PACIFIC ISLANDS Monthly NOVEMBER, 1956 Vol. XXVII. No. 4 shed 1930 newspaper] JUDGING by the expression on the face of Junior Miss, youngsters in Samoa do not take any more kindly to the daily bath than those in a cooler climate.

But perhaps the trouble in this case is because, according to the photographer, the “sponge” that Mama is using to do the job is a piece of coconuthusk. —Photo by Bruce Moss.

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when touring NEW ZEALAND A holiday in New Zealand is an adventure in superlatives, with all the scenic wonders of the world encompassed by two small islands.

Thermal regions . . . towering alps . . « snow sports . . . big game fishing . . . fighting trout in stream and lake . . . beauty of forest and fiordland ... all this in a genially temperate climate, fever-free and without noxious insect pests.

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■n I n i. ::: i # s a \ practical magazine for Pacific planters The SPf Ihmrit’rhf published by the South Pacific Commission, is a magazine that provides expert practical guidance on a wide range of topics of special interest to Pacific planters. Advice is given on the growing of crops such as coconuts, coffee, cocoa, rice, bananas, castor and soft fibres. Other topics covered in recent issues include, the construction of copra kilns, fish farming, processing of coffee and cocoa beans, sponge culture, rhinoceros beetle control, rat control, and the catching and preservation of fish. Articles in the past three issues of special interest to planters include: JANUARY 1956 ISSUE Mechanisation oi Coconut Growing Bamboo Culture In The South Pacific Cultivation of the Banana Introduction of Edible Pond Pish from the Philippines Pepper a Promising Cash Crop for Pacific Planters Trochus Study by a French Institute Cocoa a New Practical Handbook

C Technical Papers

R Pacific Planters

TITLE -Cocoa Plantation Management in Western Samoa. -Cocoa G rowing in Fiji Islands. -Cocoa Growing in Netherlands New Guinea. -Coffee Growing in New Caledonia -Cocoa Growing in Western Samoa.

Cocoa Growing in New Hebrides The Management of Coconut Plantations in Western Samoa.

The Pacific islander and Modern Commerce The Manufacture of Copra in the Pacific Islands. (6/- stg.) Western Samoa An Economic Survey. (6/stg.) pt where otherwise indicated, ah rs listed above are priced at 2/ing. They are obtainable from addresses listed alongside, or free by surface mail from the P Pacific Commission, Box 5254.

X. Sydney. Australia APRIL 1956 ISSUE Dryer for Preservation of Breadfruit Curing Copra on Small-holdings in Indonesia The Quality of Raw Cocoa as it Affects the Manufacturer A Survey of Subsistence Problems in the South Pacific Cash Crops and Imported Foods in the South Pacific Large-scale Cooking of Vegetables Dairy Farm Successfully Established in Tahiti JULY 1956 ISSUE Rammed-earth Construction for Self-Help Building - How to Tan Nets, Sails and Lines Better Copra from New Low-Cost Dryer Oyster Farming Crops Without Soil Breadfruit Drying in the Reef Islands QiIARTERLY BULLETIN One vear 8/- stg. ($1.15) SUBSCRIPTION RATES Three vears 20/- stg ($2.80) (Post Free by Surface Mail) Copies of the SPC Quarterly Bulletin and subscriptions thereto, and copies ol SPC Technical Papers, are obtainable from: PAPUA AND NEW GUlNEA—Beadels Bookshop. P.O. Box 107, Port Moresby; FIJI-Desal Bookshop. Suva; WESTERN SAMOA—Wesley Bookshop, Apia—Oß direct post-free by surface mail from

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G.P.O. Box 5254, Sydney, Austrolio. 5 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1956

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New Monthly Service between JAPAN, HONGKONG and NEW GUINEA (Returning via Australia to Japan Direct) 5.5. FUNING "I Japan Hongkong Madang Kavieng Rabaul Lae 5.5. FENGNING J Samarai Port Moresby.

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

Calls at Samarai subject to inducement.

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

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NEW GUINEA: Colyer Watson (N.G.) Ltd., Lae, Madang, Rabaul.

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

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

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

GENERAL AGENTS AUSTRALASIA: Swire & Yuill Pty. Ltd., 6 Bridge St., Sydney. Cable: EASTERN MANAGERS: Butterfield & Swire, Hongkong. Cable: Swire.

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ORONSAY ORSOVA rvmmsi SYDNEY depart n Dec. 25 lin ° R *° N AUCKLAND arr/dep 14 Dec. 28 Ja£ }s mIt SUVA arr/dep 17 Dec. 31 Jan m It HONOLULU arr/dep 22 Dec. 5 Feb 25 MaJ’

VANCOUVER arrive 28 Dec. 11 Feb \ Anr depart 29 Dec. 12 Feb. 2 Anr' SAN FRANCISCO arr 31 Dec. 14 Feb. depart 1 Jan., ’57 15 Feb. 6 Apr HONOLULU arr/dep 5 Jan. 19 Feb. 10 Apr SUVA arr/dep 12 Jan. 26 Feb. 18 Apr.

AUCKLAND arr/dep 15 Jan. 1 Mar. 22 Apr SYDNEY arrive 18 Jan. 4 Mar. 26 Apr’ king the Pacific Islands with | Europe , West Indies , New Zealand Australia and South Africa The Shaw Savill Tourist Class Liner S.S. SOUTHERN CROSS.

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uva via Panama ia South Pacific Tah i t i via Panama ia South Africa £l2O stg. £155 stg. £ll5 stg. £lB2 stg. for full particulars apply: FIJI Call is Subject to Weather Permitting " ,iIP Head Office: Suva. Cable address: Burnsouth.

TAHITI Etablissements Donald Tahiti, Papeete.

Cable address: Donald, Papeete.

Shaw [?]ping Time-Tables ilings are approximate and may y by as much as two weeks. iney-Papua-N. Guinea Malaita sails from Sydney for Kavieng, Lombrum, Lorengau, Alexlshafen, Madang, Lae, Sydney. r dney sailing approx. Dec. 20. ula sails from Melbourne for Pt. Moresby, Samarai, Rabaul, , Lae, Pt. Moresby, Sydney, Mel- Next Sydney sailing late Dec.

Julolo, modern liner, sails about six weeks: Sydney, Brisbane, , Samarai, Lae, Madang, Manus, Samarai, Moresby, Brisbane, Next Sydney sailing approx. [angola, cargo only, sails from for Brisbane, Pt. Moresby, Samarai, Lombrum, Madang, Lae, Pt. , Brisbane, Sydney. Next sailing: s from Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd., b Street, Sydney. oochow. Departed Sydney Nov. 7 isbane, Pt. Moresby, Rabaul, . Madang, Lae, thence to Hongturning to Sydney early Feb.

Inkiang: Departs Sydney Nov. 27 bane, Pt. Moresby, Samarai, Lae, Kavieng, Rabaul, Sydney, lansi: Departs Sydney Nov. 24 for , Pt. Moresby, Samarai. i from Swire and Yuill Pty. Ltd., i St., Sydney.

Sydney-Dutch N.G. weeks service by MV’s Sigli, Silin- 3ibigo and Sinabang carry pasand cargo from E. Australian Hollandia and Sorong, DNG (with Biak and/or Manokwari if inducement) thence Borneo, Bangkok, Singapore, thence Australia direct. Next sailings Sigli Nov 28. Sinabang Dec. 23.

Details from Royal Interocean Lines 255 George St., Sydney.

Far East-S.W. Pacific- Australia (Calling S.W. Pacific ports on sooth-bound journeys only.) SS Fengning: Departs Japan Nov 27 Kavieng Dec. 16, Madang Dec. 18, Rabaul Dec. 21, Lae Dec. 26, Port Moresby Jan 2 Sydney Jan 11. Next sailing about Jan. IT.

SS Funing: Departs Rabaul Nov. 24, Lae Nov. 29, Samarai Dec. 4, Port Moresby Dec. 5, Sydney Dec. 16. Next sailing Dec. 22.

Details from New Guinea Australia Line (Swire and Yuill Pty. Ltd., agents), 6 Bridge St., Sydney.

The Australia-West Pacific Line motor yess els Arcs, Citos. Delos and Milos malnnnrk O g U a T servlces between Australian J? rt A a “ d Japan Northbound vessels call 11 * , Hon g kon g and Japan; south- Sa^oi, VesS f, IS v- Call at Hongkong, ManUa, ?nri dI SSk Rabaul - Lae - Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne, with bi-monthly calls at Honiara and Vanikoro.

To l^6l^ 8 ’ soathbou nd, due Rabaul Dec. 27, Jan I p eC, p ?• , Aros - southbound, due Lae Jan S, Rabaul Jan. 11, Honiara Jan. 14, Vanikoro Jan. 17. fro “ Wllh. Wilhelmsen Agency ? t- ’ Sydney ’ or Islan di pfhol ?• J bb u' Lae: Town Transport, fngCorp,' Honiara*)’. Madang: BSIP Trad ‘ N. Zealand-Fiji-Tonga-Samoa MV Tofua maintains a service from Auckland to Lautoka, Suva, Nukualofa, Vavau, Niue, Pago Pago, Apia, Suva and return to Auckland. Next sailing from Auckland, Nov. 26.

MV Matua maintains a service from Auckland to Lautoka, Suva, Nukualofa, Apia, Suva, Lyttelton, Wellington, and Australia - New Zealand - Canada - USA Sailings of Orient Line Passenger Ships. 1956-57.

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

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

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

SUVA —Morris Hedstrom Ltd. NOUMEA —Etablissements Ballande.

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

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

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THE A.W.P.L. FLEET now comprises the modern Swedish Motor Vessels "Aros", "Citos "Delos" and "Milos" which offer the fastest regular passenger-cargo service from An tralia to Main Japanese Ports via Manila and Hong Kong. On the return voyage calls c made at Hong Kong, Manila, Sandakan, Rabaul, Lae, and thence to Brisbane, Sydney a Melbourne.

Bi-monthly calls are made at Honiara and Vanikoro on the Southbound voyage.

Further particulars may be obtained from: MANAGING AGENTS IN AUSTRALIA; WILH. WILHELMSEN AGENCY PTY. LTD., 63 Pitt St.

Branch Office at Melbourne: 51 William St. ’Phone: MB 2840.

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

ISLAND AGENTS: Madang, Mr. A. Strachan; Lae, Mr. R. Tebb; Rabaul, Town Transport Ltd., Islands Trading Corporation. , „ .

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

Sydney. Phone: BU Honiara, British Soloi return to Auckland. Next sailing from Auckland, Dec. 1.

Details from all offices of Union Steam Ship Co, of NZ.

N. Zealand-Cook Is.

The passenger vessel Maui Pomare maintains a regular service between Auckland and the Cook Islands (Rarotonga, Aitutaki and Mangaia).

Full details on application to NZ Government Department of Island Territones in Wellington, or to any office of the Union SS Co. of NZ Ltd, Sydney-New Hebrides-BSI- Rabaul, Etc.

MV Tulagi, 10 passengers, leaves Sydney for Norfolk, Vila, Santo, Honiara, Lunga, Tenaru, Yandina, Loavie, Pepesala, Gizo, Bougainville ports, Rabaul, Sydney. Next Sydney sailing approx. Nov. 29. On return will, about Jan. 17, make ss recruiting trip to Gilbert and Ellices MV Muliama, 8 passengers, !

Sydney for British Solomon Islands i approximately monthly, ports vs with cargoes. Next sailing from Sy late Dec.

Details from Burns, Philp & O Bridge Street. Sydney.

Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tah Vessels of Messageries Maritimes.i coming from Marseilles, via West j and Panama, call about every six j at Papeete, Vila (New Hebrides), Ncl and Sydney, and return by same | At present on this run are the m ships, Tahitien, Caledonien and I gent. Next sailing from Sydney; E gent, about Dec. 21.

MV Polynesie (Messageries Marii maintains about monthly passengers ings between Sydney and Noumeas the New Hebrides. Next Sydney ss: Nov. 30.

Details from Sydney agents; Messa Maritimes, 36 Grosvenor Street, Syd Sydney-S. Africa-UK-Pacii Ports-Sydney Shaw Savill’s new one-class all-pass liner Southern Cross makes four r the-world voyages per year, two bound, then two east-bound, callia Suva and Papeete every trip. Next vn Due Tahiti Jan. 4, Suva Jan. 10.

N. America-Fiji-Hebrides, Pacific Islands Transport Line’s t Thorsisle and Thorshall maintas regular service from Pacific Coast American ports, with sailings over 1 ; days. Some ports depend on cd 8 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONT

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Thorsisle: San Francisco Dec. 3geles Dec. 9-10, Papeete Dec. 21- Pago Dec. 27-28, Apia Dec. 29- Jan. 3-5, Lautoka Jan. 6-8, an. 11-13, Vila Jan. 15-16, Santo J, Lae Jan. 22-24, San Francisco Feb. 11. Thorshall: Now in due at Lautoka Nov. 22-24, Mov. 27-28, Townsville Dec. 1-5, cisco (inbound) Dec. 26. from General Steamships Cor- Ltd., 432 California St., San USA, and Island Agents. y-North America, via Pacific Ports cur cargo vessels, Waiherno, Waikawa, and Waitomo, owned ited by the Union Steam Ship *Z Ltd., maintain a monthly cross the Pacific, from Sydney aver and USA ports, via Suva, Nukualofa, and Apia, as cargoes casional calls are made at Fanid. They have limited passenger ation. Next sailings: Wairuna, Waikawa, late Jan. apeete-Pago Pago-NZ- Australia Oceanic Line of San Francisco a regular five-weeks passengerace from Los Angeles with the Alameda, Sierra and Sonoma, terminal ports vary with cargoes Vessels call at Papeete, Pago Suva, depending on cargoes.

Iney-Fiji-Vancouver Shipowners, Ltd., of Suva (sub- W. R. Carpenter & Co.) operate a service three times yearly with the 10,000 ton. 98-passenger vessel Lakemba along the above route. Accommodation is entirely First Class, two-berth cabins Next sailing from Sydney, mid-February’ with calls at Suva and Lautoka.

Details from American Trading & Shipping Co. Pty., Ltd., 19 Bridge St., Sydney.

Honolulu-Papeete The 242-ton auxiliary schooner Te Vega American-owned, operates a luxury passenger service to a regular schedule, with calls at Marquesas and Line Islands as required. Details from Darr Lines, c/o Thco H Davies & Co., Honolulu, or Etablissements Donald, Papeete.

N. America-Hawaii-Fiji-Samoa- Tahiti-N. Zealand-Australia Matson Line’s Mariposa and Monterey make round passenger trips from Pacific North Coast American ports to Australia, via Pacific Islands ports and New Zealand.

Mariposa: Sydney Nov. 21-24, Auckland Nov. 27, Suva Nov. 30. Pago Pago Dec. 1, Honolulu Dec. 6, San Francisco Dec. 11.

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Pago Pago Jan 19, Suva Jan. 22, Auckland Jan. 25-26, Sydney. Jan. 29-Feb. 1, Wellington Feb. 4, Papeete Feb. 8-10, Honolulu Feb. 15, Los Angeles Feb. 20, San Francisco, Feb. 21.

Details from Matson Lines, Berger House, 82 Elizabeth Street, Sydney.

Airways Time-Tables

Transpacific Services

1. Australia (or NZ)-Fiji- Hawaii-N. America Note; Services supplemented during Olympic Games, and for some weeks after. (First and Tourist Class available all Services.)

By Pan-American Airways

(With Strato Clippers, using Sleeperettes and Berths*) Sun., Thur.: Sydney, Nadi, Canton Is., Honolulu, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland.

Tue., Fri.: Sydney, Nadi, Canton Is., Honolulu, Los Angeles.

Mon., Thur.; San Francisco to Sydney (same route).

Tues., Sat.: Los Angeles to Sydney (same route). • DC4 from Auckland connects, arriving Nadi Sun., Tues., Thur., departing Nadi Tues., Thur., Sun. DC4 shuttle service once monthly connects Nadi and Tafuna (American Samoa).

By Qantas Empire Airways

o(Super Constellation Service) NORTHWARDS Tues.*, Wed.*, Fri.* and Sat.*: Sydney, Nadi (Fiji), Honolulu, San Francisco— with Sat. service extending to Vancouver.

SOUTHWARDS Wed.*, Thur.*, Sat.*, Mon.*: San Francisco, Honolulu, Nadi (Fiji), Sydney. Monday’s service begins at Vancouver on Sunday. Note: Crosses date-line en route). • TEAL DC6 services between Auckland and Nadi connect at Nadi Tues. and Fri. northwards: Wed. and Sat. southwards.

By Canadian Pacific Airlines

(With Soper DC-6B Aircraft) Every Wed.: Sydney, Nadi, Honolulu, Vancouver, Amsterdam.

Every Sun. leaves Vancouver for Sydney by same route.

Every Fri.; Auckland, Nadi, Honolulu, Vancouver, Amsterdam.

E?ery Tues., leave Vancouver for Auckland by same route. (Note: Crosses date-line en route).

Sectional Services In

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

Depart; Arrive: Sydney, 8.00 p.m. Brisbane, 10.45 p.m.

Brisbane, 11.45 p.m. Moresby, 6.35 a.m. (Tues., Wed., Thur., Sun., Mon.) Moresby, 7.35 a.m. Lae, 9.00 a.m.

Thurs.

Depart: Arrive: Sydney, 8 p.m. Brisbane, 10.45 p.m.

Brisbane, 11.45 p.m. Townsville, 3.30 a.m (Friday) Townsville, 4.15 a.m. Cairns, 5.30 a.m.

Cairns, 6.30 a.m. Moresby, 9.20 a.m.

Ft. Moresby, 10.20 a.m, Lae, 11.45 a.m.

SOUTHWARDS Tues., Wed., Thur., Sun., Mon.

Depart: Arrive: Lae, 10.30 a.m. Moresby, 12.00 noon Moresby, 1.00 p.m. Brisbane, 7.35 p.m.

Brisbane, 9.00 p.m. Sydney, 11.45 p.m.

Sat.

Depart: Arrive: Lae. 7.00 a.m. Moresby, 8.30 a.m.

Moresby, 9.30 a.m. Cairns, 12.20 p.m.

Cairns, 2.35 p.m. Townsville, 3.45 p.m.

Townsville, 4.30 p.m. Brisbane, 8 Brisbane, 9.00 p.m. Sydney, lir Note: Wed. service ex Sydney, service ex Lae commence Nov. 21J respectively. 3. P-NG Internal Servi Operated by Qantas LAE-HOLLANDIA (Dutch New CC (DCS) Alt. Wed. (November 28, Dec. 12, Z: Departs Lae 11.00 a.m., calls at and Wewak, and arrives at H- -3.30 p.m. Every alternate IT (Nov. 29, Dec. 13, 27, etc.), i Hollandla at 9.30 a.m., and, wi at Wewak and Madang, arrives 3.20 p.m.

LAE-MANUS (DCS) 1 Alt. Wed. (Nov. 28, Dec. 12, 26, t Dep. Lae, 8.00 a.m.; Finschhafen, Kavieng, arr. Manus 3.00 p.m.

Every alt. Sat. (Dec. 1, 15, 2£ departs Manus 8 a.m. and with i Kavieng, Rabaul and Finst; arrives Lae at 2.55 p.m.

MORESBY-DARU (Catalina* Via Yule Is., Kerema, Kikori, L. : Alt. Fri. returning same day Q Dec. 7, 21, etc.).

Port Moresby-Rabauli

(Catalina) Alt. Tues. (Nov. 27, Dec. 11, Z!

Ft. Moresby, Samarai, Esa’ala,, Moewe Hbr., Talasea, Jacquinr Rabaul. Returning via same poa cept Losuia and Esa’ala option Thurs. (Nov. 28, Dec. 12, 26, ( NEW BRITAIN-BOUGAINVm; (Catalina) Alt. Wed.; Rabaul, Buka, T© Kieta, Buin (Nov. 28, Dec. 12, 2 Returning same day.

Lae-Madang-Wewak-Manf

KAVIENG-RABAUL SERVIC: (DCS) Mon.: Dep. Lae 6.30 a.m., Mada 7.35 a.m. Wewak, Manus, I Rabaul, arr. 3.40 p.m.

Tues.; Dep. Rabaul 6.30 a.m., db Madang, arr. 9.10 a.m.

Thurs.: Dep. Lae 6.30 a.m., 1 Awar, Wewak, Manus, Kavieng, , arr. 4.05 p.m.

Fri.: Dep. Rabaul 6.30 a.m. I Manus, Wewak, Madang, Ls 3.55 p.m.

Central Highlands

(DCS) Fridays: Lae (7.45 a.m.) to Wapenx calling at any of: Goroka, I Baaz, Minj, Mt. Hagen, Bah Kalnantu, Wapenamunda. Arrri at Lae dependent on stops.

Lower Highlands

(Beaver) Fridays: Lae (7.30 a.m.) to Goroh ing at any of Nadzab, Kaiapit.d Aiyura, Pinintegu, Rintebe, Bert Kainantu, Goroka, Arena. Arrii at Lae depends on stops made..i

Lae-Bulolo-Wau (Dc3)(

Dep. Lae: Mon. 7.30 a.m., Tues, , Wed. 11.30 a.m., Fri. 2.00 Dep. Wau.: Mon. 9 a.m., Tues. 3A Wed. 1 p.m., Fri. 3.30 p.m. K omitted on return flights which! minutes, Wau-Lae.

Madang-Goroka (Dcs)!

Tuesdays: Depart Madang 10 a.me Goroka 10.35 a.m.. returning saj, depart Goroka 11 a.m., arr. ;i 11.35 a.m.

Alt. Fridays (Nov. 30, Dec. 14, 2 Dep. Madang 8.00 a.m. arrive f 8.35 a.m., returning same Goroka 9 a.m., arrive Madang S'. 10 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONIT

I 9 save lA label nils TKe for r «c*i 36 v« >**>. -•u U n Chon ea Co S V<lr» I Ceylon's Choicest Tea GUINEA-NEW BRITAIN- BOUGAINVILLE (DCS) Depart Lae 12.55 p.m., Finsch- -1.45 p.m., arrive Rabaul 3.55 Depart Rabaul 10 a.m., direct arr. 12.40 p.m.

Depart Lae 12 noon, Finschhafen Rabaul 3.10 p.m.

Depart Rabaul 5.45 a.m., Finsch- -1.10 a.m., arrive Lae 8.45 a.m. days (Nov. 22, Dec. 6, 20, etc.): Lae 8 a.m., Finschhafen, Buka, Rabaul, arr. 2.55 p.m. ys (Nov. 23, Dec. 7, 21, etc.): abaul 8 a.m., Madang, Goroka, r. 1.10 p.m.

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ed Flights with DCS Aircraft art Lae at 7.30 a.m. for Goroka, , Wewak, Madang, Rabaui — ng overnight. Depart Lae 8 r Goroka. Wau, Port Moresoy, loroka, Lae. part Rabaul at 6.30 a.m. for , Wewak, Madang, Goroka, Lae. iart Lae 7.30 a.m. for Goroka, art Moresby, Wau, Goroka, Lae. rt Lae at 7 a.m. for Madang, Momote, Kavieng, Rabaul ng overnight. Depart Lae 7.30 r Goroka, Wau, Port Moresby, oroka, Lae. art Rabaul at 7 a.m. for Momote, Wewak, Madang, I ae. ist.-Dutch N. Guinea LM Royal Dutch Airlines. >er Constellation Service) 7 service between Sydney and , with a call at Biak (DNG) a (Philippines). :raft link Biak with Hollandia, erauke, Tenah Merah, Manokmfoer, Ransiki, Genjem, and I. Guinea-Solomons )antas with DCS Aircraft. ! flights every four weeks) ember 3, 10, 17, 31, etc.) Lae a.m.; Finschhafen, Rabaul, fella Lavella, Yandina, Honiara arriving 5.25 p.m. (December 4, 11, 18, etc.) dep. 7 a.m.: Yandina, Vella Buka, Rabaul, Lae, arriving n. aris-Saigon-Noumea orts Aeriens Intercontinental. :aft depart Paris every 2 weeks )er 3, 17, etc.) for Athens , Saigon, Darwin, Noumea.

Noumea on return Dec. 7, 21, 'dney-Lord Howe Is. nsett Airways Pty., Ltd-, Sandringham Flying-boats. ht each Tuesday and Thursday.

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Qantas, with Skymasters Dep. Sydney 11.30 p.m., arr. 5 a.m. Sunday: dep. NI 5.30 me day for Sydney, arr. 9.30 ■lt. weeks makes NI-Aucklandit. (See table 11 below). (Over) 11 IC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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9. Sydney-Noumea By Qantas, with Skymasters (Three flights every four weeks) Thur. Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13. 27, etc.). Sydney dep. 11.30 p.m., arriving Tontouta, 7 a.m. Fri. (Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 14, 28, etc.).

Fri. Nov. 30, Dec. 7, 14, 28, Tontouta dep. 9.30 a.m., arriving Sydney, 2.20 p.m. 10. New Caledonia-New Hebrides TAI with DCS Aircraft.

Wednesdays: Depart Tontouta 8 a.m., arrive Santo 11.10 am., arrive Vila 1.45 p.m., depart Vila 2.15 p.m., arrive Tontouta 4.30 p.m.

Saturdays: Depart Tontouta 8 a.m., arrive Vila 10.20 a.m., arrive Santo 12.5 p.m., depart Santo 1.30 p.m., arrive Tontouta 4.40 p.m. 11. Norfolk Is.-Auckland TEAL, by Qantas (charter) Alt. Sun.: Return flight Norfolk (dep. 7.45 a.m.) Auckland (arr. 11.30 a.m., dep. 1.15 p.m.) Norfolk (arr. 4.15 p.m.). (See Table 8 above). 12. Auckland-Sydney Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft.

Thu., Fri., Mon.; Dep. Auckland 9.30 a.m., arr. Sydney 1.00 p.m.

Sun.: Dept. Auckland 4,15 p.m., arr.

Sydney 7.45 p.m.

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Sydney 9.45 p.m.

Tues., Sat.: Dep. Sydney 10.00 a.m., arr. Auckland 5.00 p.m.

Mon., Thu., Fri.: Dep. Sydney 3.00 p.m.. arr. Auckland 10.00 p.m. 13. Christchurch-Sydney Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft.

Mon., Fri.: Dep. Christchurch 5.00 p.m., arr. Sydney 8.40 p.m.

Mon., Thurs.: Dep. Sydney 8.00 a.m., arr. Christchurch 3.10 p.m, 14. Christchurch-Melbourne Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft.

Thurs.: Dep. Christchurch 5.00 p.m., arr, Melbourne 9.30 p.m.

Fri.: Dep. Melbourne 7.30 a.m., arr.

Christchurch 3.00 p.m. 15. New Zealand-Fiji Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft.

Tues., Fri.: Dep. Auckland 1.15 a.m., arr.

Nadi 6.15 p.m.

Wed., Sat.: Dep. Nadi 10.30 a.m., arr.

Auckland 3.30 p.m. 16. Fiji-Tahiti Tasman Empire Airways, with Solent aircraft.

Service normally fortnightly, with extra flights as required.

Departs Suva Friday 9 a.m., crosses dateline. arrives Satapuala (W. Samoa) Thur. 2 p.m., departs Fri. 2 a.m., arrives Aitutaki (Cook Is.) 7.30 a.m., departs 9.30 a.m., arrives Papeete (Tahiti) 2 p.m. Departs Papeete Sun. 7.30 a.m., arrives Aitutaki 11 a.m., departs 1 p.m., arrives Satapuala 530 p.m., departs Mon. 8 a.m., crosses dateline, arrives Suva Tues., 10.55 a.m.

Leaves Suva Nov. 29, Dec. 13,* Leaves Papeete Dec. 5, 16, 23,1 17. Fiji-Tonga Tasman Empire Airways, witf Solent aircraft.

Irregular Service.

Dep. Suva 6.30 a.m.. arr Nukualco a.m., dep Nukualofa 9.50 a.m Suva 4.55 p.m.

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Booking agents in Papeete: Mese Maritimes. 12 NOVEMBER. 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTI

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Pacific Islands Monthly Contents: No. 4 Vol. XXVII NOVEMBER, 1956 Editorial: History’s Most Dramatic 20 Days 17 Mr. Marsh May Be Out Of Running For P-NG Assist.- Administratorship 19 New Governor For American Samoa 19 In Spite Of War Threats, Duke’s Tour Goes To Plan 20 Fiji’s Team For the Games 20 One Year Left For the Copra Agreement 21 Do You Remember? 21 Editors’ Mailbag 22 Sea Drama In Gulf Of Papua —Danny Weil Rescued Again 24 PAA Clipper In Dramatic Ditching 25 Noumea Will Replace Saigon As French Navy Base .. 27 Territories Talk-Talk ~ .. 28 Jubilee In New Hebrides .. 34 Dry Weather Is Costing W.

Samoa Real Money 36 Papua-New Guinea Diary— The Duke’s Visit 37 Fiji’s Fight Against Oryctes Rhinoceros Will Cost More 45 “Turn Suva Baths Into Stadium” 47 Economic Strength of Papua- New Guinea 49 Japanese Know-How Gives E. Samoa a Million Dollar Industry 52 It’s On Again—More Plans For Suva Hotel 53 BEM For “Arakarimoa” Hero 56 Copra Down-Grading Cost £20,000, Claims Milne Bay Planter 57 News Of Pacific Shipping and Cruising Yachts .... 61 Bouquets and Brickbats —UN Praise For P-NG Men In the Field 69 Radio-Active Fall-out May Help Pacific Fisheries .. 73 An Australian Poet Looks At NG 77 MAGAZINE; Tropicalities, 81; With the Encouragement of RLS, Even the Cabin-Boy Wrote a Book, 83; They Called It “Shangri-La,” 84; Books of the Month 87 More Census Results in Polynesia 94 Stole n—One B r i x h a m Trawler .. .. 109 What the Senator Forgot About P-NG Labour Costs 113 Meeting the TB Problem In Cook Is. 118 Hini-Williams Fi g h t—NZ Says “No More” 122 A Smithy Man For Suva Post 135 SPAL Still Has Plans .. .. 137 Proposed New Steel Industry Based On N. Caledonia Ore 138 S. Pacific Commerce and Industry .. .. 139 Well-known Samoans Cause Court Sensations 142 Some BSIP Labour Reforms Promised 146 OBITUARY: F, D. Palmer; Mrs. A. Stevenson; Dr. W.

Worger; Mrs. A. E. Moran; Capt. H. Dryden; H. R.

Greening: E. M. Bucknell; George Harness; Dr. Eric Pockley 147-149 SPC’s 16th Session 151 Sydney Reporter Let Loose In Papua 151 Fiji Police Under New Commissioner 153 SPC Fisheries Course Begins 167 C of C and Fiji Customs Chief Disagree On Suva Wharf Shed 158 Produce and Market Information 168 A Product of Pacific Publications Pty. Ltd., Technipress House, 29 Alberta Street, Sydney. (29 Alberta Street is 10 yards from the intersection of Gonlborn Street and Wentworth Avenue.)

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[?]Istory'S 20 Most Significant

And Dramatic Days

OM, in modern history, have sre been 20 more critical ys than the last ten days of r and the first ten of ber. crisis is not yet over. Even j is written, the great fleets lerica are far out in the of the ocean, the great air as of Russia are shuttling the Mediterranean coasts, majority of nations are ing frantically to hold the but the danger of global very, very great, cause of the tension is the ous, cruel and powerful ation of evil that is called issian Soviet; but an underig of why and how this has id is not provided by a study events of the last two or veeks —although they are set sequence on the next page. To understand what is dng, • and to get some idea of ;ure, it is necessary to survey ackground of international since the end of World War ,LD peace should have been isured when the Allies in 45 destroyed the power of irlin-Rome-Tokio Axis. We to do this because our e was an unholy one. We — Western nations, with an ly based on social evolution ;aken into our camp and into mfidence a powerful State economy (Communism) was tely irreconcilable with ours, war over, we disarmed, and led to restore to independind freedom every country we had occupied, ia did not disarm; held in tund slavery every country she had overrrun (East ay, Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, rvia, Hungary, Austria, nia, Bulgaria, Albania, La. Lithuania); and forced a mist dictatorship upon each.

Austria and Yugoslavia, she >lds them as slave States.

Russia proceeded with plans troy our system, which is upon individual freedom, so le might impose the Cornsystem upon us. Only the ion by the United States of Dm Bomb —which Russia did en have —gave us time to ly re-arm, and protect our- Otherwise, we should long have been enslaved by ite Communism. 3 in her immediate design, Russia engaged in a long-range plan —namely, the gradual undermining and overthrow of the Western Powers, by attacking their economic structures, their social peace, their overseas markets, and especially their colonial organisations. Thus began the Cold War.

