PACIFIC ISLANDS Monthly NOVEMBER, 1957 Vol. XXVIII. No. 4. imered at the GJ>.O. t Sydney transmission by post as a newspaper] “It's not too comfortable in this darned rumble seat", says this roly-poly Islands infant. The photo was sunbmitted by Mr. S. A.

Garrett, of Rotuma, who was responsible for the cover pocture, April, 1957. (See Edithors' Mailbag, this issue).

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New "Radar-Eye

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Fly high in the smooth upper air and enjoy the highest standard of air travel in the world today. The modern, convenient rest-rooms and full-length, soft, foam-cushioned chairs are all wellknown features of the Qantas Super-G Constellation. For the utmost in luxury air travel to Europe, America, Asia and Africa, fly Qantas.

Australia's Overseas Airline a A ms QANTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS LIMITED (INC. IN Q'LD.) IN ASSOCIATION WITH 8.0.A.C. AND TEA/ df PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1957

•lUili'JlM KERO-MAN

Table Lamp

m i Brilliant yet pleasant incandescent white light.

No pumping or pre-heating necessary.

Burns ordinary Kerosene.

Heat-resisting glass chimney.

Centre draught feature.

Polished Brass finish.

A Lamp Of Lasting Quality

Made In England

Representati\es for Pacific Islands YOUNG ST., SYDNEY ROBERT GILLESPIE Pty. Ltd PEARCE & CO. LTD.

SUVA 1 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

YY ■ ■ Then-’ ■' ■ M . ' " t;>ll ' v;> ’ in Paradise ■:*■ . , - ' & dm* SSrfjKg-- TMi « ■ If the world is your oyster, then New Zealand is the pearl. In this Paradise of the South Pacific, there is an open season on pleasure . . ....... in thermal regions that dwarf Yellowstone ... snow sports in alps where Hillary trained to conquer Everest . . . 500 lb. swordfish and 20 lb. rainbow trout . . . rugged beauty of glaciers, sub tropical forest, fiordland and lakes . . . unlimited deer and wild boar hunting . . . the charm of the colourful Maori folk and the quiet hospitality of their white fellow-New Zealanders. ■ * Ilia m a m 9 All this in a genially temperate climate, fever-free and without noxious insects or reptiles, among a pleasant English-speaking people.

And all within an hour or two of the nearest airport.

For although our islands have an area only the size of Colorado, it’s a thousand miles from the Bay of Islands no Invercargill, and that’s why so many visitors travel by N.A.C. N.A.C.’s fleet links 20 principal cities, towns and tourist resorts, and connects with other airlines servicing many more centres.

New Zealand National Airways Corporation

Üb&f I the Wbr&& heat Meat | 'dfiecmtfy packed for -I tfaPactfi& i 1 s s / / COINED "SALISBURY" canned meats, SPECIALLY PACKED for the PACIFIC ISLANDS are the popular choice, ALWAYS.

Orned Beef Ox Tongues Sausages And Tomato

ORNED MUTTON MIDGET (Cocktail) SAUSAGES STEAK & KIDNEY PUDDING

Eatreat Sandwich Pastes Lamb & Green Peas

dEEP TONGUES DRIPPING and LARD Also "WESTFIELD" Brand CORNED BEEF, KEGGED MEATS, CORNED MUTTON, DRIPPING AND LARD WESTFIELD FREEZING CO. LTD.

'osfral Address: Private Bag, C.P.0., Auckland, N.Z.

Cable Address: Filalora, Auckland kCIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

British Aluminium for Yacht Superstructures n m 2 ~ The superstructure of Shu-Shu, a 90 ft. yacht designed by Frederick R. Parker, and built by R. A. Newman & Sons Ltd., is of aluminium alloy.

Although 40 ft. in length, the total weight is only 1| tons, so the constructors, Universal Shipyards (Solent) Ltd., were able to assemble the superstructure in two parts at Bideford, and transport it by road to Poole, where it was shipped.

The plate and section used were manufactured by British Aluminium, who also supplied the materials for the light-alloy tender, built to Parker's design by Universal Shipyards.

The BRITISH ALUMINIUM Co Ltd

Norfolk House St James’S Square London England

OFFICE OF THE PACIFIC AREA REPRESENTATIVE: BOX NO 7022 GPO SYDNEY NEW SOUTH WALES agents: FIJI: W. R. Carpenter & Co. {Fiji) Ltd., Suva.

NEW GUINEA: New Guinea Co. Ltd., Rabaul, Lae, Madang , Kavieng.

PAPUA; Island Products Ltd., Port Moresby.

AUSTRALIA 4 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHR

You get tjQH-P with this compact, all-purpose tractor! m Here’s real power—built into a crawler tractor less than 9 feet long! This International BTD-6 has an easystarting, economical diesel engine with a drawbar pull of 10,250 lbs. Clutch, transmission, final drive and tracks have features for long life and easy operation.

There are 5 forward speeds (from 1.5 to 5.4 m.p.h.) and a ground pressure of only 5.40 lbs. per square inch.

Check up on the wide range of matched equipment, including the A-69 D-4 combination toolbar and light dozer. 50.5 Brake H.P. gives a mighty pull!

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DISTRIBUTORS:

Istributors For—

APUA AND NEW GUINEA; teamships Trading Company Limited, Port Moresby and Samarai. aalers; New Guinea Goldfields Ltd., Wau and Lae. Rabaul Trading Co. Ltd., Rabaul.

UTCH NEW GUINEA; H. Englebert n.v.

Hollandia.

OLOMON ISLANDS; Mr. K. H. Dalyrymple Hay, Honiara. lEW CALEDONIA: Age n c e Automobile, Noumea.

AHITI: Hintze & Company, Papeete.

EW HEBRIDES: Kerr Bros. Limited, Sydney.

A-69 D-4 DOZER for light dozing, clearing and tilling. ♦ A-69 D-4 TOOLBAR for ripping or cultivating tools.

International Harvester

International Harvester Company of Australia Pty. Ltd. District Sales Offices in Capital Cities of Australia. Works: Dandenong and Geelong, Victoria. 5 LCIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

The China Navigation Co. Ltd

(A British Company incorporated within the United Kingdom) Wmm Bnr:

New Guinea Australia Line

Passenger and Cargo Liners Regular Services between AUSTRALIA and NEW GUINEA M.S. SHANSI M.S. SOOCHOW M.S. SINKIANG Sydney Brisbane Port Moresby Samarai return.

Sydney Brisbane Rabaul Kavieng Madang Lae and return.

Melbourne Sydney Port Moresby Samarai Lae Madang Rabaul and return.

Japan Hongkong New Guinea

New Monthly Service between JAPAN, HONGKONG and NEW GUINEA (Returning via Australia to Japan Direct) S.S. FUNING Japan Hongkong Madang Kavieng S S FENGNING f 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.

Rabaul Lae For further details please apply to agents, or refer to the weekly advertisement in the South Pacific Post AGENTS PAPUA: Steamships Trading Co. Ltd., Port Moresby, Samarai. Cables: Steamships _ „ , NEW GUINEA: Colyer Watson (N. 0.) Ltd.. Lae, Madang, Rabaul. Cable: Colyeram. New Guinea Co. Ltd.. Kavieng.

Cable: “Camohe”.

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

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

JAPAN; Tokyo. Yokohama. Osaka. Kobe: Butterfield & Swire (Japan) Ltd. Cable; Swire. ft GENERAL AGENTS AUSTRALASIA: Swire & Yuill Pty. Ltd.. 6 Bridge St., Sydney. Cable: Swlreshlp . BU 1712 EASTERN MANAGERS: Butterfield & Swire, Hongkong. Cable; Swire. 6 NOVEMBER, 19 57 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL^

ORONSAY ORCADE8 HIMALAYA SYDNEY depart Nov. 13 Jan. 24 Mar. 21 AUCKLAND arr/dep Nov. 16 Jan. 27 Mar. 24 SUVA arr/dep Nov. 19 Jan. 30 Mar. 27 HONOLULU arr/dep Nov. 24 Feb. 4 Apr. 1 VANCOUVER arr/dep Nov. 30 Feb. 10-11 Apr. 7-8 SAN FRANCISCO arr/dep ; Dec. 2-3 Feb. 13-14 Apr. 10-11 HONOLULU arr/d3p Dec. 7 Feb. 18 Apr. 15 SUVA arr/dep Dec. 14 Feb. 25 Apr. 22 AUCKLAND arr/dep Dec. 17 Feb. 28 Apr. 25 SYDNEY arrive Dec. 20 Mar. 3 Apr. 28 EUROPE

West Indies

New Zealand

Australia And

South Africa

Li the n in Pacij ic Islands with The 20,000 tons all Tourist Class liner s.s. Southern Cross emphasises the modern trend in travel with the latest in amenities: • Every cabin air-conditioned • Two swimming pools • Unencumbered sports decks • Children’s play rooms and deck • Spacious lounges • Air-conditioned Dining Room • Orchestra • Cinema Theatre • Stabilisers V, K

Sjs. Southern Cross

a rr »*»#*#■ 'ThumS Shaw Sa&ifS For full particulars apply FIJI Any branch or agency of Burns Philp (South Sea Co. Ltd.) Cable Address: Burphil TAHITI Etablissements Donald Tahiti, Papeete Cable Address: Donald, Papeete Shipping Time-Tables sailings are approximate and may vary by as much as two weeks.

Jydney-Papua-N. Guinea r Montoro sails from Melbourne for ey, Brisbane, Port Moresby, Samarai, iul, Madang, Lae. Port Moresby. Next iey sailing approx. Nov. 29. r Malekula sails from Sydney for Port sby, Rabaul, Wewak, Alexlshafen, ang, Lae. Next Sydney sailings ox. Nov. 9, Dec. 20.

T Malaita sails from Sydney for Lae, ang, Lombrum, Lorengau, Kavieng, iul, Samarai. Next Sydney sailing t Nov. 27. r Bulolo, modern liner, sails about ’ six weeks: Sydney, Brisbane, Port sby, Samarai, Lae, Madang, Lombrum, ;ul. Next Sydney sailing approx. Dec. tails from Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd., idge Street, Sydney.

Soochow: Next Sydney sailing )x. Nov. 16 for Brisbane, Port Moresby Samarai. r Sinkiang: Leaves Sydney for >ane, Honiara - Yandina, Rabaul, eng, Madang, Lae. Next Sydney ig: Dec. 6. r Shansi: Leaves Melbourne for ey, Port Moresby, Samarai, Lae, mg, Rabaul, Port Moresby. Last ey sailing: Nov. 16. tails from Swire and Yuill Pty. Ltd., idge St., Sydney.

Sydney-Dutch N.G. ree weeks service by MV’s Sigll, Silin- ?. Sibigo and Sinabang carrying pastrs and cargo from E. Australian to Hollandia and Sorong, DNO (with and/or Manokwari if Inducement), e Borneo, Bangkok, Singapore, thence alia direct. Next Sydney sailings: Nov. 12, Sinabang Dec. 3, Silinl Dec. 19, Sibigo Jan. 13. ;ails from Royal Interocean Lines, 255 ge St., Sydney.

Far East-S.W. Pacific- Australia Ing S.W. Pacific ports on south-bound journeys only.) ipowners advise that service is now r review, with possibility that vessels ning and Tuning will omit Australian and turn around at a P-NG port, igning is due Nth. Qld. port or ports Nov. and will sail again for East, ag’s movements still under consideratails from New Guinea Australia Line ■e and Yuill Pty. Ltd., agents), 6 ;e St., Sydney. ; Australia-West Pacific Line motor Is Aros, Citos, Delos and Milos mainregular services between Australian and Japan. Northbound vessels call [anlla, Hongkong and Japan; south- -1 vessels call at Hongkong, Manila, akan, Rabaul, Lae, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, with quarterly calls at (opt.), Honiara and Vanikoro. os: Southbound due Lae Nov. 7-8, ul Nov. 10, Honiara Nov. 17, toro Nov. 22, Brisbane Nov. 26, ey Nov. 29. )s: Rabaul sailing Nov. 29, Lae Dec. 3, Brisbane Dec. 8, Sydney Dec. 12, Melbourne Dec. ;23.: Delos; Sailing Lae Jan. 15 (Rabaul optional), Brisbane Jan. 20, Sydney Jan 23, Adelaide Jin. 28.

Details from Wilh. Wilhelmsen Agency Pty ; , Ltd., 30 Pitt St., Sydney, or Islands agents (R. Tebb, Lae; Town Transport, Rabaul; A. Strachan, Madang; BSIP Tfrad- Ing Corp., Honiara).

Australia - New Zealand - Canada - USA Sailings of Orient and P. & O. Line Passenger Ships 1957-1958. 7 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY — NOVEMBER. 1957

London-Suva

tf*ECT S£*> vi* K/ cv v PANAMA Nr For Sailings and Further Particulars Apply To: —

Bethell, Gwyn & Co. Ltd., Burns Phtlp (South Sea)

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

Australia-West Pacific Line

O ts**-.

M.V. MILOS’

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

Quarterly 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., 30 Pitt St.. Sydney. Phone: BU 6301 Branch Office at Melbourne: 51 William St. Phone; MB 2840.

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

ISLAND AGENTS: Madang, Mr. A. Strachan; Lae, Mr. R. Tebb; Rabaul, Town Transport Ltd., Honiara, British Solomon Islands Trading Corporation. „ „ „ , FAR EASTERN AGENTS: Dodwell & Co. Ltd., Manila, Hong Kong & Japan.

N. Zealand-Fiji-Tonga-Samoa MV Tofua maintains a service from Auckland to Suva, Nukualofa, Vavau, Niue, Pago Pago, Apia, Suva and return to Auckland. Next sailings from Auckland; Nov. 30, Dec. 31.

MV Matua maintains a service from Auckland to Lautoka, Suva, Nukualofa, Apia, Suva, Lyttelton, Wellington, and return to Auckland. Next sailings from Auckland; Dec. 19, Jan. 16.

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

N. Zealand-Cook Is.

Th« passenger vessel Maui Pomare maintains a regular service between Auckland and the Cook Islands.

Details on application to NZ Government Department of Island Territories, Wellington, or to any office of the Union SS Co. of NZ Ltd.

Sydney-New Hebrides-BSI- Rabaul, Etc.

MV Tulagl, 10 passengers, leaves Sydney for Norfolk, Vila, Santo, Honiara, Tenant, Yandlna, Pepesala, Gizo, Kieta, Arigt Teopaslno, Numa, Soraken. Next Sydi sailing approx. Dec. 19.

Detnlls from Burns, Philp & Co., Bridge Street, Sydney.

Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tahit Vessels of Messageries Maritimes Lil coming from Marseilles, via West Ind and Panama, call about every six we* at Papeete, Vila (New Hebrides), Noun and Sydney, and return by same rot At present on this run are the mot: ships, Tahitien and Caledonien. L sailing from Sydney; Caledonien Nov., Next sailing: Tahitien Dec. 24.

MV Polynesie (Messageries Maritimi maintains about monthly passenger si ings between Sydney and Noumea e the New Hebrides. Next Sydney saili; Dec. 20.

Details from Sydney agents: Messagei Maritimes, 36 Grosvenor Street, Sydney Sydney-S. Africa-UK-Pacific Ports-Sydney Shaw Savill’s new one-class all-passeni liner Southern Cross makes four roui the-world voyages per year, two we bound, then two east-bound, calling Suva and Papeete every trip. Next voya Papeete, Jan. 3-4, Suva Jan. 9.

N. America-Fiji-Hebrides, et Pacific Islands Transport Line’s vesi Thorsisle and Thorshall maintain regular service from Pacific Coast Na American ports, with sailings over 35 days. Some ports depend on carg offering.

Thorsisle; Sailing Papeete Feb.

Nukualofa Feb. 24. Pago Pago Feb. 8 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

Pacific Islands Transport Uni

Owners: Thor Dahls Hvalfangerselskap A/S Sandefjord, Norway Motor Vessels "THORSISLE" and "THORSHALL"

Regular Freight and Passenger Service between Pacific Coast Ports of U.S.A. and Canada and TAHITI - SAMOA - FIJI - NEW CALEDONIA -

New Hebrides - New Guinea

GENERAL STEAMSHIP CORPORATION LTD.

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

PAPEETE—Etabllssements Donald Tahiti. APIA —Morris Hedstrom Ltd.

SUVA-Morris Hedstrom Ltd. NOUMEA-Etablissements Ballande.

PORT VlLA—Comptolrs Francais des LAE—Barns Philp (New Guinea) Ltd.

Nouveiles Hebrides. SYDNEY-Birt & Co. (Pty.) Ltd.

Feb. 28, Suva Mar. 4, Lautoka ional), Noumea Mar. 8, Vila Mar. 10, Mar. 16, Los Angeles Apr. 4. lorshall: New Westminster Dec. 10-14, Francisco Dec. 17-21, Los Angeles 23-25, Papeete Jan. 2-4, Pago Pago Apia Jan. 10-12, Suva Jan. 15-16, nea Jan. 18-21, San Francisco (in- ,d) Feb. 20. tails from General Steamships Cortion Ltd., 432 California St., San cisco, USA, and Island Agents.

JS-Tahiti-Pago Pago-Fiji- Australia ,tson-Oceanlc Line of San Francisco ites a regular five-weeks passenger- > service from Los Angeles with the ura, Alameda, Sierra and Sonoma. iern terminal ports vary with cargoes Ing. Vessels call at Papeete, Pago and Suva, depending on cargoes, sailings from Sydney approx.: Sierra 27, Sonoma Dec. 15, Alameda Jan.

Sydney-Fiji-Vancouver :lflc Shipowners, Ltd., of Suva (subry of W. R. Carpenter & Co.) operate rvice three times yearly with the ) ton, 98-passenger vessel Lakemba : the above route. Accommodation itirely First Class, two-berth cabins, sailings from Sydney: About Nov. 14; end March, with calls at Suva, Lauand Honolulu. lalls from American Trading & Shlp- Co. Pty., Ltd., 19 Bridge St., Sydney.

Sydney-(or NZ)-North America b four cargo vessels, Walhemo una, Walkawa, and Waitomo, owned operated by the Union Steam Ship of NZ Ltd., maintain a monthly ;e across the Pacific, from Sydney ancouver and USA ports, via Suva, )ka, Nukualofa, and Apia, as cargoes Occasional calls are made at Fan- Island. They have limited passenger nmodation. Next sailings: Wairuna 8, Waikawa early Dec., Waihemo Dec. The Waitemata, from NZ ports, s 3-4 trips yearly to Vancouver, via tonga and Papeete.

America-Hawaii-Fiji-Samoaihiti-N. Zealand-Australia tson Line’s Mariposa and Monterey round passenger trips from Pacific i Coast American ports to Australia, aclflc Islands ports and New Zealand. rlposa: San Francisco Nov. 17, Los les Nov. 18, Papeete Nov. 26-28, Auck- Dec. 4-5, Sydney Dec. 8-11, Auckland 14, Suva Dec. 17. Pago Pago Dec.

Honolulu Dec. 23-24, San Francisco 29. rlposa (southbound): Dep. San Blsco Jan. 1, Los Angeles Jan. 2, Bte Jan. 12, Auckland Jan. 18, arr. ey Jan. 21. nterey (northbound); Sydney dep. 3, Auckland Jan. 6, Suva Jan. 10, Pago Jan. 11, Honolulu Jan. 17, arr Francisco Jan. 22. alls from Matson Lines, Berger !, 82 Elizabeth Street, Sydney. lited Kingdom-Australia- Port Moresby : Federal Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd., extend its regular quarterly UKalia service to Port Moresby Donegal will sail Liverpool on Jan. 7 and will proceed via Suez to Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville. Cairns Port Moresby, and return to UK via same route.

Sydney agents: Birt and Co. Pty., Ltd. 4 Bridge St. Port Moresby agents: Burns Philp (New Guinea), Ltd.

Airways Time-Tables

Transpacific Services

1. Australia (or NZ)-Fiji- Hawaii-N. America (First and Tourist Class available all Services.)

By Pan-American Airways

(With Strato Clippers, using Sleeperettes and Berths*) Sun., Tues., Thur., Fri.: Sydney. Nadi.

Canton Is., Honolulu, San Francisco or Los Angeles.

Mon., Tues.. Thurs., Sat.: San Francisco or Los Angeles to Sydney (same route). * DC4 from Auckland connects, arriving Nadi Sun., Tues., Thur.. departing Nadi Tues., Thur., Sun. DC4 shuttle service bi-weekly connects Nadi and Tafuna (American Samoa).

Next flights: Nov. 14, 28, Dec. 12, 26, etc.

By Qantas Empire Airways

(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 Prl. northwards; Wed. and Sat. southwards.

Note: Wed. and Fri. services ex Sydney connect at San Francisco with BOAC service to London departing San Francisco Thu. and Sat. BOAC service, ex London on Tues. and Thurs. connect at San Francisco with Qantas Thurs. and Sat. services to Sydney.

Bt Canadian Pacific Airlines

(With Super DC-6B Aircraft) Every Wed.: Sydney (dep. 2.45 p.m.) Auckland, Nadi, Honolulu, Vancouver Amsterdam.

Every Sun.; Leaves Vancouver (dep. 1 p.m.) for Auckland and Sydney by same route. (Departs Amsterdam 10 p.m. Friday). (Note: Crosses date-line en route).

Sectional Services In

PACIFIC 2. Sydney-New Guinea Service by Qantas Empire Airways (Skymasters) NORTHWARDS Depart: Mon. Arrive: Sydney, 6.30 p.m. Brisbane, 9.10 p.m.

Brisbane, 10.10 p.m.

Tues.

Depart: Arrive: Townsville, 1.50 a.m.

Townsville, 2.50 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 6.35 a.m.

Pt. Moresby 7.35 a.m. Lae, 9 a.m.

Tues., Wed., Frl., Sat.

Depart: Arrive: Sydney, 8 p.m. Brisbane. 10.40 p.m.

Brisbane, 11.45 p.m. Pt. Moresby, 6.35 a.m.

Wed., Thurs., Sat., Sun.

Pt. Moresby, 7.35 a.m. Lae, 9 a.m.

Thurs.

Depart; Arrive: Sydney, 8 p.m. Brisbane, 10.40 p.m.

Brisbane, 11.45 p.m.

Frl.

Cairns, 4.20 a.m.

Cairns, 5.30 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 8.20 a.m.

Pt. Moresby, 9.20 a.m. Lae, 10.45 a.m.

SOUTHWARDS Tues.

Depart: Arrive: Lae, 10.30 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 11.45 a.m.

Pt. Moresby, 12.30 p.m. Townsville, 4.15 p.m.

Townsville, 5.45 p.m. Brisbane, 9.25 p.m.

Brisbane, 10.10 p.m.

Wed.

Sydney, 12.50 a.m.

Wed., Thurs., Sun.

Depart: Arrive: Lae, 10.30 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 11.45 a.m.

Pt. Moresby. 12.30 p.m. Brisbane, 7.5 p.m.

Brisbane, 8.30 p.m. Sydney, 11.10 p.m. 9 THLY NOVEMBER. 1957

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A great Orient Liner voyaging across the world has an unique club atmosphere.

Those sailing in her have this wonderful thing in common— travel interest— and the leisure in which to make new friends with whom to share it ... to plan meetings or tours with them and so enrich the pleasure of the overseas holiday.

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Depart: Arrive: 12.45 p.m. Pt. Moresby, 2 p.m.

Moresby, 2.45 p.m. Brisbane, 9.20 p.m. bane, 10.20 p.m. Sydney, 1 a.m. (Sat.) Sat.

Depart: Arrive: 10.30 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 11.45 a.m.

Moresby, 12.30 p.m. Cairns, 3.20 p.m. ns. 4.50 p.m. Brisbane, 9.25 p.m. bane, 10.10 p.m.

Sun.

Sydney. 12.50 a.m I. P NG Internal Services Operated by Qantas E-HOLLANDIA (Dutch New Guinea) (DCS) Wed. (Nov. 13, 27, Dec. 11, 25, :c.). irts Lae 11.00 a.m., calls at Madang ad Wewak, and arrives at Hollandla 30 p.m. Every alternative Thurs (Nov. 4, 28, Dec. 12, 26, etc.) departs ollandia at 9.30 a.m., and/ with calls t Wewak and Madang, arrives Lae at 20 p.m.

Lae-Manus (Dcs)

Wed. (Nov. 13, 27, Dec. 11, 25, etc.), Lae, 8.00 a.m.: Pinschhafen, Rabam. avieng, arr. Manus 3.30 p.m. y alt. Sat. (Nov. 16, 30, Dec. 14, 28, ;c.) departs Manus 8 a.m. and will ills at Kavieng, Rabaul and Finschifen, arrives Lae at 3.30 p.m.

RT MORESBY-KIKORI (Catalina) Yule Is., Kerema, Vaimuru: Alt. Frl. burning same day (Nov. 22, Dec. 6, », etc.).

DRT MORESBY-DARU (Catalina) Kerema, Klkorl: Alt. Frl. returning iru-Port Moresby direct same day Jov. 15, 29, Dec. 13, 27, etc.).

R.T MORESBY-SAMARAI (Catalina) Moresby, Samaral, Pt. Moresby; Alt. res. (Nov. 19, Dec. 3, 17, 31, etc.).

RT MORESBY-RABAUL (Catalina) Tues. (Nov. 12, 26, Dec. 10, 24, etc.) rt Moresby-Moewe Harbour-Talaseacquinot Bay-Rabaul, returning via me ports (Nov. 14, 28, Dec. 12, 26, c.).

New Britain-Bougainville

(Catalina) Wed. (Nov. 13, 27, Dec. 11, 25. c.), Rabaul. Buka, Teopasino, Kieta, (in. Returning same day.

LAE-MADANG-WEWAK-MANUS-

Kavieng-Rabaul Service

(DCS) : Dep. Lae 6.30 a.m., Madang arr. 15 a.m. Wewak, Manus, Kavieng, ibaul, arr. 3.45 p.m. : Dep. Rabaul 6.30 a.m., direct to adang, arr. 9.25 a.m. 3.: Dep. Lae 6.30 a.m., Madang, far, Wewak, Manus, Kavieng, Rabaul, r. 4.05 p.m.

Dep. Rabaul 6.30 a.m. Kavieng, anus. Wewak, Madang, Lae, arr. 55 p.m.

Central Highlands (Dcs)

ys: Lae (7.45 a.m.) to Wapenamunda, lling at any of: Goroka, Nondugl, ,nz, Minj, Mt. Hagen, Baiyer R„ inantu, Wapenamunda. Arrival back Lae dependent on stops.

Lower Highlands

(Beaver) ps: Lae (7.30 a.m.) to Goroka, call- : at any of Nadzab, Kalaplt, Gusap, rura, Plnlntegu, Rintebe, .riena Bena. inantu, Goroka, Arena. Arrival back Lae depends on stops made.

AE-BULOLO-WAU (D.H. Beaver) Lae: Mon. 7.30 a.m., Tues. 11 a.m.

Wau; Mon. 8.55 a.m., Tues., 12.28 i. Bulolo is omitted on return flights ich take 30 minutes, Wau-Lae.

Lae-Bulolo-Wau-Pt. Moresby (Dcs)

Dep. Lae Wed. Sat. 9 a.m. via Bulolo.

Wau to Pore Moresby, returning via Same MAD t ANG-GOROKA (DCBI DC3) Wed.. Depart Madang 7.45 a.m., arrive Goroka 8.20 a.m., returning same day; depart Goroka 8.50 a.m., arr. Madang a.m.

NEW GUINEA-NEW BRITAIN- _ . . BOUGAINVILLE (DCS) Fridays, depart Lae 1.30 p.m., Finschhafen 2.20 p.m., arrive Rabaul 4.30 Sal tt> r< Lae : arr P! ‘8 t 2 m' 545 a ' m " dlr ' Ct S unda^De"art B^e a i2 m „oon, Pln S chha(e n Hnach- A lt ha ¥h n ur B S lo , a No m v:' l. rri 'Sec Lae 5 84 1 l a e Tc, l , Dep. Lae 8 a.m., Plnschhafen, Rabaul, Buka, Rabaul, arr. 2.55 p.m.

Alt. Thurs (Nov 14 28 TW o« etc ) Cep Lae 8 a m Rabaul a?r. 11 5a m Flnsch hafen, Alt - 1 N ° V - 1 ’ 15 ’ 29 ’ Dec ' 13 ’ etc >- De P- Habaul 8 a.m., Madang, Goroka, Lae arr. 1.20 p.m.

Alt. Fri. (Nov. 8, 22, Dec. 7, 21. etc.) Den Rabaul 8 a.m., Madang, Goroka, Lae’ arr. j 2 0 p.m.

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Depart Lae 7.30 a.m. for Qoroka, Wau p or t Moresby. Wau, Goroka, Lae! 11 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1957

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Pri.: Depart Lae at 7 a.m. for Madang, Wewak. Momote, Kavieng, Rabaul remaining overnight. Depart Lae 7.30 a.m. for Qoroka, Wau, Port Moresby, Wau, Qoroka, Lae.

Bat.: Depart Rabaul at 7 a.m. for Kavieng, Momote, Wewak, Madang, Qoroka, Lae. 4. Aust.-Dutch N. Guinea By KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. (Super Constellation Service) A weekly service between Sydney and Amsterdam with a call at Blak (DNO) and Manila (Philippines).

DC3 aircraft link Blak with Hollandla, Sorong, Merauke, Tenah Merah, Manokwarl, Noemfoer, Ranslkl. Qenjem, and Kokonao. 5. N. Guinea-Solomons By Qantas with DCS Aircraft. (Three flights every four weeks) Mon. (Nov. 11, 18, Dec. 2,9, 16, etc.) Lae dep. 6 a.m.: Finschhafen, Rabaul, Buka, Vella Lavella, Yandlna, Honiara (BSD, arriving 5.25 p.m.

Tues. (Nov. 12, 19, Dec. 3, 10, 17, 31, etc.) Honiara dep. 7 a.m.; Yandlna, Vella Lavella, Buka, Rabaul, Lae, arriving 3.35 p.m. 6. Paris-Saigon-Noumea- Auckland By Transports Aeriens Intercontinentaux- DC6B aircraft depart Paris every Monday for Athens, Karachi, Saigon, Darwin, Brisbane. Noumea, Auckland. Leaves Auckland every Friday on return. 7. Sydney-Lord Howe Is.

By Ansett Airways Pty., Ltd., With Sandringham Flying-boats.

Return flight each Tuesday and Thursday. 8. Sydney-Norfolk Is.

Alt. Fri. Dep. Sydney midnight, arr.

NI 6.45 a.m. Saturday: dep. NI 5.30 p.m. same day for Sydney, arr. 9.30 p.m. Alt. weeks makes NI-Auckland- NI flight. (See table 12 below). 9. Sydney-Noumea By Qantas, with Skymasters (Weekly) Thurs.; Sydney dep. 11.45 p.m., arriving Tontouta, 7 a.m. Fridays.

Fri.: Tontouta dep. 8.30 a.m., arriving Sydney, 2 p.m. 10. New Caledonia-New Hebrides TAI with DCS Aircraft.

Wednesdays: Depart Tontouta 8 a.m., arrive Santo 11.10 a.m., 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. New Caledonia-Fiji- Wallis Is.

TAI with DCS Aircraft Service from Noumea to Nadi (Fiji) and Wallis Is. first Sunday in each month. Next flights: Nov. 3, Dec. 1, Ji 5.

Dep. Wallis Nov. 5, Dec. 3, Jan. 7. ] 12. Norfolk Is.-Auckland TEAL, by Qantas (charter) Alt. Sat.; Return flight Norfolk (dep. a.m.) Auckland (arr. 11.45 a.m.. dl 1.15 p.m.) Norfolk (arr. 4.15 p.n (See Table 8 above). 13. Auckland-Sydney Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft.

Thurs., Fri., Sat., Sun.: Departs Auckla 9.30 a.m., arr. Sydney 1.00 p.m.

Wed.: Depart Sydney 10.00 a.m., a Auckland 5.00 p.m.

Thurs., Fri., Sun.; Dep. Sydney 3.00 p. arr. Auckland 10.00 p.m.

Note: Additional flights will oper during November. 14. Christchurch-Sydney Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft.

Tues., Thurs., Fri.: Dep. Christchurch ! p.m., arr. Sydney 8.40 p.m.

Tues., Thurs.: Dep. Sydney 8.00 a.m., s Christchurch 3.10 p.m.

Sat.; Dep. Sydney 3.00 p.m., arr. Chr church 10.10 p.m.

ISA. Christchurch-Wlelbour Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft.

Sun.: Dep. Christchurch 11.30 a.m., ; Melbourne 4.00 p.m.

Pri.: Dep. Melbourne 7.30 a.m., i Christchurch 3.00 p.m. 12 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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' eo "Ve „ e/C ed /o r centre 58. Auckland-Melbourne Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 Aircraft. rs.: Dep. Auckland 11.30 a.m., arr. lelbourne 4.15 p.m. i,: Dep. Melbourne 7.30 a.m., arr.

Auckland 3.45 p.m. 16. New Zealand-Fiji Tasman Empire Airways, with DCS aircraft. i. f Fri.: Dep. Auckland 4 p.m., arr. adi 9.20 p.m. „ Sat.: Dep. Nadi 10.30 a.m., arr uckland 3.30 p.m. i-American Airways, with Skymasters , Tues., Thurs.: Dep. Auckland 3.30 .m., arr. Nadi 10.35 p.m. , Tues., Thurs.: Dep. Nadi, 12.30 a.m., rr. Auckland 7.50 a.m. 17. Fiji-Tahiti Tasman Empire Airways, with Solent aircraft. ice normally fortnightly, with extra ights as required. irts Suva Fri. 9 a.m., crosses datene, arrives Satapuala (W. Samoa) hurs 1.55 p.m., departs Fri, 2 a.m. rrives Aitutakl (Cook Is.) 7.30 a.m., eparts 9.30 a.m., arrives Papeete Tahiti) 2 p.m. Departs Papeete Sun. .30 a.m., arrives Aitutakl 11 a.m., eparts 12.30 p.m., arrives Satapuala 5 .m., departs Mon. 8 a.m., crosses datene, arrives Suva Tues., 10.55 a.m. r es Suva Nov. 15, 22, 29, Dec. 6, 19, an. 2, 16, 30 etc. Leaves Papeete Nov. 7. 24, Dec. 2,8, 22, Jan. 5, 26, etc. 18. Fiji-Samoa Tasman Empire Airways, with Solent Aircraft.

Dep. Suva 6 a.m., arr. Satapuala 11.5 a.m.

Dep. Satapuala 1.30 p.m., arr. Suva 4.35 p.m.

Next flights from Suva Nov. 13. Dec. 12, 16, Jan. 27, crossing International Date Line and leaving Satapuala Nov. 12, Dec. 11, 15, Jan. 26, etc. 19. Fiji Internal Airways Fiji Airways, Ltd., Drover Aircraft.

Suva-Nadi-Suva: Two flights daily except Wed., Sun., one flight.

Suva-Nadi: Tues., Wed., Fri. (additional to the above return flights).

Nadl-Suva; Wed., Thurs., Sat.

Suva-Labasa-Suva: Daily.

Suva-Taveuni-Suva: Fri., Sun.

Suva-Taveuni-Savusavu-Suva: Wed.

Suva-Savusavu-Taveuni-Suva: Thurs.

Suva - Labasa - Savusavu - Labasa - Suva: Tues., Thurs.

Suva-Labasa-Taveuni-Labasa-Suva; Fri.

Suva-Savusavu-Suva; Mon., Tues.

Suva - Savusavu - Labasa - Savusavu - Suva; Sat., Sun. 20. French Oceania Inter- Island Service Regie Aerienne Interinsulair (RAI), with Amphibious Catalina.

