| Gizo Nov 7 Dec 17 Jan 23 Bagga Nov 7 — Jan 23 Faisi Nov 8 Dec 18 -19 Jan 24 Gizo Nov 9 Dec- 20 Jan 25 Tetipari ....

Nov 9 Dec 20 Jan 25 Russell Group Nov 10-11 Dec 21 -22 Jan 26 -27 Mamara ....

Nov 11 — Jan 27 Tulagi Nov 12 Dec 23 Jan 28 Brisbane Nov 17 Dec 28 Feb 2 Sydney Nov 19 Dec 30 Feb 4 (Subject to alteration without notice.) Burns, Philp & O o , Ltd..

Agents.

Niagara Aorangi.

Niagara.

Honolulu Oct 19 Nov 1(5 Dec 14 Suva Oct 28 •Nov 25 Dec 23 Auckland 0. 31N. 1 Nov 28-29 Dec 26-27 Sydney N ov 5 Dec 3 Dec 31 Sydney, dep .

Nov 10 Dec 8 Jan 5 Auckland Nov 14-15 Dec 12-13 Jan 9-10 Suva Nov 18 Dec 16 Jan 13 Honolulu Nov 25 Dec 23 Jan 20 Union S.S. Co. 1 Ltd., Agents.

Papeete ....

Recherche.

Nov 9 Esperance.

Dec 21 Verdun.

Jan 2G Raiaten ....

Nov 10 Dec 22 Jan 27 Vila Nov 21 Jan 2 Feb G Noumea, an-..

Nov 23 Jan 4 Feb 8 To Panama — Noumea, dep..

Dec 5 Jan 1G Feb 21 Vila Dec 12 Jan 23 Feb 28 Raiatea (opt.) Dec 24 Feb 4 Mar 10 Papeete ....

Dee 25 Feb 5 Mar 11 Messageries Maritimes Co •t Agents.

Per S.S. Lnperouse.

Sydney, dep.

Nov 12 Dec 17 Noumea Dec 21-24 Chepencbe ....

Dec 25 Vila , Nov 21 Dec 26 Sandwich . ] Sarmcttes . \ Nov 22 Dec 27 Noraup . . j Santo Nov 23-20 Dec 28-30 Banks Dec 31 Bpi Nov 27 Jan 1 Vila Nov 28 Jan 2 Chepencbe Nov 29 Dec 3 Noumea Jan 4-7 Sydney, arr.

Dec 7 Jan 11 Messagenes Maritimes Co., Agents.

Ma riposa.

Monterey.

Mariposa- Honolulu Oct 2(5 Nov 23 Dec 21 Pago Pago Nov i Nov 29 Dec 27 Sava Nov 4 Dec 2 Dec 30 Auckland Nov 7 Dec 5 Jan o Sydney ....

Nov 10 Dec 8 Jan 5 Melbourne Nov 14-15 Dec 12-13 Jan 9-10 Sydney, dep .

Nov 19 Dec 17 Jan 14 Auckland Nov 22 Dec 20 Jan 17 Suva Nov 25 Dec- 23 Jan 20 Pago Pago Nov 26 Dec 24 Jan 21 Honolulu Dec 1 Dec 20 Jan 26 The Oceani ic Steamship 6 O Matson Line, Agents.

Makura. Monowai. Makura.

Papeete .... Oct 8 Nov 3 Dec 3 Rarotonga . .. Oct 11 Nov 8 Oct 6 Wellington . . Oct 17-18 Nov 14-13 Dec 12-13 Sydney Oct 22 Nov 19 Dec 17 Sydney Oct 27 Nov 24 Dec 22 Wellington . . 0. 31-N. 1 Nov 28-29 Dec 26-27 Rarotonga . . Nov "> Dec 3 Dec 31 Papeete .... Nov 7 Dec 5 Jan 2 Union S.S. Co. Ltd., Agents.

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New Hebrides Inter-Island.

S.S. Makambo (Burns, Philp (South Sea) 00., Ltd.) connects every 5 weeks at Vila with s.s.

Morinda from Sydney, then proceeds on southern trip, calling at the islands of Efate, Erronmauga, Tanna, Aneityum, and returns to Vila— trip occupying 7 or 8 days. After 2 or 3 days at Vila, departs on northern trip, calling at the islands of Efate, Mai. Tongoa, Epi, Paama.