The Cold War has innumerable facets. The gentlemen who dig themselves into trade unions and cause strikes and go-slow; the agents who conduct whispering campaigns among illiterate people in our colonies and territories; the piebald journalists who distort the reports in newspapers, and put their own “slant” into news broadcasts in order to discredit responsible government; the tireless Planners who sneer at patriotism—all are as much a part of the Russian effort as are the shaping of Red China and the eneoui-agement of “student” noting in Singapore. rpHE success which has attended X Russia in the Cold War has . been phenomenal. Even here m the isolated and comparatively pea-ceful South Pacific one can see / the slow rot in our economy (what we call the “inflationary spiral”) and the gradual disappearance in the average individual of a sense of social responsibility.

And nowhere have we seen it more clearly than in the retreat of the countries whose economy was built, in the centuries, upon the control of colonies. In the case of Britain this was caused partly by the work of the Communist Pllanners, and partly by the “anti-colonialism” of America. Our future is based upon Anglo- American friendship and alliance.

That was why we deferred too often and too deeply to the anticolonial sentiment of American politicians and press.

Britain is the world’s outstanding example of a successful coloniser.

Count the countries (including USA) which began as British colonies and ended as powerful

Ng Pygmy: “Here, Try A Happiness-Beetle ”

(An anthropologist claims that certain NG pygmies are happy because they eat beetles that contain the happiness-inducing vitamin T.) 17 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

independent nations. It is British policy (as seen in Africa to-day) to train the people of her colonies to govern themselves, and then to give them complete national freedom. But it is a slow process and. if it is too quick, it can be disastrous.

The combination of American sentiment and Russian intrigue has forced Britain prematurely out of many of her territories and colonies in Southern Asia and the Middle East. Nations not yet capable of governing themselves —especially in relation to other nations—have been given complete freedom much too soon; and Britain’s domestic economy, adjusted over a long time to provide for the administration and supply of those dependencies, has been severely disrupted.

When 1956 dawned, Britain’s condition was precarious. Either the headlong retreat from her colonies and her markets must be halted; or a large proportion of Britain’s industrial millions must change from export manufacturing to food production for themselves.

Meanwhile, a problem of peculiar urgency had developed in the Middle East. Western Europe—and especially England— depends increasingly for fuel and power upon the great oilfields of Persia, Iraq, Arabia; upon the pipelines which run across the Middle East deserts into the ports of Syria and Israel; upon the lines of tankers which run from Southwest Asia through the Suez Canal.

There, Russia saw her chance, years ago. As part of her Cold War policy of destroying or dislocating Western economy, she has directed a ceaseless campaign of political and industrial disruption upon the Arab States of the Middle East. Ostensibly, her agents were encouraging Arab nationalism against Britain and Prance; actually, she was tying the Arab States ever more closely to the Muscovite set-up, and so threatening the security of the West’s major oil supply. Israel became a pawn in the game.

Britain and France were not blind to all this. When the arrogant Egyptian dictator Nasser, peeved by Western refusal to finance his Aswan Dam plan while he was accepting armaments from Russia, seized the Suez Canal in July, Britain knew she had reached the point of no further retreat. If she gave way again, on this, she would have lost the Middle East.

The rest is recent history.

Britain and France mobilised on Cyprus, planning to check the aggressiveness of the Arab States and to keep the Canal out of Egyptian control. Screamed at by United States (fearful of upsetting the Presidential election), by the Afro-Asian neutralists and anticolonialists, and by the Russians (as part of their Cold War), Britain and France remained for weeks on Cyprus and argued, and it looked as if the Nasser Grab would become a fait accompli.

AND then, in those incredible twenty days, there came that series of events over which the world still is gasping.

The uprisings in Poland and Hungary, followed by demonstrations in Roumania and Albania, shook the Muscovites to their back teeth. While they still were shaking, Israel struck at Egypt.

Before the Israelis could reach the Canal, Britain and France invaded Egypt. Before Britain and France could seize all the Canal, Russia threatened to come in. Before Russia could move, USA finished her Presidential election, and told Russia that if she moved in, so would USA.

Since November 6, when United States clearly indicated her position, and insisted that United Nations should take charge of the international situation, up to the moment of this writing, the whole world has been under greater tension than at any time since World War II ended. All depends on what Russia does.

FOR a week after the Anglo- French began their attack on Egypt, an hysterical and deafening clamour against the “madness” of Britain and France arose from political, newspaper and radio elements throughout the Western world. Mostly, it was the clamour of persons ignorant of the true history of the Cold War —persons apparently more inclined to put their hope of future world p, in Red Russia than in i “Capitalist” West.

But the noise died down I quickly when (a) the full d© of the horrible assassination!

Hungary by Russia became knoj and (b) when it became clear 1 accumulating evidence that ! the swift action of Britain!

France had stopped a conce; move by the Nasser-led Arab Stt equipped and backed by Ruj against all Western interests im Middle East and North Africa.

THE picture still is not clear., it is possible that the of the Middle East by Arab' Soviet forces (which must i precipitated World War III) ’ stopped by the intervention: Providence as well as by An French action.

It was providential—certas more than coincidence—that Ri was deeply occupied with the ffl up in Poland and Hungary, and threatened rebellion in ot; “satellites,” just at the mon when Britain and France nwi Otherwise Russia surely would S moved in instantly to save long-cherished Middle East from disruption.

Moscow still is furious snarling; savagely working off] rage in murdering defenc: Hungarians; still eager to ally self with the Nasser-led An but clearly deterred now America’s clear indication that;! such move by Russia will brinr the United States, equipped ready to put an end at last toe horrors of the 10-years-old Mosc inspired Cold War.— R.W.R.

How This World Crisis Developed Oct. 18-25—Anglo-French pretest against Egypt's seizure of Suez Canal being debated wearily and without result by United Nations.

Oct. 18-24—Increasing resistance to Poland's Communist Government (a Russian puppet) brought Kruschev, Molotov, Mikoyan and other top Reds on a whirlwind visit to Warsaw. Rapid political moves threaten Poland with civil war; but a Communist Government was finally established under Gomulka, a rehabilitated "Tito-ist" (Reds had had him in gaol for five years), and uneasy calm restored. Russian troops partially withdrawn. Marshall Rokossovsky (Stalinist, who virtually ruled Poland for seven years) was sent away; but new Polish Government, while claiming considerable independence, is virtually subject to Moscow. (Poland's population, 27 m.).

Oct. 20 —Jordan elects an anti-West (particularly anti-British) Government.

Oct. 23-Nov. 3—Sudden uprisings in Budapest against Communist Government develop rapidly and spontaneously into massive anti- Russian rebellion throughout Hungary (pop. 10,000,000). At first, it followed Polish pattern—Russians negotiated with insurgents, installed Imrie Nagy (rehabilitated "Tito-ist") as Premier, dismissed pro-Russian Red dictator Geroe, announced their armies were leaving capital. But as movement became intensely anti-Russian, appealing for independence and Western help, Russians threw great armies into Hungary, gaoled Nagy and his Ministers, suppressed the uprising with brutality which shocked Western world, and stirred United Nations to very strong protest.

Oct. 25—Egypt, Syria and Jordan est; unified Army command. Israel exR alarm, begins mobilisation.

Oct. 25-28—Anti-Government riots in pore.

Oct. 25-26—Very serious anti-French riei Morocco and Tunisia, in sympathy 5 rebellion in Algeria.

Oct. 26—Anti-Russian riots in fear expressed of similar riots in i Germany.

Oct. 28 —UN Security Council meets un to consider Russian actions in Hungary Oct. 29—Israel (pop. 12 millions) suddem vades Sinai section of Egypt (east of 0 Full-scale war begins with Egypt (poo million).

Oct. 30 —Britain and France issue ultimate Israel and Egypt that fighting must within 12 hours, and Israel-Egyptian retire 10 miles from Canal on each r otherwise they will move in. Intense matic activity everywhere. Britain ' move in UN Security Council, which demr immediate cease-fire by all parties.

Oct. 31 —United States, greatly embarrass; imminence of Presidential election (Net and sudden illness of Foreign Secti Dulles, angrily denounces Franco-British r —this is headlined throughout worh "Anglo-American Split". Ultimatum H expired, Britain and France begin air i on Egyptian airfields, from Cyprus. Isl rapidly overrun Sinai area, and c« 15,000 Egyptian prisoners and huge aie of equipment. (Continued on Page 157)

G Assistant [?]inistratorship [?] MARSH MAY BE

[?]Out Of The Race

New Governor for American Samoa I health of Mr. R. Marsh, jgarded as heir-apparent for ost of Assistant Administra- »f Papua-New Guinea, may the announcement of an intment to the post. r was told by the Department rritories in Canberra on No- ;r 9 that when the Assistant listrator has been chosen, the ;er will announce his name, ite has been set for making lecision. There is a doubt er Mr. Marsh will be fit again apical service. He is at present k leave. post of Assistant Admin- >r fell vacant when Mr. R. W. i announced, in August, that )uld shortly take up another itment in Australia. Applicawere called for the vacancy; closed on August 18. the meantime, the Departsent one of its senior men, [arsh, to Port Moresby to act distant Administrator, pending jrmanent appointment. It was i that Mr. Marsh was an ant for the job, and it was ed by most Territorians that I applications was just a r of form in order to comply Regulations and that Mr. i had already been selected vould in due course be conl in the position, bis, Territorians were no doubt Marsh “acted” in the Terrier about two months. In late er he and other applicants . Gunther, Mr. J. K. McCarthy Ir. F. C. Henderson) were inwed by a committee in Port by. During this period Mr. i sought medical advice and told that he was suffering overwork and exhaustion and I take leave immediately. He ic Territory within a few days, sudden departure has caused lerable local speculation, and nsinuation seems to be that arsh withdrew as gracefully as le because it was found that d not know as much about as some other applicants. 3 seems ridiculous.

Australian Government has it abundantly clear in the past ong or intimate knowledge of f the Island territories is not led as an essential requisite high Administartive post. Mr. ti knew nothing about P-NG, , when he was appointed.

The Administratorship of Norfolk It is unlikely therefnrp that it is uniiKeiy, tnereiore, that the Commonwealth or the Department of Territories suddenly found itself in an embarrassing situation because some of the other applicants knew more about P-NG than Mr. Marsh; or that they got themselves out of it by work- ° lC * mec^ica l certificate , PIM has always maintained that top Administrative jobs should go to men in the P-NG service; but we have no reason to believe that Mr. Marsh was suddenly found to fall so far short of requirements that he had to be whisked from the scene After nil Q August 18, and if all Departmental hopes were pinned on Mr Marsh the Government may now find itself in the terrible position of having to choose one of the men in the New Guinea service.

This trouble miorht he crnt r»vpr of courseTcZ fre^applS tions. But it is goine to cause the biggest horse-laugh of the year in P-NG if this is done.

Mr. S. A. Lonergan P-NG Director of Civil Affairs, has been Acting Assistant Administrator since Mr. Marsh left Port Moresby on October 21. It is understood that he is not an applicant for the permanent position.

Mr. Peter T. Coleman, right, who was recently appointed Governor of American Samoa in succession to Mr. Richart B. Lowe, who became Governor of Guam. Governor Coleman is the first person of Samoan blood to hold such a position. He was born in American Samoa 37 years ago of an American father and a Samoan mother.

Mr. and Mrs. Coleman have 10 children in their family, nine sons and one daughter, and are expecting an eleventh child this month.

He was a commissioned officer in the US Army during World War II, took a law course in the US after the war and was admitted to the bar shortly after successfully completing his studies. He was employed in the Interior Department before going to American Samoa in 1952. He has practised law privately and with the government since.

In the photograph of the Coleman family, below, two of the children are not shown Photos: Pan American Prints. 19 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1056

In Spite Of

War Threats

Duke's P-NG Tour Goes to Plan UP until PIM went to press (November 12), the Papua-New Guinea tour of the Duke of Edinburgh was going to plan— although against a background of war tension and calamity that threatens to make the holding of the Olympic Games (which the Duke will open on November 22 in Melbourne) a complete fiasco.

The Royal Yacht Britannia entered Port Moresby harbour early on November 10. Unfortunately, overcast skies after heavy overnight rain marred the strong blue and turquoise colours that Moresby harbour usually presents.

The Governor-General of Australia, Sir William Slim, Brigadier D. M. Cleland, Administrator of P-NG, and the Australian Minister for Territories, Mr. Paul Hasluck, welcomed the Duke.

Later that day he visited Bomana war cemetery, a rubber plantation at Sogeri, attended a dinner and reception at Government House that evening, and watched Papuan dancers On November 11 he flew to Lae, where he attended the Anz a c Ceremonies at Lae War Cemetery and later he flew to Bulolo where he spent the night. On November 12 he returned to Lae by road and is expected to visit Rabaul and Manus on November 13 and 14.

On the afternoon of November 14, Jlis Royal Highness will fly to Darwin. (See article page 37 this issue.) t Mr. Ronald Syme, who is wellknown in Mangaia and elsewhere in the Cook Islands, has returned to Rarotonga. He has been living in New Zealand for some time.

More Taxation Planned in New Caledonia NOUMEA, Oct. 20.

LAST year, New Caledonia budgeted for an expenditure of 729 million francs. This year, the Administration is asking the General Assembly to approve a budget of 875 million francs —an increase of 150 million francs, or £1 million Australian.

To meet this large increase in expenditure, the Administration proposes increased taxation — notably on liquor—and various new imposts, such as a tax on foreigners, and on firearms.

It is not as yet certain that the Assembly will agree to the budget, and the higher taxes.

Better Bsip Copra Since

New Price Plan

SINCE the British Solomon Islands Government took the step last year of making a big differential in the price naid for the three grades of copra, there has been significant improvement in quality.

In the period January-August this year, percentages in the three grades have been, first-grade 21.5 per cent.: second-arade. 15 per cent.; and third-grade, 63.5 per cent.

This compares with 13 per cent., 9 per cent, and 78 per cent, for the same period in 1955.

The large proportion of third prade coora still produced, however, leaves considerable room for improvement.

Present price is: Ist grade, £6l/10/-: 2nd grade, £57; and 3rd grade, £52/10/-.

Fiji’s Olympic Team Arrives in Australia (See photos below) FIJI’S Olympic hopes took tD Sydney welcome (Nov. 10), ? the aplomp of veterans, althoD they seemed a little puzzled by ■ whole performance. As t emerged from the customs tion room at Mascot airport t were besieged by press phc graphers from Sydney’s Sum newspapers, asked to pose a* team, to pose individually, T answer innumerable questions.!.

Discus thrower, Mesulame, ft Ba, stole the show, and also rr aged to get through customs sod how with a lei hanging round! neck. Leis are generally confiscc and destroyed lest they carry s disease which is not wanted; Australia.

Genial Harry Charman, manr of the two boxers, Hector HI and Tommy Schuster, was qui confident that his boys would well in Melbourne. He said both the boys had made remr able strides in the last 12 moi( Mr. Charman brought a touct Fiji to the airport by carryin yaqona tanoa.

Mr. W. Ragg, managen Mesulame, said that his charge | been throwing the discus around 160 ft mark, and expected hin do better after a few days’ prae in Melbourne.

The other two members ofl team are yachtsmen J. O. GilliJ and N. C. Bentley. Bentley arr in Australia some weeks ago, , was waiting for Gillmore to him in Melbourne.

Tahiti Nui Leaves: The

under the command of de Biso left Papeete Harbour, 9 a.m.,, vember 8. Destination Peru, , thence back to Tahiti. (S?e Shift Niros'*.

Some Games Representatives from Fiji . . .

J. O. GILLMORE (Yachtsman)

Tommy Schuster

(Boxer)

Hector Hatch

(Boxer) MESULAME (Discus thrower) 20 NOVEMBER, 1 9 56 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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[?]Bilising The Copra

INDUSTRY AFTER 1957 The Papua-New Guinea Copra Stabilisation Fund now unts to £2,500,000 sufficient to pay a subsidy of £5 per on 90,000 tons of copra for five years, or £1 per ton for ears—should the need ever arise. 4.RD to administer this fund or when selling price falls >w cost of production—was announced. Producers’ repiives are in the majority and s are:

Fatives Of The Copra Producers

Of New Guinea

B. Bailey, managing director of Cococts, Limited.

R. Wilson, vice-president of the Association of New Guinea.

Fatives Of The Copra Producers

OF PAPUA E. Fairfax-Ross, president of the Association of Papua.

Other Members

H. Reeve, Treasurer and Director of -NG.

E. P. Dwyer, Director of Agriculture, Fisheries, P-NG. tion of a fund for price tion of the copra industry n the Wardist regime in under National Security ions, and initially it was a £1 per ton, but this was inin great leaps and by 1948 vas being compulsorily defrom the planter in respect ton of copra sold. >articular phase came to an i the defeat of the Labour lent at the end of 1949. collected up to January 1, ounted to £780,000 and were the Commonwealth. Bemuary 1, 1950, and October a somewhat different setited and the funds collected o—were also held by the iwealth. From November 1, der a Customs Tariff Exiinance, a deduction of £2 was levied and the funds llected have been held in itory of P-NG. id result of all these three is that there is now a total hing like £2 l million availthe Board to cushion the over any period of deirices. nd (or funds) were initially imed by planters, who took (particularly in the period Eddie Ward was Minister ories), that it was another tax from which they would nefit. 9, the British Ministry of itered into a nine-years it with British copra pro- :ountries in the S. Pacific and in the years immediately afterwards, planters in these territories found themselves in the position of selling copra to the UK at about half the world “free” price.

In the 1950-51 period there was much discontent in P-NG over the MOF price and over the stabilisation fund deduction. In regard to the latter, planters held that, in view of the MOF contract, no stabilisation fund was necessary and that moreover, it had been for years collected illegally. At one period, NG planters contemplated taking their case for a return of the collections to the Australian High Court. ,^ us t ra lian Government managed, by one means or another, to retain the money collected and as a result the new Board now has tz 2 millions at its disposal Perhaps the planters of P-NG will in time, come to believe that this is a good thing. 9 But the planters cannot be said to have lost their battle over the Fund: The fund is at the disposal of a Board set up in the Territory and composed of Territorians, which is quite a different thing to seeing it become part of consolidated revenue—and that, judging by past experience, could quite easily have happened.

Last Year of the MOF Contract IN the normal course of events — and events at this writing, November 6, cannot be called that—negotiations should shortly begin between South Pacific governments and the UK Ministry of Food over the copra price for 1957. These (Continued Next Page)

Do You Remember ?

From RIM of 20 Years ago rINGS looked good in the Pacific 20 years ago. Commodity prices were up, and planters, traders and the natives expected to benefit thereby, after years of belt-tightening. There were, for the moment, no international crises And the White Man still thought he should shoulder his Burden.

Here are some of the events that we reported in the issue of PIM, November, 1936: Copra prices were the highest for many years; London price was £18.5 per ton for Ist grade. In terms of real money, that probably was as good a price for the planter as to-day's London free market price of £Stg.6s. There was no one specific reason for the rise. Copra prices had risen slowly but steadily since the all-time low had been hit in April, 1934 —£7.5 per ton. * * * The Western Samoa government denied officially the report that NZ Administration officials were recalled to NZ if they married Samoan or part-Samoan girls.

Sir Arthur Richards, with Lady Richards and their three small children, arrived in Suva to become the Colony's new Governor and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific.

He * James Larkin, a planter in the Manus area of NG, was released from gaol in NSW after serving half of a 10 years' sentence for the "murder" of a native servant. Larkin's sentence had been the subject of agitation for years —Territorians and the PIM holding that the offence was manslaughter, not murder, and the sentence excessive. (Larkin had ordered a native to be thrashed and the boy had later died of blood-poisoning). A petition bearing 600 sgnatures had been presented to the Administrator of NG asking for a reconsideration of Larkin's case. What happened to Mr. Larkin when he got out of gaol is something of a mystery; RIM, at any rate, heard no more of him. Public opinion changes somewhat in 20 years. In those days Territorians held the quaint idea that it was fatal to European prestige for a European to be made an example of before natives. Democracy has marched on since then, and now it is held to be quite in order for a European woman to be put into gaol in the Territory for a civil offence. * * ♦ In respect of affairs legal, Mr. J. C. Mullaly, of New Guinea, and the then editor of RIM crossed verbal swords on the subject of Chief Justice Wanliss. Mr. Mullaly was pro-Judge Wanliss, while the RIM cast a few doubts on the justice of some of his recent verdicts.

Mr. Mullaly said that the editor "bounced in and out of New Guinea , . . with an air of pomposity". There was a whole lot more— but what the editor seemed to resent most of all was that pomposity! * * * Father Franz Kirschbaum, of the Catholic Mission, Alexishafen, NG, challenged Lord Moyne's "discovery" of pygmies in the Ramu River area. Fr. Kirschbaum said that he had discovered these people in 1926 and that subsequently other members of the mission had visited the pygmies many times. * * * The Union Company ships "Makura" and "Maunganui" were on their last voyages across the Pacific, Sydney-North America via Tahiti and Rarotonga. "Maunganui" was to go onto the trans-Tasman service and "Makura" had been sold to China. Thus ended a direct Sydney-Tahiti service. But, RIM remarked, the Messageries Maritimes vessels offered an attractive alternative —Noumea to Tahiti via the South Pacific Islands, for £B7 return—with a connection every five or six weeks, Sydney- Noumea. The MM ships did not then end their voyage from Marseilles at Sydney. 21 IC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1956

Stg. per ton December 2, 1955 65.15 January 9, 1956 65.10 February 2 65 March 1 64.10 April 10 66 10 May 8 71.15 June 8 66 15 July 11 63 August 8 63.10 September 13 64 October 9 63 10 November 6 66.5 negotiations, if they follow the pattern of recent years, will be protracted. It was not until the end of March that the price for 1956 was officially announced.

The average free market price of Straits copra in London over the past 12 months has been £Stg.6s and there has been little fluctuation throughout—peak price being in May. A survey over the past year shows; The MOF price for 1956 was based on £Stg.sB/10/-, f.o.b. main Islands ports. Allowing £Stg.ls for freight, insurance, shrinkage, etc., between islands ports and London, the MOF has been paying £Stg.73 for its •copra which could have been bought on the free market for an average of £Stg.6s. It thus lost £Stg.B per ton.

As in the early years of the contract, the MOF was making four or five times that per ton on the deal, it will still emerge at the end of 1957 on the right side of the ledger.

No doubt the MOF will again press for a reduction of 10 per cent, and if conditions are normal when final negotiations are made it will have a strong case in favour of some reduction, if not the full 10 per cent, permissible under the agreement. However, the confusion in the international situation is such, at this writing, as to make any reliable guess as to what will be the final 1957 copra price completely impossible.

In the first week of November free copra showed a rising tendency but this could not be attributed definitely to the Middle Eastern situation.

Copra is, of course, normally in strong demand during a war, but Pacific producers will remember that in the early years of World War 11, before Japan had come into the conflict, they suffered an acute depression in the industry simply because there was insufficient shipping to lift it from the Pacific area.

Opinions Differ in Fiji DURING the month the end of Agreement was exercising the minds of copra interests in Fiji, but there the degree of unity between individuals is much less than in the Territory of New Guinea, which has a strong planters’ organisation. In Fiji, a large proportion of the copra is produced by Fijians. (Continued on Page 141)

The Editors' Mailbag

No Luck With Our Gardener The origin of the Pidgin word didimans, meaning gardener, has still not been solved. Mr. Hans Mannsfeld (who was in NG from 1912 to 1921 and again between 1928 and 1930) has written to say that he thinks we are on the wrong track. He says: I was amused to see from your April number of PIM that the word “didimans” is still in use in New Guinea.

I don’t think it has got anything to do with the name of a German gardener in prewar times. The two men in charge of the Botanical Gardens in Rabaul were Dr. Gehrmann (Director), and Herr Rudolf (master gardener).

If I remember rightly we pronounced the word in the German time as “radidiman”. I always took it that “radi” is just an abbreviation of “radish”. To this came a reduplication of which the natives are so fond.

I shall pass your enquiry to the Hamburg Sudseestammtisch, the Club of the Oldtimers. Perhaps Consul H. R. Wahlen or Hermann Bolten can give some clue. (Mr. Mannsfeld’s address is: M. Gladbach-Rheindahlen 2, Postfach 28-14, Germany.) The Bull Business One of our “letters” during the month came in the form of the very attractive catalogue of the forthcoming auction of Santa Gertrudis bulls by the King Ranch, at “Risdon,” near Warwick, Queensland.

Friday, November 16, is the date for the auction and this year 12 stud bulls will be offered, all of their names beginning with “B”

Risdon Banker, Risdon Broadcaster, Brilliant, Bandbox, etc. Last year all the bulls auctioned had names beginning with “A.”

The catalogue, in its way, is just as glossy a production as the bulls, and tells the story of King Ranch and its Santa Gertrudis cattle now distributed all over the world from the home range in Texas to the Highlands of New Guinea. These animals, bred to produce good beef in a variety of climates, including the tropics, are now doing well in Fiji and New Guinea. King Ranch Australia Pty. Ltd. commenced operations in Australia in 1952, with a consignment of high quality Santa Gertrudis cattle from the King Ranch in Texas. Enthusiastic breeders are now scattered all over Australia from Northern Queensland to Southern Victoria, and ft NSW to Western Australia.

Pan American Airways, in < junction with Australian Nati(i Airways is organising a cattlemt tour of America to study Ss- Gertrudis on their home rang© May, 1957, AAangaia is Not Amused The indefatigable Mr. Edwin G of Mangaia Island, in the 0 Group, has written to take ui task for what he thinks is a disgg ing story that appeared in An.

“Tropicalities.” It concerned s extraneous matter that, accon to the story, had been founo a can of meat. We think: threatens to sue us—although t it has to do with Mr. Gold we i not imagine.

He demands proof that theE cident ever took place.

Well, Mr. Gold, there is not; proof, because, so far as we knoc never really happened. It was f you might call a shaggy-dog s although perhaps the mention “dog” in connection with meat o also be taken amiss in Mangaia.. items that appear in “Tropical! are not meant to be taken very ously, and this particular pieo nonsense certainly was not.

As to the origin of the story seem to remember that O, H created the great-great-grand-dt of this one long years ago, wii can of meat from a Chicago wv Status of Polynesians Fierce indignation is express© our old friend Oscar Nordmaii Tahiti, who writes about New land’s refusal to grant an entry\ mit to Mdlle Germaine Leharte Germaine, an attractive lass t is well known in Papeete In she went to New Zealand andfc employed in a clothing factor* Auckland. There she decide marry another resident of T 1 Mr. Harry Duane. They retu to Tahiti —Germaine in June 1 and Harry a little later; them Duane went back to New Zeai and Germaine was to follow hii that they might marry there..

But they planned without! officialdom. In a letter dated J tember 19 (HO 92,476), Gern was formally advised by the S 2 tary of Labour that “your cannot be approved.”

No reason is given. Germaimr acceptable to NZ in 1955; brc 22 NOVEMBER, 1956-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH!

she is non persona grata. Mr. nan knows of some queer folk Europe and Asia who have admitted to NZ under present laws, and he adds: should the residents of these is, who have so many contacts Mew Zealand, be treated in this If race comes into it, Ger- ; is entitled to classification as ropean—she is three-quarters and one-quarter Polynesian.”

PIM has been trying for 25 to understand officialdom’s ng on these entry applications, no further forward. In fairind justice, every resident of Pacific Island, from Fiji eastto French Oceania, should the same status as Europeans plying for entry to Australia few Zealand—There should be crimination. But try to conufficialdom of that! ing the first nine months of 719 motor vehicles were iminto New Caledonia. This snts a value of 128 million (£A896,000).

Public Blood-Pressure

Rises When:—

Apia Suffers Complete Electricity Blackout WESTERN Samoa’s Department of Works caused severe public displeasure in mid-October when there was a complete breakdown in the Apia electricity service.

The blackout was caused by two generators breaking down simultaneously. For several days in most parts of Apia, no current was supplied for residences and businesspremises and as freezer goods had just been received from MV Tofua supplies of meats, fruits, ice cream, etc., quickly deteriorated and appreciable losses were suffered by importers.

The breakdown of the diesel generators is admitted by the Works Dept, to be caused by negligence in the maintenance of the generators. ew Papuans Become Newspaper Subseribers ' marches on! e did I dream when I first led the Pacific Islands ly, 26 years ago, that by her, 1956, we should be enfull-blooded Papuan natives paid readers of the magazine, ch is the case. the end of October there 1 in this office, from Western a dozen letters, nicely typed business form, each enclos- /- and requesting that the e posted to a given address s lXf Each letter was . Tir x-i_ . . .. 1 JSfii fac J? that the letters • fori i t1 ’ alld m suspect the mendly of an Administration I6SS ’ the . furth fs the . Journal would w^f e g< ?" a ™ an ca P able °f wading it; it the addresses of the twelve councillors represent twelve it villages in the western part ua. a hannv occasion ing retard.“human developlore than illitpraov Tllitprarv ignorance, superstition, into plan and reach out after standards of life. Ever since ropeans took charge in Papua New Guinea, the greatest to real progress in that has been difficulty in comting with the natives; and Lives’ inability to read.

There is nothing wrong with the IQ of the average Papuan. Let him once climb to the educational level where he may look through the printed word at a new and attractive world—a world which he is free to enter, if only he will acquire the necessary qualifications—and the social advancment of Papua and New Guinea will become increasingly rapid. It looks as if the patient Administration and missionary teachers of Papua at last are getting their charges up to that level.

I never thought I should live to see the day when our subscription clerk would be entering native Village Councillors upon our roll of subscribers. But there it is; and it is a pleasing sight. It means literacy—and literacy means progress. And only progress of this kind can help the South Pacific Islanders to hold their countries against Asia.

Welcome, Village Councillors Sesei Soroco (Parama); Jonn Tori (Torogori), Kaina-Daru (Kubira), Wena-S a w a i a m o (Masingara), Gabitu-Kokomo (Tureture), Nobuo- Mapa (Sui), Dediamo-Pija (Saguane), Jawaci-Maru’u (Magud u a n), Manu-Dadia (Mawata), Apuri-Makare (Katatai), D a u - Baira (Daru), Yaina-S e g e r a (Sewer imagu), No kora ( Sepe Village), Imari fKoabu), and Bacari (Dameratamu). —THE PUBLISHER.

SPC Meets in Noumea

Celebrating Christmas

IN SYDNEY r[E New Guinea Women’s Club of Sydney will hold two parties again this Christmas—one for children, when Santa Claus will be in attendance; and one for adults.

The, children’s party will be held on the afternoon of December 10.

All children down from the Islands will be welcomed—but their names should he sent in to the Secretary of the Club (C/- Feminist Club, 77 King Street, Sydney), immediately.

A cocktail party for adult Territorians will be held at 77 King St., on Friday, December 14, at 6.30 p.m.

The Club held a successful card party on the afternoon of October 18, over 40 women were present; and £l6/14/- was raised.

The Sixteenth Session of the South Pacific Commission began in Noumea on October 18.

These photographs show, top: Mr. N. A. J. de Voogd (right). Senior Commissioner for the Netherlands, being met on arrival at Noumea by Dr. Ralph Clairon Bedell, Secretary-General of the South Pacific Commission. Mr. de Voogd was Chairman of the Sixteenth Session.

Lower; Two members of the New Zealand delegation, Mr. C. G. R. McKay, Senior Commissioner for New Zealand, and Mr. B. K.

Edmonds, Adviser, arriving at Noumea. 23 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1956

Sea Drama in Gulf of Papua

Yachtsman Plucked From Sea

By Catalina Flying-Boat

Real hero of the Danny Weil rescue, 150 miles from Port Moresby in the Gulf of Papua on October 25, was Captain Marshall Burgess, who put his Catalina down in the open sea to pick up Weil who was adrift in a rubber dinghy.

CONTRARY to the layman’s belief that a flying-boat is safe to land on water, anywhere, these craft land in the open sea only in an emergency.

This was an emergency, and Captain Burgess and his crew carried out the rescue, according to Captain P. L. Oakley, who is in charge of Qantas flying boats in Port Moresby, “in a manner worthy of the highest praise as it was intelligently planned.”

Weil, who was attempting to sail around the world single-handed, was in trouble off Port Moresby in mid- September when Yasme’s engine failed in bad weather. Through the efforts of a Port Moresby radio-amateur, Mr. Frank Nolan, who picked up Weil’s distress signals, a Department of Civil Aviation launch went out and towed the yacht into port.

Weil remained in Moresby for about five weeks and on October 23 left there on the next leg of his journey, destination Darwin. Yasme hit a reef about 9 p.m. on the 24th and for the next two hours Weil gave a dramatic account of his troubles to radio hams who again played a vital part in rescue operations. His last message, at 11.6 p.m., was “For God’s sake, get an aircraft to drop a raft.”

A Catalina from Port Moresby, piloted by Captain Oakley, set out at first light next morning and located Yasme, then high and dry on the reef. Weil appeared safe enough at that stage. However, as the tide rose he had to climb the mast and when a Lancaster bomber from Townsville arrived and dropped a rubby dinghy, Weil abandoned ship and swam for the dinghy.

Meanwhile, the Catalina, which had been circling the Yasme for hours, had to return to Moresby to re-fuel. It returned to the reef at 3.15 p.m., this time with Captain Marsh Burgess in command.