Twice weekly service to the Leeward Group.

Wednesday: Papeete, Raiatea, Bora Bora, Raiatea, Papeete.

Friday: Papeete, Huahine, Raiatea, Papeete.

Booking agents in Papeete: Messageries Maritimes. 21. N. Caledonia-Loyalty Is. internal Service Societe Caledonienne de Transports Aeriens (TRANSPAC), with Raplde aircraft.

Noumea (Magenta), Llfou (Chepenehe), Noumea: Tues. a.m.

Noumea, Mare (Tadine), Noumea: Tues, p.m.

Noumea, Mare, Lifou, Noumea, or Noumea, Lifou, Mare, Noumea, alternatively, Thurs. a.m.

Noumea, Koumac, Noumea (with conditional call at Plaine des Gaiacs) • Fri. a.m.

Noumea. Lifou, Ouvea Is.: Wed. mornings.

Noumea, Poindimie, Noumea (with conditional call at Houailou). Fri. p.m.

Noumea, He des Pins, Noumea: Saturday and Sunday afternoons. 22. Micronesia Trans Ocean Airlines.

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Contents: Editorial: The SPC and Problems of the South Pacific 17 Western Samoan Elections— -11 Europeans For Five Seats 18 Clarification Needed On Entry Policy For NG Asians 19 Govt. Gravely Embarrassed By Fiji Drinking Permit System 20 Do You Remember—Extracts From PIM Of 20 Years Ago 20 New Zealander Is the New Executive Head Of SPC Commission 21 Editors’ Mailbag 22 Australia Supports Netherlands In NG 23 More British Bombs At Christmas Island 23 Tariff Board Announcement On Papuan Rubber 24 Port Moresby Revisited—By a Roving Editor 24 New Caledonia Elects New Cabinet 25 Moko Remains On Pitcairn 25 Territories Talk-Talk .. .. 25 5-Day Week For P-NG Public Service 29 P-NG Affairs Given Priority At RSSAILA Congress .. 30 New Plan To Develop Misima’s Big Lodes 33 Rarotonga Rendezvous For Gipsies Of the Sea 38 This Month’s News of Shipping and Cruising Yachts 41 The Man Who Mothered the Ccastwatchers Has Retired 50 Glowing Menace In Fiji’s Unsolved Problems Says Old Resident 53 New Hebrides Reaction Over Revalued Franc 56 A NG Kon Tiki Effort Failed 57 UNO “Dragged Into Tapini Affair” 58 The Three Mt. Albert Edward Crosses Of Fr. Dubuy .... 62 Fiji Declares War On Starlings 67 Platitudes Or Positive Action —What is Mr. Menzies Doing About “Staying In New Guinea”? 67 Column For Stamp Collectors 73 MAGAZINE SECTION: Tropicalities, 77; £l2/10/- a Month and a Boot Allowance, 79; New Guinea’s Most Unusual Public Servant, 80; The Pacific’s An Ocean Without a Poet, 82; Book Reviews 84 Michener’s New Book Tells Of Rascals Out Of Pacific’s Past 99 A Film About NG That Should Be Different .. .. 106 Avarua and Wellington Are Edgy About Alpers .. .. 107 Dept. Quotes Impressive Figures To Show Big Changes In P-NG 11l New Hebrideans Still Keen Jon Frummers 129 A Guide To NG Living— and How To Get On With the Boy 133 Capt. Ladd’s Service Does Well In NZ 134 Mr. Bidesi Land Sale Enlivens Suva Town Council Elections 135 OBITUARY: Mr. Herbert E.

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[?]E Spc And The Problems Of The South Pacific

THOUGH the six Governments vhich created and established he South Pacific Commission ; years ago (Australia, France, erlands, New Zealand, United dom and United States), met inberra last April, and produced hy directives for clearer thinkmd the more efficient operation le Commission, there has been idication that the six propose se the Commission to advocate ;itutional reforms in the South ic Territories. report of the Commission’s 17th on appears elsewhere in this lal. The Session was attended ; least some men of wide vision, ble of constructive thinking, t neither there, nor anywhere has there been any suggestion the six nations realise that the ‘acific Islands Territories for i they are responsible are growap, and demanding something i more than the paternal and volent Admin- :ions which the irovide. e SPC is (as Mr. 3-. R. McKay ;ed out in his ?htful address) advisory body, and simple, concerned only h the social, nomic and :h condition of [slanders. That ►t enough, course, the has neither ority nor inion to concern !1 f with adstrative powers policy. But does not blind more experi- I and long- I I e and Commis- ;rs to the fact most of the [tones have ing-pains, and sooner or later will challenge administrative ority of some ill of the six ms.

ERE are 16 separate Ad ninistrations in Pacific Islands. l two or three ptions, none any self-govlent. mga is under the autocratic rule (completely benevolent) of a royal family, and subject to check by the British Colonial Office. New Caledonia and French Oceania elect governing Councils by popular vote, but in the last analysis their administrations are dominated completely by the Government of Metropolitan France. New Zealand, at this moment, is planning a measure of self-government for Western Samoa, through a Council elected by popular vote. But in actual fact these concessions relate only to local government—they represent little more advance towards national government than do the so-called Legislative Councils of Fiji and New Guinea.

It is probable that none of these 36 Pacific Islands Territories now is socially competent, or big enough, to become an independent self-governing country. Plain commonsense says that for a long time, for their own protection — and ours — they must remain under Western supervision. But that does not alter the lact that growing pressure from beneath, all the time, is being directed towards self-government and nationalism: and that the six nations are blandly ignoring it.

ALL the larger Territories have domestic problems which tend to grow acute, and which should be dealt with on a broader basis than is provided under present conditions by the petty bureaucrats of the six national capitals.

We may see very deplorable things in the self-government of immature countries like Burma and Indonesia and Cambodia; but that does not mean that the nationalist ferment in our South Pacific countries will be retarded or discouraged.

In Papua and New Guinea, the indigenous people are not capable of exercising any degree of self-government; and so the Administration (Australian) necessarily remains as a complete autocracy.

But the non-indigenous communities, who are quite capable of self-government, are increasingly Irate Official to New Guinea Native: “No, No, No! We’ll collect the head tax-not you!"

Papua-New Guinea will introduce a head-tax of £2 on all males over the age of 18.

restive under a bureaucracy which makes all the decisions, and against which there is no appeal. The Legislative Council is not “legislative” at all —it is only a machine which carries out bureaucracy’s instructions, and provides a valve through which the non-official classes can explode, without hurting anyone.

In Western Samoa, there is a different situation. The Samoans, generally literate and competent, probably could govern themselves after the manner of their fellow- Polynesians, the Tongans; but they have got neither the finance nor the top personnel required for an independent State.

Although France has admitted all classes in New Caledonia to a common roll, it is apparent that the Melanesian indigenes there are not capable of casting an effective vote.

In literacy, and in social conditions, they are little different from the natives of New Hebrides and Solomons. But, between the indigenes and the top European community, there is a somewhat mixed social stratum capable of giving an intelligent vote and, with the Europeans, capable of exercising selfgovernment.

Although Fiji’s 175,000 Indians and 145,000 Fijians and 5,000 Chinese, and 20,000 Europeans and part- Europeans are generally literate, the communities are so different in their outlook and their social conditions that the governing authority (the British Colonial Office) so far never has introduced a common roll. British wisdom, in this respect, has been completely justified by events. But the poltical air, even in the quiet South Pacific, is pregnant with change; and, somehow or other, the chief communities of Fiji must be given a larger and larger share of governmental responsibility.

Most of the other Territories are bothered, in some form or other, with similar socio-political problems which have to be solved through action by one or other of the six nations. They are not within the sphere of the South Pacific Commission.

All these problems have a certain basic similarity. Is it not possible to deal with them as a whole, and not separately by six different nations in perhaps 16 different ways?

THE answer seems to be provided by the South Pacific Commission itself, in that on three different occasions the Commission has brought delegations from the 16 Territories into a South Pacific Conference , to discuss matters which affect their common lot.

Why should there not be a South Pacific Federation, with all these 16 Territories as units of that Federation? Why should each unit or Territory not be allowed to elect, on a suitable franchise basis, a certain number of representatives to attend the central Parliament of that Federation?

Each unit would have some degree of local government, but, of course, the over-all authority would be exercised by the Government of what might be called the South Pacific Federation.

The Federal Government would be responsible for all the usual functions of administration, controlling taxation customs, police, health, education, administration of justice, immigration, lands and agriculture, aviation, harbours and lighthouses, post and telegraphs, public works, and so forth.

Islands people would have a definite status as citizens of that Federation instead of—as is now so often the case—having no national status, or a very vague one.

SUCH a Federation, once established, automatically would solve Territories problems which now appear insoluble.

New Guinea Europeans with a grievance, instead of battering their heads against an insensitive bureaucratic wall in their so-called Legislative Council, would carry their troubles, through their elected representatives, to the South Pacific Federal Parliament and Government.

Western Samoa or Tonga would enjoy self-government: but in the larger matters of finance, public works, development, justice administration, and health, where its small resources would tend to reduce efficiency, it would have the support of the whole Federation.

Within such a Federation could be found the answer to Fiji’s most acute problem—how to give each community an adequate voice in government, while preserving justice for all.

THE establishment of such a Federation, or Union, would not be easy. At first glance, it presents two major difficulties —how to incorporate the French Territories, and how to maintain a necessary association between an Islands’ Federation and Australia and New Zealand.

Although, since World War I and the rise of United States to world dominance, the English language has become virtually international, the French people still are jealous and sensitive in regard to the use of English rather than French; and they would resent the absorption of New Caledonia and French Oceania into a Federation that would be predominantly Eng 1 i s h-speaking.

However, it need not be an insuperable difficulty.

Australia, because of her interest in New Guinea as a defensive barrier against Asia, and her heavy investments in Fiji and other Territories, would have to be tied in closely with the Federation, in some way. And, of course, there would the question of the New Gulit Trusteeship. Would UNO agree to k lease New Guinea from Unit!

Nations control, to allow it to ent a South Pacific Federation?

A South Pacific Federation Union would present a constitt tional task of much difficulty a j delicacy. But it should not be beyoc the capacity of available statesmas ship; and it certainly would provi a solution for a number of Pacii Territories problems that are groc ing in urgency and becoming uglir the longer they are ignored. tMr. Charles R. Turbet, BV' MRVCS (Lond.), formerly a go ernment veterinary officer in H and the Solomons, has b© appointed to the newly creatj position of Port Veterinary Offio Auckland.

W. SAMOA ELECTIONS 11 Europeans for Five Seats Nominations for the Novemh 15 elections to the new and ei larged Western Samoa Legu lative Assembly closed on October 1 Of the Samoan candidates for tB 41 Samoan seats of the new A. sembly, 31 have been nominated I their districts unopposed, while 10 districts the issue has to be d cided by secret ballot.

There are 11 candidates contestin the 5 European seats. Of these fr are the sitting members (Messi Betham, Gurau, Moors, Morgan an Plowman); and six (Messrs. Ah M W. Betham, Keil, Nelson, Paul an Meyer) are new candidates.

Mr. E. F. Paul was a member the Legislative Assembly from 19( to 1954 and resigned because of ii health.

Four new candidates and one the sitting members, Mr. P. Plot man are standing on a “ticke proposed by a newly-formed “Pr gressive Citizens League”. The sitti; members, with the exception of to.

Plowman, are contesting the electu individually: so are two new ca. didates, Messrs. J. Ah Mu and T Betham.

Only one of the new candidate Mr. E. F. Paul, is assured of stroisupport and likely to be elected. (In W. Samoa, “European” fi electoral purposes includes Chine and part-Europeans. There are 1.4 names on the roll; 175 full Eun peans; 125 full Chinese and 1,11 part-Europeans). 18 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

[?] They or Can't They?

Clarification Needed On Entry Policy

For New Guinea Asians

Does Australia’s decision to confer Australian citizenship on selected New Guinea Asians mean the Asians will be able to live and work in Papua and Australia without restriction?

HE answer, apparently, is maybe.

If it is anything else, nobody in authority has made a firm nouncement on it.

Australia’s decision was made ne months ago, and the details naturalisation requirements nounced only recently.

Qualifications include full age and jacity (although the Minister i grant naturalisation to aliens i of full age), good character, equate knowledge of English or ernatively residence in Australia New Guinea for a continuous •iod of at least 20 years, intention continue to live in Australia or w Guinea, continuous residence Australia or New Guinea for a ir preceding application, m alien woman doesn’t have to fil these requirements but she i be granted a certificate if she the wife or widow of an Auslian citizen and has lived in stralia or New Guinea for at st a year. n hoss eligible for naturalisation [owing the new decisions are; 1) Asians, or persons of partropean and part-Asian birth, ler living in the Territory withexemption or born there; 2) An Asian or part-European t-Asian wife of an Australian zen or of a person eligible under for naturalisation and apply- , provided she is living in the ritory; 3) Children of Asians and partans themselves eligible for uralisation, over the age of 16 i under the age of 21, provided y are living in the Territory.

HIS seems to cover the naturalisation problem pretty fully, but the problem of entry 3 Australia is another one. It governed by the Immigration Act 1901-49, and as a matter of icy non-Europeans are not per- ;ted entry. lowever, in the Territory Legislaj Council in October, in answer a series of questions, the :retary for Law for Papua-New inea, Mr. W. Watkins, said ans, together with those of Led-blood, Papuans and indilous inhabitants of New Guinea, •e permitted entry into Australia limited periods if they: lad a clear bill of health, agreed to accept employment in the nmonwealth, had enough money maintenance, had a return ticket or proof they could get one, plus a re-entry permit, and had evidence of accommodation. (In his reply, Mr. Watkins stated that Papuans had no need of naturalisation as they already had Australian citizenship. It is interesting to note that, according to the above paragraph that notwithstanding this citizenship, they are specifically excluded from permanent residence in Australia).

Does this mean that naturalised Chinese from New Guinea cannot live permanently in the Australian territory of Papua, or Australia?

The immigration Department in Sydney, and the Sydney office of the Territories Department, through no fault of officers of either department, were not able to clarify the position in early November.

As far as the Immigration Dept, knew, naturalised New Guinea Asians had the same right as any Australian citizen to enter and work permanently in Australia.

The Territories’ Dept, said there was machinery in the Immigration Act to keep Asians out of Australia if need be, but it knew nothing of how the entry policy would operate in the future. As yet, there appeared to be nothing concrete.

Can it be stated that New Guinea naturalised Asians can live permanently in Australia? Or can’t they? Or will each case be a matter for the Minister?

Possibly the policy has already been worked out, and this would be a good time to end the confusion. It is understood that 150 New Guinea Chinese have already applied for naturalisation.

Naturalisation For

Euronesians Too?

AUSTRALIAN naturalisation of New Guinea's 2,600 people of mixed blood was "being considered", the P- NG Assistant Administrator, Dr. John Gunther, said in Port Moresby in October. He said their position at present was completely undefined.

Dr. Gunther's statement came not long after the Administration had announced details of naturalisation requirements for New Guinea's Asian community.

It is understood that details of citizenship requirements for the mixed bloods were drawn up in time for an announcement to be made at the same time as the one on Asian citizenship— but these were put aside at the last minute.

Governor's Family Reunion ... already applied for naturalisation.

An informal portrait of the Governor of Fiji and his family taken in Government House grounds at Suva. With Sir Ronald and Lady Garvey are their four children (left to riht), Anthony, Julie, Frania, and Lavinia. When Mr. Anthony Garvey arrived in Suva from the Uk a couple of months ago, it was the first time that the family had been united in Fiji since Sir Ronald became governor in 1952. 19 &CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

Government Gravely Embarrassed By Drinking-Permit System

Liquor Drives Fijians Mad

The proposal of the Fiji Government to suspend the beerpermit system for a trial period of six months has aroused keen controversy in the Colony. The situation is an embarrassing one for the Government.

ANY permit system, which inevitably involves controls, is repugnant to lovers of freedom.

They usually see their fundamental rights being gradually whittled away, as bureaucrats the world over seek more and more power.

Yet the permit system in Fiji, although it involves racial discrimmation, does seem to many to be vital to the welfare of the indigenous people. It is well known that the Fijian just cannot “hold his liquor”.

PIM described him, a few months ago, as the most amiable of South Sea Islanders—except, when, under the influence”, he becomes a quarrelsome pest.

That description fits him down to the ground.

Sir Hugh Ragg, head of Northern Hotels Ltd., and a man who always has shown that he has the interests of the Fijians at heart, argues that if the Fijian cannot get good liquor legitimately he will get bad liquor illicitly.

That argument, sound as far as it goes, does not get over the fact that even good liquor makes the Fijian a quarrelsome pest, Sir Hugh favours abolition of all permits for a trial period of two years, to give time to observe the effect on the indigenous people of unrestricted access to beer, if they want beer. He knows that the Fijian will brew his own liquors, and the kind of concoctions they are, if he is not allowed to buy it in hotel bars. ■htt'r'rt'rt it pnMPnrTTONC!

Horrible Concoctions

TT ERE are a few examples of what H. the Fijian will brew, whether he has a permit or not to drink beer in hotels: • Methylated spirits. • Kava, laced with methylated spirits. • “Black Jack”, an intoxicating beverage to which they a& boot polish (which is claimet to contain alcohol).

All methylated spirit sold in ! is denatured; but this appears, be no deterrent to hardy Fijis whose stomachs appear to be lii with cast iron. Methylated sp sales have to be registered; but Fijian seems to have black mai sources of supply.

A Fijian chief recently relate; story of how he was in a kava sail one night, when a Fijian cs around collecting 6d from e man, so that he could buy a be of methylated spirit to mix v the kava.

This practice will be hard to sts out, good liquor or bad.

The American servicemen T were in the Colony during the are blamed for teaching the Fiji how to make “Black Jack”.

Kava, laced with “metho” ano “Black Jack”, provide cheap horrible concoctions, but well m in the reach of the average Fij who wanl;s to become “blind” dnr At present, Fijians and IndJ are obliged to have liquor pen before they can buy liquor. T 1 are several varieties of pem Some allow consumption of 1 only on licensed premises. Otk allow consumption of spirits, bwj purchases by the bottle.

Others, again, allow the holl to take away beer or spirits varying quantities; and some M a full permit, which allows t: to acquire anything'alOQholic.

The permit system does not ai to Europeans, part-Europeans, some of the other races ihy Colony.

Criticism Of Reform Pii

The Governor (Sir Rox Garvey) set up a committee late£ year to consider the permit sysa (Continued on page 137) DO YOU RE From PIWI of 20 Years ago ON the surface, anyhow, Pacific on t _ life 20 years ago appeared to be going on much as usual, with the Cook Islands worrying about its orange shipments, Fiji about its Public Service reorganisa- Guinea talking about its gold and volcanoes. . . But through it all passed some ominous paragraphs, dealing with Japanese in the Pacific, Pearl Harbour defence and the future Of the Philippines.

TT . ' j TjTji/r Here IS a round-up from PIM of November, 1937, showing some of the troubles: Suva's Fijian and Indian communities were up in arms, not unexpectedly, over a circular put out by a big tourist liner for the benefit of its passengers, asking them not to fraternise with Indians and natives when ashore. tl* *:,,„| ar ca ;j /'|» : c -X rniircp recognised that fraternisation has generally been the result of thoughtlessness and a spirit t ourists U r 3 T he' *a u t hoVi tie s" point 'out, that anything in the nature of social intercourse between Europeans and natives is to be deprecated, as the latter have not been accustomed to it and, therefore, do not understand it, and it might lead to unpleasantness".

We think the company must have got its countries mixed; after some nasty letters by the Indians, the company withdrew the circular.

A correspondent in Papeete was condemning, with some heat, the "flood of unwholesome literature" that was making out Tahiti as a "place of unbridled license", and as a result the wrong kind of tourists were being attracted. Tahiti people wanted to know why tourists couldn't get hold "of really good and of the || tt)e wor | d we inhabit in the South PaciflC Ocean". Which is a continuing trouble, not confined to Tahiti, * * * In New Guinea, Ivan Champion was flown by seaplane to the newly discovered Lake Kutubu; Port Moresby's water was being rationed again; and Enterprise of New Guinea Gold and Petroleum (NL) had again—and this time finally—been refused an oil prospecting P ermit ( the V 9 ot !t almost 20 V ears ,ater >' * * * Tonga got a visit from its first Japanese ship, the "Caroline Maru", which had 13 male passengers aboard, "who, according to their own story have chartered the vessel for a '?i su , r , e Vj'P am °". 9 d ° f S d ° ut t h Pa^ f,C ' nil A a h ld N a " rf.si?

J;P a "e f e settlers were proving the possibilities of cotton growmg- * * * There appeared to be what was described as "world-wide anger" at the neglect of Robert Louis Stevenson's tomb behind Apia, in Western Samoa, and requests were made to have the New Zealand Government care for it in perpetuity.

Towards A More

Picturesque Pidgin

The suggestion by “Old Timer” in October “PIM”' Tropicalities (p. 82) of a prize s for picturesque Pidgin phrases\ could start something.

I have always liked that terse “Something nothing ”, conveying such unequivocal: contempt; or “Throw ’imaway leg belong you”, to ensure speed in a parting messenger.

And then there is that subtle determination of sex in a horse: stallion, rendered a& “horse ’e man”; mare as “horse ’e mary”; and gelding as “horse ’e missionary”, GORDON THOMAS. 20 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MON T.H

Notable Man for Difficult Job

[?]. Zealander Is New Executive Head

Of Sp Commission

The appointment of a new Secretary-General, in October, probably was the most important step taken by the South Pacific Commission since its establishment in 1949. Unless the new ffiief executive officer can give the Commission a new “slant” md re-shape its activities, its future may not be a happy one. ;See PIM, June, 1956, p. 23; May, 1957, p. 23; June, 1957, p. 17).

R. RALPH BEDELL, an American, who has held the post since Sir Brian Freeston retired in >, retires in his -turn at the end this year. There were three linees for the position and, after :ee ballots, the Commission’s ice was Mr. T. R. Smith, who at sent is Secretary to the Governit of Western Samoa, he three nominees who were sented to the Commission were; ominated by Australia; Mr.

C. GROVES, BA, Director of cation in Papua and New Guinea.

Groves has specialised all his in Islands education and social tiropology, and probably is the th Pacific’s best known man in ;e fields. He was Director of cation in New Guinea in 1922and between 1925 and 1947 he d posts in New Guinea, Nauru, mon Islands, Fiji, etc. —including -years term in the Australian iy, where he held the rank of or. He reaches retiring age in ust, 1958. ominated by New Zealand: Mr.

DMAS RICHARD SMITH, Govnent Secretary in Western ioa. He is aged 53, married, with hildren; holds the degree of ter of Commerce and Diploma Public Administration; and has esented New Zealand on importmissions—in New York, before UN Trusteeship Council; in mesia, as a UN adviser on public linistration; in London in 1957, re, as Chairman of the Samoa ra Board, he took part in connces which dealt with copra keting after the British MOF -ract expires in December, 1957. ! Mr. Groves, Mr. Smith has a 3 personal knowledge of the organisation, and has attended ous meetings in Noumea.

Dminated by United Kingdom;

Trafford Smith, Cmg, An

tanding member of the staff of British Colonial Office. He is 45 s old; Cambridge educated; and /een 1938 and 1944 he served in New Hebrides, Solomon Islands Gilbert arid Ellice Colony. In e recent years, he had held imant administrative posts in (Continued on page 138) Rona Away After 11 Weeks’ Tie-up AFTER being tied up in Sydney for 11 weeks and two days, the CSR Co.’s Rona got away for Fiji on October 28. (See PIM, Oct., n 15 nnri Rpnt n 191 P 1 \ i u ’ P ’ , ™ A black ban was placed on Rona by the maritime unions as soon as she reached Australia because she had not used an Australian crew.

It was stated that the “sentence” on Rona, because her owners did not fall into line, was to be three months.

The time was actually a little less than that with the Unions fighting every inch of the way.

The Company had to take on each union separately Painters and Dockers, Cooks, Seamen, etc—and in eight separate Arbitration Court cases get the necessary bans clause Inserted in the awards.

Communist policies on the Australian waterfront in the last. 10 years have resulted in less shipping and less work for Australian seamen, The Rona tie-up will not help them either Before the Rona reached Australia on her delivery voyage, the Company preparing for possible trouble, engaged a UK molasses tanker, Atheldutchess, to make one trip from Fiji to Australian ports .fL molasses this ghip hag three times the city of Fiona> which had been do f ng job> all Austr alian molasses storage tanks are now full after one trip, an( j Fiona has had her crew pa id o ff an( j will be tied up in Sydney un tii the New Year, it j S understood that the Company originally considered registering Rona in Suva, but was warned by the Australian maritimei unions that if it did, a!l Company Stops, refineries and mills in Australia, and probably in Fiji would be tied up. ... Q IThe 1 The Company therefore decided to give Australian Un ons a-chance to man Rona—but struck three months trouble an yhow. It is underatood toat the Company 18 reconßidering the question of registration.

Navy Style ...

Navy tradition has some odd angles. This photograph shows Rear-Admiral J. E. H.

McBeath, RNZN, being piped “on board” at the FRNVR bass at Lami, near Suva. And the object from which the Rear-Admiral is stepping is not, as you might think, “a little bridge over a gutter” — it is a gang-plank.

In October, New Zealand Navy and Air Force Chiefs visited their establishments in Photo: Fiji PRO. 21 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

The Editors' Mailbag

An Axe Labelled 'Cleland' “You may—or may not—know that, in the archives of the Federal Labour Parliamentary Party, there is a large axe labelled ‘For Cleland’ ”, writes an old friend from Canberra. “It will be brought quickly into use, if and when Labour gets back into power.

“Members of the Labour Party were furious when J. K. Murray was pushed out of the Papua-New Guinea Administratorship by Mr.

Spender, some time after the Liberals won the Australian elections in 1949; and a formal resolution, which must be put into operation, was placed among the records of the Labour Caucus, to the effect that, if Mr. Cleland was in office when Labour took over the Government again, he should t>e forthwith removed.

“Many people, who are not in any way sympathetic with Socialism, were sorry to see J. K. Murray removed from office. He was liked for his personal qualities, and respected for his great ability—and he was in no sense a Red.

“The trouble, of course, was that he was the selection and appointee of the much-detested ‘Eddie’ Ward, then Minister for Territories. In the view of non-Labour politicians, nothing good could possibly come out of the Ward stable.

“But they showed considerable lack of wisdom in putting Cleland straight into Murray’s place— because Brigadier Cleland, no matter how able, was best known to Australia as the Liberal Party’s most successful organiser.”

Our correspondent is right.

There is some sort of resolution like that in the records of the ALP.

But Administrator Cleland need lose no sleep o’ nights while Dr.

Evatt remainds Federal Labour leader—he is no election-winner.

You Could Get Off The Beaten Track Then Our old friend, Mr. E. W. Harrison of Fergusson Island, Papua, has sent us this old photograph of the “SS Moresby” taken about 1909 and a few notes to go with it to indicate that 50 years ago tourists on BP services in the SW Pacific got a long and liesurely trip for their money.

The ships were by no means palatial (writes Mr. Harrison) ; the accommodation was confined but the food was ample. Two vessels were on the Solomons-Papua run, the Moresby and the Makambo (the latter when unloaded usually had a heavy list to starboard).

Their itinerary was Sydney, Brisbane, Tulagi, Guadalcanal, Gizo, Faisi (Shortland 15.,) Woodlark Is., Samarai, Moresby and Cooktown.

The ships then returned along the same route back to Sydney through the islands.

It was noticed always that planters and others who went ashore in the Solomons went well “heeled” —revolver, bowie knife on belt; rifle and a bandolier of ammunition.

Malaita Island was avoided as the locals were too fond of long-pig.

There was a Government post there, but it had a 10 ft. stockade around it and armed guards were mounted from sunset to sunrise.

The officer in charge, at the time of which I write, was a Mr.

Edge Partington, an ex-RN midshipman. He was most interesting to listen to, especially after a few whisky-and-sodas. Some years after this, two BSIP Government officers and their escort were slaughtered by Malaitamen (PIM, October).

The old Moresby was built in Scandinavia and her original name was Christopher Christopher sson; except for engine room and bunkers, she was all cargo space below deck. Crew were quartered for’ard in a top-gallant fo’castle; passengers housed aft under the poop.

Her commander at that time was Captain Bayldon (“Gentle Annie” his nickname) and a thorough gentleman and a fine navigator. He gave BP’s long and faithful service.

The Moresby met her fate in World War I when she was torpedoed ] the English Channel.

Cover Competition A Port Moresby reader has som thing to say about our cover awar “While not disagreeing with yo remarks about Ata (PIM coti award, August) I think the b( cover by far was the April issue “That sweet little darling, Men kijiana—there was personality 1 you! And the appeal of sunny chil hood. The photographer manag to catch her at an angle so tl the closer you look the more e chantingly happy she appears.” 0 Lord, Give Us Strength We don’t feel that it has mu merit as verse, but it is strong sentiment, so we publish herewith “Hymn” sent in by a frustral Territorian and designed, we fe as a sling-shot at the P-NG Put Service: O Thou, who seest all things belt Grant that Thy servants may slow; That they may study to comply With regulations till they die.

And when the Tempter seems give Us feelings of initiative, Or when alone we go too far, Chastise us with a circular.

Teach us, Lord, to reverence, Committees more than comm sense; Impress our minds to make no pi But pass the baby when we can..

Mid war and tumult, fire c storms, Strengthen us, we pray, with for Thus will Thy servants ever be..

A flock of perfect sheep for Th Foredeck of "Moresby" leaving Sydney, 1909. 22 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

[?]tralia Supports [?]heriands

[?]-Operation In

[?]NG AND NNG iSIDENTS of Papua-New Guinea who a year or so ago sved Australia wavering on question of Netherlands New nea sovereignty, had their ds set at rest with the Novem- -6 statement from Canberra The Hague. the statement Australian and Netherlands Governments aledged “to continue and igthen co-operation” in adstering their New Guinea Terris. >st observers take the statement e political rather than any in- ,ion of changes in administrain either the Dutch or the ralian territory. It follows resd demands by Indonesia for h New Guinea, and demonstrai in Djakarta against Dutch mals and threats of demonions against Australians. ,e demand of the Indonesians w somewhat of an annual event, lly occurring when the Govern- : most wants to divert attenfrom domestic affairs, e Hague-Canberra announce- ; is taken as a reiteration of e Australian sympathy lies, .ugh some other facets of Ausi’s foreign policy have not been ell taken. e recent decision to train some nesian army officers in Ausi has mystified many and eni Returned Servicemen’s organms. At the recent RSSAILA ress in Tasmania (see elsee) the matter was discussed at h and condemned, e Australian Minister for Terri- 5, Mr. Hasluck, flew to Port sby in early November to meet Netherlands Minister for Over- Territories, Mr. C. Helders, who been visiting Dutch New ea, and who later flew with Mr. ick to Canberra.

Port Moresby, the Ministers ated that there would be full mge of information between two Territories but that there 1 be no machinery set up to le it. e Governor of Netherlands New ea, Dr. J. van Baal, who accom- -3d Mr. Helders to Port Moresby, d on after the Ministers left Canberra and with the Admin- ;or of Papua-New Guinea, made ne days’ tour of Papua-New ea.

More British Bombs

AT CHRISTMAS IS.

BRITAIN’S second series of H-bomb tests at mid- Pacific Christmas Island must have been overshadowed completely by Russia’s entry into outerspace with Sputnik Mark I and Mark 11.

Although tests are likely to begin this month at Christmas, there have been no protests from any quarter—not even Japan.

If the UK is trying to keep it secret, as a correspondent alleges, she has failed. Everyone knows about it, and is not caring much. At the rate we are making scientific advances these days, even last year’s fears seem old stuff.

Radiation equipment is to be installed at Penrhyn and Aitutaki (Cook Islands) but no British Met team will be on the former island this time. NZ frigates “Rotoiti” and “Pukaki” will be on the job again.

FOOTNOTE: The first and only bomb in the current series was exploded uneventfully on November 9.

Disposal of Tonga's Copra in 1957 rpONGA’S plans for the sale of A copra on conclusion of the British Ministry of Food purchasing contract this yfear, we?e announced in October. Briefly, the new arrangement is as follows: All copra from Ha’apai and Vava’u groups will go to Unilever Ltd. at the ruling free-market price based on Philippines prices.

Tongatapu copra will be sold on the free market “in furtherance of the Copra Board’s policy of gaining experience in this field and being in a position to benefit from any advantageous fluctuations in prices and freight rates in the various markets”.

Messrs. C. Czarnikow Ltd., of London, will act as agents for the Board there at 2 per cent, commission.

All hot-air dried copra sold to Unilevers will rate a premium of 50/- Stg. per ton, and all FMS first quality copra will rate a 25/premium.

Although the official announcement does not say so, it is understood that a large part of the copra from Tongatapu will go to the United States if prices are reasonably competitive there, to maintain a satisfactory trade balance with that country.

Handsome Home for Suva Priests This fine new building, Nicholas House, was opened recently in Suva by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Fiji the Right Rev. V. Foley. Built on a site close to the RC Cathedral, it Will provide living quarters for priests.—Photo by Stinsons. 23 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

That Tariff Board Inquiry

An Announcement For The

Rubber Planters At Last

After years of inquiries, submissions and arguments, the Papuan rubber industry in October finally learned something to its advantage on tariffs.

TITHE Australian Government an- X nounced that it had rejected Tariff Board recommendations that Territory rubber should be admitted to Australia free of customs duty, but — • It would impose a duty of 4d a lb (an increase of 2d), on all rubber, other than that from Papua- New 7 Guinea, which would remain at 2d a lb. • It might allow some overseas rubber in at 2d a lb as a concession, but only on condition that the available Territory output of natural rubber was sold at a satisfactory price.

This “satisfactory price” would be fixed at the world price, plus 3d a lb, when the world price of crude rubber No. 1 RSS grade was 18d or less a lb. As the world price increased beyond 18d a lb, the margin of 3d would be reduced by a farthing a lb for each Id a lb increase in the rubber price.

Thus, when the world price was 30d or more a lb, the price for Papuan rubber would be the same.

The Australian announcement also said that all crude rubber entering Australia would in future be exempt from primage. (Papuan rubber has been free of primage and rubber from elsewhere has had a primage of approximately 2d a lb).

The Papuan rubber industry has always had an up-and-down existence, and it was last in difficulties a few years after the war.

A world authority on rubber, Mr.

C. E. T. Mann, made a report on the position in 1952, and the Australian Tariff Board made an investigation at the end of 1954 sitting, for the first time, in the Territory.

But this assistance was not obtained without a great deal of hard work on the part of the planters and the Territories’ Department, and even as it was being arranged new changes kept coming along, so that it was difficult to know just what the future of the industry was going to be from one month to another.

The Korean war pushed rubber prices out of the doldrums, but the approach to the Tariff Board was bogged down because of Australia’s commitments under the GATT agreement. Marketing arrangements in Australia twice broke down.

When the Tariff inquiry was finally made, nobody could find out anything about its recommendations.

The whole report appeared to have been shelved, and although there were some complaints from the planters, nobody worried about it as much as they might have once, because in the interval the position had changed again.

In the last year or two the Papuan rubber industry has been ii a position that is (to quote on planter), “not good, but then, nc bad, either”, which is just anothe way of saying things have bee; pretty good.

Nevertheless, in the backgrouni has always been the problem c what the future would hold for a: industry that had no guarantee: market in Australia.

The latest announcement —giving as it does, news of what has hap pened to that Tariff report—ha been received warmly enough by thi planters.

