PACIFIC ISLANDS Monthly APRIL, 1953 Vol. XXIII. No. 9.

ĎSĎF [i?eymercd j|||fte G.P.0.. J^ct^CL^SsU&§}P n by post as a newspaper ] AN aerial photograph of the modern Queen Victoria School for Fijian boys, recently built at Matavatacou (on the Tailevu coast, 45 miles on rt h of Suva) at a cost of £158,000. It was opened by the Governor on March 5; and here, in a setting of unspoiled natural beauty, 180 selected Fijian lads will be given higher education. The original QV School for Fijian boys was built by the Fijians themselves at Nasinu, near Suva, 40 years ago; but it was taken for war purposes and, later, it became a training college for native teachers.

So much more for your money when you fly by QANTAS Islands Air Services J *3 Linking over 70 points (listed here) in New Guinea and the Islands ,> with Australia—no change of airline.

Services linking New Guinea with Sydney include fast, express Skymaster flights twice weekly via Brisbane; twice weekly DCS flights via North Queensland towns and one by Sandringham fortnightly from Moresby via Cairns and Brisbane. All New Guinea and Papua internal services are linked with the above. Regular services linking Norfolk Island, Noumea. Vila, Espiritu Santo, Suva with Sydney.

Save days and weeks of travel.

Enjoy de luxe cabin service orf all main routes, with experienced stewards or hostesses. Delicious complimentary meals and drinks.

Books, magazines, everything for your comfort. Special facilities for children. 32 years' tropical flying experience is at your command when you fly Qantas. Veteran crews with thousands of flying hours on over 60,000 miles of Qantas routes ensure that your trip will be a truly enjoyable experience.

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Served By Qantas

Aitape • Aiyura Angoram • Arona Awar • Baiyer River Banz • Bena Bena Brisbane * Buin Buka • Bulolo Cairns • Chimbu Cooktown • Danr Dumpu • Esa'ala Espiritu Santo Finschhafen Garaina * Garoka Gusap • Honiara Inus * Jacquinot Bay Kaiapit • Kainantu Kavieng • Kerema Kerowagi * Kieta Kikori • Kup • Lae Lake Kutubu Lake Murray Lindenhafen • Losuia Madang • Manus Maprik • Menyamya Minj • Moewe Harbour • Mount Hagen • Nadzab Nondugl • Norfolk ls~ Noumea • Ogelbeng Port Moresby Queen Carota Harbour • Rabaul Rockhampton Samarai * Suva Sydney • Talasea Torokina • Townsville Vella Lavella Vila • Wdbag Wabamunda * Wana Wau • Wewak Woodlark Island Yandina • Yule Is. (Inc. In Qld.) in association with 8.0.A.C. and TEAL PI lb PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY A PRIL, 1953

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Children can be left with a lighted Coleman Table Lamp without any cause for anxiety. For these lamps, which give a brilliant almost daylight light, are designed to burn safely in any position at any angle ; they cannot spill fuel if accidentally overturned.

Coleman Table Lamps are 20 times as powerful as ordinary kerosene lamps and seven times as powerful as household electric bulbs.

They have two mantles, are 300 c.p. and the fuel capacity is sufficient for 12 hours of abundant eye-saving light.

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April, ] 953 Pacific Islands Monthly

Stay at TUSCULUM in Sydney Ideally situated in its own delightful gardens, Tusculum is only five minutes Mi? e Trro U T nd i oclal centres °f the City. It is renowned among ISLAND VISITORS for its comfort, restful atmosphere, and sincere personal service. Write or cable for reservations.

TUSCULUM PRIVATE HOTEL, 3 Manning Street, Pott’s Point.

Tel,: FL 1179.

Managing Agents; Nelson & Robertson Pty. Ltd., 12 Spring St. Sydney.

Cable address: “Ivan”, Sydney.

New Guinea Australia Line

Regular Three Weekly Service

To PORT MORESBY, SAMARAI, LAE, MADANG, KAVIENG,

And Rabaul, Via Brisbane

With The Modern Motorships

“Shansi” “Sinkiang”

Agents for PAPUA: STEAMSHIPS TRADING CO. LTD.

Agents for NEW GUINEA: COLYER WATSON (NEW GUINEA) LTD.

General Agents: G. S. YUILL & CO. PTY. LTD.

Telephones: BW 2731 BU 6313 (Freight only)

Bridge St., Sydney

Cable Address: “YUILL”

Shipping Time-Tables

There now are comparatively few shipjlng lines running on regular time-tables o the Pacific Islands. The following timeaoies are only approximately correct — they are subject to much alteration at short notice:— Sydney-Suva-N. America Canadian-Australaslan liner Aorangl 117,500 tons) maintains regular twononthiy sailings—Sydney-Auckland-Suva- Sonolulu-Victoila-Vancouver, and return

Rms Aorangi

3yd. . . Feb. 12 Apr. 16 Auck. Feb. 16-17 Apr. 20-21 Suva . . Feb. 20 Apr. 24 J’nTu . Feb. 27 May 1 Vic. . Mch. 5 May 7 Vane. Mch. 6-12 May 8-14 Vic. . . Mch. 12 May 14 I’nT’u . Mch. 19 May 21 luva . . Mch. 28 May 30 Auck. Mch. 31-Apr. 2 June 2-4 3yd. . . Apr. 6 June 8 On arrival at Sydney June 8, 1953.

Lorangi will withdraw from service. (See age 123.) Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea MV Bulolo, modern liner, sails about very six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresbyamarai - Lae - Madang - Manus - Rabaul amarai-Moresby-Brlsbane-Sydney.

Next departure from Sydney about May 7 and early July.

MV Malekula will leave Sydney bout May 5 for Samarai, Rabaul, lanus, Wewak, Madang. Lae, Samarai nd return to Sydney.

Details from Burns Phllp & Co. Ltd., 7 tridge Street, Sydney.

MV Shansi and MV Sinkiang, modern 000 tons vessels, will leave every six weeks approximately (making a threeweekly service): Sydney-Brisbane-Port Moresby-Madang-Rabaul, Port Moresby, Sydney. Shansi departs from Sydney May 5, June 16. Slnkiang on April 17, May 26, July 7, Details from New Guinea Australia Line <G. S. Yulll & Co., Ltd., agents), 6 Bridge St., Sydney.

N. Zealand-Fiji-Samoa-Tonga Motor vessels Tofua and Matua, from New Zealand, serve Suva (FIJI), Nukualofa and Vavau (Tonga t, Niue Is., Pago Pago (American Samoa), Apia Samoa). Tofua leaves Auckland for any or all of above ports at approx, five weeks intervals. Matua calls at Wellington and Lyttelton (NZ). Lautoka (FIJI) and supplements Tofua's schedule In Islands, calling at ports as directed by owners.

Tofua leaves Auckland on next voyage on April 14, May 12, June 9.

Matua scheduled to leave Auckland 3 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONT Y APRIL, 1953

London ■ Suva

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

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

Pacific Islands Transport Line

Owners: Thor Dahls Hvalfangerselskap A/S Sandefjord, Norway - M.V. "THORSISLE" - Regular Freight and Passenger Service between Pacific Coast Ports of U.S.A. and Canada and

Tahiti Samoa Fiji _ New Caledonia

New Hebrides

GENERAL STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, LTD.

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

PAPEETE—Etablissements Donald Tahiti SUVA—Morris Hedstrom Ltd.

PORT VlLA—Comptoirs Francais Ap lA—Morris Hedstrom Ltd.

NOUMEA—Etablissements Ballande des Xouvelles Hebrides on April 4, May 2, May 30: and on arrival at Auckland on June 29 is temporarily withdrawn.

Details trom Union SS Co.

N. Zealand-Cook Is.

The NZ Government’s old motor vessel Maui Pomare is scheduled to leave Auckland every month for Rarotonga and other islands in the lower Cooks, subject to requirements of trade. This vessel carries 30 passengers. Next sailing; Late April.

Full details on application to NZ Government Department of Island Territories in Wellington, or to any office of the Union SS Co. of NZ, Ltd., which Company acts as Agent for this vessel at some ports.

Sydney-New Hebrides-BSI- Rabaul, Etc.

MV Malaita makes a round trip at about 8-weeks intervals from Sydney to Lord Howe-Norfolk Is.-New Hebrides Ports - BSI ports - Bougainville - Rabaui - Samarai-Sydney.

Next sailing from Sydney about April 28 and early July.

Details from Burns Phllp & Co., 7 Bridge Street, Sydney.

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

Noumea and Sydney, and return by same route. Details from Messageries Maritimes. Caledonienne leaves May 8: Tahitienne, July 5.

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

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

N. America-Fiji-Hebrides, etc.

Norwegian motor vessel Thorsisle, carrying cargo and passengers maintains a regular service between North American ports and French Oceania, Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia and New Hebrides.

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

Airways Time-Tables

Trans-Pacific Services

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

By Pan-American Airways

With Strato Clippers, using Sleeperettes and Berths Thur. and Mon.—Sydney-Nadl (Fiji)- Canton Is.-Honoluld-S. Francisco-Seattle- Portland.

Sun. and Thur.—Return via same route, Pri. - Auckland - Nadi - Canton - Honolulu - S. Fran.-Seattle-Los Angeles.

Mon. —Return by same route.

By British Commonwealth Pacific

Airlines (Bcpa)

Wed. and Sat. —Sydney-Nadl (Fiji)-Cantor Is.-Honolulu-S. Francisco-Vancouver.

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

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

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

By Canadian Pacific Airlines

< CPAL) Every Friday—Sydney - Auckland - Nadi (Fiji)-Canton Is. Honolulu-Vancouver.

Every Friday—Return by same route.

Sectional Services In

PACIFIC 2. Sydney-New Guinea Service by Qantas Empire Airways NORTHWARDS Tuesdays, Saturdays (Skymaster) Depart: Arrive: Sydney. 7.45 pm Bris.. 10.30 pm Bris., 11.40 pm Moresby, 6.30 am (Wed., Sun.) Moresby, 7.30 am Lae 8.50 am Connects at Lae with Drover or DHA3 for Bulolo and Wau, (Wed.); and (Sun.) for Rabaul.

Mon., Frl. (DCS's) Sydney, 7 pm Brisbane, 10.15 pm Brisbane, 11.15 pm Rockhampton * Tue., Sat.

Rockhampton * Townsville, 4.00 am Townsville, 5.00 am Cairns, 6.15 am Cairns. 7.00 am Pt. Moresby, 10.30 am Pt. Moresby, 11.30 am Lae. 1 pm Lae (Tue. only), 2.30 pm Madang, 3.45 pra * Optional stop.

SOUTHWARDS Wednesdays (DCS) Madang, 7 am Lae, 8.15 am Wednesdays (DCS) Wau, 12.30 pm Lae, 1.05 pm Thursday (DCS) Lae, 9.00 am Moresby, 10.20 am.

Monday, Thursday (DCS) (i.e. Monday only Rabaul-Moresby and Monday and Thursday Moresby-Sydney.) Rabaul. 7 am Moresby. 10.20 am Moresby, 10.50 am Cairns. 2.10 pm Cairns, 3.10 pm Towns, 4.30 pm (night stop) Towns. (Tues., Fri) 8.15 am Brisbane. 1 pn.

Brisbane, 1.45 pm Sydney. 5 pm 4 APRIL. 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH 111

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Managing Agents: New Guinea Co., Ltd.

Island Representative: G. D. A. Kent, Rabaul Branch

Suva, Fiji

Colony of Fiji Branch Office W. R. Carpenter & Co. (Fiji), Ltd..

Bldg., Suva.

Branch Manager: R. W. Connolly.

Southern Pacific Insurance CO., LTD.

Head Office: 60 Hunter St., Sydney, Wednesday, Sunday (Skymaster) ae, 10.30 am Moresby 11.40 am loresby, J 2.40 pm Bris., 7.10 pm iris.. 8.25 pm Sydney, IT. nm NORTHWARDS Alt. Saturdays (Sandringham) (April 25, May 9, 23.) ydney, 6.00 am Brisbane, 9.20 am risbane, 10.20 am Cairns, 4.35 pm (Night stop) aims, 9.30 am Pt. Moresby, 1.20 pm (Alt. Sunday) SOUTHWARDS Alt. Fridays (Sandringham). (April 24, May 8, 22.) b. Moresby, 6.00 am Brisbane, 3.00 pm risbane, 4.00 pm. Sydney, 7.20 pm, 3. N. Guinea Internal Services Operated by Qantas

Lae-Manus (Dcs)

Every JVednesday. ;p. Lae, 8 am; Finschhaven, Rabaul, Kavieng. Manus (3 pm), eturns Saturdays (dep. 8 am), via Kavieng and Rabaul; optional call at Pinschhafen; arr. Lae, 2.45 pm.

MOEESBY-DARU (Sandringham) a Yule Is., Kerema, Wana (optional).

Kikori, L. Kutubu. —Every alternate Wednesday; returning same day (April 15, 29, May 13, 27).

ORESBY-EAST PAPUA (Sandringham) ternate Monday Dep. Moresby 9 a.m. arr. Samara! 11.00 am April 27, May 11, 25. ternate Tuesday (following day) dep.

Samarai 9.00 a.m. arr. Moresby 11.00 a.m.

Papua-New Britain

(Sandringham) t. Mon. —Pt. Moresby-Samarai-Esa’ala* Losuia, Rabaul —April 20, May 4, 18. :. Thu. —Rabaul - Esa’ala - Samarai - Pt.

Moresby—April 23, May 7, 21. 1 Calls Losuia, Esa’ala monthly only. 5 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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Imagine a holiday in this land of breathtaking beauty!

At any time of the year there’s so much to do . . . watching geysers piny in wondrous thermal regions . . . fishing in placid lake or swift-running stream or spectacular big-game waters . . . climbing in the towering Southern Alps . . . deer shooting in virgin forest . . . slaloming on perfect ski runs . . . swimming and boating in fascinating fiordlands! flying gives you so much more time Air travel will save you days in which to play, let you see so much more of this scenic wonderland.

And it’s so much more comfortable.

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Rabaul-Moewe Harbour

tt. Tue.—Rabaul-Jacquinot Bay-*Lindenhafen-Moewe Harbour-Talasea-Rabaul —April 21, May 5, 19.

N.B.—The direction of operation changes ith each service, i.e., each alternate xvice operates Rabaul-Talasea-Moewe arbour-Jacquinot Bay-Rabaul.

New Britain-Bougainville

t. Wed.—Rabaul-Queen Carola Hbr.- Buka-Inus-Kieta-Buin —April 22, May 6, 20. t. Wed. (same day) Buin-Kieta-Inus- Buka-Rabaul.

Optional Stop.

Lae-Madang-Wewak-Manus- *

Kavieng-Rabaul General

SERVICE ery Monday and Thursday by DC3.

Native traffic, not recommended for Europeans.

Central Highlands

v (Drover) idays.—Lae (7.00 am) to Wabag, calling at any of; Nadzab, Kiaipit, Arena, Aiyura, Kainantu, Bena Bena, Goroka, Kerowagi, Kup, Nondugl, Banz, Minj, Mt. Hagen, Ogelbeng, Balyer R., Wabamunda, Wabag. Return to Lae arriving 6 pm.

LAE BULOLO-WAU (Drover) p. Lae.—Tues., Sat. —3 pm.—Mon. 7.30 am. p. Wau.—Tues., Sat. 4.30 pm—Mon., 9.00 am—Direct to Lae in 35 minutes.

Services By Mandated Airlines

Vith headquarters at Lae, this company is regular services for passengers, ight and mails to all New Guinea tlements. f. Dutch N. Guinea-Darwin ■y Netherlands Government, with DCS ekly service, between Darwin and Blak.

Iso, new KLM weekly service, calling Blak, on flight between Manila and tralia. 5. N. Guinea-Solomons By Qantas with DCS 3 Plights Every Four Weeks, i. (April 27, May 4, 11, 25, etc.), Lae dep. 6 am) Finschhafen Rabaul rorokina (Bougain.) Vellalavella ifandina Honiara, BSI (arriving L 25 pm). (April 28, May 5, 12, 26, etc.), loniara (dep. 7 am)—Yandina—Vellarella Torokina Rabaul Finschlafen Lae (arriving 3.15 pm). 6. Indo-China-Brisbane- N. Caledonia By Air France, Monthly. stellation aircraft dep. Saigon, April 5, ,nd every 28 days thereafter for larwin-Brisbane-Noumea, and return.

Jralian agents: Messageries Maritlmes. 7. Sydney-Lord Howe Is.

Trans Oceanic Airways, with Flyingboats ght services per month—every Tuesday Saturday. 8. Sydney-Norfolk Is.

By Qantas, with Skymasters. mate Thursdays (April 23, May 7, 21, tc.), returning same day. 9. Sydney-New Hebrides By Qantas, with Sandringham Flying Boats: April 28, May 12, 26. (Additional flights operate subject to approval of Government concerned.) 10. Sydney-Noumea-Suva By Qantas with Sandringham Flying Boats—Weekly. 11. Auckland-Norfolk Is.

By NZ National Airways, with DCS’s Sundays—From Auckland double service returning same day. 7 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 19 5 3

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Box 192, G.P.0., Sydney 5C7.82 12. Sydney-Auckland Tasman E. Airways, with Solents Wed., Fri., Sun. —Dept. Sydney 12 midnight, arr. 8.45 am following day.

Wed., Sun.—Dept. Sydney 7.30 am, arr, 4.15 pm.

Dep. Auckland 8.30 am, arr. 1.45 pm Mon., Tue., Thur., Fri., Sat. 13. Sydney-Wellington Tasman E. Airways, with Solents Dep. Sydney 10.30 pm Mon., Tue., Thur.

Fri., Arr. 7.30 am following day.

Dep. Wellington 10.30 am Tue., Wed., Fri.

Sat. arriving 3.45 pm. 14. Melbourne-Christchurch Tasman E. Airways, with DC4 Skymaste Thurs. —Dep. Melb., 10.25 pm; arr. Ch’ch. 8.15 am next day.

Fri.—Dep. Ch’ch., 11 am; arr. Melb., 8.3 J pm. 15. New Zealand-Fiji SEE ALSO TABLE 18.

Tasman. Empire Airways, Ltd., with Solents.

Dep. Auckland —April 21, May 5,9, It June 2,6, 16.

Return to Auckland on April 22, May t 11, 20, June 3,8, 17.

Depart Arrive Auckland, 7.00 am Suva, 2.15 pD Suva, 8.00 am Auckland, 3.15 pn 16. Fiji-Western Samoa SEE ALSO TABLE 18.

Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., with Solents.

Dep. Auckland, April 25, May 2; June 20.

Depart Arrive Auck., 7.00 am Sat. Suva, 2.15 pm Sai Suva, 6.00 am Sun. Apia, 11.05 am Sal Apia, 1.30 pm Sat. Suva 4.35 pm Sur Suva. 8.00 am Mon. Auck., 3.15 pm Mor 17. New Zealand-Chatham Is Six return services are operated by th Solent Flying Boats during the summe months. Next service, November, 1953. I 18. New Zealand-Tahiti Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., with Solents TEAL Service, Auckland-Suva-Apia Aitutaki-Papeete, is operated with Soler Flying-Boats once every two weeks. Dei Auckland, Tuesday, 7.00 am. Arr. Suv /.00 pm. Dep. Suva (Wednesday) 7.C *m, cross International Date Line: Ar; Apia 11.55 am Tuesday. Dep. Apia 2.C am Wednesday. Arr. Aitutaki 7.10 an Dep. Aitutaki 9.10 am. Arr. Papeete 1.4 pm. Return by same route every all Friday, leaving Papeete 7.30 am.

The next flights leave Aucklan April 28, May 12, 26, June 9, 23, July 1 19. Micronesia Civilian services, based on Guam, usin 2-engined amphibious Catalinas, run r< gularly to Koror (Palau), Yap (We Carolines), Truk (Central Carolines?

Ponape (E. Carolines), Majuro (Marshall!! and Saipan (Marianas). Details fro;: Trans-Ocean Airlines, Guam, via Honolulu

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Cables; NIREX, Sydney 20. Fiji Internal Airways By Fiji Airways, with twin-engine de Haviland Rapides (Effective December 1) Suva-Nadi & Lautoka and return; Mornings—Daily except Monday. Afternoons—Daily except Friday.

Suva-Labasa: Daily except Sundays.

Labasa-Suva: Dally.

Nadi & Lautoka to Labasa: Every Sunday.

Labasa to Nadi & Lautoka: Every Wednesday.

Suva - Savusavu - Labasa - Savusavu - Suva: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday.

Parliamentary Parties

ON

Tropical Joy-Rides

3ARTIES of Australian Parlia- L mentarians are being organised by Australian Territories Minster Hasluck, to go to North Ausralia, Papua, New Guinea, Nauru nd Ocean Island in the coming 30l season. They travel at Govrnment expense.

Some of the members complained 1 Parliament in March that their >urs were being misrepresented by le newspapers. The newspapers lid that the tours had been organed as “consolation prizes” for lose unfortunates who had failed » secure inclusion in the parties 1 go to London to see the Coronaon.

Senator Dorothy Langney called lis “contempt of Parliament.” She robably was right.

Mr. Hasluck said that three irties were being organised. These sits were regarded as part of iriiamentary duty because the Mnmonwealth Parliament had timate responsibility for the Teriories and such visits had already fiply demonstrated their value in abates.

EDITORIAL NOTE: With all reect, this newspaper does not agree th the Minister. He may be right theory (he is a famous theorist) t it does not work out in practice, is part of our burden to read iriiamentary debates; and never many years of reading have we m any worth-while contribution discussions as the result of a rnibers’ joy-ride to the Territories, le members are hurried around prepared tours, shown prepared Dgrammes, fed lavishly from prered menus, and rarely given any ance of quiet talks with private sidents.

And the statement that the mmonwealth Parliament was “the imate responsibility for the Terories” is pure nonsense. The mmonwealth Parliament, like )st other Parliaments, has not actioned for some decades. All ijor decisions are taken in Party )ms, outside of Parliament, and ' discussions that take place on * floor of Parliament have no infiuence whatever on implementation of policy.

Parliamentary Government ceased ages ago. What we have now is Government by Party Machines—a vicious system that is handing Democracy, bound hand and foot, over to Totalitarianism.

RWR.

Fiji Wedding In Sydney

A WEDDING of interest to Fiji took place at the Catholic Church, Pymble, Sydney, on April 7, when Miss Maureen Costello, only daughter of the late Mr. Dan Costello, and Mrs. K. Costello, of Suva, was married to Mr. Edgar Wright, also a member of a wellknown Fiji family. Among several people who travelled long distances to attend the ceremony were Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Costello, Mr.

Malcolm Brodie, and Mrs. Oscar Wright, all from Suva. 9 \CIFIC ISLANDS M O N T H L Y _ A P R I L . 1953

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Pacific Commission ~ ... .. 18 Button-making in Fiji 18 Daru’s Lobster Tails —New Industry? 19 Fiji’s War on Rhino Beetles .. 19 Challenge to BSI Tax Authority 19 Events of 20 Years Ago 20

The Editors’ Mailbag .. 21

N. Guinea Memorial Scholarship 23

Territories Talk-Talk . 25

Nature Notes, by “Raimanu” .. 30 Kinks in Bougainville’s Economy 32 Cedar Trees for Islands? .... 34 Cost of Public Servants in Fiji 37 Frank Comparisons in Anglo- French Condominium .. .. 39 Air Tahiti Operating Again .. 43 Vanikoro Timber Workers .... 45 Papuan Royal Constable in Disgrace 48 Land on Catch-as-Catch-Can System (New Hebrides) .. .. 53 Some Angles on Scrap (N, Hebrides) 59 Problems of Living in N.

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Whence Came New Guinea’s Tobacco, 65; Wall, of the Fiji Museum, 66; History of the First Malaita, 67; Over the Reef (Cook Islands), 68; Fighting Disease in NZ’s Islands Territories, 69.

Samarai’s Grand Old Man .. 74 New Industries in Papua-New Guinea 77 Preparations for Better Towns in P.-N. Guinea 79 For Pacific Radio Amateurs .. 81 Bishop of Melanesia To Retire 83 Hectic Week in Rabaul 85

Small Ships Of The

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Islanders' Behaviour Away

From The Islands

SYDNEY, April 14. r-E progress that is being made in lifting the Pacific Islanders to the status of nationhood is >ecoming almost breath-taking.

Here in Sydney, in the last three >r four weeks, we have seen titled lative men and women from Fiji a king their places quite naturally nth educated and sophisticated Europeans; two-score natives from *apua and New Guinea, en route o London, marching through Sydney’s streets in a manner that muld have done credit to Guardsmen; a staggering measure of selfovernment being handed conidently by New Zealand to Western lamoa; a large party of Papuans, olomon Islanders, Nauruans, Microesians, behaving with calm and ignity, going aboard a huge plane waiting them at Mascot, for transortation to an Islanders’ confer nce in Noumea; titular rulers of ’onga, Samoa and Cook Islands ravelling to the Coronation, with le unquestioned status of VlP’s.

The outstanding factor in all these ctivities is the calm and easy earing of the Islanders. Whether tiey are the big and proud leaders f Polynesia, or the small and ather timid representatives of [elanesia —not so sure of them- ?lves—they have taken their places i this new world with dignity and ssurance. It is a most interesting base.

Where are the cowering Islands [Hagers, the helpless, exploited natives, of whom we have heard so much from the Pinks and the Fellow-travellers 9 Are these the sorry products of “colonialism’s” vicious era?

Many of us whose knowledge of the Islands was gained in pre-war years do not look upon these manifestations of 1953 with complete joy.

We fear that a too rapid advancement from the Stone Age village to minor nationhood may be bad for the Melanesian, at least. Some of us, at this stage, would much rather have a well-disciplined and respectful villager than an arrogant “big-head”, no matter how loudly he may yelp for self-government.

However, Time Marches On. We must admit that, so far, all has been very well. We knew, of course, that the well-born leaders of Polynesia would bear themselves creditably under all conditions: and it is a pleasure now to reoort that the behaviour of all the travellers of lesser degree, up to date, has justified the faith of the planners.

Depressing Picture in Solomons and New Hebrides ALL the information from the Solomons serves but to emphasise the benighted and almost helpless condition of that huge archipelago. It is the least developed of all the large South Pacific groups; much of what little worldly wealth it had accumulated was destroyed in the Jap invasion; what little interest in it that was displayed by private enterprise was completely scotched by the British Socialist Administration of 1946-51; and there appear now to be no funds to assist the new Administration in initiating and carrying on a policy of development.

The only industry established in the Group is represented by the coconut palm. The copra planters are so thoroughly tired of high taxation and Governmental interference with their operations that they have challenged the Government’s authority in two actions now before the courts.

BSI suffers—and will continue to suffer under three heavy handicaps provided by the British Socialist Government. Right after the war, the Administration’s attitude towards private trading enterprise (like that of Mr. “Eddie"

Ward in New Guinea in 1945-6) was so hostile that the big trading firms simply refused to reopen in the Solomons. The Government haughtily decided that it would run its own trading organisation; and, ever since, the Protectorate has experienced all the joys of what is euphemistically called the “Trade Scheme.” The Administration now would be very happy to abandon the field to the big traders; but

there is simply nothing in the moribund Solomons to attract the oldestablished companies.

Immediately the war was over, the Fiji gold interests, represented by the late Mr. Theodore, prepared to carry out a gold search on Guadalcanal on a big scale. Funds were allotted, and a preliminary party already was at work when the Socialist Administration rushed into force some new mining laws, to ensure that the Government would get the lion’s share of any gold recovered. Mr. Theodore went to London and personally saw the Socialist Secretary of State for the Colonies; and the latter high functionary—doubtless briefed by his opposite numbers in Canberra, who hated Mr. Theodore—took great pleasure in rejecting the appeal of the Fijian mining interests —and giving Mr. Theodore a kick in the teeth.

The prospecting plan was cancelled immediately. Had it not been for that, in the opinion of sound judges, the gold industry would have been successfully established in Guadalcanal; and—as all our colonial history shows—that would have given “the Cinderella Territory” a tremendous lift along the road to the sound development of other industries.

The gold is still in Guadalcanal’s hills—and is likely to remain there.

Goldmining is always a gamble.

The non-Socialist Government would be very glad to encourage prospecting, and the offensive Socialist mining law has been removed. But gold companies—like the planters who refuse to establish any new coconut groves—feel that there is another Socialist Administration waiting just around the corner, and have no faith in the future.

The third great and continuing handicap is Honiara. BSl’s economy —past, present and future —moves primarily upon the water. BSI headquarters must be, above all things, a safe port, to accommodate every class of ship. Pre-war Tulagi conformed to that.

When it came to rebuilding Tulagi, the precious Socialist planners of London insisted on the removal of headquarters to Point Cruz—on the north coast of Guadalcanal, open to much weather and especially the north-west gales— and the abandonment of Tulagi.

That wise man, Bishop Baddeley pf Melanesia (who had a big stake in the Solomons) as well as the commercial and shipping interests, fought to the last against the plan; out they were over-ridden, and Honiara was built, and the heaviest kind of handicap placed upon the transport system of a Territorv least able to bear it.

The tragic story of what Socialism did to the Solomons ended fittingly enough, with a visit of a Socialist Minister of State a babbling fool of a politician who was supposed to make a personal examination of a difficult situation; but whose general conduct and deliverances are still a subject of hilarity among those who met him in BSI and elsewhere.

The British Government now has sent an exceptionally able man, in Mr, R. M. S. Stanley, to take charge of the Solomons and the British side of the New Hebrides —the condition of which is even more lamentable. He has gathered around him some lieutenants of good quality.

But the best builders can do little without material; and the only materials that will enable the British in the Solomons and New Hebrides to make real progress are (a) plenty of funds and (b) private enterprise with plenty of confidence.

Neither is in sight.

IN the old days, before the Pinks and the Reds turned “colonialism” into a term of abhorrence and reproach, there was a well known slogan, Populate or Perish.

The Japanese Ambassador in Canberra used a phrase like it the other day, when pointing to empty North Australia and empty New Guinea, and reminding us that some place simply must be found somewhere for the surplus millions of crowded, hungry Asia. If nothing more can be done with the great islands of the Solomons and New Hebrides than has been done with them in the last fifty years, they might as well be handed over to the insistent Japanese.

If there had been any real statesmanship loose in the South Pacific five years ago, the Solomons and the British side of New Hebrides would have been taken over by Australia; and both Territories now would have been benefiting hugely from the £6,000,000 per annum which Australia is making available for Islands development, and from the mighty organisation of administrative officers and enthusiastic planners which Canberra —careless of cost —has turned loose upon Melanesia.

Instead, while all classes in New Guinea, including Chinese storekeepers and native villagers, are today wallowing in money, the unhappy Solomons, next door, are shivering in the coldest of financial breezes, and trying in vain to persuade private enterprise to come in and function. A depressing picture!

The two officers of the P-NG Administration who were in the Auster plan which crashed at Vanimo on March 1, killing Flying Doctor Mclnerney, are now almost recovered. After a short spell in the Lae Hospital, Mr. George Wearne, ADO at Aitape, returned to light duty in the Sepik District, and Mr. Richard Skinner, ADO at Wewak, went back to duty shortly afterwards. Both had a miraculous escape.

Fiji Citizens On The

Front Page

TWO leading citizens of Fiji “made the headlines” in the Sydney newspapers around Easter.

Journalists and broadcasters were very happy in their meetings with Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna and Lady Maraia Sukuna (joining the Stratheden in Sydney en route to the Coronation), and the genial Fiji knight made friends in all directions.

The Daily Telegraph found a lively story in Sir Lala’s tobacco.

The reporter was intrigued by the queer cigarettes, made of some ferocious local tobacco and rolled in a plantain leaf, and thus he found out about Sir Lala’s secret supply.

There was an agriculturist of Lau, who grew good leaf and yearned after a certain maiden, apparently unattainable. So the farmer told his High Chief (Sukuna) that if he could change the lady’s mind, he could have his tobacco free for 20 years. Sir Lala “fixed” it. The marriage is a success; the farmer pays up gladly: and Sir Lala is taking 15 lbs of the foul-smelling weed to London with him.

Sir Henry Milne Scott sat and listened patiently while an auctioneer was acclaiming the merits of blood stock, at the annual horse sales. Bids came slowly, and the auctioneer commented sourly upon the activities of the Commissioner of Taxation, who absorbed all Australia’s surplus cash.

“Be kind to him, lad,” called Sir Henry. “He’s your sleeping partner!”

It was so apt that the newspapers made a display of it.

Mr. P. A. Richardson, Government Secretary in the Solomons since 1951, has gone to London to join Colonial Office staff.

Famous Fanning Island

HOST The family—plus dog—of the wellknown Mr. Phil Palmer, of Fanning Island, Central Pacific. There are some valuable coconut plantations on this isolated atoll, and Mr. Palmer is the manager of the plantations and the production of copra. 14 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

Tension In French

OCEANIA Assembly Party Hostile to Government FT is difficult to assess the merits L of a sharp political dispute which is causing some tension in french Oceania.

There was an election there lately; ,nd two main parties appear to tave entered the Assemblee Terrioriale —a majority party, led by a 'ahitian Radical named Pouvanaa Oopa, which is Leftist, nationalist nd somewhat anti-European; and minority party, led by M. Alfred ►oroi, Mayor of Papeete, which upports the present French Govrnment.

The Assembly held its inaugural leeting on March 14. The Govrnor, M. Petitbon —regarded as a trong man—observed the usual eremonies, inspecting a guard of larines, Army and Gendarmerie, nd being attended by Government fficials and other prominent people.