Captain Burgess knew that hope of a surface rescue that day had been abandoned, as ships’ captains could not risk their boats in the uncharted area at night. At the time Yasme was completely submerged and Weil was drifting downwind in the rubber dinghy at six knots.

The chances of retaining contact with him overnight were remote, and that of relocating the dinghy at daylight on October 26 were not good.

Captain Burgess, therefore, decided to land, using the lee of the reef as protection, and to endeavour to effect a rescue from the Catalina. Full ditching-drill was carried out and the aircraft was landed on the six-ft. south-east swell in open water.

Captain Burgess turned the aircraft north in open water until he was downwind of the rubber dinghy, then turned upward to the dinghy.

After he had picked Weil up, he taxied two miles to the lee of the reef, where he took off.

When he returned to Port Moresby, Weil reported that with Yasme he had lost everything as it was impossible to insure a ship undertaking a voyage of this character, and possessed only what he stood up in—a pair of ragged shorts and a clasp-knife. Extent of his loss has been variously reported at sums between £7,000 and £14,000.

Weil left Port Moresby for Sydney by air on October 29. The Red Cross paid his fare.

HE told PIM on the day after he arrived in Sydney that as soon as he could get another ketch he would move on—he was determined to be the first Englishman to sail round the world singlehanded.

“I was chasing round with a yacht broker all day to-day, but I have not seen anything suitable,” he said. “I am afraid I am a little biassed and I may be hard to suit. When you have lived with a certain type of boat for a long time you become attached to it, and you never find anything to come quite up to it.”

If he was unable to get a boat in Australia he would go on to the US to see if he could get anything suitable there. Should he be successful he will sail across the Pacific for a second time, but would follow a different route. On this voyage he went through Panama to Tahiti, then called at the Solomons and Port Moresby.

“Next time I will visit some of the southern islands, such as ; and Tonga before going on to K Zealand and then Australia,’T said.

“But should I be unable to ge boat anywhere in the States it mean that I will have to go b! to England for one, and that me Captain Marshall Burgess, who p[?] Catalina down in the open sea to rescue ; Weil. He has logged a total of 3,625 on Catalinas with the RAAF and Qantas— hours as commander, and 1,833 as co-piii A Qantas official said that he was ( three men in their service who knew thing there was to know about a Catali Captain Burgess has been with Qantase 1949, and this is his second tour of d) New Guinea. On his first tour in 1951flew Catalinas on NG internal service) remained on flying-boats on return to in 1952, flying Sandringhams on Qantas' routes.

He went back to Catalinas in New two years ago, and in January, 1955, [?] pointed Qantas captain in comma[?] Catalinas.

Captain Burgess joined the RAAF in[?] at 20, and served mainly in the Pacifi[?] He flew a wide variety of aircraft duri[?] war, ranging from Moths to Lincoln b[?] and was discharged in 1948 with the [?] flight-lieutenant. He is married and h[?] child. 24 NOVEMBER, 19 5 6 -PACIFIC ISLANDS MONT

my world tour all over aying for His Life t Moresby, on October 30, Administration spokesman that Mr. Weil would be d pay some of the cost of le. Weil said that he would >y to do this but he had lugged 3d. piece and 4id. to e. titas spokesman in Sydney it the company had nothlo with charging Weil for le —it was a matter entirely 3 Administration, which had e only means at its disposal ling Weil when he was in -that is, it had instructed ;o send a plane out to look •esumably the Administraiill have to pay Qantas for the time involved in the rescue and no doubt the P-NG Treasurer takes the very reasonable view that if Mr. Weil can contemplate the replacement of the £7,000 (or £14,000) Yasme, he can very well pay the cost of having his life saved.

Mr. Weil said in Sydney later that the radio hams who were sponsoring his voyage would pay for a new boat. If they are prepared to do that, they probably will not quibble at an extra £7OO which was watery°grave. SaVing him frotn a in^p!ni! pil ' ioi !i. amongst old-timers tem 18 -f 11 ? 4 anyone Who atn to, sail lone-handed in the Gulf of Papua at this time of the year is asking for trouble. All solo v ° ya P ng . is, of course, foolhardy whether in the Gulf or elsewhere, and public opinion tolerates this and all such adventurous escapades only so long as they are successful!

PAA Clipper In History's Most Spectacular Ditching Operation ANOTHER and even more extraordinary sea-ditching feat than the rescue of Weil was carried out by another pilot during October when Captain Richard N.

Ogg, of Pan American Airways, landed his giant Strato-Clipper in the sea midway between Honolulu and San Francisco and was thus instrumental in saving the lives of his 24 passengers and six crew.

The Clipper developed trouble in two engines on the last leg of its journey; at the time it was near the weather ship November and Captain Ogg had to decide whscher to go on 1,000 miles to San Francisco and risk having to ditch far from aid before he made it; or stay near the weathei-ship and ditch when it became daylight. He decided on the latter course.

In the hours before the ditching, the crew instructed the passengers in the routine and in calmness and without panic they went down onto the sea shortly after 8 a.m. on October 16 (Australian date). The whole tail assembly broke off on impact but within five minutes the weather ship was alongside, all passengers and crew were taken off safely, and within 20 minutes of the ditching the Clipper sank.

It was one of the most spectacular operations in trans-ocean commercial aviation—carried through successfully through the calmness and skill of the crew.

It was Captain Ogg’s second emergency within six months. In April he was in command of the PAA Clipper which developed a defect in its automatic pilot between Suva and Canton Island and put the aircraft so far off course that an emergency landing on the littleused Faleolo airport in Western Samoa was necessary. The passengers were landed safely on that occasion also, although they were later taken off in a small aircraft while the crew flew the big Clipper on to Canton to pick them up.

Captain Ogg is described as a big, soft-spoken man who has flown across all major oceans many times, as well as commanding Pan American Clippers on the company’s routes from the continental United States to Alaska.

He was born in Montana in November, 1913, and some of his early air experience was in that State flying speciallytrained parachutists (known as “smoke jumpers”) over forest fires.

While Captain Ogg did not jump himself, his piloting skill enabled him to orbit his aircraft in the most advantageous spot for the mass jump of the fire fighters.

Captain Ogg joined PAA in 1941 and was with them less than a year when Pearl Harbour was attacked and the company went on a wartime basis, under contract to the US Navy.

After the war, he transferred to Pan American’s Atlantic Division and flew across that ocean for nearly four years. He then returned to the company’s Pacific-Alaska Division and made many Pacific crossings as commander of the big Strato Clippers. At the time of the ditching of Sovereign of the Skies he had logged more than 13,000 hours flying time.

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nnection with the New an Naval base, an extrasituation arose in early in Noumea when the French nding barge Golo arrived gon carrying amongst other lanes and a military bus ere originally provided by ricans for use against the ist Vietmin forces that iting the French in Indomsfer of this equipment to caused friction between US i ich authorities and the upit was that Golo, late in left Noumea for France two planes and the bus board. It is understood jy will be unloaded in where, if the horrible of early November are reley might still be, as the is wish, used against the ipanese Antarctic Expedi- ) Soya, 2,600 GT, was to Japan on November 8 with i scientific party. She was zvous with the 1,400-ton ip Umitaka Maru at Cape- Tie scientific base will be id due south of Durban Prince Harald Coast, a.

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By Tolala Solo Yachtsmen As a rule I am the last one to discourage the pioneer spirit, or dampen the ardour of an adventurer inspired to make some contribution to world knowledge.

But I fail to appreciate the actions of one—Danny Weil —a Londoner who is making an attempt to sail around the world alone in a yacht, whose dimensions appear to be somewhat uncertain.

One Sydney paper claims it was a 40-ft craft, valued at £14,000; while another chops off 5 ft and says it was worth £7,000.

This is the same gentleman who had been rescued by a crash-boat after being tossed helplessly about for four days off the Papuan coast in mid-September Some five weeks later he struck a spot of trouble in the Gulf of Papua and sent out SOS signals, which were fortunately picked up by various “hams” and a bomber and a Catalina were despatched to rescue him. Which they did at considerable risk.

Other than making headlines in Sydney papers and testing out several radio sets. I fail to see what useful purpose is served by this sort of adventurer striking out on his own into the Unknown, occasioning various air and Naval craft to rush to his assistance at considerable risk and equally considerable cost.

Isn’t it about time that Harbour Masters and similar authorities clamped down on this sort of stunt in the interests of all?

Safety First And Last As a result of determined efforts on the part of paternal Administrations in the South Pacific, the once so-happy, carefree children of nature are gradually being made to shoulder the more serious responsibil i t i e s concomitant with maturity.

The intricacies of high fin come into the co-operative m ment system; the varying comr ities of education crop up in vt councils. But the highlight I in mind is the tragedy that/; rounded the G & E co-open vessel Arakarimoa that drifted j to the BSIP (PIM, Oct., p. 10 One can visualise, without '] effort, how in the years to these native folk, becoming am ous to own their own aux? vessels, will be setting out on voc in craft inadequately fitted fon ventures, as are set down by usual precautionary marine res tions, and with tropical csb ness, depending on the all-po'n engine and/or radio transn which should at all times fuu —but doesn’t.

The primitive does not s realise the margin of error ini mechanical devices.

And, looking further afield ii evolutionary era, the dangers as from native-owned and p planes, zooming at hazardous; or attempting landings on ul able strips, and overloading.

Will that same paternal Ai istration be able to maintain i discipline and ensure that adfJ safety measures are observe' these people who know so lift shouldering responsibility ano as little of discipline?

Native Rites And Crafts It is certainly heartening to; (Editor’s Mailbag, Oct., p. 18)5 In mid-September two P-NG Department of Agriculture officers and four native drov[?] the coast near Lae to take 300 cattle and 10 donkeys up to 400 miles into the interio[?] photograph shows the mob of cattle passing through Goroka, Eastern Highlands. Baiye[?] was the final destination.

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N.8D.35 stic approach is being made ourage the preservation of arts and crafts and customs, no less than Keith McCarthy, idvice should receive favournsideration, for he certainly appreciation of the worth i old native links. reference to stone carvings ecially interesting. Back in remember these carved being brought out as some- ;ry old and very sacred upi hat, so well illustrated P-NG Id stamp, and which time was a characteristic f the scenery in North ville, is not, however, used pressing the head (PIM, Oct., it is attached only to long of the wearer’s hair. As is worn for several years ever removed—it is naturoutstanding for its hygienic js. Back in ’l4 I had about of upis working for me rua plantation (Bougainid I periodically shot some nd e r their headgear to ct the mus-mus until an f came along one day and i to me that I was interrith a part of the custom tion. Apparently the unpresence of the live-stock the upi was part and the tribal rite. sad-binding, referred to, is of the upi. The only dis- ;re this is done—so far as •is in Talasea, where small have their heads bound to the cranium structure, srtainly gives these natives ime appearance. (Also on 3ast of New Britain.—Ed. lope the Society for the ion of Native Traditions is fair go, and that Keith ’ may be the liaison officer [ to act between the Adion and the natives themo, I feel sure, would welh an institution.

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Publicity seems to be a bogey to the Administration; more particularly since War 11, and yet, a good Press is one of the best assets that a young, striving country can have.

Of the uphill task that a newspaper had in the TNG before the War, I can speak with some feeling, although the despotic attitude of the government was not nearly so strong as it is to-day.

This is due in my opinion, to the fact that Bureaucracy has increased its despotism, paying little regard to any opinion other than its own, while Press prestige (in many instances) has declined, owing to facts at times being distorted for the purpose of sensationalism.

TNG, at least, published a Hansard of the Legislative Council proceedings, which apparently is not the case now. (See “Talk-Talk,”

March, 1956). In my remarks then I described m y unsuccessful attempt to obtain Hansard from the P-NG Government Printer.

Greatest publicity for the 1 tory in recent months has from none other than ister Hasluck himself. His A successful marinequin parade was held at the Hotel Boroko, Port Moresby, on October 2, to raise money for the Administrator's Scout Appeal. Organiser Mrs.

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“is; ‘Let me know the worst i happen. The Government ays tell me about the best.’ ”

TNG! tardy annual demand that i annex TNG has come up t the Federal Congress of j, and this time it is Mr. inting, President of the in P-NG, who champions me. ke so many other logical, suggestions it seems l impossibility in law. And the moment (Nov. 4) it ot be at all surprising if d not fizzle out, like its sor the League. In my it would be no loss anyjstern Powers constitute a amongst a dominating m bloc. : quite know what differsrould make to the average bether he is an Australian d person” or a “citizen.” b not be fussed over quite but I cannot see him be- Bcted to the same extent m abos. And I fail to see antage it would be for the res; the Europeans and :ics. They might find it tly. iterance of the Federal of the RSSAILA (Sir [olland) that “if NG were Australia would be placed •ious position because of eeship,” means nothing at Mandate did not stop us “token” force to try and Japs in ’42. It was our e effort which made the ‘serious.” And from what bear there has been rovement, notwithstanding id the PIR. e days of wholesale distreaties, pacts and whatintinued en Page 133) [?]ar Day Dinner, in Port Moresby, 20. Colonel Lynch, standing, tells a [?]y.

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The reason probably was that although the Governments concerned made extensive preparations for the entertainment of the distinguished visitors, little provision— if any—was made for the accommodation of reporters. The proceedings, therefore, went unsung and, to a degree unhonoured.

Distinguished visitors included the Governor of Fiji (Sir Ronald Garvey); the French and British High Commissioners for the Western Pacific; the Australian Minister for Territories (Mr. Paul Hasluck) ; the respective Resident Commissioners (French and British), in the New Hebrides; and their staffs. They all travelled between Port Vila and Santo; and returned to Vila via Pentecost by the Messageries passenger liner Polynesie, specially chartered for the occasion.

There were a series of cordial functions in Port Vila on October 20-21, and some notable sentiments were expressed, bearing upon the Entente Cordiale.

On October 20, a foundation stone of the new Cultur a 1 Centre —a museum and library—was laid by High Commissioners Gutch (British) and Grimald (French); native villages were visited and a banquet and ball were held that night. On Sunday, 21st, religious services at the Paton Memorial Church and t Roman Catholic Church.

Speeches were made by High Cor missioners Gutch and Grimald di ing the ceremonies at the propos< Cultural Centre; we have receiv.

Mr. John Gutch, HCWP, and M. Aime Grimald, French High[?] Commissioner, place a wreath on the war memorial.

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at of the former’s speech but le latter’s.

Gutch read messages of goodrom the Queen and the Secre- >f State for the Colonies. In leech, Mr. Gutch spoke of the r relations that had always d between the French and the h in New Hebrides “in spite le occasional differences of n natural between friends and jrs.” /as noted that Mr. Gutch put emphasis on the fact that it is sed to establish an Advisory il for the New Hebrides which ive the Resident Commissionle “means of obtaining the t of local experience.” meetings and Decorations in Santo ebndes, to commemorate the immmm’s 50th ersary. Living > form, Santo ced rain during better part of lays. e Messageries Polynesia brought guished guests the capital, Port where they had n entertained. ? the VlP’s were overnors of Fiji New Caledonia, British High issioner from the Solomons, Ministers and Senators from France, Australia and New Caledonia, with wives and staff—a total of about 30 visitors During the first day’s visit to Santo, the wives of the High Commissioners dashed the usual champagne bottles (not one, but two!) against a new bridge, naming it Pont du Cinquantenaire. Still far from completion, the bridge, which lazily stretches over the Sarakata River, has been in the making, off and on, for more than 2 years.

The laying of the foundation stone for the new French hospital was another highlight of the morning’s rounds.

Luncheon at the Santo Club followed, with some 75 guests. At the repast’s end, both HC’s delivered speeches. One closed with references to the important work carried on by colonists.

So rarely are the land-plodders remembered that the minor few planters at the luncheon became once again, more than proud of their pioneer forebears, without whose struggle and endurance New Hebrides would have stagnated Late in the afternoon a few French citizens assembled to witness distribution of decorations.

Those honoured were; Madame veuve Bidal; Messrs C Graziani, F. Rossi, J. Ratard, C.

Coulon and J-B. Douyere.

No reasons were given for these awards. So many deserving people were left out that it is assumed there were not enough medals to go round Our few remaining British planters were among the forgotten.

The VlP’s departed for their ship, to rest and change for the public ball at Daval’s cinema at 9 p.m. At half-time, Wallis Islanders put on knife dances and a couple of Tahitians performed their noted belly-dance. Our ex-cannibals were not included in the evening’s pro- Aime Grimald, Commissioner for [?]! in the Pacific, [?]s at the laying [?] foundation stone [?]e cultural centre [?]I seen in left [?]ound, and decora- [?]arches in right [?]round). [?]E BRITISH GET TOGETHER; A photograph taken at the British Residency cocktail party: Left to right, Mrs. Rennie; Mr. J S. Rennie, [?] Commissioner (Br.) of NH; Mrs. Hasluck; Mr. Paul Hasluck, Australian Minister for Territories; Lady Garvey; Sir Ronald Garvey, [?]r of Fiji; Mrs. Gutch; Mr. John Gutch, HCWP. Photos: Fung Kuei.

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The second day’s events comp* native dances on Venue Is (BDA’s settlement), the public ing invited to bring its own hara and canoes.

Farewell cocktails for the vis at Santo Club ended the gramme. The VlP’s boarded.

Polynesie en route for Pento Island, to visit a few more nati On Saturday, October 20, a spi All Planters (British and Fret gathering took place at the Rati Aore home, where in true Coc minium style some 50 peo spent a happy time commemorr the Jubilee.

Dry Weather Cost W. Samoa Real Money Exceptionally dry wesi conditions in Western See July-October, as well as fs cocoa prices, may result in a i larger deficit in the Western Sar budget than originally anticip A secondary result is likely 1 that New Zealand will be sho. its favourite fruit, bananas.

Insufficient rainfall has haj adverse effect on Samoan foodo banana exports and on cocoa* coconut plantations.

Banana exports have droppeo astrously and the October T loaded some 10,000 cases of ban out of a quota of 17,000 cases..

The monthly export averag 1955 was nearly 40,000 cases month, the average shipped df the best part of 1956 has beent 10 to 12,000 cases per month. !

Cocoa exports during the | half of 1956 have also dropped! siderably and the new crop, v depends entirely on weather c: tions, will not be shipped befon beginning of 1957.

The cocoa price for Samoan grade cocoabeans has dro further to £205 per ton f.0.b., second grade is practically un able. There is also a food sho in many outside districts of' Territory owing to the dry spel; the failure of food crops like; yams and bananas. t Mr. W. V. C. Baker has transferred to Northern Rho; ,He formerly was District Com sioner, Northern Fiji. He hadi in the Colony since 1939; his* is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .

Caldwell, of Suva. The Baker: at present in the United Kim on leave. 36 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTI

L-New Guinea Diary

wing for The Visit :: Lucky Month for Those in Trouble Caring for Senior Territorians Against a background of international alarms and tensions, Papua-New Guinea prepared, in October and early November, to welcome His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. This is the Territory’s first real Royal Visit although the Duke of Gloucester visited there briefly during his Governor-Generalship of Australia in the war years.

Big Spring-Clean

ildn’t have done for the r! Not that old Rouna Road, leians have suffered it for leir lorries have sustained springs; cars have been and lives lost on it. Army have toiled up its narrow, way. General Sir Thomas md Sir William Slim have its tortuous route in the years. It is Papua’s major low the Department of as excelled itself (at quite i into its budget—an esti- -8,000). Corners have been tecting posts installed at s corners: bulldozers fitted adlamps have worked ut the night. The result? mooth run all the way to you, your Royal Highness.

B-4 remarked. “I must go Range the week-end the lere —the road will be good, r e my sister a visit.”

Lttle Canberra” (Port , there are great flutter le dove-cotes. Matrons are ipecting husbands’ formals, r , curtsies, and wondering sively if that special gown red from South will arrive vho work on Saturdays are ibout the holiday that has dared for November 10. tio work a five-day week have been done out of l\ but all are busy check ras and buying up supplies ike’s itinerary, which intrip to Bomana War and Sogeri, should be a it one. Bomana War will, as usual, present its i-for appearance, and the antations at Sogeri will be ief from Moresby’s present puan natives, always glad cuse for a sing-sing, will Moresby by truck, canoe, on foot, and can be deipon to give a colourful dressed in their multiramis, Bird-of-Paradise coloured paper and whath V 4 r d s d on oration th6y Can lay th6lr And they’re cleaning up Old Koki. , This floating shanty-town close to Moresby of improvised shelters built on canoes, where families of natives are born live and die. is being cleaned up. The beach, usually fc 6 kin^ s fo 2J. c L eb 1 5 is ’ is swept clean, and all rubbish has been removed.

A ‘ ?«ht, with lights twinkling p'aTmT Ko* lo'ok quite romantic; but by day—and at low illusions are shattered We can only hope that it is high tide when the Duke passes by The Commissioner of Police, Mr.

C ; Normoyle, has warned amateur photographers that action will be taken against them, and their Guess Who?

On the left, our old New Guinea friend, Ray Parer, then Lientenant R. J. Parer, AFC; and on the right, Lieut. J. C. Mclntosh, AFC, with whom, in 1920, he made that extraordinary flight from England to Australia. This photograph was taken just after they had arrived at their destination. They flew an old De Havilland 9, which they picked up in England for £7O, and they took seven months to complete the flight. They had few maps, almost no navigational aids and landed on any piece of ground that looked flat enough from the air to do so. They had no money and stunted their way along—Mclntosh, the engineer, risking his life —by standing on a wing and climbing hand-over-hand from wing-tip to wing-tip. When they crossed the Timor Sea on the final leg of the journey they used inflated motor-tyres spread with wire-netting underneath (as protection against sharks) to be used as dinghies if they had to land in the sea. When they landed in Darwin the old plane was literally tied together with wire. It is interesting to note that the men still wore Army uniform, with the AIF rising-sun badge. The RAAF had not then been born.

And now 36 years on? We know that Ray is in smallships in New Guinea. But what of the handsome Mclntosh? Parer still rates two inches in Australian "Who's Who", but there is no mention of Mclntosh.

This photograph was used as a Shell Co. advertisement in the September issue of "Airways", a Qantas publication, and it is by courtesy of the Shell Co. that it is reproduced here. 37 IC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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Arrangements have been made for about 20,000 natives to see the Duke at Port Moresby. A Government trawler has already brought many dancers from as far afield as Daru. Another feature of the celebration plan is the arrival of hereditary chieftain Mitikaka from the Samarai area, with a group from the Trobriands to look after the Chieftian and act as a food taster. panoes which have not been witnessed before in Port Moresby will be enacted at the sing -sing, and although local re si- [?] r ery modern shops were completed recently in Douglas St. ( Port Moresby, by Hornibrook [?]i Company for Mr. W. Wyatt. The shops have since been occupied by Papuan Prints, [?]imported specially designed shop-fittings from Hongkong. 39 IC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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« BRISBANE. g.p.o. Bo dents can always be depended upon to turn up in force, it seems a pity that the organisers of the Duke’s itinerary could not have arranged for him to have viewed this colourful display of native dancing—but it is not on the agenda.

The dancers will see the Duke (and be seen by him) as he motors along Ela Beach Road and around Koki corner after his visit to Ela Beach Oval in the morning, but only as bystanders.

The RSA Goldranger, supply vessel to the Royal Yacht Britannia, sailed from Port Moresby early November for a secret rendezvous with the Britannia.

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Cheaper To Die

Iron is slowly entering the souls of Territorians.

In four short years the introduction of stamp duty, payment for ’phone calls, compulsory Third Party Insurance, and customs duty on almost every import, have become extra burdens on this so-called taxfree country.

With the announcement on October 23 by Mr. W. C. Gee (Acting Director of Posts and Telegraphs) that new postal charges and ’phone rates would soon operate, they feel that that long-hovering spectre— direct taxation—is just around the corner.

With hospital charges increased; beer and cigarette prices up, Mr.

Hasluck’s refusal of an increased subsidy for secondary school children, it looks like John Citizen will sooner or later be in line for the direct attack.

There is one consolation: yc die and be buried fairly chea] here. The Administration doi latter job and charges £lO.

Some Light In Rounj

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SINKS it announcements concern- .e Kone power-house, Port y, with black-outs to follow. the black-outs —announced announced —arriving at meal Moresby housewives are at its-end trying to plan meals will not be spoiled by the irt technique. ver, a ray of light was seen r when an announcement was y the Director of Works that irogress was being made on una hydro-electric scheme.” aid that work was nearly ed on the first of two stages, .mework of the power-house e finished by November, and mber it should be boosting pply by 850 kw. anticipated that the second /ould be completed at the 1959. it has been a long time on y. When it was first anl, it was to be functioning —almost three years ago.

Of The Blue Zephyr

Id happen only in the Terriither day a Port Moresby man dashed out of one of es to where he had parked a blue Zephyr. He jumped ’aced off to keep an appoint- ;omewhere on the Range.” ten minutes later, an Adition official, who also owns Zephyr, proceeded more from the store to find his B. natter was reported to the md they quickly set up a >ck. vhile, at the scene of the n identical blue Zephyr was parked nearby. On examof the glove box. a driver’s svas found and the identity wner, Mr. Bert Stubbs, was some inquiries, Mr. Bert vas contacted and found to ng the lost car. an exchange of cars was id the mystery of the blue marked down as solved by ce. understood that a similar once occurred at Rabaul.

Rsul On Horseback

house party in Boroka (a [oresby suburb), in late held to raise funds for a atholic School Hall and the guest of honour was the French Consul-General for i, M. John de Montousse. customary, the hostess had the best chair for M. de se, but he insisted on going at; joining in the games of and chatting gaily with countrywoman. In fact, the General who had just refrom a tour of French i in Papua—over 100 miles Another new building for Port Moresby's growing suburb of Boroko —the Red Cross clinic which was officially opened by the Administrator on September 29.

Photo: Papuan Prints. 41 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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The almost unbelievable work done by the missions in this inaccessible country so impressed the Consul-General that he has promised on his return to Australia to enlist French Governmental aid, and to arrange for a light aircraft to be made available to the Missions.

The function at Boroka raised about £3O towards the new school, which is expected to be ready for occupation by the end of 1957.

The Lumi Affair

The world-headline story of the Lumi massacre, Upper Sepik, in August (which cost a woman newspaper correspondent six weeks in the Port Moresby Calaboose) is drawing to an end.

Mr. A. Roberts, Director of Native Affairs, last week announced that five of the natives concerned have been arrested. The attack is presumed to have been made by 44 natives, 32 of them actual killers.

These are hiding in hamlets and the patrol searching for them anticipates their apprehension shortly.

Back From Bomana

Miss Pat Robertson, who occupied a “private apartment” at Bomana October 5, Mr. M. Smith and Miss R. Tynan were married at the Roman Catholic Port Moresby. Bridesmaid, Miss M. Tynan, sister of the bride, and bestman, Mr, W also shown.

Photo: Papuan Prints. 43 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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She expresses appreciation for the letters, gifts and messages of good-will that, during and after her temporary withdrawal from society, almost made the experience worthwhile.

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Lucky Month

October has been a month of lucky escapes and rescues.

Two aircraft have made forced landings without harm to the crews —one at Mount Hagen and the other, on October 29, at an old war-time strip near Gaily Reach, in Papua.

Jackson’s airstrip saw its first night-landing since the war when a DC3 brought in a 4-day-old child from Rabaul.

An Englishman sailing his yacht alone was twice rescued in Papuan waters. (See elsewhere). A European couple, adrift all night near Rabaul harbour, were rescued —none the worse for the night in the open —by a DCA crash launch early on October 29.

And on October 23, the Skymaster from Sydney blew a tyre after landing at Lae on the usual run from Moresby. What could have been a very nasty accident was averted by skilful handling.

The forced landing at Roger airstrip (Galley Reach) was a Norseman, owned by Carsairs. The pilot, B. Everingham, notified his position at 3.10 p.m. and reported that he was losing height. DCA’s Anson, another of the Company’s aircraft, and a World Wide copter (with Dr. Gunther ab« were soon in the air. However pilot was unharmed and was p up and flown back to Moresby plane was not badly damaged.

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NG faring any worse than erhaps in Fiji, where the have to pay the tax, they are more beetle-conscious—a n d there, of course, the main concern is to keep the beetle confined to Viti Leyu, where there are no copra plantations, and not have it spread to Vanua Levu, Tavenui, the Lau Group, etc. r £inoceros beetle was j he Suva suburb of Lami that 9s th«°£f f s , ch 9 ol of thought was that the beetle had probably become established in Suva at least a couple of years earlier. *™l? me + diat Jp steps were taken to the pert. if possible, and failing that to prevent it spreadiqco ard was formed in May, 1953, with a fund of more than £2O 00° f rom the UK. To finance the a t A a x, initially £2, but later reduced to 10/-, was levied on each ton of copra produced.

Beetle tax collections totalled ™re than £FBB.OOO from March. 1953 to May, 1954, and the original grant was repaid to the UK. The board admitted in 1955 that attempts to eradicate the beetle in 45 IC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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SUVA CITY BATHS “Turn it Into Boxing-Stadium”

BECAUSE boxing is booming in Fiji, and swimming is not, it has been suggested that the Suva sea baths be turned into a boxing stadium.

The abolition of racial barriers at the baths does not appear to have made any appreciable change as far as takings are concerned.

On a recent hot Sunday afternoon, when formerly the baths would have been patronised by a number of European adults as well as juveniles, the baths contained only Indian and Fijian youngsters.

The only Europeans who had attended were a couple of visitors who used the baths before breakfast.

The baths have not “caught on” yet with adult Indians or Fiijans, and if patronage is confined merely to a crowd of noisy youngsters the baths will still continue to show a loss.

The suggestion that, if the baths continue to lose money, they be sold by tender to some person who could see possibilities in turning it into a boxing stadium, has some merit from the financial viewpoint; but would be odd if a place the size of Suva, which claims city status, has no swimming baths. t Mr. Donald M. McLean, Sales Manager of the General Milk Co., Melbourne (“Carnation” and “Blue Cross brands), recently paid a visit to French Oceania, where his * S building U P increasing 47 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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Previously he had served in Nigeria and Sierra Leone.

Mr. Macdonald left his previous Fiji appointment in 1949 to go to the Leeward Islands in the West Indies as Assistant Colonial Secretary (Administration). He has had other Colonial Service experience in the Pacific, in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. From 1942 to 1946 he was Assistant Colonial Secretary in Trinidad.

Mr. J. W. Sykes, formerly an administrative officer in Fiji, has been appointed Colonial Secretary, Bermuda. He \|as transferred from Fiji in 1954 to the trouble spot of Cyprus as Deputy Colonial Secretary and last year was promoted to the post of Administrative Secretary.

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H Mr. John Ryan, who retired j months ago from the positio: Deputy Secretary-General of) South Pacific Commission, wai ported in October to be serious in Sydney. Mr. Ryan, during occupancy of a difficult joy Noumea, won many friends. 48 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONT If

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It is worth noting, also that the products of the three shelling industries are getting up close to the half-million mark.

There are no Bird-of-Paradise plumes going out now, but crocodile skins still bulk healthily at over £50,000. A driblet of earnings from wool and from sisal hemp tells of once ambitious plans that have came to nothing.

It is interesting to note that, with the whole world yelling for metals, the manganese and copper deposits near Port Moresby are again earning real money.

There is some justice in the fact that well over £200,000 of the year’s earnings came from scrap metal, salvaged from war wreckage.

There were over £1,000,000 worth of re-exports (over and above the 49 PIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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NAME ••• ADDRESS PIM 10/56. llion of primary exports) and of that total is represented :ap.” The balance was proby nearly 100,000 sacks and metal oil-drums “returned ” by £66,000 worth of aircraft 5 being sent out for repair; over 100 cars being shipped with leave-going Territorians ;hirds of them from Port y. is intrigued by the shipment iae of exactly £lOO worth of Dwers”; and of £2O worth of aimals, numbering 5, from y and described as “not for e is significance in this analysis of export figures, ? the ports concerned: IUL, being at the centre of copra industry, naturally 3hes the lion’s share of exhut the strong position d by Lae and Madang is loting.

Lae gets the output of the Bulolo Vally in timber and gold, of coursebut Lae also challenges Madang strongly for shipment of the valuable and increasing produce of the Highlands.

It is shown, for example, that all the passionfruit pulp and juice, from the Cottee factory at Goroka, is flown to Lae for shipment, rather than Madang; but that the shipment of coffee beans (mostly Highlands produce) is equally divided between Lae and Madang.

Madang’s figures mount steeply in relation to copra—Madang last year shipped 210,000 cwt., worth £804,453; whereas Lae shipped only £66,533 worth of copra.

Port Moresby ships a miscellaneous lot of stuff—rubber is the chief item. Samarai is a healthy little port—three-quarters of its export is copra, and shell contributes heavily.

FROM the bird’s-eye view, it would be difficult to say which of the two big South “ Pacific Territories, in the variety and value of exports, shows the most economic strength—Papua-New Guinea or Fiji.