The view is that the report, an; alterations to primage and impon duty, give an indication that th Commonwealth realises the import ance of the Papuan rubber industr and the need for an assured marke: But all aspects have yet to b looked at.

Respectability Still Requires a Necktie

Port Moresby

REVISITED

By Stuart Inder

pORT MORESBY people are * liable to tell anyone, at the drop of a rum bottle, that their town is now going ahead fast, but the visitor who is revisiting is the fellow who really knows just how right they are.

Seeing Port Moresby again after two years, I had to admit that the cash is certainly being spent somewhere.

There has been a surprising clean-up, with attractive new buildings everywhere, including Administrative headquarters at Konedobu.

The wharf area has a new lease on life, with more to come apparently, and the Boroko housing area seems almost to have out-extended the town area in size, with street after street pushed through areas that were bare scrubland two years ago.

The vast new hospital area at Three-mile is no minor development, but that and smaller developments and changes on every side in Moresby are proof that the town really hasn’t been suffering from that tropical somnolence everyone says it has.

I’m aware, of course, that when you start to dig you can always find flaws —too much money spent for a job, money spent on the wrong things first and in the wrong parts of the Territory. But the overall picture has to be looked at, too, and in the view of this visitor revisiting, Moresby ought to b fairly pleased.

ENERGETIC, charming French American Oscar Meyer, Iron Los Angeles, wasn’t overpleased with Moresby when chanced on him, however. Oscas who is curator of the Archaeolog and Ethnography Studies Centre i Los Angeles, and locates odd thinjj for museums, had just bee peremptorily ordered, in the Papu Hotel dining room, to wear a ti and was a bit fierce.

But Oscar wasn’t particular-] thinking of this stupid rule, and tE way it was administered, when H commented sadly, “When I wr here 18 years ago this was a gs: and happy town, but now—now th»j are all dead!”

Oscar later had a funm experience on a Port Moresby pav\ ment. A native dressed in shon and shirt, who possibly pick*; Oscar for an American, drew hi attention to a line of cars an (Continued on page 150) Mr. Oscar Meyer. 24

November, 1957 Pacific Islands Mon T.H L

[?]EY ARE PAID, TOO [?] Caledonia Elects [?]ew Cabinet WESTERN SAMOA is not the only ' Pacific territory to have a paid legislature after all {PIM, tober, p. 21). Members of New ledonia’s eight-man Cabinet will paid £420; and Members of the w Assembly £329. We presume that ;se amounts are per annum. Our •respondent said per month, but s is probably a slip of the typeiter. If it is per month, then a of people will be deciding that ;y are in the wrong line of busies. tfew Caledonia’s new Assembly rritoriale met late October for the ;t time to elect its Cabinet, rhis Cabinet, composed of eight misters’” takes the name of anseil de Gouvernement”. The ht members are all members of Maurice Lenormand’s party hich won the recent general ctions).

'our of them are members of the vly elected Assembly Territoriale i four of them are from the gen- -1 public. There are six Europeans i two New Caledonian natives, lowing the election of the Cabinet, mbers of the assembly were mimous in voting a public holir with full pay to all in New edonia to mark the establishment this new era in local government.

Moko Remains on Pitcairn SAILED from Pitcairn Island on “Rangitiki”, October 27, Robert Tomarchin, headline-hitting “castaway” of Henderson Is.—but not his chimpanzee, Moko, who remains behind, and will likely end up in Auckland zoo.

Seeing that Tomarchin went to Pitcairn in the first place because he would not depart on “Pioneer Isle” when the master of that vessel would not give Moko a passage, this is surprising. {“PIM”, Sept., p. 20). Even more surprising is Mr. Tomarchin's reported statement that the Fiji Government “encouraged” him to leave Moko. He said that he himself was leaving to avoid embarrassment between Pitcairn and Fiji.

He will try to arrange the necessary documents to have Moko admitted to the United States. If not, the Auckland zoo might be approached to buy the chimpanzee.

This seems to be just about the end of the Henderson Island Castaway epic.

Territories Talk-Talk

By Tolala Whence Pato?

In September PIM, I sent out a SOS for the derivation of the Pidgin word for duck — Pato. The most reliable answer came from the old war-horse, Syd. Chance, now in Brisbane.

After quizzing the weekly gathering of old-timers in the Bananaland capital without success, he writes; “It is a Spanish word, one of the few, I think, that got into pidgin. . . . I looked up a Spanish-English dictionary . . . and here it is: PATA (ornith.) female of the drake . . .”

That appears likely and could have been brought down from either China or the Philippines.

Or it might be connected with Portugese, for they gave us “savvy” and “piccaninny”. I rather favour the idea that pato was introduced by the Ambonese, who were brought into NG by the early German companies.

Any comment?

More Pidgin As She Is Spoke Latest addition to the pidgin dictionary library is the “Neo- Melanesian Grammer and Orthography”, put out by RC priest, Father Mihalic, of Wewak.

A press report from Moresby states it “settles several disputed questions . . . one is the use of the letter ‘p’ instead of T in words such as “pella” (fellow). . . .

It will be accepted by the Territory Education Department and all missions”.

That is as maybe, I should say.

Pronunciation of Pidgin words varies as to the district in which it is spoken, and over such a wide area as TNG values of consonants change, even as they do in Europe.

In New Ireland, for instance, the “f” is pronounced: and what of the Highlands country? The Bukas (Big and Little) are fond of the combination of “tsz”, which is difficult for other natives.

Invariably the Buka will mix his “d” and his “r”, as will the Blanche Bay mix his “s” and his “t”.

Presumably Pater Mihalic is not basing his work on the Wewak area alone; otherwise he would be looking for trouble.

As for the orthography of Pidgin, I would say the sooner it reaches an approach to the true English style in preference to the present slap-happy phonetic business, the better. The present phonetic style was introduced first following a Government-Mission conference in Rabaul some years ago (pre-war) when the study of pure English was given away altogether.

Turning Back The Clock Browsing through that very informative treatise, The Making of Modern New Guinea, by Sociologist Reed, of Yale University, and published back in ’43, I came upon “The relatively high prices paid for copra in 1937 led many natives in villages near the oldest European settlements to spend most of their working time producing this commodity”.

A footnote states the copra price then was £lB a ton, and it cost Europeans roughly £4 a ton to produce.

Interesting these comparisons, are they not? (Over) [?] One of the two handsome Land Rover Fire Engines which arrived in Lae, New Guinea, recently for service at Bulolo and Goroka.

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Shown in the photograph is Mr. Ken Bonnett and some native firemen. Mr. Bonnett, who only arrived recently, is the first fireman to be appointed to Lae. 25 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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The price of £lB was compared with the prices ruling in 1933 of £9/3/4; 1934 of £4/11/- and 1935 of £6/8/6.

Rabaul was at its zenith in the first part of 1937, and a festive town it was during the coronation celebrations. Then came the gods, Vulcan and Mars.

In those days the copra price peak was reached in 1920 with £27, dropping to £22 in 1926. But a quid was worth 20 - and the £ sterling was real money. Civil Servants had not grown into browbeating bureaucrats and the League of Nations did not consist of an anti-West bloc. I still think of them as the good old days; the days of gracious living.

The Old “Herstein”

In the August PIM (p. 23) appeared a photo of the refloated Norwegian vessel which was loading copra for overseas ports in Rabaul when the Japs came down in January, 1942.

Its name was reported to be the “Herstine”, of some 10,000 tons.

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Photo: Papuan Prints. 27

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Identity Cards Identification cards are to be introduced in connection with still another revision of P-NG’s Native Labour Regulations. (Ye gods!

How many times have these Regs been overhauled in an attempt to play ball with everybody?) Simple means of identification speed up dealing with big labour lines. But cards? . . . Well, now that we have reached the cellophane age it mightn’t be so bad.

In the middle ’thirties Riding Permits for native cyclists were introduced and issued by the Police in Rabaul after the lad had been duly tutored in hand signals and general road courtesy.

The card contained a space for the rider’s photograph (it was not compulsory), but most of the cyclists spent a few bob with an Asiatic photographer who did pretty well out of the craze. But the cards became a bit worn and not so legible after being carried in leaf baskets amongst lime, betelnut, stick tobacco and other paraphernalia which repose in the average basket.

In the dark ages, circa 1914, on some plantations with big labour lines it was customary to issue each lad with a numbered brass identity disc, which they wore round their neck, wrist or suspended from an ear-lobe, and the system worked well.

Native names are not the easiest thing in the world for a new-chum overseer or manager to master, especially if a native tabu forbids uttering your own name as it used to be the custom with the Blanche Bay tribes.

This ban has, no doubt, gone into the discard now. But years ago it was the usual practice to ascertain a native’s name by asking another man. I remember carrying a boy on a nominal roll for some time with the name “Marauqu”, until I discovered that the word meant “my namesake” in the dialect. He had the same name as the boss-boy, and it was the boss-boy whom I had asked for the labourer’s name.

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Soldier Settlements For several years now at tl annual Federal RSL Congress tl demand for a soldier settleme: scheme in P-NG has been made the determined and very voo Territorial representative.

Neither George Whittaker u Bob Hunting have pulled the punches in describing the pa promises made by politicians meet their demands, which hai now been going on for over decade.

But each year the fight is growing more uphill as the emphau is laid on native independence ai needs of the European fade mcc and mors into the background.

Federal Treasurer, Artie Faddo did not make the going any easi; when he announced in Morestf at the same time the RSL wv meeting in Hobart, that eventual natives would take over t.i responsibilities now being carrii Mr. Pat Berg, well-known and popular Area Traffic Supervisor of Qantas, Lae, New Guinea, who left the Territory on November 10, on transfer back to Sydney, has been in the Territory seven years, and it is with regret that his many friends and business acquaintances see him go. He has always been ready to help and advise about flights and cargo, and every problem from the transport of cats to cattle could be speedily arranged.

Mr. Berg has been relieved by Mr. R. Weekes, who spent some time in Nadi, Fiji, before going to the Territory.

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PUA-NEW GUINEA public servants have finally got their five-day working week made aanent—more or less. decision handed down by imonwealth Public Service trator, M. J. Galvin, late in )ber confirmed a five-day workweek to public servants in Moresby, Rabaul and Lae, ept where the exigencies of the ice demand otherwise”, i earlier provision made by itrator E. Woods, introduced the •day week for a trial period, r. Galvin’s decision was made r he had heard views from the linistration, which opposed exion of the five-day week, and the G Public Service Association, ;h wanted it made permanent, le Assistant Administrator, Dr. a Gunther, later announced Administration was examining effect of the decision on native loyees in the Territory. 29 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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One of the outstanding features of the Federal Congress of the Returned Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Airmen’s League, in Hobart, Tas., in October, was the time given to problems associated with Papua and New Guinea and the solid support promised toward rectifying same. Principal among these were the defence, or rather lack of defence, at Manus Is. and the implementation of a Land Settlement scheme for returned soldiers in the Territory. r:E Papuan and New Guinea sub-branch was represented at Congress by its president, Mr.

R. F. Bunting, and by its secretary, Mr. J. V. Knight.

Addressing Congress on the Manus Is. question, Mr. Bunting said his sub-branch had appointed two delegates to visit Manus Is. and inspect it from the angle of defence preparedness. They had reported back that the base at Manus is used only for re-fuelling Qantas planes, that there is no modern radar equipment installed; and no provision for bulk storage of petrol.

There is a boom defence and target, and a water lighter at Manus; an air strip at Momote suitable for future use, after repairs, but not suitable for heavy aircraft; there is a small Navy wharf for vessels up to 5,000 tons; the Navy has two or three bulk tanks at Lombrum but no road connection between them.

It was ascertained also that there was no actual Naval vessel stationed at Manus and the small floating dock at Seeadler Harbour could accommodat.e vessels only up to 3,000 tons. With both old American wharves at Lorengau not fit for use, this left that port without a wharf. Water was also a major problem as there were no facilities for water storage and only one water lighter.

A water treatment plant was capable of supplying the needs c the base only. It appeared ths both the Air Force and Nav personnel are purely a maintenanc team and that the Mokerang aii strip had been allowed to fall int complete dis-repair although th: strip is longer than the one e Momote. The only vessels at Mann to give chase to Japanese poachin craft were a motor water lighte (top speed 8 knots) and a dies* tug.

It was quite apparent, reporte Mr. Bunting, that Manus Islan was not adequately maintained a an advanced defence base.

Although the results of thei inspection had been placed befor the Defence Minister, the explana tion the latter had made in letter in reply was entirel unconvincing and it was for thi reason that he appealed to Congres to pass a motion expressing dis satisfaction and asking fa immediate reconsideration of th whole matter.

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MR. BUNTING on anothe occasion stated flatly that Nct Guinea’s growth was sabotage* by the Federal Government’s soldie settlement policy.

Ex-servicemen in NG, he saic had been forced to the conclusio: that the Government did not wan Australians or Europeans in tin area. He said the Government wa treating the territory like ai 30 NOVEMBER. 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS M.ONTHL* w in -5 N I. r 1• 1.1 'a •(' * * A. . : t u K

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Delegates gave Mr. Bunting an ition at the conclusion of his lech. rhe NSW president, Mr. W. Yeo, d Papuan and New Guinea exvicemen had right and justice on dr side but this, in the face of vernment apathy, availed them aght.

Congress decided to send a teleim to the Prime Minister which 1: Express its deep concern at i lack of action on the scheme, d press for implementation of suitable scheme without further delay—“because of its importance to New Guinea and Papuan exservicemen and defence”.

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Assistant Administrator Makes Statement Administration policy in Papua-New Guinea was to encourage sound farming whenever and wherever land could be made available, said the Assistant Administrator, Dr. John Gunther, on November 1.

He was commenting on the allegations made by Mr. Bunting at the RSL Congress in Hobart.

Dr. Gunther said the Administration believed that native people had an inalienable right to their land but wherever land was available and could be bought without causing ill effects to native owners, it was bought and released to farmers “as Bunting personally well knows”.

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280 Officers for 146,000 Sq. Miles UNEXPLORED New Guinea is fast diminishing despite the shortage of held staff for the work.

Acting Director of Native Affairs, Mr. J. K. McCarthy, told the P-NG Legislative Council in October that the main areas still unexplored were some of the lateral valleys in the Southern Highlands, parts of the Star Mountains, on the Dutch border, parts of the headwaters of the Sepik, Fly and Strickland Fivers, and the area north of Kiunga on the Fly.

Now under Administration control, said Mr. McCarthy, were 145,890 square miles of territory, and 30,000 square miles under its influence.

A total of 279 officers manned the 15 districts, 51 sub-districts and 17 patrol posts—and most districts were understaffed, he said. 31 'CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1957

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Misima, containing just on 100 square miles, is one of several irge islands which lie among the numerous archipelagoes eastwards of le south-eastern tip of New Guinea. [IS move to inspect and —it is hoped develop the mineral wealth of Misima has been goon for some time. It now appears , there will be an important ition within a few weeks. The Co. probably will offer 800,000 :es of 2/6 each to the public, re will be both a Port Moresby income tax) and a Sydney (ine tax) share register, tie Directors probably will be: GEORGE NOE. He holds a Degree in Civil gineering, and is the head of a construcn company which has carried out about ,000,000-worth of work in Papua and w Guinea.

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R. H. PEACOCK, of Sydney, nowing the history of the Papuan New Guinea goldfields, and tng the character of the men i are launching this new comy, this journal is of opinion (a) ; the company has a good chance success and (b) that, if it suc- -Is, it will represent a very welte addition to the industries and ;nues of the Territory of P-NG.

IE gold production of New Guinea now is greatly reduced, while that of Papua has practicdisappeared. i 1940-41, before World War II died the South Pacific, New nea produced 440,877 oz, worth 97,226, from which the Admination got royalties totalling about ),000; while Papua then was proing about one-tenth of that ntity—most of which came from late Freddie Cuthbert’s “bona” on Misima Island. .fter the war, New Guinea, with i up to £l5 per ounce, got back a, production of £2 million worth, I this now has shrunk to £1 lion worth; and Papua did not over at all.

The Administration of Papua and New Guinea now is anxious to regain gold revenues. Last year, it reduced the gold royalty to II per cent., and offered other encouragement to gold production. It surely will assist any genuine attempt to bring the Misima field back to production.

TO realise how interesting is this new development, one should look at the map of Papua and New Guinea.

The backbone of P-NG, running northwest to southeast, is the great Owen Stanley Range. In the valley systems, on both sides of that range, there are many more or less valuable metals, and especially gold.

The Lakekamu and Astrolabe goldfields (proclaimed in Papua 50 years ago, and long since worked out) are on the southern side of the mountain chain. The Gira, Milne Bay and Yodda fields, also proclaimed in Papua about the turn of the century, and now abandoned, are on the northern side.

The various rich Morobe goldfields, developed in New Guinea between the wars, are on the northern side of the central ranges, but further to the northwest. Gold has been found at Kainantu and in the Sepik Country, still further northwest.

The whole region is auriferous, and never has been completely examined. Men with a nose for gold look at the mad jumble of mountains that constitute Central New Guinea, and say that more Edie Creeks are somewhere, awaiting discovery. (Over) 33 iCIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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Out of the Murua field (Woodlark Island), the miners with primitive equipment, took more than 200,000 ounces, worth nearly £750,000, before World War 11.

Early explorers among those archipelagoes east of New Guinea’s tip, long before the end of the 19th century, found small quantities of gold in practically all the mountainous islands.

They also “smelt” gold on the mainland, and in 1878 there were reports of gold in the area north and east of Port Moresby. A party of miners which left Australia in the Colonist about 1879 prospected the watersheds of the Laloki and Goldie Rivers, but “not a grain of gold was discovered”.

Ten years later, in 1888, the first really payable gold was found and worked on Misima; but Misima, for another 40 years, was not a famous field. However, it was in Misima that P-NG goldmining really started, in 1888.

A bigger and richer field then was developed on nearby Woodlark Island, in 1895, and eventually worked out; and other mainland goldfields in Papua were then discovered and worked.

Up to 1912, Woodlark had produced 150.000 ounces, but Misima only 72.000 ounces. After World War I, when all the other Papuan goldfields were pretty well exhausted, Misima came into its own, as a notable producer. It was during this period that the goldfields in the other Territory (New Guinea) were developed—l 927-1940.

The history of Papua’s gold industry is shown by the following summary of Papua’s goldfields made in the mid-Thirties (over 20 years ago) : Louisiade (Misima), proclaimed 1889, yielded 160,000 oz, worth £320,000.

Muroa (Woodlark); 1895; 200,000 oz; £720,000.

Gira (mainland); 1898; 67,000 oz; £256,000.

Yodda (mainland); 1900; 77,000 oz; £290,000.

Milne Bay (mainland); 1899; 14,000 oz; £50,000.

Keveri (mainland); 1904; 4,700 oz; £lB,OOO.

Lakekamu (mainland); 1909, 38,000 oz £142,000.

Astrolabe (mainland); 1906, 4,200 oz; £17,000.

When World War II broke out (1939-40), Papua was producing about 40,000 oz per annum, worth £200,000, from all goldfields— mostly from a crushing and cyaniding plant on Misima operated by New Misima Gold Mine Ltd. (Cuthbert). rjIHE hills or ridges which carr X the gold in Misima are geologic ally tricky—the strata lie i unexpected places.

There are 20 known lodes Oi Misima—and some are among th biggest in the New Guinea are; Hitherto, the miners have sougb only gold—but it is believed ths the deposits of lead, zinc and allie metals may be large and importan Innumerable individual minei found rich pockets there. Severs companies, encouraged by some re markable results of prospecting, trie their luck—Block 10, Oroville, Mour Sisa, Goldmines of Papua, Quart Mountain, are among names whic come to mind but only on« Cuthberts New Misima Goldfielc Ltd., really hit the jackpot. In th years between 1930 and 194' Cuthbert’s Company distribute dividends of from 50 to 150 per cen Misima was not invaded by th Japs, but it was right in the wa zone, and most Europeans departec After the war, having received healthy sum in war damage com pensation, Cuthbert’s company re turned to Misima.

But the system of tunnels fror which the rich ores had been take in the ’Thirties had mostly collapsec 34 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLW

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w. C. DOUGLASS LIMITED, Box Sl2, G.F.0., Sydney, AustraUa id the Co. decided that, as the ie was pretty well worked out ere, it would not undertake the st of re-timbering. Instead, operams were resumed on another and ill accessible, section where, unrtunately, the lode proved to be a more complex type which could >t be profitably treated in the isting milling plant.

The original shareholders had Dstly made fortunes, anyway; so ithbert’s Misima G.M. Ltd. withew from Misima. Many people ought that that was a mistakeid that the lead, zinc, and gold ntent of the big lode and ructures should have been tested depth in the way that Pacific lands Mines Ltd. plans to do.

INCE then, there has been con- I siderable investigation and much talk; but nothing much has been me until now.

It is interesting to discover that e man behind the new move, Mr. , H. Waterhouse, is both a son-m- -w and a relation of the late Mr. ;s Waterhouse. (He married Mr. « Waterhouse’s daughter, who is distant cousin).

Morobe Goldfields people will reember the little Adelaide group Messrs. C. V. T. Wells, Les Water- >use, Lapthorne and George Ureys) who, to their great good rtune, backed Cecil Levien when at former District Officer decided at the spill-over from fabulous lie Creek would be found in the its below the Bulolo Gorge; and founded Guinea Gold Ltd., Placer, ilolo Gold Dredging Ltd. and ainea Airways, etc. Les Water- >use was a prominent director in at organisation until his untimely ;ath soon after World War 11.

Mr. K. H. Waterhouse (who is sociated with a Sydney sharebrokg house) with three associates, is been working on the Misima oject for a considerable time, ley have obtained necesary ming rights through a small company )ceanic Minerals Development ,y. Ltd.). Their plan now is to get e rights and properties thus iquired into the possession of icific Island Mines Limited at the west possible cost.

They have assembled, for incor- >ration in their prospectus, a mass impressive information about the >ssibilities of recovering profitable inerals from those deep-down isima lodes, by modern methods.

Apart from the reports of lologists and engineers—and they :tend back to that famous report r the Papuan official geologist, Mr. /an Stanley, who closely inspected isima in 1915—there are conditions itural to Misima which are in vour of the enterprise—such as isy accessibility by sea, an abundice of good timber on the island, i inexhaustible supply of mountain ater for mining purposes, and an Administration prepared to charge a royalty of only 11 per cent.

There is also the rather exciting possibility that the world price of gold will be moved on soon, far beyond the present £l5 Aus. per ounce. t Mrs. J. H. Simpson, who has been visiting her daughter and son-inlaw, Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Strange, of Rabaul, NG, returned home to Sydney on the October Delos. t Mr. William J. Hunt, who has been a caterer with the Commonwealth Works Dept, Rabaul, since 1949, left the Territory permanently on the October Delos.

Appeal Upheld in NG Gold Case THE High Court of Australia, in October, upheld the appeal of a New Guinea storekeeper, Ming Fook Woo, known as Eric Woo, against his conviction and sentence of 12 months hard labour by a New Guinea court.

The High Court quashed the conviction, which had been recorded in the Supreme Court, in Lae, on June 8, after hearing of a charge against Woo of having a quantity of gold amalgam in his possession without lawful excuse. ( PIM, June). 35 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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In ancient times, when the Polynesian vikings were the lords of the Pacific, Rarotonga bore the significant title of “the roosting place of migratory birds”. There are signs that it is earning that title again.

By Gordon Russell

LATE September there were no less than four little ships of foreign extraction moored cheek by jowl in Rarotonga’s little pocket harbour of Avatiu. Like a bevy of ducklings with momma, they lay alongside Inspire, Rarotonga’s old faithful.

Flying Walrus, September 19, was the first-comer, Canadian owners John and Diane Wells quite unconscious of their news value (see PIM, October); the next day, Novia, a tidy 35-ft, double-ended ketch, home for some seven years to a young American couple/ Leigh and Ann Gregg; and the next day White Hart, roomy ketch of Canadian Anthony J. Reeves, on his third visit to Rarotonga; a week later, Little Bear, 36-ft American ketch, owned and conned by two contented and seasoned sea dogs, Buzz and June Champion.

The first three were southbound from Tahiti or kindred parts; Little Bear, northbound from Sydney. All, it transpired, were staunch members of the South Sea Cruising Association, of California, created for the very purpose of binding together the growing band of families who insist upon going to sea in little ships.

There is no doubt about the genuineness of this breed of men and women who have chosen the sea as the art of present-day living.

The Champions in Little Bear and the Greggs i n Novia have been wandering ron the Pacific for eight years n and that they like it is unquestior Chief problem for most of th nomads is how to keep the v from the cabin door. The days wl you could write a book about: are over. Too many books.

Seasonal albacore fishing off Californian coast is one answer t. the Champions have found effect; The albacore begin to show about July 4—an easy date Americans to remember—and so arduous fishing for three mon will usually produce a che» adequate enough to justify the i The four little ships, "Little Bear", "Novia", "Flying Wall and "White Hart" with "Inspire", extreme right.

Photo: G. Rus 38 NOVEMBER, 1057 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLI

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Little Bear, the midship on can be bulkheaded off to e as a well for ice blocks and core; hence the odd sight of a ;y in the eyes of the ship, subto every motion. Here, says s Champion, June performs ides, under the circumstances, le Champions left Auckland stime in 1955, dallied at Noumea Brisbane, had nine months in ley, and now are homeward id for the US via Honolulu, and be Borabora. ley left Rarotonga on October same day as Novia, the latter hbound for Auckland and trail- Flying Walrus, which had a days start.

'hite Hart, with eight Cook iders aboard, departed for Auckl on October 17. No one can i the flow of Cook Islanders New Zealand and this small ure on the part of Anthony J. yes is just another way of keepdown maritime expenses.

C the moment only the familiar Inspire remains, the jaunty little Brixham trawler that has le local history with its charmed and is now, alas, condemned mfit for the rigours of the sea. imour has it that the Cl Adminstion plans to use her as a eship.

Iready 13 ocean cruisers have ted awhile this year in one or other of the two tiny basins, rua and Avatiu, that offer respite Rarotonga to these nomads of sea. bis is the highest total for any year since 1921, according to local Customs entries, and no bt a few more will show up bethe little ships bow out to the reaching hurricane season, part from being a convenient demure point for New Zealand, why growing penchant for Raro- ?a? ; seems that the easy tempo ? suits these maritime gipsies, they are impressed with the iber of homes made open to n. lenty of fruit and vegetables, too, L-stocked stores, a pleasant mce of officialdom, and no ?uage problem. English as she poke, these days. n eye, ear and throat specialist ?eon, Mr. J. R. Wheeler, will ce a 10-weeks visit to Fiji and HC territories at the invitation he Colonial Office.

AP-Reuter correspondent for p u a-N e w Guinea, Mr. Dick erscough, has been reposted to gapore. His place in Port Moresby been taken by Mr. Terry Downey, Melbourne.

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THERE may be a lesson for other areas in the official attitude towards the planting of food crops in Tonga.

Because the food situation at Niuatoputapu—better known to the outside world as Keppel’s Island—in the extreme north of the Tonga Group, is considered unsatisfactory, an order has been issued by the Tongan Cabinet under which every landholder shall plant certain crops each month up to next August under penalty of £5 fine or six months in gaol for each failure to comply.

The produce to be planted each month is listed in specific amounts —such as 200 tapioca in October and November —and leaves nothing to chance. t Rabaul got a new thermal vent in late October —right in the town area, too. A cloud of white vapour and gas shot 15 ft into the air from a vent which opened on land west of the main wharf. The vigorous emission lasted about 10 minutes before subsiding into thin clouds of vapour which lasted another eight hours. But there were no unusual seismic disturbances associated with the vent. 39 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1987

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Weather Broadcasts

hth another South Pacific hurrie season upon us we summarise known voice weather broadcasts the area: ORT MORESBY RADIO : By rest only, on 6280 kc/s, coast lon replying on 6405 kc/s. From idcast station on 1250/6130 kc/s. iday-Friday, 0225, 0855, 1230, 2200 T; Saturday, 0225, 0855, 2155 T: Sunday, 0855 GMT.

ILA RADIO: At 2115 GMT on I kc/s. Ships call on same frency at other times.

ONIARA RADIO: On 5826 kc/s. rday-Friday, at 0400, 2300 GMT; arday, 2300 GMT. Nil Sunday, tn broadcast station on 1030/5960 5 at 0745 GMT; nil on Sundays.

AURU AND OCEAN RADIOS: request only. Stations listen and ly 4413.8 kc/s 0430-0500 GMT 2145-2230 GMT.

ARAWA RADIO: On request on t. 4 kc/s, coast station replying 4413.8 kc/s 1745-0015 GMT and 0400 GMT till traffic cleared, days included. Broadcast station , 844/6050 kc/s for limited periods no information available reiing weather broadcasts.

UVA POST OFFICE RADIO: 4445 kc/s at 0230, 2130 GMT, also ■equest, ships on 4073.9 kc/s, durdaytime business hours.

Uva Point Radio (Vrp ) : By

lest on 4073.9 kc/s, Suva replyon 4379.3 kc/s at 0400 GMT; or >3OO GMT, ships on 8262.3 kc/s a at 8811.5 kc/s.

Ui Broadcasting Service

one or more of the following uencies: 840, 930, 3980 kc/s, at , 0707, 0907, 1907, 2007 GMT folng news, except Sunday: 2007, ’, 0907 GMT.

ADI AERADIO: On 7530 kc/s at i GMT.

PI A RADIO: By request on 2182 ;, coast station replying on 2206 ;. Broadcast station on 1420 > gives weather during news at GMT, Monday, Wednesday, Fri- , Saturday.

UKUALOFA RADIO: By rest on 2182 or 2080 kc/s, coast ion replying 2080 kc/s, between 1-0120 GMT and 0620-2220 GMT, ;pt Sunday.

AROTONGA RADIO: By rest on 2182 kc/s, coast station reng on 2012 kc/s from 0000-1130 T and 1730-0000 GMT. Broad- . station uses 4965 kc/s but no rmation on weather broadcasts. lUE RADIO: On request on 2182 > between 0625-0640 GMT and 1-2150 GMT, coast station rebroadcasts of the latest inhe above stations in some cases e broadcasts of the latest information on every GMT hour or half-hour around the clock when a hurricane is located in their general area. All forecasts for the greater part of this hurricane region emanate from Nadi Weather Centre, Fiji. Nadi supplies regional forecasts to the Solomons, New Hebrides, Gilbert and Ellice, Fiji, Tonga, and Cook Islands areas.

Port Moresby and Noumea handle west of this area, but all Noumea broadcasts are in French as are those from Tahiti, which lies to the east of the main hurricane-infested area. Noumea and Papeete are available on 2182 kc/s for a good part of the day, if required, and their operators can manage English, if handled patiently.

Joy It A Compensation Paid

When a sum of £lB,OOO under the heading of “compensation” was queried in the NZ House of Representatives in October, the Minister of Finance explained that this rep- Many by-standers thought well-known Australia-New Guinea line ship "Shansi" was sinking at a berth in Wooloomooioo in Sydney on October 30 when she took on a 20 degree list. But the reason was only that water was being pumped from ballast tanks. 41 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1057

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KB. 1 SS W resented payments to the relatives of NZ citizens lost in the Joyita disaster of late 1955.

Mr. Watts said that so far as could be gathered, Joyita was not insured and did not comply with safety measures. Whether government servants should have been aboard was a matter for argument.

The relatives had no legal claim on the Government, but there was a moral claim for assistance. It was doubtful even now whether any Court would grant probate or letters of administration to the dependants.

The salaries of the missing persons had been paid to dependants for almost a year, up to the end of September, 1956.

The Minister did not give precise details of the allocation of compensation and it was not made clear whether any was paid to the dependants of the Tokelau and Samoan crew-members and passengers, but Mr. Watts said that the Government had tried to do what a just and generous employer would do in such circumstances.

One Found; One Missing

Discovered in an Auckland shipping agency business recently was Captain Frank Baay, of Swedish birth, who will be well remembered in the Solomons as master of Fairymead Sugar Co.’s Ruena, since sold and now a hospital patrol craft in the Andamans under the name of Indaustral.

'Captain Baay commanded the vessel on her famous voyage of March, 1947, when she returned to Honiara as one of the first commercial post-war vessels, with crew of mainly pre-war plant and businessmen returning to th battered properties.

Since leaving the Ruena co mand in the Solomons, Caph Baay spent three years as Harbc 42 NOVEMBER. 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTI

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Auguste and Paul Mercier, 3 Rue de la Somme, Noumea. ter at Penang, a period on the la Coast trade, and a period a. shipping agency business at japore. His Auckland Shipping aces Ltd. was sub-agent for the ritzen Line vessel which rely created great interest with largo of bunched bananas from ador. issing, at least as far as Cap- Baay is concerned, is an old mons friend, engineer H. skops, formerly of Ruena, who still be in the Solomons. If so, Iter to Captain Baay at GPO 3685, Auckland, would be wele.

Same Lady, New Name

ne wooden 300-tonner formerly wn in New South Wales waters iahd, has been renamed Gaitcha Societe de Transports Maritimes )doniens of Noumea, who pursed her in July last, resent owners are a syndicate smaller Noumea businessmen, they appear to have purchased :he right time. Import restrics caused by the recent French ency devaluation have restricted ;oes from Sydney—and Gaitcha ibout the right size to handle ,t offers. The vessel loaded in ney in October.

Vtman, Spare That Reef!

he coral polyps took a hammerin New Hebrides waters in rei weeks. Skipper Wilfred )hens, who officiated at the last rites of Adi Gaetane some months ago, lately conducted another contest —Leroy workboat Wombat versus reef off Tisman, south-east Malekula. The reef won by a technical KO in the first round, but Wombat survived, bruised and shaken, to fight again. The vessel was under charter to a group of mining prospectors at the time.

They report no manganese sighted on the reef. (Stephens, in early November, was flown to hospital in Brisbane after being accidently shot).

Next to cut corners unsuccessfully was another workboat formerly owned by Mr. Oliver Stephens and lately purchased by a Tonkingese syndicate. She, too, was salvaged.

New Hebrides Potpourri

The converted Fairmile naval launch Wailana, taken to the New Hebrides “on spec” by an Auckland syndicate about 1949, and there sold to Mr. Naturel, of Santo, has lately been re-sold to trader Fu Kwan Ghee for a reported price of £AB,OOO. (Over) [?] J. E. Broughton, who recently retired the sea, on bridge of MV "Matua". page 114). 43 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1957

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Captain Fred Davis, late of Pacific Star and Tutuba, has lately been engaged in fitting out the steel Dutch-built yacht Anna Elizabeth for copra carrying duties. Owner Ernst Lamberty is now managing a plantation on Santo.

Despite rumours that Tutuba and Deutgan might soon leave the Group for Singapore and new ownership, Tutuba was reported still present in mid-October, when a scheme to salvage or demolish El Retiro on the reef at Million Dollar Point was also static. Incidentally, the war-time wreck of President Coolidge still lies nearby. Salvage rights are believed now to be owned by Mr, Tom Hagen, of Noumea.

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UNDERWRITERS Not all the October reef-pounding was done by Islands craft. The 5490 ton Eifuku Maru, owned by Shofuku line, of Tokyo, and commanded by Captain T. Abe, bound from Bris- The new landing-craft "Tamona" which was built in Brisbane for Papuan Apinaipi Of Prospecting Company. (See page 121). 45 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1967

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In response to distress signals, the BPC phosphate vessel Triadic, on the Nauru-Oceania-Australia trade, then 200 miles from the reef, stood by until the Brisbane salvage tug Fearless with gear and divers arrived on the scene.

There was then high hope of quickly refloating the four-year-old £1,000,000 vessel. However, with salvage gear aboard Eifuku Maru, a sudden change of wind caused the ship to suddenly heel over and the hasty evacuation of all aboard.