It was known that the Governor, n the previous day, had received a *tter informing him that Opposion members of the Assembly did ot desire his presence at the first leeting. However, following the eremonies outside, the Governor ntered the hall and was saluted i the usual way by the new and le retiring members. He made the istomary speech, and then retired rom the gathering.

Two days later, on March 16, the ssemblee (which has 25 members) let again and elected Monsieur erusalemy Jean-Baptiste Ceran as resident: Messrs. Ilari Noel and maru Terii Tepa, as Vice Predents; and Monsieur Rene Raphael agarde as Secretary. All are memers of Pouvanaa a Oopa’s group I 18 representatives.

The majority group, on this day, immenced proceedings without waiting for the arrival of the ecretary-General, M. Sully. The itter, on expressing surprise that le meeting was under way when 3 entered was told by the President lat he should arrive on time.

It is reported that debate, within le Assembly on this and the foliwing day, was “bitter and heated, ith personalities introduced.”

On March 27, the two opposing roups in the Assemblee sent telerams to Paris. Pouvanaa a Oopa’s roup demanded the expulsion of le Secretary-General, M. Poroi’s roup insisted that the other teleram should be ignored.

On March 28, the Assemblee ected, as Senator, Dr. J. Florisson, i succession to M. Lassalle-Sere, ho has been Senator for many Bars, and prominent in the affairs I the French Pacific Territories.

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Out Of Our Japs

RABAUL, April 11.

IN spite of official portentousness, the people of Rabaul are not deeply concerned over the arrest of the Japanese fishing-boat, and all this evidence of the perfidy of our late enemy.

Instead, the people are much more interested in the little ship and its equipment, and method of fishing.

It appears that the Jap technique is to put out miles and miles of lines, suspended on glass floats, and use various ingenious baits on smaller lines carrying hooks, and attached to the floating lines. The crew of over 20 evidently spent all their time just going along the lines. When the ship was arrested, it took 141 hours’ work to haul in all the lines.

There seems nothing wrong with the technique as employed in our waters. This is a new ship, and they say she has not fished anywhere else; and there were some 20 tons of fish in her refrigerators.

Someone here asked: " Why not forget this business of bringing in a planeload of officials to prosecute the fishermen? Why not punish them, and get some real benefit out of it all, by compelling them to show us how to catch fish in our own waters?” £500 Fine For Jap Fishing Boat RABAUL, April 9.

THE Jap ship (through the captain) and crew (including captain) were charged to-day with fishing in Territorial waters without a license. (Details on p. 125).

Mr. Dudley Jones, defending counsel said the captain did not know he was in forbidden waters, and the crew merely obeyed orders.

The 24 Japanese were escorted to the Court by police-boys. They seemed carefree and happy.

The Court fined the ship 500,000 yen (£5OO Aus.), and the captain £5. The charge against the rest of the crew r was dismissed. Pending ' payment, the ship is held in custody for 60 days, when it may be seized and sold.

COPRA ON 1952 LEVELS British MOF Has Best Of It IN early March, London had a rising market for copra, and sales of Straits were reported up to £94 Stg., European port. Philippines was sold at as high as $285, March- April shipment.

During the month, between 10,000 and 15,000 tons of copra from Indonesia came into the European markets, and prices eased slightly.

Straits was down to £9O at the end of March.

All the British copra-producing Territories in the South Pacific have now settled down, „ for 1953, with British Ministry of Food contract prices at or very near the 1952 levels. So far, the MOF (which was most reluctant in January to forego its claim for a 10% reduction) is having by far the best of it—it is buying South Pacific copra at from £lO to £l2 under the world market.

Rains Tear Rabaul’S

Roads Apart

RABAUL, April 2.

AT long last, it has stopped raining; and before this day was two hours old, four different citizens had asked me to go out and take a look at their roads.

They surely are a picture! Everywhere, the rushing waters have scoured deep channels through the pumice formation. There are holes, in some places two feet deep, across practically every thoroughfare, the result of bad formation and insufficient gutters and drains. Works and Housing have been roadmaking in this place for years—but there was little permanence in their operations.

Conditions are worst in the Tunnel Hill Road area, the “escape route.” If there had been an eruption this morning, escape could have been accomplished only on foot. No vehicles could get over these tracks.

JUDY TUDOR.

Japanese ship “Sumiyoshi Maru”, in Rabaul harbour. (Casuarina Studio photo.) 15 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL. 185 3

Rarotonga Has A Lively

ELECTION From a Special Correspondent r[E election for the European member of the Rarotonga Island Council resulted: McKegg (elected) 66 Watson (former memberdefeated) 3,7 Scott Informal 2 Total votes cast 124 The election was “lively.” Mr.

W. H. Watson, who had been for eight years a member of the Council—and, in that capacity, attended six Legislative Council sessions— has been recently an unsparing critic of the Administration; and some of us believe that there is too large a proportion of the laissez faire element among the officials of the Cook Islands.

There seems no doubt that the bureaucrats “ganged up” on Mr.

Watson —they openly advocated the candidature of Mr. McKegg or Mr. Scott. As 72 of the 134 voters on the European roll are civil servants, or their wives, the energetic Mr. Watson was at a disadvantage.

Many of the non-officials have Euronesian wives (half Europeanhalf Rarotongan) and, under the archaic laws of NZ, these people are not permitted to take the European status of their husbands, and enrol as Europeans. The officials—who are rarely more than three years in the Territory, and have only an evanescent interest in its affairs— mostly have European wives, who are allowed to vote. We do claim that this franchise is due for an overhaul.

However, it cannot be said that the new member is without local interests. Mr. McKegg was born in Rarotonga, where his father was one of the founders of the Cook Islands Trading Co.; educated in New Zealand; and served in World War I, and is held in high regard.

Mr. Watson has not been here so long, but he is one of our solidest citizens and also is held in wide respect. The bureaucrats were shrewd in running Mr. McKegg against him, and splitting his vote through the candidature of Mr H Scott, another respected old-timer.

More Controls!

IT was announced from Paris in mid-March that the French Government will shortly make drastic cuts in its imports from Sterling countries in a “desperate attempt to reduce the large trade deficit and end the pressure on gold reserves.”

It may be assumed that the policv will also affect French Territories ] ? ac l ific in their dealings with Australia and New Zealand already considerably reduced

W. Samoa Asked To Design Its

Self-Government

Interesting Plan Offered Unexpectedly By New Zealand From Our Own Correspondent APIA, March 26.

ON March 18, 1953, the Prime Minister of New Zealand (Mr.

Holland) and the High Commissioner in Western Samoa (Mr, G. R. Powles) issued simultaneously in Wellington and Apia a 1,400 words “Statement of Policy”, describing far-reaching changes proposed in the political, social and economic structure of the New Zealand Trust Territory of Western Samoa, under which the Territory will become practically self-governing and nearly independent, presumably under the care of New Zealand.

The plan is to be considered by a Constitutional Convention, which will be called at the end of 1954.

Outstanding among the proposals is the establishment of a Cabinet, with a Prime Minister and Ministers in charge of Government Departments; the election of a House of Representatives by universal franchise and secret ballot, to which body the 11 traditional districts of Samoa are to elect one member for each 2,000 inhabitants.

The most generous and remarkable part of the plan is the gift to Samoa of the large and valuable New Zealand Reparation Estates (the organisation administering the former German plantations, taken over by NZ as reparations after World War I), the present * s . es tunated at about £lOOO,OOO. It is to be administered by a board of four local directors and one representative of New Zealand. This generous offer has been received with deep appreciation and gratitude by the Samoan people, who realise that the huge , lanc * holdings of the concern WI J J vitally assist their future agricultural development.

Among the semi-political and administrative measures proposed are the following- Establishment of district and vll i a g; boards. * stl £y of £ P lal > for a common citizenship, abolishing distinctions between Europeans and Samoans, * Scheme of staff training for Government servants. * Ini tial investigation of local government for Apia, _ * Integration of Samoan Affairs Department wi th District and Village administration, * , ~e , o rm judicial system and establishment of subordinate courts, • Establishment of a Central Registry of the Justice Department. • The Fono of Faipule (present Samoan parliament) to draw up rules for the election of members of the Legislative Assembly in 1954. • After the election in 1954, the High Commissioner to cease presiding over the Legislative Assembly, • In 1954, the Executive Councillors to accept Under-Secretarial duties, _

Proposals In Economic

FIELD • An overall economic survey and an aerial and soil survey at an early date, . rvmHrmoti™ q Continuation of agricultural (Continued on Page in) A group of four political leaders in Western Samoa, Left to right: The Hon.

Malietoa Tunamafili II, member of the Council of State; the late Hon. Tofa Tomasi, MLA, whose untimely death was reported in March PIM; the Hon. Te’o Leutele, MLA; the Hon. A. M. Gurau, MLA. 16 APRIL. 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

For The Coronation

Islands Parties En Route DURING the month, representatives of the South Pacific Territories, bound for the Coronation, have gone east and west along the main routes to Europe— some via America, some via Australia. Practically every Englishspeaking Group will be represented.

From Papua-N. Guinea

Twenty-five members of the Papua-New Guinea Police—wellirilled, smartly marching men, and i credit to their officers and their mit —left Sydney in the New Australia on April 11. They marched brough Sydney’s main streets on be 10th to lay a wreath at the tenotaph, watched curiously by sns of thousands, who seemed to pprove of them.

FROM FIJI Sir Lala and Lady Sukuna, reresenting the native community f Fiji, spent a couple of days in ydney before joining a P and O tier. European, Indian and Fijian ficials have gone the other ay; a small party of Fijian soldiers ave gone on an Australian trooprip; and other Fiji soldiers go irectly from Malaya.

From Tonga

Queen Salote of Tonga departed om Tonga by the March Tofua, nid scenes of devotion and fareell, to join a liner in Auckland, id go by the Panama Canal to □ndon. She will return via Ausalia. She is accompanied by Prints Mata’aho, wife of the Crown rince of Tonga (Prince Tungi) and j Mrs. J. E. Windrum, wife of the ritish Consul and Agent in Tonga

From Western Samoa

The selection of Hon. Tupua Tamasese and his wife, to represent Western Samoa at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth, has been generally applauded. Hon. Tamasese, one of the High Chiefs of Samoa, has been prominently associated with the public life of the Territory for many wears, and he is held in high regard.

Other small parties of officials— mostly native Islanders, such as the Solomon Islanders—have gone by ship.

From Cook Islands

The Cook Islands will be represented by the Makea (Hon. Nui Teremoana Ariki) who is accompanied by her husband, Mr. Tau Cowan.

Old-Timers Condemn Grimble’s Gilbertian Book WHEREVER old-timers of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands foregather—and there are quite a number in Sydney—they soon drift into an indignation meeting over Sir Arthur Grimble’s book, A Pattern of Islands.

It is a most colourful and lively and amusing book, and it has made the grade as a best-seller. As a result, Sir Arthur has been taken to America as a lecturer and commentator, and he probably will get a small fortune out of royalties and what-not.

But a great deal of the book, say th£ old-timers, is either sheer fiction, or gross exaggeration. They produce facts of natural history, such as those relating to sharks and octopuses, to prove that some of the things Sir Arthur so blithely describes as happening just couldn’t have happened. They take incident after incident, as recounted by his lively pen, and tear it to pieces, on the basis of their knowledge of localities and conditions.

There is little use in fretting.

This is typical of modern life, and not peculiar to a Grimble book.

The public want newspapers and books which entertain them —otherwise, they will not buy the goods.

Ergo, most publishers give the public what it wants, often straining at the truth, but not straining too heavily. Sir Arthur’s book, at any rate, is well written and very amusing.—R.

Memorial to Coast-Watchers Coast Watchers of World War II propose to erect a memorial, on a site to be selected in Papua-New Guinea, to their comrades who lost their lives on active service. Subscriptions may be sent to “Coastwatchers Memorial Fund”, c/- Director of Naval Intelligence, Navy Office, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne.

Mv Pollurian

Bougainville Interests to Take Over THERE have been rapid moves in the dispute among members of the Bougainville Company, formed a couple of years ago to acquire and run the motorship Pollurian in the Bismarck Archipelago end of the New Guinea Territory.

Some of the Directors of the Co., after various negotiations with Captain Tom Coyne, managing director, removed him from his position late in 1952 and complained to the police, and he was charged with the* Improper use of funos—a Charge which he strongly resisted. He was committed for trial, and the case was to have been heard in February or March.

In March, however, the Crown Law Department filed a Nolle Prosequi, and the case was struck out. By now, Captain Coyne had issued writs against Messrs. Joyes and Ellis, Bougainville planters, claiming damages for malicious prosecution; the latter had taken further proceedings against Coyne, demanding an accounting of certain funds. It was a complicated situation. The majority of the shares in the Co. appear to be held by the previous owners of the Pollurian, Coastal Freighters Ltd., of England.

A message from Rabaul on April 13 reported that it now has been arranged that the Bougainville interests will acquire Coastal Freighters’ interest in the ship.

This, presumably, means that the various claims have been settled, that Captain Coyne and the English interests have sold out, and that the Bougainville planters will control the Co. and run the ship.

The Hon. Tupua Tamasese, one of the [?]ading High Chiefs of Western Samoa [?]ho, with his wife, will be the principal [?]presentative of the Territory at the [?]oronation of Queen Elizabeth II, in [?]ndon, in June.

In Port Vila, New Hebrides, on March 10, the wedding took place of two wellknown young people—Miss R. Habulot was married to Mr. R. Valett. Mr. Valett is a popular footballer in Vila. 17 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

Sir Henry Scott, Qc

Chairman of Session of S. Pacific Commission AN important session of the South Pacific Commission (which is being held this month in Noumea in conjunction with the South Pacific Conference—see page 107) will be presided over by Sir Henry Milne Scott—an interesting departure from the usual routine.

At present, the Senior Commissioner for the United Kingdom on the Commission is Sir Ronald Garvey, the new Governor of Fiji.

Sir Ronald, now rather deeply immersed in Fiji affairs, cannot spare the time to go to New Caledonia; and so Sir Henry Milne Scott has been appointed his alternate.

This announcement is of unusual interest, not only because this is the first time that someone unconnected with Governments or Universities has been appointed a Senior Commissioner (Sir Henry is a well known Suva barrister, and a director of some large trading concerns) but also because, in order of rotation, this is Fiji’s turn to preside at the Session.

The South Pacific Commission, since its inception in 1947, has created a big organisation, and now is carrying out important work. Its primary and chief objective is to raise the standard of native life throughout the South Pacific Islands. Chief criticism of it is that the twelve Commissioners are by training and outlook too far removed from practical and mundane affairs. They have been, almost wholly, either high Governmental officials or University professors and lecturers. It is argued that the Commission cannot attain maximum usefulness unless it also represents the viewpoint of private enterprise in the South Pacific.

Sir Henry Milne Scott probably has contributed more than any other private individual to native welfare in the South Pacific. He always has taken a keen interest in the native Fijians, of whom he is very fond. He has made large personal gifts to native welfare.

The land upon which is built the new college for Fijian boys (see front cover of this issue) is a recent gift from him. He has given years of valuable service to the Lepers Trust Board of Fiji.

DR. W. E. H. STANNER, Reader in Comparative Sociology in the Department of Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, has been appointed Australia’s Second Commissioner on the South Pacific Commission (Mr J. R. Halligan is Senior Commissioner). Dr. Stanner is a graduate of Sydney University: gained his Doctorate in Philosophy in England; and has done distinguished field work in anthropological research, from the economic and social side, in North Australia, East Africa, Indonesia and the Pacific Islands.

After special training in America in certain aspects of civil administration, he served in South-West Pacific during the war.

Appeal to Past and Present Citizens of Rabaul To mark the coronation of Queen Elizabeth 11, and to assist a worthy public cause, a committee of Rabaul citizens is making an appeal to all present and former residents of that area, for a modest subscription to a Coronation Fund.

Rabaul has a Public Recreation Sports Ground, but it is in poor condition. With sufficient funds, the Coronation Committee proposes to re-design and reform the Ground, so it may be suitable for all kinds of athletic sports. There will be a sports oval, dressing sheds, pavilions, and appropriate trees and shrubs will be planted.

It is proposed also to design a set of gates which will be installed in memory of Rabaul soldiers and citizens who lost their lives in World War 11.

The Sports Ground will be known as Queen Elizabeth Park.

The appeal, which is warmly commended, has been made by Mr. R. Galloway, on behalf of the Coronation Finance Committee. Subscriptions should be sent to the Treasurer, Coronation Finance Committee, care of District Office, Rabaul.

Button-Making In

FIJI New Industry at Levuka WE reported, some months ago, that Mr. A. G. McGown, of Levuka, had taken steps to establish a button-making industry in Fiji. It is now formally announced that Mr. McGowan is the managing director of Pacific Pearl Shell Products Ltd.; that the Co, has installed 18 button-making machines in a factory in Levuka; and that the plant is capable of making, each day, 72,000 buttons out of trochus shell.

The company will buy trochus shell from the Fijians, and will be capable of handling 400 tons per annum. A staff of 20 people will work under the direction of a technician from the United States.

Before World War 11, most button-making from South Pacific shell was done in Czecho-Slovakia and Japan, Since the war, the shell has gone mostly to United States. It is believed that, if there is efficiency in the factory, the new Levuka enterprise should be able to dispose profitably of all its products.

If it ran at full capacity for 300 days per annum, the Levuka factory might produce over 20 millions of buttons. That seems a startling number of buttons. But there are 2,000 millions of people in the world, and if each of them lost five buttons a year (and many of them can do a lot better than that) there would be a call each year for 400 millions of buttons.

Melanesian Mission, Bsi

The Anglican Melanesian Mission ship “Southern Cross” left Auckland for the New Hebrides and Solomons on March 10, on another six months’ tour of the mission stations.

The photo shows, top row:— Sister Ruth Palmer, for Ugi Hospital.

Rev. Leonard Alufurai, recently consecrated deacon in Auckland (first Solomon Islander so consecrated since 1872) returning to the Group.

Mr. and Mrs.

Mountfort, schoolteachers, going to Alangau1a, Ugi Island.

Second row: Mr. and Mrs. Adams, carpenter and nurse, proceeding to Fauabu Station, Malaita.

The Rev. R. p.

Garrity and family returning to Honiara after leave. 18 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

Lobster Tails From

DARU [?]ydney Man’s Plan For New Papuan Industry I NEW lobster-catching industry, L based on Daru, Western Papua, is planned by Mr. Jack Toyer, tio is now preparing his 72-ft otor vessel Cygnet, in Sydney, for e enterprise.

Mr. Toyer, several years ago, was arine superintendent in New uinea for an Australian oil commy, and he believes that there are itable lobster-breeding grounds lar Daru. He recently advertised r men to join in his project, and i told the interested newspapers at he will leave shortly for Port oresby with his wife and young ildren, aboard Cygnet, and he will followed by six men who will take o smaller craft to Papua. Cygnet, ted with refrigeration, will be the lother ship”; the smaller craft II be the “chasers”; and the tails the captured lobsters will be Dzen, shipped to Port Moresby and ence despatched to United States, lere there is a large and profitle market.

[?]Hallenge To

[?]LOMONS

[?]Axing Authority

IHE challenge to the taxing . authority of the British Solomon Islands Administration — ade on behalf of BSI copra proicers who feel that they are being o heavily penalised through inme tax—was heard by Judicial jmmissioner Charles in Honiara »t month. Decision was reserved.

It is expected that, whatever the cision, there will be an appeal on institutional grounds to a higher iurt.

The proposed challenge to the ithority of the BSI Copra Board— ade on the same grounds, namely, e validity of an Order in Council ade in 1893—is under legal examation still, and no further steps ive been taken.

Rowing Need

[?]R

[?]Ative Teachers

IHE Director of Education in Papua-New Guinea, Mr. W. C.

Groves, returning to Port Dresby after long leave, informed porters in Victoria that one of e chief needs of his organisation re native teachers trained to fe charge of village schools. He id that valuable help was being ren in this direction by 21 sepite missionary groups in Papuaw Guinea; but still more teachers ire needed.

Fiji’S War On

Rhino Beetle

Definite Infestation in Suva Area SOON after a live Rhinoceros beetle (Brontispa froggatti ), deadly enemy of the coconut palm, was found on a ship in Suva harbour on February 22, another live specimen was discovered by a Fijian in his house at Suvavou (near the harbour, west of Suva). (See PIM, Feb.).

The Government immediately took alarm; Department of Agriculture teams went searching carefully: and by mid-March it was clear that there was infestation throughout a 10-miles wide area west and northwest of Suva. Beetles and larvae were found in rotting vegetation, trees and houses.

It is believed that the insect had been established in the area for at least a year—probably before the infestation in Vavau (North Tonga) was discovered.

Every precaution that the experts can devise is being taken to keep the infestation within the limited area west of Suva. The most stringent measures are being imposed upon ships, planes and vehicles moving out of the infected area. Teams of searchers are examining the country. Officials are inspecting vehicles at special roadblocks. Power-spraying on a huge scale is proposed. The Government has made £14,500 available to cover costs of these extraordinary measures.

BUT we have never heard of a case of the complete eradication of this pest, once it has become established. It can be controlled by the use of parasitical wasps (such as the Scolio Ruficornis, brought from Mauritius to Western Samoa many years ago) and by vigorous communal measures directed to the removal of all dead palms and rotting vegetation; but once the implantation is complete—as seems to be the case in Viti Levu —the only thing to do, apparently, is to accept it as one of the burdens of the nation, and provide accordingly.

It is exceedingly bad luck for Fiji, which took all reasonable precautions, once it was found that the pest had escaped from Samoa to Tonga. But, failing a means of complete eradication which could have been applied in Samoa and Tonga, and in view of modern transport conditions, the spread of the beetle to Fiji, sooner or later, was inevitable.

Fiji’s coconut industry is worth between two and three million pounds per annum. Most of the best coconut plantations are not in Viti Levu, and the pest may be kept away from the other islands for some time —although at considerable cost.

The Colony’s main hope is that some parasite may be found to kill Rhino, just as the Colony, several years ago, by introducing a parasitic fly from Malaya, wiped out the very menacing blue moth.

Presumably, Fiji will give its Department of Agriculture carte blanche in seeking a way out of this ugly situation Fiji, Tonga, Western Samoa, Wallis archipelago, New Guinea— all now are affected. It looks like a ready-made job for the South Pacific Commission.

Few Beetles—Many Larvae • From Our Fiji Correspondent) SUVA, March 26.

IT has been officially pointed out that if the beetle has spread beyond the Suva-Veisari area, the grant of £14,500 will have to be substantially increased.

At the moment it is not thought that special equipment, such as power-sprayers, will be required, but it is realised that the fight against the beetle is a matter involving long-term research, for which modern equipment will be needed.

At a Suva Rotary Club luncheon, Mr. W. G. Johnson (managing director of W. R. Carpenter and Co. (Fiji) Ltd.), suggested a reward of £lOO,OOO for anyone in the world who is able to control the beetle.

“This is not a large amount to protect a £3,000,000 a year industry,” he said.

The Senior Government Entomologist (Mr. B. A. O’Connor) told the Rotary Club that it had been suggested that, with the help of the South Pacific Commission, an entomologist might be sent to southeast Asia or Ceylon to discover why the rhinoceros beetle affects some places less than others.

“We must find out why the beetle is attracted to rotting vegetation and coconut palms. If we could find the answer to that,” he said, “then we could provide a lure. The South Pacific Commission may be able to help us in this. Fiji, of course, would have to contribute to the cost of research.”

Comparatively few beetles have been found so far, but a great many beetle grubs have been unearthed.

More than 20 of the repulsive things (3 in. long an dnearly 1 in. thick) were unearthed in a compost heap at Delainavesi, close to Suva. Others have been found in the dead, standing trunks of sago and coconut palms, and still others in sawdust piles near sawmills. One of the worst points of infestation is near the Solomon Islanders’ village at Wailoku, about three miles inland from the harbour, and another fairly bad patch is near the hill suburb of Tamavua.

Visible damage to. coconut palms 19 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

is not common. This, added to the fact that many grubs and few beetles have been found to date, suggests that the beetle’s invasion of Fiji may have been caught in the nick of time. If that should be so, the watchful Fijians (who, on board the ship Thorsisle and in a house at Suvavou, pounced on and reported the first two known live beetles in Fiji) should receive some recognition.

Life History of Beetle By B. A. O'Connor, Senior Entomologist in Fiji.

The damage done by this pest is all caused by the adult beetles, the grubs being quite harmless.

The beetle flies to the top of a palm, and crawls in among the bases of the fronds. It then bores in towards the centre, making a large hole through the butts of the younger fronds, and pushing out of the hole a mass of chewed fibres.

If it reaches the growing point of the palm, no new fronds are formed, and the tree dies. It has a typical appearance of having outer fronds but no inner ones.

Even if the beetle does not reach the growing point, rain-water may lodge in the burrow which it has made, and bacteria and fungi growing in the damp pocket may cause the growing point to decay.

Where the beetle has chewed through the young “spear” of developing leaves, it damages the fronds so that when they open out they either have the tip cut right off or have a triangular section of leaflets removed.

A heavy? fall in production is caused by the death of palms and the loss of foliage. Moreover, the mortality among young palms is very heavy, so that replanting becomes extremely costly. The producer may reduce his losses considerably by trapping beetles and by destroying breeding places, but this involves him in heavy expenditure.

Breeding takes place in decaying vegetable material, such as the tops of standing dead palms of various kinds; in rotting stumps and logs of palms and other trees, includcluding rubber trees; in coconut trunks used in bridges, buildings and other structures; in dead Pandanus; in rubbish dumps and compost heaps; in heaps of farmyard manure; in piles of rotting sawdust; in old, covered-in latrines; and in other similar situations. Decaying sago trunks may also be a possible breeding place.

The beetles mate in these places, and here also the females lay their eggs, each female producing up to sixty or seventy eggs. The eggs hatch within a fortnight, and the grubs, which feed on the decaying vegetable matter, become fully grown in from 2h to 3 months after hatching. A cell is then constructed, either in the food-material or more commonly underground, and the pupa, or resting, stage is formed. This stage lasts about three weeks, when the adult beetle is formed. The beetle remains in the cell for a further three weeks before emerging. The female probably lays eggs within a fortnight of emerging. The total length of a generation is thus about five months.

The beetle is nocturnal in habit, flying only at night. Some authorities state that it is strongly attracted to light, but there is evidJ ence that this attraction is only moderate. However, some of the beetles do fly to lights.

The adult beetles feed on manyl kinds of palms, including the coco-! nut palm, oil palm, nipa palm, sago palm and Areca or betel-nut palm, on Pandanus and, to a small extent, on sugar cane and sisaL hemp. Caged beetles have freely’ eaten pineapple, pawpaw, dale* (taro) and banana, though there! appears to be little attack on these plants under natural conditions. I Do You Remember?

From PIM of 20 Years ago.

IT was interesting to note that in April, 1933, the price of a ton of rice—staple diet of plantation labour in the South West Pacific—was approximately the price planters were receiving per ton for their copra. (In 1953, planters are paying, ton for ton, about three-tenths more for their rice than they receive for their copra.). But apart from this, planting was in the doldrums and planters of 20 years ago did not normally find themselves elevated to the Rich Uncle class. For the rest, Pacific Island cruises were a popular, and cheap, form of amusement; and people were no less keen to start new industries in the Territories than they are now.

Here are some of the things contained in the PIM of April, 1933: Mr. C. Falkner, of Tearouki Plantation, Bougainville, wrote that there had been Jap trochus poachers operating off Tiop.

On March 4, he said, they had appeared in a large launch, sent out 10 boats to a reef that was reserved for the local village and commenced to fish for the trochus which the villagers were keeping to pay their taxes. The chief and elders of the village went off in canoes and ordered the Japs off, but the intruders ignored them. In four or five hours they had skinned the reef and departed, “leaving a lot of enraged and loudly protesting natives”. * * * Burns Philp and Co. had bought up the trading section of its most formidable rival in Papua, the British New Guinea Co.

The BNG Co., which was owned by a group of London investors and had operand in Papua for many years, would, however, continue to operate its coconut and rubber plantations. * * * “Two new seaplanes, purchased in Australia by Fiji Airways, Ltd., are already in Suva and in operation. We predict for the company a very useful and profitable career—although it can hardly hope to score the sensational success achieved by its older relation, Guinea Airways, Ltd.” * * * In a list of NG Public Service appointments and promotions G. Ellis and H. I.

R. Niall were appointed Acting Assistant District Officers; E. A. Feldt, District Officer, Grade 3; G. W. L. Townsend, District Officer Grade 2, and E. W.

Oakley, District Officer Grade 1. (Mr, G. Ellis committed suicide on the Sepiki River, in 1942, under rather extraordinary-] circumstances; Mr. Niall is now District Commissioner. Morobe; Mr. Feldt, who organised the famous Coastwatchers during the Pacific War, is now retired and living in Brisbane; Mr. Townsend has a United Nations appointment at Lake] Success. Mr. Oakley is dead). * * * “The Rockefeller scheme of sanitation which is being attempted in the Cook Group is being pushed forward by the"

PWD. It is anticipated that the whole of the installations (about 850) at Rarotonga will be completed within three or four months.” . (It is a safe bet that John D. never imagined that he would J be best known in the South Seas for his “scheme of sanitation”—which con-i sisted of latrines built at the end of long jetties out over the sea and were designed to prevent hookworm infection. The scheme was instituted by the late Dr.j S. M. Lambert, financed by the Rocke-j feller Foundation, and the relics are a striking feasure of the Samoan landscape to-day. They have probably survived in 1 other areas, too). * * * There were, at the time, four companies] interested in sugar growing in Papua, and] selling shares to Australian investors!

They were the Sangara Company, Sugars lands. Ltd., Tropicane, Ltd., and the Kingsmill Group. Pointing out that Papua] probably was the place, but that 1933 waJ not the time, we said that either the Aus-' tralia or the Papuan government should supervise the sales of bonds and shares! to investors and (we cornily asked) were* the companies interested in sugar or “sugar”. (No one did produce sugar com 4 mercially in Papua, anyway. But in the depressed days of 1933 anything was worth! trying). « * * The big-hearted Australian Government} was spending the money collected from import duty on Fiji bananas to help the?

Australian banana-growers with scientific? research, publicity and other activities. I * * * The Fiji exchange rate, after being 3» per cent, under Stg. for some months,, reverted to 11 per cent, ufider Stg..

Approx. £ll3 Australia was equal to £lOOl Fijian. This is very close to the rate prevailing in 1953.

Mcllraths of Sydney were advertising); the best Rangoon ration rice, in double? 100’s, at £ll/10/- per ton, and trade beefi at 19/- per case. 20 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

The Editors' Mailbag

e Knew Miss Dakota Mr. Leslie Gill, of the Northern ylomons, is reminiscent: Your article and photographs (pp , 66, February PIM) concerning e Quonset suburb of Noumea, roke memories.

I resided in that area for a week February, 1943, in a Quonset med “Miss Dakota.” The huts in at section of the Quonset townip were named after the various ates. It was a United States Navy t-up, and —I think my memory •ves me right—its official designan was “CUB 15.” [ went to a movie there one night d saw a Bob Hope film. What uck me most about that show ,s the fact that a group of Gl’s ose a 1,000 lb bomb as a box-seat im which to view the show. ant a Useful Old Book?

For many years, in the early ft of this century, the standard erence book on the South Pacific s Stewart’s Handbook of the cific, compiled and edited by rcy S. Allen. The last edition s in 1923, and that issue is parilarly valuable, because it conns a bibliography covering books ding with the Islands. Mr. C. chanan, of the Whitehorse Road, epdene, Victoria, informs us it he has a copy of the 1923 tion available, if anyone wants It. Allen, for a long time, was nember of the Sydney Morning raid staff. He now lives in re- ;ment in Mosman, Sydney, and 1 is an authority on Pacific mds history. iese Differing Points View! i valued reader in Melbourne, ding his sub. along, says; “It ild be a great relief if your tor would cease his tiresome, ious prattling on political tters.” .n ex-resident of Fiji, in a note m South Sydney, asks for a ticular issue, so that he may d again an article (dealing with Red Asian menace to the future he Pacific Territories) and adds: iese articles of yours always reid me of Lord Roberts before rid War I, storming the length I breadth of England, preaching ut the German menace; and y said his was a voice in the lerness, and ‘Poor old Bobs—he is his dotage.’ Australia to-day 3S something far worse than the •man menace of pre-1914.” nd a former Pacific Islands sionary, writing a couple of iths ago from the United States, a friend in New Zealand, commented on PIM and said: “Your Mr. Robson writes some fine articles, which remind me in some ways of that great old man of England, Winston Churchill.”

Which, while it is carrying praise to an absurdity, does show —as we remarked—how widely different are the points of view.

Error in Kilowatts It was stated in the February FIM (p. 24) that the Port Moresby hydro-electric installation will have an initial output of 3,000 kilowatts, “which is just over the town’s present maximum power consumption.”

The P-NG Department of Works points out that the biggest demand for power ever recorded in Moresby (February, 1953) was 1,295 KW, which is only 43 per cent, of the output expected from the Rouna Falls power station.