Fiji’s sugar now is about equalled by P-NG’s copra; their gold output is about the same; and P-NG’s timber of all kinds now is coming close to the value of Fiji’s copra.

P-NG has a strong economic factor in its million natives, now coming slowly and steadily into a condition of “Europeanisation,” and readiness to supply labour; but Fiji has a great advantage in its 165,000 Indians, who provide so many hard workers and shrewd traders, and a substantial home market. 51 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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DOLLAR INDUSTRY Japanese Know-lk Aids E. Samoa ANY mention of the establish of a fishing industry base the employment of Jap fishermen raises a good deal of in some parts of the South P f But in other parts, where a res attitude has been possible, sue industry has raised a good de money.

On the basis of a summaii tuna fishing results in Arne Samoa waters to date, it wou little wonder if some other r tories are, secretly perhaps, lo; with envy towards Pago Pago.< In 1953, the Eastern S budget was dependent almost tirely upon copra. There w« fishing industry and the ecoc of the Territory was in poor g In 1954, fishing commenced into the year, but 8,178 cas canned tuna and 45,000 lbs of unprocessed fish worth $109,287! exported.

In 1955, the quantities were I cases and over 165 tons of u: cessed fish worth, in all, $9B In the year just ending there a tremendous increase—324,328 of tuna and 3 301 tons of othe; valued at $4,633,677. Copra ex last year were worth less $226,000.

Since fishing commenced ini there have been no reports o: cidents, either local or internat: involving Japanese fishing sonnel based on Pago Pago.

The fishing vessels came souu short-term contracts and on the basis of fish delivered t American cannery.

All canned fish goes to the II States. Some of the other fish to Japan.

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SOLOMON'S S[?] CLAIMS that he has follow* the tracks of King Solor gold ships, which were sup)( to go into some mysterious pla: the South —the Solomon Island their name, because they were: posed once to be the site of Solomon’s mines—Joseph Hai brought his 7-metres yacht La: hak into Noumea on Octob: Lamerack flies the flag of II Havkins says he left Israel in" vember, 1953, and expects to rr there in 1962 He had presciei; by that timetable, he appears i escaping a certain amoum political trouble in the Middle 52 NOVEMBER. 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Orange Lime Sarsaparilla Vanilla [?]ON [?]N [?]e Plans for [?]Suva Hotel l’S South Seas Hotel is “on ;a i n”—or may be. Morris [edstrom Ltd. announced at id of October that the cornintended to apply for a in’s licence for the premises corner of Gordon Street and a Parade. ? the destruction of the old Hotel by the hurricane of y 28, 1952, there have been jd contradictory announceabout the erection of a new as announced in 1952 that a itoried “South Seas” hotel oe built at a cost of £F250,000. ictually started—and stopped t after an earthquake when >und floor bar was complete, building has remained in -ate ever since, bar was operated under the of the old Club Hotel—but 'iji Licensing Court was about this, operation of the ng suspended at one period, reatened with suspension at The company announced that it would proceed with the hotel on a “modified plan”—but when it was found that the modified version would cost £F339,000, MH announced in April, 1956, that they were calling the whole thing off and would not proceed.

The Licensing Court cancelled the licence, and the Club Hotel closed its door on June 30. The eyesore of the creeper-covered barely-started building remained.

A MORRIS HEDSTROM spokes- IV man was very cautious when questioned about the new application—based on a modification of the modification. He said it was hoped to build a 20-bedroom hotel, but this plan might not be proceeded with if the cost were found to be too high.

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The proposed hotel will still be a good hotel, but on a smaller scale than we had hoped to provide in our earlier plans.”

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When Arakarimoa struck on a reef off Guadalcanal at the end of February, 1956, after drifting disabled from the Gilbert Islands, for 64 days, it seemed that the only hope for those with any strength left was to try to reach the shore by swimming through the sharkinfested sea. When dawn came several people took to the water, including loteba, another member of the crew, named Teata, and a woman carrying a one-year-old baby. loteba took the baby in one arm and swam with the other. After some hours in the water only loteba Mataro, with the baby, and Teata were swimming together.

The others were either drowned or eaten by sharks. About midafternoon, Teata said he could not last any longer. loteba told him to place his arm around his (loteba’s) neck from behind and, while supporting Teata and still holding the baby, he continued to fight his way through the heavy seas.

At sunset they reached the line of the breakers, but the baby died, loteba took Teata on his shoulders and struggled through the rough surf to the shore.

The citation read: He landed (completely exhausted) at sunset on the same day, so have been in the water for 12 hours. It must he remem l too, that this remarkable fe endurance was performed afU privations of more than two m adrift in the Pacific, for tfu two weeks of which they had practically without food. 56 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTI

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SR TO THE EDITOR: Copra Down-Grading Cost Milne Bay £20,000, Claims Planter main port for the tole of the Milne Bay District Papua, from Baibara on the Coast to Rossell Island in ist, and to Baniara on the least, had its usual serenity shattered in mid-July, arted with the arrival of a )pra Inspector, and continued s a crisis which transcended nternational matters as the of the Suez Canal, because mmediate effect on the whole irai depends for 90 per cent, income on the copra trade ie new inspector’s standards t he thought was merchant- >pra were so high that over lort period rejections and tradings reached the starttal of 50 per cent, of copra ted. the long term, the figure little under 20 per cent., s figure did not give a true of the position as there sing much less copra subtowards the end of the in- ’s stay with us. grower sent his rejected nt to Port Moresby, where examined and accepted. The given by the inspector was ae one used by the same induring litigation over recopra in Rabaul some time sly. He claimed that the had dried out during the from Samarai to Port y. ,rai’s case was taken up by trict Advisory Council, which i the seriousness of the posimd reported to Port y; as a consequence, some isited Samarai and examined pra. The result could be negative, so far as the prowere concerned, but proa slight white-washing of ;pector by his fellow public s.

Fairfax Ross then took the up in the Legislative Coun- September and gave some which were interesting: /een June, 1955, and March, f 12 separate shipments of Tom Samarai in Bank line ily two earned the bare conrice and the others earned itary premium. A very large ion of Samarai copra is 1 to the Australian market 3re have been no complaints i from buyers there.” as answered by Mr. R. E. P.

Dwyer P-NG Director of Agriculture, who has undoubtedly learned that words can be used to conceal the real issue as well as to explain it. Mr. Dwyer seemed to us to imply that Samarai growers wanted a lower standard than other centres.

This is so far from the truth that it is ridiculous. All Samarai producers wanted was the same standard as that which operated in other centres.

Several more shipments were forwarded to Port Moresby after first being submitted and rejected by the Samarai inspector and all were accepted there immediately and one was upgraded from the grower’s grading. The grower had marked the shipment by what he knew of the Samarai standard.

All of this proved that the standard required by the inspector in Samarai was too high compared to other centres. But the inspector refused to alter his grading and the situation remained serious.

Various planters came into Samarai and interviewed the in- 57 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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■ in order to try to underlis grading and the standards uired is been estimated that durds period the loss to the has been between £20,000 ),000. Local shipping has been mised, owing to having to le copra back to the planta- Samarai is so small that s no storage space available from what the local stores are in their own buildings, ere were no facilities for reoning copra. turnover in some local retail has dropped as much as 50 nt. Many native producers ;opped making copra and the Native Co-operative had so ejected copra that the sharewere quite bewildered, some of the rejections and rading were well warranted will deny But during the mentioned by Mr. Ross, when marai copra was shipped to ited Kingdom, rejections and rading averaged about 2 it., and there were no comabout it. )wyer suggested that we have e to Law. But the Rabaul lentioned previously and in the same inspector was inshowed that the only per- » suffer would be producers. )eing granted leave in Australia, the Rabaul inspector was transferred to Samarai.

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Sometimes boats have had to wait for over a week to unload. But Samarai has been lucky in the staff of the board, which has been courteous, co-operative and efficient.

This has helped minimise any troubles which have arisen prior to this last blitz The Inspector has now been transferred —again—and a new one is in office. But there is still the loss of thousands of pounds and working hours to be made up, if

There’s More Value in the £ than you may think Any *Gilbeyman opening his bottle of Gilbey’s will affirm that fact. For, where else he will ask, may little more than that sum be spent so well and profitably?

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It is very evident that ■ standard of grading of copn necessary for the whole terrr and that individual copra inspeo: grading, at present, varies qui) lot. The inspector’s job, than: as it is, is a very important on which the future of the indil rests to a great extent.

I am, etc., J. D. WILKINS[?] Sideia Is., Via Samarai, PAPUA.

Norfolk Island Notes Prom Our Own Correspondent October, 27, 193 fITHE last of the old-hand operr A at the Cable Station, Mr.

Baxendale, departs in a days for New Zealand.

Baxendale died some months? and now Mr. Baxendale has his property and will live witH son in Te Kuiti. * * * When the Shell Company nounced that it would instal p pumps at several of the isk shops in a drive for more busii the rumour went around that p prices were to come down, this week the price of petrol up —by 2d. to 5/9 per gallon. * * * The whaling company’s quot 150 whales was attained this v It is very satisfactory to all resio to see a new company operatin smoothly as this one. The w paid out to local workers meilot to the economy of the Isi The Australian staff of the cH and the factory have been patrons of local shops and the er prise is generally proving a | asset to Norfolk Island. Whale : is now available for stock fertiliser—l4o lb bags cost onl;I which is a great saving on impc manures.

Income Tax for Frenc[?] Oceania?

OUR Tahiti correspondent rejs that it is expected that; French Oceania Assembly' accept income tax at its session, as the solution toe financial deficit.

The -deficit is put at aboui million francs in the Estimates;; next, financial year.

VS ' J t Total staff of New ZealsJ Island Territories Department the 1955-56 financial year numfcl 46, of whom 15 were employes the Islands. Of those in .-New land, five were Islanders. : 60 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTffl

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he morning of November 20, le 238-ton Nantucket whaler Captain George Pollard, Jr., jr doom 1,260 miles eastast of the Marquesas when 1 by a maddened whale. The nd extraordinary story has ;told many times. It formed spiration for Herman Mel- VLohy Dick. whaler had come up to a of whales, and three boats, tided respectively by the i, Mate Owen Chase, and Mate Mather Joy, had been The Mate got fast to a vhich stove in his boat, but v managed to get back to ip by cutting the whale A few minutes later the charged the ship, stove her she quickly foundered. Howlere was time for the Mate crew to launch a spare boat :e aboard some biscuits and ties, which had been picked he Galapagos. ?h the Marquesas were the land, the Captain decided would be safer to head nd east in search of some rather than face the Marquesan cannibals. So commenced a terrible voyage.

A month later, on December 20, the three boats, which had managed to keep together, reached Henderson Island, east of Pitcairn 1,480 miles from the starting point.

There was water there, but little else, so it was then decided to head for Easter Island, where there was a better chance of being picked up Three men could not face a further ordeal at sea. They remained— S ware Picked up by the British days later and landed in Sydney. ot her 17 men put to sea dfpfPfn 6 vr b6 K 2 l* The Second Mate died in his boat on January 10, and on January 12 this boat was sepwSiSfer fr ° m the otllers in bad 81st da y after the Essex Isaac Cole died in the Mates boat, and at the Mate’s suggestion the body was divided and eaten as were three others up to January 29, when the two remaining boats became separated.

Of those eaten, three died natural deaths* and the last.

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boy Owen Coffin, nephew of iptain, was shot and eaten the men had drawn lots to who was to be killed and ras to do the killing.

On February 17, the Mate and two other survivors were picked up by the London brig Indian, and on February 23, Captain Pollard and Charles Ramsdell, only survivors in the Captain’s boat, were Nan^uc^et whaler Both boats were then in the vicinity of the Juan Fernandez islands. Nothing was ever heard of the Second Mate’s boat. The survivors had sailed about 4,600 miles.

On landing at Valparaiso, the Captain arranged for the English ship Surrey to call at Henderson tor the three men left there.

It has been suggested that human bones lying until recently in a cave at Henderson were those of the three men of the Essex but it can be shown conclusively that this could not be the case, though it has never been satisfactorily explained whose bones these are.

Melva Away

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In Fr. Oceania

Under a Government plan to limit excessive competition on trade routes within French Oceania, it has been decreed that the 532-ton American-built wooden vessel Orohena, largest vessel in the local trade, owned by Andre Blouin & Cie, of Papeete, shall operate on the Papeete Raiatea-Huahine-Bora Bora circuit; and that the 233-ton Benecia, presently underging firedamage repairs estimated to cost two million francs, will be transferred to another circuit when recommissioned. This vessel is registered in the name of Miss Ah Tong Wong.

Another Pearl

The New York owners of Sea Pearl (ex Maria Ines), which took a cargo of Cook Islands tomatoes to Wellington in September, have purchased the 679-ton, 35-year-old New Zealand coaster Holmdale and renamed her Pacific Pearl.

The transaction was completed in Wellington by Miss Doris Bettauer, attractive representative of the company, whose ships are flying flags of convenience —Sea Pei registered owners are Victor In national Corporation of Panu and Pacific Pearl’s owners are gs as Crescent Corporation of y rovia, Liberia.

Both vessels were loading ss metal for Japan late October.

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Ter-Island Fleets

annual trade reports of Fiji ench Oceania, recently pubgive a picture of the shiperating within these Groups.

Fiji fleet at the end of 1955 ;d of 104 vessels of two tons d upwards, totalling in all >ns net. Of these the Fiji tnent owned 10, totalling 288 one vessel was steami. Fifty vessels fell within 0-ton bracket, 20 were 10-20 ! were 20-30 tons, 7 were 30- , 4 were 50-80 tons, 8 were 80-150 tons, and 3 above 150 tons net. The combined net tonnage of these latter three was only 579 tons, In addition, there were 8 barges without means of propulsion totalhng 353 tons. Sail was used to some extent by 61 vessels. The total tonnage of the fleet, including barges, at 112 craft of 3,092 tons, was below that of 1954 (91 craft of 3,382 tons) and 1953 (96 craft of 3,712 tons) in tonnage, though the actual number of vessels shows a steady increase in post-war years.

French Oceania statistics show the net tonnage only in the case of vessels greater than 25 tons. In this there are 27 vessels totalling 2,355 net tons and 3,922 gross tons, In the smaller classes there are 116 vessels nf nnrw in 30 of 10-25 g T^f S Vv? nd categories are fnclSTed' 22 plelsurl craft and a further 81 registered fishing vessels, 75 of which are below 10 tons gross. Thus the total number of registered cargo carriers at the end of 1955 was 70 but the total tonnage is not available Lare-est vpsqpi ™ n ’ register was the Orohena tons gross and 278 tons net. There were no steam-powered craft Ten of the vessels above 25 tons net employed sail with motor power

With Or Without Plan?

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Photos by Oscar G. Nordman. 65 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1956

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Established in tha Pacific Islands since 1876 t clear up misunderstandings, rote in recent months to several es in Japan and the United s for information on some ts of Japanese South Pacific ,g operations. ; leading question was: Do the as fishing fleets, working to an ice plan, proceed to some dearea each year to fish; or do r essels wander afield as their dual skippers wish, with no 3l by a fleet commander and ut his knowledge of where [y they are working at any :ular moment? >ugh there has been ample for replies to these letters had not been acknowledged by f the addressees.

Ifire Returned After

JOY-RIDE at seemed as though it might other exciting Pacific shipping mt, fizzled out damply on Oc- -10, when the Cook Islands Inspire was returned to Raro- , after having been stolen by aisguided youths. two Islanders were charged stealing the 53-ton auxiliary ig ketch from the Avarua Pass, onga, on October 9, and each ed nine months’ gaol, y were persuaded to put back third and older man who was d but was not implicated, and the vessel returned to port 31 days later, still fully laden with cargo but somewhat less in fuel and food.

The ship-stealers were heading for New Zealand, apparently for no particular reason. The return of the vessel caused excitement on the Rarotonga waterfront and a police escort was at hand to conduct the erstwhile heroes to gaol. (See story page 109).

Pinpricking Life Of A

WHALE Whales that venture near land in the course of their north-south migrations are looking for trouble these days.

As well as the new whaling landstations at Norfolk and Auckland this season, scientists have been very busy firing 10-inch markerdarts at the passing giants in Fiji and New Zealand waters.

Fifty whales were tagged in a single week in October in Foveaux Strait at the southern end of New Zealand, as they headed back towards the Antarctic from tropical waters.

The whales move north from May to late August, and south again from mid-September to the end of October or later. The whaling season for killing sperm whales extends from April 1 to November 30, and for other varieties from May 1 to October 31.

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With five Australians aboard, the sturdy English motor fishing vessel Pagan arrived at Papeete September 30, and was to come on to Auckland and be put up for sale in November.

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Associated with COLYER WATSON PTY. LTD., Sydney, COLYER WATSON & CO. LTD., Wellington Melbourne, Brisbane, Fremantle Auckland, Christchurch. ft x 18 ft x 7i ft and owned by Mr. E. R. Barker, Pagan is a standard type built for the Admiralty during the war. This one was built at Lowestoft in 1942 and is now registered in London as a S acht.

The vessel cleared Falmouth June 23,1956, and went direct from Balboa to Papeete. A Kelvin 88-hp diesel drove her along at 7 knots cruising speed at a consumption of 21 gallons per hour.

Pagan has a cubic capacity of about 50 tons in her fore hold and about 17 tons aft. She was purchased and extensively overhauled with the intention of selling her at the end of the voyage. The Australian crew are all working their way home.

Prior to leaving England, news despatches referred to this vessel as Wambat, so evidently the name was changed, or was to be changed.

New Look For Papeete

Plans for the establishment of a bulk oil terminal at Fare Ute Point at the eastern end of Papeete Harbour call for considerable reclamation there and for the removal of some old landmarks. One of these is Walker’s shipyard which has already been vacated to make way for the project. Many vessels of the inter-island fleet have been launched in the past from this yard, which has also carried out much repair work.

It is understood that there will be a tanker berth established in this area.

Other changes at Papeete are less visible. For several years the main Papeete Pass has been undergo: widening and deepening, and it now considered that Masters of largest vessels trading to the p« such as the 20,000-ton South« Cross, need have no fears on enti ing and leaving. (Continued on Page 101) 68 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH!

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Ve are indebted to Mr. G. W. L. Townsend for a summary of report of the recent UN Visiting Mission to New Guinea, ough it is too long to print here in full, some extracts and Mr. isend’s comments, which appear below, are of interest. Mr. isend, a District Officer in New Guinea before the war, has for \mber of years been attached to the United Nations establish- : in New York. He has just recently returned to live anently in Queensland.

New Britain the Mission was had brought to its attention the iroughly impressed with the situation which had bedevilled the ve-owned cocoa farms and District from the beginning, that sllgir fermentary and was 3d by the Administration he cocoa produced by the people was competing more favourably with that from an plantations, at times even ng a premium on the current price. ng with Public Health, the i found the Native Hospital )aul “highly unsatisfactory”, ly a Japanese prison camp, use as a hospital was ted solely by the exigencies aediate post-war conditions, resent decaying group of gs was considered by the i to be “totally unsuited for mrpose and quite unworthy Administration.” ulolo the Mission visited the i factory, the enterprise of public company formed by ommonwealth of Australia ilolo Gold Dredging Co., the holding 51 per cent, of the The large reafforestation rune, in order to ensure lity of timber for milling and i is not conducted by the ay, but by the Department jsts. lew of the fact that the ay was operating for profit 3 Administration was bearing Dense of reafforestation, the i was interested in learning pecific benefits the Territory from the enterprise. Those I seemed to be that some learned new skills; there icillary development in the nd the Company assisted in keep of the Lae-Wau road, most tangible benefit was maent of a royalty of £5 per at present amounting to per annum.

Mission pursued the matter aerra and was informed that had not been any great [lation of profit so far.

Mission spent eight days in Sepik District, the largest I most diverse geographically Districts. Since the early t has been the main source ur for employment in other f the Territory. The Mission is, that workers who left the District did not bring back their wages with them.

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The Mission contented itself with drawing attention to the problem, 69 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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Vewak the Mission visited the i Hospital, where it found the ies to be poor and badly ig improvement. The new mty Hospital and Infant re Centre, with modern es and equipment, was found particularly attractive; and ission was surprised to learn the indigenous people had the money for its conon. It also learned that ly. new hospitals at Vanimo were built by the Deople and that the Maprik voluntarily contributed £l2OO used as part payment for a osnital there ospicai mere. descended the Sepik for 200 miles by boat and ?d that The populous s along the Sepik form one chief economically depressed in the Territory ... the are aware of the progress is being made elsewhere and rustrated because they are taring in it. At Timbunke, it was reported more major had been committed y than anywhere in the t, the Mission heard the ;st expressions of dissatisit met with anywhere in ’erritory. The manner in which the people voiced their feelings indicated the pressure which was being built up in their sense of grievance.”

The Mission went on to add- “ The Mission is aware of the fact that the development of the Sepik River area poses one of the major problems of the Territory, and it realises that the Administration generally is trying to develop areas where a potential is believed to exist, and where immediate progress can be made, before turning to the more difficult ones.” .

The Part of the Mission’s recommendation which was seized °. n , (w l^l varying results) by Australian newspapers when the report was relea sed in June, was that dealing with the desirability 0 f “the international community ’ assisting Australia in solving the problems of administration, Commenting on this Mr. Townsend says . . ...

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“The Report makes it clear that the personnel problem in New Guinea is acute; and it is significant that everywhere in the Territory that the Mission went, it found itself in agreement with the officers who were doing the job in the field.”

Mr. Townsend concludes his comment: “No person with knowledge of present conditions in New Guinea could fail to be impressed with the way in which the Visiting Mission of 1956 went about its task; and no one reading the Report could fail to grasp its four main points.

“These are firstly, the achievements of an Australian administrain New Guinea after it had been a major battlefield; and secondly, the tremendous task which still lies ahead of an Administration which is deplorably understaffed.

Thirdly, the appreciation of the work of the officers in the field, and the support of their expressed aims and ideas; and lastly, the enthusiasm for and goodwill toward the Australian Administration on the part of the New Guineans.

“That the support accorded to the Field Staff of all Departments by the Mission’s report might, in some cases, be construed by Canberra as criticism of the Territory’s affairs, is not surprising.

It is no secret that the Administration and Canberra do not always see ‘eye-to-eye’; and the degree of ‘remote control’ exercised by Canberra has long been a sore point with New Guinea’s able experienced officers.

“It is very pleasing to have belief confirmed by such authority as the Chairman of Visiting Mission that we have right men in New Guinea.” 72 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Guinea-dwellers will find of icular interest a volume of ns just published by an an poet of growing fame s intimate links with this McAuley is well known ,s Senior Lecturer at the of Pacific Administration, frequently visited the Terrid some of the poems in this n draw their inspiration experiences in New Guinea, them are several lyrics, and >rial written to those who in the Lamington disaster, if the most interesting of up is the poem entitled Lima, which was written be death of Archbishop e Boismenu, MSC, of the ;land Mission. The first \ped island, with secretive voices, of apocalypse where the h dances, mtains speak, the doors of spirit open, zen are shaken by obscure oes, volume is dedicated to 7herese Nobl e t, Ancilla ’ Marie-Therese Noblet ’renchwoman who founded egation of native Sisters is the Handmaids of Our course of one of his visits [ekeo District, Mr. McAuley Kubuna, where she lived heroic years in Papua and 1930. The story of her 3 a profound impression on [cAuley is a convert who reived into the Roman Church some years ago. gh few of these poems specifically religious theme, le work is religious in the sense, and gives evidence 'e spiritual insight. James is not a poet of surface 3ns. His poetry i§ pretly intellectual, dense with though never lost in a words or tangled thoughts, for a corresponding ml effort on the part of the His whole care is to tend a greater clarity of exand he rejects by his own i in “An Art of Poetry” e calls an “individual, and self-expressive art.” is a wide variety of poetic the 69 pages of this colranging from brief lyrics, delicacy of Chinese porcethe long final poem, “A fo John Dryden,” which consists of 10i pages of heroic couplets, sometimes witty, often biting, but always revealing an underlying earnestness and the utter sincerity that is one of the characteristic features of James McAuley’s work. It is this quality of sincerity and the emotional and intellectual maturity manifested throughout that gives these poems their strength.

In the “Letter To John Dryden,” the poet hits out mightily at most of the prevailing modern ills— social, political, philosophical and theological. The result is some vigorous satire in the modern idiom. In no uncertain tone he denounces the moral bankruptcy of our age: The people speak for God? Then little wonder What God has joined the voters put asunder. es tote, has dwindled It seems more like a tenancy at will.

And again, very much in the manner of Dryden, he inveighs against evil;— Even the law of murder can be changed: Say “therapeutic” and the thing’s arranged .

In a world dominated by materialism he proclaims the primacy of the spirit: We live by spirit; by the flesh we die.

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Nevertheless, although he strikes, it is in order to heal. He is not sitting apart in some Ivory Tower hurling insults at an unthinking mob. His burning desire is to show his fellows what he has seen, and for him the answer is Christ.

“Christ is what men have in common,” and he wants to show this, especially to the “half-waydecent simple stunted souls” who are the principal object of his concern.

It would be difficult indeed to read these poems and remain unmoved. The sheer sincerity of the man compels attention. There have been many accounts of conversions written, many spiritual testimonies.

Seldom is the inexpressible so simply yet tellingly uttered as in the autobiographical lines of some of the poems in this volume, notably in the “Celebration of Divine Love.” Yet the self-revelation is never adolescent. It is rather an indication of poise and balance and a deep quiet humility. James McAuley’s spiritual affinities are with the 17th Century poets, to whom he is instinctively drawn, particularly the metaphysical poets.

The book takes its title, “A Vision of Ceremony,” from a long classical poem, “Prometheus,” for several voices and chorus. The underlying meaning of this section, a group of poems under the heading, “The Hero and the Hydra,” is less immediately obvious. But the individual poems can stand on their own merit apart from any allegorical significance.

Here in fact is a poet with something to say, and endeavouring to say it in an intelligible manner. He deserves a hearing.—A PAPUAN FRIEND. t Burns Philp’s Tulagi is sche to sail from Sydney about Jaf 17 on her next recruiting voyg the Line Islands via the GO The saloon passenger fare iii Sydney to Tarawa, and the f 3 rates £l3/5/-, and £6/10/- TL to the Line Islands for gi; cargo. t Monsieur Jean Fournier Montousse, of Sydney, has bee* powered to act as Consul-Gn of France in respect of the G and Ellice Islands Colony. 78 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTI

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[?]Agazine Section

Tropicalities

T Are They Going To Do

For The Workers?

NEY’S Communist Tribune as having more than its sual rush of Red blood to the in its issue of October 3. The >s of New Guinea, Fiji and islands were being exploited :here was the danger of the nination of the natives by the ialists and colonisers, said rib. tralia was urged to extend tific and cultural aid.” ■ Guinea, said the paper, ig like mad and pounding its :y chest, is being run by the ,es Government as a paradise xploiters. Natives get only quivalent of the weekly NSW wage for a full year’s work. dIo Gold Dredging came in for ticular hate-session —probably se “it is the specially-favoured , of the Menzies government which took BGD into srship with it in the recently d Commonwealth New Guinea *s whose first year’s exploitaof Bulolo forests brought a rofit of £169,000.” we remember correctly, lonwealth New Guinea irs was formed during the last iment of Labour PM Chifley that would probably be led as a mere quibble, iw. The article ends □hantly with a quotation that well-known prophet, Marx: Labour in a white '.an never be free while in a skin it is branded. :en ern angered the PENGUINS ES McAULEY, whose latest Election of verse is reviewed sewhere in this issue, is half Crn Malley” who, in 1944, sfully pulled off Australia’s successful literary debunking, the time there existed in ide, SA, a very-literary ;ine called Angry Penguins. day the co-editors received a Miss Ethel Malley, a j of MS—she said that it was roduct of her brother, Ern r, a garage mechanic and nee salesman, who had met :ic end at the age of 25. She tit they were poems; what ngry Penguins think? ry Penguins thought they had merit; they published them special Ern Malley comrative issue which described :)et as one of the two giants of contemporary Australian literature (the second giant unspecified). The lecturer in Australian Literature at the Adelaide University spoke well of the poems, and one or two of them were published in an Anthology in the United States.

A sample, from a poem called Sybilline : That rabbit’s foot I carried in my left pocket Has worn a haemorrhage in the lining.

The bunch of keys I carry with it Jingles like fate in my omophagic ear.

Then came the pay-off. When the prestige of Ern was at its zenith amongst Australia’s literary impressionists, two Sydneysiders, James McAuley and another young man named Stewart, confessed that they had produced the whole of Ern Malley’s tragic life’s-work in one afternoon by opening books at random, choosing a word, phrase or sentence haphazardly and combining them into nonsensical sentences.

The hoax was a deliberate protest against what they claimed was “a gradual decay in meaning and craftsmanship in poetry.”

They made their point: Circulation of the Ern Malley issue of Angry Penguins scare d—over-night it became a collector’s piece—then the publication submerged once more beneath the murky waters of Australian “culture.” We do not know if it is still in publication.

COALS TO NEWCASTLE DEFT.

ANYONE who said that the copra-producing Territory of French Oceania was an importer of copra would probably not be believed—yet this is a fact, as shown in the trade statistics for 1955 just to hand. (Over) South Pacific Sentinel . . .

This 1,800 ft. pinnacle of rock, known as Ball's Pyramid stands remote and alone in the Sooth Pacific, 14 miles from lord Howe Is. Recently it was the subject of a 21-minute documentary film called "Fisherman's Castle" made by Alasdair Lock of London. It was shot during a fishing expedition between Lord Howe and the Pyramid, When the quarry was gamefish and sharks. This is the fourth documentary made by Mr. Lock d uring a visit to Australia some time ago. Editing and commentary was made in London. This photograph was taken by captain Brett Milder from the bridge of the "Tulagi". 81 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

The explanation is that a Tahiti business man leases the British islands of Flint and Caroline, selling the copra in Papeete. It thus becomes a foreign import.

Last year 131 metric tons, worth 932,000 Pacific francs (£5tg.5,260 approximately) was so imported.

The statistics show this as all coming from Flint and none from Caroline, but that may be only a statistical arrangement.

Leader In His Community

WONG YOU is one of the most popular, prosperous and hardworking men on Bougainville, TNG. He was born in 1891 in the Toi San district of China, upcountry from Canton, and went to New Guinea in 1912, during the German era.

Wong worked first in the hotel at Rabaul and later at Kavieng, which may account for the almost professional ease of his hospitality.

After the Australian occupation of New Guinea, in 1914, he went to work on Inus plantation, and in 1921 set up in business as a general trader.

He had a large store at Kieta when the Japanese arrived in 1942.

After a taste of Japanese imprisonment, Wong escaped into the bush and lived off the land for the rest of the war. After the war was over he received War Compensation for the loss of his store, and has since rebuilt his trading business and other commercial interests.

His headquarters are at Chinatown, Buka Passage, with a branch store at Kieta. He has one plantation property and two small vessels, Anna and Chehu, which trade around Bougainville and the neighbouring islands.

Wong married in 1934, and has 4 sons and 3 daughters. The eldest is now 19, while the three youngest are at school at Toowoomba.

Although Wong is not a Catholic himself, his children are, and he is a very old friend of Bishop Thomas Wade, of the Marist Mission. In 1953, Wong You was honoured by being chosen to go to Cairns with other representatives of New Guinea to meet Her Majesty the Queen during her Australian tour.- BRETT MILDER.

News Of The Frisbie

COWBOYS NEWS of three of the late Robert Dean Frisbie’s “coyboys” comes to us from our favourite news-sheet, Cook Islands News —or as it now calls itself, in a brandnew masthead in Gothic type. Cook Islands Daily Press.

The Frisbie girls, Johnny, Elaine and Nga, have travelled some distance since they played on the beaches of Pukapuka and weathered the hurricane that swept Suwarrow in 1942. The Frisbies—Papa, the three girls and Jakey—had been marooned on the latter atoll waiting for a schooner and saved themselves by lashing themselves to the tops of the tallest trees.

People who read the Frisbie stories and felt they knew the whole family intimately will be glad to know that the three girls have carved their own niche in far-away Hawaii.

Johnny was married in July radio and television entertait Carl Hebenstreit; she is star dar at Don Beachcomber night clulf Honolulu, where she had been S 7 she returned from two years’ sen with the US forces in Jajj Elaine and Nga are also Honcr night-club entertainers—Nga tour the United States and Euu with a team of Hawaiian danr early next year.

Papa Frisbie would be pies; with the enterprise of his cowl who have put to good use tl knowledge of dancing, absott from babyhood on Pukapuka Manihiki. t The monthly newspaper, C Islands Review will in futures purely educational in character, will be distributed free to C Islanders through their sch«j Formerly, although Governmu run, it was sold at 6d and was i signed for public appeal. It is : in the care of a newly-formed partment of Social Developm Former editor, Mr. Gordon Rus has resigned owing to the els of his other duties, and this spa time, honorary job has been tas over by Mr. W. H. Percival.