Some valuable salvage gear was reported lost.

Later in the month, however, a Japanese expert made a further examination of the wreck and reported that salvage might be possible, though probably at great cost.

At about the same time as the Eifuku Maru stranding, the US Navy announced from Pearl Harbour that a crew of 45 had “successfully abandoned” the naval tanker Mission San Miguel, which had plowed a 15-knot groove into Maro Reef, 730 miles north-west of Honolulu while bound for Guam from Seattle. The tanker and most of her cargo was expected to be a total loss. The crew were taken off by LST-664.

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The matter was discussed with a -presentative of one large insurnce company this month, but he as less than enthusiastic. In effect, e said that hull insurance of small -aft in Pacific Islands waters was :arcely interesting and not sought fter. But for those owners who anted cover there were the well- >sted rates.

If owners did not like those rates was up to them, and not the nderwriters, to do something about by improving general safety ;andards. , There are shipowners in the lands who do maintain their vessels ) accepted standards, and for them ie rates were not excessive.

The existing rates are based on icords of marine losses in specific reas over long periods, and looked b from that angle the shipowners re the only people to lose in the mg run. The underwriters, taking ie long view, are always in pocket, >me what may.

BACK HOME Manu’a Tele, the converted YMS wned by the people of the Manu’a Iroup of Eastern Samoa, cleared .uckland for Pago Pago, October 0, following refit. Ready for sea, be returned to the slipway for everal days to locate and repair serious leak which had appeared.

Tiis necessitated stripping some letal sheathing. The cause was an Id cemented butt-joint in the hull lanking which had been started brough straining in the slipway radle.

It was quickly put right when jeated. The vessel was unable to (Continued on page 113) At Left: American yacht "Altaic"; Right: US [?]al Zone yacht, "Celeste 16", with owner [?]chard Cosmos and crewman Bill Poindexter.

Photos: J. O'Donnell. 47 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1057

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HE was a short, blunt-featured, fresh-complexioned man with humorous and observant blue eyes who wore, of all things, an Immaculate palm beach suit and a snappy panama hat for his visits to the frontline fox-holes.

The Marines were no doubt secretly reassured. Things must be going better than they seemed when tourists of this kind were permitted to inspect the mayhem.

What the Marines didn’t know was that they were on Guadalcanal, delivering Uncle Sam’s first counterpunch after Pearl Harbour, very largely by courtesy of the man in the Panama hat.

He was Walter Brooksbank, civil assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence, RAN, who was largely responsible for the Coastwatchers.

Probably no other body of men in any of the services made so decisive a contribution to victory in the Pacific as that gallant, motley band of scouts who let the tide of Japanese conquest roll over them and stayed on in their lonely hideouts to spy on and report movements of the enemy’s ships, aircraft and troops.

Admiral “Bull” Halsey, looking back on the decisive days, said outlight: “If it had not been for the Australian Coastwatchers we would not have been able either to mount the invasion of Guadalcanal or to hold the island after we had invaded it in the face of enemy air superiority.”

The idea of a Coastwatching service for Australia’s northern approaches originated in the mind of a Royal Naval Officer looking over the Commonwealth’s defence THIS story by Osmar White originally appeared in the "Melbourne Herald"—to which newspaper full acknowledgement is made —but was sent to us by Navy Public Relations Section shortly after the recent retirement of Walter H. Brooksbank, who bore the vitaminised nickname of "B 1".

Navy thought that our readers would appreciate this tribute to a man who was the back-room operator with most to do with setting up the Coastwatchers organisation in the Islands of the S-W Pacific—one of Australia's most vital contributions to victory in the Pacific War.

B 1 has retired because he prefers Melbourne to Canberra—and although it is rather a frying-pan or fire choice, who can blame him? The implication is that he will spend his retirement writing. In Coastwatcher fact he should have the basis for a lifetime of fiction writing. problems soon after the First Woi War. But the job of translating idea into something practical, som thing that really worked, fell to t lot of a young civilian who had ji been appointed to the brand nt Division of Naval Intelligence Melbourne.

The young man was Walt Brooksbank, not so long back frc France and Gallipoli with a Milita Medal and a commission in the 71 Battalion, AIF, won in the field.

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Walter Brooksbank was the man whose prime responsibility it was to keep them supplied, encouraged, disciplined and protected as far as possible from the grim fate that awaited them if the enemy ever caught them.

To-day “Bl” retires from the Naval Intelligence Division after nearly 35 years of service—a little before his prescribed time, because he has grown to love Melbourne and doesn’t want to move to Canberra when his department officially transfers there.

His years as a hush-hush “backroom boy” have been filled by far more work, thinking and “fixing” for the Navy than was accounted for in the great Coastwatcher adventure. But it is for that adventure —an adventure which continues oven to-day in the Far North and our Islands outposts—that he will be remembered by every man who fought in the south-western Pacific.

He admits no retirement plans, but for years his hobby has been short-story writing and play-writing for radio. Those who know him declare there’s a spark in his eye —the spark of storytelling which has for years been subdued by the shadow of the massive “Most Secret” files, “Bl” is surely a writer with a big start in the job—something to say.

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[?]rowing Menace In The Unsolved Problems Of Fiji THAT is to be the future of Fiji, r now the home of two large communities (Fijians and Inms) who are increasing so rally in numbers that they soon 11 be jostling each other for ailable space, and who, sociologicy, are very far apart? rhere now are 175,000 Indians lajority Fiji-born) and 145,000 jians; as well as less than 10,000 rassed Europeans, 10,000 quieting but officially unrecognised ironesians, and 5,000 silent, instrious but influential Chinese.

The racial situation is quite a oblem, socially and politically, le economic problem is worse, beuse, under the 1874 Deed of Cesm, the land belongs irrevocably the Fijians.

Fhe Indian settlement in Fiji was t even dreamed of in 1874. Now e Indian community, growing and rusting and demanding, wants a are of the available land.

Many students of Indian Fijian 'airs have contributed, lately, to a symposium in The Fiji Times on “The Future of Fiji”. None has been so brutally frank as Mr. A. J.

C. Foster, an old resident of Nadi, Fiji. Mr. Foster’s articles were published on October 2 and 3.

“fTTHE sickness which ails us now”

JL he says, “is due to the fog of tangled thought which apparently clogs real progress in the Colony.”

He considers that the number one problem relates to population. The Indian is the bogey man, because within a few years his numbers will be twice those of the Fijian.

“But,” he adds, “the Indian is a hard worker and, in general—particularly the cane farmer —an extremely good citizen.”

“To hold that the Indian is a menace to the Fijian is a fallacy born of wrong thinking and of the laissez-faine policy which is the bane of Fiji,” is another of his sweeping condemnations.

Mr. Foster says that the remedy is in the hands of the Government, and of the comparatively few qualified European residents.

He argues that there are far fewer Europeans capable of handling the Fijian problem than is generally realised. The greater number are inexperienced trans- 53 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1957

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“We therefore have very few Europeans who really work, or could work, for the betterment of human relations within the Colony."

HE writes scathingly of the attitude of many Europeans towards the other races, and especially towards the Indians.

He says that the Indians, under skilled handling, must be accepted as an integral part of the future Fiji; but instead certain Europeans regard the Indians as only one step removed from coolies —“the caste system imposed by the Europeans in Fiji is as severe as any imposed in India or in Britain", he remarks.

Similarly, he says, the Europeans make pets of the Fijians—praise their ability as athletes and fighters and so forth, but regard them as unfitted to take responsibility in trade and administration.

“In general, they remind me of the colour-conscious Americans, who bar negroes from their schools, but proudly elect them to Olympic representations.”

He insists that the Fijian, like the Indian, can be trained as an excellent tradesman or clerk—many are doing very important jobs where previously a European was considered necessary: TWO paragraphs in Mr- Foster’s summary are interesting; “Unfortunately for the Fijians, he has no real leaders. It is a sad but true fact . . . that the Fijian leaders have grown away from their people . . . They follow the lead of the European legislators and it is a rare thing for one of them to produce an original thought for their people. The Deed of Cession seems to be their standby and their pillar of wisdom.”

“The Indians in Fiji have no real leaders. The restrictions I have placed upon Fijian leaders also applies to the so-called Indian leaders who are really only factional, not national, and who do more harm than good to the Indian causes . . , It appears to be inherent in the Indian way of life to have these factional strifes always going on In Fiji, it will be fatal to the welfare of the Indian community if it iS not Stopped.” (Cent, on next page)l 54 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY!

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He condemns the Indian, in blunt rms, for clinging to traditional idian ways of life, while being >ked to build a new social system i a new country.

IHE writer would use all possible I influence to change the Fijians’ stifling system of village life; id to train young Fijians and idians (far fewer Indian lawyers -“parasites,” he calls them) in ;eful trades and handicrafts.

He urges new housing conditions ; the first priority in uniting and oulding these communities in Fiji ■and he describes present housing mditions in the Colony as bad.

“There are many thousands of nder-privileged persons living in n shacks, ragged bures, bamboo iifices, all so shabby and dirty lat they would be barely tolerable ir animals . . . One sees these jrrible shacks all over the countryde, in the Fijian villages and on le small cane farms.

“How can Fiji expect to raise lildren into useful citizens in ich sordid surroundings?”

IR. FOSTER leaves alone the II dominant problem of land use —he says it is so difficult and >mplex that it needs a special •tide to itself —and he says that e regards the following reforms 5 vital: Better housing for the Fijian id Indian producers—through a >ecial housing loan if possible.

Selected young Fijians to be ained quickly in handicrafts, saniition, building trades, land consrvation, fishing—to be sent at ice to the Fijian villages as adsers and instructors of the village liefs.

Intensive education for the Fijian ice as a whole —“propaganda if )u like”.

Technical training for all the lildren . . . especially in agriiltural subjects.

Education for the Indians in vie and community duties.

Greater tolerance, kindness of iought and better understanding i the part of the privileged—and specially a more realistic approach )wards the colour problem.

English to be taught in all ?hools, and made the medium of le more important instruction.

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There are about 6,000 motor vehicles of all kinds registered in Papua and New Guinea, and between 6,000 and 7,000 in Fiji.— Noumea Correspondent. 1 A company bearing a Chinese name, situated in Wall Street, New York, has been advertising in Noumean papers for Trep a n g (beche-de-mer). Those interested are asked to contact the company.

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From Our Own Correspondent SANTO, Sept. 19.

SINCE the Government of Franci “rearranged” the value of tin Metropolitan Franc, there hav« been disconcerting changes in tin currency market here in the Nev Hebrides.

For a long time, the value of tin Pacific Franc has been fairh steady here at from 140 to 14: francs to the Australian £.

To-day, the rate is 171 francs tc the Australian £, and it is no steady. (When this news item was received in PIM office, Sydney, tin selling rate on Noumea was 166.: francs to the Aust. £.) This sudden change, imposed bj the French Government, hal greatly shocked traders here —thei had always gone on the assumptior that the franc in the New Hebride! was securely backed by Sterling There is consternation among planters, traders and Governmenofficials.

The change means that oui stocks of French currency have los- -20 per cent, of their value overnight. There is no immediate means of remedying the situation The former value is still in oui main product, copra; but we are obliged to sell all our copra to France—and, in any event, onlj French cargo ships call here British planters are equally affected.

Those planters who are subject to the arrangement under which they operate French Society plantations on a rental of 25 per cent: of production, are now faced with a real crisis. Even before this devaluation, they were not having an easy time.

Naturally, commercial houses: have now tightened up on credit!

In order to give the more embarrassed planters some relief, the Syndicat Agricole suggested that plantation labourers’ wages be reduced from £lO to £8 per monthi inclusive of the usual free food! lodging and medical expenses (foil families as well as individual workers); but at two recent meet-, ings held at Santo, the majority o?< those present were of opinion that the natives would not accept the reduction.

In this country, there is no offi-i cial control over wages. It is feareo that some planters would continue; to recruit at the old or higher ratesa in order to tempt the available; labour to their plantations.

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The plane, owned by Crowley irways Ltd., had been in the jrritory only three weeks, and as on a flight from Madang to ount Hagen when engine trouble iveloped.

The pilot, Keith Mullen, crashnded the plane on the banks of small river in the Jimmi Gap area, ter signalling his position to CA, and other aircraft in the ea.

His signals were picked up and rescue party was quickly flown Faita, from where, after a couple iys of hacking out a path, they liked in and picked up the pilot. . the meantime, storpedoes conining supplies and mosquito nets id been dropped.

The plane had turned over on i back and was badly damaged it the pilot was unhurt.

Mr. Crowley then conceived the ea of building a pontoon and lating the plane down the river, ter much planning and hard >rk the monster contraption was mplete. It was large enough to r e in, equipped with shelter, floats id wheels —the latter for when ndbanks were encountered so the ntoon could be wheeled across.

It was dismantled, flown to Gusap id launched. Steady progress was ade for a while, but the tortuous nds and swiftly flowing river on made it impossible to handle e pontoon, and the venture was andoned.

The plane was later dismantled on the spot, and a track cut and bridges built to enable carriers to walk in and bring the plane out 40 “ Ues to rri Falte Ut i n here ay ft “Ts stored in a shed until such time S taL a a S DC P 3 WaS ‘ n " C ° ndltion Then a Mandated Airlines DC3 ?e e turAed r it e to La?.' 6d “ UP and t Thp mpn r»f wivtm'zg j a o/ * ma< *r d pr f sent °* £37 to a 14-year-old Rarotonga girl whose leg was seri- Rarotonga when the ship was open fmsto'Kifra'a {Srty'tof f v h a e s friendS WhUe She The Cessna back in Lae. 57 ICIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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MORE Ammunition for UNO” ir your August issue is reallj absurd. There is an article about the ‘‘Tapini Affair”, of interest to many and of concern to most ol the many. So why not keep to the point; and why drag in UNO?

Even if the Tapini Affair had happened in the Trust Territory of Nev Guinea: and the Trusteeship Council might then have discussed it why should the bogey of UNO b« raised?

“No one in UNO is going to lik< it a bit”. If Administrative Officer: have to appear in a Criminal Cour to answer charges arising out 01 their actions as officials, whc proud of Australia’s record in th Territory, is going to like it?

But as the Taipini Affair tool place in Papua, the affairs of whid Territory the Trusteeship Counci may not discuss, then the mentioi of UNO both at the head and thj tail of the PIM article referred tc can only be due to ignorance, whid would be bad enough, or to a delibc erate attempt to confuse readers a» to the proper functions of the Work Organisation, which would be worse Whilst I am at it, may I mentio> two more things. Firstly, Australii is a voluntary member of the Unite- Nations; and any suggestion tha she should or might want to end he membership there is laughabb What, give up the right to appeaf on the platform before 80 nation and make known Australia’s attitud to this, that and the other worll affair. Give up membership, whethe permanent or for a term, on Coun cils and Committees such a Trusteeship, Security, Economic an Social, Atomic Energy, just to nam some? Not much!

Secondly, it is not sufficient! appreciated that the Trusteeshi Agreements which Australia entere into with the United Nations witf regard to New Guinea and t Nauru (for Nauru, also on behalf o New Zealand and the UK) wer word for word as Australia dt manded, and got.

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Several nations declared tha they could not accept the term laid down by Australia, that it wr a dictated agreement to which the: would never agree. And it wr, India who pointed out most forcibc 58 NOVEMBER. 1957-? ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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The agreements were signed; and he terms were as Australia delanded. The same is true, of course, of those agreements presented by the UK, France, Belgium, New Zealand and the United States.

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DITORIAL NOTE: Uno Influence in P-NG Affairs REPORTERS are always being [V accused of “taking words out of context”. Now the boot seems ) be on the other foot.

What PIM said in the August ;sue was; “One way and another, le stars have not been propitious )r the PNG Administration in the ist couple of months: drunken shoolboys sent home from Aus- •alia; a surprisingly frank report y the registrar of Co-operatives; nd now the Tapini affair. All of lem may be regarded as legitimate mtingencies in running a large, rimitive country like P-NG. But :» head-line making! No one in NO is going to like it a bit”.

Further, the Tapini Affair had een bumping about making nasty oises since the preceding May hen half the horrible secret was t out of the bag, but the other alf retained. There was going to 3 an inquiry into certain matters b Tapini, announced the Admintrator, but it wasn’t in the public iterest to say what the matters ere.

Immediately, of course, rumours : all sorts, incriminating all sorts : people, were circulating—all of lem quite wide of the mark, as it anspired—and immediately, too, it as being said that the Adminisation would like to hush it up bemse of fear of offending the United ations.

This journal does not care two Dots whether UNO and its Trusteehp Council are offended by anyling that happens in the Pacific, • not. But if Mr. Townsend believes lat the actions of the Papua-New uinea Administration are NOT ifluenced by UNO opinion, he is l the minority.

We are well aware that Papua not a Trusteeship Territory and lat what Australia does there is sr own business. But we are also vare that officers of the Departent of Native Affairs (District srvices) are officers of the Admintration of the Territory of Papua id New Guinea. That is, an ADO ho is serving at Tapini this week, in well be serving across the Drder in Wewak the week follow- It is too absurd to suggest that an officer who would tie natives to flag-poles with impunity in Tapini would refrain from doing so over the border in Wewak, as in the latter place he would be under the eye of UNO.

What an officer does in Tari or Tapini or Telefomin or Talasea reflects on all officers of the service no matter what side of the border they happen currently to be operating.

Probably this fact pinpoints better than anything else the complete absurdity of the whole Administrative set-up as it exists in P-NG to-day. The United Nations Organisation may have its uses—particularly if you happen to be a Russian, an Egyptian or a Dominican—but no one yet has been able to convince this journal that the 59 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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A FEW months ago PIM reported that IGY scientists were interested in having reports from persons sighting auroral displays in the southern skies.

Such displays might be visible as far north as say, Tonga, and the Southern Cooks at the present height of the sunspot cycle, the scientists said.

In mid-September there was such an auroral display which was visible at points in Queensland well north of Brisbane, so there would appear to have been a very good possibility that on at least one night this was also visible in some Island locations. There may be other similar displays in the next few months. mm * i * v Thinking photographically for equipment head for . . . 42 HUNTER STRUT, SYDNEY, 8W 8631 All over the world Smart people — START the day right with a Kiwi Shine rom New York to Timbuctoo — From Birmingham to Hawaii— From London to Papua Smart people start the day right with a Kiwi Shine.

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They’re well worn, but they’ve worn well, thanks to KIWI D 156 Fj / :usteeship Council has been able confer any lasting benefit on ;w Guinea or its natives.

As Mr. Townsend has pointed out Papua belongs to Australia. But ies Australia neglect the Papuans order to do more for the New uinea natives? The answer is, of urse, No.

And while we are on the subject to whom do the New Guinea stives owe allegiance? In the final talysis, the Papuans are subjects the Queen. But the New iiineans, we presume, must cast eir eyes to UNO as the fount of eir being and look forward to the ,y when they will be a free nation, litically cut adrift from their ipuan brethren over the border.

One imagines Patrol Officers and hers, as they shuttle here and ere on their lawful occasions in e combined Territory, mentally justing themselves to this absurd nation everytime they cross the rder.

To make the situation even more mplex, Minister Hasluck, in his sdom, has recently extended the nefits of Australian citizenship to ;w Guinea Chinese.

Phis journal does not see why ;w Guinea’s Chinese should not ve the same rights of citizenship migrant Italians, Poles and others ilways providing that New Guinea an integral part, or Territory, of istralia.

But it is not. Australia holds it n trust”, whatever that may ?an now or in the future.

Phe more one thinks about the ssent administration of Papua and ;w Guinea, the more unrealistic e set-up seems. Either the two rritories should have continued be administered separately, so at each could pursue its own stiny; or the present Trust Terri- •y should be annexed to Australia.

But fair is fair. Mr. Townsend is a in for whom we have great respect, fore the Pacific War he was a lior District Officer in the New uinea (then separate from pua) Administration. He gave itinguished service during the war the Army; and after it until, ite recently, he was at United itions headquarters in New York. ! obviously believes in UNO and s Trusteeship Council. [f anyone can convince us of the nefits of the Trusteeship system it applies to New Guinea and ler of the former Mandated Terri- 'ies, he is the man. We hope that will hear from him on this sub- ;t—a vital one for every resident New Guinea, and Papua, too.

Vlr. Douglas Hall, of Nathan and yeth Pty. Ltd., Sydney wine and irit merchants, and agents for the urn’s lines, visited centres in pua-New Guinea in October.

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The Three Crosses Of Fr. Dubuy Readers of June pim (p. gi who cannot turn up the issi for September, 1938, may 1 interested in knowing that the bi elaborate iron cross pictured these issues and referred to as tl highest cross in the Southe: Hemisphere, was not the first cro raised by Roman Catholic missioi aries on the summit of Mt. Albe Edward, in Papua (see PIM April 1957, p. 77; Aug. 1957, p. 20 Further, all credit for the crosses apparently there was succession of three of them—shou go to that fine pioneer priest, t] late Father Jules Dubuy of tl Mission of the Sacred Heart.

Father Dubuy was one of tl founders of Ononge Mission, eta' lished in the Vanapa or Vetaj Valley in 1913, at an altitude about 6000 feet. For almost 40 yea he was in charge of Ononge. Wi a handful of natives for compar he made his first ascent of IV ATbert Edward in 1925. In your it signed article of September, 19: it is stated that on June 26, 19 (obviously a misprint for 1926 Father Dubuy planted on the sur mit of the mountain a cross bush timber, which, in Octob 1928, he replaced with a cross ma of sawn timber.

The accompanying photograj shows what must have been t: second wooden cross, set in a caii of stones, on top of the centi peak. I made the picture on Jl 12, 1933, when we of the First Arc: bold Expedition to New Guin ascended the highest of the se

Exact Elevation Is

A GUESS WE are indebted to L. J.

Brass of Archbold Expeditions, Lake Placid, Florida, for the accompanying article and photograph which puts us straight on what is, at least, the highest cross in Papua.

The exact elevation of Mt.

Albert Edward is a matter of some speculation. Monckton make it 13,250 ft. Mr. Brass says that, although he has not the expedition notebooks with him currently, the average of four boiling-point observations made it 13,058 ft. The latest map of Papua (1954) puts it at 13J00 ft., and other maps other elevations.

“Anyone interested can take their pick for Mt. Albert Edward,” concludes Mr. Brass. 62 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLI

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W. Monckton on the first ascent the mountain made by Euroms.

Jative Papuans have hunted walies and wild pigs on the alpine islands of the upper levels for a long time, camping in low, fleainfested bark huts built in sheltered places below timberline, but far above their villages and gardens in the valleys.

According to the records available to me, 15 different white men made the ascent of 'Mt. Albert Edward before the celebrant party (Continued column 3, page 65) [?]ather Dubuy's second cross, and members the First Archbold Expedition, American [?]eum of Natural History, on summit of [?]ral peak, Mt. Albert Edward, Papua, July 1933. Left to right: Aia (Kuni cook), D. L. Rand, C. J. Adamson, Richard bold.

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It would appear that until 1937, when he was an ageing man, and lame, his only companions when he climbed the mountain were native parishioners. To him it was a lonely shrine. He was a man too devout ever to have thought of the big iron cross as a personal monument, but it might justly be regarded as such, and called Father Dubuy’s Cross. [?]ji Declares [?]other War STARLINGS!

'IHE Government of Fiji, still . shocked by the establishment on Viti Levu of the rhinoceros etie, is taking no chances regardg what could become an even ere expensive pest—the European arlings of the Southern Lau lands. A big effort to eradicate em is under way.

How did the starlings get into e Lau Islands? No one knows. iey may have been released from ship; or they may have been riled in a hurricane over huneds of miles of sea from the New aland area —an unlikely thing.

There always have been starlings the Lau islands. The indigenous pe is harmless.

The Rev. Walter Hill, an amateur nithologist, who contributed Nare Notes for years to this journal, sited the Southern Lau Islands rly in 1951, and was astonished to cognise the European starling on io-i-Lau. He reported it to the ivernment and to the Pacific lands Monthly (see p. 39 of Dember, 1951). He emphasised the nger of these birds—they would pe out bananas, pawpaws and nilar fruit.

Mr. Hill said that the nearest points to Fiji where starlings might be found are Lord Howe Island (east of Australia) and the Kermadecs (northward of New Zealand) .

Dr. Robert Garrick, of the Australian CSIRO, visited Ono-i-Lau in September, 1953, and confirmed Mr. Hill’s discovery.

The Department of Agriculture declared war. Ground and nestingbox traps, poisoning, were ineffective; but large-scale attacks on eggs and young, during the nesting season, wiped out two-thirds of the starling population.

This is not enough. If the birds get through to the main islands, great damage could be done.

Fijians now are being provided with shot-guns, and the attack will continue all the year round on Ono-i-Lau, and some small islands nearby, to which the pest has spread.

The starlings attack not only soft fruits, but also maturing rice crops, corn, tomatoes, and the young shoots of melon vines.

They are a tenacious pest, and their complete eradication will be difficult. 65 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957 Three Crosses of Fr. Dubuy (Continued from page 63)

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Mr Morris said the fall-off was due to rigid grading standards imposed by the Department of Agriculture in its efforts to make the territory copra fit to compete with any on the world market.

However, the effect had been to drive natives out of the industry.

Mr. Morris said that in 1955, when rigid grading was introduced, the value of Native Co-operative Copra production was £413,235. This year it was £367,420. A drop in copra prices had been more than offset by the expansion of cooperative activity.

Mr. Morris said most of the native copra was rejected because it was too moist or because it was smoke dried in the traditional way.

The Agricultural Department is instructing natives in the use of small, economical hot air driers, but because of rejections, many natives have lost all interest in the industry. (What Mr. Morris has to say emphasises again the need for trained, efficient and enthusiastic European Co-operative officers.

Quality requirements of P-NG copra cannot he relaxed ; the effort will have to he made to show the natives why it is more profitable for them to make good copra.) t Because refrigeration facilities were proving “more costly than was estimated” at the recently opened Nukualofa produce market,' charges have been increased. Ice now sells at 2d per pound, and cold storage charges have been increased to 1/- per cubic foot or per 50 lbs weight, per 24 hours. 66

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When Mr. Menzies was visiting Papua-New Guinea a few months ago he said “We (meaning Australia ) are here to stay.”

It is comforting to know that the Prime Minister entertains such positive ideas on a subject that is vital to P-NG and Australia.

For the time being, anyway, we felt that the frequent platitudinous references to the introduction of a purely native economy by our political office-holders, was so much eye-wash and that the danger menacing us was appreciated, after all, by those in charge of our affairs.

A USTRALIA is a rich, comnL paratively large and extremely important country to those geking room to spread. The chain f islands to the north could ender invasion by a well equipped grce with hostile intent, comfortigly convenient unless we take the recaution to safeguard our pproaches by making full use of tie islands in our possession or nder our jurisdiction.

We are taught to believe that tiose who usually survive are those ttest to do so. However, it is a elief to which we give too much lere lip service, and not enough Dnstructive action.

If we are to progress and go on ving on our own piece of Dil, I rather fancy we should leave ach things as cultural conformity, ative economy, self-government, tc., to those cheerful experilentalists who periodically appear i the press advocating the release f the native from the clutches of le white man who is exploiting im.

Any sane thinking man or oman, white or coloured, must salise that without our association nd aid, the life expectation of the ew Guinea native is limited to le extent of his ability to defend imself.

Invasion is no longer something hich can be handled from the lountain tops and repelled by leans of bow and arrow and spear: ,ather it would mean the decimaon of these carefree stone-age immunities by men of primitive istincts and habits armed with lodern weapons of destruction.

Their age-long communal way of fe would be gone overnight, A itile resolution expressing dispproval by United Nations would e their epitaph.

Man’s outlook on life and the orld in general has changed a lot uring the last half century and eaceful occupation of unused jrritory without the means and lanpower to defend it is no longer ossible. The overflow from overopulated regions is already being lade manifest and those who have uled to observe the significance of le tendency to move in the irection of empty spaces, must have their heads buried in the sand.

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Our near neighbours to the north nd north-west are Indonesia, lurma, India, China and our old fiends the Japanese whose need for srritorial expansion is now even reater than it was 15 years ago r hen they treated us to an nforgettable demonstration of hat they could do.

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Life there in those days for the submerged nine-tenths, was plain slavery and misery.

Floods and famine destroyed them in thousands, year by year, and for the most part the rest of the world was content just to look on.

Government by aristocrats, war lords and brigand chiefs, plus a written language without an alphabet and a population density difficult for an outsider to visualise, made life for the multitude a heart-breaking, bitter struggle for sustenance.

Their emancipation began with the advent of Dr. Sun Yet Sen and was ably continued by his brother-in-law Chiang Kai Shek, after his death. China was awakening and becoming conscious of the latent power of a population of untold millions.

Western methods of eductation were being introduced and other leaders coming forward who were dissatisfield with progress being made by the pioneers of reform. 69 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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Russia, sensed the opportunity to provide herself with a powerful ally who could be of considerable assistance providing she could be kept under proper control. How successful Russia has been in that respect still remains to be seen.

The fact that Communism destroyed a cultured aristocracy capable of conforming to the demands of a progressive democracy, and replaced it with a new and uncultured autocracy aiming at world domination, appears to have been overlooked by the people whose objective was simply the betterment of living conditions and freedom as promised by their leaders. Instead they find themselves without freedom or franchise and unable to take either individual or communal action for their own benefit or protection.

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Already he is on the move using methods of peaceful penetration wherever possible and military force when necessary.

INDIA, is in even a worse position with the population problem becoming more of a nightmare year by year. By means of peaceful penetration, many of her peopli are finding homes overseas, but thii is a drop in the bucket and wil not solve India’s populatioi problem. With medical scienct prolonging the life of the individua and reducing infant mortality, wha; is to happen to her ever increasing surplus? They are not an aggressivi 70 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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Jnidentified submarines have m reported from various parts the Pacific. They are neither itish. nor American and it is a itty safe guess whose flag they tv in the locker. |Y reason for writing this is to I draw attention to the need to consolidate our position and ke up our minds just what we end to do about it. Are we ng to allow ourselves to be tated to by that kindly but Bte organisation, United Nations? not, we may as well let it be 3wn that such is the case.

Ve need land laws to satisfy : just the Administration but the >ple. Also departments to work us—not just for the well-being departmental prestige and nity. Our position in regard to • native should be clarified so it all may understand and have i opportunity to attack us in the ;n or leave us alone, f the Australian Government lly looks on New Guinea as an egral part of the Commonalth, why does it not invest in development by assisting more i more suitable Australians into ne kind of profitable producn? Or by putting a definite ue on land held under lease m the Administration so that nks may be induced to give :h title an asset value and make ance available for its developnt, as they do in Australia and ter countries.

It is six months since Mi’. Menzies visited the Territory. Were his brave words just more political rhetoric? Territorians are beginning to wonder.

They are prepared to believe that like those of the Gods, the mills of Government grind exceedingly small and slow. But in this instance they wonder if the wheels have got into motion at all. t Winners of the Cession Day Essay Competition in Fiji were Cecilia Johns, aged 16, of Loreto High School, Ovalau; Jean Belcher, aged 15, Taufa Vakatale, aged 19, Pamela McKearney, aged 16, and Mary Lazarus, aged 14, all of the Girls’ Grammar School; Manoa Tawake, aged 16, of Lelean Memorial School; Salote Koroi, aged 16, of Ballantine Memorial School; Mua Viki, aged 17, of Queen Victoria School; Parul Deoki, aged 17, of Dudley House, and Krishna Kumari, aged 19, of Shri Vivekananda High School, Nadi. t Mr. Raututi Taringa, headmaster of Titikaveka School, Rarotonga, is enroute to London University to assist there in the compilation of a Rarotonga Grammar and Dictionary which is being undertaken by Dr.

Buse, of the School of Oriental and African Studies. Mr. Taringa’s visit in financed by the University.

Work in London will take a year, then Dr. Buse will return to the Cooks with Mr. Taringa to complete the project. 71

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VLTHOUGH Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, the famous Australian airman, the first to fly le Pacific in 1928, was honoured on ustralian stamps in 1931, for his orld-wide flights, he is to be again jmmemorated next year by both ustralia and New Zealand. It is nticipated his likeness and his istoric monoplane, “Southern ross” will be featured.

International Letter Writing reek, a worthy object for young ilk, as a means of adding to their lends and increasing world knowdge, has so far been celebrated 3stally by the Federal German epublic, Colombia and the Argenne. Of the designs, the German sue showed two doves bearing tters in their beaks.

Both the USA and the Philipnes paid their philatelic respects i the late Filipino President amon Magsaysay, who lost his life . an aircraft accident early 1957. ost appropriately, the new stamps )peared on what would have been iserved as the 50th anniversary of s birth.

The visit to Canada of Queen lizabeth II and the Duke of Edinirgh produced a new stamp, which included portraits of the Royal Visitors from Britain. When the Queen (as Princess) toured Canada with her husband in 1951, another stamp was similarly circulated as a valuable “souvenir”.

Not long ago Panama produced four stamps on the occasion of a Pan-American Highway Conference in the Republic. Designs showed the Pan-American Highway and the Isthmus Roadway, with others depicting construction activities on other important roadway projects.

About the same time the Italian post office issued a stamp in the interests of road safety, the design of which was a road signal at the stop position, at a busy intersection, and emphasised care on the roads.

A recently-issued West German stamp portrayed Ludwig Heck, a zoologist (1860-1951) who was principally responsible for developing Berlin’s notable zoo. Interesting point of the issue was that the premium the stamp carried went towards the finances of the zoo, to further its research and zoological work.

The latest country to inaugurate television services postally was West Germany, with an unusual stamp, showing only a series of lines and squares on an imaginary screen— the design, in reality, symbolised the effect created when the TV receiver is switched on and off.

Meanwhile, the design of three stamps from Formosa, China, marking the 30th anniversary of national broadcasting, comprised a radio tower, a microphone, sound waves and a globe, symbolising the worth and extent of sound broadcasting for information, publicity and for propaganda. (Over)

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The 19th International Red Cross Conference, the governing body of the world-wide organisation, held at New Delhi, in October, was celebrated by India, with a two-coloured (her first) stamp. The founder of the international Red Cross movement, the Swiss banker and philanthropist, Herr Dunant, was the subject chosen for representation.

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An attractive design for British “aerogramme” forms issued at the time of the recent International Parliamentary Union Congress at London, included views of Westminster Bridge, the British Houses of Parliament, and the famous “Big Ben” timepiece, whose chimes have been heard throughout the world. t Work is proceeding according to schedule of the bi-lingual film, “The Stowaway,” at Tahiti. Scenes were shot aboard the liner Caledonien when it arrived at Papeete in October, Martine Carole, bosomy queen of the French cinema, is the star, and also appearing in the English version are Roger Livesey and Ursula Jeans. Shooting is expected to conclude early November, and Miss Carole will leave immediately to join her husband, Christian Jaque, ace French director, who is in Rome making a film witl Fernandel, famous French comediar t Dr. Seddon, Social Developmen Executive Officer of the Soutl Pacific Commission, visited the Cool Group in mid-September. During hii stay in Rarotonga, Atiu and Aitutak: Dr. Seddon studied the birth am growth of the Cook Islands’ Co-op movement, and became acquaintei with the problems affecting it. Afte a short period in the outer island!

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IHERE is no aspect of medicine . that has not been influenced • using radio-active isotopes, these w man-made radio-active submces which the atomic age has ought with it.

They have proved valuable above I, however, in medical research.

By attaching radio-active atoms any substance that one wants to ice through the body, one can How the progress of that subince from one part of the body to nther bv the rays it gives off. lese rays have to be detected, of urse, by some such instrument as Geiger counter.