Ambrym, Malekula, Abba, Malo, Santo, and returns to Vila—trip occupying 25 to 28 days.

Vessel extends to Banks Group every second trip, equivalent to about every three months.

Solomon Islands Service.

Solomons Inter-Island Service S.S. Mitiaro (Burns, Philp (South Sea) Co., Ltd.), maintains a regular service.

Sydney—N.Z.—Fiji—Hawaii.

French Eastern Pacific Service By ships running between Dunkirk and Noumea, via West Indies and Panama Canal.

From Panama — New Zealand—Samoa.

N.Z. Government steamer Maui Pomare (mails, passengers and cargo) carries on a regular service between New Zealand ports and Western Samoa.

Noumea—New Hebrides Service.

Sydney —N.Z. —Fiji—Samoa —Hawaii.

Auckland —Fiji—Samoa — Tonga.

Per S.S. Walpahi.

Itinerary of s.s. Waipahi altered and reduced in August, owing to poor shipping business.

Haapai and Vavau (Tonga) eliminated for present. Only trip announced in Sydney in nnd- October was (—Auckland, dep., Oct. 29; Suva, air., Nov. 3, dep.. Nov. 4; Apia, arr., Nov. 0, dep., Nov. 7; Nukualofa, dep., Nov. n.

Auckland, arr., 'Nov. 1G.

Union S.S. Co. Ltd., Agents.

Ocean Island—Nauru Service British Phosphate Commission, 16 Spring St., Sidney, sends boats irregularly.

Fiji Inter-Island Service. 5.5. Malake, 736 tons (Burns, Philp (South Sea) Cos., Ltd.). Makes frequent trips from Suva to Lautoka, Ellington, Labasa and Levuka, with passengers and transhipment cargo; also to other island ports whenever inducement offers. 5.5. Adi Keva (Fiji Shipping Cos., Ltd.) makes regular trips from Suva to Levuka and Lautoka, round trip occupying three days.

M.S. Sir John Forrest (Fiji Shipping Cos., Ltd.) makes regular trips from Suva to Levuka, Savu Savu, Nabouwalu, Baulailai, Lekutu, Dreketi, Raduri, Labasa, and return by the same route round trip occupying about 9 days M.S. Adi Rewa (Fiji Shipping Cos., Ltd.) makes regular trips from Suva to Ba and Lautoka, round voyage occupying four days.

Sydney—Fiji Service.

The Karetu will leave Sydney on Friday, October 21 for Fiji, and will call at Lautoka (arr.

Oct. 28), Suva (arr. Oct. 3.0, dep. Nov. 2), Auckland (arr. Nov. 7). Return to Sydney direct. Nukualofa call discontinued.

Union S.S. Cos., Ltd., Agents.

Samoan Inter-Island Service.

A.S. Makoa, 250 tons (Burns, Philp (South Sea) Cos., Ltd.). Operates from Apia and connects regularly with Pago Pago, Wallis and Futuna, Tokelaus, Swain, Nasau, Puka-Puka and Phoenix Groups.

Gilbert and Ellice Islands Service.

M.V. Ralum, 368 tons (Burns, Philp (South Sea) Cos., Ltd.). Operates from Tarawa (Gilbert Islands), and connects regularly with ah Islands in the Gilbert and Kllice Groups.

Sydney—N.Z.—Cook Is. — Tahiti. 48 October 19, 1932.

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•• m m m t H M t? r?-.* ▼ The Expert Staff of Guinea Airways Ltd. photographed in front of one of the large Hangars at Lae, New Guinea. $ A* Staffed and Equipped to Carry on One of the Biggest Aerial Transport Services in the World W ITH its giant Three-motored Aeroplanes, and its large staff of Experienced Pilots and Expert Mechanics, Guinea Airways Ltd. carries on the Transport Service between the Coast of New Guinea and the Goldfields Centres. There is no other form of Transport in this part of New Guinea—only Aeroplanes.

In all kinds of weather, irrespective of the seasons, the Aeroplanes of Guinea Airways Ltd. maintain communication with the Goldfields, safely carrying mails, passengers, heavy mining machinery, native labourers, foodstuffs, livestock, etc.

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The game is well worth the winning when a glass of this satisfying Pilsener awaits the players!

There’s an old-world flavour of malt and hops in every glass—that’s why it has proved so popular.

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