Pim Crossquiz No. 80

Solution on Page 88.

ACROSS 1. —Which Polish-born writer of sea stories was the author of "Lord Jim" and "Typhoon"? 7. —The life story of which English explorer was told in Ernestine Hill's "My Love Must Wait"? 8. —What metal is associated with Germany's highest military medal? 9. —What term is applied to a person devoted to pleasures and the luxuries of the table? 10. —Which wood, of extreme hardness and darkness, is used in the manufacture of the black piano keys? 11. —Of which line of reigning British monarchs was Queen Anne the last? 13. —After what birds was Western Australia's main river named? 14. —What was the name of the "orange girl" who became the favourite of Charles II? 19. —The name of what bird has become synonymous with people who stay up very late? 20. —What type of head-dress is worn by English paratroopers? 21. —What is the ancient Turkish city of Constantinople now called?

DOWN 1. —Which US president drew up the Declaration of Inde- i pendence? 2. —What is the name given to Negro melodies which are spontaneously created? 3. —What is the thick-skinned under-surface of the toes of a lion called? 4. —With what product are the names of Wilton and Kidderminster associated? 5. What colour effect is caused by refraction and reflection of sunlight in airh raindrops? 6.—How did Lord Kitchener meet his df 12—What name is given to a person rules in place of a sovereign? 13.—Who won the 1953 Academy Awan the best supporting actor? 15. —Which Hindu ascetics stay for ? periods in unnatural poses? 16. —Which Swiss city is famous fore missionary enterprises? 17. What is given to a racehorse too it for dope? 18. —"How doth the little busy . . improve each shining hour"? 82 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

[?]nson in the South Seas

Even The Cabin-Boy Wrote A Book

By H.E.M.

ETHER sick or in health, Robert Louis Stevenson not mly wrote unceasingly himself g the six years he spent in >acific; but inspired everyone d him to write as well. ; result has been a spate of by each of the members of ailima household—by his wife 7; his mother (who wrote his stepson, Lloyd Osbourne; lis stepdaughter, Isobel Strong Mrs. Field), covering one ore of his three voyages on lasco, the Equator and the Nicoll, or the four years in Samoa itself, only his immediate family t the infection —for such sly penmen as ship’s captains island traders scribbled siastically under Stevenson’s nee, though perhaps fortunnot all of them persevered their tasks. Many did, r er, and some of the published 5 are astonishingly good; even Lbin boy on the Equator wrote cessful book of reminiscences. this material, and much s, has recently been gathered ter by an American historian, 1 W. Ellison, and fused into ninently readable account of period of Stevenson’s life, his departure from San isco on his first Pacific voyage iB, to his death at Vailima in iber, 1894. (“Tusitala of the Seas. The Story of Robert Stevenson’s Life in the South 3.” Published by Hastings , New York).

Ellison has succeeded in ring something of the carefree tuoyant spirit of RLS himself I this Indian summer of his Dy far his happiest as well ; most creative years, and as alt he has given the general : not only an interesting phical account, but the best uction to Stevenson’s own gs on the islands. Pew of us nowadays can comprehend the many references to forgotten people and obscure events in say, “Vailima Letters” or “A Footnote to History,” without a commentary.

It is a pity that what must surely be the last contemporary narrative of Vailima life to come to light, Fanny Stevenson’s diary, was apparently not known to Dr.

Ellison, for it would have enabled him to add many fascinating domestic anecdotes to his account of the patriarchal household. This has now been published, interspersed with explanatory extracts from Stevenson’s own works, and turns out to be quite a remarkable document in its own right. (“Our Samoan Adventure,” edited by Charles Neider and published by Weidenfeld and Nicholson).

The astonishing thing is that it has not been published before, but apparently it was forgotten when Mrs. Stevenson left Vailima after her husband’s death and eventually came into the possession of an Englishwoman, who in returning it to the family, remarked, “Of course, I have not read it”!

Prom it we get a vivid picture; not so much of Stevenson, but of Fanny herself: the capable, practical, dominant woman who kept him alive and provided him with the domestic milieu in which he produced his best work.

It is a chronicle of small happenings in a limited circle: the concerns of their little host of retainers, with their Stuart tartan lava-lavas, and the endless vicissitudes caused by their often unpredictable behaviour; or their relations with the local society, European and native, which in Apia, the home of beach conspiracies, was nothing if not exhilarating.

Above all, it reveals Fanny as the green-fingered gardener, with the “soul of a peasant,” as Louis once described her, happily engaged in a daily round of clearing, weeding and planting, and ca , re of her horses, pigs and other livestock.

Portions of the MS had been blacked out at a later date and had to be deciphered with the aid °l * mfra - re d and ultra-violet photography. The ethics of this procedure were questioned in PIM (May, 1955), but the demur there was based on the erroneous supposition that it was Fanny herself who had inked them over. we can now see, however, these passages are some of the most moving in the book and, though admittedly they often deal with minor domestic tiffs between Fanny and her husband, they serve to show both as human, and consequently fallible—certainly there is nothing that either would feel ashamed at becoming known.

Other entries, disclosing differences vith H. J. Moors and Joe Strong (Fanny’s son-in-law), which one would have expected to worry the unknown censor even more, have inexplicably been left intact.

This book will be enjoyed by many readers who have struggled with island gardens and untrained but enthusiastic domestic staff, even if they are not particularly interested in the Stevensons themselves.

Admiral With A Famous Name

Admiral Toulouse Lautrec Montfa, new commander of French Naval Forces in xhe Pacific, arrived in Noumea by TAI plane on October 11.

'He was received aboard the sloop Dumont d’Urville, which immediately set sail for Saigon, Indo-China.

Here he will represent France at the celebrations of the Ist anniversary of the Sud Viet Nam Republic. Three days of celebrations are planned.

The new constitution of South Viet Nam was proclaimed October 26 —Noumea’s local paper calls it “Constitution a la Americaine.”

Five countries sent warships to the celebrations, France, England, USA, Philippines and Thailand.

Admiral Toulouse Lautrec Montfa is a great nephew of the celebrated painter Toulouse Lautrec, whose life-story was made into a movie a couple of years ago (Moulin Rouge) . fl Miss Nga Tariau, who has been a Sister at St. Helen’s Hospital, Auckland, NZ, recently married a fellow- Cook Islander living in Auckland, Mr. A. Roberts. They were married by the Rev. R. Chailis, well-known minister of the Islands Congregational Church, Auckland, and the ceremony was followed by a wedding breakfast attended by a large gathering of Islanders.

They alt wrote books —Mrs. RLS (Fanny); RLS himself; Mrs.

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RLS's daughter; and Mrs. Stevenson, Stevenson's mother. This photograph was taken during their famous visit to Sydney, nearly 70 years ago. 83 [FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

They Called It Shangri-La . .

IN 1954, the “discovery” of the valley of Lavam the Southern Highlands district of Papua, cai a newspaper sensation. The inhabitants, it said, were seven feet tall, and about 20,000 of ft lived within their valley, which was described t paradise, or a Shangri-La.

Probably no one knows more about these p& 84 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH]

their valley than ADO J. P. Sinclair, now on in Australia. He has been into the valley— last occasion at the end of last year—and is med at Koroba, a new patrol post that was lished only in 1955 and is the furthest-out base i in what is known as the Duna sub-district. e Lavani people are similar to other Duna folk are probably around 5 ft 3 in. or 4 in. tall; valley is certainly no paradise. The population ly a fraction of that as first stated—because i of the local pig -houses were at first mistaken [wellings—the climate is cold, and wet; and a f the valley is marshy and grows only inferior -potatoes, which are the staple diet. . Sinclair took these photographs while he was on patrol in the Duna-Lavani area and has kindly made them available to PIM.

They show, across the top of the page: Sinclair’s patrol passing over the swampy ground of Lavani Valley. At extreme left the native carriers and right, Corporal Yagi, of the Royal P-NG Native Constabulary, with two Lavani natives. The Corporal is only 5 ft 2 in.—the Lavanis only slightly more.

The right half of this photograph shows the northern sweep of Lavani valley with local people approaching warily. The womenfolk are seen indistinctly in the background ; Sinclair could get no close shots of the women, and this photograph was taken with a telephoto-lens from a distance. The mountains in the background rise 1,250 feet above the valley floor, which is at 7,200 feet above sea-level.

The extreme right, top photograph is of Koroba base-camp, taken during an air drop of supplies.

Across the bottom of the page we have some of the gentlemen of the Duna-Lavani area. From left to right: • The stone adze and the bow and arrows are the (Continued foot Col. 1, Page 86) 85 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

only weapons known to the Lavanis, and this man carries an adze slung through a string-bag of native grass, a traditional article worn almost without exception by the Lavani men. The bows and arrows are made locally but the adzes are traded down from other parts of the Territory. His hair is decorated with everlasting-daisies and feathers. Head decoration of flowers, fur, leaves and feathers are everyday wear—not just for ceremonial. • A 30-35-years old Lavani warrior, decorated in the fashion of the Duna people, smokes a bamboo pipe. • A portrait of a Duna youth wearing the initiation ceremonial wig. The hair of which it is made probably belonged to one of his ancestors; it is closely cropped and trimmed with opossum fur and cassowary feathers. • A character study of a young Duna fighter from Middle Tumbudu River. The Lavani people have no chieftainship system, and their fighting is usually clan against clan.

In battle a recognised warrior may give directions but for the most part they are without leaders.

A German Visionary Planned Progress in the Bainings

No Snakes In Herbertshoehe

ONE of PlM’s recent visitors was a gentleman by the name of F. H. M. von Ploennies. Mr. von Ploenies has spent a great deal of his life in Germany, but it is p-erhaps not too far-fetched to say that h-e is the human manifestation of the Anglo-German influence that once wrote history in that part of the world we now call the Territory of Papua and New Guinea.

He is a son of Friedrich Wilhelm von Ploennies, who arrived in Australia towards the end of last century and became German Consul in Queensland. In the early part of this century von Ploennies Snr. devoted almost all of his activities towards forming what he called the German-Australian New Guinea Company and in obtaining from the German Government a large concession of land in the Bainings district of New Britain. He proposed to subdivide this land into small blocks and encourage settlers to develop them by establishing “plantations, mining and sawmilling.”

The plan came to nothing, because von Ploennies died in the Bainings of fever, in 1906, before it could be brought to fruition. (It is interesting to note that the Bainings, while still retaining the “marvellous potentialities” that von Ploennies spoke about, is still one of the least developed parts of New Britain, although geographically so close to the well settled areas of the Gazelle Peninsula.) Our visitor’s mother was, before her marriage to von Ploennies Snr., Mary, only daughter of John M.

Macrossan, a member of the Mcllwraith government of Queensland which was concerned in the 1883 incident when H. M. Chester, a magistrate of Thursday Island, was instructed to raise the British flag at Port Moresby and take possession in the name of the Crown.

Through a French priest at Yule Island, John Macrossan had gained the information that Germany intended to annex New Guinea, and had passed the hint on to Sir Thomas Mcllwraith.

It is a matter of his history that Britain repudiated this annexation on the grounds that Germany had no intention of annexing any territory in that quarter. A few months later, Germany confounded the English quidnuncs by annexing that part of New Guinea which is now generally covered by the Trusteeship Territory.

The Australian States were furious; but it was too late.

Britain followed belatedly by annexing that part of New Guinea which had not been taken by the Dutch and the Germans —what is now known as Papua.

Macrossan is still, of course, an important name in Queensland, particularly in legal circles. The Macrossan Memorial Lectures are a memorial to the first John M.

IN 1902, Mary went with her husband, then actively engaged on his scheme to settle the Bainings, to sample the life in this New Guinea no-man’s land, taking with her her infant daughter. It is evident from the diary that Mary has left that she went worth rather in the spirit of a guinea-pig: to see what dire effects the place would have on female settlers.

Her adventure was to be for six weeks only—a stay-over between the visit of one German Lloyd ship and the next, before the family then carried on to Singapore, enroute to Europe.

But it was plain that the idea of going to New Guinea was regarded as about as foolhardy an escapade in 1902 as a trip to the moon would appear to-day. But Mary was young, lively, intelligent (Continued on Page 97) Your World of Stamps—IV

Learning From

EXHIBITIONS A column for New Stamp Collecz Conducted by KN Although it is taken granted that most keen sts collectors handle their star with special care, using twees and not sticky or greasy finji to examine their specimens, alw! be wary when you “show off” y collection to admiring friends! f Make sure that they have cl: hands, otherwise some valujj stamp could easily be ruined. A what’s more they can look out fingering them.

Similarly, here’s a point wv loose stamps in a mint condili tend to become moist and sti in humid or damp weati Should your specimens be contaii in envelopes, sprinkle a little or boracic powder on them.

Now, there are many methods which you can house your staij —especially those you have exchanging with friends. You co file them away loosely in draw or put them into clearly identi matchboxes or cardboard contain Many collectors use sn wooden, indexed filing cabin placing their stamps into ordin or cellophane envelopes, in td countries or subjects.

Should additional information! required, regarding new previously-issued stamps, noh those of New Zealand and A tralia, this can be secured f:i the philatelic divisions condu«i by the postal authorities in ti countries. Details as to desi£ how they originated, staj numbers, colours, variations, background data to the event’bn honoured, are readily provitl This greatly assists the collectoK become familiar with the stamps his selection.

Every opportunity should be tas to improve your phil a t es knowledge. One way towards is to attend the numerous Sts; exhibitions staged in towns cities in most countries through the world; and another is to i public stamp displays in possession of government and se; government bodies.

Here you will see how careft the various stamps are exhibit and arranged, and how the rela:. information concerning them iss out.

In Sydney, Australia, I recall t the Taronga Park Zoolog Gardens has a collection of “r stamps. So has the Austral Museum, in Sydney, with historic Mitchell Wing of the IM Public Library, containing collection of early colonial issr? 86 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH (Continued from Page 85)

: Island specimens are also on r in the Australian Museum. me Interesting Issues y now those who collect 5 relating to the Olympic ;, being staged this year in irne, should have a fine ion. San Marino, Italy, 0, Czechoslovakia, the Saar, 1, Holland. Sweden, Germany 'ersia have produced stamps snt months. : the same time an announcehas recently been made to feet that Britain will print stamps in 1958 to celebrate )lding of the Empire Games les—the first time that this ig festival has been recognised y. ie theme on which countries ride political differences can the one opinion is Children’s r hich has been this year kent r China, Formosa, Brazil, h Sahara, and Japan Most i have depicted boys and it play, the Spanish series ng native plants. r er since King Albert, of n, visited the republic of in 1920 and was greeted with cial stamp to mark the n, visits of Royalty to other have often been recognised y. A short time ago Turkey id an issue to honour the lere of the Shah and Queen rsia, portraying the Royal The Shah wed for the time in 1951, choosing a 19 year old bride Soroya. The 1954 Empire Tour of Queen Elizabeth II brought along new issues of stamps.

Tn the Pacific we had special stamps from Fiji, New Zealand and Aus f ralia, with Tongan authorities planning, but never issuing, a similar issue.

This Month's New Reading Pearls for Everywoman LIVES of great men all have a basic similarity in their pattern: log-cabin to White House, newsboy to business tycoon—or noodle pedlar to pearl king. The essential ingredient is perhaps, persistence; the refusal to accept defeat.

The Pearl King is the successstory of the fabulous Mikimoto of Japan, written by Robert Eunson, with the co-operation of the descendants of the pearl maker.

Mikimoto, like most great men, was an eccentric, an individualistic, a free thinker and very much a law unto himself. He was an old man when the Pacific war broke out, but he refused to co-operate.

He locked up his factories, refused to hand over the keys and retired to his laboratories.

The militarists retorted by sending him a short sword and suggesting that he commit hara-kari. He threw the sword aside contemptuously, lived almost 10 years after the coming of peace and re-established his pearl-culture industry before he died, at 96, in 1954.

In the seaport town of Toba, Kokichi Mikimoto was born in January of 1858 —just five years after Commander Perry had come knocking at the closed door of secluded Japan demanding that she open her ports for trade.

This so-called Meiji Restoration was an auspicious time for a prospective millionaire to be born and Mikimoto took full benefit of the spirit of the times: Under the shoguns of the past it had been impossible to break the strict class system. Son of a noodle-maker remained a noodle-maker. But now, intelligence and enterprise were permitted to have their just reward.

The way was hard. As the eldest of a large brood, and with an ailing father, it was commonplace for Mikimoto to spend anything up to 20 hours of the 24 in complete drudgery even before he had entered his teens. A great deal of his boyhood was spent on the streets of Toba selling one thing or another —always noodles, from the family noodle shop; and frequently other things as well.

But the young Kokichi prospered and eventually entered local politics.

When he married in 1881 he was already in the seed-pearl and oyster business but it was only in the next wnHr dl he ?, egan seriously to problem of why some .° n y . *?ad Pearls, and how they could be induced to have pearls even f Tn he i oon °S ld i? ot norma lly do so. 1890,I 890, h ? discussed the subject with a marine biologist and from S*;. ti i£ e henceforth until his death, the culture of pearls was Mlkimoto" 5 ' fr ° m the mind of At first the oysters refused to co-operate, spitting out the kernels that were inserted into them by the » lrln g and hopeful Kokichi. In 1893 came partial success. After trying everything in the way of a kernel, only to have them regurgitated or ignored, pieces of pearl were tried—and the oysters obligingly covered them with nacre, and produced the first cultured pearls. But the pearls were only half-round, or button shaped.

Mikimoto’s ambition was to produce perfect, spherical pearls. The secret of this, he knew, was in the method in which the kernel was placed, and—even more important —where it was placed. Real success did not come for another 12 years.

In 1905 he found the first round, perfect pearl—it had been grown from a kernel that had been completely wrapped in living tissue and placed close to the hinge of the oyster shells.

Pestilence, plagues of natural enemies of the oyster, loss of face with his neighbours—who thought he was crazy—beset the King before the kingdom was firmly established.

Mikimoto was not only a man of genius in introducing the oysters to produce his pearls, he was a super salesman for his wares and travelled the world publicising the gems.

But perhaps the world will remember Mikimoto as he was in his later years—the small figure in the dark kimona and bowler hat and the long bamboo staff —a man secure enough in his position to indulge in the whimsies of eccentricity.

Mikimoto gave Japan a milliondollar industry—and put real pearls around the throat of Mrs. Average Woman. Born in humble circumstances in a Japanese fishing community he became international in outlook. He deserves his niche in international history. (Published by Angus and Robertson, Ltd.

Australian price, 18/9.) Whose Baby Was That?

THIS book more than fulfils the Colonel’s own recipe: comedyfantasy with marine, biological and religious overtones. Of Trees and the Sea, (by Edgar Mittelholzer), is about Barbados and comes well within the requirements of [?]lenominations in the new stamps issued New Hebrides to mark the Jubilee of dominium in October. The stamps are values, 5, 10, 20, and 50 gold [?], and there are two stamps in each [?]ne for the British and one for the The 5 and 10 centimes values show representing the discovery of New in 1606; and the 20 and 50 centimes represent the Entente Cordiale —i.e. and "Britannia". 87 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

those readers who believe that a book about the West Indies should have an element of, shall we say, the peculiar.

The slight touch of voodoo and the religious overtones are supplied by the darker hued Barbadians; the marine and vegetable life are in situ; and the principal characters —Bl-years-old Mr. Drencher, a coloured-g entleman of some erudition; the newly-arrived from England, young marrieds, Patricia and Roger; and the daughters of the poor-white Sedge family—supply the fantastic, full measure and running over.

The story is concerned largely with the business of procreation, with which Mr. Drencher is more than ordinarily involved; as he says imself, he always had been handy with his extremities.

It probably requires the puckish mind of a Mittelholzer raised in the West Indies to get away with a story of this variety, and certainly to conceive the extraordinary if enlightening ending.

Not to be taken seriously, but if you like the bizarre you will likely get your money’s worth in this.

Mittelholzer is of Swiss descent although born in British Guiana.

He has lived around the West Indies all his life—except for a few years in London —and his knowledge and description of stratified Caribbean society, descending from white through all shades of coffee to purest black, is a gem of satire and intimate knowledge. (Published by Seeker and Warburg. Australian price, 17/-.) Back Home To Die Extraordinary in another fashion is Home From the Sea, by Jean Reverzy, medical practitioner of Lyons, France, who “likes to travel, particularly in the East and Oceania.” It cannot, however, be called a comedy.

It is the story of a man dying of an incurable disease, much of it told in retrospect by the doctor who shared some of his earlier adventures in French Oceania, and was with him at the end of his illness in France. It is the story of Palabaud, a Frenchman, who kept a ramshackle, islands hotel at Raiatea but who went home to France with his Tahitian mistress to die.

Simple in its conception, the story and his presentation is a piece of literary craftsmanship that surprisingly loses nothing in its translation (by Edward Hyams) into English from its original French. It is stark, sordid, holding the attention by the sheer quality of the narrative.

Through the story of the dying Palabaud are woven the threads of his earlier life; Palabaud, the precocious schoolboy expelled by the priests from their school for his tooearly interest in what they called “sin” —to wit, pornographic literature and a particular street-girl; Palabaud, the proprietor of the South Seas Hotel; and always, of course, the Palabaud of the enlarged liver, the man who had “come home to die,” the medical curiosity.

How much the author has travelled in Oceania it is hard to say—but certainly sufficiently to portray successfully the underlying dissolution of the typical life of the South Seas drifter, who without any natural, strong principles at the outset, finds these islands of laissez faire and easy women, no climate in which to cultivate virtues. There was no particular harm in Palabaud; no particular good, either.

Knowledge of Tahiti was necessary, also, for the description of Palabaud’s last mistress, Vaiti, and her transformation when she reached France; and for the other Polynesian women who preceded Vaiti, coming into his life without preliminaries; staying their due time and departing with little more than a nod from either side.

One of the incidental points of interest in this book are the passages dealing with Alain Gerbault, who Palabaud was supposed to have met while Gerbault was permanently anchored at Borabora. Gerbault, still regarded in some quarters as a cult, is presented as a poseur of the worst kind, a homosexual, and a crank —some of which is already known to those who have struggled through his writings.

Reverzy writes: “The old men (Polynesians) who were Gerbault’s hosts knew nothing of homosexuality . . . and they were puzzled by their guest’s indifference to the oeillades he received from the island girls. . . He wrote, laboriously, the books which gained him his livelihood. His relations with young native boys, often disturbed by violent quarrels, sometimes left him absent-minded and melancholy.

Liking to talk ... he discovered in Palabaud the ideal listener always silent and attentive to his diatribes against the modern world.”

Gerbault sailed away from French Oceania at last and died in Timor in 1941. But the memory of Gerbault, dirty, emaciated, in his ragged pareu, came back to Palabaud amongst a host of visions as his own end approached. (Published by Seeker and Warburg, Ltd.

Australian price, 18/9.) The Canberra Strangle hold on P-NG A NYTHING that is published under the auspices of the Australian Institute of International Affairs and the Institute of Pacific Relations does not come into the category of entertainmei but for a complete—and readable account of Australia’s interests: New Guinea and the islands i jacent , J. D. Legge’s Austral Colonial Policy, makes a value contribution to the history of area.

The account—from the imrruj ate pre-annexation days of Pap to 1953 —is unbiassed and Dr. Lerides no particular hobby-ho: He contents himself with giving straight account of the achie ments of Australia in the M Guinea territories, as well as I shortcomings.

About 4/sths of the book ] taken up with the history of | two territories (as they then we up to the time of the Pacific v Only a comparatively short accop is given of the post-war peri© possibly because the author f that there has, as yet, been notM more in the historical sense tic “trends”—the ultimate result I which he feels to be in some doK The “New Deal” for P-NG,;, says, has proved more difficult translate into the practicalities day-to-day administration that! allowed for in the optimistic atnr phere of 1945—more was reqm for that than mere benevolence the magic touch of Ministerial! cision—but he allows that the p( war record has not been altogef; negligible.

He remarks on the “unobstrut tendency” towards the centraM tion of P-NG administration] Canberra . , , “for the most part : noticed, this development . . on such a scale as to constituti silent revolution in the systenn Government of the Territories.’" thinks that the beginning of revolution began at the deathd Sir Hubert Murray and with thes duction in rank of Papua’s cz executive officer. Sir William M Gregor and Sir Hubert w ( Lieutenant-Governors and as s Solution to Crossquiz from page 82 88 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHI

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This change in status, and tr rule of Canberra bureaucracy place of the administration of tr man on the spot, has not gone unnoticed as Dr. Legge seems < think. There has, in fact b© several moves to have the title Lieutenant-Governor restored—as the result has been nil. Public m in the Territory have not been uj aware of Canberra control, or t evils thereof, but, under the pi* sent political set-up are qui powerless to defeat it.

Dr. Legge says with much trut “If one were to compare P-NG wh any of the British colonies who constitution is similar, one mig be tempted to ask whether M Guinea has a Government all in the sense that t British colonies have one, whether the Administration ! simply the lower and local extensii 9f the Department of Territori' its outer office, so to say.”

Dr. Legge seems to incline towai the idea that the purpose behii this deliberate plan of CanbeK control is the ultimate integration!

P-NG into the Australian politid system.

The book has an extensz bibliography and is well indexed: (Published by Angus and Robertson, I Australian price, 25/-.) For the Youngsters FOR sub-teens readers 71 Brown Land Was Green, J Mavis Thorpe Clark, will supjt Christmas holiday reading.

This is a story of a family Victoria’s Western District in t pioneering 1840’s—with all t thrills of wild blackfello' bullock waggons and bushfires se. through the eyes of a lively bum of children lately arrived frr rural England.

Upright and honest Papa, pn Aunt Belinda and the wicH station manager take care of 1 adult roles. (Published by William Heinemann, - Australian price, 13/6.) t The Governor of Fiji (Sir Ronu Garvey), and Lady Garvey return to Fiji by RNZAF flying-boat November 2 from Noumea, whi the Governor attended a session! the South Pacific Commission, aft having previously been present \ the celebrations in Vila to mark < golden jubilee of the New Hebriu Condominium. 90 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH 15

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MINGTON [?]ologists Examine BSIP Volcano MING on top of the recent announcement of the discovery of more thermal springs on dalcanal, the geological report avo, issued in October, made it that there is a lot besides hot till bottled up in BSIP.

Norman Fisher, Chief Dgist to the Australian Bureau mineral resources, and Mr. Jack npson, Senior geologist of New lea, who recently mad? a brief to the Protectorate, investiga- Savo with Solomons geologist i Grover on August 25. le party found coastal beaches higher than atmospheric )erat: res, steaming waterfalls, ng mud fountains, and thermal igs where temperatures of 215 •enheit were recorded, te visit confirmed that Savo, niles NW of Honiara, is an e, though at present quiescent mo of the Mount Lamington Whilst stating that there is mmediate danger of eruption, Grover said that eruptions of glowing-cloud type could occur ae future. [ring his stay in Honiara, Dr.

Fisher lectured the British Solomon Islands Society on this type of evplosion, which gives little warning in its final stages and consists of the release of super-heated gases which eject particles with incredible force in all directions.

Evidence of two previous glowingcloud eruptions was found on Savo, bearing out native legends which tell of the destruction of the population long ago. Savo was active during Mendana’s visit and the last known eruption was in the 1840’s.

In a Pidgin broadcast from Honiara on September 5 Mr Grover called on the native population of Savo and adjacent island groups to give information on any signs of unusual activity so that early warning may be given of an impending eruption. Mr.

Grover concluded his talk by stating that geologists had “good reasons to take Savo seriously at this stage” but added that the effects of a glowing-cloud type eruption will be limited to Savo, and will not affect the mainland of Guadalcanal in any way. Government is to make evacuation-plans for evacuation all native population, and the Geological Survey team will tram natives to observe significant phenomena. pondent.

Honiara Correst Dr. M. G. Candau, Director-General of the World Health Organisation, and Dr. I. C. Fang, Regional Director of WHO, Western Pacific Region, visited Sydney in October.

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ADRIFT of population from the outer islands to Rarotonga is evident from early returns of the census taken in the Cook Is. in September. (A census was made in W. Samoa and Fiji that month, too).

Provisional figures shows a population increase of 1,648 for the whole Group since the September, 1951 census.

The 1956 total is put at 16,727.

There are decreased populations on at least five islands. The returns from three others were not complete.

Rarotonga’s population increased by 1,032 to 7,080, including Europeans and non-Maoris. Males exceeded females by 320 at this island.

Aitutaki’s population increased by 149 to 2,545, and Mangaia’s by 143 to 1,973 —some of the latter increase could be accounted for by the return of labourers from Makatea phosphate workings, French Oceania, since last census. Greatest increase percentage of population was recorded at Rakahanga, where the total rose by 80 to 341. The increase for the Group was about 9.86 per cent.

Tonga Also Had A Census

First figures from Tonga for the September 26 census give the population of the main island, Tongatapu, as 31,185, but this included the 57 persons aboard the overseas freighter Loganhank in port at tli time. Including these, the popull tion of Nukualofa, the capital, w 9,280.

Total population of the Group s< not yet available. Last census w/ in 1938. 94 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH LI

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SOLOMON ISLANDS: K. H. Dalrymple Hay Esq., Honiar [?]ench Oceania [?]ends Dollars Does Not Earn ENCH Oceania’s unfavourable rade balance —particularly with he United States —has been lasised by recent release of es. For the Bth year in sucm, the Colony failed to balance 'ade. e of the most surprising aspects e situation is the fact that the currency United States supplies )ulk of the French possession’s rts and takes very little in exge—224 million francs worth tit and only 22 million francs i sold. mce was French Oceania’s best tner, followed by Japan (mostly ihate from Makatea) and Ger- -7 (31 million francs worth of er-of-pearl and 3 million francs 1 of vanilla). nerally, 1955 was a bad year >ceania. The tonnage of copra ased by 400 tons to 21,900 lc tons, but the overall value >y 42 million francs. Phosphate •ts were lower by 2,000 tons 2 million francs, and vanilla less by 7 tons and 42 million s, the price of this latter comiy declining heavily, ther-of-pearl shell exports deed by 15 tons, but the overall of this item was greater by illion francs. 3re has been an adverse though y fluctuating Fr. Oceania balance ever since 1949, the est deficit being 312 million s in 1952, and the least, 48 >n francs in 1954. [?]ter Rationing In [?]ught-Stricken Cooks 3 crazy-weather pattern exerienced in the Pacific in the ist 12 months has extended to lorthern Cooks. the 7 months up to the end ;ptember very little rain had on the northern atolls. At hiki and Rakahanga, drinking was rationed at a daily allowof 4 gallons per family and tained from the Administraanks. Brackish well water was for laundering and bathing ises.

Rakahanga, in mid-September, were only 2,500 gallons of ing water left. The fish pond, i contains the prolific breed- ’ilapia Mossambica, introduced r. Van Pel, fisheries officer of the SPC, was very shallow and registered 105 deg. Fahr. The fish which are not supposed to be able to survive at a water temperature of over 90 deg., were still alive, with the exception of a few dead found at the edges of the pond.

Rainfall figures for the northern islands are incomplete and appear is vary greatly at different atolls.

From May to August, inclusive, Pukapuka received 20.90 inches; but during the same period only 9.14 inches fell at Palmerston. Penrhyn and Suwarrow are also suffering from scarcity of drinking water, but at most of these islands sufficient water for laundering and bathing is obtained from the wells. —W H P t Mr. R. W. Paine, who was formerly entomologist in Fiji, and who has been living in Scotland for the last 20 years, visited the Colony again last on a contract appointment to iind a parasite for the banana scab moth. He left for P-NG after three weeks in Fii, and proposes to spend 12 to 18 months in the Territory investigating scab moth parasites and parasites for coconut pests. t Rima Kurariki, 26, found guilty of the murder of Mrs. Eiao Browne, at Rarotonga, in mid-September and sentenced to death at Rarotonga late October has been granted leave to appeal. 95 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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Germans had not then made I their capital; it was known atupi. and was apparently the private preserve of an anonymous gentleman whom Mary called the “Sultan of Matupi He had, she said, the best cook in the archipelago.

Mary writes about their arrival at Herbertshoehe: “For' miles before we came to Herbertshoehe itself, the land was planted with palms reaching in many places down to the shore and forming part of the copra plantations of the New Guinea Company and others . . . There are few soils around the world like the virgin soil of New Guinea, damped by copious rains, mellowed by heat and nourished by ages of decayed animal and vegetable life. The principal cultivation for export is copra. The coconut palms grow very easily, but it takes seven years before they bear fruit and during that time the waiting is very tedious for those of limited means.

Kapok is also grown and exported in small quantities; coffee, sugar cane, tobacco and rubber are also cultivated to a small extent.”

The Queenslander came to the fore when she wrote: “Cattle are very scarce owing to the country having been visited, like most others at some time or other, by ticks.

Nearly all had succumbed to the fever and consequently it was almost impossible to obtain fresh milk.