There are many ways in which dio-isotopes have been used, such (to name only a very few) reirch into penicillin, vitamins, aemias, the formation and repair teeth and so forth.

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TEW Guinea crocodile hid e - % hunters might check whether there’s more money in the limals “on the hoof”.

Big money was paid by a Louisiana 0 in September for a shipment 25 fully-grown crocodiles all the ly from Rhodesia.

They were shipped in steel water nks with slatted tops.

New Guinea, with plenty of crocs, is direct shipping connection with e United States—and the film rhts of the loading operation ould be worth something.

Iji Has A Manned “Thing”

rmiLE Australians in early f October watched the Russian Sputnik (or its rocket) sail ajestically across the night sky, ji was having its own adventures th space-men, etc. —and in day- :ht.

The Fiji Times, of October 11, scribed the experiences of two jian couples who were journeying >m Nabouwalu to Nawaca (Bua evince) in a boat equipped with 1 outboard motor. The Times goes .: When close to Nawaca they were amazed see an object descending, apparently from > sky.

They described the object as being white colour and circular in shape.

One of the men, Paula, suggested that they ght to investigate as he thought that an craft was in difficulty and might need distance.

When the boat got closer they found that the object was hovering about 20 feet above the sea.

It seemed stationary but appeared to be revolving and as they drew near they saw what looked to be the figure of a man standing outside the object.

The ''man'' saw the boat approaching and shone a very bright light on to the boat and its occupants—a light so powerful that they were completely dazzled and felt weak.

When the boat was about five chains from the object the figure disappeared Paula said the light seemed to come from a disc about the size of a saucer.

None of the occupants of the boat heard any sound of an engine.

The Fiji Times remarks that they were staid, sensible middle-aged folks and that they lived remote from access to comic strips and references to fiying-saucers.

A couple of years ago some other Fijians reported that they had seen a flying saucer (with “square portholes”) in the Ovalau area.

Fun In Gaol

A PPARENTLY Tonga is not the J\ only place where gaol can be fun ( PIM, September). The following piece appeared in our favourite Mission redding, Church Gazette, of the Diocese of Polynesia, written by the Rev. A. C. Hobson, who recently has been relieving the Rev. C. W. Whonsbon-Aston, in Western Samoa: • Our prison here in Samoa is a large plantation about six miles out of the town. Some years ago on one of my previous ministries here, I went out there to visit an Australian gentleman who was doing a twelve-month for getting muddled in some accounts he was responsible for.

What a surprise to find him residing in his own bungalow within the enclosure. He whistled for his servant and told him to get some tea and scones for his guest. He was a war veteran in not too good health and this is the way our paternal government treated him.

So if any of you should have any trouble in this way, try to arrange things so that you can do some time in Samoa and not in some gloomy place like Dartmoor or Wormwood Scrubbs.

Or even Long Bay or Pentridge.

Should Fan-Dancers Become

MISSIONARIES?

MORE mission intelligence: The more “popular” of the Australian newspapers have recently been splurging the story of Mrs. Margaret Gadd, London fandancer, who says that at the end of the year she will join her brother in New Guinea as a missionary.

She took up fan-dancing when her husband died suddenly. It offended the strong religious principles of her family but she thinks it is alright. Her family, including her brother —who is stationed in NG “around Airome” —don’t think much of her becoming a missionary, either.

Photographs of Margaret, mit fan, have also appeared. Not bad, either.

But we don’t think that anyone ‘around Airome” should gpt excited, yet. Somehow we feel that this is one fan-dancer that the missions will not get.

One Day’S Labour Equals

ONE EGG A MONG the long list of offenders who had been charged with “manufacturing intoxicating liquor” or consuming intoxicating liquor “without the approval of a Medical Officer”, Moo Kae Tangiteina’s crime stood out like a monu- [?]e Captain and the Cook ...

By WILL GILL. 77 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

ment in a recent issue of the Cook Islands news-sheet.

He had stolen 20 eggs valued at 6/8 and the Court had given him a month inside, or the same period outside in lieu thereof—“labouring on a public work”, in this case, the Sanatorium.

It seems a heck of a price for 20 eggs, but made a pleasant change in the monotony of the “crimes” arising out of the bush-beer industry.

These fines (with an occasional imprisonment) for making and/or drinking the brew go on ad infinitum and certainly must be regarded as revenue-producing and not as a deterrent.

One wonders why the free men of the Cook Islands do not revolt against the whole silly business. But maybe the fact that it is illegal gives a bush-beer jag a flavour that it would otherwise lack. frr^n^Q^iict^f^ 611 E 6 selected SO P e 200 . applicants rhlmi o? b ’ - for f student ’s exexcursion from New Zealand to New Caledoma in December.

The escorting teachers will be Miss A - R - Allum, principal of New Plymouth Girls’ High School, and Mr. M. V. Hutchison, of Auckland Grammar School staff.

Pim Crossviiiz No. 92

Solution on page 84.

ACROSS I.—Which French island in the Indian Ocean has a population of 4,000,000? 7. —What name has been given to both a coat and a province? 8. —Who wrote "Sense and Sensibility"? 9. —Who invented the rotary printing press? 10. —Which implement has a broad, blunt blade? 11. —Which alcoholic drink is made from honey? 12. —Which tiny particle can always be obtained from a moat? 13. —Who removed the thorn from the lion's paw? 14. —What is a baobab? 16. —What is the name of a puzzle in which the clues are given in pictures? 17. —What is Italy's second largest city? 19. —ln Greek mythology, who is the Goddess of Justice? 20. —Who, in World War I, conceived the idea of firing machine gun bullets between the whirling blades of a plane's propeller?

DOWN 1. —Who wrote "Of Human Bondage"? 2. —Who was the wife of "Othello"? 3. —What is the famous village of Dumfriesshire, Scotland? 4. —Which famous Parisian boulevarde leads to the Arc de Triomphe? 5. —The writings on which famous slab were deciphered by Champollion? 6. —What is a campanile? 15. —What is the Italian word for beach? 16. —What instrument of torture was used to extort confessions in the Middle Ages? 18.—What caused the death of Cleopatra?

Although, in these dismal days, flying-fishes no longer disport themselves on the road to Mandalay, you may still, if, when in N. Guinea, [?]ou travel to Angoram (on the Mighty Sepik), lave a porpoise close behind you nearly heading on your tail. As witness this handsome fellow doing an elegant pas seul on [?]is tail-plane just six feet abeam (or should t be abaft?) of the good ship "Winburra".

Photograph is by courtesy of skipper "Blue" [?]ockery.

THE REVEREND BEN CHENOWETH, of the A Methodist Mission in New Ireland, is a man who gains the immediate and lasting respect and affection of Europeans and native alike. He comes of dark, Cornish stock, and has since been tanned by 30 years in New Guinea.

He was born at Sellick's Hill, 30 miles south of Adelaide in 1893. After working for some years on the land he was accepted for training for the Ministry in 1919. His probation was served in South Australia, mostly near the Great Australian Bight and the middle North. Before leaving for New Guinea he married Miss Ruby Williams of Blyth, who has proved a staunch helpmate through good times and bad. Their only son, born in Rabaul in 1924, was lost over Germany, serving in the RAAF during the last war.

Mr Chenoweth spent six years in the Namatanai district, from 1923, after which he was stationed in the Kavieng district, which included New Hannover. When the Japanese arrived in 1942 the Chenoweths were on leave in Australia, but returned to the Kavieng district as soon as possible after the war The mam mission school there is at three miles out of Kavieng, just past the limestone grotto which is called Liga by the natives. Mr. Chenoweth is due to retire at the age of three score years and ten, which gives turn another seven years of fruitful mission service—BßETT HILDER. 78 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

When Fiji Police Officers Got— E12/10/- PER CALENDAR MONTH-AND

A Boot Allowance

Written for PIM by CHARLES WAGER, formerly of the Fiji Public Service, and now nearly 80 years old, and living in retirement at Hillcreast Avenue, Tugun, Queensland.

I SMILED when I read in July PIM about the “insufficient” four-figure salaries of the officers of the Fiji Constabulary.

I think I am correct in saying that within a year of the gazetting of the Act which brought the Fiji Constabulary into being and sounded the death-knell of the old Armed Native Constabulary—l was appointed a Sub-Inspector in the new force. I claim I might be regarded as a foundation member of the Constabulary without pension!

For a while I was a sort of Supernumerary Pay and Quartermaster and general rouseabout. Closing the pubs at 11 pm seems to stick in my memory as my chief duty. It never seemed to occur to anybody—as I was destined to take charge of a country district —to see that I got some experience in the Suva Police Court.

The nearest I got to that was when a very irascible Chief Inspector, who just couldn’t stand us for very long, bounced up to me one Monday morning and said; “Did Sub-Inspector Ratu Inoke hand you two pineapples yesterday morning?”

T i coin I replied, Yes . And he sad, Where ar f „ T Ive eaten them , I. rephe(L were the exhibits in a Sunday traam £ case.

CJO came the day when the way O was clear and I was sent off to take charge of the Rewa District. That is why I smile ac the present-day low four-figure pay, because my pay, when I was transferred to the Rewa District, was £l2/10/- per calendar month.

Seeing that £3 of it was mortgaged f or a case 0 f Freddie Thomas’

Dewar’s Extra Special, it was as well> for decency’s sake, that we we re also provided with a uniform.

T . olc „ OQT , wp bad free must cilso SB,y i nc: allowance 0 year ’

M Y training lor me joo.

Well, a good few years before going to the Rewa, I appeared in the Bridewell Police Court, in my native town of Bristol. It was quite possibly the same Court in which Bloody Judge Jeffries dealt with the supporters of the Duke of Monmouth, I was more lucky than they were.

A bored old gentleman fined me 10/- and costs for letting fly with a catapult in a Bristol suburban street. “You are about the only one fool enough to get caught”, said my irate sire.

And that was about all the training I had had when the Rewa District first saw me. Perhaps £l2/10/per month was all I was worth.

But I will say this: if any of the £1,500 a year Superintendents are having a better time than I had on my £l5O, all good luck to them.

The office consisted of an old native-built bure; one chair and a few benzine-cases for callers; not a single book of reference of any sort —not even a copy of the Ordinances of the Colony. When I had to lay an information I had to go to the Court and borrow the magistrate’s book of words.

The so-called office was full of rubbish —exhibits A and B, and what-have-you, accumulated over the years. My first job was to clean it up. What wouldn’t bum went into the river.

A caller from the CSR, at Nauson, remarked on the clean-up.

I said; “Yes-—that nearly went into the river, too, but it looks to me like copper.”

“That” was a twisted bit of piping, about six inches in diameter.

“Just as well you hung on to it”, he said. “That’s the vital part of our mm-distilling plant, placed m the Government’s hands for safe (Continued on page 94) The Fiji police, when they were still known as the Armed Constabulary. This photograph was taken early in this century. 79 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

Harry D.—

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Public Servant

Terntonans when in Sydney and in doubt don't ask a policeman—they ask Harry Downing, whose official designation is Welfare and Information Officer, Department of Territories.

Officially he has been friend, philosopher and purveyor of information to thousands, and did it with such unofficial spontaneity that all his satisfied customers regard him as the guy who put the original meaning back into the abused term, pubhcservanc.

YOU want some information from a P-NG ordinance? Harry Downing will look it up if he cannot remember it off-hand. Having husband-trouble? Mr. Downing will likely be able to suggest a solicitor who can steer you through the intricacies of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Acts as they apply in Australia’s territories.

You want to know where most of New Guinea’s coffee is grown?

Ask Mr. Downing. You are a shy Nauruan schoolboy, being groomed for a government job. Mr. Downing will arrange your Australian school, meet you on arrival and see you get to the right place.

You are a New Guinea warwidow, not sure of your pension rights, and faced with the job of bringing up a young family unaided.

The knowledge and the sympathy of Harry Downing are yours for the asking.

Someone needs accommodation in a mental hospital; or native New Guinea bandsmen need overnight barrack accommodation in Sydney?

Another couple of jobs for Harry D.

Odd jobs for a public-servant, you say. True—and like Topsy, Harry Downing’s dual job just grew.

In December, 1941, he went to the Department of Territories in Sydney for three days to assist the women who had been hurriedly evacuated from New Guinea when Japanese invasion threatened. H e stayed 16 years.

He would probably have said at the time that he had not had much background for this sort of thing. He had been an Assistant District Officer and a Patrol Officer in Morobe, New Guinea, in Morobe’s roughest and toughest days.

Before that a Medical Assistant in the same servic e; a professional photographer: an Xray technician; and a soldier of World War I.

They were, in fact, good training for the last 16 years, but the best qualification of all was that he has a sympathetic heart.

His early life was shaped by itchy Queensland - horn Henry Ludlow Downing retires from the Australian Department of Territories on December 23, after 35 years service—l 6 of them in Sydney, and 19 as a field-officer in New Guinea.

He says he has only one regret —his duties have not taken him hack to the Territory in recent years.

His place at Circular Quay West will he taken hy another officer of the Department, Mr.

A. W. Wynne, who is already well-known to many who seek advice and information at the Sydney office of the Department. Mr. Wynne has specialised in legal matters hut will also direct the “Welfare” part of the dual job he will take over from Mr. Downing. feet; and his neck was probably saved in both World Wars by sickness at crucial moments.

In World War I he went to Egypt with an infantry battalion.

In the desert the Gyppos pinched the Aussies’ blankets, Downing got pneumonia and went to hospital.

While convalescing, a call came for men who knew something about photography. He had been a demonstrator with Kodaks before he enlisted and he was chosen to take charge of the first mobile X-ray field unit.

For a while he was stationed in the south of France, then moved on with the fighting, sometimes attached to the Canadians, or the French or sometimes with his own Australians.

His own battalion was in the thick of the stouch and few of the originals returned to Australia.

In 1941, he was Acting DO Kieta,, Bougainville, six months overdue i for leave and with a kidney condition. He was ordered south for medical treatment and was in hospital in Sydney when the Japs i struck at Pearl Harbour.

Hundreds of his NG contemporaries were murdered by the Japs Patrol in Upper Markham. Photo taken 1935.

Mr. Harry Downing. 80 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

r went down on the Montevideo laru.

His intimate knowledge of the few Guinea coastline, and the lorobe district was of great value d the Allied military and naval uthorities.

However, his most valuable service i the Second World War was in ssisting the Department of Terrifies handle the hundreds of women nd children, Europeans and Asians, r ho had been evacuated to Aus- :alia.

TARRY DOWNING got his first J. glimpse of what is now the 'erritory of Papua and New Guinea i 1920. American millionaire-pub sher W. D. Boyce, friend of Aus- :alia’s Billy Hughes, organised a rivafce expedition to Papua. Sir Albert Murray, then Lieut-Gov- :nor, put the late Dicky Humphries tilled in the Mt. Lamington erupon in 1951) in charge of the party, nd Downing went along from Sydew to take the photographs.

What he saw in Papua convinced im that his future lay in the Terrify and in 1922 he returned there -this time to “the other side” to )in the New Guinea Administraon as a Medical Assistant in the ew Britain area.

But in these early years in the erritory he still had the wander ng, and this led to his resignation i 1926 to return to Australia to >in an expedition, which was to lave for the Antarctic.

This expedition failed to eventute, however, so 10 months later i April, 1927, he rejoined the New ■uinea Administration.

In the early days of his service e was closely associated with all lat happened on the Morobe goldelds from the days before the big old discoveries in 1926, and the Dining of the Bulolo Gold Dredgig Co.’s dredges and aeroplanes, > 1938, when both Wau and alamaua were in their heyday.

As a Patrol Officer, he knew these laces in the days when the journey •om Salamaua to Wau took seven ays, on foot. He was among the rst to fly in from the beach when le distances could be covered in 3 to 40 minutes. He knew Wau nd Lae when there was not a uilding on the present town sites.

He was also local Registrar of lirths, Deaths and Marriages, and lings being as they were in those ays, “Deaths” topped the vital tatistics. With other officers, he solved a common burial service :om a number of prayer books In dose days the religion of many eople who died was not known and tie common service ensured that 11 had a Christian burial.

Downing figures in many of the tor i e s of unorthodox Morobe (Continued on page 93) Chimbu natives bring food into a patrol post in the NG Highlands. The year was 1938, but the whole area was still "uncontrolled" and with the exception of Mt. Hagen, none of ‘.he townships we know to-day then existed.

Photo shows natives around one of first aircraft to tend at Sunshine airstrip. Pilot shown is late Les Trist, who was killed in a crash in the mid-thirties.

A whaleboat patrol to Sipotna, on the Morobe coast, about 1923. Mr. Dowing is the only European shown. Note sailor-boy hats of native police of that day. -Photos by Harry Downing. 81 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY— NOVEMBER, 1957

Bird's Eye View of Coffee The Pacific

Ocean With

NO POET

By Walter Hill

THE few lines from TennysOi (“Poet’s Imagery”) in a PH issue set me thinking arouni this subject. What have the poet had to say about the Pacific? I an thinking of British poets for th moment—because they’re the one I know best—and of the mor prominent of them.

In quest of references I leafe; through no less than eight of th anthologies on my bookshelves. Th fault may lie in my selection, or ii the fact that of recent years haven’t had a lot of time to reaj poetry, so that I’m not as familia as I used to be with the content of my own books. At all event; the references were few indeed.

So I turned to the Oxfor Dictionary of Quotations to see wha quotable bits have survived to fin mention in that august work. I seems that the ocean itself gets onl one mention—Keats, “On Firs Looking Into Chapman’s Homer”- Or like stout Cortes when with eagi eyes He stared at the Pacific — I browsed around among t h likely headings to see what passim reference there might be to th biggest ocean in the world, and aj I could find was this from Rudyar Kipling: “The English Flag”.

Never was isle so little, never wc c sea so lone.

But over the scud and the palm trees an English flag was fltfwnx Let’s get back, then, to th anthologies. One expects this soi of thing of Kipling. Especially ii some of his longer poems he loves to roam far and wide over the seves seas. We think, perhaps, of Tit Song of the Banjo, The Native Bom, M’Andrew’s Hymn, and Tit Mary Gloster. In all of them yoc get the general idea; but in nomi so far as I could see, do you fee; that you are right at home in thl Pacific. It’s a little different in Tit Lost Legion, with the lines: And some of us drift to Sarawak And some of us drift up the Fly.: But the most direct reference could find in Kipling was one thai has stuck in my mind since we “dicb the poem Sussex at school — So one shall Baltic pines content As one some Surrey glade, Or one the palm-grove’s drones lament Before Levuka’s trade. . .

These excellent aerial views of some of New Guinea's coffee plantations were taken recently by Mr. Keith Colyer, of Sydney. They are (top) Korfena Estate, of which Mr. Ian Downs, MIC, is manager; (centre) Mr. Jim Leahy's estate; (foot of page) the property of Mr. D. M. Elphinstone.

All are in the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea.

Coffee has been called the "NG crop with a future". Within four years it is expected That the Territory will be able to supply 2,300 tens or one-third of Australia's requirements.

At present only about 230 tens are produced yearly. About 4 million trees have been planted but it takes five years for them to bear. Arabica coffee is grown in the Highlands and brings about twice as much as lowlands coffee (Robusta).

Many people who expect to remain in New Guinea, invest in coffee as similar people Down South join Endowment Schemes. Even more would club together in coffee enterprises if more coffee land were available. 82 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

I tried to find out whether [pling actually visited Fiji—or any her of the Islands for that matter but without success. My encyclodias said a lot about his poetry id prose, but little about his ivels. I did find evidence of his jit to New Zealand and Australia, id you can see that finely rented in the two verses of The owers, which deal respectively th those two countries. For that atter, if it was prose we were inking of, he writes of these jits, I believe, in Something Of yself; but that’s one of Kipling’s at I haven’t been able to lay nds on here.

Did the former Poet Laureate, ibert Bridges, ever visit the icific? At any rate, in the one ference he makes to it that I have me across, he is cautious enough »t to fall into the errors that ,ve been criticised in R. M. illantyne and others. I’m thinking A Passer-By. Bridges is watching white-sailed ship leaving the ores of England and imagines her stination: Ah! soon, when Winter has all our vales opprest, When skies are cold and misty, and hail is hurling, Wilt thou glide on the blue Pacific, or rest In a summer haven asleep, thy white sails furling.

Then Rupert Brooke was in the to IMS,Jrat I “nk of y Sni he learued There ot peZps I’ve been readtog the ,h at this great Pacific region has had scant attentlon from the Bntlsh poets. t Work on the first San Francisco- Honolulu ocean telephone cable laying job, by the British cable ships Monarch and Ocean Layer, was completed m mid-September.

Two cables with special amplifiers inserted every 38 miles were laid depth wls ’sf miles Greatest I Dream of Islands Here, where the desert drowses in the sun And heat, I dream of cool, Pacific nights . . .

There, on the island, when the day is done, The beach, the sea, and all the wide lagoon Are turned to silver by the rising moon.

Silvered the jagged reef where waves break white And cool. The little whispering winds of night Breathe softly through the palms.

A night bird flies On silvered wings across the silvered skies.

Cool in the jewelled seas the island lies...

Here, where the sun has blinded all with light, I dream of islands in the tropic night.

MARJORIE C. MCLAUGHLIN, Strange Stong of a Bottle on Jack-in-the-box Island

By J. D. Whitcombe

ST 1892, Falcon Island (one of the Tongan group) was visited by the then Premier of Tonga, sateki (or Sateki as he was unirsally known), and my late father, r C. D. Whitcombe (who was at at time Minister of Foreign Affairs r the Tonga Government) and the inister of Police, and some iscners.

Their object was to annex the and, which rose and fell, accordg to volcanic conditions, and was en above the surface. (See PIM, ikust, 1953, p. 72).

After breaking out the flag of >hga on a staff, the prisoners were t to work planting some 2,000 routing coconuts, which had been ought from Tongatabu.

While this was being done, my ther took a stroll beside the craterke, in the centre of the island; id there, beside its enclosed shores, s found floating a sealed bottle.

In the bottle was a note which id been written jointly by Miss mie Treskow (daughter of Herr >n Treskow, the then German ce-Consul at Nukualofa) and Miss la Watkin (later Mrs. J. M. asterton, and a daughter of the te Rev. J. B. Watkin, of Nukuofa).

The two girls had been on their ay north, to Apia, via Vavau, in 3 Upolu ; and, in the note, they iscribed a dance that was held on ie ship between Nukualofa and avau.

By some extraordinary chance, the bottle had been carried into Falcon’s crater-lake when part of its rim had still been below sea level. Then, as the island had built up, the bottle became locked within. When it was found, the island was some 300 feet high—though Upolu had passed only six weeks previously.

Photographs of Falcon, the “jackin-a-box island,” have appeared in PIM in the past; and here is a photograph of Miss Treskow (on the right) and the friend she then was going to visit in Apia. Her name I do not recall, but perhaps some Apia reader may identify her. The photograph was taken by Hanna, in Auckland, over 60 years ago.

An experimental shipment of 2,800 tons of low-grade coal was made from Greymouth, NZ, to Noumea, in October, and if found satisfactory in the nickel smelters is likely to be the forerunner of regular shipments which might open a regular shipping connection between the two countries. 83 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

This Month's New Reading—

Australia Continues Its War Story

Conducted by J.T.

IN five series—Army, Navy Air, Civil and Medical—no less than 22 histories of Australia’s part in World War II are to be written.

Of the 22, so far only nine have been published.

Number nine, only recently received, is volume II in the Air series, Air War Against Japan 1943-45, by George Odgers. The first and last volume in this series of four histories are yet to come. Volume 111, Air War Against Germany and Italy, was published some time ago.

Each of the books so far published —and one presumes that the other 13 to come will follow suit —are mighty volumes, designed for the enlightenment of following generations and not for light holiday reading for current purposes.

As these histories are appearing from 10 to a dozen years after the events chronicled, it takes a real effort of will to drag one’s mind from the present of intercontinental missiles, earth satellites, Hbombs, supersonic jet aircraft and atomic submarines, to return to the comparatively primitive warfare of 1943-45.

In this respect any World War II history must fall into the same class as would an accurate account of the Battle of Hastings, with deployment of Harold’s troops and the pre-invasion nerves and frictions in William’s forces before they landed at Pevensey, marched seven miles inland and left Harold with his “eye full of harrer.”

Only the means of altering history appears to have changed: the arrow that got Harold in the eye on October 14, 1066, was probably quite as devastating in its effect on subsequent events as the first atomic bomb that was dopped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.

The RAAF’s role in the Pacific war differed considerably from its service elsewhere. tin the Pacific, for the first time, the RAAF organised operational groups and later a Tactical Air Force, while in other theatres of war—England and the Middle East —it operated either as squadrons or Individuals attached to the RAF.

However, it did not have much real freedom of action. Its operations generally were directed by an American air-force general who used his own Fifth Air Force in the forefront of the offensive, with the Australians around the flanks, on mopping up operations or plain garrison duty.

That this did not please the Australians and was the cause of much discontent can be imagined and led at one stage (April, 1945) to eight highly respected officers seeking permission to resign their commissions.

There ensued the usual flap, ending in an enquiry by a civilian KC and the recalling of some senior officers.

A war history of the sort under review must result in a reappraisal of the personalities of the men who directed it. The revelations cannot be particularly edifying to those involved in the post-mortems, and the poor old civilian, if he is still capable of having his illusions shattered, must find it galling that the great men in whom we were asked to put out trust, are afterwards apt to be presented as not only having feet of clay, and solid bone from the neck up, but as being sometimes as petty and temperamental as prima donnas.

It was always believed during the war that the Air Force pilot—or indeed any member of the air crew —lived a life of glamour, excitement and comfort not known in the more prosaic Army and Navy.

This history proves otherwise. For many Air Force men, life appears to have contained much frustration. Squadrons without aircraft alternated with aircraft without squadrons. And sometimes, due to incredible muddle, men were shuffled about from one command to another half the world away, and ended with neither squadron nor aircraft. And sectional feuding in the RAAF seems to have begun right at the top.

The Australian War Cabinet decided in 1942 to divide the RAAF control into administrative and operational sections. Air Vice- Marshall George Jones was in charged of administration, headquarters.

Melbourne. Air Vice-Marshall W. D.

Bostock was in charge of operations and his headquarters moved with the war.

Apparently the two gentlemen did not like each other and numerous references are made to brushes between them, including an exchange of stiff-necked signals made in January, 1945, wherein Jones said: “I take strong exception to the insubordinate tone of your signal and your repeated attempts to usurp authority of this headquarters. . . .”

And Bostock replied: “...I am responsible to Commander, Allied Air Force, and not subordinate to you for the discharge of the duties incumbent upon my appointment...

I will continue to take the strongest exception to your unwarranted and uninformed interference.”

The two gentlemen are still with us—one is an MP. It would be interesting to know what they feel about this verbal sniping to-day; and whether they would agree that the signals were as silly as they sound.

It is quite impossible in a review of this sort to deal adequately with a book that covers three years of air war in the Pacific and Burma in 500 pages. The reader should, therefore, bear in mind that any review of a few hundred words on historical work of these dimensions must necessarily remove incidents out of context and out of their real importance in the overall picture.

The RAAF campaign in the Pacific and Burma was not all beating of the air, of petty fueding.

The RAAF, of course, played an Important role in Pacific victory and this is adequately taken care of by Mr. Odgers. The volume is well illustrated with maps and photographs. (Published by Austra'ian War Memorial. Our copy from Angus and Robertson. Australian price, 25/6.) Keeping the Boys Happy Out East IT could be that we are entering a cycle of books about Oriental brothels. Now, after two exceedingly similar works— A Sort Of Beauty, last month, and The World Of Suzie Wong (Richard Mason) this month—we feel that we have completed our post-graduate course on the subject and can safely pass on to fredi fields.

Suzie Wong, unlike last month’s offering, entered the Australian book quite on its own merits and without the benefit of censorf rouble. As the themes are precisely the same, and as Suzie is a much more sympathetic character Crossquiz Solution from page 78

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For want of a better explanation we have to fall back on what we said last month. A Sort Of Beauty blatantly talked about brothels right on the jacket flap, while the publishers of Suzie Wong circumspectly refer to the shady little hotel where Suzie and her colleagues provide “brief companionship” for sailors of all nationalities.

A Sort Of Beauty was about Bangkok; Suzie’s world was the Nam Kok hotel in the waterfront, Chinese section of Hongkong.

Before the war, it is explained, Hongkong had had “proper” brothels but some female MP in the UK, suddenly made aware of the fact, had brought pressure to bear and had them closed. This did not end prostitution, of course, but drove it underground where it could no longer be controlled, and where disease spread unchecked. Out of this situation developed such hotels as the Nam Kok, catering exclusively for European sailors. Its bar-girls kept what they made and the hotel made its profit from the bar and from the hire of rooms. In its way it played the game with the Navies by insisting that its girls made weekly visits to the Clinic and thus tfle authorities winked at its existence and the Services obligingly left it within bounds.

The hotel was used to hiring its rooms by the hour or by the night.

There were some raised eyebrows, therefore, when Robert Lomax wished to make reservations by the month. Young, English, a would-be painter, he was unaware of the hotel’s real business when he moved in, but was undismayed when a RN seaman bluntly acquainted him with the facts of Hongkong waterfront; life.

Suzie was one of “the girls”, but, he had already met her upon a. ferry when she was undergoing one' of her brief Walter Mitty wanderings in the realms of the imagination. She was the daughter of a rich Chinese family (her father' would beat her if she spoke to < sailors), which owned five houses; and uncountable motor-cars. Or so* she said. Lomax watched her leave the ferry with regret—and saw her * again a couple of weeks later in: the Nam Kok in the arms of a drunken sailor.

However, in spite of this denoue-■ merit, Suzie continues to be a. fascinating and somewhat tom- boyish creature, and Lomax pro- • ceeds to fall in love with her. As : he had no money and certain prin- ■ ciples, and Suzie has need to earn i her living albeit some what unauth- ■ ordoxly, there are rocky patches inj the road to romance.

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To sum up: An entertaining and musing book that seems to show hat sex and love can be two totally inrelated phenomena. (Published by Wm. Collins. Australian rice, 20/-.) iee Naples— iun, Sin, Sympathy k/fOST visitors to Naples have at VI some time or other walked along the Via Roma, looked p the dark canyons of alleyways, estooned with washing, that lead ff this fine thoroughfare, and said, How can they live that way?”

In his book, Children of the Sun, /[orris West tells how it is done, ,nd the why of it. West is best nown to us as the author of Kundu, colourful novel of New Guinea.

Children of the Sun is not a novel -it is a well-documented case book f the slums of Naples—and how lr. West got himself there, or why ie took upon himself the job of nlightening the world about this problem we can only guess.

He takes as his hero, Don Mario Borelli, the young priest who disguised himself as one of the street urchins, won their confidence and then revealed himself. In an old ruined church which the Cardinal of Naples had given him, he shelters these youngsters, about 100 of them at a time. Sooner or later, of course, they must leave this haven. For what?

West suggests as a solution migration of the youngsters to Australia, Canada and the United States under a scheme similar to the British Big Brother Movement.

So far as Australia is concerned, it should be a reasonably simple programme which could be paid for easily enough by Italians of wealth and social consciousness. There are wealthy Italians, of course. The rest is not so easily proved. Mr. West put up the scheme 18 months ago.

We should like to hear a progress report on it.

West’s book—apart from pinpointing the plight of these thousands of children—is a damning indictment of the whole social fabric of Italy; the selfish callousness of the wealthy; the feebleness of the Church in providing enlightened leadership; 87 > ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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Ml these things are there, so deepoted as to stultify any real move vards virile nationhood—or so this count seems to suggest. The e thing that Mussolini and the .scists taught Italy—s ays one liversity professor interviewed by est—was how to go to prison, how starve for the things in which ey believed.

But in what do the Italians believe -day? The answer—again accordl to this book —is very little, rhere are 200,000 unemployed men Naples, a city a little larger than (dney. Thousands of children am the streets, sleeping on gratis and in nooks and crannies, waling, selling smuggled cigarettes, iting for the houses of prostitum.

Rich men in the same city enclose eir mansions behind high walls th electrified gates, and if they re about the destitute children their streets, they give no sign.

Morris West cries aloud for the ;w World to rescue these child ;tims of the Old World —although latever is done could only be a op in the bucket, rhis is an interesting social cument —apart from the cause it :empts to espouse—but one which likely to leave the average reader convinced that there is little hope for regeneration in Italy. The problems, as enumerated by West, are so complex that one is left wondering if Mussolini was not the last flicker of a spirit capable of dragging the Italians out of the mire that they have made for themselves in the last 1,000 years or so. (Published by Heinemann. Australian price, 20/-.) Picturesque Rascals Of the Pacific A 400-pages book, the result of much research by American story-tellers J. B. Michener and A. Grove Day, entitled Rascals In Paradise, is lengthily reviewed ih a special article elsewhere in this issue. It is warmly commended. (Published by Seeker and Warburg, Melbourne. Australian price, 31/-.) Carols For Christmas IN time for the Christmas season is the Illustrated Book Of Christmas Carols, which has been edited by Cyril Taylor, Warden of the Royal School of Church Music.

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Australian price, 22/6.) Odyssey of a Bored Young Man THERE are times when one can lament old fashioned corn, of heroes, villains and good-willprevail. The psychological novel of to-day is based on a thinner, thinner line that threatens to diminish into plain nothingness.

A Villa In Sant’ Angelo (D. M.

Brosia) devotes 200 pages to a man finding that he has no talent for love and matrimony; that he is a congenital bachelor.

There have been plenty of men of the same mind—men who instinctively duck when they see the romantic trap. Fortunately, most of them refrain from writing 200 printed pages about what this fellow takes to be a fundamental weakness of character.

The young man in Sant’ Angelo is worried and preoccupied about his character throughout. He is an American schoolteacher and bored with life, bored with himself—and so far as the latter is concerned, he has every right to be. The reader speedily becomes bored with him, too.

He decided to take his boredom to Europe for a month. As he is of Italian descent, Europe means Italy.

His uncle, a prosperous Naples lawyer, has a villa in one of those mountain villages that we guess is somewhere on the high road between Cassino and Naples and it is here that he meets Renata.

So far as Renata and her family are concerned, he was designed by Providence to take her mind off her 90 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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SINKS ■agedy— the untimely death of her >ung American husband —and they ave nothing undone that will irther the cause.

Tackled in another way, the theme >uld have made an interesting and gorous novel; but as the author determined to produce a weak id vacillating character—and suc- •eds only too well—the dominant ;ader reaction is a desire to kick ie young man —it is one of those X)ks where you never learn his ime—where it will do most good.

This fact may, of course, be reirded as a triumph of character ation for Brosia.

The best thing in the book is the :esentation of Southern Italy in le hot July weather. A touristy aly—but the only one that most iaders will know, anyhow. (Published by Peter Davies. Australian ice, 15/6.) un on a New ealand Sheep-Farm )N the face of it, a rather isolated sheep-farm in isolated New Zealand is about the last place in hich to see life and have fun; yet riter Mary Scott has given us a Rightful little book, Dinner Doesn’t 'atter, about her life there.

It is a little community of rather iphisticated young servicemen om World War II and their cheery ives; and they have sentimental fairs, and financial tangles and nmerous babies, after the usual NZ rttern. But Mary Scott leavens le bunch with rich, infectious amour —one forgets the boredom ’ sheep-farm existence in laughing ith her at the mischief of her In- )rrigible kids, and the love-troubles J her attractive city sister.

No plot, no high adventure —but )u will feel better for having read lis book. (Published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney, jstralian price, 15/-.) New Caledonia is experiencing le of its worst droughts in history, ires are frequent in the country istricts and are a serious danger i the outskirts of Noumea. Local re -fighters are constantly employed; nd several houses have had narrow scapes from bush-fires. If rains do ot soon arrive, losses in stock will e catastrophic.