Bananas by the Foot The claim that those post-hurricane bananas now coming out of Fiji (PIM, Feb., pa. 21) are of record size suggests to me that the Fiji banana is deteriorating. When I lived in the Sigatoka district 45 years ago, the banana plantations of Messrs. Ty Sang and Sang on Ty were just being opened up, I have no authentic records beyond a clear memory, but I remember that many bunches from the Yalva, Bila Levu, Qiri Qiri, and other plantations exceeded in size those you have described as the products of 1953 some of those bunches were fully 4i feet high. Being a banana planter myself at Naikurokuro, near Suva, I was much impressed, and took particular notice of them.

The soil of the Sigatoka Valley is immensely fertile, probably because of the big limestone cliffs at Qalemare, some 30 miles upstream.

When the CSR Co. opened up Kavonagasau sugar plantations— about 600 acres of alluvial flats— the first crop was 70 tons per acre averaging 17 POCS. —K. P. WRIGHT, Quirindi, NSW.

Did He Brief von Luckner?

Your reference to the destruction of the Carnegie Institute ship Carnegie, in Apia, reminds me of an interesting member of her staff (writes Mr. K. P. Wright, of Lomani, Quirindi, NSW, who was a planter in the Sigatoka area of Fiji over 40 years ago).

He was a German named Heimbrod, a clever surveyor, who did a good deal of work in Fiji. I knew him well —he surveyed several blocks for me at Sigatoka. He was married to a charming Irish lady and they had a British family.

Heimbrod joined the staff of the scientific ship Carnegie, and spent some years with her, and so must have learned a great deal about the ports and anchorages of the South Pacific Islands. After Count von Luckner had made his famous incursion into the South Pacific it was remembered that Heimbrod had been visited in Fiji by von Luckner, and that they were friends, and it was thought that Heimbrod had imparted to him the special information about the South Seas which the Count clearly had. So Heimbrod was interned.

After World War I Heimbrod returned to Fiji. He was met by a number of returned soldiers and warned to keep away. It was even said that some of his possessions were thrown overboard. He went away, and I never heard of him again.

Tragedy of Tonga’s Bananas The newspapers here (Auckland) have been commenting upon bananas, small in size and bad in appearance, believed to have come from Tonga.

In 1907, when I represented the Union SS Co. in Tonga, we shipped every month from 10,000 to 20,000 cases and bunches of fine bananas to NZ. The growers got 1/6 per case, delivered on wharf. In 1952, the Government Banana Board was paying 8/- and 10/- per case, and carrying the fruit to the wharf.

A disease gravely reduced the banana output in 1911, and the Government of Tonga sought outside assistance. Three months later, there arrived a gentleman from an experimental farm in New Zealand, who assumed the title of Director of Agriculture. I do not think he had ever previously seen a banana outside a fruiterer's shop, and his efforts to restore the banana industry were not successful. He induced the Government to encourage the production of vegetables, which the Government Storekeeper sold in this store.

The disease has never been eradicated, and the poor quality of the Tongan banana is the result of it.—F. T. GOEDICKE.

G and E Finance in 1911 A recent reference in PIM to the assessment of the Gilbert Islanders’ taxes in terms of copra has reminded Mr. Neville Chatfield—who was buying copra for Burns Philp & Co. in the Gilbert and Ellice Colony 40 years ago—of some official reports in his possession, relating to conditions in the Colony in 1911. They show that in 1911 the natives had to pay £3,120 in taxes (which even then was extracted in the form of copra). In that year, the Colony produced 2,070 tons of copra, worth £20,700, and 142,163 tons of phosphate, worth £213,250. 21 ICIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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Miss Dorothy Stewart of Mundubbera, Queensland, reports on behalf of the Trustees, that a legal interpretation of the conditions governing the Scholarship, showed that lan Higgins was not eligible.

The Scholarship, accordingly, was awarded to Robert Bird. But the Brisbane Branch of the Association, on learning of the circumstances, decided to award a Special Scholarship to lan Higgins, and this has been announced accordingly. Thus, this year, two scholarships are awarded.

Rosemary Bird, sister of Robert Bird, won the Scholarship in 1951.

Rosemary in 1952 passed in all seven subjects (getting four A’s) of the Junior Public examination, and is now attending Somerville House School, Queensland South Coast.

Rosemary and Robert Bird are the children of Mrs. J. Bird, of Mermaid Beach, South Queensland, and of the late Mr. R. A.

Bird, who was for 14 years a Customs official in Rabaul, and who served in the New Guinea Volunteer Rifles. Robert was born in Rabaul on February 11, 1939, and he has attended the Brighton, Toowong and Surfers Paradise Schools in South Queensland, and is now attending the State High [?]rom Left to Right: Rosemary Bird, [?]ert Bird and Ian Higgins—the two [?]er being this year's winners of New [?]nea Memorial Scholarships. Rosemary the winner in 1951. 23 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —APJI I L , 1953

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Victorian Awards The Victorian Branch of the New Guinea Memorial Scholarships organisation has awarded 1953 scholarships to the following: Gillian C. Spensley, of Lauriston Girls’ School.

Lois M. Atkins, of Lilydale High School.

Andrew W. B. Vial, of Wesley College.

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Owing to increased cost of education, the Trustees have made an! increase in the grant to £5O, for the three years.

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By Tolala A CCORDING to an official spokes- \ man, natives of New Britain this year are to receive £75,000 or war damage payment in settlenent of their various claims. Previ- >us payments have been made.

From what I hear, and have read, latives in war devastated areas lave already received most subtantial payments for similar com- ►ensation. I would be the last to [uestion justifiable compensation to ither whites or natives, but I do beieve the Government’s generosity las been overdone in an attempt 0 counter any criticism by UNO nembers, who might think that the poor natives” were overlooked rhen compensation was handed out.

As most people know, the natives lave fared extraordinarily well, rtiile many a white claimant for ustifiable compensation went away nly partly recompensed. The War )amage Commission ended with a urplus of £5 million after all pproved claims had been met. ’hat amount was socked away into Consolidated Revenue by the Jhifley government. Could it not le used now for settling native laims, instead of taking it out of he pockets of the Australian taxay er?

Over the National broadcast reently I heard Dr. C. M. Deland, f Adelaide, quoted as saying how angerous it was to rehabilitate labaul. He was a good cove, up in IG, as a medico, and also had a air for growing outsize tomatoes; ut I don’t know that he has any pecial qualifications for commentig on seismic conditions around Rabaul. He was not in Rabaul at le eruption, so far as I remember, therwise he would not have made le radio statement that “a great ortion of the town was destroyed 1 1937.”

He was also incorrect in saying hat Dutch experts recommended le abandonment of the town. Preimably he refers to Dr. Stehn, who lade an inspection of the area, )gether with Dr. Woolnough; and le former definitely stated in his Sicial report (and to me, personily) that Rabaul could be rehabilated, providing safety measures ere undertaken and systematic Dservations carried out.

It is not fair to the residents of abaul, or their relatives in Ausalia, to broadcast statements from persons. Life is quite rniplex enough in Rabaul at pre- ;nt, without adding to the worries I the residents.

Now that it has been decided to md the P-NG police contingent to le Coronation—whether it is a ~, . r f good idea or not—satisfaction must be expressed that is in command, for he is a man who will not stand nonsense from anybody. That is, providing he has retained the sterling qualities he possessed when in charge of the police in Rabaul, pre-war. Exguardsman and a strict disciplinarian, he has done more than most people realise to raise the standard of the P-NG police-boy.

I am not wholly in support of sending the contingent to London.

A great fuss will be made of the lads in the Empire’s far-away capital, where members of all races are being given ostentatious hospitality —for political reasons, more than anything else. There is an economic side to this question, as well as a moral one.

But the decision is taken.

Authority says they are to go, and go they will, despite any protests.

Fiji’s excitement over the rhinoceros beetle may bring a smile to the face of the New Guineaites, who are well-acoustomed to the whole tribe of Dynastids, buzzing around the lighted verandas at night. But Fiji’s concern is well warranted, because the Rhinoceros, the Elephant and the Ceylon Red ’A c I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1963

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Fiji’s Economic Botanist, Barney O’Connor, should know all about them. He served on the TNG Agricultural staff for some years before taking up his present duties.

Director Larry Dywer, of P-NG, well knows the danger and it is to be hoped he sees that native plantations, as well as European, keep the pests down. In the past, too often, Europeans were prosecuted under the Pests and Disease Ordinance, while next door the groves of the apathetic natives were prolific breeding-grounds for the “binatangs.”

So history repeats itself in the appearance of Jap poachers in New Guinea waters. It is hoped that the kid-glove handling will be avoided now. Japanese officials made the same explanations back in the 1930’s as they are doing today-inferring non-acceptance of responsibility for the deeds of their nationals. “They are pirates” and “they probably come from Okinawa, which is under American jurisdiction,” they say.

No doubt NG reefs, rich in pearlshell and trocas, are a happy hunting-ground for “pirates” in swift-moving sampans. In pre-war days those poachers used to make Greenwich Island, in the South Carolines, their depot; and there were several Jap residents in the Western Islands who knew their way about.

It is good to hear of Skipper Brett Hilder’s success in the BSI stampdesigning competition. I have not sighted the prize-winners, but I’m prepared to bet that the designs will be artistic at any rate. It’s a case of the gifts of the father descending upon the son. Everyone knows J. J. Hilder's work.

In point of area, probably the biggest painting job Brett Hilder did was when he camouflaged the old BP inter-islander Maiwarra to represent the KPM liner Van Rees, when War II broke out. The owners were not amused.

I see that Rabaul is to hold Coronation Day festivities once again. If they are anything like those held 16 years ago they will be worth seeing. The procession of decorated floats and cars was a picture, as it moved along the beflagged streets from the assembly point on the old Matupi Farm. The feu de joie, provided by the TNG police, was a spectacle which pleased everyone, and in particular Police Superintendent Johnny Walstab, who was a great stickler for ceremonial. Present-day Chief Judge Phillips made a fine record of the day with his movie-camera.

About a fortnight later, Rabaul was covered in ashes and mud. Vulcan had erupted.

A report last month in the SS Post describing the arrival from the Marshall Islands in Moresby of the UN four-man Mission, seems to indicate that the Mission was not happy about its travelling arrangements. It was “distressed” at the high cost to UN of air transport to Moresby in a DC4; and one spokesman throught Australia should pay for the trip.

The leader, M. de Marchent, said the Mission would report the result of its enquiries to UN, and that organisation may send recommendations to the Australian government, “which was not bound to follow the advice, but it would be wise to do so.” Sounds a bit like stand-over tactics.

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Rabaul TAG’S recent plea for the banning of sexy films, magazines and the like reminds me of the action taken in Rabaul some twenty-odd years ago when the local picture theatre censored its Dig posters and painted over leg shows and plunging neck-lines with Dlack printing ink. I don’t think it did much good. A few years ,ater there was a wave of sex jrimes throughout the town, which iaused the formation of the Citizens’

Association, to which I referred last nonth. Such action as banning ;ex pictures and literature is to be jommended, though. The job is to )olice the regulations.

Bits and Pieces: Engaged to Robin iluir, of Lindfield, NSW, is John lore-Lacy, eldest son of Comtiander Dyson, of Kallista, Vic. . ~ *assed to her rest on March 30, Irs Eileen May May, wife of Dr. lay . . . Papers report Errol Flynn s faced with a £366,200 claim for ax arrears, and he’s looking for he chips. No hope for his NG reditors now. . . . Looks like more ompetition amongst the NG lissions. Miss Malia Santoro, of Salifornia, is headed for “cannibal Duntry west of Lae” for the New ’ribes Mission.

Inquiry Into Conduct of Fiji Department Sub-Branch rone may judge by the number of letters sent privately to the PIM on the subject, many people will be glad that the Governor of Fiji has appointed a Commission to inquire into allegav tions of irregularities in the Mechanical Engineering Branch of the Department of Public Works.

The charges made, some openly and some confidentially, in connection with the management of the branch covered a variety of offences; but they generally were directed to an alleged lack of responsibility regarding the use of authority and the care of money.

The Commission will comprise Mr. C. J. Hammett, a magistrate; Mr. R. S. Kay, a chartered accountant, of Suva; and Mr. J. Gillies, chief engineer at the CSR Co’s Nausori mill.

Mr. Robert Cleland, the 22-yearsold son of the Papua-New Guinea Administrator, has been accepted as a Cadet Patrol Officer. He is one of 30 new CPO’s who entered the service in mid-April.

The Mayor of Suva’s Fiji-wide fund for the relief of England’s flood victims closed with a total of well over £2,000, to which was added the Government’s £2,000. 27 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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Brother Francis Brahman, of the Vunapope Mission, near Rabaul, in New Guinea, who died a few weeks ago, earned distinction because, in 25 years of unbroken service, he navigated the Mission boat throughout the tortuous waters of the Bismark Archipelago, and visited practically every port and anchorage on those half-charted coasts and never once put his craft on a reef.

On the one occasion when he handed over his command to a co-worker, the unfortunate understudy ran the little ship, the Julius, on to a reef in the Bainings area; and that outcrop is still known as Julius Reef.

Brother Francis was born in Germany 78 years ago, and joined the mission staff in New Guinea in 1913. He retired from the sea owing to ill-health in the late thirties, but even in his declining years he would make trips to Manus and Buka. Right up to his death, he was the Vunapope Mission’s watchmaker.

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The Lautoka Town Council election resulted: Four European seats —Messrs. S.

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R. P. A. Probert and K. A. Stuart were unsuccessful).

Four Indian seats —Messrs. G. K.

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SUVA, March 30.

JJURPRISE and disappointment, 5 with some bitterness, made up the reaction of Fijian Rugby •layers and their supporters (the atter including many Europeans) it the cavalier treatment by the *ew Zealand Rugby Union of a equest by the Fiji Union for a isit by a Maori team this year.

The New Zealand Union has emporarily pigeon-holed the reuest, with a reference to its preccupation with overseas commitlents, including a New Zealand Lll Blacks’ tour of Great Britain cheduled late this year.

Fijian Rugby is to a large extent n individualistic offshoot of New iealand Rugby, which has hitherto aken great pride in the growth and access of its protege. Now Rugby ircles in Fiji are affronted and ngry.

It is pointed out that a Maori isit could be over and done with mg before the Dominion selectors lave to start worrying about the ill Blacks, that the last NZ team o come to Fiji was here in 1948, nd since then Fijian teams have cured New Zealand and Australia.

It is important that younger r ijians should be given a chance o study football of the highest tandard, to compensate for the omparative lack of solid coaching /hich is one of the main Rugby lifficulties in Fiji.

Mr. Keith McDonald, manager of Mogubu Plantation, Eastern Papua, was married to Miss Roberta Speedie, pretty [?]aughter of Mr. H. W. Speedie, Pt.

Moresby builder, and Mrs. Speedie, at St.

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K. L. Oliver were best man and matron- [?]f-honour —the reception, later, was held [?]t their home. The newly-married couple [?]eturned to Papua on April 15, after a holiday in Sydney. 29 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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Reef Snakes

rjTHE Fijian I asked said that the X big snake with dark bands around his pale body was called ndandakulathi. It was curled up in a hole in a limestone cliff, about six feet above the sand of the beach. He told me, too, that it was quite harmless.

To prove his point, the native took a stick and tried to poke the snake out of its hole. I lent a hand, too. But there was nothing doing. The reptile just crawled further out of sight, so we left him to it.

The small snakes of this variety are not uncommon. If you go shellhunting on the reef you are likely to come across them. I remember one I met when wading out to board a canoe at Ono-i-lau. What fascinated me was the way it could move either forward or backward, apparently with equal ease.

Then my children used to find them among the rocks on the reef, and pick them up —the little ones, of course.

They do seem to be quite harmless. As for the big ones, there’s a tale Captain Frewen tells of calling once at the Solo Light, off the Astrolabe Reef, north of Kadavu. It seems that there is only rock around the lighthouse, and not much of that; so that the Indian light-keepers are changed frequently.

And no wonder; for, so the tale runs, their chief amusement is in watching these big snakes, which come up out of the sea to bask on the warm rocks.

Is it true that “coral snakes” are poisonous? On Morotai, with the RAAF, in 1945, we used to go out shell-hunting, and were told frightening talas of sudden and painful death if one got a bite from a coral snake. But I never ever heard of an authentic case. So far as this black and white type is concerned, there is no fear of it among the natives of Fiji.

Mr. W. L. Bygrave will retire shortly after 23 years’ service with the Lands Department in Fiji—as Surveyor, and Senior Surveyor and Valuer. He has acted as Deputy Director of Lands and Conservator of Forests. 30 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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)ESIGNS have been published of six new Norfolk Island stamps, which will be issued on line 10. The issue thus will be ssociated with the celebrations hich take place annually on Nor- >lk Island to commemorate the rrival there, on June 8, 1856, of le Pitcairners. (Tiny Pitcairn Island became so fercrowded with the descendants f the Bounty mutineers that the ritish authorities, in the middle of st century, decided to shift the Itcairners to fertile Norfolk Island, hich had been colonised as a conct station between 1825 and 1850. 3ss than half the Pitcairners reamed, however —the rest went ick to Pitcairn).

Five of the six stamps carry picres of the ancient buildings which ere part of the convict station, tie sixth is more interesting—a odern plane on the airfield, and, the background, some survivors the once famous Norfolk pines tiich formed a magnificent avenue iestroyed in the war period so that e airfield could be constructed).

A WEDDING of interest was solemnised at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Suva, on March 14, when Miss Ada Mildred [?]ay, the pretty, eldest daughter of Mr. [?]d Mrs. Fred Hay, of Suva, was married [?] Mr. Noel Douglas, eldest son of Mr. [?]d Mrs. Kilner, of Lautoka.

The bride, who was given away by her [?]ther, wore a classical gown of all-over [?]ce with a long tulle veil held by a [?]ronet of orange blossoms. She carried shower bouquet of white flowers. The [?]wo bridesmaids were Misses Margaret Hay and Lima Simpson. Grahame Saunders was page-boy and Maureen Hay was flower girl.

At the subsequent reception, where Mr. and Mrs. Hay entertained a large number of guests, Bishop F. V. Foley proposed the toast of the bride and bridegroom.

The photograph shows the happy picture made by the party as they left the Cathedral. 31 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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By Judy Tudor

SOHANO. March 31. ■pjALF the present European XI population of Kieta, pre-war capital of Bougainville, is represented by about five Works and Housing personnel who are believed to be on the brink of constructing the road from Kieta, 25 miles south to Iwi Plantation, and for which £40,000 was granted last year.

There have been roads there before. One was made in the German days, as far as Aropa plantation, but little of it is now usable, the rivers being without bridges and, so it is said, a bridge in one case being without a river.

The peaked mountains go straight up from the present township of Kieta, But it is planned (in common with most places in this part of the world, Kieta has plans) to move the town to the adjacent sandy flat which the Marist Mission now occupies, and to put the Mission elsewhere.

Here, too, is to be built a wharf where overseas ships can tie up to load copra brought in by smaller ships from plantations nearly as far north as Buka Passage. Date for the accomplishment of this task is as yet unknown; but it makes sense in comparison with the present haphazard method of copra collecting.

For example, the MV Malaita, on her Sydney-Hebrides-Solomons-New Guinea-Sydney run, spends something like a week in Bougainville waters, edging her way in through unlighted and unmarked reefs to precarious anchorages off isolated plantations where she laboriously loads—with the aid of one decrepit launch and maybe four surfboats— perhaps 100 tons of copra at each: place. Malaita, with her crew of over 60, must cost at least £4OO per day to run—yet she goes on errands that a ship of one-sixth her size could do better.

Another 35 miles of road is in construction between Mabiri-Numa Numa-Asitava. Parts are trafficable, and a grant has been recently; made to complete bridges along the route. fITHESE roads are designed to open X up the country, although it is said that they will not affect the present system of lifting copra from plantations by ship.

There is a considerable amount of undeveloped European-owned land in the area which will be served by the roads, but no apparent intention of extending coconut planting. In common with most of 32 APRIL. 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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Office and Sample Room: Bank of New South Wales Chamber?. Suva. Pili. ;he SW Pacific, virtually no new ilanting has been done here. No me can tell what conditions will ,e like in 10 years,” planters say, jimly.

On the other hand, there is coniderable interest in cocoa Plant ng—although no one can tell what onditions are going to be like in hat industry in 10 years, either. [frORK on the Buka Passage airfV drome should be finished in three months. When it is open or traffic, Torakina (at present the inly serviceable airfield in Bougamille District) will be closed. Buka ’assage will then get the benefit )f the Lae-Honiara Qantas service, is well as the fortnightly Sandinghams from Rabaul. Airstrips ire proposed for Kieta and Buin, ilso. . .

Delay in the lifting of copra from 3ougainville-Buka plantations a horn in the flesh of local planters i year or so ago—is now past hisory. With BP’s Malaita, Bougainrille Co.’s Pollurian, and two or ;hree of the Copra Marketing Board’s 300-tonners on the job, here is now competition for cargoes. r\NLY new post-war European in- Lf dustry is the establishment of a sawmill at Mabiri, near *uma Numa. It is a private enterprise by Messrs. Vic Fryer and McCormack. There should be a local demand for their timber and an Australian market for logs for plywood if and when the Australian building industry recovers from its slump.

Skilled labour is still short in Bougainville—one very small Government house (of imported materials) at Sohano Government station is said to have cost £6,000, mainly because the Chinese carpenters of Rabaul cannot be lured away, except at a price.

No B-P or Carpenter stores in these parts. The local commercial tycoon is Wong You—smiling, rotund, evidently happy and looking 20 years younger than his alleged age. He came to New Ireland as a coolie to cut copra “in the German time.” Now he has well-stocked stores at Kieta and Buka Passage and in connection with these the nearest local approach to a tavern. You can buy beer and other assorted delights from Wong You—and sit on his verandah and drink them.

VISITORS to the Eastern Pacific, accustomed to buying baskets, tea trays, sewing-boxes, etc., for 4/-, would weep at the present prices for the so-called Buka basketware (they are made at Buin, not Buka). A Buka basket, baby-carrying type, which in Rabaul before the war cost 7/6, now costs 50/from the natives, who bring them on board the ship at Soraken and other plantations along route of Malaita. Although, it is said, 33 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL. 1953

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Peter Holst, a young Danish pharmacist, emigrated to Ecuador in 1909, and there built up a big business. He became interested in afforestation, apparently as a hobby, and revenues from his big chemical and pharmaceutical factory gave him the means to pursue it.

He obtained some large areas of land, and about 20 years ago planted them up with small cedar trees (Cedrela Odorata), the seed of which he had brought from Cuba. It is said that these plantations have flourished amazingly, covering large areas with quickgrowing, healthy forest, and providing a reddish timber that is claimed to be vermin-proof, closegrained and easily worked.

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[THE departure of Captain Hugh L Frewen from Fiji, for England, via Australia, to see the oronation, has induced the Aus- •alian newspapers to again tell the ;ory of “the Pacific trader with the dry tale past” (to quote a respectil Melbourne reporter).

Captain Frewen is now 70. In is twenties, he married the Prints of Mignano, who now lives in witzerland. One son is now “a oreign Office Secretary, who mar- ,ed Miss Alexandra Gully, daughter of Lord Selby and a cousin of Mr Anthony Eden.” The captain divorced the Princess 40 years ago, and married again, and his present wife now lives in Dorrigo, NSW.

Captain Frewen’s grandfather was Mr. Leonard Jerome, who was part proprietor of New York Times, Mr. Jerome was also the grandfather of Mr. Winston Churchill and other distinguished folk. This makes Captain Frewen their cousin, Captain Frewen’s 54 ft trading vessel Melanesian is well-known in Suva. Captain Frewen told the newspapers that he left the vessel there in charge of the chief officer, and that he will presently return to Fiji, where he hopes to end his days.

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His Excellency formally opened the new Century Theatre in Suva. In the group, left to right, are: Sir Ronald Garvey, Lady Garvey, Mr.

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The Factors of Leave, Travelling Expenses and Personal Loans SUVA, March 30.

HE cost of civil servants’ leave and of overseas passage-grants has often been criticised by i’s taxpayers, particularly when ; leave involves travel to Engid for a long period of absence m the Colony at the public ex- -ISG Another source of grievance irly or unfairly) is the granting Government loans to civil serits. Questions on this point were :ed at the last session of the jislative Council by Sir Alport rker and Mr. H. Maurice Scott, rhe reply to Mr. Scott’s question, ently made public in part, shows it at present loans to civil serits (at 3 per cent.) total £198,883. far the largest item in the list made up of loans for motor-cars me of which, but by no means , are used in the course of official ty. The 214 loans for the purise of cars, with five loans for itor-cycles, total £127,122. Fortyen loans for houses amount to 1,788. Loans for the purchase of rigerators (68 of them) total 167; and personal loans £1,806. rhe largest individual loan for a car is £1,140; and, for a house, £3,100. Refrigerator loans range from £45 to £lOO, and are mostly over £75.

Most of the loans have gone to Europeans, followed by Indians and a handful of Fijians.

Editorial Comment PROVIDED the Government is not paying more for the money than it is charging for the loan (3 per cent) there does not seem to be much wrong with the system of making loans to public servants, to enable them to live in a tropical country in decency and comfort.

In Fiji, a house, a refrigerator and a car are quite definitely among the necessities of modern life; and as the average official is not overburdened with funds, and usually is a dependable person who will repay a loan, it seems right and proper that he should be assisted in this way.

But the long-continued system of providing the majority of public servants with public funds, to allow them to travel back and forth to the United Kingdom, at first-class rates, is a horse of another colour.

With taxation becoming ever more burdensome, it is not surprising that the non-official classes of Fiji are increasingly restive under this large and growing cost.

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Obviously, while Fiji remains a British Crown Colony, the staffing of Fiji must be a responsibility of the Colonial Office; and, as obviously, the Colonial Office must regard Fiji as merely one unit in a vast network of Colonies and staffs, spread across the world. So long as British Colonial Office men in other Colonies are provided with cost-free passage to Britain, at leave-time, British officials in Fiji are entitled to the same treatment.

Thus, logically, the non-official classes in Fiji (who, to the extent of 90 per cent, have their roots in Fiji, Australia and New Zealand, and not in Britain) begin to ask themselves—and each other ! whether the benefits and privileges of being under British Colonial Office administration is worth the cost. They point out that, if the public service were filled by men and women from Fiji, and adjoining British countries, without any obligation to send them and their families every three years to Europe, the saving would be substantial.

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There may be room for comprd mise. Why should not the Fiji Gov ernment use a much larger proper tion of South Pacific men ad women, not entitled to Europeal leave grants? 38 APRIL, 19 5 3 -PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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SANTO, March 16. kN the highest terrace above Vila, * with a magnificent view down the harbour, is the new French isidency. Built of reinforced con- 3te, it has tiled floors, indirect hting, fancy new shutters from e South of France (they look like b lids of roll-top desks) and a mtage of, maybe, 120 feet. [t is not quite complete yet, but nearly so. Some of the Italian aourers who came out to cut Dra for a Santa planter are work- ' on it.

What the edifice cost, only the mch Administration knows. But ay down on the waterfront, to ; right of the town, is a small igalow that houses local aviation’s teorological department. It sits maybe, a quarter acre of land'; i local residents point it out with ne pride because building and id alone cost £9,000. On this ndard of values —and buying d in Vila is little cheaper than ring land in Pitt Street, Sydney he new French Residency could worth £30,000 or £40,000.

'rom its front reception rooms, leath the Riviera shutters, you i£ down far below, to the small, en, high island in Vila Harbour ich is called Iririki. On the flat of Iririki is the British Residy—although all you can see of from the French Residency is painted tin roof. It probably ses some Frenchmen some ader —if not othejr emotions — ;n they stand there and cogitate that something in the British racter that makes him remove iself, remotely, to a small island, [aybe it was that inherent yearnfor dignity and aloofness that )k the symbol of British Might a small island in the harbour — it makes for discomfort and small practical sense, resumably, when the citizens of i call at the British Residency y choose their own means of er transport canoes or a ich, or anything in between. . the sole means by which the nal residents of the Residency t the mainland seems to be a pie of small dinghys, rowed by whirlwind Hebridean oarsmen up like British Naval ratings, t rains while making the crossthe occupants of the dinghys up their umbrellas, he job could be done more iently, you feel, by an outboard ;or —and there may well be one :wo of these in the background, for most occasions the row-boats tradition—and, God knows, if you take tradition away from the British in the Hebrides they would have little left.

The visitor to Iririki, on alighting at the jetty, is confronted with a mammoth flight of cement steps -which lead straight up in continuous flight to the Residency above.

There are two ways of negotiating them: (a) under your own power; or (b), if you are elderly, infirm and of considerable importance, in a litter carried by a team of sweating New Hebrideans. The story has it that the wife of one Resident Commissioner instituted a third method (c), and rode a donkey.

The Residency is, perhaps, 400 or 500 feet above the sea; but to the gentlemen in freshly laundered suits, collars and ties bidden on top, for official cocktails; or for ladies in finery on a wet night, the distance could as well be 5,000 feet, The climate of Vila—which is built with its back to the prevailing wind —is such that the slightest exertion brings on something in the human body that is a near relation to a fire sprinkler system, * * * \ T present there is one British Agent on the island of Tanna.

All the rest of British officialdom is at Headquarters in Vila, These young and youngish men are predominantly of the genus Good Chap, to whom most things are a Frightful Joke. They are the type that fill the average Colonial—and 39 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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1 Oil «l •IB Fhis well-known Hotel is centraUy situated in Suva’s main msiness quarter :: Modern accommodation provides comfort n all clunatic conditions :: Only the best of Beers, Spirits and Wines is served. telephone: 80. VINCE COSTELLO, Proprietor. robably the average Frenchman — ith wild misgivings and as a realt of this traditional buffoonery re probably much underestimated. • To take a pot-shot at an imression of the Hebrides: The French, Tespective of the British and the ondominium, go ahead and regard le Hebrides as a Colony. Their aim ; to help the colonists and, through aem, the French Government, he welcome-mat is put out to anyle of any race or colour, who ires to shelter under the French ag. They provide schools and hositals • The British seem to be there terely from habit. Unlike the rench (by whom the law and the igulation is bent to accommodate le citizen) they believe the law id the regulation are paramount, id the citizen merely there to conrm. They provide no schools— lucation, such as it is, and medical rvices being left to the inlequate resources of the missions, ley have a doctor—but he, too, for mt of proper facilities, seems to end his time in the British itablishment in Vila.

What the whole British set-up of icials is now doing in the Hebrides uld be done in effect by a British >nsul, if the country were a ench colony. The happiest thing e can say for the continued itish habit of staying in the sbrides is that the British pre- •ve the status quo; that, in the mt of another war, they could, in World War 11, act as go- ;weens with our Allies.

Neither French, British nor Conninium appear, as in other native territories, carried away with the idea of “doing something for the native.” No one pines to turn the Hebridean into a peasant-farmer, a rice-grower, a native capitalist, or anything else. There are no medical patrols into distant parts; none of this business, as in New Guinea, of rolling back the frontiers to give the benighted savage a glimpse of civilisation.

Apart from paying him the highest wages in Melanesia, the Hebridean is left pretty much to his own devices. This, say the cynics, is a pretty good thing—between the French and the British, he has learned that (a) life is real and earnest; (b) he need expect no handouts from the welfarestate and (c) the Hebridean, by and large, is turning out no worse than his more-pampered brethren in the Territories further west.

That veteran of the South Pacific Islands, Mr. F. T. Goedicke van Asten, now enjoying his 91st year in salubrious Auckland, went for a stroll the other day, sat down on a high bank to watch a Waitemata boat-race—and contrived an awkward fall, to the foot of the bank.

They picked him up, sewed up a nasty cut in his head, dusted him off, and sent him home to recover from a bit of concussion. A recent letter indicates that he is taking his usual lively interest in human affairs. They bred them tough in the somewhat blue-blooded circles whence came this German- Bavarian aristocrat nearly 100 years ago. 41 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY _ A P R I L , 1953

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TRAVELLERS Islands travellers (left to right):— Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frogier, of Noumea, farewelled after a visit to Papeete by Infantry Captain L. Rabany.

Mr. Frogier was born in Tahiti and is attached to the New Caledonia Health Department.

Miss Elaine Frogier and fiance Mr. Andre Beyney, leading cyclist of New Caledonia.

Mr. Beyney recently destinguished himself in cycling events in France. Taken on his departure from Papeete for Noumea by TEAL.

Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Carew, of Suva, arriving in Auckland, en route to England, on leave. Mr. Carew is on staff of Fiji Audit Department.

Mr. Fritz Krueger and children arriving in Auckland from W. Samoa. Mr. Krueger had been showing films in Savaii when his wife suddenly died there. He had earlier visited Niue on mission activities.

Formerly of W. Samoa, the family now resides in Auckland. 42 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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AGAIN [NCE Air Tahiti (French Oceania’s internal air company) ceased operations last ly—when their pilot, M. Pomer, crashed a small aircraft on 5 reef off Papeete harbour—enivours have been made unsucsfully to obtain a flying-boat Dt in France. rhey now have obtained the seres of Mr. Alexander Frame, a w Zealander, born in Oamaru. . Frame joined the RAF before rid War 11, became Wing Comnder and earned a DFC, and ! had experience with Sunderd flying-boats. He has now fled in Papeete with his wife I three children.

Continuing Prosperity In

W. SAMOA rE financial statement of the West Samoan Government, presented at the Budget Session of the Legislative Assembly on March 16, again gave evidence of the continuing prosperity of the Trust Territory.

For the first time, the estimated expenditure in the courrent year exceeds £1,000,000. It is £1,088,100 and of this £124,900 will be spent on education, and £161,000 on health. Salaries of officials now absorb £324,000.