However, the settlers are not disheartened and have already commenced to strengthen their herds by the importation from Java 97 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956 Snakes In Herbertshoehe (Continued from Page 86)

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Herbertshoehe appeared as an immense botanical gardens with large white buildings scattered here and there: The government offices and those of the New Guinea company; the Hotel Fuerst Bismarck; the stores of Forsayth and Co.; and the residence of Queen Emma (Mrs. Kolbe) . . .

“the first settler who came over from Samoa and took possession of the country.”

These were on the foreshore and on three separate hills behind were, respectively, Government House, and the houses of the doctor and the judge. “There is no harbour, the passengers having to go ashore in small boats rowed by natives, and landing at a small jetty.”

But in some respects New Guinea has not changed very much and Mary gives this account of the life tropical: “Soon after dropping anchor, and before we had had breakfast, the residents began to come aboard where they stayed practically until the departure of the steamer three days later. All suffered more or less from ‘malaria’ —that is what they called it but it was probably an attack of having consumed too much iced beer. In Herbertshoehe there is no ice, all drinks being warm. The residents, after recovering from the departure of one steamer eagerly look forward to the arrival of the next in six weeks time.”

The development of international aviation has, of course, now removed most of the acute pleasures of “boat-day” from life in the larger Islands centres.

The Governor sent Mary a “beautiful black maid” who was dressed in a lava-lava an* “short chemise” and who v strings of trade beads and d: teeth, with shell bracelets on' arms, plus feathers and a woo comb in her hair—and “sp herself with a hat.”

Our diarist records that it I astonishing the respect natives I 98 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH!

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On Fanning Island

Whalers Head South

FOR THE 1956-57 SEASON ANEW crop of “mystery vessel” sightings in the Western Pacific may be anticipated as Japanese whaling expeditions move south in preparation for the Antarctic season which opens on January 2.

The first of five Japanese whaling fleets, which will comprise in all about 100 vessels, sailed on October 29. As is usual, it will probably engage in sperm whaling in the tropics prior to the baleen whaling which comes under different regulations as to season and allowable catch. ?J st a P ane se fleet consists oi the 16,811 gross ton factory ship Nisshin Maru, a freezer vessel for the transport of whale-meat back to Japan, and eight chaser vessels This fleet is owned by the Taiyo Fisheries Co., which has operated tuna fishing fleets in the South Pacific in recent years.

Also included in the Japanese whaling operations this year will be the former Aristotle Onassis-owned OlyTnpic Challenger and chasers which caused an international incident in Peruvian waters in November, 1954. A Japanese company recently purchased the fleet and has renamed the vessels with the usual “maru” suffix. ty young Ellice Islander, Maliani. of Corporal Esela, who is stationed ng Is., shown wearing a special skirt made from the leaf of the tree and coloured. The baby she is Vicki, only daughter of Mr. and Easson. Mr. Easson is an employee nd Wireless, Ltd., at Fanning Island.

Photo by Ray Youie. 99 IC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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I Huskies Wore Leis

. the recently purchased New [ Antarctic Expedition ship 1 Endeavour (ex John , 900 tons, cleared Papeete :kland after a short break trans-Pacific passage, even skies being carried on deck scorated with flower leis by il lassies. te the heat, and the leis, sre said to be whimpering jret at leaving.

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, subject of last year’s marine disaster, has known completely separate phases xistence —as a yacht, a naval raft, and as a fishing vessel, ast acts of this third phase ice in Suva in mid-October, irticles salvaged from the yere put up for sale in a harf shed. vhile Joyita prepares for her phase, as an inter-island vessel. 0 GT, 75 ft vessel has been stripped of her refrigerated-hold insulation and has been undergoing a very strict and thorough survey by Fiji Marine Board authorities New owner David Simpson had intended shifting the engines aft but it is understood that this was not approved by the surveyors. It is assumed that when the conversion is completed the vessel will be given a new name.

Checking The Fastenings

Also undergoing strict survey in Suva in October was another vessel with a very distinct place in the maritime history of the Pacific.

This is Tovata, ex Purple Sea, ex SC-671, in which Ronald Johnson drifted from near Hawaii to near Fiji and was posted missing for many months some years ago.

The construction of this ex-subchaser is understood to be similar in some ways to that of the late lamented Vasu, which foundered at sea recently. Tovata’s present survey is concentrated on the ferrous fastenings employed in construction.

Under Private Management

There has recently been an interesting development in relation to Fiji Government vessels. These are n°w being managed and operated for the Government by a non-Government shipping agency—Hurley’s Agency, headed by Mr. Jim Hurley.

For Sale Again

The clipper-bowed 39-ton, 54-ft single-screw trading vessel Melanesia,, at present operating in the Fiji inter-island trade, is likely to again come on the market The present owner, who acquired the vessel from Mr. H. M. Frewen two years ago, may leave Fiji due to illhealth.

The vessel was built in Sydney by W. M. Ford, of Berry’s Bay, in 1917, and was a unit of the Seventh Day Adventist Mission fleet for some years. She changed hands about 1950 in a deal whereby the Mission took over Mr. Frewen’s Viking Ahoy and he took over Melanesia, both craft being better suited to the other purposes.

Fiji Missions To Seamen

A site has been allocated and the Fiji Government has agreed to subsidise pound for pound to a maximum of £5,000, the building of a Missions to Seamen hall in Suva.

The plan has been mooted for some time and it is now expected 101 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956 icsfic Shipping and Cruising Yachts (Continued from Page 68)

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Tahiti Nui Completes Trials

By the time this appears, the bamboo raft Tahiti Nui, with Captain Eric de Bisschop and companions aboard, should have cleared Papeete for Peru. The raft underwent sea trials early October, then returned to Papeete for final preparations. Mrs. de Bisschop, returning to Honolulu from Papeete, reported there that the voyage should commence about November 8.

Photos Wanted

Captain Fred K. Klebingat, of 873 22nd Street, San Pedro, California, is keen to contact anyone who may have any photos of the schooner Expansion, wrecked on the east side of Suva main passage in the early 1920’s and a prominent figure there on the reef for some time.

He also seeks a photo of the American schooner Melrose entering Suva Harbour at about the same period. Captain Klebingat was master of the latter vessel from 1919-1925 when she was trading south to Fiji and Tonga. Later he was master of Zane Grey’s Fisherman, meeting and marrying a New Zealand girl as a result of a cruise in that vessel. Fisherman, originally the rum-runner Marshal Foch, was later sold by Zane Grey to Father Rougier of Christmas Island.

Italian Liner Coming

Not often is the Italian merchant marine flag seen in Suva or Papeete, but it will be worn there next January-February by a partic attractive and interesting 1 the one-class liner Castel Fell the Societa Italiana Tran Marittimi (Sitmar Line for s of Milan.

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Business As Usual

Auckland yacht Glennis, ird bound from Noumea to id, passed close to a Jap- Ishing vessel about mid-way i Norfolk Island and North 7 in October. (Over) [?]above, "Oliver Mac" arriving at see story page 107); and right, the [?]anese motor vessel "Atago Maru", cargo at Noumea.

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News Of Cruising Yachts

• Albatross, which arrived at Papeete, September 29, flying the Panamanian flag, is the most interesting vessel to report this month. Formerly a Dutch pilot schooner, built at Rottendam in 1921, she was purchased by her present owner, Mr. Ernest K. Gann, writer of the best-sellers, High and Mighty, Soldiers of Fortune, etc., and brought to San Francisco.

There she was converted to brigantine rig. Of 96 tons gross she measures 117 ft x 21 ft x 11 ft and is powered with a M.A.N. diesel.

With 13 persons aboard, the yacht cleared San Francisco, August 8. calling at Honolulu. She will probably be seen in Suva and Rotuma before again heading north.

She was to clear Papeete for the Tuamotus on October 10. • Diana, of England, and Zonda 11, of Buenos Aires, both cleared Suva for New Zealand in mid- October. Both have been previously reported in this column. • Solace, of England, 31 days out of Auckland, entered at Rarotonga October 16 en route to Palmerston Island. • Little Bear, of San Francisco, was reported at Brisbane October 2. • White Hart, of Victoria, BC, arrived at Auckland October 10. • Glennis, of Auckland, arrived back there from an Island cruise following the Auckland-Suva Yacht Race, early October. • Taihoa, of Auckland, which arrived at Papeete, via Rarotonga and Aitutaki, cleared again for Auckland via Island ports on October 6. ® Fiesta, of Honolulu, cleared Papeete September 27 homeward bound after a lengthy period in French Oceania and Cook Islands waters. The original plan to cruise round the world has been abandoned. • Nani, of Honolulu, owned by Dr. John E. Randall and family, in French Oceania waters since February 18, is now for sale at Papeete. This 37 ft ketch was built by Dr. Randall in California about 1950. The price mentioned seems attractive and interested persons could obtain details from Mr. Oscar Nordman, Papeete. • Quest, one of the Los Angeles- Papeete Race entrants, after a false start on the run home, finally cleared again September 26 following engine repairs. An engine part, flown to Tahiti, was there mislaid and was the object of a general search by the Papeete populace following a local radio appeal. • Ranginui, of Auckland, arrived at Port Moresby from Noumea. The crew have obtained employment and the yacht may remain there for some time. • Tahiti, of Honolulu, 44 days out

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This happened in the Pacific last month about 300 miles north of North Cape, NZ, when former Brigadier Miles Smeeton, on the 45ft ketch, Tzu Hang, met Tony and Bridget Reeves on the 44-ft Canadian ketch, White Hart. The Smeeton and Reeves families knew each other in Vancouver. When the yachts met, Mr. and Mrs. Reeves put out a dinghy and rowed across to have a cup of tea with Mr. Smeeton, his wife, Beryl, and 15-years-old daughter Clio.

Mr. Smeeton related this story when he arrived in Sydney on October 23, after arrival from NZ.

When the yachts met Mr. and] Reeves were just completing leisurely cruise from Canadi NZ. Tzu Hang was making Sydney.

The Smeetons left Vancouvf October, 1955, for NZ and tralia. On their way they sto in Hawaii (four months), I ning Island (one month), I Pago and Tonga, before their ar at Russell, in the Bay of Isli!

NZ, in June. After a few v in Russell they moved on to A land and Tauranga, and then!, to Russell, which they left,, Sydney, on October 1. The Tajj trip took 23 days and was i via Norfolk and Lord Howe Islil In NZ they were joined Englishman now resident Canada, John Guzzwell, who < sailed lone-landed from Vance to NZ in his 20-ft yawl, Tw In Sydney, Tzu Hang went on to slips for repainting and cleaninr They all then left Sydney; Melbourne for the Olympic Gs at which John has an assign! for a New Zealand newspc John will leave the Smeetons? the games end and will retun NZ for Trekka, which he will back to Vancouver. But it is i question mark for the Sme© They will return to Ca* eventually, but have not yeti cided whether it will be via ' land.

Tzu Hang’s crew is sun mented by a Portuguese ten Poopa, and a Siamese cat, Both are seasoned sailors.

Mr. Smeeton bought Tzu j in England in 1951. The ketcbJ built in 1939 in Hongkong,], shipped to England just beforeoutbreak of war. With his and Clio he sailed her from !

"Yasme”, shown here in Moresby after the September rescue, ended her existence on a Papuan reef in October —see story elsewhere.

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Hows more head space below Smeeton is a retired Indian officer, and during the war in the Western Desert and He recalls having met lant-G ene r a 1 Sir Leslie jad, commander of the 9th lian Division during the g at El Alamein. would not remember me i,” he said, “I was a very officer.” mda 111, of Argentina, and of England, arrived at nd from Suva, October 28. ormer will cruise the New d coast for two months beontinuing to Australia and Africa, and owner N. E, of the latter yacht, has no lans. ma, 56-year-old, 40-ft cutter, d by New Zealanders Joe sa Channing-Pearce, Charles ler, and Bill Hodgson, cleared ey, Channel Islands, Pacific- October 19. Mr. Channing- , 27 is a merchant navy officer by professon. The left Southend, England, four 5 ago.

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' dry-docking, the vessel was i a full cargo of foodstuffs ; Christmas Island garrison,

Exit Manunda

Australian coastal passenger lanunda arrived in Noumea her new name of Hakone on October 9. Before leaving )an, her new home, she loaded ore at a coastal port. me Maru will ultimately go Tokio-San Francisco service r new Japanese owners.

Exit Oliver Mac ?

W. R. Carpenter 500-tonner Mac, which has been tied-up a harbour for the last couple rs may end her career where gan it —in the Far East, has been purchased by M.

Hagen, of Noumea, former of Neo Hebridais Mark I and 11, who will use her shortly another small vessel, Loyaute, vith scrap iron, from Noumea ogkong.

Noumea correspondent says: ving the delivery of the tug • Mac ) and its tow, the l crew of 25 will be repatrin V iSnn” i* S that O Mac is to stay m the East also—although this is not particularly clear.

Oliver Mac has had a very patchy career. She was built by the Japs in 1940 as Hotu Maru and captured in New Guinea waters in 1944; her name was changed to Manam and she later was assigned to W. R.

Carpenter and Co. as war repara- . , . .. . . _ .

She had a lengthy stay in Sydney and then was sent to Fiji for use in the company’s inter-island trade in 1952. There she was given the Fijian named Ai Sokula with great Fijian ceremony. She remained in service for a couple of years and then 11 was announced by the company that another vessel, Hong Ann, was arriving from Singapore and would take over the Fijian-given name Ai Sokula, while the orignal Ai Sokula would be named Oliver M «c (after Carpenter’s marine superintendent, Mr. Oliver Mac- Roberts.) Since then Oliver Mac has spent most of her time tied-up in Suva.

The trouble with Oliver Mac, so far as the Islands trade is concerned, anyway, is that she is a coal burner, Tenders were to be called in Suva at the beginning of 1954 to convert her to oil burning—but apparently the project was never proceeded with. Another trouble was that 107 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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STC Bjarne Halvorsen Ltd. has | its first 60-ft copra scow to St© ships Trading Company, of Moresby. Named Kuku, the should leave Sydney under the c mand of Captain George E. Lara about November 20.

The 60-ft scow is identical I the well-known 56-ft Halvoc model—except that it is 4 ft lon of course, and consequentlyi more cargo capacity.

Captain Langley is the but smallships mid-wife in the & Pacific; he left NSW with Melanesian Mission’s Baddeleyt her delivery voyage to BSIP in e September; and even more rece brought back from Norfolk Isi the whale chaser that has been i there during the brief whs season.

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MOP Divers Withdrawn To Manihiki IT is apparent that the attemp fish Suwarrow for mothen pearl has not been successfi: It was reported from Rarotonga; in October that the party of dili working at Suwarrow atoll s mid-June under contract to D. C. Brown, were all to be evr ated and returned to Manihiki..

Mr. Brown’s license to the fisl; rights expires on December 31,, he would doubtless have been successful tenderer when applicat were again called by the Admi tration.

For the number of people engs- —initially about 80—and the n ber of licensed diving suits in (4), the harvest had not been g up to mid-September. No do with the possibility of the Mani lagoon again being opened to dri operations in 1957, the drivers Suwarrow feel that they can: better for themselves back at he Reports from Suwarrow seen: suggest that most of the shell far located has been in deep w, and that the lagoon is there? a purely “machine (suit) div\ proposition.

To mid-September, 11 tonsa shell had been taken in all. 108 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH!

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Stolen-One Brixham Trawler

By Gordon Russell

ibout 730 p.m., on Saturday sning, October 6, the wellawn Cook Islands inter-island ; vessel Inspire stole out of nga’s pocket harbour of ~ bound goodness-knowse” is the word, for her motor en started and her moorings by some persons unknown— time. age-old surge that courses i the veins of all true men, a moorings and away,” had I at that time and place, and and adventure was on. owly dawned upon the few oted this departure that it very silent affair, lacking the garlanded background of ir, tears, chitchat and downibaldry. born, the horrible suspicion from mouth to mouth and, ly enough, brought the police scene. members, whooping it up ay-night style in favoured were peremptorily interro- Three of the crew, familiar le vessel, but weak on navigation and mechanical knowledge, were found to be missing.

Outrigger fishermen, dreaming on the end of tuna lines, had reported that the vessel passed them bound north-east, no lights showing, and under—t hey thought—one motor only. There had been talk on board the same day, it was said, of making a private trip to Aitutaki, for which island the vessel was all ready loaded and due to depart, officially, the following day. Maybe the “boys” just wanted to hurry things along for the owner.

Were their girls on board? As it is impossible to trace the movements of all single, foot-loose, starry-eyed maidens in Rarotonga, the question remained unanswered. Those who secretly envied these lusty young ship-stealers felt that there should be girls on board. Things would be more comfortable that way.

There was much coming and going that night. Known facts were flashed to Island Territories, Wellington. The Wairuna, due in Rarotonga the following morning for tomatoes, was alerted and for some hours scanned the inky waters for a radar reflection of a 70-ft wooden hull; no reflection.

John Harrington’s little steelhulled Manu arrived from Aitutaki the following day; nothing sighted.

The Charlotte Donald, then at "Inspire”. 109 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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a 0 f 9ore//es ?, was asked to keep a * eye open and reached Raro- Junday evening; no news, ent Agents at Lower Group also alerted by radio, had to communicate, his time the stolen Inspire ief headline news in New [ papers and all ships in the tew the story, amongst them > Endeavour, the NZ Ant- Ixpedition ship, south bound ’ahiti. The RNZAF Search jscue organisation at Suva, rted from Wellington, spoke b kept informed. They were, ay, as it happened, was lation Day in the Cook rounding off a long weekvhich rumour held full sway 3 weather, fine and settled ight to moderate north- ;s, suggested that, if that topped, as was likely, in iniced hands, Inspire would lake Aitutaki, or much eastwhere. ay, with the Charlotte and andy for surface operations, the right moment to serimsider a call upon the Fiji- AR aircraft and appropriate were despatched, evening the British freighter bound for New Zealand, [ sighting a small craft sail about 300 miles ENE tonga, making westward. A r ith Tahiti revealed no private yachts or balsa rafts bound this way, to their knowledge. It was a “possible,” and Fiji Search and Rescue were duly informed.

But at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, a sail was sighted to the southwest of Rarotonga and lookouts soon confirmed that it was the good old Inspire beating up to her home port in a moderate easterly.

Bundling in to the Union Company’s lighter launch, the police were soon up with her, to arrest the three culprits—one sailor, one greaser, one cook—and allow the legitimate captain and engineer to bring her in and tie her up snug in her old possie.

The nautical spree was over, and the outside world advised.

Never has the Inspire received such a welcome. Delighted crowds hailed the trio —heroes all —as they came ashore, spruced up in clean attire, hair groomed, modest about the acclamation, and in safe custody.

And the little ship? Quite shipshape; stores untouched; Her Majesty’s mails intact; everything “as was.”

THE age-old urge referred to, aforesaid, was, in this instance, stimulated by a goodly potion of local brew, on that pleasant Saturday evening.

The initial act was perpetrated by the two more irresponsible citizens, while the third (and unwilling) party was sleeping it off. The following morning, No. 3 took over tried to make Aitutaki, was set to leeward, and had to beat back home again to Rarotonga, with intermittent help from one engine.

Number three is now a free citizen, reinstated. The other two languish in Rarotonga’s spacious new gaol, with lots of time to dream about going down to the sea in ships.

So ended an interesting and extended week-end, stimulating to all.

Officials kept their heads and acted wisely and well, when and where it mattered most. But the outcome could have been very different— another tragedy to add to the recent 111 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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Folk hereabouts say there were extenuating circumstances in the Inspire affair. There is never any lack of labour as crew for interisland craft in the Cook Group and some local shipowners take full advantage of the abundant supply of young bloods only too happy to go places for an occasional square meal.

And, some add, Hollywood points the way with its visual-aid education, dispensed at three local cinemas any night in the week.

Here, at 1/6 a seat, nothing is sacred, and all the finer points of sin, including piracy, are there, in technicolor.

There is likely a moral here, but why point it, and so mar the distinctive flavour of life in the “Cooks?” t Under the direction of M. Munier, work on the construction of a new bridge across the Fautaua River, Tahiti, was completed in October by the firm of Jean Bres & Co. The bridge replaces an old structure. t Formation of an average unsealed 20-ft road in Western Samoa costs £2,000 per mile; and tar sealing costs a further £3,000 per mile

Mock Raid Over Rabaul

A JET plane which swooped and dived low over Rabaul early November caused no consternation.

The plane, from the carrier HMAS Melbourne, was carrying out a mock raid and the people had been warned.

The carrier, in company Tobruk and Quadrant, wen Naval exercises in Territory w At Lorengau, in the Manus i the landing of a Naval helio on the Reserve caused great e:e ment and a crowd quickly gatl The helicopter was flown by 8 Officer, who arrived to return on the District Commissioner; 112 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTI

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OT [?]e Fa cts About [?]tive Labour Costs Parliamentary warblings of i e inimitable Australian lator O’Byrne on the sub- Papua and New Guinea are off the beam that they are 1 by most Territorians. But, me reason, they have got the skin of that tough old rian, sawmill-owner Tom He has let go in a series lignant broadcasts to the Pacific Post and Pacific Monthly. :ne, of course, is quite conthat the wretched New native is being cruelly exby the ruthless white man. nd his like writhe whenever jit the Islands and learn that labourers do not receive the dinary rates of wages paid ralia. Nothing will convince lat (a) Australian wages are :h in relation to world ds, that they have got the ian economy tied in a more permanent knot; and (b) ry few Islands labourers are one-quarter the value of m workers, anyway.

Flower makes the foregoing clearly enough—but neither iifferent bureaucrat, nor the d politician, nor the ignorant ian voter is going to take htest notice. It has been golike this for 25 years, to our ige. lower supplies some interest- Drmation, however. There is ry of what the natives did new International KB6 6uck, for example. It cost native driver said he wanted is of oil for it, I gave it to rhat night he came to my and stated that the truck )ken down along the road.

Dve out to inspect the truck, and the engine a complete He admitted that he had 3 oil to another native. d to replace the engine-block >er 6 months, I got it on the ain. A few days later another driver was driving the truck y bush mill into town. He heard a noise at the back, ned over and looked out the door. Thus, he let the -wheel go, and ran off the lead-on into a tree. The as a complete write-off. Inor £7OO, and I got £4OO and ick.” letter to South Pacific Post, Flower makes a comparison between the running of a sawmill in a white-labour country and in Papua. He wrote: “In Australia, a Twin Canadian sawmill with No. 1 bench and a docking saw can be operated from the forest to the sawn product with eight Europeans. These men would average £7O a month each, a total of £560 and should produce 4,000 super feet of sawn timber each day or 500 super feet for each man employed in the organisation.

“In Papua, to operate the same mill, five Europeans are required at £B5 to £9O a month, plus plane fares from Australia, quarters, vehicle, etc,, which would bring it up to £lOO per man, or £5OO a month In addition, at least 30 natives are re- So i J’ e^ l n nd their wages ran e e from xz to £lO a month plus ration issues, plane fare, medical exepenses, etc. a reasonable average price would be £lO a month per native, or £3OO which, on top of the £5OO for the Europeans, makes the monthly cost of running the mill £BOO.

“That is not all. Any employer °f labour knows that in this country all that can reasonably be expected from a European is 75 per cent, of what he would do in Australia.

Which means that instead of 4,000 super feet per day being produced, this now drops to 3,000. If there are 20 working days in a month a mill in Australia produces 80,000 super feet at a cost of £560 for labour. In this country it costs £BOO for labour 113 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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Islanders in Sydney t Ansett Airways flying boats, \ charter to the New Zealand De ment of Island Territories, ai operate flights from Wellingtc the Chatham Islands in Dece: January and February. An ai is now being built in the Chati for land craft and this shorn operational for land planes summer. A private New Zealan company has already applied license to maintain a with Beechcraft aircraft nov order in the United States.

Among those who attended a recent gathering of the Polynesian Associat Sydney were: Mrs. Waya Bovill, formerly Miss of Suva, with Mrs. Nancy McQuillen.

The Association's popular social sea Mrs. Ann Griffen, who was welcomed b[?] holiday in Suva, with Mrs. Rodney K[?] formerly of Suva.

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Doctors off Duty in American Samoa is in transit to the Gilberts an Island are now required prior arrangements regardimmodation Defers they can passage to Ocean. Due to hortages at the island they ) strictly limited as to the i of their stay. se of a general collapse in Lth, the Rev. H. J. E. Short, Dwn in Fapua because of a of devoted missionary service, has been ordered to “go South.” After a period of treatment in the European hospital in Port Moresby, Mr. Short (accompanied by Mrs. Short) will travel to Adelaide, where they will reside in future. Mr. Short retired from the Mission field some little time ago and settled down in a small plantation home on the north-east coast of Papua—a property he has disposed of with very much regret.

Dr. Julia Lagarejos and Dr. N. J. French, of American Samoa.

Dr. Lagarejos is of Filipino-Samoan descent and 16 years ago went to Manila with her father, where she graduated from the medical school. She is the first woman of Samoan blood to receive her medical degree. She returned recently to join the staff of the Pago Pago hospital. Dr. French has been Chief Sergeon in American Samoa but leaves in November.

He is an American citizen but was born in Malta. He has given fine service.—Pan-Am.

Prints. 115 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1956

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Meeting The [?]

PROBLEM

In The Cook Is

Mr. W. H. PERCIVAL, an ] ployee of the Cook Islands’ ministration, presented ’ official “authorised version” of' Cook Islands TB situation in tober PIM.

The facts and figures preset in my July article were supplied the field officers most closely a. ciated with the anti-TB campx in those islands. Without disput Mr. Percival’s figures, I repeat as of June these officers were say the least, highly critical of: measures and methods for mees the situation. These were linn by available funds.

My July suggestion was ths very great deal could be done to < prove the deplorable health sii tion—the facts on it are well dil mented in a number of medical ports of recent years—by utilisii. portion of the present £l,OOOl allocated annually by New Zeal) to the Colombo Plan. My sugges was that New Zealand’s own isle territories should have first prio. on any such funds.

The TB situation could be rapidly brought under control in Cooks, as it has been in New J land, by isolating all active o as a first priority. While they ai treatment, which may or may ' arrive, the medical records : show that they are continuing infect other healthy members ofi usually overcrowded household! present the rate of infection almost certainly a good deal hip than the rate of cure.

No elaborate and expensive bu ings and skilled staff wouldf called for. The very simples? open barracks, constructed a£ community effort on each islf from mainly local materials, m suffice. Only surgical patientsthose on special treatment w go to the Rarotonga sanatorium Treatment and care of all oti would not call for any skilled s The ideal situation may be i bed rest; but patients held un the supervision of a few cap! male and female nursing aid:£ such isolation- barracks, while tainly obtaining a great deal n rest than they would ever ofcf at home, would fend for themse< to a great extent. This is stanu practice in most sanatoria.

They would rise for their rrr and toilet; the fitter patients m sweep out the quarters, pres vegetables and food for the H cooks, and generally assiss skeleton staff of medical aids. TI would have to be selected mainly 118 NOVEMBER, 1 956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH!

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I am, etc., J. P. SHORTALL. nd, NZ, r 31, 1956.

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LEAK accident almost caused aster to a RNZAF Hastings nsport aircraft at Campbell far south of NZ recently, aircraft was on a supplyig mission from Auckland— icing no airfield at mountainampbell, and no sheltered for a flying-boat, lies were being dropped by ute in metal containers. After canisters had gone, one in the turbulent slipstream, k the aircraft’s tailplane, which the parachute fouled. 1 of the aircraft was sudhindered as it adopted a e-motion. aircraft immediately headed v Zealand. A RNZAF flyingvhich was at the Chatham , to the north, was alerted d by for rescue operations.

Hastings began to lose altilowly, as preparations were ;o saw a hole in the side of ’craft well aft, in the hope edging the obstruction, wer, after about 20 minutes mister and its parachute dear and all was well.

Islands Residents Meet in Sydney Recent visitors to the Pacific Islands Association, Sydney, were (left to right): David' Permezel and Jack Baker, currently in Sydney studying Pacific Administration, with Mary Young of Suva, Mrs. Eric Emberson, Jessie Sun of Sigatoka, Fiji, Eric Emberson and Maafu Williamsof Suva.

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Governor cules [?]mbo Plan long ago, an interesting Iress on Burma was given members of the Royal Society in London by Sir Ranee, who was the last Governor of Burma, hbert made no reference to lombo Flan—that idealistic ion brought into operation >O, under which United n, Canada and the South British Commonwealth js are spending many \ per annum in providing ist Asian countries with free al help and equipment, in ae that the Asians thereby persuaded into a friendly ! to us. r Hubert was asked whether, ipinion. the operation of the o Plan had made any ce in the attitude of the e towards us.

Hubert replied: “Not the t!” as asked whether he did not :hat more publicity should n to the benefits which the o Plan conferred on certain ;s.

Hubert (an experienced Governor) ridiculed the o Plan, and its effect upon pinion.

Pacific Islands Monthly, for several years, has been insisting that all this Australian expenditure on the Colombo Plan (£4,675,000 in 1955-56, and a similar amount proposed in 1956-57) could be used to far better purpose within Australia, or at least within Australian Territories. A lot could be done with £9,000,000. which is what Australia alone is giving away to wholly unappreciative Asians within two years]. t Mr. A. H. de Tourettes, who was on the staff of the Bank of NZ in Suva in the 1920’5, visited Fiji this month with his wife. Mr. de Tourettes is now manager of the West End branch of the bank in Wellington. t The largest herd of cattle to be sold for some time is being put up for sale by the Papua-New Guinea Administration. The 37 to be sold -nclude 21 2-year-old steers and 16 yearling steers from Baiyer River Twenty-one sheep from Erap are to be sold also. have a police force of four on remote Fanning Island, whose commercial life revolves he able station and copra plantation. This photo was taken during the visit of Mr ch. High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, in July. He is speaking to Sgt. Esela.

Photo by R. H. Youie. 121 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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Mini-Willi Ams Fight—

Pacific Is. Boxer Cannot Fight A gain in NZ SOUTH Pacific heavyweight boxing champion, Tom Hini, will not be able to fight in NZ again because the NZ Boxing Council has revoked his licence over an alleged “arranged” fight.

His opponent, Australian heavyweight champion, Alan Williams, has had his NZ licence cancelled, and both boxers lost their shares of the purse.

The fight was staged at Hastings, on October 17. Referee George Gordon called the fight off in the third round, and later reported to the Hawke’s Bay Boxing Association, which promoted the fight, that he had become convinced that both men were pulling their punches.

The promoting association upheld Gordon’s “no decision,” and withheld the purse pending a final decision by the national body.

Gordon’s report said: “To have allowed the farce to continue would have done irreparable harm to boxing. It must be made plain to the public that the association would not allow the public to be taken down.”

As early as the first round the fight had all the appearances of a poor exhibition. Gordon told both men he wanted them to fight, and Williams then appeared to put more weight into his blows, but Gordon remained unconvinced that the Australian was doing his best.

Hini continued merely to paw at his opponent, and in Gok opinion did not strike one ge blow.

Gordon said he spoke to 1 trainer at the end of the; round, telling him that his < was not punching. At the e* the second round he had sae the trainer that a “no cox 122 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTI

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—— >e declared if Hlni did not er. atched both men carefully the next round, and as the went on I became convinced had been arranged,” Gordon i. ‘‘Although Williams still d to be putting some weight is blows I was convinced i was pulling them, and he ide no attempt to block or ;he feeble blows that Hini, ls supposed to be a knockn, was throwing.

It certain an arrangement m entered into between the I had no option but to it a ‘no fight.’ ” ms, back in Sydney, giving ion of the fight, claimed he ne “nothing crooked.” didn’t get any money for ht,” he said. “I am not about that so much as about utation and people perhaps I went to New Zealand to stew. light have all started from ; that Hini and I flew from id to Hastings in the same I didn’t sit near him in ne, nor speak to him. Our ig together was the fault Boxing Council, not ours, n a slow starter. I had Hini before and beaten him its at Suva. I knew how ie was. He had a record of :k-outs in 34 fights. I was to a plan. I would have mtent to win on points, comes in with his head You can’t keep hitting him head and break your hands, haken him with a couple of in the third round when ;ree stopped the fight. The patted me on the back and You’ll be all right, son.’ referee admitted afterthat he had been a bit ugust, 1955, Williams and lager, Johnny Phillips, were d of having conspired to the public of money at (in northern New South harge concerned the alleged ti” of Sydney heavyweight, Dempsey, as Queensland sight champion, Cec. h, in a fight with Williams, sey and trainer, William Id Lawrence, faced similar All four were acquitted, ms knocked Dempsey out fourth round in the Inght.

J. Whiteman, Nutritionist of ith Pacific Health Service, at Tonga late September to wo months advising on ind general nutrition.