According to the English Sunday aper, The People, Kitione Lave, the ongan boxer, has missed out on DOd contests which might have adanced him in the boxing world, irough his refusal to accept Sunay fights in Germany and the nited Kingdom. The People condors that Lave has missed a bance at the Empire and world .ties on this account. However, ave’s refusal will be understood by ther Tongans who are ardent Sabatarians.

Drastic Steps Against HCL NOUMEA, Sept. 20.

FOLLOWING representations by the High Commissioner (M.

Grimald) and the New Caledonian parliamentary representatives, the French Colonial Minister has intimated that amendments will be made to the recently-introduced financial laws governing foreign exchange.

The 20 per cent, tax on certain imports will be lifted —these being mostly foodstuffs, building materials (including cement) and certain necessities for cattle stations.

These amendments may stop a rise in the cost of living.

In its campaign to keep prices normal in Noumea, the Administration recently prosecuted several retail storekeepers. Both Europeans and Indo-Chinese were charged with “illegal raising of prices”.

Fines ranged from 100,000 to 6,C00 francs (£7OO to £42). One (a European second offender) was sentenced to a month’s imprisonment —sentence suspended. Several Indo-Chinese shops have been ordered to close, for varying periods. t Mr. Phil Scully, of Posts and Telegraphs, Lae, New Guinea, sailed on October Shansi for leave in Australia. 91 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMPER,

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He tells of an Irishman and a ot who were partners at the ack Cat. They had many things common, including love of the trie, and were involved in many msing incidents.

However, the Scot died suddenly, s body was taken to Wau and is placed in a coffin made by the jvernment carpenter. The Irishm went into Wau for the funeral, d put up at the pub.

On the day of the funeral he d a few bracers before setting t—in fact he had so many that e of the girls at the hotel and e proprietress had to make him esentable.

When he saw the Irishman, Down- -1 was amazed that he had been le to arrive at the assembly-point aided. From there to the cemetery is about half a mile, so Downl and another officer took it on emseives to act as props for the ishman.

The “hearse” was nothing more an a Guinea Airways trolley, and e coffin kept slipping off. Each ne this happened the Irishman freshed himself with a swig from bottle, with which he had oughtfully provided himself bere leaving the hotel.

The last time the coffin dropped om the “hearse” the Irishman rned to Downing and said: By . . . Harry, I wonder what the 1 Blank would think if he saw , me so drunk I can hardly stand ). It’s probably just what he’d :e to see, though, and he’d underand!” [THEN Harry D looks back over V these 25 years he classes as the highlights of his career his ase association with Levien, Park, sttleton and company, pioneer •ospectors of the 1923-24 period; s official representation of the G Administration at the inauguraan of the first BGD dredge at alolo,; and the active work in inging under control the difficult itives of the Morobe and Madang stricts.

The last 16 years have been inresting—at one time he went to orfolk Island to combine for three onths the threes roles of Acting dministrator, Acting Registrar and cting Official Secretary—but his ?art has remained in New Guinea.

He will be missed from the Sydney lice by many who knew him only ; a cheerful voice at the end of telephone line, and by thousands i whom the contact was more Brsonal.

As a public-servant, “Harry D” as different and that perhaps exiains why he has got caught up in the cross-fire between new and old New Guinea pension schemes and will leave the service poorer than when he entered it in 1922.

“Not much luck with money”, he says, “but plenty of good fortune elsewhere.”

With his 14-year-old daughter, he lives quietly in the Sydney suburb of Bexley, where he still engages in his favourite hobby of photography.

Harry Downing has an amazing collection of photographs—some of which are published here. But many of his most valuable negatives were lost when the Japanese invaded the Territory in 1942.

Another patrol picture of early Morobe days—the police-boys still wearing their old-style uniforms. 93 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1957 New Guinea's Most Unusual Public Servant (Continued from page 81)

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SO, the hard way, all we foundation members of the Force learned our jobs.

I am sure my old friend Norman Casey, now retired from the Fiji Prisons Department, still remembers some of the hard cases we sent up to him —in my case, Sukhpal and Ramcharan especially.

When Mr. McOwan took charge of the Department it didn’t take him long to get all stations issued with a set of helpful books, as well as our own copies of the Ordinances.

Quite early in the piece, I had to deal with my first corpse, a very over-ripe specimen that was anchored to the bank of the river.

All my boys were out after an escaped prisoner so, for once, I was unable to pass the buck. However, I took the precaution of filling half a bottle of Dewars with water, just in case.

I had to help Dr. Montague, of blessed memory, haul the thing up on to the bank for him to do his grisly job. I doubt I would have got through without my bottle. I remember riding home singing, “Down Among the Dead Men.”

I remember that Dr. Montague had a small son who was supposed to have said to his mother, "Whei I grow up, will I be ugly lit Daddy?” If he grew up to be hal as fine a man as his father I should like to meet him. 94 NOVEMBER, 19 5 7 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH £l2/10/- a Month—and a Boot Allowance (Continued from page 79)

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SOLOMON ISLANDS- K, H. Dalrymple Hay Esq., Honia, used to be said, along the river, that my horse was the bestgroomed in the district. Thereby gs a tale. little Indian named Abdul, who an incorrigible deserter from plantation, was responsible. In , he happened to get the care ny horse, and he made such a of it that he never did anymguage, of course was one of troubles. When I started, I had light knowledge of Fijian, but imdustani. My Nepali sergeant, ted Ghori, had a smattering of m. This meant that all the tesses’ statements to me went in Hindustani to Ghori, who Led them on to me in Fijian, me to write down in English.

RATHER curious thing occurred during that first year of mine. (Some intending settler in the >ny had a bad fall-out with the eminent, and left in a rage, :atening to expose the fact that, the Rewa, lepers were handlinganas for the Sydney market, lis, of course, was a serious tter, and I got instructions, sd by the Governor, to look up y leper in the Rewa District, w some very dreadful sights. l one instance, I did find a leper 7 casing up bananas. Under the er Ordinance of the day all I d do was to charge the man i handling articles of food for —which carried a penalty with aximum (I think) of six months he old leper station at Bengha. have always thought that the licity given this case did a lot ring into existence the wonderful r station now at Makogai. ere is an incident of my early ce days. y old friend, Robert Crompton, appearing in the Rewa Court i civil case, and I went along, to get the atmosphere—it was ong since my Bridewell experiuring the case, Crompton turned tie and said that the SM was an ul old blighter for equity. In youthful innocence I said, “Well, t that what he is here for?”

Crompton said, “Not by a long :. He is here to administer the had yet to learn what an ass law can be —and still is, judging some recent cases. <TE of the best stories told of Mr. McOwan, during the time he was our Inspector-General, 3 rs an incident when he was insting the Levuka station, upert Griffiths was the Instor in charge; and he discovered t Mac, good all-round sportsi that he was, had never fired hot from a .303 rifle, his had to be dealt with; so off y went to the local rifle-club ge, with a native constable to do the marking.

Mac fired five shots, and scored a “bull” each time.

Rupert danced with excitement, thinking he had discovered a marvellous natural marksman. But Mac, who knew his Fijians, fired his last shot wide, into the bush, and up came another “bull”.

Constable Samuela wasn’t signalling a,ny misses to the boss!

To get back to the Rewa: I find the news that the Nausori Sugar Mill is to close down rather sad.

I think of all the good sound people I knew in my year on the river—Peter and George Gordon, the Freeman brothers (Arthur, Dick and Bert), Viti Hutchins, Waring of Vucimaca, Rostier —there is no end of them.

I remember the goodness of Mrs.

Fenner, Mrs. Raymond and Mrs, Montague, at Nausori; and the planters and their wives up and down the river; the CSR staff; and the boys in the stores.

I think the old river must have been at its peak then —a very lovable little community, which fifty years must have sadly scattered. * * * I am quite resigned to the fact that the Fiji that I knew so well just does not exist to-day; but always am I glad to meet any Kai Viti, past or present, who may be passing this way; and I must say how pleased I was to find Arthur Freeman, of my Rewa days, a near neighbour of mine here in Queensland. He is hale and hearty and still handling bananas by the million. 95 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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This had the serious side effect of greatly reducing the sale of postage stamps used on parcels of handcrafts, according to the official Annual Report on Niue just published.

The report notes, however, that before the end of the financial year and following representations, the import restrictions were again «ased.

The report shows that exports of plaited ware, which had reached a peak of £10,068 in 1954-55 and were valued at £8,091 in 1955-56, fell to £6,321 in the 1956-57 year.

The report does not give figures of stamp sales in the respective years, nor does it indicate how, in spite of the Australian restrictions, the overall exports to that country, totalling £5,168, were still higher than those of the previous year— £4,s96.

Most, but not all, of the plaited wear goes to Australia, and in recent years it has had to compete there with the much more varied and better finished Italian product. There is no indication of what other exports Niue sends to Australia, but it would appear that these could only be kumaras or copra, which with bananas are the island’s only known exports—and if these have been going into Australia it will be a big surprise. t A volcanic explosion on Manam, Island, NG, in October, sent ash over native villages. t A joint US-NZ ornithological expedition is to carry out research work on Campbell Island, south of New Zealand next year. The party' will travel aboard a US destroyer.! 98

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R. W. ROBSON tHE fact that a new book by . James A Michener (America’s most successful writer on Pacific cean subjects), and A. Grove Day l notable Honolulu historian, who is compiled much lively material jout the North Pacific lands), is tiled Rascals In Paradise, may give te compilation a wrong classifica- Dn.

Why do American writers and iblishers persist in describing the acific Islands as “paradise”? My d friend, Dr. S. M. Lambert, many jars ago, Started the fashion when 3 called his volume of remincences A Yankee Doctor In aradise. Michener himself folwed on with Return To Paradise. thers have used the appellation, nd now this.

It seems simply that writers and iblishers, flooding the world with ick, colourful examples of escapist terature, are playing upon pros- 3ctive readers’ hopes that they ay be transported through these ties to another and much more Bsirable world.

The Pacific Islands are not mradise”. Life can be as unleasant there as in Guatemala, or le Champs Elysee or Pitt Street, he Islands have suffered so much i the hands of romantic writers xat the experienced person, seekig historical facts, approaches lything with a “paradise” label pon it with caution.

Which is a pity—because Rascal s i Paradse represents a great deal I careful research, of adherence » historical fact, and of entertain- Lent. It is one of the most readble Pacific books that ever have me my way.

Although the more notorioui iscals with which it deals number nly ten—nine men and one women -it introduces scores of persons ell known in Pacific Islands istory; and the lot are carefully idexed. So it also is a useful ook of reference. Because of that idex, I almost can forgive the paradise”.

The authors, very cleverly, have ung large slices of Pacific history -like exploration, and blackbirding nd whaling—upon the stories of leir rascals. The book has enteriinment value, plus a definite place i the world’s libraries. lARQUIS DE RAYS (CHARLES I,

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(30 Pages) Probably the most shocking story i the book.

This French aristocrat, between 877 and 1881, organised “Nouvelle ranee”, based on Port Breton (at the southern end of New Ireland) —a gigantic fraud whereby he ‘robbed thousands of their savings, sent hundreds to certain death, and lived in luxury on the proceeds of his villainy”.

He sent no less than four shiploads of people to a fever-stricken tropical wilderness in the New Guinea area, sold dukedoms, earldoms and baronies, and solemnly proclaimed himself “King Charles of Nouvelle France”.

In 1883, he was brought to trial and sentenced to six years’ gaol.

Bits of the story have been published from time to time in the PIM. Relics of the tragic expedition are still around, in the Rabaul area. Descendants of the expedition’s survivors live in Australia.

One survivor, M. Mouton, was a prominent citizen of Rabaul, between 1885 and 1940.

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Two angles of the story are worth tnembering. Gibson was the first m to seriously urge a Federation the Pacific Islands—Hawaii was be the focal point, and its king »uld be the Emperor of the Pacific, In the ’Eighties, Samoa was torn struggles between powerful ieftains who wanted to rule, and tween the Powers (Germany, nerica and Britain) who wanted moa Gibson decided to interne and make Samoa a protectate of Hawaii. Gibson’s Minister d Hawaii’s “warship” arrived in >ia, entered actively into the itical discussions there, and were ially chased away by the in- ? nant Germans. it is one of the long-forgotten, t most entertaining episodes in moan history. It was the German irship Adler which figured in the ndent; and the bones of the Her (wrecked in the 1889 humne) still lie on the reef in front Apia. ~T TrT,

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(30 Pages ) The story of Bligh as the inlerable martinet, (Nordhotf and ill), and the similar film version harles Laughton), are sternly bunked by authors Michener and iy The inferences drawn from the five mutinies in the career of Bligh are offset by the further facts that he was cleared of blame in respect of all mutinies and died, greatly honoured, as a British Admiral, The authors effectively bring out the facts that Bligh was a splendid seaman; that Fletcher Christian was a rather unpleasant type of person; that Tahitian wenches more than Bligh tyranny led to the famous Bounty mutiny; and that Bligh’s open-boat voyage from Fiji to Java was one of the greatest feats in the history of navigation.

Macarthur is presented as the villain of the situation when Bligh was deposed, in 1808, by the notoncus Rum Corps, from the Governor- -ship of NSW. Most other writers have made a hero of the Merino Pioneer, and a poltroon of Bligh.

But Michener does confess embarrassment when he tries to explain why Bligh, on that infamous occasion, was found hiding behind a bed in Government House, „ ITTTV WAVF o qottth spas BULLY HAYES, sou ih seas BUCCANEER (35 Pages) No Pacific islands character has been more written about than Buccaneer William Henry Hayes (1829-1877), or more mercilessly heated by journalistic pot-boilers.

Michener and Day have not improved the picture.

The authors evidently have combed over the almost endless mass of stuff published about Hayes, and they frankly confess “it is almost impossible to separate fact from legend”. They have taken 101 ICIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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'Klllil I CHGRAOg enough of the legend to har misrepresented the old rascal character.

They themselves say there a extant “two almost Opposing viev of Hayes”—one shaped by Lou Becke, and one by A. T. Saundei Unfortunately, they have been moi influenced by Saunders than I Becke.

Forty yearsago, I personally kne the family of Louis Becke (Bed then was not long dead), and knew Saunders. Saunders was i very industrious, proper, sniffii little man, of mediocre ability, wll made a hobby of gathering Bui Hayes stories, and presenting the; always from the viewpoint of tl unco’ guid. The more he leanu about Hayes, the more he wf shocked.

About 25 years ago, I purchase the Kingsley Moore collection * Hayesiana. Moore was a retired nav officer. Somewhere about 1910, 1 decided that he would compile ti true story of Hayes. He brought j the task the passion of the re; historian—over some years, I searched the Consulates and tl newspaper files of half the worll Then he settled down to the wrii mg of the book. He had no literal flair, but he did cross his t’s an dot his i’s. He was called back ■ naval service in 1914 or 1915, an he never resumed the Hayes com pilation. . . I bought his collectic of material —a huge bundle— James Tyrrell’s second-hand boo! shop in George Street, Sydney, ; the mid-Thirties.

Moore had examined Saunder pamphlets on Hayes very closel He wrote off two-thirds of thr material as exceedingly biased « completely inaccurate. There ofte was another side of those discredit able stories about Hayes—most ■ which were published, with shocke comment, by the highly respectabc newspapers of a century ago. No; and again Hayes would reply—br usually he would hurry off acrot the horizon in one of his ill-gotte ships, and leave the story-tellers 1 their trade.

Undoubtedly, Hayes was a rascj —but he was a jolly, lovable rases and even the old men who told m about him in Samoa, 40 years aftx he was dead—and some of whou lie had robbed —could still laug heartily at his pranks.

In the buying and selling < ships, he was full of trickery, bn he was not a cold-blooded thief. K was an habitual wooer of women-; as were most sea-rovers of his ds —but he was not vicious; and ev© Mr. Saunders could not dig up an formal complaint of brutality by an ex-mistress.

He was a blackbirder —as wen most of the small shipowners ( that period—but I never found evio ence that he treated his blackbiroany more cruelly than other labom recruiters who were tolerated. 102 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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L F UU CREA* J V^DERED PASTEURISED, HOMOGENISED, made by NESTLE'S 5R3.57 ik that some of the blackbirding jodes described by Michener and r as having occurred in the 1870l period are either taken from ie imaginative work, or attributed the wrong party, ayes was an habitual flouter of s: but he was never convicted a major crime by any court of i this new book, the old story ut Hayes’ missing ear is told in In Kingsley Moore’s colleci, there is an original letter bten to Moore by one of Hayes’ a daughters, in which she says t they often romped with their ler at their home in Apia—and h his ears then were intact, he dramatic highlights of Hayes’ larkable history are presented in ly correct sequence, and enterlingly; but the inferences drawn n these events are in some cases be wrong, good deal more Becke, and a less Saunders would have got mixture right.

Xinga, Lord Of The Seas

(40 Pages ) Chinese merchant and a Jap- >se girl in 1624 begat Coxinga, ich is the way the Dutch spelled name “of the greatest pirate a, and possibly the world, has r known”. n telling the extraordinary story this man, the authors present us h a picture of life on the eastern st of Asia, as it was 300 years i. Coxinga led an expedition inst the Dutch, and took Formosa m them. His is a famous name Far East history.

Dona Isabel. The Lady

EXPLORER (35 Pages) ’he Spaniard, Alvaro de Mendana, covered the Solomons in 1569, i named them so because he 3 convinced that they were ivily gold-bearing, n 1595, he led another expedii, of four ships, out of Callao, •u, to re-examine the Solomons, iros was his pilot, and he took h him his wife Dona Isabel »ne of the supreme bitches of all ie”) and a cabin-load of Dona bel’s relations. The second exiition missed the Solomons comtely.

Jnder the treatment of Michener i Day, this most important ipter in Pacific Islands history ;omes the story of the “supreme ch”—the part the woman played finding and murdering the irquesans; in trying to colonise ; Santa Cruz instead of the lomon Islands; in meeting diseases ndently virulent malaria) which simated their new Colony; and getting the starving survivors d the last of the four ships finally Manila. [n the few history-books which describe Mendana’s voyages, Dona Isabel is mentioned with respect, and praised for her courage in leading the sorry party to Manila after Mendana’s death in Santa Cruz.

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(28 Pages ) This is a surprising section. I have many of Becke’s books—in fact, it was an early diet of Louis Becke, over 50 years ago, which first aroused my interest in Pacific Islands life and affairs —but I had never regarded him as anything more than an irresponsible storyteller.

Michener and Day claim, flatly, that Becke is the best writer about the Pacific—and they say this after considering James Norman Hall, R. L. Stevenson, Herman Melville, Robert Dean Frisbie. After reading their argument, one is inclined to agree with them.

I do not know who tracked the career of Louis Becke—Michener or Day—but he certainly rendered good service to South Pacific records and literature. I knew Becke vaguely through his books, and through his family—his widow and his two daughters were residents of Sydney for many years—Niya Becke for a time was on the staff of PlM —but I never realised the width and variety of his Pacific Islands experi- 103 * C I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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The Globe Mutineers

(36 pages) his story belongs to the Northern ific. he whaleship Globe left Nan- Let in 1822, made her way around Horn, sought whales in the th Pacific, between Hawaii and an. The crew mutinied, murdl all the officers, seized the ship headed into the Micronesian nds, seeking a place where they ht establish a kingdom. They 3e Milli Atoll, in the Marshalls, re were fights, and a section of crew ran away with the Globe, got to South America and, itually, home. Natives murdered except two of the party left bei at Milli. Those two youths itually were rescued by an exition, sent to look for the ineers. A very dramatic story, told.

Leeteg, The Legend

(50 Pages) bis is an unexpected section. It he story of Edgar Leeteg, the man-American craftsman who d e an artistic sensation in iti after World War II by painton velvet. Say the authors; solved the technical )lems of painting on velvet— lally, he used velveteen most of time, originally from France, r from New York”—and ultimy turned out paintings that were inically flawless. Each strand of stood free, with its own specks colour. The dye of the velvet been neutralised so that it no ;er chemically affected the pigits. And the entire painting was ; in balance. Many artists coni that anyone who wanted to d have mastered the problem lilpaints on velvet, if he had lied himself. Leeteg did it.” ;eteg’s paintings became famous me are worth £l,OOO. But other iters hated him—they said he not an “artist”. nee a week, Leeteg went from »rea into Papeete for a “party”— er the influence of liquor, he practically a madman. He also ribed himself as Tahiti’s most irious fornicator, e was killed in a motor-cycle dent in Papeete, in February, , after one of those parties, ichener and Day provide a fascinating account of Leetegs career, his strange art and his shockmg way of life, They describe, for exampie, how he built for himself, at Moorea, the most decorative and luxurious privy-outhouse in the whole Pacific ' '

Noumea Is Growing Up!

NOUMEA, Sept. 20.

TWO Tahitians were charged recently in Noumea’s police court — one with committing an obscene dance in a public place and with resisting arrest, and the other with assaulting the police. A disturbing factor was that the hearing was held in a cleared court, because of the Tahitians present, and in a “houlouse” state (best translated as “threatening”).

The culprits were given gaol sentences.

The newspapers are raising cries of alarm at the frequency of nocturnal aggressions not only by natives but b T ' certain European youths.

Recently, sailors from a merchant ship were bashed by young men who were later identified and will be charged. Attacks on members of the French Navy have also occurred.

Street fighting between natives is on the increase and some of the affairs have all the characteristics of vendettas. t A Samoan labourer, Telea Pau, 23, was sentenced to death in Apia in October, for the murder of his de facto wife, Tiatai Villi Tagaloa, 22. + For borrowing an Auckland Transport Dept, bus in which to drive home from his work as a bus cleaner, Filo Seufale, a Samoan, was fined £3O in October. The bus was valued at £6,500. 105 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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The unit, which was making i documentary of the work of | P-NG patrol in primitive areas w accompanied by a large Administri tion party under the leadership Assistant District Officer Ji Sinclair.

First incident was around tl Lake Kopiago area in late Jui when a Gibbes Sepik Airwai plane crashed-landed in a swan when engaged on a supplies drc for the film party. The four m< aboard escaped without seriot injury and were flown out frc the lake on a seaplane.

Since then an extraordinai salvage job has been done on t: plane by 150 natives under ti guidance of ADO Sinclair ai Gibbes’ engineers.

A corduroy road was built in the swamp where the plane lay ■ its back. The engine was take out; the wings taken off ai fuselage cut in four. The bits ai pieces were then carried throui. country where razor-backs tower 13,000 ft in places, for seven daf to Tari station where they we flown out in DC3 aircraft. (Lai Kopiago is close to the bord between Papua and New Guinea There evidently had been a b native war in the area about t: time that the plane crashed ai. the wounded flocked to the pati for medical attention.

Shortly afterward there w© other casualties when 300 gather] to watch an air drop. Two nativ were killed and two injured whr hit by falling stores.

The film unit’s senior produce Mr. Maslyn Williams, was in Po Moresby in mid-August. He ss that much of the film was shot razor-back country about 8,000 fe high where rain was almost co; tinuous. Mud was feet deep, one time 20 members of the par were down with dengue fever aj ADO Sinclair had hepatitis.

Mr. Williams said that the fi: would be from 40 minutes to hour long and it would likely unique.

We can believe it. i George Arnold McEwan, 44, 6 scribed as an Australian clerk, warrested in Auckland in October ai charged with the stealing of £8 from the Fijian Affairs Board, wr which he had been employed Suva until recently. 106 NOVEMBER, 19 5 7 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Where praise was due it was given. Where criticism seemed called for, it too was doled out in full measure. The series still continues, covering sometimes the same ground as the first series in the light of later events. The latest article to appear in September gave publicity to the fact that, on the showing of figures given in official publications alone, the Citrus Scheme has fallen far short of official hopes, and must now be causing real anxiety in Wellington.

From the point of view of the Cook Islanders, whether one agrees or disagrees with the views or conclusions of Mr. Alpers, their affairs are at least receiving publicity and are the subject of discussion as never before.

Island affairs are now being looked on at last as “news” in the New Zealand press. While the Star has interested itself mainly in the Cooks, the NZ Herald has also discussed Western Samoa in an intere&ting series of articles.- J.P.S. i Completing three years of service in Tonga, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Kidd left Nukualofa per Tofua in October.

Mr. Kidd was manager of the Nukualofa Electric Power Board, and Mrs. Kidd was Registrar to the British Agent and Consul. t The Leper’s Trust Board of New Zealand has made a further grant of £5OO to be divided between the leper hospitals of Western and Eastern Samoa. The money will be spent mainly on carpenters' tools for the patients. 107 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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RABAUL WEDDING: Mr. and Mrs. John Seeto and wedding party after their marriage recently at the Catholic Church, Rabaul. After the ceremony they were photographed with Chinese members of the Children of Mary. Photo: C. H. Meen. 109 LCIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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From Our Noumea Correspondent A RECORD line-up (48) of native “drunks”, in the police court in Noumea, on September 6, directed attention to a fact worthy of wider circulation —namely, that in the isolated French islands of the Loyalty group there are “cricket fanatics”.

It was stated—to balance the distressing news about the Noumea “drunks”—that the people of the large native centre of Canala are taking a much greater interest in sports and athletics and that cases of natives being drunk are becoming rare.

The first missionaries in the Loyalty islands, Englishmen, understood the importance of channelling the native mind into the avenues of sports. They taught them the game of cricket and other sports.

To this day the Loyalty natives— women as well as men—are cricket fanatics.

Cricket has never been adopted by natives of New Caledonia, as the English missionaries never were permanently on the large island.

However, the large number of Loyalty islanders working in Noumea always stage their cricket matches over the week-ends.

New Caledonian natives play mostly soccer football, nearly always in bare feet. One wonders why an effort is not made to teach them tennis. They should excel. t Catholic Bishop A. F. Blanc, DI SM, formerly Vicar Apostolic ( Tonga, and now living in retire ment,. is at 85 reported still to t living an active life in mission woi there. He is in his 46th year as bishop and 62nd year in the priesi hood. 110 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Vhen the Pacific War came in 1, there were approximately 6,200 ropeans and 1,800 Chinese m pua and New Guinea. Both comnities were scattered and partly imated by the war (1941-45). ey returned quickly after the war t was estimated that in 1947 there :e 8,700 Europeans and 2,000 inese there. thereafter, increase in nonigenous population was rapid—it s estimated, at the end of 1956, to 16,500 Europeans, 2,500 Chinese i 2,000 of mixed races.

"he native population still is estited at about li million —1,453,000 nted, and 266,000 not enumerated, n 1947, there were 1,174 public vants in P-NG, 16 in Norfolk md and 261 in Nauru. In 1956, ;re were 2,206 in P-NG, 23 in [•folk Island and 336 in Nauru. )ne wonders what those teams of )lic servants find to do in Norfolk md (8,528 acres and 1,039 populai) and Nauru (5,263 acres, and )3 people—l,976 Nauruans, 286 ropeans, 696 Chinese and 935 er Islanders).

Iources Of P-Ng Wealth

"he movements of production in Dua and New Guinea in the last years are most interesting, when ught into comparison. The values •wn in the table herewith do not ivey much, because of inflation — £ Australian, in which the values shown, is now worth only a rd or a fourth of what it was rth in 1942. The true story is told the quantities produced in 1955compared with 1940-41. (See le).

Jopra, of course, still is the chief duct of the Territory—production > nearly doubled, while the aver- ; value shown in Australian £’s the combined result of inflation i a better world market) has reased from about £5 to about per ton. ust before the war, gold led copra the chief export, with rubber yery sick third. To-day, as the ult of the goldfields being worked ;, and the bigger world demand rubber, the chief Papuan product has taken gold’s place as the second most important export. That will not be tor long, however—the value of timber exports soon will be close up to the £2 million mark.

Also in impressively increasing production are cocoa and coffee.

It is a sign of the times that 517 tons of shell were worth only £30,000 in 1948-9; whereas 967 tons, in 1955-6, are worth £441,000. Average value per ton has jumped from £6O to £450 in seven years, Exce pt tor rubber, Papua contributes little to the Dual Territorys wea ith. But it could be a different story in 1967. Then, if present plans for oil and aluminium come good, the value of Papua’s output of those two commodities could completely swamp New Guinea’s now healthy figures. 111 ICIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1957

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rhose Leper’s Trust Board dical patrol ketches are in trouble fin. ’’auabu Twomey, first of the trio inched many months ago from Auckland shipyard, and since ig awaiting propeller shaft, was ind to have suffered serious eleclytic corrosion of rudder bolts and 11 sheathing aft, when she was lied out for installation of shaft October.

The cause of the electrolysis was ; clear as the usual precautions i been taken, and the Departnt of Scientific and Industrial search was called in to investie and advise. Whatever the ise, it now appears certain that r hope of delivering the first two sels before the coming hurricane son will be dashed, lie second vessel, Ozama omey, is nearing completion. It 3 intended that the delivery ?per, Mr. Mark Anthony, would Iver the first craft to the omons in October and immedily return for the second ketch.

The choice will now rest between risking the hurricane season by island-hopping north, or holding the vessels in Auckland until next April.

All aspects were being discussed by the interested parties at an Auckland meeting in October.

Reef Blasting Continued

En route to the Christmas Island H-bomb testing grounds for weather observing duties with her companion frigate, HMNZS Pukaki, HMNZS Rotoiti made calls at Mangaia and Rakahanga in the Cooks with consignments of explosives during October. These will be used, under the supervision of Director of Public Works, W. H. Ryan, for the deepening of reef passages at those islands.

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Help From Micronesia

As the 7,930-ton Lamport & Holt Line British vessel Timaru Star headed north from Auckland to Japan with a cargo of meat in September, a New Zealand woman passenger developed peritonitis when the ship was on the equator.

A radio call was made to Guam for urgently needed dextrose saline and as a result a US naval aircraft flew south to drop the package near the ship. It was quickly recovered by a lifeboat. All speed was then made for Truk, 360 miles awav Captain W. Pitcher taking the" vessel in through 11 miles of reefs without any detailed chart of the area - There an American doctor and nurse were waiting. The patient was lowered to a launch in a stretcher, and next day flown on to Guam for surgery, which was successful.

Timaru Star was back in Auckland from Japan in mid-October,

More Beepers

Not all the IGY beeping is to come from outer space. Some of it may emanate from well beneath the surface of the Pacific, and some more from radio-equipped buoys drifting on the surface.

The Russian research ship Vityaz, which called at Rabaul in July- August (photo Aug. PIM, p. 58), on the first of five oceanographic research voyages, was to anchor [?]e only photograph that has come this [?] of Robert Tomarchin, who became world- [?] us for a week, as the castaway on Hender- [?]s. The photo was taken in Tahiti; name [?]ampanion not known. (See story else- [?]e this issue).

Photo: Charles McPhee. 113 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957 iis Month's Shipping News (Continued from page 47)

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Manuia For The Captain

After 41 years at sea, 25 years with the Union Steam Ship Co., and the last six years in command of the 4,250-ton Matua in the NZ-Fiji- Tonga-Samoa passenger and fruit service, Captain John E. Broughton went ashore at Auckland in October to tend his flower garden, do a little fishing, and to generally order his affairs according to his own whims. A „ , Born in London, he went to Melbourne with his parents as a boy and first went to sea as an assistant purser with Huddart Parker & Co.

His introduction to the Islands and interesting years of meeting many Island personalities came when he joined the former Tofua as third officer in 1935. Between then and 1951 he served in various ships, including the pre-war transpacific “mail boats.”

Asked to pluck one memorable incident from his years in command of Matua, Captain Broughton r< marked that these, happily, wej mainly of a human rather tha nautical nature.

In this category he recalled! visit from a steward one mornii between Apia and Suva. A passeng particularly wished to see hii urgently. By all means, send hi up; and the passenger present 114

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Ater Taxis For Cruise

SHIP esumably because there are no table craft available at Port ssby and certain other anchorports, Matson Line is currently ding $56,000 on two water taxis >e carried by Lurline on her h Pacific cruise this Summer. two diesel-powered, 10-knot, ; steel craft will be equipped with 0 telephone installations for act with Lurline. They will be ipen barge type of craft with >-seats and canvas hood, wording to our figuring, at least -a-dozen such craft could have supplied by Australian or New and shipyards for that kind of ey (£A.25,000).. But placing orders Down Under would very ably involve the company in a )r maritime strike.

Business Voyage

le 47-ft motor fishing vessel nt Swan was preparing to leave Thames River, England, port 7 November for Auckland via ima and Island ports and would or sale en route or at destinailing as navigator on the third 1 delivery voyage—the others Richard & John, delivered to orne, NZ, in 1955, and Pagan r ered to Auckland last year—is ime “Pathfinder” pilot Graham i, of Sydney. gan will be remembered as beadriftt for three weeks in the dty of the Kermadecs en route i Papeete to Auckland, with no 3 and with engine broken down. ;he vessel was not expected in Uand the drift might have ;d unhappily, had the motor not tually responded to treatment brought the vessel safely to with all hands in hungry conm. le present craft is somewhat Her than the other MFV’s. so aboard Solent Swan is Major W. Ellery Anderson, described as an Antarctic explorer, and Messrs.

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Delivery was expected to take three months. The shareholders are hoping to show a profit on the enterprise.

Pagan found a purchaser in an Auckland fishing company, was converted to their purposes with a new motor, and later was badly damaged by fire but is again in service.

He Caught A Big One

With thoughts of the Flying Walrus hap still in mind, Captain A. C. Jones was not greatly surprised when one of the officers on the bridge of his 15,682-ton liner Corinthic (which first sighted Tomarchin on Henderson), reported a very small boat in sight in the vicinity of Rapa Island while bound from Panama to New Zealand recently. (Over> 115 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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Lose Pearl For Auction

lose Pearl, which was ordered to sold last month in Darwin (to isfy a claim of Dalgety and is) will be auctioned on Sheriff’s ers at 10,30 a.m. on November 23. his 700 tons vessel has been tied in Darwin for the last three aths. (PIM, October, p. 59). Capi Peter Stein and his wife have r flown back to America, but the v of 10, Chinese and Filipinos >tly, are stranded and destitute Darwin and are being fed by Red Cross and other organisais or helped out somewhat by the vs of other ships, hey have had no pay for months . the total amount now runs into te thousands of £’s. Under inlational maritime law, the crew have first claim to any amount t the vessel brings, he auction of Rose Pearl is causa certain amount of interest in them Australian States. How- •, the expense involved in getting to Darwin is likely to weed out all but the very keenest bidders at the outset.

Darwin is probably the worst port the former owner of Rose Pearl could have picked for his trouble, as another well-known Pacific shipowner, Captain Emile Savoie found so me months ago. When he purchased Damadora Del Mar in Western Australia, he made the journey to Sydney the long way, via Darwin with cargo. However, as there is very little berthing space in Darwin, he had to wait almost a month for a berth — during which time the pay of the full Australian crew, which local maritime unions had obliged him to carry, had to go on.

Japs Will Be Busy For

Years In P-Ng

The Japanese, who have proved themselves able to get things done in the matter of salvaging sunken ships in the islands, have announced a new series of operations designed to clean up the New Guinea coastline.

The Matsukura Salvage Company, of Tokio, will start at the end of this year on salvaging 32 ships, mostly Japanese, spread from Aitape to Kavieng. Ships range from 1,000 to 8,000 tons, and should yield at least £1 million Australian worth of scrap, according to a director of the firm, Mr, T. Okawa.