It is noted that the New Zealand Government, in 1952, handed back to Western Samoa, from the accumulated profits of NZ Reparation Estates, £31,415 for the new Samoa College, and £16,086 for hospital buildings and medical equipment.

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William Schleusner, of Yule Island, Papua. “Bill” Schleusner has been a Native Labour official in the Yodda Valley in recent years. 45 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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ARMY officers from Britain, serving in Malaya and watching the Fiiian troops of the Ist Battalion build up a superb record as jungle-fighters, footballers, boxers and cricketers —not to mention a reputation for popularity among people of all races in Malaya and Singapore—have been reluctant to believe that the famous unit represents a total Fijian population of about 135,000. „ The Fijian Battalion’s Rugby team has overwhelmed all opposition (both Services and civilian) in Malaya, Singapore and Hongkong.

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Miss Nancy H. Clark, of Auckland, took up an appointment in March] as teacher at Tongoa school, New Hebrides. 46 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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'n November, being anxious about iopia and the obvious overpulation (there are some 2,000 aple in less than five square les) the HC sent an officer with dical supplies, to inquire into the >sibilities of re-settlement. He ind gardens flourishing and the d position improved.

Jut another great storm in ,rch, 1953, again partially de- Dyed the gardens, and further »plies from the Administration •e landed there on March 16.

Down from the Islands to New Zealand March (left to right):— Mrs. J. McDermott and brother, Lionel rone, from W. Samoa.

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Justice Bignold in relation to the case, are reassuring. The incident seems to have been caused by a series of accidents, and too hasty i judgment by a native constable in an emergency.

Mr. Justice Bignold gave the fol- 1 lowing judgment in Port Moresby on March 13, after a hearing ex-\ tending over eight days. The casei is valuable, as showing (a) the very difficult situations which still may confront the police in Papua-New Guinea; and (b) the care taken bythe Administration in protecting both natives and police: The accused in this case (said the judge) are two armed constables, Su’Yae and Kelembe, charged jointly that on December 19, 1952, in the Territory of Papua they murdered a native, Mowatai. The facts in the case are as follows: That morning a patrol in charge] of Mr. Assistant District Tolhurst was proceeding in the Goilala District from Aporata Rest House to the Ariome Rest HouseJ The District has been for years under Government and Mission in-l fluence and Mr. Tolhurst elected to send the police with the carriers on ahead of him. Mr. Tolhurst him-l self proceeded along in their rear! but out of sight, as the road is full of bends.

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A Leg-Biting Pig

The villagers then moved on towards their destination and the latrol continued in the opposite irection. The villagers then passed tie remainder of the carriers and ame upon the other accused, u’Yae. Su’Yae had his rifle slung ver his shoulder and carried an xe in his right hand.

The pig had shown a disposition ) bite the legs of the carrier, so u’Yae has testified (though it is enied by the villagers); and in ay case, he thought the pig should ot be on the road at all.

The pig, walking beside the illage Constable’s wife, approached ii’Yae who, believing it was going > bite him, warded off the animal ith the flat of his axe. Su’Yae is explained to the Court that the ce had sharp corners and that lese corners cut the pig accidentally.

The evidence favours the conusion that in fact Su’Yae delibately struck the pig, and the iture of the injury to the pig deribed by the witnesses seems ininsistent with the wound being of i accidental nature. Natives stomarily handle axes with conmmate skill, and their long assoelation with axes makes them so adept at their use that accidental deep cuts can hardly occur in the way Su’Sae describes. In spite of this, however, I resolve this aspect in the accused’s favour: namely, that he in jured the P*g accidentally.

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If the firearm had been discharged it seems plain that Mr. Tolhurst, who was not far behind, would have heard it.

Su’Yae says that when he was on the ground, with the Village Constable on top of him, two blows were aimed at him with an axe.

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Whilst the accused, Su’Yae, was on the ground, the Village Constable handed Mowatai the rifle, and Mowatai started to run off with it.

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Codes: ABC sth and 6th Editions. iat, angered by what had taken lace before, which he construed i be a murderous attempt upon is life, he moved on to some igher ground and deliberately lot the fleeing Mowatai (who had ;ver been engaged in the attack Don Su’Yae) and then in quick iccession he shot the other two seing unarmed villagers, Village Dnstable Laumane and Lariava irho were wounded —not fatally). e then fired two shots in the air, did Kelembe.

The accused Kelembe, suddenly ■esented with an emergency, )pears to have acted promptly, th good sense and restraint, in •ing into the air, and the only her shots he fired were two other ots fired later on, in a similar ly. I am satisfied from the evidce that the accused Kelembe is t guilty, and so I find him, and is discharged.

Fhe evidence satisfies me beyond reasonable doubt that the accused ’Yae is guilty; but, as a jury takl into consideration all the cirmstances, I find him guilty of inslaughter only. The evidence :isfies me that he is a native nperamentally unsuited to the ssession of firearms. !n sentencing Su’Yae to 18 mths’ imprisonment, the judge d he had made the sentence tit, in view of Su’Yae’s good red in the police force. Although ! constable was no doubt under ‘ impression that he had been acked he had fired on unarmed, ;ing people.

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THE unhappy case of Yee Shau was before the Auckland courts at the end of March.

Yee Shau, now aged 35, fought for Nationalist China against the Japs, and was wounded, and became a Nationalist official. He earned the hatred of the Reds, and when they got power in China they hunted him away to Hongkong.

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Extraordinary Situation in the New Hebrides

An Article By Vernon Wheatley

INDER the New Hebrides Anglo- ) French Condominium Government, there is supposed to he Land Court whose chief purpose the issue of titles to land. A rge proportion of the NH land is ore or less alienated from native ntrol, hut very little of it as yet s been dealt with by the Land M The Australian Commonwealth wernment, for example, was )en at least 100,000 acres in the oup by the late Sir James Burns, years ago; but it still is awaiting le to most of the areas.

Very few of the French and rtish people in NH hold legal les to the land they occupy.

There are many very slow things the South Pacific; but probably vre is nothing slower there than ' ■ <^P^ra^ lon A. °L machinery wided by the Condominium for ? survey of lands and the grant- 7 • yearly all land claims now are \ed on incidents from 30 to 60 trs old. As time and the generans of men pass on, conditions nously are created which open ; w 7 a y t 0 dishonest practices. It °l What - 18 often called the Pandemonium the New Hebrides. rjTHE New Hebrides Group is rich X in natural resources, but the islands are sadly under-worked. it would be difficult to introduce outside- capital into the Group for one very good reason. Land titles are both obscure and insecure.

At present, an effort is being made to legalise some titles, but this will take many years if it is Land Court’s intention to legalise the whole Group—as it should do. Let us examine a few plots of land I have in mind. x says an area is his because his father had it before him. He has no papers of any description. He just says it is his. Old man X, in all probability, bought the land off a native in years gone by, using a very simple method. He stood on a hill and pointed to four points and expressed a willingness .to own the land. The native quoted a price in cash and trade goods. Old man x paid up and £ ot the native to put his mark on the receipt. All well and good. Signed, sealed and delivered But the catch is this: In countless cases, the seller did not own the land. It belonged to another native - X ’ therefore, has only squatter’s rights, which are dubious in view of the fact that descendants CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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Young X is alive and everybody knows him as they did his father, so it is reasonable to assume that he will get deeds, some day.

Y is French. He occupies some land leased from a French commercial house. Recently, he bought it from the company, paying cash.

How did the company figure in this transaction? The position is involved so I will simplify it as much as I can.

The original owner of this particular island was a half-caste Trinidadian or Jamaican negro . . . native mother and English father. He came to the New Hebrides many years ago and settled on a small island.

Whether he bought this land or merely squatted, I cannot say.

Judging by his mode of life, I should be inclined to say he was a Turk, for he more or less established a numerous family in a massive native-type house. Attending to his large domestic establishment it is probable his attention to other affairs wavered. He ran into debt.

Finally, his financial state became hopeless and the French company took over the island. The prolific homesteader and his retinue vanished and, in time, the French company “leased” the island to one of its clients, Y. Y worked the. place, produced copra and did exceptionally well out of the Yanks and what they left behind. Y, becoming a minor sort of war-assets millionaire, “bought” the property from the French company—whose legal right to lease or sell might be questioned. A tangled mess; and what promises to complicate it further is that some female descendants of the original settler, who have married into a financial family, show signs of claiming that the French company and the pre-l sent occupier have no legal stand-1 ing.

LAND matters have been further] complicated in the New Hebrides by a strange set-up called thej Societe Francaise des Nouvellea Hebrides, whose chief activity seems to lie in the handling of claims to* land. What this Company is, nobody] 54 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL*

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RABAUL MA DA NG KAVI E N G ems to know for certain. Some y it is 90% French Government; it its origin, constitution and pur- >se are things definitely not avail- ►le to the average inquirer.

SFNH (as it is commonly known these parts) has laid claim to the astline area around Santo, to a pth of 40 metres, and has prolimed it a Zone Maritime. For lat purpose? Some ex-American ildings are on this property and e leased to French nationals at t figures. British people, should ey try to acquire a lease of some this property, are gently eased t. fhere was only one person outside French nationality who was able persuade SFNH, and its friends d countrymen, to give lease over Dperty and a Quonset hut in the ne Maritime, and he was an out- )ken Australian tradesman. He mned his projected lease before npleting the deal, and he was •prised to find that he could not either the English or the Auslian flag on the property—only I French flag. He tossed the lease :k at them and became even more ;spoken before acquiring business imises elsewhere. >FNH does not restrict its activis to Santo. It operates throughthe Group, The majority of the d it claims is without legal title 0 anybody’s “claim” might be as ►d as that of SFNH, It rarely has n squatter’s rights, since it does occupy or till the land. [any a quizzical eyebrow has been >ed over the operations of this at, and a common opinion among British community is: If it is d enough for the French, why organise a similar British comly? After all, it is supposed to a Condominium. Of course, this merely academic argument, ut, it must be remembered, idon notoriously has been difnt over matters like this. We st not tread on other people’s i. Meanwhile, SFNH goes rolling rily along.

IE most bare-faced land burglary occurred quite a few years ago. It was simple, and been repeated with minor ations throughout the Group, an Englishman, settled on some 1 and made his claim, legally, a the British side of the Coninium. B, a Frenchman, settled one side of him and claimed adjoining block of land, and ined official sanction. In course me, B claimed land on the other of A; and, later still, more land rear of A’s block, thus effecly surrounding him and leav- A only sea access. This took s years; and A, by this time, quite a flourishing plantation, then intimated to A that Dassers would be dealt with, and t about it? A stood his ground; finally, he had to quit, in fear is life. B used to spend happy hours shooting out A’s windows. A retired from the field of battle and left B the lot. a could get no support from his Governmental representatives. Another instance of the good old we- , must - n ° t - tread-on - other-people's toes P° llc y- CIOME people are amazed that & there are no taxes in the New Hebrides. This is as it should be, since the Condominium Government provides no services, social or otherwise.

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The roads in the New Hebrides are beyond comment! I have seen groups of natives haling out puddles in the roadway, using jam or meat tins as dippers, and then filling in the depressions with handfuls of coral and then tamping it down with their feet. Carefully watched by a negligent overseer, and an amused audience.

Road repairs in Santo are a barometer. If you see the roller and the grader chufiing up and down the road; if you see gangs of natives hurling coral about with careless abandon; if you see feverish activity in all directions —then you know a visiting dignitary is due very shortly.

There is also a produce tax, levied on copra—since this is the Group’s mostly biggest export.

In view of the dilapidated condition of the Santo wharves, it seems that some of this money might be diverted to providing good berthing facilities.

All the wharves have been conlemned with the exception of Pier J. Pier 3, in spite of its saw-toothed sdges, in spite of the gaping hole in the decking where a five-ton truck fell through, remains open in spite of its rickety condition, for the very good reason that if they jondemn Pier 3, there will be no wharves left. Pier 3 is the last ipple in the bottom of the barrel.

Former Cook Islands Resident Commissioner William Tailby and Mrs. Tailby returned to New Zealand per Orcades and Monowai in March, after an extensive motor tour of Britain and the Continent.

They planned to remain in London for the Coronation, but very bad winter weather finally drove them away. Mr. Tailby is now in much better health.

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ANOTHER Archbold Expedition is in the Territory—the fourth in the New Guinea area since 1925. The three members of the expedition (Mr. L. J. Brass, a botanist; Mr. Robert M. Van Deusen, a mammalogist; and Mr. Geoffrey M. Tate, collecting zoological specimens), will work in the eastern part of Papua, including the D’Entrecasteau Islands.

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Mr. Brass commented when passing through Port Moresby that some of the most valuable early German collections had been lost (destroyed or looted) when the Russians entered Germany during the war.

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The Expedition is starting its work in the Cape Vogel area. It will then move back into the mountains, and then across to the D’Entrecasteau Islands. The headquarters is to be Samarai.

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ON SCRAP N. HEBRIDES, March 25.

TENDERS closed last month for the removal of certain US ships sunk in these waters —including the President Coolidge, which has lain submerged near the entrance ;o the Segond Channel, Santo, for something like 10 years.

Washington was stirred into ictivity over the Coolidge by a rejort in PIM and elsewhere some nonths ago that Sydney interests vere about to begin salvage operaions on her. The US Government >romptly pointed out to the Conlominium that the Coolidge was still American property; and the Condominium government reponded in about the only way open o it. Towards the end of last year, mall typewritten notices on public lotice boards warned off would-be alvagers.

This was followed by a call by he US Navy or Marine Departlent for sealed tenders for removal f ships sunk locally. This also ppeared on local notice boards, nth the local rider that the Conominium would provide no dollars or prospective operators.

Whether there have been any akers for the US offer is not yet ;nown.

Early in the Pacific war, President l oolidge, carrying 6,000 US troops, heir equipment, and six months’ applies, ran into a defensive mine rhen given wrong docking direcions on entering Santo harbour, [er skipper, in attempting to reerse her out of trouble, ran into nother mine-field, and then eached her on a reef. She later ippled off into deep water, and, at resent, is said to be resting in bout 200 feet of water. The equiplent and stores went down with er but only one man out of the 000 on board was lost.

During the war some gear— •ucks, etc. —was salvaged and preimably the rest remains. Some »cal opinion is that salvage operaons now are likely to dislodge her - om the coral shelf on which she at present resting and cause her ) slip into still deeper water.

Million Dollar Point

The Coolidge lies not far from [illion Dollar Point—the historic pot where the Americans, after le end of the war, dumped their irplus gear—much of it brand jiew -including jeeps, earth-moving juipment, trucks; some said to be i their original greased-paper acking.

The dump lies off French-owned ind; and as under French law -nd-ownership extends a prescribed istance into the sea, the Million dollar Point dump apparently is rench property.

It is reported locally that Captain R. N. Beim, of the New Hebrides Trading & Shipping Cos., and owner of the Vila Star, has recently been given a concession for salvaging this dump, by the French administration in the Hebrides, and will soon start salvage operations.

If this is so it should make everyone happy—the French administration, Captain Beim and the Condominium, which extracts a healthy royalty on all salvage shipped from the country. But as an example of civilised lunacy it takes the prize. The Americans dumped this valuable equipment in the sea as an act of faith with American manufacturers who feared a post-war market swamped with ex-war goods. Seven or eight years later much time and effort is expended in fishing it out for the private profit of scrap merchants— and most of the scrap itself goes to Japan!

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In The New Hebrides

Some Impressions by JUDY TUDOR BURNS PHILP land about 500 tons of cargo in the New Hebrides each two-monthly trip of Malaita —everything from copra sacks to potatoes, of which last there is a perennial shortage— but no Australian beer. The beer consumed locally comes from Glasgow or Sweden or Alsace (which is about the nearest approach to ;he Australian type) and can cost mything up to 6/6 per bottle—defending upon where you buy it. ;And a bottle of Australian fizzyirink, that probably costs 9d in Jydney can, according to where you >uy it, cost over 3/-).

But the traffic is all one way, Australian goods come into the lebrides but, now that the scrap rade hereabouts is a thing of the •ast, mighty little goes out. All opra goes to France, on French hips. Current freight rates from ydney to Santo are £l5 per ton, n increase of about 600 per cent, n pre-war rates, and much of this an be attributed to local condions.

If the stars are right in their furses, the entire Australian cargo >r Vila or Santo can be discharged ias little as 12 hours. If not, it in take as long as four days—as it has on this occasion. As few as a dozen natives at a time nibble at the job, and rain, Sundays and holidays intervene. No work is done after midnight—which is understandable—there is not sufficient labour to work one shift, let alone two.

Cost of native stevedores can be anything up to £1 per day per man, although general run of native wages in the Hebrides is still £lO per month, and rations, etc. It is said in Vila that, by mutual agreement, wages will be reduced to £8 per month—but so far as can be ascertained no one has yet had the temerity to cast the first stone.

Shortage of labour, since the hurricane of Christmas, 1951, and the eruptions on Ambrym, is not as acute as hitherto; but as yet it has not become so easy that either natives or Tonkinese are happy about hiring themselves out for less than they have come to accept as their due.

Depending on location and other factors, it probably costs, with wages, rations, etc., between £l5 and £2O per month to keep a native labourer or a servant. Most of the British housewives of Vila, therefore, get over the difficulty by doing 61 ICIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY - APRIL, 1953

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Associate Houses: — ETABLISSEMENTS DONALD TAHITI, Papeete, Society Islands.

DOMINION FRUIT CO., Suva, Fiji Islands.

AUSTRALlA.—Wunderlich, Ltd., Cement Products.

Asbestos NORWAY.—O. Mustad & Sons, Pish Hooks.

SWEDEN.—B. A. HJorth & Co., Primus Products.

CODES: Bentley's Complete Phrase, Acme Sydney Agents: BURNS, PHILP * CO., LTD.

London Agents: BURNS, PHILP A CO., LTD.

San Francisco Agents: BURNS-PHILP CO. OF SAN FRANCISCO INC. without house-servants. They do their own housework, cooking and iaundry—the record in the spect having apparently been reached recently by the wife of a high British official who is said to have laundered 18 sheets at one session. mHE household help problem in I Vila is not lessened by the fact that there are very few local natives on Efate; or by the fact that the French official is paid on a much more lavish scale than his British counterpart, and is therefore in a position to compete for what labour there is.

With these factors of high wages, costly transport and allied difficulties, it is not surprising that the cost of living has almost gone through the ceiling. Butter is over 9/- per pound; local eggs, of the bantam type, 1/- each. Petrol is just on 7/- per gallon.

In Santo and other outposts, presumably, the position is better; but in Vila there is no local native market—in fact, few natives to provide such a market. There are Tonkinese market gardens some distance from the town, but no attempt is made to bring the stuff in to Vila for sale to local housewives. If local housewives have not the transport to go out to the gardens for lettuce, beans, tomatoes and other oddments, then they must have recourse to the can, or imported high-priced fruit and vegetables.

Pawpaws grow well in most Vila backyards (and, of course, there area the usual flowering shrubs) but otherwise there is not much attempt at gardening—lack of labour being responsible, plus the deficiencies of local soil.

But in spite of shortages, and high prices, hospitality is lavish and food is good, for here the stodgy British have benefited considerably by French culinary art. Crusty French bread made from Australian flour in a way that no Australian baker ever knew how; omelettes, large and inviting in spite of one- 62 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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Wines champagne and the sweeter varieties and liqueurs—are, comparatively, about the cheapest thing in the Hebrides.

Economically, the Hebrides are still suffering from the hurricane which wrecked some of the best plantations 15 months ago and the copra slump of about the same vintage—this following long years of post-war economic indigestion, when copra and scrap boomed.

At present local copra is bringing £65 and £7O Aus. per ton; but how long this will last is anyone’s guess—local planters, of course, being without the guarantees enjoyed by planters in the British Pacific possessions. When and if copra does again have to compete on a buyers’ market, it is a safe bet that the low-grade Hebrides product is going to be hard to sell. Apart from copra there is nothing; and—unlike most other South Pacific countries —seemingly not even plans for an alternative industry. Coffee and cocoa plantations there once were, but these have become overgrown and unproductive.

By all the rules, the economic freeze in the Hebrides should come any time fram now, although there are as yet few outward signs of it.

The few thousand Tonkinese, now 'ree French citizens, are still hiring ;hemselves out as skilled artisans or naking a precarious living by sellng each other peanuts or slices of watermelon, or hard-boiled eggs [this medley of edibles is on sale tom stalls outside the local pictureshow during sessions) or building nore shops or making a dishonest iving from their incredible taxi- :abs. The “taxis” are jeeps, some f wartime vintage, some new, which >ounce and flounce along the wide oads the Yanks left, like a cross >etween a crab and a Luna Park )odgem car. There seems no set ate of charges and a ride of a nile or two can cost anything from our to 10 shillings, depending upon rhim or what the driver decides is he degree of stupidity of the lassenger.

Maybe, when the slump comes, hese Tonks will be happy to go ack to the plantations to cut copra, tut not yet. New Hebrides seems, conomically, to have got itself mund-up and although one feels aat there is not much there now r in the future to prop up the recarious economy for the present ; just seems to keep on going.

Since 1947-48, the output of timber ■om Papua-New Guinea sawmills as doubled. During the last half f 1952, the total cut was 10,985,000 iper feet. 63 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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Whence Came New Guinea’S

‘Native’ Tobacco?

Mr. A. P. Lyons, former Departmental head in Papua, discusses a botanical puzzle. lOON after white men began to ) settle in Papua, it became known at some natives smoked locallyown tobacco. Sb far as I am yare, nobody has proved that this bacco was indigenous.

Before 1888, very little was known out the Territory. Sir William acgregor began his intensive exoration of the country and its tentialities in 1889. That year he iited Mount Victoria.

En route, he met some friendly mntaineers and offered them some rade” tobacco, which, he records, ley do not greatly prize as they jw very good tobacco themselves” . 5 obtained some seeds of this jacco, and sent them to the Queensid Agricultural Department.

That Department has recently inmed me that the seeds were reved and planted in the 1889/90 ison, but that there are no records any seed being harvested from : plantings. They add that none of tobacco varieties grown comrcially at the present time have ir origins in this seed, exploration of the country was itinued after Sir William left the •ritory. In the course of my own rols, I found a few tobacco plants wing only in villages or in nearby dens. As a general rule, the acco leaves were sun-dried, then )ked, and finally bundled together I hung up inside a village house, fhe only exception to this, which tbserved at Tonda village, Mored River District, during 1914-15, ; as shown in the accompanying •tograph (taken by myself) in ch the tobacco leaves were braided > a rope. The length of this rope between three and four fathoms.

Tie second photograph (also Jn by me) shows a Tonda man ting his pipe.

'here is less tobacco grown in uan villages to-day, as the natives ike “Trade” tobacco. I have been •rmed that tobacco now grows 1 in parts of the Kabadi district, bably it marks the sites of abaned gardens and villages. /here did this native tobacco mate? I suegest that seeds were jght from Europe early in the i century by the Portuguese, via the Cape of Good Hope to India, the Moluccas and Macao (China); or by the Spaniards direct from South America, after they had taken possession in 1569 of the Philippines, which Magellan (the Portuguese) had discovered for them in 1521.

The Moluccas are close to New Guinea, and it is not unlikely the Portuguese visited the western part of that Island.

We know that Torres visited the east end of Papua, and called at places along its South Coast en route to and through the Stnvit that bears his name, during 1606. (See De- Prado’s Narrative, and Moresby’s The Two Admirals) .

We may be sure that other Spaniards trading out of South and Central American ports, to and from the Philippines, both before and after Torres, called at places along the North Coast of the Island of New Guinea.

These visitations presented opportunities for trading tobacco and its seed to the native inhabitants of New Guinea.

New Caledonia On

PARADE TIMELY, because the French Colony of New Caledonia, Australia’s nearest Pacific neighbour, celebrates its centenary next September, a new featurette travel film, Pacific on Parade —New Caledonia had its preview in Sydney in March. Professionally produced and photographed by John Kingsford- Smith (Kingscroft Productions), assisted by Noel Ford (Pacific division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Sydney) it will be screened throughout Australia on the MGM theatre circuit.

Compact and entertaining, the 10-minute film covers the main phases of daily life in New Caledonia, the major mining industries, and the tourist attractions. Local personalities, including the Governor and his Chief of Cabinet, M.

Sautot (the photogenic mayor of Noumea), Sir Brian Freeston (South Pacific Commission), and the Australian and British Consuls, appear briefly.

Reaction to the film by New Caledonian residents holidaying in Sydney, who attended the preview at Mr. Ford’s invitation, was: “Tres excellente”

It is planned to make a series of Pacific on Parade films—the next to deal with Fiji.

Woman of Morehead River district, Papua, holding native tobacco which has been twisted into a rope.

Native and his pipe of native tobacco, and his method of lighting it. 65

Cific Islands Monthly— April, 1£53

LUCYFINKA

By Heather Gwilt

LUCYFINKA had real personality.

She could have inspired Mr.

Dale Carnegie, who wrote How to Make Friends and Influence People. She is well remembered in one New Guinea district.

When she was young, she was the close, warm friend of my sister, Mrs. Mona Peadon, of the Upper Ramu. When Mrs. Peadon had to go South, she gave Lucyfinka into the care of John Black. Lucy did not think much of him, at first: then she suddenly surrendered to his charm, and became his devoted comrade and loyal friend.

When Jim Taylor and John Black were sent off on that famous prewar patrol, which opened up much of the Highlands country, to Mount Hagen, the question arose: What about Lucyfinka?

There need have been no question.

She would not be parted from John.

She set out with the patrol party and, before long, she was the friend and inspiration of every member of it. Anyone would have thought it was her patrol. But she allowed no familiarities. She belonged to the boss, and she slept with the boss.

She felt the weight of her responsibilities. It was a most difficult, arduous patrol, through unknown country, and the natives could have been dangerous. Often, she would leave her master’s bed, and join the police-boys on guard. They loved and respected her.

Lucyfinka also knew her place.

She went to the cook-boys for her rations. If she felt she was hot being treated decorously, or that her food was not up to standard, she would nip the cook-boys. They also loved her.

The going at times was so tough that trees had to be felled, to make paths or bridges. One day, when a tree fell, it fell on Lucyfinka, who had momentarily left the party.

She was so badly injured that John Black, to put her out of her agony, had to shoot her.

As he stood there in the jungle, looking at the body, there were tears in his eyes—never had he had a more faithful comrade.

And then there arose, around him in that mountain gorge, a great crying and wailing. Every native m the party, from the hardened old police-sergeant down to the youngest carrier, wept as they buried Lucyfinka, a half-bred cattle-bitch, who had won the affection of all of them. Into her grave they threw money, shells, knives, spears and bits and pieces of their treasures and over it they piled branches and flowers.

It all happened years ago. It was my sister who gave the little dog to John Black and recently when I met him, and asked him what had become of Lucyfinka, I heard the story for the first time.

Old hands from the Ramu might like to hear the story. They all knew Lucyfinka and loved her for her habit of giving trespassers a well-deserved nip, in the right place.

Wall, Of The Fiji Museum

By Commander William Burrows

ONE of the most interesting and erudite old timers I have ever met was Colman Wall. At the time I am speaking of the Fiji Museum was not in its present position over the Carnegie Library.

The exhibits were housed—one could hardly say displayed—in the upper storey of the Fijian Rest House at Nasova. Here lived Wall in a small back room on the Museum floor, as Curator, or Caretaker as he was called.

He was, at the time when I knew him in Suva, quite elderly and his life since boyhood had been spent wandering the Pacific. His knowledge of many of the old traders was firsthand and there were few of the Polynesian languages and dialects that he could not converse in.

Whenever I was in Suva, at this period, I made it a point of spending hours with Wall, to get him talking on some of his experiences. One yarn I remember concerned dysentery, that common curse of the Islands.

Whilst super cargo of a trading cutter he contracted that disease and became so seriously ill that the captain decided to take the first opportunity of landing him at the next island visited. Fortunately the home of the trader here was large, and Wall was put on the verandah on a mattress protected by a mosquito net, and there left to die or get well as Nature might dictate. Here he lay for some days on a semi-starvation diet—for that is the usual treatment—until into the lagoon came two cutters, which anchored off the trader’s home.

A meeting such as this was, of course, an occasion; and the trader prepared for dinner by killing a number of fowls.

There was plenty of whisky and gin and the captains, mates, and supercargoes of the visiting vessels were lavishly entertained, so much so that none returned to their cutters but all slept where they were.

Through all this, Wall lay on his mattress, listening to the yarns and conviviality round the dining table!

Sleep was impossible, and he waa too weak to get up.

Curiously, however, an unconl trollable desire to eat and drink came] over him; and, as it had already beem decided by his friends that he was] going to die, he thought that he would sooner die after a meal tham in his present condition.

When all was quiet, therefore, he crawled off his bed and through thd open door into the dining rooraj where the meal had been left on the table. Although he could not stanq up, he was just able to reach the remains of a cold roast chicken and half a bottle of whisky. With thesa he crawled back under his mosquito net and there he ate the chicken and] drank the whisky, without any accompaniment; and thereafter he fell into a deep sleep from which he had no expectation of ever awaken! ing.

Late the following afternoon, howl ever, he awoke and, other than a dry and nasty mouth, he felt betteij than he had for weeks. From that day, he slowly regained normal health.

THE last time I saw Wall was an occasion when I was on a shor| visit to Suva. Driving along Victoria Parade, I spotted him walking in the same direction, that is, toward!

Nasova.

I pulled up and asked him if I could give him a lift. He got into the car and my first question was to ask him how he was, for I had hear! that he had been ill. His reply startled me. It was: “No, Dr. X was quite right. He told me a month ago when I saw him that I was dying. But, as he was one of these young know-alls, I didn’t believe him, but waited for Dr. Montague’s return from leave.

I saw him yesterday and he said that the young doctor was right. So I have just been down town to orde| my coffin.”

I took him to his miserable small room at the Museum and yarned for an hour or so. I could not help noticing a photo on his table, that of his wife and daughter, who lived in Sydney, he told me.

He died a month or so later.

Air Vice-Marshal Sir Arthw Nevill, former NZ Chief of Air Staff, visited Nandi Airport from New Zealand in March. 66 APRIL. 1053 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

History Of First

‘MALAITA ’

By “Supercargo”

IOME PIM readers may remember ) the first Malaita of the Burns Philp fleet, and be interested to now that the vessel was first called le Antilia.

Burns Philp & Co., Ltd., bought er in New York in early 1905. She as then engaged in running to the ntilles Islands, in the Caribbean ea. When she arrived in Melmrne, the Navigation Department tid she was not to proceed to pdney. However, after negotia- Dns, the Department allowed her i leave, providing Mr. James acartney, the Superintendent Enneer of the Co. took charge of the igines, and the Co. sent Captain )y down to bring her up, as Master.

After some months at Morts Dock, iere she was re-conditioned, she lally sailed for New Hebrides on ;r first voyage in 1905.

There was an amusing incident len the Malaita was due to leave orts Dock. An article appeared the Herald stating that the prentation of a piece of plate had en made to Mr. Macartney, Super tendent Engineer. The General anager of the Co., Mr. Adam •rsyth, was displeased on reading is, thinking that Mr. Macartney d probably been the recipient of ne valuable silver or plated ware, d he suitably admonished Mr. acartney. rhe latter said: “Perhaps you uld like to see it, Mr. Forsyth— [ away and get it,” which he duly i. It consisted of an old piece rusty plate, taken out of the side the Malaita, and inscribed by all j apprentices who were working the job at the time. Naturally, further action was taken by the magement. r rom memory: The Malaita made ne 52 voyages in all for Burns ilp to various parts of the Pacific, e made three voyages to the Ibert Islands in 1907, when the iter was Supercargo on her. rhe vessel had tremendous slip; d, whilst on the Gilbert Islands i, Mr. Corrigan (Chief Engineer, erwards Superintendent Engineer the Co.) asked and received perssion to draw plans for a new >pellor. A new propeller was de, which increased the speed the vessel considerably, n 1914, the vessel was sold, I here, to Waugh, the ship-breaker Balmain; but, instead of being ken up, it was sold to H. B. Black Son, of Melbourne, who had mo interests at Surprise Island rth of New Caledonia) and other css. ’or the details of the final days the Malaita I am indebted to . A. D. Mackenzie, Chairman of Melbourne Harbour Trust Commissioners.

After the Malaita was acquired by Messrs. Black & Co. she was laid up and out of commission at Station Pier, Port Melbourne, from September 8, 1921, until removal to a Bay anchorage on July 25, 1924.

About 3.30 p.m., on November 17, 1926, the Malaita broke adrift from her moorings and was carried towards the beach by a strong southerly gale. She ultimately grounded outside Stubbs’ Swimming Baths, at South Melbourne.

By the following morning she had pounded her way through the Baths, doing considerable damage.

It was not until May 6, 1927, that the steamer was refloated. The work was undertaken by the Trust, which sold the vessel by auction, partially to defray expenses. It was purchased for £2BO by Messrs. O’Regan, Rice & Hester, who stripped her and sold the fittings.

On the morning of September 19, 1927, the hulk of the Malaita was towed from its berth on the west side of Ann Street Pier, Williamstown (where it had been since refloating) by the tug Minah and taken outside Port Phillip Heads, where it was scuttled.

The Original Malekula Captain Brett Hilder’s statement (in a recent PIM) that the original Burns Philp vessel Malekula was owned by BP’s when she was lost is not correct (writes Mr. C. Buchanan, of Melbourne, who was with Levers Pacific Plantations in the Solomons in the early years of this century).