T h 8 A eV -£ r V K Cho p let *? as now entered his 51st year of service with Cathohc Mission ,n the Gilbert Islands, and on January 3. 1957, he will be 80. Father Choblet has been stationed at Bern and was tor a tune at Mokogai, the South Pacific leper colony. His headquarters now are at larawa. t A well-known Port Moresby resident. Mr. J. Annan (aged 75 years) died in the European Hospltal in October last 11,,. the Territory with the Department ot Works shorTly after WorldWaJ 11. He built the first European Hospital and other local landmarks, He is survived by his widow. 123 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY —.N OVEMBER, 1956

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sound of a Catalina over [oresby at night is not unthe pilots often practise night But on October 24, alert sard a different engine and inquiries were directed to eing told that the plane was about to land at Jackson’s , many motorists sped there with their headlights in case ictric flare system was not rung. However, all went well, e plane—with a seriously ill y-old baby—made a perfect in the first civil night m at Jackson’s since the war. is first intended to fly the who was suffering from an 1 blockage, to Cairns for attention. But on arrival ; Moresby, at about 9 p.m., ild was examined by the Superintendent who decided attention could be X Port Moresby hospital, chartered plane, flown by l Crampton, left Lae for where the child was picked le flight of about 11 hours pproximately £525 for the ugh all air-strips in the •y are equipped with electric tiey are used only in emerg-

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ice truck which, by coincidippened to be in the line of behind a Steamships Tradmpany’s vehicle, which renatives to the compound nishing work on the Port r wharf, on October 18, the spark that led to Port r’s first native “strike.” native, apparently with a conscience, on seeing the truck following the lorry, d and threw a parcel of ) the road. suspicious act caused the o inquire further, and after the native compound congoods believed to have been rom the wharf, showing morning, the labour about 300 natives, downed id refused to work wharves, id Customs sheds. ;ed by their Councillor, the appealed to the District sioner, who, after a parley two hours, persuaded them n to work. atiyes, mostly Gosiagos, have >rking overtime and earning ley. ley are due to return to illages shortly, they have .lying goods to take back them. Unfortunately, the majority of trade stores do not issue receipts, so ownership of the goods could not be proved.

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In little more than a year—wars and other errors and omissions permitting—the Dutch will be sending one of the largest and best equipped expeditions ever into their New Guinea territory. The country to be explored is the almost unknown area of the Sterrengebergte (Star Mountains), very close to where the three borders—Papua, Dutch NG, and the Trusteeship Territory—meet.

An effort will be made to find the source of the Digul River and the team of 70 men hopes to locate minerals, and what the Dutch call valuable beechwood.”

A Mr. Schoorl, of the DNG Admmistration, has already done some preliminary exploration in the area; leader of the expedition, Dr. L Brongersma, and technical leader, Lieut.-Commander G. F. Venema, have also had NG experience. Light aircraft and helicopters will be used extensively to supply the party once it gets away from base which will be Tanah Merah on the Digul River.

A platoon of Royal Netherlands Marines will accompany the 6months, £lOO,OOO expedition of 10 scientists, 10 assistants, a DNG administration officer, a doctor, and various other personnel—or, as the official handout on the foray states: 125 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956 >ua-N. Guinea Diary (Continued from Page 44)

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GERMANY: Breckwoldt & Co., Hamburg; Beck’s Beer, Bremen.

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If you have never heard the term autochthons used in that way before —and we certainly have not— it here means “sons of the soil.”

Of all the modern circumlocutions to get over the difficulty of using that rude word, “native,” that one just about takes the prize.

Dca Official In Port

MORESBY Mr. H. A. Ellam, Controller of Supply and Transport for the Department of Civil Aviation, arrived in Port Moresby, on October 11, on an inspection of departmental stores in the Territory.

His tour will take in Lae, Madang, Goroka, Wewak, Bulolo and Wau.

Mr. Ellam later went to Rabaul at the invitation of the Shell Company for the opening of the Shell bulk fuel installation there by the Administrator.

CUP FEVER “Melbourne Cup Fever,” which usually strikes Australians everywhere at this time of the year, showed its symptoms in Port Moresby.

Sweeps filled and Committees busily arranged Cup Day parties.

Mrs. D. M. Cleland, wife of the Administrator, attended a party at the Red Cross Hall on November 6. It was arranged by members of the Pre-school Management Committee to provide funds for toys and equipment for the Kindergarten.

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These services are available through all branches of the (INCORPORATED IN NEW SOUTH WALES WITH LIMITED LIABILITY) A5447a f helping people to get their ,nd stores together in order ure forth seeking fortune in is. is the Eekhoff family who for and was granted the ence for a hotel at Lae, and in a temporary building, a short time they decided to id the property was purby Mrs. Flora Stewart. It ite of the present-day Hotel years slipped by all too war came, and after it, the > were amongst the first to 0 Lae. Then Henry decided ut of business on his own but remained at Lae, and position with Buntings, their family married, Mr. 3. Eekhoff looked like living arby and Joan life quietly ie sands of time ran out. ■, the changing economy of Id wrecked that plan, and 1 Mrs. Eekhoff decided to ie and go to live in Aus- -50 people gathered at the Jecil to say a final Bon to Henry in early October— khoff had preceded him to ind had purchased a small a readiness for the move, pie gathered were all predents of New Guinea, and id lived in Lae and had he Eekhoff family in those Ml were sorry to see them in Henry’s own words, “he ig to find security.” He said, inkly, that by going to live s he and his wife would be to an old-age pension, and ould be allowed to earn a aount in excess of this, he they would be able to live lietly without being a burden ie.

Territorians are beginning that it is high time that y in New Guinea spent a ;ime and thought on the »f the aged. There are not them—there might never —but why should a gentle and his kindly wife have the home, the friends and or which they have worked, they can no longer carry ) of work and remain init?

Dwyer advised the Rabaul ivisory Council at a recent that a Committee had been there to aid destitute I that representations made dministration had resulted ince being given to people to help themselves, probably right enough as goes—but it would probbetter all round if assiste available to these people they became actually

Lae Basketball Booms

h Tr? 6 t Lao fi ® asl s etball Association heid its first Annual Dinner at the Hotel Cecil on October 26.

About 40 representatives of the various teams attended. The premiership shield went to the Banks team. A trophy for the highest aggregate score was presented to Mr. Tony Normoyle.

Chairman for the evening was Mr.

Brian Bretag, of the Lae team, and opnortunitv wQ c * , cheerio to several members of the Voco team who will £ orocSediM South on transfer and will not ho playing during the next 1 season It was decided unanimously l That the standard of BaskeSaU in lSb had advanced considerably and that the future of the game looked very rosy indeed; a visT to Port Moresby may be made later For her continued generosity in 127 ic ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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RULES le over a year ago, Australian football was only a name in an Education Officer at a Technical Training Centre, ck Tong, himself a formei Launceston Grammar School representative, taught his native students the game.

Later, a committee of Europeans was formed to play in a competition.

Their first match was played at Boroka, where the Administrator, Brigadier D. M. Cleland, bounced the ball, and the native students from Idubada and Sogeri schools played the curtain-raiser to the match.

In September this year a Rules team visited Cairns, where they were victorious.

Their successful season culminated in a “Ball of the Year,” held November 2 at the RSL Club, Port Moresby.

Look ou t Melbourne, here we COme! (Over) On October 13, Mr.

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Old Warrior Dies

A great old policeman, Sgt. Major Foginau, of the Royal Papua-New Guinea Constabulary, was buried with full Police honours in Port Moresby in late October.

Sgt, Major Foginau’s record as a policeboy goes back to 1926. and he could, of course, remember the German administration.

He received an American citation for the part he played in the task force landing at Manus in 1944, and was recommended five times for other decorations.

He was awarded the Police Valour Badge—a rare honour, as this is awarded only where risk of life by way of duty is incurred. It is a civil VC.

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Qantas has met the emergency by putting additional Skymaster on the Bird of Paradise run, Sydney- Lae service, from November 21. This means that a Skymaster will be arriving in the Territory six days a week—Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

The usual extra services to shuttle schoolchildren back to the Territory from schools in Australia will commence early in December.

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When Judge Gore returned to Port Moresby, end of October, he made it the first occasion for five months that all four judges were in the Territory at the same time. t Group Captain A. S. ' officer commanding the RI base at Laucala Bay, Fiji, sp< week in New Zealand recent a conference of RNZAF st commanders. 130 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH}

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[?]an Wharfies Demand Dalo dalo, no work,” was the slogan ' Fijian wharf labourers in iva on October 18. They had sly complained about the 3 of dalo—taro to the rest of ;ific —and they were promised ould have it next day. i at 5.45 a.m. there was no r breakfast the day shift men : for their meal before start- )rk sat down and refused to eat what was put before ir to work. At 7 a.m., when fht shift came off they also the food. sat down quietly, drank and sang or talked, nference was held between :ed parties and a Labour Dent representative and the ere given meal money until uld be obtained for the evenal. idition to the fact that dalo ;n in short supply since the cd it has also increased in So much so that many in Suva accustomed to eating low eating imported potatoes imala, even although they irefer dalo. manager of the Fiijan Coze Marketing Association said r that on account of the high >f dalo his Association was no attempt to sell it at its the market but was offering instead. [?]eigners” [?]ition to Caledonia NOUMEA, Oct. 20. local Assembly has decided t non-French persons iring to trade in New na shall be accorded the icilities as are given to New oni a n citizens in the sr’s country. point arose recently when it inounced that South Viet ’ormerlv a member of the Indo-China Empire and Irtually independent, had that certain Viet Nam and professions would not n to foreigners, and that nationals would be regarded gners. New Caledonia, howade a direct inquiry and was ;d by Viet Nam that New lian citizens would not be there as foreigners. Viet laims to be still a member French Union, but its status at present clear.

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ENTERPRISE SUVA Chamber of Commerce has strongly criticised the Government’s plan to import its own food stocks.

It is claimed that the Government should not encroach on the activities of private enterprise.

Formerly the gaol, which makes bread for itself and Government institutions, has imported its own flour, and that activity now seems to have spread to the importation of other food supplies for Governmerit vessels, lighthouses and other Government uses In addition to the schools and hospitals.

Reserve supplies were also kept at the gaol for use in any emergency, such as hurricanes or floods, where food would be urgently required. The accounting was done by the Government Storekeeper.

Government’s proposal to transfer the whole of this importing to the Stores Department is visualised as a general Government scheme for importing its food supplies. It isestimated that the plan will involve the building of a special store of 6.000 square feet. 131 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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Holbrooks Worcestershire Sauce Holbrooks Sweet Mustard Sauce /v/* i, NG, on account of its jotentialities” (g lori o us and its lebensraum is a ;hot for our over-crowded neighbours. longues — 3d ’s Consul-General to Ausmsieur J. F. Mountousse, reiblicity on his return from o P-NG where he visited nissionaries of the Roman mission of the Sacred th headquarters at Samarai. ladcast he enumerated his :es and told of the natives let who, “fifteen or twenty jo were all fighting, but happy.” ission started, incidentally, rears ago. He added there any nationalities in the That was the point which i me and I noticed, when to records, that in 1952 rticular Mission had 132 of ten different nationaltie majority were French en came Australian (45); by Swiss (16), and others us European origin. ; past—and it may occur i the future (one never -there has arisen a certain of embarrassment in NG rs break out, because of the status of some of the ries. So far as the Roman > are concerned, would it more simple if they were mals of Vatican City, a ;d neutral independent Or is there a catch some- The Buin Show From a recently received issue of Rabaul News (which is becoming more newsy than ever and has just celebrated its tenth anniversary), I see where the Buin district, down Bougainville way, has held its fourth Annual Show, with 46 sections of exhibits. These included native arts and crafts and work in bamboo, cane and (of course), the famed Buin Baskets, which they will still refer to as “Buka Baskets.”

Buin has always been proud of its plaited cane-work and it is good to see this old-time craftsmanship being encouraged by the Missions and the Administration.

Buin, according to Rabaul News , was the first district to hold such shows and for this it must be congratulated on taking such a lead in the preservation of New Guineaiana. (Spell it how you like.

You know what I mean). (Over) [?]th New Guinea Timbers plywood mill at Bulolo, New Guinea, which the Duke of Ednburgh visited on November 12.

Photo: N. Brady. 133 IC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1956 ritories' Talk-Talk Continued from Page 31)

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A By-product Last month I mentioned a possible use for volcanic lava. This month a by-product worth investigating is coconut milk. A Yankee scientist reckons that substances extracted from milk, especially coconut milk, are most potent in promoting plant growth. Best response is with root crops. Bits of carrot root immersed in coconut milk increased in size several hundred-fold.

Dr. F. C. Steward, of Cornell University, is the man. Over to you, Barry Dwyer.

The Wheel Turns Extracts from the Rabaul News : “A meeting of all native exservicemen will be held on September 22 in the Council House of the Rabaul Native Local Government Council at 3 p.m. The president of the NESLONG, Raymond Martin, wants all native ex-servicemen to be present to discuss the erection of a club house. The RSL in Australia has contributed £3OO to assist in its construction.

“During this month two Scouts in this Territory will receive the 'Queen’s Scout Badge. This is the first occasion on which the Scouting award has been presented in the Territory. The two Scouts are Alan Tsang, of the First Rabaul Group and Julius Powesue, of the Second Lorengau Group. . .”

“At the September meeting of the Vunamami Local Government Council it was decided to spend £l5O, raised for the installation of electric light in the Council House, on completing the construction of a dormitory for the local Education Centre. The installation was postponed* year. . ■”

Bits And Pieces Harold Bell, skipper of BE catchers in TNG back in tic 134 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTI

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P.1.M.11/56. of the Waratah Hotel, at has been making front- ; of late over his allegaribery in Sydney Council . Critics do not appear isiastic about the NG : Into Paradise. . . P-NG ation is advertising for 24 Dfficers and an unspecified f Education Officers, . . ief Guide, Lady Badenill visit P-NG early in rhe B. B. Perrimans beidparents on October 14. to Bob and Val. . . Mrs. ssell, well known pre-war [entity, died in Brisbane of October . . Anyone re John McVae (formerly ) is hanging out? K.

BNZ, George St., Sydney, for him. . . Koitaki Para states Ltd. has raised its from 30 p.c. to 35 p.c. ;ar ending June 30. Net e by 43 p.c. . . Gilbert How Are You Mate”) has rom his fifth visit to the since the War. . . A. H. with wife and daughter, Urathnaver at the end of Expects to be away a years. He hopes. [?]OINTMENT [?]nithy” Man for [?]Suva Post }N pioneer John Stannage come manager of the Fiji casting Commission early and will replace Mr. K. G. hose term of service has lins will return to New id will take up an apponttianager of the New Zealcasting Service in Napier, he developed adminisents in the radio world, age flew as radio operator ite Sir Charles Kingsfordthe first crossing of the lantic from London to New York, and on the first complete circumnavigation of the globe by air.

He made five crossings of the Tasman in the days when such a flight was still a matter of banner headlines, and flew on a number of other pioneering ventures wth the redoubtable “Smithy.” He holds eight international flying awards and gold medals, including the Seagrave Medal.

Before taking up an appointment as manager of Radio 3ZB, in Christchurch, NZ, Mr. Stannage was manager of Kingsford-Smith Air Services Ltd., in Sydney. He held the 3ZB position for 15 years before becoming managing director of Siurch (South Island > Ltd., Christ- . Mr. stanna ge has had broadcast- *? 5? gland » Austr alia, ££ d , Un j ted States, as well as ealand > in all phases of presentation and administration.

Organisations of which he is a member in Christchurch are the Christchurch Businessmen’s Club the Aged Peoples’ Welfare Council, and the Christchurch Rotary Club. nom \ na ted for a seat on the Council, but withdrew this ment he accepted the appoint- Mr. and Mrs. Stannage are exg®®J®.d to - arrive in Suva about the middle of January. [?]mpleted Police-Station at Bulolo, Photo: N. Brady. 135 C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1916

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N. H. SEWARD PTY. LTD, 457 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Aust. MU 6129 [?]EAD Still Plans [?]ionolulu Service RDING to a Honolulu source, th Pacific Air Lines, which for years been trying to get i Honolulu-Papeete flying- :vice, is not out of the run- 1, although Britain has taken ristmas Island for next year’s i tests. ;mas Island was to have been portant mid-way staging r SPAL. It was within weeks g complete when the UK I its intention of moving in. been hinted that SPAL may >me interim agreement with £ whereby they can use as until next April by which le company could have a Jontellation to put onto the a Sups r-Constellation, [irect from Honolulu to Bora uld be made. There would, *, still be the difficulty of passengers from Bora Bora ete —although if the company itablish the service it would t be in a favourable position he international airport is ar Papeete. This could not three or four years under vourable conditions, and so we know Bora Bora is not d to Super-Constellation 1 Pacific Air Lines came into ;ure in Hawaii when it reapplied to the Civil Aero- Board in Washington for a m on the charter flights of ean Airlines of Honolulu, acean was seeking permission AB in September to make irter flights on behalf of Tahiti Air Cruises, an organbeaded by Mr. Richard K. , manager of Halekulani The flights applied for were ; weekly intervals commencober 10 from Hilo to Bora using DC4 aircraft. The ■rate per trip was fixed at return, and passengers pay $l,OOO fare to the ;rs. harterers would, in addition, le expense of chartering a Catalina for the Bora Bora- -Bora Bora connection. The ean application was sup- )y the Honolulu Chamber of :ce, the Hawaii Island ir of Commerce, and the Big service clubs. msiders Abandoning Coral Route Service AN Empire Airways “Coral ite,” from a financial point r, was “bad business,” and should be abandoned, NZ Minister in Charge of Civil Aviation (Mr.

T. P. Shand), said in the NZ House of Representatives recently.

Speaking during the debate on the Civil Aviation Estimates, he said that the route had lost a lot of money last year, and would lose more this year. TEAL had extended the service to Tahiti in an attempt to make it pay, but it was still a “very poor risk financially.”

Mr. Shand said the service cost the taxpayer a considerable amount of money although the Island Territories Department had come to rely on the service, which served islands which were New Zealand responsibilities.

The Government would have to make up its mind whether it would try to improve the service, and make it pay; or whether it would abandon it.

“But, because of our responsibilities, a decision to abandon the service cannot be taken lightly,” he said. “However, I still doubt whether the cost of continuing it is worthwhile.”

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The British military authorities preparing facilities at Christmas Island for nuclear bomb tests next year are now operating a regular weekly air mail service between the island and Honolulu.

The aircraft flies north on Thursdays and departs from Honolulu again the following day. t A mobile clinic in the Sepik District of NG, recently returned to Wewak after visiting over 2,000 native patients in 28 villages. With Dr. Rolfe and a Nursing Sister, the clinic traversed mliec troo/'V-iov ous roadl and tracks to reach patients On one occasion durtag the trip, where the road was I quagmire, the clinic had to be hauled out by winch. In the meantime, the natives went to work on the road and when the clinic returned, the road was in good condition. t C. Sullivan (Export) Pty. Ltd., will move from their premises, 379 Kent Street, Sydney, to Wales House (formerly Sydney Morning Herald offices), 66 Pitt Street, Sydney, on November 23. The firm had its offces m Kent Street, for more than 20 years. 137

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Coffins Street-, Alexandria, N.S.W., Australia N. CALEDONIAN IRON ORE Proposed New Industry for NSW IT may be years before proposals by French industrial organisations to build a big new steelworks at Port Stephens, north of Newcastle, NSW, come to anything (see Oct. PIM) .

A French trade authority said in Sydney early in November that the French interests were waiting to see if they could get the finance.

“France is not in a position to find the money for a project like that,” he said. “We can bring the iron ore in from New Caledonia, and possibly the equipment, but we can’t get the £100,000,000 sterling which is the amount of money required.”

He said that American organisations would probably be interested in the project if the Australian Government would make a clear statement about the proposal. BHP would have to make its position clear about accepting competition.

“The Queensland and New South Wales Governments are interested,” he said.

“We have the iron ore in New Caledonia. We are close to Australia and it is cheaper to carry the iron ore from there to Newcastle than it is to, carry it from Western Australia. But first many problems, including the ones I mentioned, have to be overcome in Australia.”

The Australian steel industry at present is unable to satisfy the local demand for steel. And apart from the desirability of stepping up supplies, another steel plant revive the coal mining indus?

NSW, which is in a state of stt tion. t Mr. Cyril Miller, British CC representative in Fiji, returneo Mrs. Miller to Suva in Octoben leave in the United Kingdom 138 NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH!

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GOLD DREDGING, LTD—Mr. Albert has been appointed general manager Bulolo Gold Dredging, Ltd., and alth-New Guinea Timbers, Ltd. He r. Lars W. Bergstrand, who has fern that appointment with Hie two to take up special duties for them utha Development, Ltd., in Australia. * * * AIRWAYS, LTD.—This company will holding company and make the of a bonus issue to both ordinary ence shareholders. The holding cornoffer 12 of its ordinary 5/- shares 20 now held—the equivalent of a bonus. It will offer preference s nine of its ordinary shares for preference share. Directors expect 0 per cent, dividend on the new in interim half-year preference and lividend of 5 per cent, (last year per cent., final 7\ per cent.) is 1 November 22. * * *

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[Mr. P. Pring) said at annual meetproduction of kenaf in New Guinea se. Eriama Estates (Holdings), Ltd., Koitaki subscribed, has decided to ments. Eriama had insufficient funds, overnraent would give no additional * * * (FIJI) GOLD MINES NL.—A steady f 1/- (including lOd tax free), payecember 18, has been declared. The istribution in July was also 1/-. * * * (GOLD ICE CREAM CO.—This subthe NZ firm of Frozen Products, Ltd., i a contract with the Seiaute Ice iperative of Western Samoa to supply all the ice cream consumed in the iaute consists of 22 to 25 principal Western Samoa. perative has arranged complete local rith 0. F. Nelson, Ltd., and the •airy Company, owners of the only freezers in the islands. The cornbeen supplying Western Samoa since * * * JINEA GOLDFIELDS, LTD.—A capital of 6d a share will be made on 30. sr return: Golden Ridges Mill treated > of ore for 1,003 oz fine gold and silver. Golden Ridges Alluvials prooz fine gold and tributes 139 oz. >duced was 158,801 super, ft. * * *

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-The general manager, Mr. T. Hamiljnced that the company caught its 150 whales for its first Norfolk >on with five days to spare. "A very season," he commented. The 1 shares were to be split into 5/jt the middle of this month and listed soon afterwards. * * *

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the good support given to the current executives of the company went to I month for field consultations with geologist, Mr. R. T. Matthews. The are Mr. A._ E. Prince, deputy Mr. R. R. Ritcher, drilling super- Mr. D. M. Traves, geologist, Mr. G. use, operations manager, and Mr. me. Issue of 3 000,000 5/- shares sed on October 31.

PLACER DEVELOPMENT, LTD —lnterim dividend of 50 cents (Canadian currency) per share became due on November 16, and will be paid from all offices of the company on December 7.

Payment from the Sydney office will be made in Australian currency, calculated on the rate of exchange ruling on November 16. Dividends to non-residents of Canada will be subject to Canada absentee tax of 15 per cent. ♦ * * SOLOMON ISLANDS RUBBER PLANTATIONS, LTD. —Profit for the year ended July 31, 1956, after depreciation and Australian and Solomon Islands taxation was £1,369. A dividend of 10 per cent, on preference shares absorbs £990.

A resolution that the company be wound up voluntarily will be discussed at an extraordinary general meeting in Brisbane on November 30. * * * UNILEVER (AUST.), LTD.—The company has made an offer for the preference and preferred o/d'pa/y shares of W. H. Burford and Co., Ltd..

Adelaide soap maker. The offer is 18/- for each 5 per cent. cum. pref., 25/- for the 7 per cent. cum. prefs., and 35/- for the 10 per *. ce Ull,-, cum * Inference ordinaries, and is ai? rt th £ / 0 7 n ,5 5 .Unilever (Aust.) already holds all the £90,000 issued ordinary capital. t Ratu Edward Cakobau was in Noumea early November to assist the UK delegation at the 16th session of the South Pacific Commisson. Sir Ronald Garvey, who attended the first part of the session, had to leave for Suva before it was finished. tCurrent Papua-New Guinea stamps will be overprinted to meet the recent rise in postal rates. 139 HC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1956

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Dard briefly discussed the i to grading proposals, as . by correspondence in the ss and reports from meetstate producers. The Board lanimously recommended legislation to Government aers were still firmly of the it grading is necessary.

Chairman informed the Board that he had discussed with the Colonial Secretary the likely future of the Board itself after the end of the Ministry of Food agreement and he had informed the Colonial Secretary of the views of Hickling- Johnson Wedding The wedding took place at the Presbyterian Church, Otahuhu, NZ, on August 11 of Miss Wendy Judith Hickling to Mr. Peter Stanford Johnson, of Tauranga.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hickling, Mangere East, and formerly well - known residents of the Cook Islands. The bridesmaid was Miss Janice Fraser and Mr. Norrie Stone was bestman. A reception followed the wedding and later guests were entertained at the home of the bride.

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SENSATIONS Well-Known Samoa[?] Before Court TWO Court cases heard ree in Apia High Court before i Judge C. C. Marsack I created much local comment. , In the first case, the Chaij of the Fono of Faipule (The Sas District Parliament), FaaH Galu, who has been trading fo Apia firm of I. H. Carruthers 1 at the village of Falelatai,,. charged with failure to accouu goods valued at £431.

Allegedly, the proceeds from missing goods had been us© accused to build a new house, tl he claimed that they consist! uncollected trade debts.

Faalavaau, a prominent SaE political leader, was convicted sentenced to six months’ impu ment. But, during the afternoc the trial, full restitution of. amount owing, was made on fc' of the accused before the Coun risen. The Chief Judge thei mitted the prison sentence and posed a fine of only £l5 as peK The second case to cause a s tion in Apia, was a charge ag a well-known Samoan Calf priest, Father Felise, of ApL having forged marriage pap© the name of a Samoan, Alaiso} Pago Pago, and a Samoan wo of Apia, Maletina Pule.

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Plantation, Buka Passage, Guinea, has been in Brisbane another strenuous session witl medical profession. He has happily through a surgical patch up; and plans to return to < Guinea in December after a in Tasmania. 142 NOVEMBER. 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTI

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Deputy Mayor, e same two wards, in the dectorate, two candidates ling for each ward. Much iterest in the affairs of the ncil is shown by all classes dian community, ual excuse offered by Euron of standing is that they busy—overlooking the fact i Mr. Leys and Mr. Goodsir very busy men. >odsir stated that if somei would come forward he t stand. He has had several office as Chairman of the Dmmittee, a very heavy job 7S in attempting to catch so much work left undone Id Municipality, and with finances. >odsir said he would have . a respite from Council t as nobody came forward o go back again.

ZAF Sunderland from Bay, Suva, made on No- 1, an emergency flight to Tarawa in the Gilbert and Ellice Is.

Colony, to take out the Resident Commissioner, Mr. M. L. Bernacchi, who was seriously ill. Fit.-Lieut.

Simpson was in charge of the flight and RNZAF Nursing Sister J. Fitzgerald, attended Mr. Bernacchi on the journey back to Suva. engers on the "Shansi” which sailed from Sydney on October 17 included (left to right): Mr. F. C. Hill of the Customs and Marine Pert Moresby, who had just completed three months' leave in Sydney. Customs and Marine r-Inspector Paddy Larkin, of the Royal P-NG Constabulary, with sons Kevin (eight years) and Michael (nine years) Inspector Larkin ly have been on leave in Sydney; Mrs. Larkin remains in Sydney with their youngest son, who is receiving medical treatment.

Bruce Strange, whose destination was Rabaul where she will join her husband who is assistant manager of Vilupai Plantation.

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The MOF contract has been in existence for nearly eight years; but it is only since May of this year that copra has become one of the leading articles in the local paper and the PIM. Perhaps some of our readers could make a guess as to the reasons for this.

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Cable & Telegraphic Address;: SUPERB, Sydney the Editor to Mr. Howard [?]f Unilever reply to the “friendly” of the Unilever executive, toward, in August P/M? in hospital, without my maybe I made a mistake b of the Savu Savu meet- Ar. Howard knows which referred to. nters who spoke at that ould not number ten, yet d says they were in the There were at least 20 nothing to say, but went sten. mssions, as I said, were igs which had been dis- .in and again. That was k advantage of a lull to lestions. vers given by Mr. Howard linly that during the last acre years, all the fancy rgarine, etc., were made, ;ill being made from this poor-quality copra. Mr. ,ys the forceful comments aer planters left him in hat I, the questioner, was a regarding the intention proving quality, etc., and vlr. Howard) was wasting at say there was no inf improving quality, in ly area. I told him that nment, and the Depart- .griculture, had been tryet planters to improve iring the last 30 years; d improved a lot; but it :e at least another 30 ring it up to the quality •d desired. had put my questions to d, I sat down and received •ound of applause from sent, which I think init it was Mr. Howard who s own. Those who took :d to the Club were few, i only to show him Savu- -1 known hospitality; not icy agreed with him. ter all, neither Mr. >r our local crushers have my last question—viz.; it the price of copra has per cent, during the last why have they not made m in the products they ire, during that period? I y return to Fiji that dur- Dsence the Savusavu and Planters have met and nst the copra-grading bill sent form. But this does that they won’t try to uality lanter for over 30 years rays made, and advocated a good-quality product, jopra and other exports. 145 C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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REFORMS But Don't Ex ft Too Much Modifications to exi labour legislation in ti were forecast by the Hi: missioner, Mr. John Gutchl October meeting of the Council in Honiara.

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Mr. Gutch did not say wH the reforms would take, anu event, it is unlikely that B sidents will be expecting ver The old indenture system j penal clauses is now n«j Labour is hired under a 12 ! contract which appears to< the obligation on the emplo none on the employee. If tl; walks out, there is nothing ployer can do except sue Ir civil court. As the natives has no cash, this is a complex of time.

Shell Bulk Installation 0 A NEW bulk petroleum j lation at Rabaul, was ( opened, on October 27,, Administrator of P-NG, B D. M. Cleland.

The installation enables I and more efficient distribu lower operating costs Mr. R. W. Woodcock, She; pany of Australia Li nr Operations Manager, and M Webb, the Company’s Islands Manager, attendee ceremony.

The installation cost £160; is part of Shell’s £50,000,00) war investment programme tralia and the Pacific Islan has been built on the site? original depot which was wii during the war.

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F. D. PALMER ierick David Palmer, one ’s oldest and best known died at his home on 1, aged 84. He was born ci, Levuka. om some time in Rotuma, r spent most of his wTorkn the employ of Morris Ltd., at Levuka. When tiool he learned the boat :ade from his father, Mr. mer. 2 years many visitors to re guests of Mr. and Mrs. their home at Oniviro. rvived by his widow, two i, of Suva, and Fred., of and two daughters, and Marion, both of

Annie Stevenson

nie Stevenson who died i, on October 6, lived in 1871, except for a period ia and New Zealand. ; only a few weeks old xrivedin the Colony with : and mother, Mr. and Rennie, two sisters and she married Mr. T. M. and then lived in Australia and New Zealand for some years.

They returned to Fiji in 1908, shortly before Mr. Stevenson died.

Mrs. Stevenson lived in Suva until a few months ago, when she entered Lautoka Hospital.

She was always an enthusiastic worker for the Red Cross, particularly during the two World Wars.

Mrs. Stevenson is survived by her two sons, Colonel T. I. Stevenson, now living in Kent, England, and Mr. J. R. Stevenson, of Lautoka.

There are four grandchildren.

Dr. W. Worger

Dr. W. Worger, whose death occurred at Levuka on September 22, had unbroken service in the Fiji Medical Service since 1929, and in length of service was the senior medical man in Fiji. He was 67.

He served in World War I with the Somerset Light Infantry in Mesopotamia and at Gallipoli, attaining the rank of Captain.

After the war he finished his studies at Bristol University and was for two years house-surgeon at Bristol Infirmary, where he obtained much surgical experience. His medical friends said of him that for a big man he was remarkably quick in his work, and was regarded as a very fine surgeon.

At one period he was District Commissioner and Magistrate at Levuka in addition to carrying out his duties as DMO. He was quiet, but liked company, and had a deep sense of solid humour.

He was a Past-Master of the Polynesian Masonic Lodge, and a keen stamp collector. His wife, Mrs Biddy Worger, is well known as a successful novelist and the author of many short stories.

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The death occurred in August of Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Moran, mother of Mr. Leonard Moran, of the Sydney Polynesian Society. She was in her 88th year, and was the eldest of the 13 children of David Peterson, of Gothenburg, Sweden, and his wife Mary, who was a Ryan of Tipperary. Both of Mrs.

Moran’s parents went to Australia well over a century ago.

Mrs. Moran had no knowledge of Polynesia, nor of its languages, but her kind heart surmounted these obstacles and her house was home to Polynesian people for more than 30 years. The Polynesian Association of Sydney was founded there in her presence and with her approval. Many Islands and Maori people will regret the passing of their “Mama ruau,” as the Tahitians always called her. (Over)

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Tain H. Dryden

Huntley Dryden, for some ter of the old Tofua in ind-Islands trade, died at recently in his 73rd year. born in England, and New Zealand in 1904, joinion Steamship Co. shortly t years he has acted as surveyor in Auckland for al Sugar Refining Co.