It’s likely to be the biggest salvage operation undertaken near Aus- Mr. Norman Thomas, owner-skipper of yacht "Coongoola" (PIM Oct., p. 107) at present in Sydney, with crewmember Bill Poeti of Nukualofa, extreme right, and Nairana Ormsley of NZ, centre. The photograph was taken at the Polynesian Club. —Tele Photos, Cammeray. 117 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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Australian salvage expert, Captain John Johnstone, travelled with Mr.

Okawa when he made a survey of some of the sunken vessels in October-November.

Ships Without Flags

Ships registered in the Trust Territory of New Guinea should be allowed to fly the Australian Ensign New Guinea Mainland member for the P-NG Legislative Council, Mr.

Dudley Jones told a Council meeting in Port Moresby in October.

He said at present Trust Territory ships had no right to fly any flag, and ship owners in the Territory “were considering registering their vessels in Panama”.

He added that one Territory ship, which he did not name, would soon be trading in Chinese waters, where there was a great danger to ships without a flag, and Australia should make some kind of regulation to fix this matter of a flag.

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Foiling The Beetle In

TONGA Jnder an amendment to the linoceros Beetle Regulations in nga, provision is now made for a uation where a vessel, lying at wharf, is unable to move out into 3 harbour before nightfall due to ather conditions. The regulations luired. all vessels to move out to chorage not less than a mile from id. [f this is impossible, for example, rough a strong wind preventing 3 manoeuvering of the vessel ay from the wharf, all hatches ist be battened down an hour fore dark and the vessel fully hted with all deck lights on, until hour after sunrise.

During this period the vessel is der absolute quarantine, with no rson coming ashore. The lighting of course, intended to attract y beetles which may already be deck and discourage them from ing ashore. The regulations apply all vessels arriving from infested jas, e.g., Fiji.

Ap Vessel On Toka Reef

Dne good way of pinpointing a if and so enhancing the science cartography is to get stranded it. This was the method adopted October 14 by the Japanese fish- ; vessel Taikomaru 16, on Toka ef, western extremity of Pukaia, outlier of the Cooks, rhe following day two other Japese vessels of similar type arrived assist in salvage attempts but i Taikomaru was still stuck fast hours later. )n the same day a Japanese fish- : craft was reported at nearby ssau, the captain and some of ; crew going ashore.

Nassau is a fertile little isle fifty les southeast of Pukapuka. now ned by the people of Pukapuka 3 regularly worked by them for )ra.

Phis is the second contact that rent labour gangs at Nassau have de with Japanese crews in recent nths —events that will be reded dramatically in song and ace when these people return to kapuka and foregather to perm their uapos at the LMS church, fhe island of Pukapuka now ns that name by official proclamation but is equally well known as Danger Island, so designated by Commodore Byron, HMS Dolphin, as of 1 1S reac^lons on June * n?'i „ Of Toka Reef, Byron wrote, “We saw innumerable rocks and shoals which stretched near two leagues into the sea, and were extremely dangerous.

Old Monterey Begins New

vv t’v.q locAn Tv/r +. weTl h known o 'on f well known on the trans-Pacific .v? th 6 nJ 6a + S prior t 0 the Pacific war, as Monterey, re-entered the company’s service on June 11 under the name Matsonia, operating with Lurline on the Pacific Coast-Honolulu run.

Just as the nost-war Mnnfprpu carried on the P old name so the completely rebuilt old takes over the name of a former vessel of the company.

Rejuvenated after years of idleness following war service, Matsonia completed trials at Newport News early in May and was officially handed over to Matson Line at N6^X^^ OI \ May 17 * * Matsonia s former sister-ship on trans-Pacific, the pre-war Mariposa, now sails the Atlantic as homenc under the Panamanian fl ?g and the ownership of Home Lines Inc

Another Fiji Stranding

Tim Hurley’s 42.7 tons gross weight Melanesia, went on to a reef 119 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1057

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Hebrides Vessel

jcording to the New Hebrides eminent newsletter (Sept, issue received) the small local tradvessel Dillons Bay had a narrow pe from a sticky end late Sepber. She was saved by the Coninium vessel Don Quixote, whose ter is Captain J. C. Barley, le engines of Dillons Bay had id off Devil’s Point and two ves swam ashore and walked for hours into Vila to report that was in danger of drifting onto rocks about half a mile inside 5 Bay. yn Quixote was the only vessel port with a speed capable of hing Dillons Bay before she was and within minutes of the call for assistance Captain Barley had put to sea.

When he reached the spot where the natives had swum ashore, there was no sign of Dillons Bay. After inspecting the coast thoroughly, Captain Barley began to believe that the vessel must have struck a reef and sunk immediately and he was preparing to return to Vila. However, a sharp-eyed member of his native crew sighted the mast of a drifting vessel as it rose to the crest of a wave, 12 miles out to sea.

Don Quixote set off in pursuit but was unable to catch up for an hour —by which time the captain of Dillons Bay had thrown overboard some of his cargo to lighten the vessel, which was taking in water badly.

Don Quixote took Dillons Bay in tow and both vessels reached Vila safely.

The incident, which ended happily in this event, nevertheless had all the makings of another Joyita or Arakarimoa sensation.

Long Tow Ends For Dutch

TUG The Australasian Petroleum Company’s new 120 tons barge (a more elaborate version of the war-time LST) arrived in Port Moresby on October 19 in tow to a Dutch tug, Witte Zee, of 328 tons.

The barge was built in the United Kingdom and will join two other Similar craft already being used by APC for carrying stores and equipment to field operation sites in Western Papua.

Barge Built In Brisbane

Just previously another oil prospecting company had taken delivery of a landing-craft—but this one had been built by a Brisbane shipyard.

Spick and span in green and white paint, gleaming chrome and polished brass, Tamona, the new landing craft owned by the Papuan Apinaipi Petroleum Company, left Brisbane for Port Moresby on September 25.

Tamona is of welded steel construction with totally enclosed tunnel stern tubes to protect the shafts, and is said to be the first of her type to be built in Brisbane since the war.

Her measurements are 68 ft length, 18 ft breadth and as she draws only 3 ft is an ideal craft for nosing her way up and down rivers.

She is the Company’s first landing craft and it is expected that she will be used for the transportation of men, drilling equipment and stores from Port Moresby as required. In addition, provision has been made below decks to carry bulk liquid fuel.

The designer-builder of the craft, Mr. Fred Ammerman, of the Power Manufacturing Marine Co., of Norman Park, Brisbane, said that 121 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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Te Vega Strikes Trouble!

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Te Vega, 242 tons passengei schooner, arrived Papeete fron Suva, Apia, and Pago Pago Sepi tember 29 after completing he; charter to the Dudley Film Cor poratibn which was shooting filn for Cinerama.

Between Pago Pago and Papeet: the mainsail ripped out and wai lost overboard. All that remains were the bolt ropes, mast hoops am ether gear securing the sail to thi mast, boom and gaff.

Prior to the accident, Te Vega hai encountered 5 or 6 hours of tor rential rain and the weight of thi water on the sail is believed to haw accentuated a weakness in thi canvas.

Captain Omer Darr, who owns T Vega, reported in Suva, in Sepc tember, that he will no longer maim tain a Honolulu-Papeete passenge connection.

In future, Te Vega, based a Papeete, will make each year thres voyages to Suva and five cruises to Bora Bora-Moorea-Raiatea-Raro tonga and back to Papeete, as we!: as some other inter-island cruisei; (See PIM, Oct.) The Darr family is shifting fron Honolulu to Papeete, where Etab lissements Donald are bookim agents for the vessel.

Ill-Luck Dogged Voyage!

Tiare Taporo was dogged by a ru:i of bad luck on her voyage fron Papeete to Tuamotus and Marquesas in August. This old schooner, we> known in Cook Is.-Tahiti ares: was built in Auckland manr years ago by the late Chari© Bailey, remembered as builder o many fine craft formerly, am 122 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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On board for this particular trip as Mr. G. V. Cornwell, retired anager of the Ford Motor Co. of iieensland. The Tiare’s first call as made at Takaroa, and then i to Fatu Hiva. Between Fatu Iva and Hiva Oa, the main boom oke and was almost carried away.

After leaving Hiva Oa, the mate, r. T. V. Nagle, took ill and, on riving at Nuka Hiva was in such •or condition that he was put hore for medical attention. Hower, this was of no assistance and i died, presumably from a heart ndition, 12 hours later.

At the request of relatives, the dy was brought back to Papeete r burial.

The third and final incident curred while the vessel was en ute to Oa Huka when, in a spell extremely rough weather, when ie of the ship’s boats was carried r ay. The vessel returned to Papeete September 24.

News of Cruising Yachts • TE MATANGI, 35-ft Honolulu tch, manned by Jack and Jacque rguson, was reported in September be preparing to clear that port r Auckland, NZ, via way ports. • NOVIA, 34-ft ketch, with Lee id Anne Gregg, of San Diego; TTLE BEAR, 36-ft, San Franco ketch, with Buz and June lampion, FLYING WALRUS, 36ketch, from Westview, BC, with e now famous Wells couple oard, and WHITE HART, Tony eves’ 48-ft ketch-rigged, salmon herman from Victoria, BC, were at Rarotonga at the end of September. LITTLE BEAR had arrived 45 days out of Sydney direct—a long jump for a small craft. The Champions were heading for Honolulu and home. Rarotonga Customs Dept, reported this yacht as the 13th to call this year and this was the first occasion since 1921, when records commenced, that four overseas yachts had been in port together. FLYING WALRUS cleared for Auckland on October 10, and WHITE HART cleared for the same port with eight paying Cook Islanders aboard, on October 20. (See elsewhere this issue). (See page 125). • MARCO POLO, of Auckland, unsold at Suva, and back in her home port after her world cruise, had a price ticket of £NZ 1,900 on her in October. (See also p. 125). • NINA, of Auckland, second in the Auckland-Suva Race last year, arrived home on October 25 after cruising eastward to Tonga, French Oceania, the Cooks and Samoa before returning to Suva. With owner J. Moody, on arrival at Auckland, were R. Spragg, B. Quirke, and E.

Vowles. The run south took 17 days with some bad weather. • AST RID, of Auckland, with Mr. and Mrs. L, Panther aboard, arrived at Whangarei, NZ, October 28, 23 days out of Suva. Some 10-ft was lost from a mast on the plug south.

The 24-footer had visited Tongan and Fiji islands since sailing mid- May. • KOCHAB, with Dr. John Franklen-Evans and Eric Pammet aboard, made Auckland on October 18 from Vavau. Built in England for Dr. Franklen-Evans, who formerly cruised the Pacific in Stortebecker 111, in 1952-54, Kochab left England in time to enter last July’s Trans-Pacific Race (Los Angeles-Honolulu) but was unplaced. Heading thence for Auckland, calls were made only at Apia and Vavau. The yacht will remain in Auckland waters indefinitely. « FITHEACH BAN, attractive 85ft schooner which Captain C.

Watchlin, of Auckland, brought from European waters through Panama and down through the Islands in 1952-53, has been sold in Sydney to Captain A. D. Tregida, of Nelson, NZ, and will return to that port.

The new owner is planning a world cruise so the yacht may again be seen in Islands waters. • JEN CO 11, previously reported as Jenko, reached Napier, NZ, from Norway, on October 17, 70 days out of Egersund and non-stop under sail and power from Panama. As earlier surmised, this fishing craft was delivered for Mr. Jens Jensen, who came out by the same route with his family in Jenco (number 1), in 1954-55. JENCO II was delivered by a Norwegian skipper— name not given in any press report sighted—assisted by two Napier boys, Jim Bothwell and David Dempsey.

The skipper caused some excitement in the North Sea in the early stages of the voyage when he decided to cruise in circles to the anxiety of the crew who called for assistance over the radio. When the cause of the circles was found, normal courses were made for the remainder of the voyage. The crew members were reluctant to discuss the circles and affirmed that Jenco II had since been a happy ship, when they arrived at Napier. • WANDERER, winner of Auck- 123 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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Cable Address: “Butterfly” 5) U1I3I5) [?fUO ‘IBEX” BRAND. id-Suva Race last year, removed m her moorings and beached in jtember, causing £330 damage and vage fees, brought a sentence three years probation to a young stralian in an Auckland Court in tober. There was no evidence that i offender really planned to “go ces” in the yacht. * AGNES, of England, trading ch of 100 tons deadweight, 70overall, and 135 years of age, tviy making her way towards ;kland from Appledore, which she ired last May 4, was in the West lies in October and may now be the Pacific. Owner-skipper stair Barr, a qualified merchant ry officer, aged 33, selected 18 sons from a large number of dicants as a result of an adtisement offering passages at D per head with no refunds for nbers tiring en route, to as far Papeete, and then an additional per head for those who wished continue on to Auckland, mongst those selected were eight nen. Barr plans to operate the 3h in the Islands after deliver his human freight to Auckland, jre have been technical hitches route, with a few abandoning Ir fares and some others joinand with Agnes’ gear causing iety at times, but there appears )e little doubt that skipper Barr make the distance.

WANDERER IPs wanderings ;he Pacific several years ago are .ted in “White Cliffs To Coral fs,” recently published in Eng- -1 Australian dentist Bill Howell sed from Falmouth to Victoria, via French Oceania and Hawaii. * yacht was nearly lost in a blow Papeete. His excursion into literaj will be of interest to at least person there.

SCOLOPAX, of England, which reported as clearing for the ific a year ago with the Elverfamily aboard, seems to have i side-tracked. This 38-footer reported at Houston, Texas in r, with no mention of an Island JESSICA, of Honolulu, arrived k at that port from Papeete on tember 24.

NOV lA, 34-ft San Diego ketch, med by Lee and Anne Gregg, Drding to a later report, was to lock in Pago Pago to make x>m repairs, then head for Suva.

MARCO POLO, 12 days out of a, arrived at Russell, NZ, on Oc- }r 4, thus completing a round- ■world voyage which commenced July 18, 1954.

WHITE HART, Tony Reeve’s 't fishing ketch from Victoria, doubling back towards Auck- -1 from Papeete, arrived at Raro- ?a on September 22. Also aboard: s Pauline Scott, of Rarotonga, Mrs. Elizabeth McFee, of liti. • NORDLYS, of San Francisco, owned by Walter Johnson (TIARE MAORI) departed Papeete on the afternoon of October 4, bound for Rarotonga. However, owing to her starboard main topmast spreader giving way she put back on the following morning. Repairs were effected and she departed again on the afternoon of October 7. On board for the trip where skipper Stan McDade, four Tahitian crewmen, Daryl Shields, American businessman, of Papeete, and Harrison Burke, Tahiti representative of Kendall Oil. • ALTAIR’s owner, E. C. (Slim) Lambert, returned to Honolulu from Papeete per TEAL and PAA in October, owing to business commitments. (PIM, Oct., p. 107). Mr, Lambert operates the Voyager, a. forward cruise-boat operating in and around Honolulu harbour. Crew "Rose Pearl", to be auctioned in Darwin. (See page 117). 125 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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General Merchants (Wholesale & Retail) & Shipowners Importers & Exporters Branches Throughout the Marquesas Islands ASSOCIATE HOUSES: A. B. Donald, Ltd., Auckland. N.Z.; A. B. Donald, Ltd., Rarotonga, Cook Is.; Dominion Fruit Co., Suva, Fiji.

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Agents and Distributors for: FRANCE: Hennessy Cognacs; Marie Brizard & Roger Liqueurs; Charles Hiedsleck Champagnes: Gruber Beer.

NEW ZEALAND: Vacuum Oil Co. (N.Z.), Ltd., Petroleum Products.

SWEDEN: Hjorth & Co., Primus Stoves; Elektrolux Refrigerators & Motors.

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

U.S.A.: General Steamship Corp.; Radio Corp. of America; Brown & Williamson, Ltd.; Cigarettes: Lucky; Strike, Wings; Champion Spark Plug Co.; Steelcote Paints & Lacquers; Remington Rand Inc.

ENGLAND: Reckitt & Coleman (Overseas), Ltd.; Hercules Bicycles; The Bank Line, Ltd.; The Shaw Savill & Albion Company, Ltd.

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DEMKA AGENCIES m LiMim 2-12 Carrington Street, Sydney, Australia member Len Leary departed on October 13 on the Mariposa for Auckland, thence Honolulu by PAA; Larry Garrett intends returning by the same route on the next Monterey, and A 1 Quintara is staying on in Tahiti for the time being. Present arrangements are for the boat to be sailed back by Jerry Ralston (ex Jessica), and a scratch crew sometime in January • VARUA, with owner William A.

Robinson aboard, arrived Papeete on September 29. The boat has been slipped and re-coppered after her lengthy cruise on a private scientific expedition. (We have heard a report that “the beautiful Ah You”, who was the heroine of Robinson’s recently published book, To the Great Southern Sea, died some time ago). • HARFRUEN 111, owned by Group-Captain (Ret’d) Carr and Mrs. Carr, arrived in Papeete on October 6. Also on board are S.

Cunningham-Brown, Mrs. Christine Eyre, Michael Bragg and George, a West Indian seaman, Papeete is the end of the cruise for both Mrs.

Eyre and Mr. Cunningham-Brown, the former is a veterinary surgeon and is returning to England; and the latter, a retired colonial servant, intends going to Malaya, where he was stationed for many years.

Harfruen 111 has made a very extensive cruise of the West Indies, and on leaving the Canal Zone planned to visit the Galapagos but was forced to abandon this plan because of adverse weather. Accordingly, sail was set for the Marquesas and, after 23 days under a steady SE breeze, Hira Oa was sighted.

Other stops in the group were at Tao Hauta and Nuka Hiva. The Carrs’ intended making a quick trip through the Society Group, then on to the Cooks and Tonga and Auckland, NZ —all before Christmas.* • CELESTE 16, of Balboa, Can Zone, owned by Richard Cosmos ai accompanied by Bill Poindexter, i Texas, arrived in Papeete on O tober 10 via Galapagos and Tin motus. Cosmos and his companit have for the past 3 years be employed in the Canal Zone. T 1 vessel, 42 ft x 11 ft 6 in. x 6 ft 6 r 126 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

How Your far can you Trust Executor ?

Anyone who appoints a private Executor can have only the foggiest idea of his duties. Honesty and commonsense will not take him very far. Executorship demands a professional knowledge of probate, finance and management. There is always the danger, too, that sickness, accident, old age, or absence from the islands, will prevent him from even attempting to tackle this unwanted responsibility.

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Telegraphic Address: “BURNSTRUST”. Box 543, G.l Also Registered Offices at Melbourne, Brisbane, Port Moresby ( Papua ), and Vila (New Hebrides). f unusual construction. She is iff-headed double-ender cutter pied by Murray & Watts and by Lytle Brothers, Hawthorn, iornia, or armour-plate nickel as is used in the construction S Navy vessels. This, the owner s. has special anti-corrosive [ties. The auxiliary is a 78-hp ules diesel fitted with a 11:1 reion gear and gives a speed, r power, of 6 knots. Among v items of equipment are a i. ft electric refrigerator, 32lighting plant, pressurised r system and an electric wc.

Cosmos originally intended a lengthy cruise and the vessel fitted out accordingly. However, g to a change in plans, the t now intends to proceed to via the Cook Islands, dispose ie vessel there and return to Canal Zone by normal transition.

SOLQUEST (length 38 ft 9 in., l 11 ft, draft 5 ft 6 in., sail area q ft), cleared Papeete on Seper 24 to continue her cruise to •ica via Moorea, Huahine, tea and Bora-Bora under the fie handling of Len and Joyce es. th their two children (aged 8 j), they planned emigration to ica. However, they reckoned ait the enchantment of Tahiti, it seems likely they will be reng to Tahiti (according to .ong other things, he is a fie artist, and is a member and Executive Council member of Tasmanian Art Society. He an exhibition of water-colours is arrival in America.

VENTURER: Arrived Sydney November from Suva, Fiji, owners John and Peggy Bourke d. They married in Honolulu ily and this is a honeymoon They expected to spend six hs in Australia and return to JS by South Africa. [?]ttled Phosphate tie full expectation that no new ibstantial source of rock phoshate will be found in the ic Islands to replace the iling Ocean - Nauru - Makatea es, agricultural scientists are ng on ways of making more ;nt use of the phosphate availsaid Mr. E. J. Fawcett, Directorral of Agriculture, at a conferin New Zealand in October.

Fawcett indicated that ennew methods of utilising the hate might soon be introduced, that the processed product [ probably appear in liquid r than in powdered form, which : be more readily and efficiassimilated by plants.

At left, "Harfruen III", owned by Group-Captain and Mrs. Carr. And right, NZ yacht "Miranda", owned by J. O'Donnell and P. Nelson. Yachts are shown at Papeete (see story). 127 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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Although the New Hebrides Administration is at long last trying to round up rifles and guns held by natives, restriction on the sale of firearms and ammunition will hit the public purse as customs duty can be as much as 100 per cent, on ammunition. 1 seems strange that the Condomium Government should begin a drive at this stage. Fully years ago an Australian, A. J. rshall, wrote a book called Black sketeers, which high-lighted the >arently unrestricted sale of fireis to New Hebrideans by traders I others. t is known that the Hebridean sion of Cargo-Cult, the Jon Frum vement, is by no means dead I this may be the purpose behind sudden move, he arms round-up is unlikely to very successful, if only for the t that there is no mention of r compensation to the native lers, who in some cases have ■ked on plantations for six nths earning sufficient to purse good rifles, which are used inly for shooting wild pigs, lecause the average rifle owner such a poor shot, ammunition been a major import.

OT much is heard about the “Jon Frum” movement these days, but Captain Irving Johnfigured in one of its maniations when he called at Santo the north in the course of his ;st round-the-world cruise in ikee some months ago. i a letter to the Seven Seas ising Association, Captain Johnmentioned that, while anchored the island one night a strange kage was tossed aboard Yankee n a canoe which came alongside.

Tie package contained lengthy > of the names of natives who I worked at local American itary bases during the war, and i a long and very mixed-up sage concerning the Jon Frum cement, and a protest that ives should be punished by the irts for molesting European nen when European men so in molested native women, aptain Johnson concluded that i material was thrown aboard so t it would eventually be pubed in the United States, arlier, in the southern islands, itain Johnson got the impression t most of the 8,000 natives of ma are staunch Jon Frummers. hey have abandoned the istian Missions, taken to exiingly heavy kava drinking, and awaiting the arrival of huge erican ships loaded with manured goods to be handed out ;he followers.

Yankee, flying the American flag, caused great excitement in this area, especially when it became known that the captain’s name was John-son.

Captain Johnson writes: “We could have taken orders and collected all the money on the island with no trouble at all. They considered all our protests against the Jon Frum movement as just a cover-up for something big about to happen. . . Since leaving we have heard the wildest rumours concerning their reconstruction of our visit and what it all meant. A more mixed-up people would be hard to find.

“Their heavy kava drinking is one of the most revolting practices we have come across. Every afternoon many boys and men are required to chew up kava root, spitting out the pasty mess onto a leaf until there is quite a pile. Then some water is added and the pithy, fibrous part separated from the muddy looking liquid by hands which get partially washed in the process.

Then the recipient gulps down the whole brown soapy mess on the spot. This procedure repeated a few times in quick order leaves the drinker a shaking, stupified animal unable to rise.”

Kava, of course, is non-alcoholic, although prolonged indulgence can produce other effects—just as a longbetel-nut jag can turn a New Guinea native into a good imitation of a Zombie.

What Captain Johnson has to say about the Tannese bears out what a medical officer reported from 129 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTH I, T NOVEMBER, 1957

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The pre-European method of ms mg kava all over the East* Pacific was to chew it up, but si: the European idea of hygiene ] been grafted onto the Polynesi he now pounds it up, and village-virgins are no longer cal upon to do the job. Such ne tangled ideas have apparently : yet reached Tanna, one of islands of Melanesian New Hebri which group is the Western-m limit of the kava-drinking custoi Papua Might Have Vast Cattle Industry 4 VAST area of land in the sou west corner of Papua is latest spot thought to g i promise of supporting a large-sc meat industry in the Territory.

A survey party from the P-] Agricultural Dept, is now in area—the 3,600-mile Trans-Fly c trict between the Fly River, Dutch border and the Torres Sti coast—to test its prospects for lar scale cattle raising.

The party will be away months and is being directed the department’s Chief of Anir Husbandry, Mr. Jim Marley. 1 party expects to use an airstrip ing put down at Balimo.

There are large sections of gras lightly-timbered plateau land in area, and the natives are primiti growing food for their own newith little provision for emergen The rainfall is good, but it’s i known whether there is a go supply of permanent drinking wat A Port Moresby report says 1 Administration is impressed by 1 fact that the area would have advantage in being so close to 1 Australian mainland, should an » port meat industry eventually built up.

Cattle have been successfu raised in several areas of Papu New Guinea since the war, but th«. are no schemes in operation that c be called large-scale in comparis with Australian beef raising. T Atkinson cattle station near Gus;i NG, is of about 22,000 acres H is not yet fully stocked. t The Auckland Town Hall w engaged in October for the 2! birthday party of Eikura Lou Henry, daughter of Mr. and Mt G. R. Henry, formerly of the Co; Islands. About 500 guests wc entertained at a traditional Co; Islands umukai. It was the fi:i occasion that the Town Hall he been engaged for a Cook Islam party, though Samoan function have been previously held there. 130

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Some observers hoped that one of his ideas would be to try and float a development loan from the World Bank, but if so, nobody revealed it.

The Deputy Prime Minister made the trip with Lady Fadden, his daughter, Elizabeth, the Australian Health Minister, Dr. D. A. Cameron, and his wife, and a party of public servants.

Among the things he did were: Open the half-million pound native wing of a nerw hospital on the Taurama Road, at Port Moresby; had a look at some “secret rites and sorcery ceremonial” plus a mock battle and mock wedding at Goroka, in the Eastern Highlands; looked over the natives at Wabag; met the Chinese in Rabaul; made the grand tour of the Commonwealth plywood factory at Bulolo. [?]a [?]ellers [?]ber travellers [?] Auckland per [?]" included (left [?]t): Mr. and Mrs. [?]elg and baby [?] Reid, bound [?]o Apia. The Rev. [?] Herbert return- [?]o Suva after [?] treatment in [?]ealand. Detective [?]letau and Miss [?]ancock bound for [?]ofa. [?]tos: J. P. Shortall. 131 I: F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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"And the Aluminium Limited organisation has played a leading role in making aluminium so plentiful?” ‘Well, read the paragraph below, if you don’t believe me."

The Aluminium Limited Group of Companies is one of the major world suppliers of aluminium. Their farsighted expansion programme has been a vital factor in overcoming the shortage of this important metal.

The smelting plants of the Aluminum Company of Canada Ltd., principal fully owned subsidiary of Aluminium Limited, are sited near vast hydro-electric generators. To the huge plants at Arvida and in the Saguenay area and at Kitimat, ocean freighters bring cargoes of bauxite and other raw materials needed for aluminium production. From these centres the world is supplied with ingots of purity as high as 99.99%.

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HOW to get on with your New Guinea native servant—for his benefit and yours’’, is the theme of a booklet to be published this month in Port Moresby.

Called, A Guide To Neyjcomers To Papua-New Guinea, the booklet has been written by “A Port Moresby Housewife”, and profit from the sale of the first issue will go to the Country Women’s Association, Port Moresby branch.

And there should be no doubt that the valuable little book will sell. It is just the thing needed in the Territory, and especially in Port Moresby, where every ship and aircraft these days brings in newcomers, anrious to set up house for a year or two, 'before returning south to live in luxury—it is generally assumed —on the tax-free profits.

It is a little surprising such a book hasn’t been produced before, but “Port Moresby Housewife” —in reality Mrs. W. Wyatt—is certainly competent to do the job.

The Guide explains about the problems of Territory shopping, food and health requirements, climate, insect pests and reptiles (“there are taipans in Port Moresby”), recreation, transport— and the houseboy.

Many of the local references are to Port Moresby, but the general theme is applicable to the whole of the Territory.

Some of the points in the Guide cn how to get along with the boy Include: GIVING ORDERS. They should be given in simple English, able to be understood by an eight or nine-year-old. Mother alone should give household instructions, to prevent confusion.

DRESS. Housewives shouldn’t walk about half-dressed, and shouldn’t wear shorts and revealing sun tops in the house or garden. Shorts for tennis are different because the native passes the custom off as “fashion of the white man’’. Natives are modest themselves, and have learned to recognise a standard of European behaviour. Any departure by individual housewives can be misunderstood.

RESPONSIBILITY. Mothers of young families shouldn’t pass on the responsibility of their children to nurse girls. The Papuans haven’t the same social background or training as Europeans.

BE FAIR. Servants should be treated fairly, with promises kept.

The relationship should be a partnership, with the native, too, learning that he is paid to do certain work and must give fair value.

The author of the Guide points TH FROM RAROTONGA: Passengers arriv- [?] Auckland from the Cook Islands in [?]r included: [?]ER: Mr. Milton McDonald (right) and [?]S. Yates (next), met by Mr. and Mrs. [?]hwell, formerly of Rarotonga. Mr. Ash- [?]lolds Terry Yates. [?]DIE; Government auditors C. A. Brosna- [?]nd M. L. Lascelles, back after checking [?]ook Islands Administration's books. [?]ER; Mrs, T. Poona was meeting Mr. [?]rs. R. Naylor, all of Aitutaki.

Photos: J. P. Shortall. 133 DIFIC ISLANDS M O N T H L Y N O V E Iff B E R , 1857

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out, in one of many intelligent r ferences to native-European r lationships, that there seems to growing up among the native peoj the habit of classifying Europeai While some are referred to Taubada or Masta, and Sinabai others are referred to simply “white man”—and the same clasi fication applies to women.

“It is really up to us to earn t title of Sinabada or Taubada, a see that we keep it”, says the Gui i The author, Mrs. Wyatt, lives the Port Moresby suburb of Boro] and has been in the Territory sir 1911 when, as a small child, s arrived with her parents. As M Jessie Hart, she married Mr. I Wyatt in Port Moresby in 1931.

There are four generations Harts in Port Moresby—Mrs. Wyal father, Mr. W. J. Hart, is still resident at the age of 85. M Wyatt herself has three children She takes a close interest in co] munity affairs.

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TAT was inaugurating a regu, passenger service to Waiheke Islai out in Hauraki Gulf, with its smi little Grumman Widgeon amphibii which is a prominent feature Auckland’s skies these days.

The Grumman is likely to sighted splashing ashore a clambering up any sandy bea within a long cooee of Aucklai as it goes about its charter bu ness.

When not delivering Americ tourists from a Matson ship to ! game fishing grounds in the : north or Lake Rotorua, out on fishery patrol flight for the Mar: Department, or hurrying son isolated casualty or maternity Ci to an Auckland hospital, the Grui man is now the only inhabitant the once busy TEAL flying-boat bn at Mechanics Bay, Auckland.

The aircraft has just been fit 1 with an expensive stretcher for \ carriage of casualties —over 70 su have been brought in from outly; places since TAT began operatic two years ago.

To cope with expanding businc TAT will have the use of a Cessn 180 amphibian this summer handle local pleasure flights, wli the Widgeon does the more serio business and makes the more dists flights. 134 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHI

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Indian Suva City Councillor Ar. S. M. Bidesi, had a precari- >us hold in his ward, Muanikau; lat, with an election drawing , certain land transactions of probably quite innocent—asd a significance that, apparently, sht him into disfavour. At any he suffered a resounding deat he polls on October 26. . Bidesi was interested in the nase of a block of land in his d, comprising one rood 26 les. The documents at the [ Titles Office showed that 114 ms were named as the new ts of the land, land-owners, they would have entitled to vote in the elections, .ded the Returning Officer was ied in time to place their names le roll. They might have voted £r. Bidesi.

'0 days before the rolls closed, sale of the land to the 114 ms was announced in the local e announcement said that two le new owners were policemen. >olice Commissioner (Mr. R. H. T.

Lmont), made an inquiry and unced that the police concerned j nothing about it. He said the names of the police had recorded on the documents Dut their consent . e stir that this caused resulted ;he non-transfer of the 114 le to that roll. wever, if all the 114 had voted *lr. Bidesi, they would not have i him from defeat. In a threeered poll he secured only 44 \ out of 394 cast, brother, Mr. C. P. Bidesi, was also a candidate for the council, in the Samabula Ward. The publicity about Mr. S. M. Bidesi did not affect him—he was re-elected.

Apart from the Bidesi incident, there was little interest in the Council elections.

Dr. C. M. Gopalan, a Councillor since 1941, was returned in the Suva ward with a majority of 232 over Mr. Shankar Pratap.

The two retiring European Councillors, Crs. C. A. Stinson and S. G.

Gould, were returned unopposed, The Europeans in Suva appear always ready to criticise the Council and its activities, but few of them are prepared to serve as Councillors. passenger list of October "Maui Pomare" [?] A uckland Cook Islands run, included; [?] Miss Louisa Hosking, who will train [?] nurse in New Zealand, Miss Agnes Hos- [?] and Mr. and Mrs. W. HosMng. Mr.

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Photos: J. P. Shortall. 135 5 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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committee recommended reion of liquor laws so that all be allowed to consume beer >ut the need to obtain a permit, that only those in possession Decial permits be allowed to ; liquor other than beer. ;el proprietors, of course, prethe obvious objection that at periods it would be difficult >revent permit-holders from ptitiously passing spirits back ends. ; committee has recommended if experience proves the hotel sees’ contention, the Liquor lance be amended to require ees to set aside a separate room, er parlour, in which beer only je served; and to make it an :e for any person who does not a spirit permit, to enter a 3 bar. s system, of course, will only ablish “discrimination”, which 5 very system the new Ordinis planned to avoid, suggestion that Fijians be ed to buy beer by the bottle, ;ake it away, could mean that ■ will get into the villages, inevitably would lead to women ming alcoholic liquor. m now, the morals and general cter of some Fijian women are undermined by the use of ■ and methylated spirit. In Fijian women have been d up by police patrols in a of hopeless drunkenness.

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IE startling stories about the ehaviour of the Fijian rugby xffball team, during its recent of New Zealand, are creeping into the Colony—and all stem a improper consumption of ol by the Fijians.

Darently, the Fiji Rugby Union ed to make a decision reng the consumption of : before the team left. The manager (Mr. J. W. Ackroyd) :ompletely against allowing the to have any beer. The tour iger (Ratu Penaia Ganilau), ;ed a somewhat different atti- , Ackroyd (who is headmaster va Boys’ Grammar School), red that the results of drinking he team were “catastrophic”, aid the tour was a “ghastly e”, and anything but the sportnd social success it was claimed story current in Suva is that resident of the NZ Rugby Union W. Birdsall) had threatened jommend that the tour be canl because of the misbehaviour e team.

The president of the Fiji Rugby Union (Mr. Maurice Scott) was asked if this was mentioned in the reports presented by the two managers. Mr, Scott said it was not. He did say, however, that it had been mentioned at a meeting of the management committee.

The managers recommended according to Mr. Scott, that some players should not be sent on tour again. This recommendation no doubt stemmed from the trouble over drunkenness.

Another report is that Mr. Ackroyd “apprehended” two players who had left their hotel without permission, and that they assaulted him.

Temperamental Peculiarity

THIS all points to the claim that the Fijian just cannot “hold his liquor”—it is unnecessary to draw any comparisons with people of other races. The trouble lies in a temperamental peculiarity of the lovable Fijian people.

The Government, undoubtedly, is trying to (a) find a solution to a problem created by the impact of other races upon a people who, in less than 100 years, have come from a comparative Stone Age to Western civilisation, and (b) remove the resentment that the Indian people feel at the kind of racial discrimination which appears to exist in the liquor-permit system.

Experienced commentators say that, in setting up a Committee (which did not include experts— except for two Fijian chiefs, who should know their own people), the Government was only toying with the problem.