The Malekula was owned by Levers, and when she left the Solomons for Sydney, for overhaul, she was in charge of Captain Fotheringham, with Mr. S. McPhail as mate. (He was afterwards Master of the first ship captured by Australians in Word War I.) The Malekula was wrecked on Brampton Reef—and I still have some photographs which I took when the work of salvage was going on.

There Is This Freedom

In N. Hebrides!

NEW HEBRIDES Is unique in many ways; and not the least of them lies in the fact that you can actually set foot in the place without having to fill in a form. This is in contrast to Polynesia, for example, where even the transient round-tripper fills in a form at practically every port— giving the colour of his eyes and his intentions; the colour of his grandparents plus other details beloved of officialdom.

The Sydney shipping office warns the traveller he needs a valid passport for the Hebrides, but the Hebrides seem to be unaware of this. Medical inspection consists of some notations by the ship's medical officer about half a day previous to arrival at Vila; and there is no tedious business of “clearing the ship” when it reaches port. A launch comes alongside, and you simply get off.

Or maybe our passage was made easy by the fact when we arrived —6 pm—all Vila was at an official reception to the visiting High Commissioner for the Western Pacific.— J.T., New Hebrides, March 16.

Henry Maino, from Papua, attending a conference on cooperatives in Queensland, told delegates that native banana planters have a special trick for thieves. They enclose the banana bunches in bags, as a protection against flying-foxes; and, now and again, they put a small, lively snake into the bag before they tie it up.

Light-fingered neighbours do not know which bags contain snakes, and-so treat the lot with respect.

RIGHT: SS Malaita, in Nekufetau Lagoon, Ellice Is., 1907.

LEFT: SS Malaita at sea, homeward bound. She also apparently used a bit of sail to help speed and navigation. 67 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1053

Over The Reef!

Pastor J. E. Cormack, of the SDA Mission, describes the sensation of crossing a coral reef in a bad sea.

In this case, he had gone ashore at Mangaia, in the Cook Islands, while the ship lay outside the reef; and he was now returning to the vessel in a locally-made surf boat, with some passengers and 24 cases of oranges. rESE frail craft cross the edge of the reef on the crest of chosen waves, and when the sea is rolling in from the wrong direction a crossing is fraught with hazard. , . , Our small boat has completed loading and we are now r seated atop a cargo of cased oranges for the New Zealand market. The small, frail craft slowly edges its way along the narrow channel towards the reef.

About 25 yards from the line of angry breakers we wait, as the watchmen on the reef’s edge scan the sea, watching for the correct series of waves before giving us right-of-way. For twenty minutes we wait, while a string of loading boats take their places behind us.

Our native captain and his crew’ are fully occupied in keeping the little craft’s head to the waves, which sweep across the reef.

At last we are given the signal, and our two rowers pull with might and main toward the foaming billows. Their captain literally yells his orders to them to put every ounce of strength into it, and they certainly do.

We are now approaching the edge of the submerged coral cliff where rollers mount higher and higher, and finally crash with ceaseless thunder against the jagged walls.

These great swells have come in unbroken freedom across countless leagues to the South Pacific from the Antarctic. Unconsciously we tighten our grip on the orange case beneath us, and prepare for the crossing.

We are now on the edge and should soon be through. But something has gone wrong. There has been a split-second error in timing, with the result that the waters have rushed back to the ocean, leaving our little craft poised perilously on the cliff’s edge ,with its nose pointing sickeningly downwards toward the onrushing sea.

Now a huge wall of water rises before us and curls green as it breaks at our bows. Surely we must be engulfed.

But the boat lifts as the water rises, and we slip off the reef’s edge.

Then our bows plunge into the boiling sea before us. But, miraculously, we are righted and are still afloat.

The captain shouts and strains on the steering oar; the muscles of the rowers stand out hard and tense as they pull to save our lives and cargo.

We are quickly drawn away from the reef by the foaming backsurge, as old briny withdraws his diabolical forces, to gather them for the next onslaught. We are in the midst of masses of foam and spume that come swirling out of the crashing water.

We brace ourselves as we see the second comber, like a huge battery, rise menacingly as though to pound us into the deep. The curling breaker picks us up and turns us broadside on.

It seems that nothing can save us now. Our boat is a cockleshell in a roaring chaos. We must be capsized now, and perhaps dashed without mercy on the reef we have just crossed.

Again we experience a miracle!

The seething billows let us go only a few feet from the coral wall, and our crew labours fiercely to turn the boat’s prow back to the open sea. The third wave is not so large.

It lifts us high on its crest; then we slide away down its back into the safety of the sea beyond. We are half full of water, but afloat.

As our heroic and skilful crew| complete the arduous task of baling, their exhausted captain orders them to rest a while before pulling over to the Maui Pomare. There he stands, steering-oar in hand, his whole i body trembling in reaction to the tenseness of the experience.

As we rest we offer a thankful prayer to the Ruler of earth and sea for His protecting care. Another reef crossing has been safely negotiated.

Daraprim, Now

Still they come! Johannesburg] reports that medical officers in Belgian Congo and other parts of West Africa have had notable suc-i cess against malaria with another new drug, called Daraprim. It i£ claimed to be not only a pro-] phylactic—less than a grain will wipe the malaria bug out of the system. It seems over-optimisticJ but that is the report as broadcast! from Africa.

CROSSQUIZ —NO. 243 ACROSS I. —Who first crossed the Atlantic in a sole flight from West to East? 7. —What is the general name for a workers’ association? 8. —What is the name of the gold colour surrounding the whole figure in sacred pictures? 9. —What is the name of the science of household management? 10. Which Gilbert & Sullivan princess conducted a ladies’ seminary? 11. —What shields a horse’s eye to prevent him looking sideways? 12. —Which town in Nebraska, on the Missouri, is famous as a meatpacking centre? 13. —W ho is the national hero of Spain who drove the Moors out of that country? 15.—W hat overcoat must come from Northern Ireland? 18.—What is the name of the eastern coast of the Mediterranean including Greece and Egypt? 20. —Who discovered antiseptic treatment? 21. —Which plant is cultivated for its young shoots which are esteemed as a table delicacy?

DOWN 1. —Which film star is known as “The Look”? 2. —Which city in Kenya is the centre for big game shooting? 3. —Where did Bruce gain his famous victory over Edward II? 4. —By what chart do astronomers predict the future of a man’s life? 5. —Of which State is Tallahassee the capital city? 6. Which is the “Cotton State” of the U.S.A.?

B.—What name is given to a person who keeps bees? 14.—Which Elizabethan explorer discovered a channel between the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, after whom it was named? M 16.—Which wars were ended by the marriage of Henry VII to the daughter of Edward IV? 17 _what hard metal is an alloy of iron, and carbon? 19. —what substance, obtained from pine-trees, can be a sailor? 20. —What is the record of a ship’s progress? 68 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

Fighting Disease in NZ's Island Territories New Zealand now has an extensive health service in her Island Territories of Cook Islands and Niue and Western Samoa. Much of the health work is done by Assistant Medical Practitioners who are trained at the Central Medical School, Suva. But there are also others—nurses, nosquito-control teams etc. —who are trained in heir own islands. These photographs tell somehing of the story of what NZ is doing for the slanders’ health in Cook Island and Western Samoa.

Below (top to bottom): The 40-bed tubercu- [?]osis hospital at Rarotonga.

Control of the filarial (not malarial) mosquito [?]as top priority. Filaria is the most widespread [?]isease of these Groups—swamps and pools like these are sprayed regularly.

At right, top to bottom: These nurses and [?]MP’s from Apia Hospital, with many others [?]ke them, maintain the Islands’ health services At school, the child is given regular medical [?]nd dental check-ups. Here, a mobile health [?]inic is visiting a West Samoan school.

Inside the dental clinic in Western Samoa. —Photos by the NZ Publicity Board.

ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL. 1953

tropicalities

Awkward For All

SINCE the advent of Colonel J. K.

Murray, Administrator of Papua- New Guinea from 1945 to 1952, the people of Port Moresby have got accustomed to the appearance of selected natives at official functions, and do not now react strongly. But, in old-fashioned Rabaul, they still have to learn that the Territories are being sociologically rearranged.

While the new Administrator, Mr. D. M. Cleland, was making his first official visit to Rabaul, there was the usual 5.30 p.m. cocktail party at the residence of the District Commissioner; and Mr.

McCarthy, in accordance with official policy, invited the members of the native Village Council to the function. European officials came along, with their ladies; but a good many non-officials were ostentatiously absent.

“Our brown brothers stood around awkwardly, and no one could quite get going,” says a private letterwriter. “It was rather odd to invite the poor blokes to come and watch the masters drink cocktails, while they are restricted to lollywater. Or were they?”

Rabaul will get used to it in time, no doubt.

The Evil He’S Done

FRENCH taxation expert, Louis Mercier, returning from Tahiti to France after spending six months organising a new taxation system in French Oceania, said in Auckland that his mission had been successful —but that everyone was glad to see him leave, though the evil that he’s done will live after him.

Fishing Is Good

THERE may be stormy seas around Norfolk Island—it is one of the places detested by mariners— but there is nothing wrong with the fishing grounds. The snapper which may be caught in certain places there have been responsible for some fishermen getting a lifelong reputation as liars.

A few days after the new Administrator, Brigadier Norman, arrived in NI, he went fishing, and he hooked and captured one of the biggest groper seen in those waters.

He thinks he is going to like Norfolk Island!

History Of An Island

IT is nearly 150 years since Captain Matthew Flinders, in the very unseaworthy ship, HMS Investigator, set out from Sydney to circumnavigate Australia and chart the coasts.

Near Thursday Island, Flinders discovered a small island, about miles long by about I-mile wide, partly wooded, and fringed with a coral reef. Flinders recorded that “as it had no other name I called it Good’s Island, after Peter Good, the botanical gardener.”

I note that Pacific Islands Year Book spells it “Goode,” so that is evidently the official way.

This is from an article in NZ Gardener, by A. W. Anderson, a noted authority on botany: “Peter Good attended to the manual work of collecting seeds and plants on Flinders’ ship. There was also a botanist named Robert Brown, and a botanical draughts-; man named Ferdinand Bauer. The botanical party had been specially chosen by Sir Joseph Banks. Peter Good entered Kew Gardens in 1796 and was highly thought after by the Curator.

“When HMS Investigator came back to Sydney, on June 9, with many sick men, Peter Good was too ill to be taken ashore. He died on board.

“Such was Peter- Good, the first Kew-trained plant collector to reach Australia. His name survives in a wildflower, Goodia Lotifolia, found in NSW by Peter Good, and seeds of which were transmitted by him to Kew Gardens.”—AJS.

No Hero To His Valet

FRED ARCHER, recently visiting Rabaul, says that one of his houseboys used to “do” for Captain Brett Hilder; so the other day Fred showed him Brett’s photograph in The Woman.

Yes, he savvied. “Master, him he all the time he paint him boat long Bee Pees.” He went on to explain that Bee Pees often looked askance at the cost of keeping their boats painted; then, as his eye fell on some reproductions of Hilder’s work, he asked: “Wonem?”

Fred explained that Hilder hadj forsaken boat-painting for art; and as the idea of “piksa” penetrated dusky’s skull, he clucked disapprovingly. “No bloody good,” he declared. “Sumsing nothing, tasol.j Na sopos he paint im boat, he some fella sumsing.” * * An applicant for clerical work informed Fred that he had been kuskus for Master Cummings na limlimhu (on leave). He stated modestly that he had practically run the taxi business, and could “figure.” Fred worked this out as an indication that he could do simple arithmetic, so he asked him what “four fours” amounted to.

A long silence, followed by a disgusted cluck, then: “Me lusim! Before me savvy! Me tink twelve!”

He didn’t e:et the job.

This Progress!

There is an increasing number of native cemeteries in a certain section of the New Guinea Highlands, reports an SDA missionary!

Pastor H. White.

In this area, until the recent advent of the white man, the primitive natives always ate their dead,, irrespective of the cause of death.

Ageing folk accepted the system as a matter of course.

Captain Norman William

MACDONALD of the mv Kurimarua, of which he has been Master for the last 8 years. The headquarters of his ship are with the Western Pacific High Commission, in the British Solomons, where he has built himself a solid reputation as a master mariner.

“Captain Mac ” is of Scots and Nova Scotian blood, and he was born at Waipu, in New Zealand.

He went to sea in J. J. Craig’s sailing ships, and eventually became Captain of the 3-masted barque Invergarry. He joined the Union Company in 1919, and rose to be staff-captain of the Niagara before he left in 1930.

During the War, Captain Mac- Donald was relieving Harbourmaster at Levuka, Suva and Lautoka, and he also served as pilot to ships of the US Navy. He joined the staff of the Western Pacific High Commission in 1945.

Sketch by Brett Hilder. 70 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

Dick Brown On

World Tour

Success Story

OF A

Cook Islander

LAST February a Cook Islander and his wife sailed from Auckland on a voyage that will wobably take them round the vorld—to Sydney, Jakarta, Singa- >ore, Colombo, Port Said, Genoa, flonte Carlo, Rome, Venice, Switzer and, Germany, France, England or the Coronation —then back to he South Seas via Panama in their wn ship.

The Cook Islanders are Mr. and Irs. Dick Brown, of Rarotonga, and heir present voyage represents a emarkable success story.

Dick, is the son of a Scot who eserted his ship to marry a maid f Mangaia Island, and was one f a large family. He is now 60. ff powerful build, he was a great nd popular sportsman in the Cook slands in his youth. From his ither’s trade store on Mangaia he ravitated to the capital, and went ) work with A. B. Donald & Co., f Rarotonga. His subsequent suc- 3ss may be attributed to his drink ig a good deal less orange-beer lan the average Cook Islander. He >on had his own little trade store, ■om which he made a modest livig.

Although denied the opportunity f a good education himself, Dick iw to it that one of his brothers -Alex, later to die as a Sergeant i the RNZAF in a raid over Gertany—was educated in New Zea- ,nd.

Dick’s rise in the business world ime with the arrival of the Ameriin Forces to the South Pacific in r orld War 11. A small advertiseent in PIM led to an enormous irio trade with American PX ores in all parts of the Pacific, ick, from his Rarotonga headlarters, arranged the markets and te shipping—and the women on ie outer isles did the work. The •ofits were good for all concerned and especially for Dick.

IHEN, with the Americans dis- . persed and the rich harvest ended, Dick had another vision in which he was encouraged by e people of the Northern Group, hy not get in on the rich MOP ade?

But that meant a ship of his own. ; this time, the 90-ft. schooner ihitienne, built for a rum-runner 10 died before he could use her, id later acquired by the former axwell & Co., of Tahiti, lay derelict Auckland’s Rotten Row r .

She was everything a ship ouldn’t be. She was rotten, they id, and would founder as soon as e hit the open sea. She had a ncrete keel. “One touch on a reef d it will crumble to pieces—and over she’ll go,” the experts opined.

“Those chain-plates’ll pull clean out of her sides as soon as she smells a breeze”, the waterfront experts decided.

But through it all—p ayi n g through the nose to the smart business men of Auckland who knew a good chance and lack of tough business experience when they saw it—Dick got his ship away. She did not get there the first time— nor even the second —but she did on the third attempt, with as green a crew in their respective positions as ever put to sea.

And when she arrived at Rarotonga—after a moderately fast passage, the ship and Dick were feted as never a ship had been before. William S. Bond has told the story of her christening in these pages, and in Where the Trade Winds Blow.

Then, in the few years of her short life, she was in plenty of trouble. Through lack of experienced engineers she was ever stopping at sea; or, if there was no breeze, or too contrary a one, she would be out of fresh water or food. How she survived for as long as she did is a mystery. Islandsstyle, she never had a permanent crew. On arriving off an island, the work-passage crew would fade ashore, to be replaced, more or less, by another party of volunteers, often dead drunk, for the next leg of the voyage.

But Dick was an Islander, and most of the people liked him and wanted to see him succeed—so the cargoes of shell from Manihiki and Penrhyn came his way, and the price was good. A volunteer crew might not lead to discipline or the wise operation of a ship—but it certainly led to low costs. So the cargoes flowed south six and seven hundred miles to Rarotonga— thence on to New York by other means.

HAPPILY, the Tahitienne eventually met her fate in harboui within yards of where she had been feted so royally by every village on the island a year or two before. She parted her moorings in the precarious Avarua passage.

Some say that the cloud of dryrot dust that shot up when she hit the reef could be seen away down on Dick’s home island of Mangaia. There is no doubt she was due to go, and it couldn’t have happened in a safer place.

There were some who thought that this was the end of the enterprise—but they did not know Dick.

Very soon, he brought another vessel, just as ancient, and without sails, from New Zealand. Karoro’s life, too, was short and interesting.

Her remains sit to day on Aitutaki reef —but she paid for herself, and more.

Next came the Fairmile Mahurangi—still in operation, though the cause of plenty of nautical excitement in the Group. No one knows how Dick’s ships really make money—but the New Zealand Income Tax Department knows that they do.

Dick made no secret of the fact,, when he passed through Auckland recently—on the way to Europe to look for another and a bigger and a better ship, that he was milked of five figures when he came within the orbit of taxation.

If ever a man deserved success he is Dick Brown. Whenever things are at their worst—with his shipof-the-moment spouting water at every seam, or her motor in its last agony—Dick is laughing as loudly as his crew. Where a European would have given up years ago, Dick takes trouble in his stride.

His appearance in the Cook Islands shipping business undoubtedly has done a great deal towards the stimulation of tfce mother-of-pearl trade in the Northern Group. With more ships and keener competition, the Manihiki people are working as never before, and the shell they produce is bringing a rich harvest to the Cook Islands—and to New Zealand’s dollar earnings.

The people of the Cooks hope that Dick Brown will enjoy his present, well earned jaunt into the outer world, find another ship that might do as much for the fruit industry as his others have done for the shell trade, and bring her safely back to Rarotonga. Few doubt that, before he gets her there, she will create plenty of news en route.

Solution To Crossquiz

FROM PAGE 68 71 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

How To Use Pawpaw

Extracts from talk broadcast from ZJV (Suva) by the Nutrition Section of the South 'Pacific Health Service.

Growing Pawpaws

The average time is 12 months from sowing the seed until the tree begins to bear. Seeds of a good-flavoured fruit should be sown where you wish the tree to grow, since the pawpaw is not always easy to transplant. Prepare holes about two feet in diameter and six feet apart, by thoroughly digging the soil as deep as possible, and working in a little compost or manure. After getting the soil ready, water thoroughly and leave for a day or two to enable the soil to settle, and then sow half a dozen or more seeds to each hole.

When the seedlings are two to three inches high, weed out all except the strongest one, which should be allowed to grow to maturity. Weed around the plant but do not damage the plant or its roots. The tree is short-lived in shallow soil, so if you have no depth of soil in your garden, it is a good idea to sow a few seeds each year to maintain a supply of fruiting trees.

There are three types of pawpaw trees.

The “male” tree has flowers on long stems, but seldom produces fruit. The “hermaphrodite” tree carries “male” and “female” flowers in small clusters, the centre flower usually being the “female”, while those on each side are “males” which supply the pollen for setting the flower, and so producing the fruit. The “female” produces “female” flowers which, on pollinating, set and produce fruit.

The last two types are those which should be kept for bearing fruit and the “male” variety should not be kept. It is interesting to note that local legend has it that if a “male” tree is beheaded, it will change its sex, behave itself aJLid produce fruit! This was tried on five “male” trees. One developed into a “female”; but the others were not successful, and died. It is nevertheless an experiment worth trying if you have no fruit-bearing trees.

Using Pawpaw

When buying pawpaw, make sure the ripe ones are firm and not bruised, and that they give slightly when pressed with the fingers.

The ripe fruit is excellent for breakfast or dessert, served with lemon or lime; or, for a change, add a little sherry or sweet wine as well. Chill before serving.

Diced pawpaw added to fruit salad gives it a very distinctive and delightful flavour. The pulp of pawpaw mixed with milk or cream makes a; delicious frozen dessert.

When ripe, pawpaw is a very rich source of vitamin A, and a good source of Vitamin C. As an alternative for orange juice it is excellent, and it may be given to infants at a very early age without any other preparation than mashing. This is because of its low fibre content.

There is an enzyme in the skin and leaves of pawpaw which you may be able to make use of in the kitchen. To soften the fibres of tough meat, wrap it in a pawpaw leaf. Tie the parcel firmly, and give it several hits with a rolling pin or wooden spoon. Leave for 30 to 45 minutes, but no longer, otherwise the meat may start to disintegrate. Unwrap, wash the meat very well, and cook in the usual way.

Unripe pawpaws make a very good vegetable if boiled and served in the same way as vegetable marrow or pumpkin.

Here are some recipes:—

Pawpaw Delight

Stew about 1 lb of nearly ripe pawpaw in Vz cup brown sugar, a little lemon juice and ginger. There is no need to add water. Line a pie dish with short crust pastry. Put a layer of pawpaw on the pastry, sprinkle well with seedless raisins, or sultanas, and some desiccated or grated coconut. Cover with a thin layer of pastry. Repeat until the dish is full, finishing with a layer of pastry. Brush over with milk or beaten egg, sprinkle with sugar and bake in a hot oven for about % hour. When cooked, dust with icing sugar and serve either hot or cold.

Stuffed Pawpaw

Peel a firm, ripe pawpaw, cut a small square at the side and remove the seeds.

Fill the fruit with mince, to which has been added a little chopped onion, salt and pepper. Replace the square. Place in a greased baking tin. Pour over a little melted butter and bake in a moderate oven. When cooked, sprinkle with crisp breadcrumbs and serve with a good gravy, or tomato sauce.

Pawpaw Milk Sherbet

IVz cups ripe pawpaw pulp. 3 teaspoons lemon juice.

Vz cup orange juice.

IV2 cups milk. 1 cup sugar.

Press the pawpaw pulp through a coarse sieve and add the fruit juice. Dissolve the sugar in the milk and add the fruit mixture gradually to the milk. Pour into the ice tray of the refrigerator and freeze quickly, stir every half hour.

To convert this recipe into Pawpaw Ice Cream, substitute 1 cup of evaporated milk or cream for the milk. Stir several times during freezing.

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Granadilla Fluff

Dissolve two level dessertspoons gelatine in one cup hot water. Cool.

Beat stiffly the whites of three eggs. !

Have ready one cun sugar and one cup 1 fruit juice (granadilla, native orange and lemon is a good mixture).

Add cooled gelatine to the stiffly beaten I whites of eggs aAid beat with rotary I beater. Still beating, add sugar and I fruit juice last. In cool weather it will 1 set almost as it is beaten. Chill in I refrigerator. Serve with custard made | with the yolks of the three eggs. —Mrs. R. P., Kavieng, NG.I

Snow Dessert—Made In A Jiffy I

1 tin unsweetened milk. % cup sugar. 1 teaspoon vanilla. 3 teaspoons gelatine dissolved in Vz cup I boiling water.

Put ingredients into a basin, and whip I with rotary beater until it will stand on its own.

It can be put into a sweet dish, or i into a greased cake tin, and when set I turned out and decorated with fruit and I cream. —Mrs. P. H., New Hebrides.!

Coconut Crunch

Place a thick layer of freshly-grated I coconut in a cake tin and sprinkle liberally 1 with sugar. Bake in oven until brown I and crisp. Break into small pieces. # —Miss K., Apia, W. Samoa.!

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SAMARAI’S G.O.M Colourful Life of Laurie Henderson LAURIE HENDERSON—dead a 72, and carried to his grave ii Rogea cemetery, Samarai, b; mourning comrades of the RSSAIU —really had lived three lives. Hi went from his High School in Wes Australia (where he had been notabl as an oarsman) to a bank, aru showed much promise. But the wide: world called; he threw in banking and before he was 27 he had joinei the Papuan public service. He be came Resident Magistrate a Kerema, then a rough and tougl station accessible only by whale boat. Five years later he was at Tufi, j.n the Cape Nelson area Following a regrettable inciden there, in which he suffered a badl; injured hand, Mr. Henderson re signed and went South. A subse quent inquiry showed that he wa not blameworthy. But he did no return to the public service.

A year later, in 1913, he returns to Papua, married in Port Moresbl and soon afterwards he settled dowi in Samarai as the owner and man ager of the Cosmopolitan Hotel He never returned to Australia.!

He sold the hotel after 15 years but the plantation and other in terests with which he became en gaged suffered severely in the De pression, and he lost nearly every thing. He tried pearl-diving in thi China Straits, various kinds of trad ing, recruiting. Many men gavi up and departed, but Lauri Henderson hung on, recovered hi: business, and met all his obliga tions.

Among other things, Mr. Hender son was a recruiter of labour foi the Misima goldmines. When thf Jap phase of World War II began and the New Guinea area was evacuated, some 400 indentured labourer! were left on Misima with abou 3,500 Misima natives. There wai no doubt about what would happer to the labourers if and when foot ran short. Mr. Henderson, assistec by Mr. Ernest Whitehouse, made ii his business to repatriate every oik of those abandoned labourers, thus preventing what could have beer a major tragedy.

Mr. Henderson also managed t( salvage food supplies and oil fue from abandoned Samarai, and thu! was able to give timely assistant to refugees fleeing southwards froir Rabaul.

When the Japs reached Mil# Bay, in their southwards thrust Laurie Henderson and his luggei gave the Allies most valuable help He and his boat were strafed manji times when ferrying supplies t( troops along the coasts. He becaMj a member of the Forces—he wa:: beach-master at Oro Bay during 74 P R I L , 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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After the war, he resumed his isiness as trader and recruiter, id his plantation interests became ofitable. Everyone held him in ?h regard—even his few enemies and most sought his clear-sighted [vice. After his experiences in ipe Vogel Oilfields, rice-growing, Id-mining, the Returned Soldiers ttlement on Goodenough Islands post-World War I project that v now know about) his know- Ige was varied and accurate.

His son, Rennie Henderson, rved as a fighter pilot in the during the war; survived a ish in France at the end of 3 war; and is now settled in ,nada as a businessman.

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[?]Ok Islander Receives

Important Post

[R. TAKAO TINIRAU has been appointed Resident Agent of Manihiki, Cook Is. He is a lior Cook Islands Assistant dical Practitioner (graduate of Suva Medical School) and mber of a leading Cook Islands nily. He has been stationed in nrhyn, Puka Puka and Manihiki recent years and has been act- ; RA at Manihiki since the resigtion of Mr. A. H. Brown some time ago. This is believed to be the first time that a native Cook Islander has been appointed to the position of Resident Agent (a position equal to that of District Officer in other Territories).

Manihiki, with its rich pearl shell beds, now exceeds every other island —Rarotonga not excepted—in value of exports, and, apart from Penrhyn, is the only dollar-earner of the fifteen islands.

Sir Leonard Isitt, Chairman of Directors of TEAL, and Mr. R. W.

Marshall, general manager of the NZ Tourist Department, attended a conference of the Pacific Interim Travel Association in Honolulu in March. 75 i C I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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[?]Tiling Down

[?] A [?]-YEARS-JOB Prom Our Own Correspondent P. MORESBY, April 10.

URING March, three members of the CSIRO Land Resources and Regional Survey team ived in the Territory to get some t-hand knowledge before startthe field survey of the Buna ion. >r. R. D. Hoogland, the botanist the* survey team, is working in aboration with the Government est Botanist, Mr. J. S. Womersand is remaining in the Territ until the Buna survey is corned. Messrs. B. W. Taylor (Ecolo- ) and S. J. Patterson (geomorlogist) returned to Canberra y in April to help draw up the is for the main Buna survey, ch starts in July, he actual field work at Buna occupy three months; and then ther nine months will be needed interpretation of the results of field work. This will be done Canberra. n his recent visit to the Territhe leader of the CSIRO surteam said it was not possible five any exact estimate of the ; needed for the full-scale surof Papua and New Guinea, but it could not be less than twenty years.

NEW INDUSTRIES IN PAPUA- N. GUINEA Cane—Peanuts—Passion Fruit P. MORESBY, April 4.

A PROMISING new industry has been started at Port Moresby by Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Prior, who have set up the first unit of a factory and are manufacturing cane furniture from “lawyer” vine.

Mr. Prior had a cane furniture factory in Sydney before the war, and after some years with the Administration in the post-war period he decided to return to the cane furniture business.

The firm is known as Haydin’s Rattan Products, and Mr. Prior has trained a team of native rattan craftsman. Suites and individual chairs and tables are being manufactured, based on modern designs, and the output is offering stiff competition to cane furniture imported from the Far East.

Australian manufacturers are showing interest in obtaining supplies of lawyer vine for furniture making, and the first shipments have already gone South.

The venture is providing a new source of cash income for coastal natives, who bring in canoe-loads of vine from points along the southwest coast. Mr. Prior plans to extend his output to bamboo furniture.

Going south on this Bulolo are 20 tons of peanuts, consigned by various growers at Wau. They will 77 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY— APRIL, 1953

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New Timber Industry

Five members of the staff of Commonwealth New Guinea Timber Limited (which is the Commonwealth-Bulolo Gold Co. formed to work New Guinea’s stands of Highland pine) have been sent to Canada and the United States to get the latest information on modern methods of manufacturing plywood. They are Messrs. R. Gay, Senior, J. Sneddon, E. Gibb, J.

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The construction of the plywood factory is well on the way at Bulolo, and good progress has been made on the ordering of machinery. The mill may start producing plywood next December.

Queen Cannot Visit Samoa A WARM invitation by the Government of Western Samoa to Queen Elizabeth to visit that Territory during the Royal Tour next year, cannot be accepted. Advice to this effect was received from the Queen’s private secretary, whose message stated that the Queen hopes, on some future occasion, to visit those islands, but does not now feel able to alter the existing arrangements for her 1953 tour.

Election In Oceania

A SUMMARY of the results of the election for the Assemblee Territoriale, held throughout French Oceania on January 18, shows that 29,030 votes were recorded. The RDPT party won in 15 of the 18 electorates, with 15,062 votes.

Independents gained two seats and 3,615 votes; the UDIOF one seat, and 7,581 votes; and RPF no seat and 2,772 votes.

The winning party, headed by Deputy Pouvanaa a Oopa, was defeated in Papeete (UDIOF), Northern Marquesas (Independent), and Uturoa (Independent). 78 APRIL. 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL*

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P. MORESBY, March 20. *RLY in March, the Territory Town Planning Board visited Rabaul and conferred with the :ens on the proposed zoning ime for the township, arious problems were hammered at a full-day conference bejn the Board and some 15 of town’s leading citizens, ae Board Chairman (Mr. Cor- Gore, of Port Moresby) emsised that if Rabaul folk wanted town restored to its pre-war ndor, they would have to pull n all the temporary buildings ted since the war, and make attempt to convert these into nanent structures. Close coation would also be needed bem the Administration and pricitizens on the standard of lings to be erected, and their equent maintenance, r. Gore said the Board’s report Id be handed to the Adminitor immediately, and everyg possible done to have a dee town plan in the hands of aul people without further dele Board comprised the following, in addition to the Chairman: Dr. H. N. White (deputy for Dr. J.

Gunther); Mr. W. L. McGowan (Works Department); and Mr.

C. L. Anthony, Assistant Secretary for Lands).

Moresby Town Advisory

COUNCIL The following have been appointed members of the new Port Moresby Town Advisory Council; West Ward —E. A. James and E. J. Frame.

Central —l. A. Willis and E. E. Kreiwaldt.

East Ward—F. G. Edwards and J. L. Weston.

General Members —Mrs. J. I.

Wyatt, Mrs. T. M. Price, J. A.

A’Hearn, C. L. Anthony, F. G.

Hill.

Public Service Members—The District Commissioner, Dr. N. H. White, W. L. McGowan, R. K. J. O’Dell, R. E. P. Dwyer.

[?]Itical Controls In

New Caledonia

struggle for political and adminis- [?]e reform in New Caledonia still [?]on. When a member of the French [?]nment, Minister Letorneau, was in Caledonia last month, a number of [?]ts, based on a wish that the local [?]bly (Conceil General) should have control over New Caledonia affairs, presented to him. The photograph M. Berges (President of the [?]il) handing a document to M. [?]eau, while Senator H. Lafleur (in [?]ackground) looks on. 79 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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Conducted by Ex ZK-1-AC/VR-2-AK (Address notes to P.O. Box 179 W, Wellesley Street, Auckland, NZ.) ISLAND HAMS: Let your Pacific neighbours know you’re active by checking in on your favourite band with a CQ at 0100/0700/19002. Use of a known time will help you— and them.

Your scribe—ZL-l-AlK—using an AKC- > vfo., CW only at present, on 7 mc/s, (rill look for Islands calls from Hams irith contributions for this column at 0700 SMT most week-nights. • Most interesting signal of the month, ind most mysterious, was FOSAI, lurrently listed as belonging to French Iceania’s airway company, Air Tahiti, leception was generally poor in Auckland tut the station appeared to be operating rom an American-owned yacht lying at rakaroa, Tuamotus. At time of publicaion the name of the yacht is still un- :nown, though the operator aboard is dieved to be W7HNK. That call is acant in the latest call-book, and is vidently now held by a new owner, first ame Jack.