H. R. GREENING -known personality in id Suva, and a popular if the Staff of Morris Ltd., Mr. H. R. Greening, dney on October 21. ming joined the firm in in 1914 was appointed at Levuka and also a f the company, holding irship for many years, ned to the Suva office in ng in 1940. After retiremtinued to reside in Suva 1 years, but eventually dney to live. ining was a keen playing the Suva Bowling Club, evuka took part in all id social activities, born in November, 1882, id Miss Goddard, of Syd- -7 had two children, Mr. ig, of Sydney, and Mrs. 7, of Levuka.

E. M. BUCKNELL th occurred at Dudley, September 4, of Mrs. E. ell, on old resident of was 83. iknell was born in South but went to Fiji at the She lived there for 55 irning to live in Ausit eight years ago.

Mr. George Harness

Mr. George Harness, a pioneer settler in the Tailevu district of Fiji, died on October 27, aged 62. He took up land in the area after he returned from active service in the first World War.

When it was announced that a contingent would be sent from Fiji he was one of the first to enlist, and when the troopship sailed he was the youngest man in the force.

This force was ultimately attached to the King’s Royal Rifles, and Mr.

Harness retained his interest in this regiment throughout his life. Recently he presented to the Defence Club in Suva two caricatures, one concerning the KRR, and the other one Hudson’s horse He is survived by his two brothers, Suva Harbour-master Captain E.

Harness and Mr. M. Harness, of Tailevu. Also by three sisters, Mrs.

Agnew, of Auckland, Mrs. J. Speedy, now living in Australia, and Mrs. R.

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POCKLEY The death occurred in Sydney on November 11, of Dr. Eric Osbaldiston Pockley. He was 80 and had been in ill-health for some time.

By profession Dr. Pockley was an opthalmic surgeon with offices in Macquarie Street; but he was, as well, something of an explorer and, in his younger years, much interested in sport.

He was well-known in New Guinea and was for 26 years a partner of Mr. A. L. Bayliss in Dogowan and Bagabag Plantations in the Madang district. At one time he accompanied Government anthropologist Chinnery up the Fly River and over the Kokoda trail— before it was known as that. He wa& the first European to climb Mt.

Obree, finishing the last three days with only a dog for company, the carriers having refused to go further. He was an uncle of Dr Brian Antill Pockley, the first Austrahan killed in New Guinea when the Australians landed in the then German territory in 1914.

But perhaps Dr. Eric Pockley was best known in New Guinea for the Montoro incident of the late 20’s.

The doctor had gone ashore at Maty Island expecting the ship to sail at 2 p.m. It sailed at noon— and Dr. Pockley became the involuntary guest of Mr. Fred Archer (now of Jame Plantation, in Bougainville) for five months. The incident caused a stir at the time.

Dr. Pockley was a graduate of Sydney University and later studied at Oxford and Vienna; he travelled on motor-cycle on the Continent with the late Anthony Wilding (one of Australasia’s first Davis Cup champions) who was killed in the First World War) and was imprisoned with him in Bulgaria as a “suspicious character.”

In the pre-World War I period he won several tennis titles in Europe, with Wilding and others. Later he won State championships in NSW and Queensland. At one time he went big-game shooting in East Africa.

Dr. Pockley served in the First World War, and as a plane spotter during the Second World War. tMr. H. A. Henlen, arrived in Suva, Fiji, in October to take over the management of the Bank of New South Wales. He succeeds Mr. F. C.

Thomas, who goes to Head Office, Sydney, as Assistant Manager. Mr.

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[?]y Reporter is Loose in Papua ladies and gentlemen, is imple of the indescribable ich Australian newspapers, with Pacific Islands ;o often serve up for the on of their readers. This the Sydney Daily Tele- / November 9 and it is d, “By Michael Fitz- Daily Telegraph special tative, who will report e’s visit to New Guinea”: MORESBY, Thurs.—The af Edinburgh won’t have el before King Metakaka •and to-day Government jre are sighing with reletakaka, 65-y e a r-o 1 d chief of the Trobriand ie only king in all New pua—has sent the word resby by drumbeat across of sea and gnarled that he would welcome on his arrival here on norning. ent officials were worried. , women, and children on their knees in King presence, i only stand when the ?al stately figure, stands above their head level, nt the Duke, too ?rn m e n t official was ent to the Trobriands. to the King, explained like th<e Duke, was a or to New Guinea and he King should not in- •malities that the Duke . not insist on.

King Metakaka thought it over.

Now he has sent drumbeat word that he agrees, and that he, his 13 wives, his jester, and his foodtaster will attend the Government House reception provided “the food is tasted by my taster first.”

Mr. D. M. Cleland, the Territories Administrator, told me: “The King is very wise. It looked sticky for a bit, but now everything is all right”

No doubt it was written by Mr.

Fitzgerald as a silly spoof. It is silly enough; but there are hundreds who might think it true.

Residents of Papua need no assurances; but for the information of readers elsewhere it should be said that there is no “king” in the Trobriand Islands; that, if there is a hereditary chief there, he almost certainly is a well-informed and courteous man; and not the kind of African jungle freak that is described in the imaginative reporter ; that communication between the Trobriands—a parti y-Polynesian “pocket” just off the Papuan coast —is regularly maintained by the usual radio and not by drum-beat; and that the description of the Trobriand chiefs party is so silly as to be libellous.

Why do these half-fledged reporters, visiting the South Pacific Islands for the first time, so often try to maintain the fallacy that conditions there to-day are as they might have been in Darkest Africa c. century ago? t Mr. Peter Brooks, well known English resident of Tahiti and former proprietor of the Teva Hotel, Papeari District, recently travelled to New Zealand. It is understood that he does not intend returning to Tahiti.

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THE October Session of the South Pacific Commission, which began in Noumea in mid-October. ! n or der that some of the high official personages connected therewith could attend T? e j bllee Cel ebrations in the New Hebrides, was proceeding at the end of October.

Strong efforts were made behind the scenes, in some of the Member countries, prior to October, to ensure that the Commission would make a far-reaching revision of its objectives, activities and organisathe experiences of uhe last 4 or 5 years; but there had been no indication, up to the end of October, that any important reformatory move was under way.

A visitor to Noumea at the end of October reported: “This Session of the Commission is proceeding smoothly and rather better than usual.

“Dr. Bedell (the Secretary- General) seems to have brought a new' sense of unity to the Commission by giving greater responsibility to the three executive officers in charge of the work programme, and by dividing up the functions of the Deputy Secretary-General among several officers.

“The delegations seem to have been w r ell chosen and the contributions are effective.” t Mi*. S. R. Warm an, London, manager of Morris Hedstrom Ltd., arrived in Sydney by PAA from Fiji on November 2. He left next day for New Guinea, where he expected to stay for about three weeks, before setting out on his return to London, via Singapore. [?]ildings at Aitutaki . . . ninistration building at Aitutaki [?]cially opened on September 6 ill. Cook Islands Resident Com- 40 ft. coral-lime building conoffice, mail-sorting office, radio fice, police office, liquor bond and courtroom. Behind the building is a small prison cell.

Last year Aitutaki's eight-bed, coral-lime hospital (left) was opened. Located nearby are the CIMP's house of 1,250 sq. ft., and the Dental Clinic. The hospital laundry and bulk store rooms are still in course of construction, and are sited near a pump room which contains a deep, natural well which never runs dry. Water from the pump room is piped down to the communal laundry near the beach.

Mr. Frank Borrell, PWD foreman in charge at the work, is at present erecting a new citrus fruit gassing room.

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'dice Station will shortly a “nerve” centre. This ation, among others, is the reorganisation prowhich Mr. Beaumont has Ting out. mtre, on receipt of a , will radio a car and t to proceed to the scene. :e will operate 24 hours a will be linked with all trol cars and motor cycles with radio, equipment has been by the arrival of eight d 1 waggons, two of which i Suva. There are. also a carrier seating 16 men, ew radio-equipped motortion to stepping up traffic l Suva, the machines will for long distance patrols iti Levu. No longer will it be a case of “out of Suva, out of sight.”

A fingerprint expert has also arrived in Suva, and is attached to the CID, which has become a separate department.

Another o f Mr. Beaumont’s proposals, which will shortly become effective, is the erection of a number of police call-boxes around the city, connected directly with the central control-room at the police station. They will not be locked, and the public will be able to use them to call the police.

The control-room will also be able to use these boxes to get in touch with police on the beat. By pushing a button a light on top of the pillar winks and continues to do so until a policeman sees it and answers the telephone.

A drive is also to be made to obtain a better clase of recruit, and more opportunities for promotion will be available to Fijian and Indian constables. They may rise to Assistant Superintendent status, provided they maintain officer standards.

A few months ago, on Mr.

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[?]And The World's [?]ut Economy example of the kind of ming by “experts”—especieconomists —in which the world has got itself enwe commend a section of ntly published Report on Jopra Production, by Mr.

Howard (a w e 11-known man). oward’s report was sumin August PIM. In this full on, Mr. Howard recites the facts, but, significantly > comment. ;ars that some time in reps, the United Nations set jod and Agriculture Organ- :enerally known as FAO.

'unctions in Rome (why ias not been explained), leadquarters staff numbers han 1,000 people of many ties, and it has about 800 experts out in the field, is an “Economics Division,” rector is responsible to the •ector-General. “Economics has a “Commodities “Commodities Branch” its and Oils Section.” s of resolutions passed at st International Coconut ce,” held in Manila in 955 (see references in PIM ter months of 1955), asked :ome into the coconut picmake a survey of the world lustry, with a view to improduction and suggesting i to marketing problems, resolutions appear to have in Rome early in 1956; as there decided that “the wnmittee on Commodity ” should, in June, 1956, be i begin a study of “The >conut Economy,” with parattention to “Production tilisation of Coconuts,”

Copra and Coconut Oil ,” and “Other Coconut 99 Committee, upon study and ion, agreed that further warranted, the matter was >efore the Second Inter- Coconut Conference, to be Colombo in February, 1957. decision will be taken on or not to set up an “intermtal study group” to conproblems raised, in greater noted that, when an FAO tion concerning olive oil this stage, the subsequent igs occupied 18 months, in se of which a number of “experts” had to undergo of residence in the pleasant the Mediterranean.) It is unlikely that the FAO inquiry into “The World Coconut Economy” ever will achieve anything beyond a vast pile of pigeonholed reports. The foregoing details are published merely as a horrible example of how a world, with too much money to spend, amuses itself with the countless tribe of Planners. Innumerable offshoots of UNO, and Plans, and Commissions—theoretically praiseworthy but practically useless—are all in the same category. One sometimes wonders whether the wastefulness of war really is greater than the extravagances of peace.—RWß. t Qantas Noumea office in October reported that it had one hundred New Caledonian bookings for Australia during the Olympic Games period. They are being handled by the normal service.

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The new site is considered better for the purpose and the change has been initiated by impending work during the Geophysical Year.

The Mulinuu station will continue to be the meteorological centre and administrative headquarters, and will also be the scene of geomagnetic and oceanographic research observations during the July, 1957- December, 1958 world-wide research period.

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Mrs. V. Wallace-Brown, who was the first white woman to walk across Bougainville Island some years ago. She runs a guest house at Kieta and her husband has a customs agency there.

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Part-owner of Rabaul's Cosmopolitan Hotel, Mrs. M. Valentine, who has been a resident of P-NG since 1929. She had had five months holiday in Australia. 155 IC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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Nov. 4 —World shocked by details of ruthless Russian slaughter of insurgents in Hungary.

Nov. s—Arab5 —Arab States do not declare war; but many reports of destruction of oilfields and oil-lines installations.

Nov. 5-6 —Anglo-French air and sea forces occupy Port Said, Port Fuad and 20 miles of Canal.

Nov. s—Russia5 —Russia warns that unless Britain and France cease attack on Egypt immediately and withdraw, she will intervene with military force. [?]RSE [?]SED for the Pacific Islanders NOUMEA, Oct. 30. r-FIVE students, from ith Pacific Territories, are jemble in Noumea in No- ) undergo a course of inin deep-sea fishing—where r fish, how to catch them, varieties to seek for, how he fish when caught, how ute or market them. iurse of study has been by the Food and Agri- Tganisation of UNO and Pacific Commission; and its an important, positive b application of knowledge iy experts under the direclie Commission in recent ; begins on November 19 ist three months: e who knows the Islands ; importance of fish food n to native health and onomics; but not many it large and valuable refish food remain untapped f the Islanders’ lack of anned that this data on iw tabulated and arranged, readout among the South Pacific Islands through instruction given to successive classes of native students.

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Mr. Ronald Powell, of Rarotonga, and Mr. loba Marsters, of Palmerston Island, are to fly to Noumea in October to attend the fisheries course.

On his return, Mr. Powell will assist the CIA as a part-time Fisheries Officer, and loba Marsters will work full-time on fisheries work under Rarotonga’s Agricultural Department.

N °d’ Un,tet l. States re-elects Eisenhower to Presidency. Eisenhower announces that United States will not allow Russia to intervene with force, as threatened and denounces Russia s brutality in Hungary; but United States now puts great pressure upon Britain and France to withdraw and hand over Egyptian-lsrael-Canal situation to a United Nations "police force" now being hurriedly organised.

Nov. 6—-Britain and France agree to withr W ' m . mediate, y' P rov *ded that UN force of sufficient strength takes over, prevents further hostilities and assists in bringing Canal (now completely blocked by ships sunk for that purpose by Egyptians) back into use.

Nov. 7-9—Tension in world, while terms of Anglo-French withdrawal, UN "police force" and future Canal control, are discussed.

Israel announces she will not withdraw from Sinai sectjon of Egypt, which she has occupied. United States Navy puts to sea, to avoid risk of atomic attack Large Russian air fleet reported to have flown over Turkey towards Syria.

Nov. 15 —Position to-day is that Britain, France and Israel are standing-to in their positions in Egypt, awaiting arrival of UN "police force", slowly assembling in Italy; Egyptian troops are massing in Central Suez area and threatening Anglo-French; Russia and Red China are reported to be enrolling "voluiv teers" to go to the aid of Egypt; whole non-Communist world is expressing increasing horror and anger at the brutal "murder" of Hungary by Russia; Russia is sending train-loads of Hungarian "rebels" away, presumably to Siberia; Egypt is belligerently insisting that UN policing shall be limited to Egypt-lsraeli frontier; Britain and France that the UN control they accepted was on the conditions stated on Nov. 6; blocking of Canal and wrecking of Arabian oil installations threaten dislocation of world's oilsupply organisation. 157 C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1956 "Cold War" Heating Up (Continued from Page 18)

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Shippers and importers co to attack the Customs Depaii over its refusal to support a I for additional shed facilities] existing wharf.

Three months ago represent: of the shippers and merchant the Comptroller of Customs 0 Emery) and the Senior Collet the wharf, but were unable to their fixed opinion that at shed was unnecessary.

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There was little hope of d the sheds before these latten arrived. It was expected tha of the UK ship’s cargo would to go into the cement shed, i as one merchant remarked, w a very good place for general!

Merchants said that ov would have to be paid to cl© crowded sheds. It would thin about £93 to move 30 tons oft —more than three times asg as usual.

Commercial men want as shed which will hold at leasa tons of cargo.

In reply, Customs official that there might be 18 weefei year when such conditions are to occur and that the recent t was caused by four Australian, that had come in in quid cession, with another due o vember 2. In addition, in CD there had been two UK Under such conditions con* in the sheds was inevitable.

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MG to the Comptroller, . Aidney, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, it was contrary to the if importers to keep their he wharf sheds. He said he goods and duty had ci for, importers were 0 keep the money they d tied up idly on the labile on the wharf the ■e, moreover, subject to r pillage. pointed out that the )f trucking cargo from a shed further along the mt double handling costs, those trucks were filling oor spaces in the shed were unable to get their , which contributed in ngestion in the sheds, imber agreed that as it no further with the ir of Customs it would the Government direct, ji correspondent reported bool of thought believes wharves at a cost of illions pounds were not at present. If the future is to crush the bulk of n Fiji there will be fewer s calling. Similarly there Fewer boats for sugar, if, en predicted for a long Nausori mill, closes. New immodation to see the rough the next 20 to 25 ild probably meet the espondent says that it is re occasions that the wharf iccupied by three large dch is enough to use all ' space; there are very ; in the year when there 1 a dinghy tied up alongit is rare to see vessels the stream for more than so, yet in overseas ports sels have to wait their vernor-General of Aus- William Slim, on Noin Port Moresby, preceremonial Kukhri knife Fth Ghurka Rifles to the mds Regiment. The two were affiliated a couple ?o. 159 I C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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Overdue Plans for Modernising Nadi Airport Announced In an effort to retain Nadi as the “main staging point on the airroute between Honolulu and Australasia” the South Pacific Air Transport Council will do some extensive building and installing of new equipment at the airport. rIS was announced in Australia after the October meeting in Melbourne of the SPATC.

Meanwhile, in American Samoa, the retiring governor turned the first official sod on the new Tafuna airport on October 5. The Americans plan to spend about sli million there, bringing it up to jet standard.

Maybe Nadi will not have it all its own way.

At Nadi, according to the SPATC, strengthening of existing runways and taxiways will be undertaken; likewise, the strengthening and extension of the aprons, construction of a new terminal building and a new control tower and the acquisition of land to permit the extension of the runways.

There will be improvements of air navigation and communication facilities, which will incorporate a new transmitting and receiving station, ILC (instrument landing system) and VOR (visual omm range) is also planned.

“Rawin’’ equipment for wind observation at high level by balloon-borne radar targets will be installed and a high power, nondirectional beacon at Funafuti, in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Group, about half-way between Nadi and Canton Island and close to the Nadi-Honolulu route, will be set-up.

Those who have Fiji’s aviation interests at heart, hope that the Council has not left its activity too late. For years, the airport at Nadi has been the SPATC’s main concern, and so far nothing much has been done but talk. 161 IC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

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The Administration has tried to persuade Mangaian growers to divert their efforts to a less risky crop, as it is not always possible to arrange shipping at the critical times of ripening. However, the Mangaians have gone ahead and substantially increased their plantings in recent years and there are indications that the Administration is accepting this situation and is making every effort to see that the crop is marketed.

The refrigerated vessel Viti has again been chartered for several voyages, and she will be held in the Cooks for short periods so that the interval between Maui Pomare loadings is served.

The official party visiting Mangaia in October included Mr. G. A.

Walsh MP., representing the New Zealand Government at the Legislative Council session, Secretary of Island Territories, Mr. J. B. Wright, and the Resident Commissioner of the Cooks, Mr. G. Nevill.

First Pineapples

Maui Pomare brought the season’s first consignment of pineapples from Mangaia, Cook Islands, to Auckland on October 28.

The 3,000 cases were distributed throughout the North Island.

A comparatively large consignment of mangoes, 315 boxes, was also received from the Cooks.

It appears probable that tomato exports from the Cook Islands will reach an all-time record this year, thanks to good shipping outlets.

Little, if any, of the crop has been lost through absence of shipping.

The season is now almost ended.

Rise In Overseas

Price Of Peanuts

QUOTATIONS for crusher-grade groundnuts—or peanuts as they are better known in this part of the world —rose sharply by as much as £Stg. 2 per long ton during the last w r eek in October, East African nuts being quoted at from £Stg.72 to £Stg. 75 c.i.f. per long ton, or 7id to 8d per lb approximately, for kernels.

Nuts in shell were quoted at around £Stg.sl or sid. per lb.

Top grade kernels, not intended for crushing (oil extraction), were not quoted, but no doubt rose proportionately. 163 C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1956

Classified Advertisements | Per line, 2/6; Minimum, 6 lines.

FOR SALE FLEETS-New 45 ft. x 13 ft. 6 ins. X 4 ft. 3 ins., flush-deck, carvel workboat, built by Watts & Wright, 40 H.P. marine diesel, 3:1 reduction, hydraulic winch, anchors, flares, etc., £6,850. Fleets, Water St. East, Sth. Brisbane, Qld.

WORKBOAT, 45 ft. x 13 ft. x 5 ft draught. Raised deck forecastle, wheelhouse and large capacity hold, nearing completion to purchaser’s requirements.

Construction under M.S.B. Survey. Suitable for cargo, fishing, and personnel.

Price approximately £6,600, owner supply engine, etc. Builders Wynne S. Breden Pty. Ltd., “Phoenix Shipyards”, Newcastle, N.S.W.

NORFOLK ISLAND, excellent property, good Norfolk pine built home, with 3Vz acres flat land, mostly under banana and vegetable seed production. Apply: J. H.

Mosley, Norfolk Island, for full particulars.

ACCOMMODATION FURNISHED FLATS, Cremorne, Sydney.

Water frontage, large, comfortable, two bedrooms, linen and cutlery, 10 minutes to city. Enquiries: Nelson & Robertson Pty. Ltd., G.P.O. Box 5316, Sydney, Aust.

HOLIDAY FLATS, comprising lounge room, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom, refrigeration, radio, cleaning service, etc., 5 mins, city centre. 12 Springfield Ave., Potts Point, Sydney. Tel.: FA 6301.

KANTMBLA HALL, 19-29 Tusculum St., Potts Point, 5 mins, city, next Kings Cross, modern, 9 floors, harbour views, restaurant, S.C., furn. serviced suites with separate Lounge, Bed & Bath Rms. & K’ettes. Refrig., H.W. from 2V 2 Gns. daily for 2; from 4 Gns. for 3. Under new management. Write or Phone FL 3014.

Telegrams: “Kanimblahall”, Sydney.

NORFOLK ISLAND, “Burnt Pine” Real Estate Agency. Cable Address: “Adage, Norfolk Island”. Properties for sale in peaceful surroundings and beautiful climate of Norfolk Island. All enquiries promptly attended to.

“Merrimbah” Private Hotel, 2

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Swimming pool. At ferry wharf. 15 mins, to city. £7/7/- per week per person.

Concession rates for children under 10 years. Phone: XM 2330,

Position Wanted

PLANTER, 34, Dutch, residing 5 years in Australia, married, 3 children, desires a position in a plantation anywhere in the Islands. Leaving Certificate of Government Horticultural College in Tropical Cultures, Holland, and Commercial Technical Practice School, Holland Five years experience on tea and cinchona plantations in Indonesia. General knowledge of other tropical cultures. Good references. Write to- K. H van Horck, 110 Coogee Street, Mt. Hawthorne, Perth, W.A.

Position Vacant

SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION RE- SEARCH OFFICER FOR SOCIAL DE- VELOPMENT. University graduates with suitable qualifications and research experience in the social science field are invited to apply for the above appointment for service in New Caledonia with the South Pacific Commission. Initial salary within the range £5tg.1,250- £Stg. 1,350 with annual increments up to maximum salary for grade, plus post allowance £Stg.473 single or £Stg.7BB married; no local income tax at present.

For further particulars apply by airmail to South Pacific Commission, Box 5254, G.P.0., Sydney, Australia. Applications should be sent by airmail to Secretary- General, South Pacific Commission, Noumea, New Caledonia, and post-marked not later than November 30, 1956.

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WANTED Contact correspondents, philatelists, hobbyists and Pen Friends throughout the Pacific. Island representatives wanted. Members in almost every country of the world. Write tor specimen copy Club journal “Island Life” and application form, to Secretary, South Sea Islands Correspondence Club, Natuvu, Fiji Is.

Drive Yourself Cars

DRIVE YOURSELF CARS —At your service in Brisbane. Lloyd-De Laurier Pty.

Ltd., Rowes Cafe Lane, Edward St..

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Enquiries invited.

WANTED INTERESTED in buying sea shell specimens from all parts of the Pacific. Also commercial shells and coral in large quantities. Newman’s, Nags Head N.C.

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PACIFIC IS. YEAR BOOK, Edn.), 480 pp and maps, the So most valuable reference book, c© information about Admim History, Geography. Trade, 0 Agriculture, etc. Full index SuH Place Names. Price; 35/- ea postage: 1/9 within Brit. Enfe Elsewhere), or $4.50 U.S. posted Publications Pty. Ltd., Box 340 j( Sydney, Australia.

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situated in Stanley Bay on Saril 2 miles from Samarai, Eastern Business consists of Slipping anc to large number of Coastal Vet acres of freehold property, par with Coconuts. Two slipways (| ing vessels to 150 ton). Good at anchorage, enough slip equipmeie crease tonnage of large slip and! additional slip. Completely | Engineering Shop. Shipwrights I machinery. Five European Hoii nished, incl. Refrigerators. lines and Ablution blocks. Smolc Trade Store. Office and Store. I Engineering spares and ships I Electric light and power to al slip and wharf incl. labour liny ning Water laid on. Two Laurii Power dinghy. Saw mill recently]) Some excellent timber on propeje gardens, fruit trees, poultry and) Radio Transmitter. Spare engines and other equipment. This bust be extended at little cost to incl Building, and property can be p] timber is cut. Excellent soil. 1 established business will be sob walk-in-walk-out basis.

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Islands Produce

(Unless otherwise stated, quotations are In Australian currency. Aust. £ equals approximately 16/- Stg., NZ, or W.

Samoa; 18/- Fiji; 20/- Tonga, Solomons & WPHC areas: 140 Pac. Francs; SUS 2.23.) COPRA Price negotiated between British Ministry of Food and British South Pacific Territories for 1956 was £ Stg.sB/10/- FOB main ports—a reduction of 10% on the 1955 price. Stabilisation funds and other charges reduce the actual prices to producers to those given below, per ton: PAPUA - NEW GUINEA:—Hot Air £A62/10/-; FMS (Sun-dried) £A6I/15/-; Smoked £AS9.

FlJl;—Plantation £FS7/5/6 for top grade; FMS £FS7; moister grades £PSS/18/- to £FS4/2/- minimum.

W. SAMOA:—Basic price of £836/14/4, which varies according to distance of producing district from Apia.

E. SAMOA:—Producers receive 5 cents lb. (SUSII2 or £ A5O approx, per long ton). Periodic bonus, if average proceeds exceed Govt, buying price and expenses.

SOLOMONS:—Honiara/Gizo: Hot Air £ A6l/10/-; Mixed HA/FM £AS7; FM £ A52/10/-; Yandina: 5/- higher.

HEW HEBRIDES:—Buying price on Oct. 29 fell from 6,000 Pac. francs (£A42) to 5,900 Pac. francs (£A4I/6/-) delivered Vila/Santo. European price 66,500 Met francs (£AB4/18/-) c.i.f. per short ton.

FRENCH OCEANIA:—Oct. 20. Top grade 10.50 Pac. francs per kilo (£A62/15/per long ton) f.0.b., Papeete; minimum price for lowest grade 5.35 Pac. francs (£A39 per long ton).

TONGA:—A Grade, £TS2/5/-; B Grade, £ T46/5/-.

COOK IS.:—Local price is based on £ NZSB/14/4 (£Stg.sB/10/-) per ton f.0.b., in bulk. Outer islands copra producers receive approx. 3%d N.Z. per lb. equal to £ N.Z.30 per ton.

COCOA:—lslands prices are based on the rate for Accra cocoa which on Nov. 8 was £Stg.2o7/10/-, c.i.f.

P.-N.G.: Good grade, £A24O, ex wharf Sydney.

W. SAM.: Oct. 28: £Stg.2oo, f.o.b. Apia.

COFFEE:—P.-N.G.: Top grades 6/6 lb. in store, Sydney; Fr. Oceania: 75 francs per kilo, unhusked.

PEANUTS:—P.-N.G.; In shell, large, well cleaned, 1/10 per lb. del. Sydney; kernels, 2/- lb. del. Sydney.

RUBBER:—P.-N.G. price is based on Singapore rate, which on Nov. 7, was: No. RSS, spot, 98% Straits cents (34.93 d Aust. approx.) per lb.

VANILLA BEANS: Victor Karp, Tulk & Co., Sydney, reported on Nov. 8 supplies from the new crop were available and quoted at: C.i.f. Sydney, Tahiti White and Yellow label, processed, standard packs, 64/-, Green, 60/- per lb. A French Oceania source quoted 825 Pac. francs per kilo (£A2/2/9 per lb) f.o.b. Papeete.

RICE (Australian);—Price adjusted May 1 each year. P.-N.G.: Dry brown and dressed, 112 lb. bags, 5 tons and over, £62 per ton, f.0.b.; under 5 tons £62/10/per ton. Vitamized and enriched white, 112 lb. bags, 5 tons and over, £6B/10/per ton f.0.b.; under 5 tons, £69 per ton.

Other Pac. Islands: Dry, brown, etc., £7O per ton, f.o.b. Sydney or Melbourne.

PEARL SHELL.—Prices between the majority of the Torres Strait producers and Otto Gerdau Co. (USA) for 1956, remain as for 1955, i.e.: Sound grades, £A736; D, £A39O; E, £A3OO; EE, £A225; all f.0.b., Australian ports; Oca quotation by independent!

Sound £ A 875; D, £A625; E EE, £ A 285. Cook Is.: No trail Manihiki; Lagoon closed. Tuam® 185 Pac. francs per kilo (£ Al, 000' per long ton) f.o.b. Papeete.

TROCHUS:—One Sydney agent 8, quoted, in store, N. Heb., £■ N.G., £AS3O-540; and 8.5.1., £ l f.a.q.; another quoted N.G£ London: Sept. 20: Singapore T Sandakan £Stg.s7s per long ti Singapore, £Stg.6oo; Singapore/! £Sgt.sss; Mergui, £Stg.s2o.

GREEN SNAIL:—Quote No.« Pacific, in store, Sydney, £ASOO to rejects: lower grades £A4] Quote No. 2; £465-£4BO. Londi 20; Singapore £Stg.s9s c.i.f.

London And U.S. Pric

Copra:—London, November 6:: Malaya c.i.f. European contim weights, Nov.-Dee. £Stg.66/15/-T New York, Nov. 5: Philippines,!

Pacific Coast ports, SUSISS (non Coconut Oil:—London, Nov 7 ,: crude, c.i.f., bulk, Nov.-Dec. £S ton (seller), on old freight basisl Nov. 6; Ceylon, in bulk, c.i Northern European ports, £Stg.97 (seller). New York, | Straits, crude, c.i.f., bulk, 1 £Stg.9o per ton (seller).

Cocoa:—London, Oct. 20: Acc Dec. shipment in bond (buyers)l long ton.

Coffee:—London, October 2oj: (unwashed native robusta) f a shipment £Stg.2s6; Nov. £Stg'J. shipment; Nov. £Stg.2ss; Dec. 1 all per ton f.o.b. Mombasal £Stg.s2B, c.i.f., London.

Rubber:—London, Nov. 7: Soor Stg.29V4d.

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EXCHANGE RATE: FlJl.—Through BANK OF NS BANK and BANK OF NZ. Ausa Fiji, basis £lOO Fiji: Buying, £,: Selling, £ All 3. Fiji-London, bat London: B, £llO/15/-; S. £ll2* basis £lOO NZ; B. £lll/11/9; S.i SAMOA.—Through BANK OF K tralia on Samoa, basis £lOO B. £ A123/12/6; S. £AI24/10/9J/ London, basis £lOO London: B.fl S. £lOl/10/-, Samoa-NZ, basis i B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-F £lOO Samoa: B. £111; S. £HO.i

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Ist Five Enjoyable Hours

Demonstrating that the shortest way between two points is also the most comfortable, TEAL “Hibiscus” Service (Fiji-Auckland and vice versa) spans the gap in a mere five hours.

Five hours of relaxed comfort in big pressurised DC-6 airliners, connecting at Auckland with internal air services that bring most New Zealand towns within “same-day travel.

To find out more about TEAL Services consult your Travel Agent or any TEAL office.

TAHITI TONGA SAMOA AUCKLAND

Cook Islands

CHRISTCHURCH MPIRF AIRWAYS LTD., NEW ZEALAND’S INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE, IN ASSOC. WITT’ OAVTAS ANP ROAC NOVEMBER, 1956 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLI

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General Merchants

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General Merchants

and PROVIDORES

Trade Throughout The Pacific

OVER FORTY YEARS OF PACIFIC ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE

Wholesalers And Retailers

Buyers And Exporters Of All Kinds

OF ISLAND PRODUCE, COPRA, COCOA, M.O.P. SHELL, TROCAS SHELL, ETC.

) Agents For Australian, European

) And American Manufacturers

\ Distributors Of Every Description

< OF MERCHANDISE.

Through our Sydney office, branches and agents, we distribute a wide and comprehensive conge of general merchandise.

W. R. CARPENTER & CO. LTD Head Office: 16 O'CONNELL STREET, SYDNEY, N.S.W.

Cable Address: Telephone: Postal Address: “CAMOHE.” BW 4421. G.P.0., Box 168, Sydne^ In London: W. R. Carpenter Cr Co. (London) Ltd., 13 Rood Lane, London, E.C.3.

ASSOCIATED COMPANIES THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC: IN NEW GUINEA: IN PAPUA; IN FIJI: New Guinea Company Limited, Island Products Ltd., Morris Hedstrom Ltd., Suva.

Rabaul, Lae, Madang, Kavieng. Port Moresby. W. R. Carpenter & Co. (Fiji) Ltd., ft PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1956