This yacht came from the Pacific Coast y way of Honolulu and all the inhabited stands of the Marquesas, to its present |TH. Plans are to carry on to Tahiti i April, thence back to the States via the Leeward Islands and Hawaii. FOBAI has been active on 14.3 mc/s (vfo) around 0600 Z, working KH6 and VK2. Medical advice for a sick Takaroan was being collected from a VK2 doctor on one occasion late March. The FOB call was causing plenty of interest with the card hunters. Details next month. • From Pitcairn Island comes a letter from Floyd, VR6AC, who left Auckland late last November with the declared intention of appearing on 14 mc/s phone by Christmas. Floyd’s 5-tube receiver has “had it”. The transmitter is functioning OK and a new receiver will soon be going forward from Sydney, so perhaps by mid-Winter the rare VR6 call will make itself heard. We can picture the DX-men queueing already!

Meanwhile, with radio off the agenda, Floyd lately made the 75-mile open-boat journey, with a couple of surf boats, 25 Pitcairn men, seven women and eight children to uninhabited Oeno atoll, on a picnic jaunt for coconuts, clam shells and ornamental branches of coral for the curio trade. A few days were spent there, then the party returned after “a change and a real good time”. • Next came a letter from Phil Palmer, VR3C, of Fanning:—whose middle name, so he says, is Radio but definitely not DX Radio. A ragr-chewer at heart, Phil is inflicted with a call of such rarity that every time he shows his nose on 14 mc/s his own and his prospective rag-chewing companion’s frequencies are swamped with the eager huntsmen. Result: Phil, “ham- 81 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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Smooth on the Palate Valiant PURE B Is a very good rum indeed, as one sip will tell you strung”, is confined to the laboratory, attempting to develop an Automatic QSOer that will contact the DX-hounds on one frequency while he, on another, talks shoes and ships and sealing wax with his friends and others prepared to talk. • ZK-l-AB, Dough Cunnold, due to return to Rarotonga per March sailing of Maui Pomare, took another month’s leave to fully recover from a throat operation lie underwent since coming to New Zealand on leave. No news was available late March of the new ionisphere observer for ZK-1; and whether or not he’s a Ham. Max Armstrong, lately operating as ZK-l-AC at Aitutaki, returned to Wellington in March, his radio job completed. • Alan, VK9YY, expressed the belief here in February that he and VK9FM, of Madang, where the only two active T.N.G. stations. Perhaps this had its effect, for late March we heard Bob on Iwo Jima —KA-O-IJ, only Iwo Jima station—in 14 mc/s phone contact with Ron Chugg, VK9-RC, also of Madang. The VK9 was Inaudible in Auckland. • Nadi has another active 3.5/7/14 jmc/s Ham back on the job. Jack Paton, one of Fiji’s first post-war stations, should again appear with his old call- -sign VR2AC. He took up a new three- -years assignment at Nadi Aeradio early March. • New stations listed: J. T. Carr, VK-l-JC on Heard Is.; VK9DS, D. B.

Schroder, C/o D.C.A., Port Moresby; VK9MT, M. Tie, C/o D.C.A., Port Moresby.

Bob Black, VK2QZ, headed back for New Guinea late February, we understand, so he may be assumed to be active as portable VK9 by now. VK-l-RG, formerly of Macquarie Is., was understood to be returning there last February. VK-l-EM, who has been using the same gear, was to return to VK. • The W/VE contest during March indicated that conditions may not be quite as bad as they normally seem. Outside the contest period few 14 mc/s sigs were heard in Auckland. The best, as in recent months, were North Pacific-Japan, as beard during mainly early evening; listening. Stations heard or known to be active were: FOSAI, KA-O-IJ, KA2FC/HP/JF/US, KA3AF, KASSt,

Ka7Sr, Kabab, Kg6Aay/Abn/Acs/Aej/

AEP/FA, KJ6AX, KR6LJ, KW6BB/81, 82 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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BREAKFAST [ i 3 fFO UNTAJN FOLfIX lAIN P U/M PUDDIM G packed 9RC, ZM6AA. Wake Is., we note, is oming reorganised. Other sources ret VR-l-F as recently active—QTH iton Is. inal note: We recently heard an mds station remarking that an item It appeared in this column regarding station was “well out of focus”. ;es from all quarters are warmly corned and will ensure that we keep per cent, in focus.

English author Raven Hart, of ylon, left Auckland per March fua for Fiji. He planned to visit ; Yasawas and, later, Vavau, in nga.

Bishop Of Melanesia

TO RETIRE IHORTLY after his departure ) from Auckland aboard the Melanesian Mission vessel Southern ross, advice was received from [elanesian Mission Headquarters b Honiara that the Rt. Rev. Bishop . G. Caulton, Bishop of Melanesia, ad tendered his resignation. This as confirmed later by the Most ,ev. R. H. Owen, Archbishop of ew Zealand. He said that Bishop lulton, who planned to retire in arch of next year, felt that, with e work of the Mission’s post-war -organisation almost completed, was right to make way for a unger man who could plan the »rk of the diocese for future delopment and progress.

Bishop Caulton, formerly Dean Auckland and vicar of St. Mary’s ithedral parish, was consecrated shop in 1948. He joined the Melesian Mission in 1929; served as lest at Ugi, San Cristobal and ila; and resigned in 1937 to take the appointment of vicar at tiakatane, NZ. He rejoined the ssion on his appointment as shop.

Maoris May Adopt Islanders UNDER the terms of a Maori Affairs Bill coming before Parliament in Wellington next session, the child adoption customs of the New Zealand Maoris will be modified. Whereas in the past Maoris have been permitted to adopt only Maoris, they will, when the Bill is passed, be able in future to also adopt “certain other Polynesian children.”

The Cook Islanders and the Maoris, although separated by some hundreds of years, are so close together racially, that they can converse; and the link between Maoris, Cook Islanders and Tahitians is almost as close.

The Rt. Rev. Bishop S. G. Caulton, MA, [?]glican Bishop of Melanesia, whose [?]irement is announced, effective March, [?]4. 83 iCIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRI I. . 1953

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WEEK IN RABAUL RABAUL, March 23.

JO many VlP’s have been so j lavishly entertained in Rabaul in March, that it might fairly e called the Month of Munch!

There was an official cocktail arty “up on the hill,” at the district Commissioner’s residence, ) enable the local folk to greet le newly-appointed Administrator nd Mrs. Cleland. The latter had n exceedingly busy ten days in abaul and district.

The Chinese Union combined ith the local branch of the Kuo [in Tang to give a dinner in Dnour of the Administrator.

Then the Chinese Consul from ustralia, Mr. Liang Kung Wang, id his friend Mr. David Narme, rived; and they also were enterined at a public feast.

The Administrator and Mrs. leland gave a cocktail party to Jlcome the members of the UNO ission, and the guests included embers of all three communities— iropeans, Chinese and natives.

There was another feast on the ening of St. Patrick’s Day, with dancing and floor shows, and again many nationalities were present, in harmony. The party of the Chinese Consul in Australia (Mr. Wang) left early, however, and it was reported that they did not like some members of the UNO Mission. But the Mission was not very popular, anyway; and the fact was that Mr.

Wang’s party had to get up very early next morning to go to Kavieng.

Finally, Messrs. Wang and Narme gave a buffet dinner—and, rather than enumerate the guests, it would be easier to make a list of those not present. The Chinese certainly do understand the arts of hospitality.

Rabaul is praying now for a quiet week before Easter, when most of Madang will arrive here to test our skill in golf, Rugby League, tennis, swimming and, maybe, more hospitality. £50,000 GIVEN TO TONGA UNDER the will of the late Jules Joseph Verhaege, who died at Onehunga, NZ, on January 22 last, the whole of his estate of approximately £50,000 NZ has been left to the Tongan Government, for the improvement of medical services and the health of the Tongan people, and for the education in New Zealand of boys of Tongan blood. It is feared that succession duty will heavily reduce the amount that the Tongan Government eventually will receive.

Mr. Verhaege, a Belgian, was in business as a general trader in Tonga for many years, before going to New Zealand 35 years ago.

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ABOUT 1,200 woolpacks made from kenaf fibre grown experimentally in Papua have been distributed in Australia, for test. Reports on 200 say they are satisfactory.

Australia is trying to establish the kenaf industry in Papua-New Guinea. About £260,000 is being made available for roads, bridges and wharves in the Oro Bay area of Papua, and the backing of Australian industrial and pastoral concerns is being sought.

Australian planners developed the idea when jute—a product of India—was in very short supply soon after the war, and prices of woolpacks, copra bags, cornsacks, etc., soared. It was felt that some alternative fibre was needed.

But, in the past year or so, the Indian jute situation has been reorganised. Jute products now are coming to the markets at prices which will be sharply competitive with bags made from the kenaf fibre of New Guinea.

Will Australia protect the new industry? Or will it surrender to the demands of the big interests, and leave the kenaf producers “out on the end of a limb”?

Australia encouraged planters to produce rubber in Papua. They now produce excellent rubber. But, because Australian rubber manufacturers and consumers howl at the suggestion of a duty to protect the Papuan industry, the Papuan rubber producers have to enter into hopeless competition with the products of cheap-labour countries. Why should the kenaf producers expect any better treatment?

Rev. W. G. Murphy, LMS Missionary in the Cook Islands, has returned from leave in England.

His ship, the Rangitane, arrived in Auckland a few hours too late to connect with the first sailing of Maui Pomare for Rarotonga. 86 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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'JFORMATION regarding sources of supply for Pacific Islands handicraft goods and jewellery ms is sought by Mr. James I. ilden, of 15021 South Jackson reet, Midway City, California, >A, Mr. Halden is of opinion it he can work up a market for ;h goods in the United States, i invites communications from idents of the South Pacific Isids who are in a pesition to iply quantities of “Islands •ios.” Mr. Halden says that he prepared to place a sample order ;h the first three people who nmunicate with him from each the Territories of Fiji, Samoa i Tahiti.

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SUVA, March 27. recent years, tree-destruction in Suva has been deplorable.

But nowadays, people from the rernor downward are doing their t to promote tree-growing, n March 26, a group of Euron, Fijian and Indian women, by the Mayoress (Mrs. D. M. N. continued the planting young flamboyants along the aourside drive running past Govnent House. This drive, which ered a terrific battering in the ! hurricane, is prosaically called •ine Parade. It is an extension /ictoria Parade, and it is hoped : after the Royal visit in Deber it will be renamed Queen abeth Drive. ite last year a row of flammts was planted near the Boys’ mmar School to replace the it weeping fig trees which were >oted by the hurricane, le discovery of rhinoceros le infestation in the Suva area lent urgency to the Town Council’s general clean-up campaign, Under the emergency regulations all occupiers of land are required to eliminate dead palms and to deal with any possible breedingplaces for the pest. These include decaying vegetation on the ground and garden compost heaps. Removal of any soil from the Suva area without permission of the Director of Agriculture is strictly forbidden.

Mrs. Polly Bambridge Brown, wife of Mr. Robert Warren Brown, of Papeete, Tahiti, became the mother on March 23 of a fine son, who has been named Ronald Roger Teriipaora Brown. Various proud relations have reported the event, including Mr. Charles Brown, Jnr., of Raiatea, who insists that he and Mrs. Brown are greatly enjoying the status of grandparents. 87 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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Hifofua For Survey

The Tongan Government vessel ifofua was bound for Auckland for ydocking and survey, late March. ifofua, a 90-foot auxiliary ketch, is built in Auckland by Bailey in 27. She is a 7-knot (average) ssel, with a general-cargo capacity 50 tons and cabin-passenger commodation for ten. She carries crew of about 14. She generally y-docks in Suva.

Hiro Changes Hands

Lewis Hirshon, of Papeete, sold s passenger vessel Hiro to Comjnie Bazaar, a Chinese syndicate, ently. The price was reported 21 million francs—about £14,000 formerly American owned and ned Memory, the twin screw isenger craft was given her pret name on arrival in Papeete in ly 1939, for use on the Tahitisward Islands service. She will remembered by American screen who served on Bora Bora, she regularly brought men down leave to Tahiti from the US ry wartime base.

R .Aui Pom Are Commences

New Season

>n survey in Auckland since late luary, NZGS Maui Pomare ired for Rarotonga, Aitutaki, a, Mauke and Mangaia, March with a full cargo and passenger ■ She was to carry the delegates the South Pacific Conference at imea from Rarotonga to connect i TEAL aircraft at Aitutaki. On return run to New Zealand she bring the first citrus shipment the season.

Donald Ships Refit

• B. Donald & Co’s Charlotte laid normally engaged in the k Islands inter-island trade expected to complete refit in •eete (where she has been for ie months) and return direct to otonga in mid-April. Etablissements Donald Tahiti’s Tiare Taporo, auxiliary schooner in the French Oceania trade, has also been undergoing repairs in Papeete recently.

The bulwarks have been replaced.

BENECIA TRANSFORMED.

The small photo, on page 93 shows how Herve & Cie’s Benecia appears to-day. Lovers of the graceful Islands schooners of the past are likely to wince at the sight of this once sailing craft. She was wrecked in the Tuamotus in July, 1950, purchased on the reef by her present Papeete owners, and salvaged and brought to Tahiti, to be entirely transformed into a straight-out motor vessel with greatly built-up deck structures.

The hawse-pipes, and her slightly bent bow, give her a parrot-like appearance in our photo.

GS Maui Pomare commenced a new season on the Auckland-Cook [?]slands run in March, defying last year’s rumours to the contrary. 89 CIF I C ISLANDS MONTHLY - A P R I L . 1953

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Fun In The Holmburn

Holm Shipping Co’s Holmburn, off on her current chartered voyage to the Campbell Is. weather station, far south of New Zealand, before doing another run to the Kermadecs, had the NZ Minister of Civil Aviation (Mr. Macdonald) aboard in March.

Striking heavy weather on clearing Port Chalmers, NZ, Holmburn took shelter at the Heads; but, during the night, while at anchor in the heavy swell, she lost her cable and anchor. Re-equipped, she sailed again a few days later, with cattle, sheep and general stores. In April, she was to make a call at Norfolk Island after servicing the Kermadecs.

Nhs & T Co. Activities

War surplus equipment brought by the New Hebrides Shipping & Trading Co’s Vila Star from Biak to Tauranga, NZ, was in the news in March. The owner of the equipment, Mr. G. E. Gill trap, of Rotorua (who had personally gone to Biak to salvage the machinery from the jungle) reported that wharf thieves had stolen £2,000 worth of speedometers, oil gauges and other instruments packed in empty drums, after discharge at Tauranga.

Late in March, Vila Star was loading an experimental shipment of specially-treated pine-wood prefab. houses for the company’s own use on Santo. Fletcher Construetion Co. of New Zealand were the suppliers. If the specially-treated pine timber stands up to the termites it is hoped that a big trade will be developed to the Islands by this firm, through NHS & T Co.

The President Coolidge

The latter company is at present engaged in big salvage operations at “Million dollar point,” Santo. Captain Beim, a Director, said that his company was considering tendering for the salvage of the President Coolidge, former US troop transport accidentally mined in Segond Channel, Santo, in 1942. This and thirteen other wrecked vessels are currently advertised for scrap by the US Maritime Administration. I 90 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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Wrecks For Sale

lecently offered for sale as ap—and not for salvaging as ngable vessels —are the 15,000i President Coolidge lying on the tom in Segond Channel, Santo, w Hebrides, and the 11,000-ton isident Taylor, high, and almost r , on Canton Island. These are ) of 14 vessels offered by the ited States Maritime Administrai.

Ron Tiki Man Returns

Ir. Bengt Danielsson, a member the Ron Tiki expedition, and hor of a book on Raroia, entitled, le Happy Island,” arrived in :kland at the end of March per r angi from Honolulu. He was ompanied by his wife and child, er spending some weeks in New land, visiting libraries and seums, the family plans to settle Tahiti.

Irs. Danielsson is a Parisienne. * first met her husband in Peru t prior to the famous drift age, and married him later in ope. Mr. Danielsson has recently n attending Universities in erica.

Equel To Wan Yu I Tow

ate last year the Far East ers of the old USS Co. coaster ikuta, unwilling to accept the [very terms of the Australian ritime unions, sought to circumt them by employing the Chinese ;ionalist LST Wan Yui to tow ikuta as far as Noumea; and re, apparently, they were to ister the vessel under the French :, for the remainder of the age. art of the crew, flown to Noumea n Sydney, then found, accordto an Australian shipping paper, at the registration of the vessel i not in order and a scratch v aboard.” They approached British Consul, who investigated, ted the sailing. r gakuta eventually sailed; but, arrival in Japan, the ship’s ides were impounded and the >tain and officers charged with ng and abetting the illegal sailof the vessel from Noumea. ! sequel is not yet known.

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Letters From Home

Seamen in the South-West Pacific, spotting postcards drifting by, should report to the bridge. The Fisheries Division of the CSIRO has been scattering postcards, sealed in clear plastic envelopes, to study ocean currents in coastal waters.

Each one, filled in and returned, is worth the price of a drink or two (2/-) and they could be carried north to New Guinea waters.

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Under the command of Captain Gordon Wilkinson —who called at Papeete some years ago in the yacht Nomad —the tuna-clipper was on a tuna research voyage. The research (Continued on Page 93) 91 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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Data on the distribution of the •ious species of tuna, and their ding habits, was the main purie of the cruise. About 4 tons of la had been caught, opened and imined for stomach contents bee the vessel arrived at Papeete, out 20 tons of tuna will be taken ;k to Honolulu for canning, the terent species then being exined after a time for a check on iir canning properties.

Japtain Wilkinson and his comly were very hospitably entered in Tahiti.

The Mv Wallach

The Lighthouse service motorboat Wallach, 102 tons, manned by Captain C. W. Hart, two European technicians and 15 Papuan natives, returned to Samarai in March from a periodic overhaul in Townsville.

It services 30 lighthouses between Port Moresby and Kavieng, and all the beacons between Samarai and Moresby.

Gunboat La Moqueuse

The French gunboat La Moqueuse arrived at Papeete on March 10 from Noumea, via Wallis Island.

According to travellers from Tahiti, the gunboat’s arrival there was rumoured to be associated with some political tension, following the recent election of the new Assemblee. La Moqueuse was under quarantine and fumigated, due to having called at Wallis Island, which is said to be now infected with coconut beetles. [?]rom left to right:— [?]he former graceful schooner Benecia, [?] transformed. (See page 89).

Mr. R. A. Woods, who recently retired [?]m the position of Chief Officer, Melanesian Mission yacht Southern Cross, after four years in the vessel.

Charlotte Donald, A. B. Donald & Co.’s Cook Is. trader. Formerly Kinabatakgan, her port of registry remains Singapore. 93 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY-APRIL. 1953

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Kaumoana For Papeete

Last month it was reported that anew vessel is en route from France to be operated in the inter-island trade of French Oceania, by John and Sam Mervin, of Papeete.

The vessel, named Kaumoana, is a former American sub-chaser with an interesting history. She was seized in Marseilles while engaged in the profitable but dangerous and illegal trade of smuggling American cigarettes across from Tangier, and was bought there by her new owners when put up for sale by the authorities.

Kaumoana is similar to the Papeete vessel Taurua, and to the vessel, now owned by W. R. Carpenter interests in Suva, in which Ronald Johnson drifted from near Hawaii to Fiji some years ago. Like those vessels, Kaumoana has been considerably altered, with deck accommodation built for passengers.

She is about 112 feet long, the US Navy equivalent of the British Fairmile.

Training Ship On Cruise

With 186 midshipmen of the California Maritime Academy aboard, the US merchant marine training vessel Golden Bear cleared San Francisco on February 8 on a 9,000miles training cruise to Hawaii, Samoa and, possibly, Tahiti. These lads are future officers of the US merchant service. Golden Bear is commanded by Captain Ralph M. G, Swany.

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[Oenix Island Fisheries

i our January Radio Amateur es there was mention of a •per named “Dusty” and a vessel ied Joita, apparently in Phoenixning-Palmyra-Honolulu area. r e now learn from Captain ry Douglas, of Maureen, in the >erts, that the skipper is actu- Captain “Dusty” Miller, lerly employed with WPHC, and vessel —according to Phil ner, of Fanning—is the 62-ft ta. Captain Miller is operating jhing business in the area under name of Phoenix Island Fish- 3 —and is apparently one of the sea-links between those Islands, ning, Washington, Palmyra, Lstmas and Honolulu.

News of Cruising Yachts » First of several yachts to head andsward from New Zealand this tumn, the well-known Transsman racer, Ghost, cleared Auckid for Papeete direct on March The 28-foot cutter is skippered Ken Brown, with Neil and Keith leman, of Auckland, and Arnold eaney, of Wellington, all expericed yachtsmen, completing the nplement. Neil Coleman was one the crew of Rangi, the Auckland ;ht wrecked on Norfolk in 1952. ► Wanderer 111, from the Solent, gland, with Eric and Susan scock aboard, and bound for the tipodes, is now reported to have ared Balboa, January 23, for the rquesas. Wanderer 11, Hiscock’s lier yacht, now owned by Bill well, was preparing to clear jeete for Penrhyn in March on way to Australia. > Sin Miedo, reported here last nth, again cleared Papeete Febtry 13 for the outer isles. The iht, we believe, will head back Honolulu from French Oceania. • Arthur Rogers lost another member of her original crew in February when author W. J. V.

Crealock ( Vagabonding Under Sail ) left owner Hepworth and his wife in sole possession and returned to England per MM liner Caledonian.

Other members aboard on her arrival in Papeete late last year have gradually dispersed during the hurricane-season lay-up. • Tropic Seas, with John and Mary Caldwell and their three children, finally cleared Papeete on March 9 in continuation of their cruise, via Islands ports, to Auckland and Sydney. Their Tahitiborn son, Roger Hiro, is sampling deep-water sailing for the first time. • Novia, 34-foot San Diego ketch, manned by Lee and Ann Gregg, cleared Balboa early February for the Tuamotu, Marquesas and Tahiti. • Calypso, American yacht in Tahiti waters, has found moorings there while her owner, with his brother-in-law, Mr. Kim Powell (an American now resident in Tahiti) journeyed back to earn some dollars on the Panama Canal construction job. They departed per last Caledonien sailing. Both men have previously worked in the Canal Zone. • Two yachts already known in the Islands and reportedly now preparing to again clear Auckland soon on further cruises, will have different profiles this year. Bounty, formerly a gaff cutter, has now be- The Wynvale. 95 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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A. (Peter) Pye and wife Anne) und for Tahiti and thence Van- Liver. • Another yacht soon to leave Britain is the well-known tentonner Tern 11, formerly owned by yachting writer Claude Worth. In 1950, under the ownership of Lt.- Col. D. G. Brodie, Tern II won the RCC Cup for a cruise to Majorca and return. Now owned by Lieutenant E. Pester, RNZN, she will clear about June for Panama, the Islands and New Zealand. • There’s news of the schooneryacht California, which was in Tahiti waters early 1951, and other Island ports further west later that year, in the course of a round-theworld cruise. In a letter from the aide of US Admiral Robert Carney, Commander of Allied Forces in Southern Europe, we gather that the yacht is now in the Mediterranean. (The Admiral had been aboard at Naples, spotted a copy of our Pacific Islands Year Book, liked what he saw and wrote for a copy right away). • According to coconut radio, Birger Bryhn and family, with their stout 58-foot Norwegian pilot cutter, are likely to be on the move

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OPPOSITE From top to bottom:— The French gunboat La Moqueuse arrivig at Papeete.

First cruising yacht of the season to Lear Auckland was Ghost. The crew, bout to board, are, left to right, ownerkipper Ken Brown, Keith Coleman, mold Greaney and Neil Coleman.

Ghost, outward bound, with Auckland’s icient volcanic harbour-sentinel, Rangi- •to Island, in background.

The tuna research clipper, John R. banning, in Papeete.

Tropic Seas about to clear Papeete in mtinuation of her cruise. 97 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY A P R I L , 1953

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It will be recalled that Bryhn and a companion came to the Pacific in the mid-1930’5, and eventually lost their then yacht Ho Ho on Norfolk Island. • Tropic Seas, American yacht owned by the Caldwell family, after a lengthy stay in Papeete during the hurricane season (which affects islands further to the west) cleared Papeete on March 9 in continuation of her voyage to Australia, via Islands ports and New Zealand. • Six months out from the States, Jack and Lee Wheeler, of Portland, Oregon, arrived at Takaroa, Tuamotus, during late March in their yacht Gemini. This yacht has made calls at Honolulu and all the inhabited islands of the Marquesas. She cleared that Group from Hanavave. Jack Wheeler is a radio Ham, and he has been heard in frequent contact with the States, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand and Japan, Gemini should arrive in Papeete during April; thence return home via the Leeward Isles of French Oceania. • Viator, 32-ft San Francisco schooner, in which Mr. and Mrs.

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Honolulu-Papeete Race

rhe forthcoming Honolulu-Papeete cht race is creating interest mnd the Pacific, though it seems likely that there will be any trants from Australia or New aland.

Chairman Eugene Overton, of the anspactific Yacht Club, reports m Los Angeles that seven yachts, igmg from 40 to 100 feet overall, 7e indicated their definite intena to enter; and there probably 1 be others. >r. Percy Wilson, of 75 Young tel Building, is handling arrangents in Honolulu, with the Tahiti I controlled by M. Van den Broek d’Obrennan, who will be back from France soon.

The race is scheduled to commence from Honolulu on July 24, as a follow-on to the Los Angeles- Honolulu Trans-Pacific Race. It will be the first time for many years that an ocean yacht race has terminated at Papeete. Trophies will be presented by the French Oceania Government, which is giving the event every encouragement as a tourist attraction,

Short Wave Radio

Port Moresby will shortly use a new short-wave outlet for its evening transmissions—6l3o kc/s replacing 7280 kc/s.

Suva, currently operating test transmissions on 5995 kc/s, is now using the new shortwave outlet for its noon to 2 p.m. transmission, as well as from 5.30 p.m. to close-down at 10 p.m. Later it is intended to use the shortwave outlet in parallel with the usual broadcast frequency (930 kc/s) for the morning broadcast from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. also.

Suva tested during late February and March on 6130, 7195 and 9535 kc/s before returning to the present channel. All channels were marred by overseas interference, heavy morse interference spoiling Auckland reception of the present 5995 kc/s channel. Reception may be better in the Islands, with the Suva signal overriding the interference.

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Events In Papua-New Guinea

P. Moresby’S Taxis

lACK in the early pre-war years, > Port Moresby’s taxi service was little more than a couple ’ humble jeeps, but now the town xs four taxi and hire car services, eluding the sleek black “money ) object” type, and the familiar m-tone jobs. The newest additions the Moresby scene are three new olden taxis, the first in the town be fitted with taxi meters.

Staff Change, Pngvr

Lt.-Colonel N. P. Maddern, Area unmander Papua and New Guiia, and CO of F-NG Volunteer fles, leaves to become Assistant Ijutant-General in Victoria, and 11 be succeeded by Lt. Colonel T. . Young. Colonel Young is 39, a mtroon graduate and has served the Middle East, Britain and w Guinea.

Value Of Land

\ block of land, with a 60 ft. •ntage, in the heart of Moresby’s siness area, was put up for ction sale on March 21. It is xr the Papua Hotel, and extends m Mary to Douglas Street, with o shops on the Mary St. fronti. It is owned by Mr. Arnie Hayes, to fixed his reserve at £12,000. Bids rted at £7,500 but stopped at ,600. It may be sold by private negotiation, as there is a marked shortage of business sites.

Survey Of The Soil

The Agricultural Department, making a preliminary soil survey of the Brown River area, out from Port Moresby, is seeking an outline picture of the various types of country. The work is in charge of the Department’s Soil Survey Officer, Mr. C. K. Graham. Working with him are five trainee Native Soil Survey Assistants, who have just completed an initial threemonths’ course before going on to field work. All have attended the Sogeri Higher Training centre.

More young natives will be sought for training as Soil Survey Assistants, and this work will be dovetailed with the general CSIRO Territory-wide soil survey project.

Planting Pine For Pine

Since November, 1952, the Bulolo Forestry Station has replanted 165 acres of logged-off land, and next year the replanting area will be increased to around 300. For the 165 acres the Station grew 100,000 young hoop pine trees, raised from seed collected from virgin stands in the district. Now 350,000 seedlings are being grown for the 1953-54 replanting programme.

At Keravat, in New Britain, Forestry officials in this year have planted 85 acres of logged-off land with 45,000 trees. Of 245 acres, seedlings have been planted thus:— 85 acres with Kamarere; 140, Burma Teak; and 20 acres, as an experiment, with Balsa.

Contract On Manus Salvage

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Burns Philp In New Store

Burns Fhilp (New Guinea) Ltd. have moved their Port Moresby retail trading operations to new shop premises in the new building erected in Musgrave St. for the BNG Trading Cos. This is a £60,000 three-storey structure of steel and concrete, built beside the old hotel premises at the lower end of Musgrave St., and opposite the old BP store. The basement section is being used for bulk storage, the main floor as shop premises, and the third storey for offices.

The old BP retail premises were erected in 1911. and came through the war years with no more damage than destruction of the bulk section by a bomb.

Old Smelter From Bootless

The sale of the old smelting equipment, which has been lying at Bootless Bay for around 30 years, revived memories of a once flourishing copper-mining industry. The smelter, sold early this year by Mandated Alluvials to Mr. George Gay, was originally installed by New Guinea Copper Mines Limited some time in the nineteen-twenties and for some years afterwards big exports of copper and gold were shipped from the Astrolabe leases.

The industry finally failed after a drastic fall in the overseas copper markets, and the company went into liquidation.

Public Works Control

The Administration has appointed Mr. W. R. Smith, from New South Wales, as Secretary for Works. He is aged 30, is a registered surveyor, has a civil engineering degree from Sydney University, and his experience includes service with the NSW 102 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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The ship is now lying afloat in Rabaul Harbour and will be available for inspection from about Ist May, 1953.

The hull has been damaged by bombs in the vicinity of the engine room aft but is reported to be otherwise in fair condition generally. The vessel will be offered for Sale by Public Auction at Rabaul by: Messrs. CROYDON & VIGGERS, Rabaul, on Saturday, 16th May, 1953. The vessel will be offered for Sale on the condition “as is where is” at the time of Auction.

The Vendor considers the ship is capable of being repaired for service in a number of capacities.

Further information can be obtained from the joint Agents for the Vendor (Andersons Pacific Trading Co. Ltd. Rabaul).

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Phone: BU 1968 ain Roads Department, and as sistant Manager for Arcos Conduction Cos. of Sydney. He was th the RAAF during the war, and is a prisoner-of-war. He is irried and has four children. 3is duties are to control and •ect the Works Section of the ministration, and maintain liaison th the Federal Works Departmt on Administration construcn jobs.

Bigger Allowances

rhe Administration Territorial )wance for married men has been raised from £l7O to £250 a year.

The rate for single officers remains unchanged at £l5O a year.

Training An Islands

REGIMENT The field exercises by the Pacific Islands Regiment during a 16-day period in March, were the largest peacetime military manoeuvres ever carried out in the Territory, and gave the 450 men a thorough test on all angles of field work. The area worked over extends from Jackson*’s airstrip, at Fort Moresby, to a point three days’ march along the Kokoda Trail.

Colonel H. L. Sabin said that the PIR had learned a tremendous amount from the exercises, which would be put to good use in the future. His troops got through the manoeuvres in excellent physical condition and, incidentally, had thoroughly enjoyed them. There had been the usual crop of broken ri bs and several cases of snakebite, but this had in no way diminished the unit’s appreciation of active field duty, _ .. £ne PIR has now been estabhshed about two years and has a strength of around 600 (including one company of 123 stationed at Vanimo, on the north coast of New Guinea). urning: from leave In March were to bottom):— and Mrs. M. Heise and son, return- 1 w - Samoa per "Matua”. Mr. Heise ached to NZ Reparation Estates. and Mrs. H. A. Ragg, and Judy, ed to Suva, where Mr. Rage is aster. and Mrs. A. J. Elphick, with Judith eith, returned to Suva. Mr. Elphick Printer there.

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Control Of Disease At

BORDER The Dutch and Australian auth orities are introducing a join plant-quarantine system for Dutd and Australian New Guinea. Th Territory Department of Agricul ture can now make direct contac with Dutch officials at Holland! to safeguard both areas by join plant quarantine measures.

The Director (Mr. R. E. P. Dwyei also hopes to establish a joir pool of seed and planting materij in New Guinea to avoid wherevi possible the introduction of seec and planting material from oth( countries.

The Dutch authorities are sync pathetic to a suggestion for joir action on animal quarantine. A agreement on this may be reache shortly.

More Good Cattle

The Department of Agricultd continues the importation of catt of good breeds. Nankin landed ju over 200 head at Moresby on Marc 19, and another shipment left Sy< ney the same day for the Goven ment livestock stations in the Higl lands. The Nankin lot includl registered and grade breed f the Papuan breeding stations i Sogeri and Seven Mile—Aberde( Angus, Jersey and Red Polls.

The Public Service

Mr. “Rube” Brennan is the m President of the Public Service A sociation. Other officers elected 1 the Annual Meeting on March ] are: Senior Vice-President: J.

Millar.

Vice-Presidents: R. F. Barwij J. R. Foldi.

Secretary: W. E. Briskey.

Treasurer: M. Dali.

Field Officers’ Representative:!

Morris.

Clerical and Professional Office Representatives: L. F. Butler, A.j Rackemann and J. E. Ritchie.

Technical Officers’ represent tives: V. P. Bloink, C. H. Simkisl Women Officers’ representath Miss M. P. Weir.

Inspection Of Rubber J

Mr. W. Gosner, who has be associated with copra and rubl production in Papua for 15 yea has been appointed to the staff! the Agricultural Department j look into the practicability j Government inspection of rubft At present, the Administration not enforcing rubber inspectil but when new legislation becon effective, inspections will be ml at the plantations. This move f lows a request to the Minister | Territories by Papuan rubl: growers. 104 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONT

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Faliau Back In News

Paliau, who in the postwar years ured prominently as a native ,der in the Manus area, got back o the news in March when he ,s severely injured by another tive, as the result of a domestic {pute. Paliau is making a good jovery. He is Chairman of the luan Native Village Council.

First Flower Show

rhe first Flower Show ever held Port Moresby is to take place in 5 Red Cross Hall on Saturday, ne 13.

Fijian Scholar For

AUCKLAND HE Morris Hedstrom University Scholarship for 1953 has been awarded to Ratu Nacani Uluiviti, son of Ratu Taniela iiiviti, formerly Roko Tui Lomafci. latu Nacanieli was educated at een Victoria School, Fiji, and inganui Technical College, New aland. After returning from Wanlui he was employed in the Secariat in Suva and, later, in the blic Relations Office. He is to :e an Arts course at Auckland iversity College.

Mr. Shankar Pratap, a Suva merchant, arrived in Sydney early i* l April on a business visit. He is seeking to interest Australian capital m managanese ore—he says that Fiji has two very good manganese mines, from which a large su PP ] y of ore could be obtained.

The Rev. A. G. Gardiner was inducted in Auckland during March as minister of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Suva. Mr. Gardiner has been clerk of the Presbytery of Waikato, NZ, for three years. He served in both World Wars and was ordained in 1931. 105 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL. 1953

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The Ice Age

IN BOUGAINVILLE A CHRISTMAS and New Year gift for some isolated women in Bougainville, TNG, arrived in the form of kerosene-operated refrigerators sent to Methodist mission stations as a result of a fund raised by the Methodist Women’s Missionary Union of NZ. It is difficult for those living in civilisation to realise what a “fridge” means in these places.

Sister Merle Carter, of Kekesu, has described in a letter the excitement at the mission station when a “fridge” was unloaded from the Malaita at Teopasina, four miles away, carried the last part of the way on a pole framework by 20 mission boys, and set down in the mission kitchen.

“Greater was the excitement when, five hours later, we discovered that there were real ice cubes frozen in it,” wrote Sister Carter. “Imagine our delight when on the following Monday we turned out a lovely brew of ice cream! We had the Rev. and Mrs. Trevor Shepherd over to celebrate.

“There is so much less food wasted now. One of the major uses is to keep babies’ milk cold.

Previously, I had to make milk twice daily; now once daily is sufficient.” (This mission station has many motherless babies under its care).

In the same strain Sisten Helen Whitlow wrote of the arrival of a “fridge” at Skotolan by pinnace, after being unloaded from the Malaita at Soraken. Twelve mission boys carried the heavy case on poles up a slippery path.

“The sweat just poured off ther Well, the ‘fridge’ was put in tl kitchen, the tank filled with ken sene, and the wick lit. In aboi three hours we had it frosting, ! later the station was shouted i< cream. The kitchen was filled wil natives—just looking, as they sa They were thrilled with it.”—AJ, 106 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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Pacific Conference Considering Problems of Native Living Standards

By A Special C Orrespondent

NOUMEA, April 4. ’EJECTS listed for discussion at the Second South Pacific Conference, to be held at South ific Commission headquarters, mea, from Wednesday, April 15, Monday, April 27, cover the Is of economic and social depment, and health, thus: Economic: roblems of conserving the re- ■ces of the land and water —soil, sts, land tenure, crops, stock, fiation of population to reces. arketing problems.

Social: fie of women’s organisations in community. hat should a child have been ht by the time it leaves ol?

Health: lucation of the peoples, et and its improvement. istralia will lead the discussion an introductory paper on the of women’s organisations in community; France, marketing lems; Netherlands, health ation; New Zealand, child ation; United Kingdom, prols of conserving and improving irces; Kingdom of Tonga, ren of population to resources, le Conference will review re- > on the action taken on resolu- -3 of the First South Pacific ’erence held at Suva three s ago. atements will be presented by Secretary-General of the Cornion (Sir Brian Freeston), by Deputy Chairman of the Re- ;h Council (Dr. Ojala) and by Commission’s executive officers health, economic development social development.

LEGATES to the Conference, vho are coming from eighteen South Pacific territories, and Tonga, will be flown to nea in a DC6 airliner from two nbly points—Sydney and Nadi e Sydney group, comprising ;ates from Papua and New ea, the Solomons, and Guam, reach Noumea on April 13. e Fiji group will arrive the ving day. It will comprise ates from the Trust Territory Micronesia, French Oceania, Dook Islands, American Samoa, ern Samoa, Niue, Tonga, Fiji, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, long the delegates are many prominent in their own terri- 5, as follows: nga —Prince Fatafehi Tu’ipele- (younger son of Queen Salote Tupou), who is Governor of the central group of islands in the kingdom, and Hon. Havae Tu’iha’ateiho, Acting Premier of Tonga.

Netherlands New Guinea Dr.

J. V. de Bruyn (Assistant Resident, Bureau for Native Affairs, Hollandia), Izaak Samuel Kijne (field director of New Guinea Missions of the Dutch Reformed Church), and Markus Kaisiepo (an official of the Hollandia Information and Broadcasting Service).

Trust Territory of Micronesia— Roman Tmetuchl (an administrative assistant), Ignacio Villagomez Benevente (an associate judge of the Saipan Court), and Amata Kabua (a teacher).

Fiji —Ratu George Cokanauto Tmsawau, QBE (Senior Fijian Member of the Legislative Council and member of the Executive Council), Joeli Kete Ravai, QBE (a member of the Legislative Council), and Tuisi Ram Sharma (Indian member of the Legislative Council, and President of the Labour Union).

Western Samoa— Hon. Gatoloai Peseta Sio (Chairman of the Fono of Faipule), and Hon. Tualaulelei (member of the Legislative Assembly) . 107 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL. 1953

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British Solomons —Sergeant Simo Siapu (Solomon Islands Police) an Gideon Zoloveke (Assistant Medics Practitioner).

There will be two women delt gates, Miss Tani Sisa, of Papua,! teacher who is doing rehabilitatio work at Saiho, near Mount Lan: ington; and Tapaeru Terito Tail Ariki, of Rarotonga, Ariki of th Tahitumu district and member 1 the Island Council.

The Conference sessions will t presided over by M. Lassalle-Seii Senior Commissioner for France! the Commission.

The Brew In Sydney

An American buyer of sh Messrs. John L. Rie, Inc., 39 Cre hill Road, Tuckahoe 7, New Yo USA, has written to us and s: that they will be glad to rece enquiries from direct producers trocas and mother-of-pearl shell the South Pacific Islands. Mr. Jo L. Rie has had a number of cc nections with the South Pac Islands and he states that he now an American representative Messrs. Colyer Watson, of IS Guinea, and D. C. Brown, of Ra; tonga.

Those who wish to taste an Islan[?] brew make a point, when in Sydney, calling on Mr. P. A. Yeomans, manai[?] director of the South Pacific Brewe[?] now functioning in Papua and distribut[?] its product throughout Papua-New Guin[?] Mr. Yeomans is a nephew of Mr. To Yeomans, well known in the goldfiel[?] industries of New Guinea. 108 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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P. MORESBY, March 31.

CJRING a recent patrol over the little-known Sara waged Range (in the Finschafen Sub-Dist, and about 30 miles from the st), Patrol Officer T. White ran > a type of weather which is not ally associated with New Gui- . The range is only 7 degrees n the equator. Sleet and icemed grass made travelling diffion the high passes, and the its were so cold that a fire had )e kept burning in their improd shelters, built like burrows er cliff ledges. i addition to the usual patrol es—such as visiting villages, ;king on health, hygiene, food ply and other routine matters — White mapped the range and ;ked the height of the various ss. The highest climbed by the ;y was Mt. Bangeta, 12,480 feet, ers were climbed which had er before been tackled by intaineers, white or brown — trding to the local people, Ithough several native trade es cross the range, these trips avoided by the natives, except he dry seasons, when they often ,nise hunting parties to catch kangaroos, which are quite lerous on the upper slopes and ing levels. But in the season of and rain it can be fatal for ves to be caught in a storm, re they soon perish from the ase cold. le patrol saw seven graves in place and was told that there s others not far away. Only year four natives returning i the coast were caught on one le high passes by a storm. Soon e were too ill to move, but the th managed to get away and help. But the three left behind ! dead when rescuers arrived. r en the patrol members, pped with special clothing and food supplies, found the going tough; and on one night march had to stop towards dawn to ; a fire and thaw out before could continue the climb, ry few Europeans have crossed Sarawaged Range. Among the iest to do so was a remarkable rican woman, well on in her is, who went into the area with issionary and concentrated on otanical study of the district, is now living in Brisbane. ’• H. R. Niall, District Commisjr at Lae, on long leave, is hava “busman’s holiday.” He has with the P-NG delegates to nea to the South Pacific Conice.

Over 7 Million Lepers

ris officiaUy estimated that there are 7,000,000 lepers in the world. But the World Health Organisation (Geneva) is of opinion that the actual figure is considerably larger.

The WHO says that, as the result of medical progress in the control of the disease, lepers should no longer be treated as outcasts.

They should be interned in special centres only when there is danger of infection—and that danger is less than generally thought. WHO experts say that leprosy is much less contagious than tuberculosis. 109 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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Rabaul Area In Deluge

RABAUL, April 2.

The whole of the Bismarck Archipelago-Bougainville area has been subjected to continuous, soaking rains for the past couple of weeks, with the result that roads have been damaged, telephone services put out of action, air services dislocated and all shipping delayed through inability to load and unload in the ports. March had 14V2 inches and inches fell in the first two days of April. With flooded houses and leaking roofs, Rabaul looks forward to a miserable Easter.

Transport Wanted

Insufficient transport and inadequate housing were matters discussed at the annual meeting of the Rabaul Branch of the Public Service Association on March 31. The efforts of the Town Council to establish a local bus service will be supported. The Moresby motion, for compulsory membership of the Association, was discussed, but no action taken.

Office-bearers: President: Mr. M. Munro; Secretary: Mr. R. Boyan; Committee: Messrs. Gall, Healey, Laing, Sister Jones and Miss Egan.

Death Of A Native

There has been a lot of official investigation into the death of a middle-aged native labourer named Gangana, on Mala Plantation, Namatanai; and at one stage the manager, George Charles Edwards, was charged with unlawful killing.

Gangana claimed he was sick; Edwards believed he was malingering; so Edwards told Gangana to go and wash himself so that he might examine him and take his temperature. Gangana resisted, and he was forced into the sea and forcibly washed, and then he collapsed and died.

There was no evidence as to the real cause of death. Edwards was fined £25 for common assault.

The New Britain Council is urging thi medical certificates are as necessary fi newly recruited natives as for timi expired ones.

The New Generation

On March 22, a daughter was born i Mr, and Mrs. John Adams. Mrs. Adaa is the daughter of New Guinea’s pre-wi Government Secretary, Mr. H. H. Pag 110 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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I Mr. Adams is the son of Mrs. Una ims, of Pallangat Plantation. Anne ! Adams can therefore be declared rltorian-true. [r. and Mrs. Geoff Cook have a son, Blair, born on March 20, at the opean Hospital, Namanula. Mr. Cook m the staff at the Keravat Education ,tre. [r. and Mrs. J. McNamara’s daughter born on March 20. Mr. McNamara is a nber of the Colyer Watson staff. [r. and Mrs. lan Fisher report a son, a on March 25. Mr. Fisher is Senior irator of Radio Telephone Communions.

Good Shooting In Rabaul

fter being dormant for some time, i g to inability to obtain ground able as a rifle range, the Rabaul Rifle > has become active again; and on ch 15, thanks to the kindness of the opo Club, a competition took place at opo, and the following were the ers in some very good scores:— . P. Howard 1 olloway Senior and Junior (tied) 2 George 3 le Club’s membership is growing and officials are eager to maintain rities.

Events In Wau, Ng

WAU, March 19.

Australian Demands For Ng

SOFTWOODS qoiries have been made through New tea Goldfields, Ltd., at Wan, for the Ible supply of Klinkl and Hoop Pine use in the construction of the new refinery to be built in Western Ausa. The manager of NGG, Mr. John sen, says that this is a further aple of the specialised market loping in Australia for the employi of Wau pine.

Wau’S First Grandchild

ristopher Gordon Smith, son of Mr.

Mrs. Gordon Smith, of Wau, was bom larch 12, 1953, at Wau Hospital. He le first second-generation child to be in Wau. His mother, formerly Miss Hoile, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. [oile, of Wan, was the first female born in Wau. His father, Mr. on Smith, is a Patrol Officer in the Inistration.

Torrential Rains

[lowing a cloudburst at 8.15 p.m. on h 16, all township roads were exvely damaged, gardens washed away the mid-level water race which sup- Koranga Gold Sluicing, Ltd., with vater-power for sluicing operations broken. Considerable damage was ;d to the top end of the Wau Golf se by washaways, and the Wau-Edie c road is also “out” for several weeks, hundred and eleven points of rain n llfc hours; and such an overflowing ospital Creek (which caused all the ige) is unknown for over 20 years.

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TWO native missionaries, John Pirah and Alpheus Alikera, are being sent from the Methodist mission district of Western Solomons and Bougainville to work in the New Guinea Highlands. Native congregations in Bougainville, etc., have taken up collections to cover the expenses of these new missionaries. At one gathering, where 700 people were present, the collection was £4B.

John Pirah was brought up by the Methodist mission after being rescued in 1917 from drowning in the Pipiru River. Later, he was cared for by Rev. and Mrs. A. H.

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Much missionary work in the South Pacific has been carried on by native pastors. Samoans, Tongans and Fijians have done notable work in Melanesia. But, hitherto, Western Melanesians have been little used.

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Dr. W. Worger has retired after 24 years in the Fiji Medical Service and is now living in Levuka. Dr.

Worger has been stationed at many centres in Fiji and gave particularly valuable service as a surgeon at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva. 111 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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[?]ravellers South from the Islands in [?]rch included: Top, left to right: Mr. [?] Pua (W. Samoa) to study in New [?]land; Mrs. L. Sasse (W. Samoa); Mrs.

Mollring, Mr. Mollring and Marilyn (Mr. Mollring has retired from the position of Principal, Teachers Training College, W. Samoa); Mr. S. Brahne, from Apia, to attend Wesley College, Auckland, was met by his brother, Mr. C. Brahne.

Travellers who returned from Auckland to the Islands in March—second row, left to right: Mr. H. Swann returned to Suva after 3½ years in New Zealand; Miss Angeline Riley, of Fiji, and Miss Nellie Davies, of W. Samoa; Mrs. N. Tibbo returned on holiday to W. Samoa (Mr. Tibbo is well remembered in the Islands as former Chief Engineer of “John Williams VI”, and is now resident in Auckland).— Mrs. A. McCarthy (wife of Judge Mc- Carthy) and Mrs. A. L. Cox, both from Rarotonga, arrived in Auckland by “Waitemata” in February.

Lower right: Mr. and Mrs. Norman McKegg and family arrived from Rarotonga. (Mr. McKegg is manager of Cook Islands Trading Co., at Rarotonga). 113 iCIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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SINCE early March, when the outcry against sneaking natives resulted in a plan being launched to deal with unemployed in Port Moresby, 450 have trundled off to their villages, and another 93 have spent a short term in Bomana jail before turning their steps back to the parental roof-trees. The latter appeared in court on a charge of being in the town more than four days without employment or excuse.

The 450 went off home without the spur of legal action, and the exodus was accelerated by the willing and effective co-operation of their fellow villagers.

Back from a quick tour of coastal areas extending from Daru to Samarai, and a visit to the Northern District, Mr. Elliott Smith (in his capacity as District Inspector) found that his mission had a lot of backing from the native communities. Village committees were set up to ascertain the names of tribal members known to be doing nothing in Port Moresby, and orders went out from the folks at home for the “walk about nothing” boys to return at once to their village responsibilities.

The Administrator (Mr. Cleland) said that the position (unemployed natives in Moresby) had greatly improved at the end of March.

Mr. Martin Moyer, of Seattle arrived at Suva on March 29 witl sound-recording equipment an] cameras. With Mr. C. A. Stinson of Suva, he will make short film for televising in the United States and some short colour films fo: cinema use. 114 APRIL. 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS M O N T H I 1

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[?]-Day At Hollandia

Dutch NG Celebrates Liberation HOLLANDIA, April 2. |N April 22, Hollandia (capital of * Dutch New Guinea) will celebrate its day of liberation, cactly nine years ago, American id Australian troops came ashore a brilliantly executed pincer- Dvement. A large, well-equipped panese army was entirely deated, thanks to an assault-plan great detail and split-second arpness, and to close co-ordinam between land, sea and air •ces.

Here, in Hollandia, an important ;p was taken on the long, diflult road to ultimate victory. ;re, in an area where once there d been only a few native villages d a vast expanse of primeval rest, a city of 140,000 men was rmed.

Person Hassor is one of the very v who saw the amphibious land- 's “from the other side”, and lives tell about it.

He describes the bombardments, jht and day, for a month before b actual invasion, of the landings d the slight resistance of the panese.

He says that that Japanese period ,s not very good. Heavy work, my beatings, and often not ough to eat. His gardens proled him to a certain extent with ?o and sweet potatoes and only w and then, when he had time do it, he caught some fish out the crystal-blue waters of Jotefa y (upon which his village, Tabati, s a fine view).

Later, old Tabati was completely ped out by the heavy bombardsnts, but was built up again on other spot after the war.

Luckily, the inhabitants of Tabati re warned beforehand by dropped iflets not to stay near military •gets, and they all fled into the Is. Not so Gerson Hassor. He d found a nice cave in the virons of his dwellings, which srlooked Humboldt Bay and tefa Bay, and which was a good mb shelter. From this place he tnessed the invasion. |-DAY started about 3 a.m. He ' was awakened by the heavy thuds of naval shells, rhe bright flashes and nerveaking boom of the big naval ;illery were mixed with the angry iccato of the lighter guns, the ;s of screeching shells and the me of the twin-tailed nighthters. Gerson Hassor still shivers ien he tells about those terrify- £ hours.

When dawn broke, and the first irays shot up from the horizon, rson peered from his sheltering ■re. He saw hundreds of big and small ships and an endless stream of planes, sweeping down over landing-beaches and airfields.

Then, all noise suddenly stopped and countless white trails showed in the water as the boats left the ships, fanning out all over the bay, towards the beaches. These were the waves upon waves of landingcraft which brought the men ashore.

To his left, Gerson saw strange monster-like machines coming out of the water—he learned later those were the “Buffalos” and “Alligators” used by the Allies to crush the coral reefs on the beaches under their heavy tank treads.

The landing troops met only scattered enemy-fire and very slight resistance. In this way, also, the rest of the first day of invasion passed without much shooting; the day upon which the Papuans in Dutch New Guinea regained their liberty.

Mr. Anare Raiwalui, 29, a Fijian Methodist Mission Clerk, when speaking recently in Brisbane Methodist churches, thanked Australians for their help in repairing last year’s hurricane damage. Mr.

Raiwalui coached the Fijian Rugby Union Team before it left for Australia in 1952. He is conductor of the Suva Methodist Church choir, and was the Fijian delegate to the recent Travancore world youth conference. 115 ICIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1053

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Future of Papua’s Water Power Aluminium Co.’s Examination P. MORESBY, April 2. 1 FROM a base camp at Kairukuj the New Guinea Resourced Prospecting Co. is checking on the hydro-electric potentialities ol certain rivers in Western Papua This preliminary “scout” survey has been in progress for a year!

The Co. may be finished in eighf months more, and then will decide whether to investigate further.

Of the shares in the NGRP Co., 51% are held by the Australian Government, and the balance b 5 the British Aluminium Company ol London. A director of NGRP, Mr, J. J. Boex, has just visited the base camp at Kairuku and the varied field sites. With him was Mr, Peter Cunliffe, of the New York office of Aluminium Trans-Atlantic Inc. Both now have departed.

A top-rank hy d r o-e lect r i c authority, Mr. B. D. Richards, whe has already made one visit to the Territory, will probably arrive later this year for another inspection He is senior hydro-electric sultant to Sir William Halcrow and Partners, hydro-electric specialists of London. Mr. Richards made a preliminary survey tour of Territory about 18 months ago, bei fore the Kairuku base was selected] The Chief Engineer in charge at Kairuku is Mr. Arthur Sutton, whq is directing the work of six Euro] peans. About 50 natives are em] ployed, and much of the river sur] vey work is done from native canoes fitted with outboard motors These have proved satisfactory.

EDITORIAL NOTE— Very little had been heard about the plane of the British Aluminium Co. dur-j ing the past year, and it had beer] supposed that the project to make aluminium on a very large scale, in Papua, from Papuan hydro-electric power, out of bauxite brought front deposits in North Australia, had been more or less abandoned.

It is significant, and of consider] able importance to Papua, to knod that these inquiries into the pos] sibilities of Western Papua’s gr eai rivers, are still proceeding—and, apparently, in accordance with a careful plan.

It is worth noting that the Australian Government is in similaj partnership with another millionairl concern, Bulolo Gold Dredging Lt(L in the exploitation of the vast stands of pine timber in the Morobi highlands, in New Guinea.

The making of aluminium is dependent upon the availability of ar almost endless and wholly dependable supply of very cheap hydro] electric power. The Aluminium Co is now constructing one of th< world’s biggest hydro-electric powei stations 350 m. from Vancouver. 116 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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It has been pointed out that, with the ever-increasing population of Western Samoa, political and social development must go hand-in-hand with an increase in agricultural production of foodstuffs, as well as nrimary produce for export—otherwise the Samoans’ standard of living will be threatened.

Catching Fish by Spider-Web 4 QUEENSLAND resident is A amused by a report in a Brisbane newspaper, that a patrol officer out on small islands in the Xavieng area of New Guinea had made the discovery that natives there catch their fish in a peculiar way. Out over the water they fly a kite: from the kite there dangles a string; at the end of the string there is a bunch of spider-web, which skips over the waves. The fish snap at the spider web, and get their teeth tangled in it, and thus are hauled in. Our friend says that this unique fishing method has been reported many times. The PIM described it first over 20 years ago.

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i MONG the many importations L from Fiji int® Honiara (a large portion of the European populam seems to have served in Fiji some time, and there are 30 to Fijian artisans, clerks, etc., and sprinkling of Indians) the Taralala is an honoured place.

This loose-limbed slouching to usic, said to have begun in a ethodist Mission kindergarten in ji, is a favourite pastime of the jal native gentry and it will be teresting to see if it gradually 3ps up through the Group and ;o New Guinea by way of •ugainville. \t the welcome home to Dr. Tom ivi, given by the Fijian commity of Honiara on March 19, ropean ladies in long evening 'wns, their formally-dressed itlemen, Fijians in suius, bushyired local “blondes”—who surely ist be the ugliest females in the ole South Seas—local male Solon Islanders, a few Indians, all d a sprightly Taralala until the all hours, to the music supplied two local bands of guitarndolin players.

Somewhere about midnight heavy n poured through the temporary f roof without dampening the husiasm of the dancers. ’he Taralala followed a Fijian come and presentation of a ua to Dr. Dovi, who that day 1 returned in Malaita after six nths refresher course in New land and two weeks’ holiday in . A brother of Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna, he chooses, for the time being, to minister medically to the fractious natives of Malaita, He is one of the most popular men in the Group—and that is saying something in a community where the usual form of South Pacific backbiting is more than usually prevalent.

Between the Tabua presentation and the Taralala was a Fijian feast spread on banana leaves on the matted floor. Chickens, pigs, turtle, manioc, sweet puddings, all cooked in native ovens, were spread out for the guests, who hitched up their evening gowns, suius or pants, as the case may be, and pitched m, to tear chickens limb from limb and eat with their fingers.

The prize went to a somewhat paunchy Solomon Islander who started near the top of the spread and ate his way stolidly down the whole length of the banana-leaf tablecloth, in about one hour flat.

Reflections On Pidgin

HOW nice to get back to civilisation again—to where the natives actually understand you when you give forth in Pidgin, and answer you right back in the same pattern.

The natives around Honiara, BSI, are the dourest, surliest, unsmilingest, most cast-down creatures I’ve seen in the whole of the South Pacific. If they know how to laugh, then they do it in the strict privacy of their own leaf huts. They submit to the extraction of information 119 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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Ipeaking Sartorially

E would have to be more mthusiastic about the British Solomons than I to make a t of holding them up as an ex- [e to the rest of the Pacific— the gold cup goes to the Eurogentlemen of the place for sensible not-so-formal eveniress. has been usual in most parts lese South Seas for the ladies ear long skirts at night, while nen wear nothing more elaborhan a fresh white suit —which ps seems to me to be a sartorial ism. The men of Honiara have improved considerably on this, with black dress trousers, black cummerbund, long-sleeved, soft white shirt and collar, and black bow tie.

A black felt hat and a red cape would turn them into Spanish toreadors —but the rig looks attractive and is probably as cool as pnvthing can be in this pressurecooker climate.

Returning To Fiji

LEFT: Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Barnes, with Jennifer, Bruce, Annette and Heather, returned to Suva after three years in England. Mr. Barnes is attached to Inland Revenue Department, Fiji.

RIGHT; Mr. A. G. Messenger, formerly of Millers, Ltd., Suva, was seeing Mrs.

Messenger and daughter off per Matua from Auckland in March. 121 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL. 1953

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A grievance of some British residents of the New Hebrides is the failure of the British administration to “recognise” children of British fathers and native mothers — that is, to afford them British citizenship rights. As a consequence, many of these part-Europeans are taking French nationality, which apparently can be had virtually for the asking.

The “recognition” is not merely a matter of academic interest or social pride—it is vital to these people when or if they wish to travel outside the New Hebrides.

As French citizens with French passports the world is open to them.

The alternative seems to be to remain “unrecognised” British, and to stay at home.

Source Of Irritation

/ A post-war regulation of the New Hebrides (which was designed to protect the then scarce supplies of sugar, soap, etc. being carted off to Europe by crews of visiting ships) has recently been brought into force again in Vila and Santo. The reintroduction of the prohibition seems to be directed mainly against Australian ships and designed to produce irritation rather than revenue. Seamen buying a stick of shaving soap or a tube of toothpaste have had the goods confiscated or impounded by Customs officers. The alternative seems to be to pay an export tax; or get the permission in writing of the French and British Resident Commissioners to take the goods out of the country.

New Governor

Mr. Lawrence Judd, of Honolulu, once, as Governor of American Samoa.

Mr. Ewing was appointed only last November, following resignation of Governor Phelps Phelps.

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Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan will never die while the Condominium continues in being.

These two selected police officials of Fiji, Inspector J. Suguturaga and Sub- Inspector Walli Mohammed, left Suva by TEAL service in March, en route to England, for a special police course. 122 APRIL. 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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VOYAGE Orient Line Plans a Test [7HEN the RMS Aorangi left / Sydney on April 16 for Auckland, Suva, Honolulu, Vaniver and return, she was on her it Trans-Pacific trip. Her owners ve announced that, despite subies from Australia, New Zealand d Canada, and heavy passenger iffic, she is unprofitable.

Vlost people believe that this — i last regular Trans-Pacific shipig service—is being abandoned cause the Aorangi is worn out. at is a pleasant fiction for icialdom.

Actually, the Aorangi is being ihdrawn because she is on Auslian articles; and no shipping vice on earth could stand up ininitely, under trans-Pacific conions, to the rapacity and unoperativeness of the Communistden Australian Seamen’s Union, i the laziness and indifference of stralian seamen and waterside rkers. The age of the Aorangi is contributing factor—but not the in factor. ifter this, the Pacific —so far as i be seen now—will be without scheduled service between Auslia and North America. Some pping companies—notably, the •penter interests, have indicated t they may organise a service, there is nothing definite.

March, with much publicity, the Orient Line —the powerful md efficient concern which runs ers between Australia and bain —announced that it would cr the Pacific trade with the 00-tons modern liner Oronsay ir Aorangi drops out. But this, yet, does not mean very much. he Oronsay will make a timee run between Australia and th America early in 1954; and Dably another similar run later 1954; but the cautious Scottish directors say that any future service will depend upon the results of those two voyages.

The Orient Line will have a big advantage over the Canadian-Australian Line, because the Oronsay is on English articles, so that the staffing and running of the ship have some relation to economic conditions. Therefore, as the Oronsay is a favourite with travellers, the Oronsay’s voyages should be profitable, where the Aorangi ran hopelessly in the red.

It would appear that in the latter half of this year, and during part of 1954, while Orient Line is making the test, there will be no transpacific shipping service.

Suva’S New Fijian

SUBURB A NEW Fijian settlement at £\ Nabua, on the Suva-Nausori Road, is growing rapidly and in the fairly near future it may house a thousand people. It was created to provide homes for Fijians working in Suva.

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Nettleton) for the cottage-housing scheme which forms part of the Colony’s Development Plan. A school will be opened soon. 123 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL. 1953

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Heated Argument in Samoa Prom Our Own Correspondent APIA, March 26. j r!ADE prospects are very goo The 1952 MOF copra pric will now continue. Cocoa pric( are high—£33s Stg. for First grad and £225 for Second. It now loot as if in 1953 we shall export t New Zealand a quarter-millio cases of bananas (compared wit 65,000 cases in 1952).

There is a heated controversy i the local newspaper concerning th value or otherwise of a large tourist traffic for Western Samoj Samoa is now on the TEAL rout between Fiji and Tahiti; all th other Groups are reaching oi eagerly for tourist business; an Samoa can fairly claim that it ha tourist attractions at least as goo as those of other Groups.

The Samoan people are amon the few Islands communities whic can be called “unspoiled,” and 1 section of our people fear that th introduction of a large stream c tourists might demoralise them, 1 Little Ship For Auckland WITH Ada, a small motor-vessi of 300 tons, bought in Italj Captain Peter Nash, of Aucls land, arrived recently in Cairn Queensland. He said his firm. Taj man Steamship Co., would add th Ada to its present fleet, for servid between New Zealand and th nearer Pacific Islands. ,

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March 25| The arrival of the Muiiama tK month was welcomed by many housewivj who have had to bake their own brea since the bakers ran out of flour a wee ago. We are short of water, too; bi rain is in the offing and a good dowi pour is expected daily. Otherwise we a! living on the fat of the land.

The Muiiama will lift a record bea crop and return direct to Sydney.

The new Administrator (Brigadier No! man) has been getting acquainted wit our activities and problems; and, as I believer in getting things done, he j going to be popular on this Island. Thei is no aloofness about Mrs. Norman, eitha and she now is “at home’’ to callers 9 two Wednesday afternoons each mont| Sub-Inspector John Tremayne,! the Police Department, becaii critically ill at the end of Mare and was sent by plane from Pon Moresby to Cairns for special hof pital treatment. 124 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Caught Fishing

ap Ship Arrested in New Guinea THEN, at noon on March 28, a r DC A ship reported that a Japanese ship was fishing close to s coast near Ablingi, south coast of w Britain, the Moresby-Canberra lio ran hot. The shrieking Aus- ,lian newspapers suggested that s was an international incident first importance. Officialdom at into action, most efficiently, rwenty-four hours later, the sistant District Officer from Kanan, Mr. C. V. Single, went aboard i shin, noted that she had been raged in fishing—for which she magnificently equipped — and ested her and directed her into ndrian. She lay there until the vy craft MSL708 arrived and orted her into Rabaul, on April The Japanese gave no trouble.

Jivil Aviation vessel CATO, Capri Dwyer, assisted the Administion; and a Navy bomber was sent while the ship was arrested, he was identified as the Sumihi Maru, owned by the Sumihi Fishing Co., of Misaki, and it 5 reported that she carried a lossal freezer,” in which were 22 s of fish. She is of 164 tons, does knots, and her total personnel is About 40 miles of fishing lines •e recovered from the area where boat was operating. The floats ended over 8 miles of sea. Her ster is Kimio Ohyama, the mate Fukuda, and there is aboard a ling expert, Shinomia. he Captain faced Rabaul magiste Mr. J. R Rigby on April 4, I was charged with having led in territorial waters without mission. Mr. George Caiger an C commentator, who is on a t to New Guinea) acted as inpreter. he Japanese officers did not •ear to understand what it was about, although Mr. Caiger exined that they were entitled to possible legal help. The case was ourned until April 9 to enable Crown Law officer, Mr. A. >riscoll, to arrive and conduct the secution. Meanwhile, the Japse remain under guard aboard ir ship in Rabaul. iescribing the arrest, Administer D. M. Cleland said: “It was excellent piece of work by all cerned. I ask for nothing better ifficiency, co-ordination and con- , in a united effort.”

[?]Stralian Meets Jap In

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Prorr Our Own Correspondent P. MORESBY, March 20.

COASTAL trawler, the Elsie B, which operates out of Port Moresby and around the Papuan coast, encountered a 300-tons Japanese ship about 3 miles from Woodlark Island, early in February.

The master of the trawler, Captain James Carleton, said that when the Jap vessel sighted him it immediately altered course. When the Elsie B did the same, the 300tonner steered directly at the trawler.

Captain Carleton immediately sent out a radio message, giving his position and the fact that a Japanese vessel had been sighted.

The Jap ship stopped, and the crew put on a show to indicate that they were fishing. But it was obvious that it was a staged effort, for the crew brought up dead kingfish on tuna fishing poles. The Australians said the “catch” had been hastily pulled out of the Jap’s refrigerator and put on the lines.

The 300-tonner had its name in Oriental characters on the stern and bow, but there was a sign in English on the bridge painted “Fishing Vessel.”

The Japanese crew waved and called as the trawler passed.

Other reports around the Territory during the past few months indicate that quite a number of Japanese vessels are operating in the seas around Papua and New Guinea. They are within their legal rights, so long as they do not operate within territorial waters, 125 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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De Bisschop Now Attacks Degener THE history of the junk-like vessel Cheng Ho, currently mouldering in Papeete harbour, has been told here in its various phases. The facts surrounding its post-war history, and details of the situation from which later troubles have stemmed, were set out rather fully in our issue of March, 1949.

Now, from Tahiti, comes a 12page cyclostyled statement in French, issued by Captain Eric de Bisschop, one of the shareholders and the recent master of the troubled craft.

The statement recounts the history of Cheng Ho from the time that Captain de Bisschop, his wife, and others, went into a partnership with Otto Degener, of Honolulu, on a plan to run fish from Palmyra to Hawaii. It tells how that plan, due to legal technicalities and lack of finance, did not come into operation: and how, to overcome some of these difficulties, it was decided to register the vessel under the French flag in Papeete.

The statement attacks Otto Degener; former French Consul Pecker, of Honolulu; and former Governor Maestracci, of French Oceania, for failure to assist the company in its technical troubles in Honolulu. It indicates that most of the difficulties were associated with inability to convert francs to dollars.

It is shown that Captain de Bisschop—who, on his own accounting, is no business man—inadvertently allowed the Customs Department, in Tahiti, to make out the registration of the vessel in his own name, instead of in that of the Company and, furthermore, to make spelling mistakes in his own name.

De Bisschop shows how, later, in a Honolulu Court, when the Company was unable to meet its dollar debts to Degener, and Degener was fighting for seizure of the vessel from the Company, a clever lawyer ‘‘proved” to the Court that De Bisschop (supposed to be in collaboration with the then Governor of Tahiti) had forged the registration.

Now, with the vessel lying in Tahiti, and the error in registraadmitted by the Customs and righted, De Bisschop apparently is confident that he will receive fairer treatment in a French Court than he claims to have received in American Courts in Honolulu.

The statement suggests that De Bisschop now plans to bring a personal action against Degener for libel, and then to fight the matter of ownership in an effort to recover the funds which he claims were invested by the Company, his own wife (who is President of the Company) and her family, who came to his financial rescue in Honolulu when for a time it appeared as though Degener would be vicl torious.

A little ship of 82 tons, for thi Lutheran Mission in New Guinea! has been launched at the Normai Wright yards, in Brisbane. She has been named the Simbang, and wil cost about £30,000. 126 APRIL. 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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The Disabilities Of The Solomons

Why ‘Trade Scheme’ Is Continued OME of the problems which confront the British Solomon Islands Administration were insated in statements made by Dertmental heads during the sitigs of the BSI Advisory Council February.

For example, there are no general iders now in the Solomons —only Government enterprise called he Trade Scheme.”

When replying, on behalf of the rvernment, to various financial d economic points raised in dete, the financial Secretary (Mr.

M. MacLeod Smith) summarised ; history of the Trade Scheme, m its inception in 1943 as an ergency measure. He said that ivernmenti never intended that * Trade Scheme should become a •manent Government Institution, er the war was over. Very conerable effort had been made to •suade commercial firms which re operating in the Protectorate ore the war, to return; but the ;otiations were not successful, jater, about 1948 to 1949, another ■y strong attempt was made to ; Messrs. Burns Philp and Co., i., interested. Burns Philp, at i time, took the view that they i already locked up a good deal their capital elsewhere; they arded the Protectorate as one of i more expensive of their enter ses, and were not anxious to ren. :t was feared that selling the ade Scheme to one firm would rely be transferring a monopoly m public ownership to private nership and, rightly or wrongly, vernment considered it a duty to retain ownership of that monopoly. In 1949, Government concluded that, for the time being, it was impossible to persuade any of the pre-war firms to return, and proposed to give the Trade Scheme £ o me measure of permanency by Passing special legislation to incor- P orate it. Though it was then intended, from force of circumstance, to make the Trade Scheme permanent, it was not desired to do so.

The view Qf the Administration was that, in p r i nc i p i e> it was not a good thing for Government to trade, and this A^ministra L ion did not wish to trade unless it was found to be necessary. The present position was not satisfactory to Government, to the public, nor to the Trade Scheme itself.

The Financial Secretary said that he did not think that Trade Scheme’s disadvantages, while operating under Government control, were fully appreciated. Government had often insisted that the Trade Scheme should take certain actions which, as an ordinary commercial enterprise, it would probably not have taken. He referred inter alia to the setting up of branches at Auki and Gizo, which was desirable as a matter of policy, but had not particularly helped the Trade Scheme; to the Kurimarau charter to Trade Scheme; and to 127 M'IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL. 1953

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“AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH POST- AGE STAMPS”, by H. Marshal Cummins.

A fully illustrated handbook, describing and classifying Commonwealth issues 4/6.

Orlo-Smith’s “C.S.C.”, 1953, 7/9, Stanley Gibbons:— Part 1, British Empire, 1953. 30/- B.

E. King George VI, 1953, 7/9; do.

Special Interleaved Ed. 15/-.

Part 2, Europe & Colonies, 1952, 40/-.

Part 3, America, Asia & Africa, 32/6.

U.S.A., 1952, 4/6.

Simplified, Whole World, 1953, 35/6.

Pirn’s New Zealand. 1951, 24/-.

Yvert & Tellier, 1953, 82/6.

Commonwealth Stamp Co., 1953, 13/6.

Scott, Combined, 1953, 85/-.

Annual Subscriptions:— Australian Stamp Monthly, 9/6.

Gibbons’ Stamp Monthly, 9/6.

“How to Arrange and Write up a Stamp Collection”, by Phillips & Rang. 11/6.

Albums, Leaves, Accessories

Wide range always in stock. Price list willingly sent on request.

All prices are in Australian Currency.

Postage extra on all stamp orders under 10/-, Albums, Accessories, Catalogues, etc., Post Free. Air Mail Extra. Stamps to the value of £1 or more registered, unless otherwise instructed. Registration extra on orders under £3. N.Z. Postal Notes or Money Orders payable Wellington or approved cheques acceptable.

We are buyers of used Pacific Islands stamps, on or off paper. Offers invited.

CORONATION, JUNE 2, 1953 It is necessary for us to plan as far ahead as possible for the special Coronation issue throughout the British Commonwealth, and an early notification of your requirements will help us considerably.

The Crown Colonies have already announced the denominations for their special issues, and the face value of these is approximately 10/6 sterling.

In addition, New Zealand will have a set of five values with a total face of 2/11, and the four Dependencies (Cook Is., Niue, Samoa and Tokelau Is.) will have theirs, with a total face value of 2/5.

Doubtless most if not all of the other British Countries will also have their special stamps.

We shall supply these stamps, either complete for all issuing countries or specified areas thereof on the basis of 1/7 Australian per 1/- sterling of the face value.

Used sets can also be supplied at 1/9 Australian per 1/- stg.

As mentioned above, it will be of great assistance to us if you will place your order as early as possible. It will be appreciated if a £1 deposit be sent with each order —balance payable on receipt.

Queen Elizabeth Ii

DEFINITIVES These have already started to appear, and from now on there will be an increasing flow of new stamps for most of the British Countries, either in single denominations or complete sets.

Here, too, we shall be glad to know as early as possible what your requirements will be. If you are a member of our New Issue Service, you will receive them automatically at the regular New Issue concession rates. If not, it will be to your advantage to join, or otherwise please let us know in good tinie what you will be needing, as with the present import and curf^ c L restrictions * s m ost essential that we can plan our ordering well in advance.

Our regular price basis for these Queen Elizabeth II stamps will be: Mint sets to 1/- face or equiv, 1/8 Single values above If- or equiv, 1/7 Used sets to 1/- face or equiv. 1/10 Single values above 1/- or equiv 1/9 Aust. per 1/- sterling.

Canada, mint, 2d. per cent.

Erskine Stamp Service

P.O. Box 9, Beecroft, N.S.W., Australia. the need for increased capital Trade Scheme had no power t( borrow, and Government was no in a position to borrow on its behalf.

The Administration was resolvet to change the present positioi which satisfied nobody. The Advisory Council, or Standing Committee, would be consulted befon any final decision was made.

Referring to problems of card transhipment at Tula g i, th( Financial Secretary assured mem bers that Government was greatl] concerned over the position a Tulagi, which is regarded as highli unsatisfactory. It should in fairness be remembered that transhipment at Tulagi had had to be verj hurriedly improvised.

He thought there had been som< misunderstanding about the functions of the Customs Department The latter was responsible for seeing that the cargo landed, whicl was subject to duty, was properl] accounted for and duty paid on it; but it was not a forwarding agent

Law And Health

The Attorney-General (Mr. P. N Dalton) spoke of Company legisla] tion, and reminded members of ttic complexity of Company law. Thf Fiji Companies Ordinance had more than 350 sections and occupied over 250 pages of print. The drafting of a Companies Ordinance foi the Protectorate would unavoidable take a very long time, but n nf were instructed to draft such ar ordinance he would do his best. I The Senior Medical Officer (Dr W. H. McDonald) referred to the Tuberculosis survey made in the first three months of 1952. Attempts were being made to isolate and treat cases. It was intended to bring some of the most modern drugs into use.

Need For More Officers I

The Chief Secretary (Mr, R. J, Minnitt) referred to the Com* munity Development projects at Hauhui and Kia, and said that the objective was to imbue the people with a spirit of communal enterprise and readiness to employ their own resources in the develop-! ment of their villages.

Speaking of members’ requests for more Administrative Officers in the outer districts, he said that the Protectorate could not afford any more officers at present. Gov* ernment would like to do more, but in this, as in all things, it must cut its coat according to its cloth, It was hoped before the end of the year to appoint a District Corn! missioner Outer Islands who would spend most of his time visiting these outlying communities.

He said that much preparatory! work remained to be done by thi Senior Education Officer, at present on leave, before the Education Regulation could be fully implemented. Government welcomed the; opportunity for close consultation: 128 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLI

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Island produce sold on AustraHen and overseas markets on 4 commission hosts.

ROBERT GILLESPIE PTY.LTD. 54a PITT ST. SYDNEY CABLE ADDRESS 'ROBER 61 LL* SY DNEY PHONE 8U2221 d collaboration on education with e Missions. Adequate facilities r Teacher Training Schools were ry necessary, and the matter >uld be discussed with Missions as an as possible.

Shortage of staff and of accom- Ddation for training purposes had riously hampered the Agricultural jpartment. The SAO had last year scussed at Keravat (New Guinea) the question of training there for BSI people, but Keravat was faced with similar problems.

The Government regarded the question of native welfare in Honiara as most important. The Community Centre, weekly picture shows and organised football leagues were some of the measures devised to help. A number of native employees already had gardens and he understood that all who had wanted to cultivate a garden had been helped, There was also the problem of finding suitable land within reasonable reach of living quarters, and this could usefully be investigated by members of the proposed Town Advisory Board.

The Helping Hand

Whenever an Islands passenger vessel [?]ives at or departs from Auckland, two [?]ll-known figures are likely to be there. [?]ft: Mr. A. L. Lewis, in charge of NZ and Territories Department’s Auckland [?]ce. Right: The Rev. R. L. Challis, of [?] Pacific Islanders Church, Auckland, [?]d formerly of the LMS Church, [?]rotenga. 129 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

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SiT ' . .SI-" fcajj Fijians' Notable Success In Malaya REPORTING from Singapore, a V Melbourne Herald writer says that the two outstanding units i the jungle campaign against hinese Communist terrorists in alaya are the Cameronians, under [eut.-Colonel W. Henning, and the Ljians, under Lieut-Colonel Ron Inker.

He says their methods vary idely. The Cameronians go in for od control; and move in for the 11 only when hunger drives the rrorists out of the jungle. But ie Fijians, who revel in jungle itrols, like to scout deep in small irties—the type of warfare in lich they excelled in the Solomons id Bougainville. .

The Malayan terror is being sadily but surely eliminated. But e campaign is far from over. The ji battalion probably will be inted for another year or two.

Samoa's Executive Council The following are the members the new Executive Council, set recently to assist the High Com- .ssioner in the work of adminisition: Nominated by European and moan members of the Legislative sembly : G. F. D. Betham; Tualudei Mauri, Leutele T’eo, Mataia iropa.

Official : Attorney-General (Mr. . E. Wilson), Treasurer (Mr. L. M. 10k) , Government Secretary (Mr.

J. H. Grattan).

Members Ex Officio : Two Fautua [on. Tamasese, Hon. Malietoa). d High Commissioner (Mr. G. R. wles).

The Executive Council held its st meeting on March 10, five years ter the Samoa Amendment Act, 17—which gave the Territory its esent Administration —came into eration.

Northern Fiji Notes I branch of the RSPCA has been formed the Vatukoula-Tavua district: Mr. yzer (chairman), Mrs. G. Crabbe cretary), Mr. N. Richardson (treasurer) h Mesdames Millar, Mason and Turner 3 messrs. Shanan, Singh, Ratu Epeli, Costello, Hanlin, R. Yarrow, O’Connor 3 P. Clay as committee. Mr. E. Mune, CSR, Tavua, is advisory officer excio. dr. Alan Kernick (Vatukoula) is back m two months’ leave in New Zealand. . A dinner party was given in Tavau tel by Mr. Des. Tilley, Lautoka, to ewell Mr. John Smith (manager). Among >se present: Mr. and Mrs. Webster, Mr. i Mrs. Hancock, Mr. and Mrs. Plaisted. . . Mr. Jack Crockett, of Rabaul, NG, 5 been visiting old friends in the rthern districts.

A joint send-off was given in the CSR Hall, at Rarawai, to Mr. Fank White (who retired from the company after 31 years’ service) and Mr. Bruce Edwards (on transfer to Lautoka). Mr. Potts (manager, CSR, Rarawai) on behalf of those present, presented Mr. W'hite with a handsome cheque subscribed by officers of Rarawai, Lautoka. Penang, Nausori and Labasa.

Mr. and Mrs. McLaughlin, of Penang, are on holiday in Tahiti. Mr. Dennis Brown, of Penang, has been to Samoa and Tonga on the “Tofua”.

The marriage took place at the Mission Church, Nailaga, Ba. on April 4, of Miss Judith Lilian Hanna, only daughter of Mrs. L. A. Hanna and the late Mr. R. S.

Hanna, of Cambridge, NZ, to Mr.

Patrick John Breen, formerly of Malaya.- Among those who entertained partieson Easter Saturday at a dinner-dance cabaret, in the Tavua Hotel, were Mrs Jeffries (Suva), Mr. Taffy Mainwaring (Rarawai), Mr. P. Rice (Ba), Mr. Fred Potter (Vatukoula) and Mr. Max Lovell (Ba). During the evening everyone sang “Happy Birthday” to popular Mr. Rube Millikin. of Vatukoula.

Mr. John Cramer-Roberts (Vatukoula; entertained friends at a cocktail party at his residence, as a surprise party to his wife, Jeanne, just returned from holiday in Australia . . . Mrs. Peter Segaert (Penang) and Mrs. John Segaert (Tavua) have gone on holiday to Australia. Mrs, Bob Kay (Vatukoula) has recently returned. 131 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY APRIL, 1953

PLAIN AND

Self Raising

FLOUR, OtJc U*c4#/ ESTABLISHED 1868 Agents for Fiji, Tonga and Samoa; C. SULLIVAN (PACIFIC ISLANDS) LTD., Suva, Fiji.

All stamps must be undamaged and lightly cancelled.

Stamps Wanted

We Buy All

Used Pacific Island Stamps

* Bank Lots ★ Missionary Lots ★ Office Lots

★ ACCUMULATIONS

From Lowest To Highest Value. No Lot Too

Small Or Too Large

We are mostly interested to buy used stamps from PAPUA-NEW GUINEA, SOLOMONS, GILBERTS, FIJI, NAURU, COOK, NIUE and SAMOA.

We Also Buy Used Australian Stamps, Especially

HIGH VALUES.

Do Not Throw Away Your Used Stamps, We Pay Spot

Cash For Them

Island stamps can be on or off paper. Australian stamps must be off paper.

JOHN SHAIAK & CO., T 55 KING STREET, TRUST BUILDING (ROOM 814-15), SYDNEY.

Phone: MA 1707

Deaths Of Islands People

MR. F. R. OTT One of the best-known European residents of Western Samoa, Mr.

Frederick Rudolph Ott, died at Apia Hospital on February 24, aged 70. He was one of the pioneer cocoa-planters in the Territory, and had only two years ago retired from the service of NZ Reparation Estates, where he had been plantation Manager for over 30 years.

His funeral at Magiagi Cemetery (at which the Bishop in Polynesia, Right Rev. Kempthorne, officiated), was attended by the High Commissioner (Mr. G. R. Powles), the general manager of the NZ Reparation Estates (Mr. D. R. Eden) and a representative gathering of residents.

Mrs. Eileen May

Mrs. Eileen May, 43, wife of Dr.

A. May, Assistant Director of Health in New Guinea, died in hospital at Sydney on March 30. She went to Sydney in January for medical attention and underwent an operation, but her condition did not improve. Dr. May was in Sydney during his wife’s illness.

Mrs. May was an active Associate Member of the Port Moresby Golf Club, and was also closely connected witn the establishment and running of the Fort Moresby Pre-School Children's Centre.

High Chief Detudamo, Of

NAURU An outstanding Pacific Islander, Mr. Timothy Detudamo, paramount high chief of Nauru, died in Sydney on April 11, aged 65. He was flown South recently for medical attention.

He was a well-educated man of fine principles, and he took a keen interest in public affairs, and in the welfare of the native people of Nauru. He was a life-long supporter of the London Missionary Society. One of his notable achievements was the translation of the Bible from English into Nauruan] His body has been embalmed, and will be returned to Nauru, wherd the burial will be attended by much ceremonial. Detudamo’s death will! cause great sorrow among his people in Nauru.

Detudamo’s son has been for some time a student at the School of Pacific Administration, in Sydney.] MR. R. P. SCHOLTZ Aged 76 years, Mr. Reichardf Faull Scholtz, a resident of Raiatea] French Oceania, for over 30 years] died on March 11, following ah operation. He was born in Weill 132 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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EXECUTORSHIP To-day, fair-minded people agree that Executorship is too heavy a load for one man. Its complex and protracted duties demand fulltime attention from an institution specialising in this task. Whether you have already appointed a private Executor or agreed to serve as one, play safe and transfer all responsibility to Burns Philp Trust Company Limited.

The Company’s close association with the Islands is merely one notable advantage. “Hands That Never Leave The Wheel”— a free 20-page booklet—explains how complete security is gained by appointing the Company as your Executor, or as Trustee or Attorney. Ask for this booklet at any branch of Burns Philp (South Sea) Company, Burns Philp (New Guinea) Limited, Burns Philp (New Hebrides) Limited, or write to the head office of this Company.

James Burns.

P. T. W. Black.

DIRECTORS: MANAGER: L. S. Parker.

Joseph Mitchell.

Eric Priestley Lee.

SECRETARY: E. R. Overton, F.F.I.A, Burns Philp Trust

Company Limited

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

Tel.: BU 5901 Box 543, G.P.O.

Also Registered Offices at Melbourne, Brisbane, Port Moresby (Papua), and Vila (New Hebrides) . gton, NZ. He left a large estate . Raiatea.

Jb-Lieutenant Raymond

VARNEY Sub-Lieutenant Raymond Varney, the French Army, died while on special mission in Northern Viet im, in February. He was the son the late M. Leon Varney, of ihiti. Born in 1918 he joined the ee French Forces in Tahiti, and “t there per Monowai in 1941, ter three years’ local Army ser- ;e. At the end of World War II i joined the French troops in do-China.

Mrs. Charles Adams

Brief advice was received late March of the death of Mrs. larles Adams, of Tarawa, Gilrt Islands. Mr. Adams is officer charge of Tarawa radio-teleiph station. They were in Aus- Jia on leave about 18 months 3.

\Ar Robert Sutherland

4r. Robert Sutherland, who was 11 known in the South Pacific •ing 40 years, died on March 13 Norfolk Island, where he and s. Sutherland had resided for 15 ,rs. Mr. Sutherland, experienced Pacific Islands commerce, joined ; Administration established by v Zealand in Western Samoa er World War I, and filled ny positions—notably, Reparai Estates Accountant, Supplies •chase Officer and Chief Treasury rk. About 1930 he entered the •estry Department in New Zead; and he retired to live in :folk Island about 1937. For some ,rs, in NI. he was Local Governnt Auditor.

Ir. Sutherland was held in high ard by all who knew him; and s. Sutherland and he will be retnbered for their outstanding ipitality to troops in their area •ing the war. Mr. Sutherland survived by his widow.

REV. F. R. BISHOP ’he death occurred in England April 4 of Rev. F. R. Bishop. d was the first Church of Engd clergyman in Rabaul (in the enties) and who greatly endeared iself to the people of that period his fine character and readiness give self-sacrificing help at all es. He served in World War I, I was ordained after the war.

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Classified Advertisements Rate; 1/6 per Line—Minimum; 10/6.

Cars For Hire

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Enquiries invited.

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KETCH.—Advertiser desires purchase a ketch, prefer a double-ender, gaff-rigged, 40 ft. overall, sturdily constructed for blue water sailing. Must be fully found and in tip-top condition. Send photos, in- ; entory, price and other particulars to: “U.S.”, C/- Box 3408, G.P.0., Sydney, N.S.W.

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Positions Vacant

WANTED.— Young man, single, to lead plantation management; good prospects ij New Guinea for good man. Apply R«n *235, G.P.0., Sydney, N.S.W.

ACCOUNTANT. —Applications are invite for the position of accountant with 1 large trading organisation in the Solomd Islands. Salary to commence: £1,200 p.l Accommodation available. Applicants aj required to forward details of qualified tions and experience, age and marit] status, copies of references as to charactd and ability and to indicate when the could be available for duty. Replies en dorsed “Island Accountant” should b forwarded to Box 1435 G.P.0., Sydne]

Positions Wanted

NEW ZEALANDER.—SingIe, 21, well edu cated, 3 years’ experience export-impoj duties for leading Sydney woolbuyin] shipping brokerage firm, seeks position i plantation trainee; would consider expoi agent position, anywhere in Pacific. Air mail replies: P. O’Connor, 39 Chamberlal Ave., Rose Bay, Sydney, N.S.W.

QUALIFIED SECRETARY.—Army Officeri Widow, British, seeks position in Sout!

Pacific as Secretary/Housekeeper. Shori hand and typing good speed—at presed Confidential Secretary to general of large steel works. Seeks change; n encumbrances; pay own passage. Rephj Mrs. N. Gwynn, C/o The Indian Iron I Steel Co., Ltd., Burnpur (West Bengal!

India.

COOK-HOUSEKEEPER offers services! excellent cook with knowledge of mail nations’ cuisine and experienced li handling native servants.

Mrs. O. Hawes, C/- H. 0., Bank of Australia, Martin Place, Sydnej TENDERS

Estate Laurence Henderson.—M.I

“Govilin”.—Tenders are invited and vvi] be received by the undersigned until I p.m. June 30, 1953, for the purchase a Motor Vessel “Govilin”, at present en gaged in Papuan coast-wise traffic.

Particulars of the vessel said to be in tlj manner following:— Tonnage.—Gross, 48.84 tons; net, 40.9 tons. 8ui1t.—1936. Hull in good condition, 1 Powered by.—6o H.P. new Lister dies! 6 cylinder marine engine 1,200 R.P.M Vessel slipped and the above new engira installed in December, 1952.

Length, etc. —Overall, 53 ft.: beam, 16 it] moulded depth, 8 ft. Draught unladen 5 ft. Coppered with Muntz metal.

There are 2 masts, 1 canvas jib, 1 canva mainsail (leg-of-mutton type), 2-12, ft dinghies in good order. 1 brass 8-da (Continued on Next Page) FOR SALE

Ex Naval G.P.V. Type Vessel I

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Business Manager-Secretary is required by the Tonga Copra Board for their Head Office in Nukualofa, Tonga.

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Pull details of the position may be obtained from the Tonga Government Agents, BURNS PHILP & CO. LTD,, 7 Bridge Street, Sydney, to whom applications together with references, should be addressed giving age, qualifications and previous experience. 134 APRIL, 1953 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY*

I. 1 ship’s compass (electrically lit), igle barrel anchor winch, hand driven. fathom anchor chains 5 /a” (1 galsed, 1 black) in good order, elhouse—lo ft. 5 in. x 7 ft. 8 in. x 9 in., with 6 windows, 2 doors, lockers, ink, electrically lit. i Cabin.—ll ft. xlO ft. x 6 ft. with 2 :s, folding table, 2 forms, 23 life-belts, ovable folding table, ine Room.—l 2 ft. 9 in. x 14 ft. 9 in. ft. 9 in. from flooring. 1 motor ne for lighting ship. 1 motor engine charging batteries. 1-400 gallon fuel . 1-300 gallon fresh water tank, piped ieck with rotary pump. vessel is open for inspection by ngement with Burns Philp (New leal, Ltd., Samarai. i accepance of tender, 10 per cent, sit is payable and the balance payable lydney, free of exchange, upon comon of the contract and any relevant sfer documents. e is a proviso that the sale can only fleeted subject to the issuance of the it of Probate to Burns Philp Trust Ltd. e highest or any tender will not ssarily be accepted.

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Executor of the Will of Laurence Henderson, (Dec’d.).

ACCOMMODATION [ at Manly, Sydney.—Available winter summer, luxury furnished, rerator, hot water, phone; accomites 5; only 5 minutes from ferry. pool, views. “Manly Holiday”, C/- }. Box 417, Sydney, N.S.W.

TnD MRS. H. L. ZIELE, New Zeajrs, wish to announce they have 5d their home, centrally situated in jful surroundings at Double Bay, for ic Islands and Interstate guests, for and breakfast. Laundry facilities; ;ent to excellent restaurants at le Bay; 10 minutes from City, r the personal supervision of Mrs. , 37 Manning Rd., Double Bay, ey. Phone: FM 2761.

PERSONAL r BE SINGLE? There are so many members of the other sex who are jus to marry. Hundreds of decent le of all ages and religions. Working and wealthy people are lonely and companionship and marriage. Don’t your chance for happiness. Write; er P, Dorothy Pope Friendship Club d.), 11l Warren Rd., Marrickville, ey, N.S.W.

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Islands Produce

(Unless otherwise stated, quotations are In Australian currency) COPRA (The following are based on the MOF contract prices for 1953 in the Territories named.) PAPUA-NEW GUINEA.— Copra Marketing Board rates: Main ports, Hot air, £69/5/- per ton: FMS, £69/5/-; Smoked, £6B/5/-. Sydney crushers pay; Plantation Hot-air; £9l; FMS, £9O/15/-; Smoked, £9O/2/6.

FIJI. —At Suva and Levuka, 1953: Plantation grade (60 points and over) £F66/5/6 per ton; FMS (45-57 V 2 points) £ F 66; other grades from £F64/15/-, down to £ F62/15/-.

W. SAMOA. —MOP contract is £ Stg.6s per ton, f.0.b., Western Samoa; producers receive about £lO less.

BSl.—Prices based on MOF contract of £ Stg.6s, per ton, f.o.b. Rates to producers are: £A62/3/4 per ton, delivered Honiara; £A63/3/4, delivered Tulagi or Yandina; £A62/18/4, delivered Gizo.

NEW HEBRIDES.—March quotations 94 Metrop. francs per kilo (£AI2I/5/10 approx, per long ton).

FRENCH OCEANIA.—Tahiti: 10.25 francs per kilo (£A74/6/- per long ton); Tuamotu 10.80 francs per kilo (£A74/6/per long ton).

COCOA. —Islands prices are usually based on rate for Accra cocoa (W.

Africa), quotation (from Colyer Watson Ltd., Sydney) for which on April 2 was £ 5tg.252/10/- ( £ A315/12/6) c.i.f. ton, Cont. ports.

N.G.— £A2BO approx, per ton, in store, Sydney.

New Hebrides.—Sales to France in March brought; 250-255 Metrep. kilo ( £ A322/11/7-£ A 329 approx, per long ton) for Superior grades; average grades, 240 Metrop. francs per kilo. (£A3O9 approx, per long ton).

Samoa. —Sydney agents in April quoted Samoan cocoa at £ Stg.24o (£A3OO) f.o.b. per ton, first grade. (Samoan currency equals Stg.).

COFFEE.—lslands prices ruling in April were: Papua-N.G.—No shipments received in Sydney lately. Last price was at 7/6 approx, per lb. (approx. £B4O per ton), which was abnormally high. Price is expected to level off at about 5/- per lb. (approx. £560 per ton).

New Caledonia.—Crop mainly exported to France. Recent quotation was 398 Metrop. francs per kilo (£ASI3 approx, per long ton).

RUBBER. Papua-New Guinea.—Because of the agreement made in March between the Commonwealth Government and the Papuan planters, P-NG rubber will now be sold to Australian mills at the Aust. equivalent of the ruling price in Singapore on the day of sale, plus 10 per cent, (primage allowance). This means that the market will fluctuate from day to day.

Quotation on April 9 was: 28-2/3d Aust.

Singapore rate (used by Australian firms as basis for buying Papuan rubber). April 9: No. 1 grade RSS (sellers) spot 65V 4 c lb. c.i.f. (approx. 26-1/6 Aust. lb.).

VANILLA BEANS.—Sydney quotation (by Victor Karp. Tulk & Co.): White Label 25/6 per lb.; Yellow, 25/6; Green, 24/1 c.i.f., Sydney.

RICE.—Rice shipped from Sydney ti Islands was fixed last year (for the 1952 1953 season), at £75 per ton, f.o.b., White Unpolished, and Brown. (On plantatioi Papua-NG approx. £100.) New season] (1953-1954) price expected early May.

DESICCATED COCONUT. — Sydnd agents quote Ceylon, 1/7-1/16 Stg. per lb spot, delivered to store, Sydney (1/11-13/1 Aust. per lb.). New Guinea: 2/5Vi lb spot, delivered in store, Sydney.

PEARL SHELL.—Prices fixed betweej Torres Strait producers and Otto Gerdai Co. (USA) for 1952-53: AA/A/B gradd 85 cents lb. (£A850 approx, per lonj ton); C. 80c. lb. (£A800); D. 55c. lb (£ A550); E, 40c. lb. (£A400); EE, 30c lb. (£A300)—all c.i.f., New York. Cool Is.—American market firm at 35 cenl U.S. per lb., f.o.b. Rarotonga. Produce! currently receive 1/8 lb. Aust. (appro! £187 Aust. long ton).

TROCHUS SHELL.—There has beq little interest in shell in Sydney latel] Recent quotations are; B.S.I., £A135 pe ton; New Hebrides, £A100 approx, pe ton; N.G., £A150 per ton.

GREEN SNAIL SHELL.—Sydney agen® recently quoted; 1st grade, £A200 pe ton; 2nd grade, £A140 per ton for B.SJ shell.

London Prices

LONDON, March 27J Copra, c.i.f,. Continental ports, ton:-!

New Hebrides . .. 86,000 Metrop. framj (£ A110/18/- approx!

Tahiti 90.000 Metrop. frand (£ A116 approx] FM Straits . .. £Stg.ffl (£ A117/10/- approxj Ceylon, FMS Nomina Philippines, Mar.-Apr US$281 (£ A129 approx.!

Coconut Oil, c.i.f., ton: — FM Straits, 3%'/ drums .. .. £Stg.l3 (£A163/15/- approx] Ceylon, Mar.-Apr £ Stg.13 (£ A167/10/- approxj Philippines, afloat Nomina Cocoa, per 50 kilos, c.i.f.. Nth. Coni tinental Ports.—Accra, May-June, £Stg.B (£A300 approx, per long ton).

Exchange Rates

FlJl.—Through BANK OF NSW, AN2 BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia on Fiji basis £lOO Fiji: Buying. £ All 1/2/6; Sellinfl £AII3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO London; B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-Fiji, basis £ 10C NZ: B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3.

SAMOA.— Through BANK OF NZ Australia on Samoa, basis £lOO Samoa!

B. £ A123/12/6; S. £AI24/10/9. Samoa- London, basis £lOO London: B, £lOO/7/6; S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZj basis £lOO NZ: B. £100; S. £lOO/10/1 Samoa-Flji, basis £lOO Samoa: B. £111; S. £llO.

Papua-Ng.—Commonwealth Bans

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FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.— Pacific franc} most valuable of the three franc group! in French Union, are used In New Caledonia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Oceaniaii FRENCH BANK (Comptoir Nations D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quote (nominally): 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust.; 178 Pac. fr. to £stg.; 64 Pac. fr. to US $. and primed to A^mrallaU^ L th« PTY : , LTD * Union House. 247 George Street. Sydney. (Telephone: BW 5037.) Wholly set up y ne oyaney and Melbourne Publishing Co Pty Ltd.. 29 Alberta Street. Sydney (Telephone: MA 7101 rl

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ASSOCIATED COMPANIES THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC: IN NEW GUINEA; New Guinea Company Limited, Rabaul, Lae, Madang, Kavieng.

IN PAPUA: IN FIJI; J. R. Clay & Co. Ltd., W. R. Carpenter & Co. (Fiji) Port Moresby. Ltd., Suva.

ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY-APRIL, 1953