It seems certain that, if the Government’s present proposals are approved by the Legislative Council, the Commissioner of Police (Mr.

R. H. T. Beaumont), will have to ask for an increase in the number of police. Also, heavier penalties will have to be provided for drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

The bedlam that reigns now in areas near the Suva hotels, on pay nights, has to be heard to be believed.

No one envies the Government its task of trying to find a liquorcontrol system that may be applied successfully in Fiji. 137 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957 : iji Drinking Permits (Continued from page 20)

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Commission's 17th Session THE Senior New Zealand Coir missioner, Mr. C. G. R. McKa| was the Chairman of this (tl 17th) Session of the South Pacif Commission: and there was a foi midable agenda. It included tl selection and appointment of Secretary-General, and plans for tf implementation of the 45 recorr mendations of the Review Confei ence of April-May, 1957.

The general purpose of the Coir mission, and a review of its achieve ments and its possibilities, were s< out in a valuable statement by tt Chairman, at the opening of tt Session.

Mr. McKay welcomed members < delegations who were there for th first time—Sir John Collins, D Bergsma, Governor Coleman, M Shackleton, Mr. Peachey, Mr. Dar and Mr. Rennie. remember with affection an good wishes those who have left r in —the past year, especially Di Keesing, who was Senior Coir missioner for the United States froi the inception of the Commission said Mr. McKay. “He has enriche us all, and the lives of many other by a rare knowledge of the people of the Pacific. We remember als cur former Finance Officer, Ham Vincent, who was a warm friend.

“This year we meet in hopefr circumstances.

“It has been said truly that th operation of the Commission is matter for interpretation by th Governments that provide it. More over, it is good sense for them t say what they expect of the Com mission. They have done so.

“Their representatives met at Car berra last May and agreed to 4 recommendations, of which 45 hav been adopted by all of the six Gov ernments.

“There is to be some re-directio; of effort, and revision of method Precise ways for achieving this hav been stated with realism and clarit;: The Comrtfission meets now wit) fresh definitions on which to bas its work.

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“TJEYOND the immediate circles o 1J those who are associated wifi the South Pacific Commission,, believe there is still a certain vague ness as to what it is supposed tf SPC Meets for 17th Sessio (Continued from Page 21)

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'he principal task of the Cornion is to assist, by recomdation and technical advice, are measures for the people of b of the Pacific Islands. Yet, n, almost every Administration ic Pacific has long been receivmuch greater assistance, each i its own metropolitan Governt, or in other ways.

'hus, the activities of a regional 1 in this part of the world are large—for the fortunate reason much is done in other ways, iven so, there are fields where t effort is useful, while interion a 1 co-operation promotes jrstanding and goodwill. In eight s of working experience, the mission has found that it can lelpful, mainly in three ways: "By bringing people together, three-yearly South Pacific Conice is established in public •oval. It widens horizons of ight and friendly relations, both the Islands representatives who attend it, and for all whose pleasant duty it is to serve the peoples of the aptly-named Pacific Islands.

“The Research Council also is a unique institution for the interchange of Islands experience between its members. We shall consider a proposal that it be modified, but other meetings of similar kind are suggested: in fact, thirteen in the next three years—probably more than either the Territories or the Commission can manage. • “There is research into certain common problems. Our Governments have laid down practical conditions about research. I believe these conditions are being met in the research problems on which the Commission is at present engaged, if we think of the work being done on filariasis and the rhinoceros beetle. • “There is technical assistance and advice. It is particularly this function that I wish to suggest for your attention, because constant thought is needed to determine that the Commission’s advice is useful, and able to be applied.

“When the Commission provides advice, its commodity is words. We know that many of the everyday needs of the Islands require no deep solutions, and that every administrator often has more than enough words of advice on what to do. The need is to get it done.

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The Delegations

E six nations were represented as follows: AUSTRALIA I. R. Halligan (Adviser to Minister for ritories); and Sir John Collins, KBE, CB jh Commissioner of Australia in NZ). nates: Messrs. C. H. Cox (Department of ritories, Canberra); R. A. Peachey (Department of External Affairs, Canberra); and Dr.

J. R. Cumpston (Australian Consul, Noumea).

FRANCE M. R. Lassalle-Sere (Inspector-General of Overseas France, Dakar); and M. R. Pons (Chief of the Bureau of the New Hebrides, Wallis and Futuna Islands, and External Affairs, Noumea).

NETHERLANDS Mr. J. A. van Beuge (New Guinea Division, Ministry of Overseas Affairs, The Hague); and Dr. Th. P. Bergsma (Netherlands Consul- General, Sydney).

Alternates: Dr. A. Loosjes (Government Secretary, Hollandia).

New Zealand

Mr. C. G. R. McKay (formerly Secretary of Island Territories, Wellington).

Alternate: Mr. A. 0. Dare (Resident Commissioner, Niue).

Adviser; Mr. P. K. Edmonds (Department of External Affairs, Wellington).

United Kingdom

Sir John Gutch, KCMG, OBE (High Commissioner for the Western Pacific); and Mr. H. H. Vaskess, CMB, OBE (formerly Chief Secretary, Western Pacific High Commission).

Alternate: Mr. J. S. Rennie, OBE (British Resident Commissioner, New Hebrides).

United States

Dean Knowles A. Ryerson (College of Agriculture, University of California); and Hon.

Peter T. Coleman (Governor of American Samoa).

Advisers: Dr. Arthur S. Osborne (International Health Representative, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington); Miss Edna H. Barr (Office of Dependent Area Affairs, Department of State, Washington)/ Mr. Robert -G. Shack leton (Vice-Consul, American Consulate, Noumea).

Principal Officers Of Commission

Secretary-General Dr. Ralph Clairon Bedell.

Executive Officer for Health: Dr. E. Massal.

Executive Officer for Economic Developments Dr. A. H. J. Kroon.

Executive Officer for Social Development: Dr.

Richard Seddon. 141 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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Mr. A. E. Wey (right) and Mr. G. R. Ric[?] son. Mr. Wey had just completed a 12-[?] holiday in Australia and Mr. Richardson, [?] has spent 37 years in New Guinea, had [?] in the UK and on the Continent for these [?] seven months.

Miss Beryl Stait (right) being farewells Miss Dawn Windred prior to her departurn[?] Port Moresby.

Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Ord, Territorians[?] 1935, who were returning to Rabaul. [?] Ord is with the Copra Marketing Board. [?] 142 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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HAYNES , Herbert E. Haynes, who died months ago at his Sydney , was well known in the ion Islands and Papua in the 1920’5. ween 1920 and 1924 he was with Survey Department at Tulagi, ; and between 1924 and 1926 e Vailala River, Gulf of Papua, il fields accountant with the Guinea Oil Co. Ltd. is company was the first prioil prospecting company to ,te in Papua, and two relatives r. Bert Haynes, the late R. S. es and Mr. L. T. Haynes, made first applications to drill for lere in 1923. The first well was at Hohoro—since one scene 5 C operations.

Bert Haynes was on the staff le NSW Housing Commission e time of his death.

I. Moreton Willmott

; death occurred on October n South Australia, of Mr. ton Willmott, aged 67. was a well-known resident of Guinea before the war, arrivhere as a police officer in the 30’s. He later resigned and nd his wife ran the Pacific for a number of years. Since the war they have lived in Sydney.

Mr. Willmott, who had been in ill-health for several years, is survived by his wife, Ramola.

Mr. Lan Loudon

Papua lost one of its most progressive and popular planters on November 2, when lan Loudon, of Sogeri, died in a car crash near the Kokoda Monument. The car, which he was driving, plunged over a lowlevel concrete bridge into the Laloki River, landing upside down.

Mr. Loudon, 36, had a brilliant war record. He was a Spitfire pilot in England in 1940, was promoted Wing-Commander in Australia at the age of 23, and later joined the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy.

He won the DFC and was mentioned in despatches.

Mr. Loudon in the last few years created special interest with the successful introduction of cattle into his rubber plantation, running the risks experienced by those attempting new industries.

The P-NG Assistant Administrator, Dr. John Gunther, said in a tribute to the late Mr. Loudon, “He was a fine man, and a visionary. His death is a tragic loss to this country,”

He left a widow and two sons.

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Letter To The Editor

Credit to R. W. Paine My attention has been drawn to an article in your September issue about the introduction of a parasite of the banana scab moth. (PIM , p. 24).

Mr. B. A. O'Connor, Fiji’s Senior Entomologist, feels that he has been given too much credit in this for the “discovery” of the parasite because although he suggested that investigations should be earned out by Mr. R. W. Paine, it is really the excellent woric being done by the latter which has resulted in the discovery of these very promising parasites.

I would like to take the opportunity, too, of emphasising that this work is by no means proven as yet and it may be many months before we are certain that the parasite will he successful. We found it necessary to give publicity to this matter because of the large number of inquiries and the rumours current in Fiji about it.

As you have pointed out, there is no doubt that if it proves successful it will confer enormous benefits on the banana industry.

I am, etc., N. LAMONT.

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Oct. 17, 1957.

Pacific Is. Society Lady Taylor, wife of well-known airman, Sir Gordon Taylor, was guest speaker at the October gathering of the Pacific Islands Society.

The final gathering of the year will be held on Thursday, November 28. This will be the usual Christmas Cocktail Party. [?]e of those who attended a recent social [?]ing of the Polynesian Association in [?] (top to bottom): [?] Felicia Emberson, of Suva, with Mrs. [?] Leisner, wife of the Association's [?]rer.

Joe Haynes, formerly of Noumea, New [?]mia, and Mademoiselle Josee Vernier, of [?]a. [?] Lois Erikson and Mr. M. Griffen, [?]rly of Suva. [?]s Elizabeth Chang, of Suva, Fiji (now [?]g at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney), [?] New Zealander, Don Shaw. —Tele-Photos. 145 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1957

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Northbound from Auckland in October "Tofua" were (top to bottom): First group: Mr. Frank Mann, Mrs.

Mann, and Mrs. D. Brewster and child bound for Apia. Second group: Mrs. N. Pi of Suva (right), who was farewelled by (fr [?] Garry and Irene Marsh, Mrs. V. Davis [?] child, Mr. A. Pirie, Mrs. H. Marsh, and [?] H. Marsh. Third group: Mr. F. Limatoa [?] Mr. Kilisiteni John, of Niue. Lower gro [?] Miss M. Hamill of Rotorua, Mrs. U. Rogers holiday with her sister, Mrs. Lankow, at A [?] and Miss C. Hand, of Kaikohe, Apia-bound [?] visit her sister, Mrs. B. Good.

Photos: J. P. Short[?] 146 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Mr. Roth—who is 54—will be led to the Department of ilogy at the University of ridge.

Roth went to Fiji when he [ the British Colonial Service Dadet in 1928; and, except for 1 in Zanzibar ,and service with 'iji forces in World War 11, wo years in recent times as hi Consul, Tonga, he spent all orking life in the Colony, occupied many positions on 5 and councils: represented . institutions overseas on a sr of occasions; and was held ?h esteem in Fiji, both as a i and administrative officer, mg the farewell events, there particularly notable ceremony u Island on November 2, when high chiefs and representof most Fijian Districts ’ed to accord Fijian honours ifts to Mr. Roth, and Mrs. Roth were also fare- . formally at a large gathering e Fiji Teachers’ Association. [?]ct Ship [?]ice [?]to Port Moresby T Moresby, Papua, will have new direct shipping service th the United Kingdom in 3W Year. ; will be an extension of the il Steam Navigation Co.’s servhich at present terminates Tns, Q’ld. new service will commence IV Donegal, which is scheduled from Liverpool on January 7. essel will come out via Suez fter reaching Sydney will call sbane, Townsville, Cairns and Moresby, thence returning to K over the same route. re will be four services a year ’t Moresby. egal is of about 8,000 tons and lot carry passengers. Sydney i are Birt and Co. Pty. Ltd * Moresby Agents are Burns (New Guinea) Ltd.

Shansi Travellers Left, Mr. and Mrs, S. E. Tatham, of Melbourne, who travelled to New Guinea on the October "Shansi" and returned to Australia on the "Delos” in November. Mr. Tatham is managing director of S. E. Tatham & Co, Pty., Ltd., Pacific Islands exporting firm of Melbourne. At right, Miss Florence Counsell, of the Department of Public Health, Lae, who went south for leave in Melbourne on the October "Shansi". 147 1 F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1957

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Tarte-Dellar Wedding E marriage of Mr. Daryl Valentine Tarte, a member of me of Fiji’s best-known eering families, to Miss ueline Dellar took place at the Trinity Cathedral, Suva, on her 19. le ceremony was performed by Bishop in Polynesia, the Rt.

L. S. Kempthorne. le bridegroom is the only son Ir. J. V. Tarte of Waimegere, ;uni, and Mrs. Nell Tarte, of , Victoria. The bride is the only jhter of Mr. and Mrs. Dellar avu Savu, Fiji, and formerly of bane.

What Boom, He Asks!

A Letter from an Occasional Correspondent WHAT the four chief traders on the Septic River are now wondering is—who spilt the beans about the crocodile-skin business to “R” ( August, PIM) ?

Johnny Young has been seen looking suspiciously at Cedric Durban (sic), Freddie Eichhorn is consulting with the local witch-doctor, and Peter England refuses to issue further statements except through his private PRO.

After “R’s” publicity, the authorities are now frowning on the use of small children as croc bait. This has had an adverse effect on the future prospects of the business. Large crocodiles are refusing to go to Singapore, and even the small ones are getting all mixed up.

FACTS: Only a small proportion of skins go to Singapore. Largest numbers go to Europe either direct or through Australian agents.

America also absorbs a few.

As for numbers shipped, this season is an all-time loiv due to continued floods in the river; hunters do not usually disclose their figures to one another; and if anyone can guess the number of crocs still swimming around in the thousands of miles of the Sepik River system, well —I And the chief trader in crocodile skins at the moment, by the way, is Al Sauve.

TRANSPAC Doing A Good Job NEW Caledonia’s internal air service, TRANSPAC, celebrated its second birthday recently. Since 1955 it has safely transported 12,193 passengers, about 30,000 lbs of cargo and 5,000 lbs of mail.

The service was begun with one Dragon Rapide aircraft. It now has three of these machines in service and a staff of two pilots, three qualified mechanics and four assistant mechanics.

The company is negotiating the purchase of a de Havilland Heron 114, Mk 1 plane, and hopes to eventually replace all its existing aircraft with planes of this type. A Heron has four engines and can carry 15 passengers with their baggage and some freight.

The company is in process of increasing capital by 4 million Pac. fcs. to purchase the first Heron. — R.L.

One Week’S Strike

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Big Industry Dislocated By Agitators A STRIKE of millworkers occurred at the Lautoka mill of the Colonial Sugar Co. in Fiji at the end of October and, lasting a week, it disrupted both milling and cane-cutting operations and caused heavy losses to the Company, the millworkers and the growers.

The men returned to work on November 3.

The strike —not approved by the Sugar Industry Employees’ Union— was organised by a small gang of irresponsible people, without any industrial status. It appears to have been a demonstration against two Sirdars (or Indian foremen).

A condition of the return to work was that Mr. J. B. Aitken, a senior manager of the CSR Co., should conduct an inquiry into charges against the Sirdars, in the presence of representatives of the Union and the cane-growers.

The incident has shown, again, that there is among the sugar workers —in the Lautoka section, anyway—a group of irresponsible mischief-makers, whose chief purpose is to push the millworkers into any act likely to disrupt the industry.

Actually, there is quite a good relationship between the CSR Co., the officials of the Sugar Industry Employees’ Union and the various organisations which represent the cane-growers. It looks af is all three must combine to stamp out the gangsters. 149 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER. 1957

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announced: “See, those cars a] American, all American”.

“No,” said Oscar. “They areii American. That one is Germ! this one is English, that one!

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“Aw . . .”, said the indigeH walking off. “Australian no good!

ANYHOW, Oscar soon escajl from Moresby and headed ff more civilised parts til Western Highlands in search I some mud or stone ruins. That what I thought he said, but he ma have got sidetracked, because somi body told me later they pass* him in Lae, headed for Bulolo I look for a big stone fish that hs been too heavy for him to caff away before the war. That’s whi I thought they said, I swear.

PLANTATION manager Nevil Ahern, from Paili, down tl coast, was in town but bustil to get out of it, too. “I can’t Stan the place—never could”, said Ne “Give me the civilised life in tl bush.” But Nev recalled anothi planter, a mutual friend, who hj recently given away plantation lii for something a bit more civilist in the towns. He explained tl decision to his mates this wa “Well, look, well ... I dunno, bn the fact is I want to be able to < to the 'pictures!”

MORESBY is one of the laE Pacific centres where tl native maidens can go abon the town wearing nothing above tl waist, but even there the custoc seems to be on the way out.

The Commonwealth Bank com used to be the meeting place f the girls, especially on Saturdi. mornings, but it doesn’t seem to 1 any more, and consequently the are not many girls to be seen.

And you can’t take your ow photograph of anyone you do se without being asked to pay out 2< or risk having a broad back turno at the camera. Only two years a|j the tourists could get a fn photograph, any payment for tl; mercenary ones was 1/-. Ever thing’s gone up.

However, it’s an ill wind. . ..

American tourists pay in dollar and the drinkers around the bar the Papua smartly trade the gii. real cash for the dollars.

ON this subject of clothe Europeans in Moresby seem be putting more on, too. Thea was a time when a man’s two-pie: suit, no matter how light in colon was the hallmark of the visito* The locals all wore whites.

Now you can’t always tell tl: local from the visitor, because thea is a fair number of two-piece suii in the new washable materia around town. 150 Moresby Revisited (Continued from page 24) NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

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TER, elsewhere, a top Admin, officer said he wondered if all the honesty at a press conice helped anything while the news that ever seemed to get ished “is about natives being m behind horses with their wrists tied and missionaries who encourage Cargo Cults”.

A good comment. Too much of that kind of thing probably does make depressing reading for those many efficient Admin, officers who believe in what they are doing.

But that stuff is not always happening, and a continuous policy of official honesty with the news will pay for itself in the end. After all, the Administration hasn’t been exactly openhanded with its secrets since the war, and the novelty of the new lay-it-on-the-table approach is probably still being enjoyed.

HAVING a quiet talk one night with a man whose name, if I could use it, would make this paragraph better, I was startled to have him say suddenly. “In five years time, and I mean five years, there will be natives holding down important posts in this territory.

In 10 years some of them will have a vital hand in Government. You don’t believe it now—but just remember it.”

It’s an interesting thought to close with. t Mrs. Joan Chatfield returned to Port Moresby in October on MV Delos after a four months holiday, in which she visited Japan and Hongkong, She is president of the Associate Members of Port Moresby Bowling Club. 151 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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Sole distributors required where not already represented. [?] C Ltd. Reflects [?] ofitable [?]ading in P-NG one takes Steamships Trading Uo. Ltd. as a barometer of ;conomic conditions in Papua— me may, because “Steamies” are ost enterprises, including general s, trade stores, plantations, Ding—one can say that the itory is still Cn joying a boom, e shareholders’ funds employed this big concern (subscribed al, £754,860; reserves, £850,000; L Account, £211,466), total 5,326. The profit for the year d July 31 last was £170,272. The ends recommended are 10 per on the Preference Shares and )er cent, on Ordinaries, requiribout £90,000. This would have approximately £BO,OOO undisted, so another £50,000 was d to general reserve.

C Ltd. has enjoyed this kind :ading for several years past, now is in a very strong position, general reserve more than [ to subscribed capital, e total assets (£2,145,513), in- £872,312 of buildings and plant; )00 of plantations; £315,296 of Iry debtors; £740,000 of merdise stocks; and over £60,000 of tments. jsent directors are Messrs. E. V. i (chairman), L. Tracey, L. A. s, R. J. Paul, G. M. Cadden, D. M. Spence. Mr. J. M. Mitchell >d from this service during the and Mr. Crisp resumed full itive control as managing tor. Mr. Spence, a departmental iger, joined the Board, to re- Mr. Mitchell. Mr. Tracey now iving the Board, after 25 years’ 30.

Madnny Jains the Raiders DANG, New Guinea, has joined the enthusiastic ranks of the bowlers of the Territory, and cent weeks has opened a new ng green on the sea front, bers —25, with 12 associate bers—believe that their club eventually be the “best in the tory”. e club has been used for playduring the daytime, but any now it will be equipped for , bowls. ice-bearers are Tony Pym, iger of the local branch of s Philp, president; David as, of Police Department, as tary; and Jack Burston as urer. Eric Coyle, I. Gough and cKay constitute the committee, wling Clubs are already estabi at Lae, Bulolo, Rabaul and Port Moresby. Recently inter- Territory associates met in competition games at Lae. (Bowling is a favourite sport in Fiji also , and there championships are held every year that attract bowlers from Australia and New Zealand. Why not a team from Papua-New Guinea on some future occasion?) t Election of Councillors for the Town Council, Lautoka, Fiji, on October 26 resulted in Pragji Sidha, local merchant, being returned for the Indian seat; and Mr. Hector Ormond Eyre, fitter of the CSR Co., for the European seat.

Japanese on Tuna Job in N. Hebrides In recent months, six Japanese technicians have arrived in Santo, New Hebrides, to instal processing and refrigeration plant in the new tuna factory.

The factory is expected to be completed by the end of this year and to have a holding capacity of 2,000 tons of frozen tuna.

Seven Japanese fishing boats, each of about 100 tons, will arrive later.

If the enterprise does as well as the similar Van Camp organisation in American Samoa, the New Hebrides has acquired a valuable industry. 153 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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Robson's Roadside Restaurants FOR perhaps the first time in N® Guinea, native travellers an workers in the country area be tween Lae and Wau can obtai meals in a restaurant specially rui tor them.

Mr. Eric Robson, of Mumeng, N® Guinea (which is about 50 mill from Lae, 40 miles from Wau andl miles from Bulolo), started his natii restaurant a couple of months ag| Already news of this service 1 spreading amongst the ‘natii population, and he is serving up 1 60 customers a week.

For 2/-, the natives can obtal a meal of rice and meat, with bres| and a cup of tea. It is particular popular with native drivers of heal vehicles on the long trip Wau and Lae.

Mr. Robson also conducts a waj side restaurant for Europeans.

In an attractive bungalow on tl roadside, travellers can obtain | choice of hot and cold meals.

Mr. Robson has been in the Terr tory about 20 years, most of which I spent as an officer in the Depar ment of Public Health. Before tl war he was at Buka and Rabaul ar became a Coastwatcher during tl war in the New Britain area. E has spent 10 years around tl Mumeng area.

Mumeng is in a small valley at tl junction of the Snake River ai Mumeng Creek. Although only aboi 4 miles distant from Zenag (altituy 4,000 ft), it is situated at aboc 2 ; 000 ft.

Administered by Assistant Distri Officer R. Born, the district tato in the Watut and Buangs areas wii a native population of approximate 20,000, including some of those o trouble-makers, the Kukukukus.

The restaurant and some patrons. 154 NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH L

Pacific Commerce and Industry TRALASIAN PETROLEUM CO.; Reported ber Kcmewu No. 1 well was abandoned, /u II will spud-in, early December. 9 began at Puri, October 29. Barikewa en deepened to 8,008 ft. * * * OLO GOLD DREDGING; An interim diviof 25 Canadian cents per fully paid has been declared and will become due /ember 14. Interim dividend is same as when final dividend was also 25 cents, e is now only one dredge in operation 1010 but on a value-per-yard basis the iy is doing better in 1957 than in 1956. le quarter ended August 31, 8,123 oz ild were recovered from 1,282,000 yards d. Value per yard was 22.18 cents mparison with 14.65 cents for same last year. « PHILP AND CO., LTD., has announced srim half-yearly dividend of 5 per cent. is unchanged. (Last year interim 5 Jnt.; final 5 per cent.). Dividend is ; November 25.

Irprise Of New Guinea Gold And

.EUM DEVELOPMENT: Mine manager reon October 31 that a yield of 46 oz jrted gold bullion from 20 tons of deent ore resulted from mining operations obe district, NG, during October. ;port on the oil survey work in early ier stated that traverses of 15 miles of lauser River area had been completed; at Limestone Hill had reached a depth ft. in siltstone; and that photographic of permit area would commence shortly al general meeting of the company will 1 in Sydney on November 11 to receive ■ sheets and accounts and to elect two rs. Shareholders will be asked to conhe resolution that full power be given ctors to convert from time to time into units of 5/- each, all fully paid heretofore or hereafter taken up or He % AKI PARA RUBBER ESTATES, LTD.: rs reported that production in year June 30, fell by 7,586 lb rvbber due to heavy rains. During the period, stage 60 workers broke their agreeand left the plantation, causing disto production. Profit at 30 per cent, per cent, less than previous year. * * * MA (FIJI) GOLD MINES; Half-year d 1/- per share including 7d tax-free, December 11. Dividend in unchanged. * * * GUINEA GOLDFIELDS, LTD.; September ion was. Golden Ridges, 774 oz fine ?94 oz silver. Golden Ridges alluvials, : fine gold. Koranga alluvials, 447 oz Id. Tributes, 114 oz fine gold. Timber, 5 super ft.

EL COMPANY (New Caledonia): Directors s at end of September decided to incapital 3£ milliard francs to 8 milliard (a milliard is 1,000 million). The new -general of the Nickel Co. is M. Dewez, icceeds the late M. Laffont. M. Dewez I known in New Caledonia where he en an admirer of the East Coast, and o make a tourist centre at Poindimie. /e hotel installations had been made jplanes bought to carry tourists to the oast centre. However, the most imitem, the tourist, was not forthcoming e company folded up. The Nickel Co. most of the installations a year or two id use them as a holiday centre for *es. * * * MO OIL CO.; Holders of 65 per cent. of the stock units in this company > qqo units) have accepted the exchange 0 f Oil Search, Ltd. Oil Search has accep this as ratifying the agreement and will i the Oil Search stock units (four 5/- OH earch for five Oriomo). Oil Search offered . buy all Oriomo shares; the offer was conditional on 76 per cent, acceptance of Oriom . stockholders—or at Oil Search discretion Holders of the other 35 per cent, of shares still have up to November 23 to consider the exchange.

PACIFIC ISLANDS MINES, LTD., is in course of formation. Object: to prospect for leadzinc deposits at Misima Is., Papua (See article p. 33, this issue).

Papuan Apinaipi Petroleum Co Ltd •

The company spent £200,000 on development for the year ending June 30 and £71,835 on plant. There is a credit balance of £420 930 Drilling will begin on the first exploratory well’ at Kaufana (near Lakekamu, Papua) shortly.

The company has obtained a three years extension of its permit.

PLACER DEVELOPMENT, LTD.: The annual general meeting will be held in Vancouver BC, on November 12, 1957. As well as usual business of the meeting, shareholders will be asked to consider alterations of articles of association that are designed to accomplish the following; (1) The appointment of a chairman of the Board, the abolition of the office of managing director and the transfer to the presidency of the duties thereof. The president will thus become the chief executive officer of the company. (2) The abolition of the right to a second or casting vote at present given to the chairman at meetings of both directors and shareholders in case of an equality of votes. (3) The divestment by the directors of their right under the Articles to appoint from among their members for a period of years a president, managing director, and one or more vice-presidents, who thereupon by reason of their tenures of these offices would not be subject to retirement from the Board in the ordinary course of rotation. (4) Increasing the maximum number of directors from eight to nine. * * *

Sandy Creek Gold Sluicing, Ltd.: The

22nd annual general meeting will be held at 5 Bligh St., Sydney, on December 4 to consider directors' report and statement of accounts for year ended March 31, 1957.

During October, Morobe mining operations resulted in 151 oz fine gold recovered from 19,750 cu. yds. treated.

News Notes from Norfolk Is.

A VISITING New Zealand dentist was busy depleting savings bank accounts in Norfolk Island in October. He did phenomenal business and half the islanders are now replendent in shiny new teeth.

What we need here is a resident, semi-retired dentist to give us the service the late Mr. Hyder provided for so many years. * * * Conservatism and commonsense prevailed when the Advisory Council sat down to its preliminary consideration to the long-awaited Motor Vehicles Ordinance.

They promptly vetoed the suggestion that the mainland habit of fixing new number plates to vehicles be the rule here.

Although there has been an influx of new cars lately and the total number of registrations continually grows, it is considered that the good old Norfolk Island custom of painting the number on the rear of the car is quite sufficient.

The question of warrants of fitness for the many old “bombs” was not debated at the first meeting but some control over quality of lights and brakes is necessary. * * ♦ Returned to the island for a holiday was Mr. E. J. C. Stopp (once regarded as the local bogey-man) and his wife. Mr. Stopp is now official secretary to the Governor of Tasmania, but formerly was official secretary at NI. It was his duty at the time to suppress the home-brewing, then prevalent.

When he returned the other day, he and Mrs. Stopp were nonetheless welcomed with open arms and had a very enjoyable holiday.

New Moresby Hospital There are all mod. cons, for the native patients in Port Moresby's new half* million pound hospital, opened by Australian Deputy Prime Minister, Sir Arthur Fadden, on October 27. Wards, like this open one, are excellently equipped, and include fans. The hospital will accommodate 316 native patients, and a big European wing is now being added. The new combined hospital is on the Taurama Road, and will replace the separate makeshift hospitals that served Port Moresby since the war. 155 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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Honiara Murder

CASE Tuata Neither Guilty Nor Innocent • A fuller report of the proceedings against a Rennelese, Rual Tuata, who had been charged with the murder of F. N. Gilliland, in Honiara, BSIP, in August (“PIM”, October, p. 17) now is available. It did not shed much light on the present legal status of the accused; rpHE formal charge against Rual A Tuata, of murdering F. N.

Gilliland (on August 7), for hearing before the Judicial Commissioner (Mr. D. Barwick), at Honiara, on October 9, 1957.

The Acting Attorney-General (Mr. G. J. Horsfall), prosecuted, and Mr. E. A. O’Connell, of the Crown Law Office, Port Moresby, appeared for Tuata.

Three assess or s had been appointed. They were Mr. Albert Kuper, the Rev. Aisake Vula, and Togaka, a Rennelese dresser from the Central Hospital, Honiara.

It appeared, however, that Togaka had not sufficient knowledge of English to understand a short address which the Judicial Commissioner made to the Assessors; and the Court decided to dispense with Togaka and proceed with two Assessors.

The Acting Attorney-General said that the courtesy of the Administration of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea in making Mr.

O’Connell available to defend Tuata was very much appreciated.

Mr. O’Connell said that he had seen an article in a recent Sydney publication which he wished to bring to the notice of the Court. He said that this article had, in fact, condemned his client before the case ever came to trial and he regarded the statements made in it as amounting to contempt of court. (The “Sydney publication” referred to was the “Pacific Islands Monthly” of September. In a reference to some unusual features in the handling of two murder cases in the Solomons, the “PIM ” said: “But when a native murdered a young Australian in Honiara, on August 7, it caused not as much as a ripple on the pond”.

After the murder, Rual Tuata bolted into the bush; and he was not captured until after the police had hunted him for four days. It was not unreasonable that our writer, in September, should have used the phrase quoted. He was referring to certain other incidents in Honiara; and there had been no report from Honiara or elsewhere the Rual Tuata would be defended. 1 However, in British justice, a accused is innocent until he proved guilty. We were wrong i saying that “a native murdered] young Australian”; we should ha\ said “a native allegedly murdered young Australian” ; and we apologu accordingly to the judicial authoi ities of Honiara — Editor, “PIM” A The Acting Attorney-Gene® said that he had conferred wit Mr. O’Connell before coming iir Court, and that he would raise tl issue that Tuata was unfit to plea Dr. J. D. McGregor gave evideii that he had seen and talked I Tuata on August 11 and on alma every day since then. When he fln saw and spoke to him he found i evidence of injury or disease, ai formed the opinion that Tuata w sane. Later, he found that Tua was suffering from delusions, inchi mg delusions of persecution. The delusions were fixed and unshak able, and were real to Tuata.

Cross-examined by Mr. O’Connd Dr. McGregor said that in li opinion Tuata was suffering fro schizophrenia. As a result he ha auditory delusions of persecutio hearing voices which told hi things; and he could not distingui between facts and his delusions.

Dr. McGregor said that Tuata w not capable of giving a lucid accou 156 NOVEMBER. 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH I

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Mail orders receive prompt attention. s Counsel and, in his opinion, [ not follow the pleading at rial. e court found that Tuata had ficient intellect to follow the ledings or make a defence, and therefore unfit to plead, e Court therefore rose without ng any further evidence. An has been made to keep RUal 1 in strict custody at Her sty’s pleasure —Honiara Correient.

EDITORIAL NOTE: jLOWING upon the comments lade in September PIM (when r e drew comparisons between murder of a native by an shman, Poole, and the apparent er of an Australian by a native) ow must point out that this on by the court in Honiara 5 the legal situation somewhat re. ita was not found innocent, or r , nor apparently was he ied insane, but simply ordered ‘strict custody” (gaol, we pre- ) for an indefinite period.

McGregor diagnosed schizoda, a fairly well-defined mental tion for which there is recogpsychiatric treatment. But the . found that he “had not suft intellect to follow proceedto make a defence”, which is ;hing different. [ecision as to whether the percharged is to be treated as latic or something abnormal, ly is left until after the whole le circumstances have been i before the court, as in the case. Or sometimes it is deby a lower court or at a preary inquiry that an accused 1 is insane, whereupon he is ied and not tried by a higher diets that persons have comd crimes “while of unsound ', or that they are “guilty but e”, are frequently given by >, and then such criminals are >ed of in due and proper form, e case of Tuata, he has not proved guilty, but he is locked definitely. > Honiara procedure doubtless te in order, but it is confusing, show where such confusion we refer to a strongly-displayed “ in the Sydney Communist >aper, Tribune, on October 16. heading is, “NG Native Gets Sentence Without Trial”, and it nts the facts of the Honiara sdings on October 9, and con- >: “In effect, the court has Tuata guilty although he stood trial.” rernor Peter Coleman, of rn Samoa, and Mrs. Coleman, i through Auckland in mider en route by air to the South c Commission meeting at ea.

IN 1958 Four-Fifths of BSIP Copra to Unilever Approximately 12,000 tons of copra from the BSIP will be sold to Unilever during loss This will leave about three or four thousand tons to sell on the open market.

This was announced recently by Mr. E. J. Thomsett, Chairman of the BSIP Copra Board.

Bank Line ships will continue to uplift copra at regular intervals as previously, and shipping arrangements will be co-ordinated with those from New Guinea.

Mr. Thomsett said that with the 3,000 odd tons which will not go to Unilevers, the Board will be able to explore markets in the Far East and consider offers from independent buyers.

He Made The Best In The S. Pacific MR. G. FORESTIER, of Talina Plantation, BSIP, has the distinction of making copra that scored the full 100 points when graded. This is the first time that this has happened in the Protectorate —and probably the first time in the South Pacific. 157 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

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FOR SALE 33 FT. LUGGER, 13 ft. beam, 4 ft. 6 in. draught, recently overhauled and recoppered, new mainsail, jib, powered by Lister 8-10 h.p. single-cylinder diesel forward and reverse gear. Full equipment includes 10 ft. clinker dinghy, new port, starboard and masthead kero, lights, six lifejackets, flares, chain and rope, etc., capable of carrying 50 bags of copra.

Now at anchor in Port Moresby Harbour and ready for immediate work. Price £1,050. Write: Box 297, G.P.0., Port Moresby, Papua.

FLEETS. —30 ft. luxury carvel, built Norman Wright 1954, similar Mission launches, 30 h.p. diesel, coppered, twoway radio, ready for sea, £4,200. 54 ft.

Workboat. Gardner diesel. £5,750. Fleets, Water Street East, Sth. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

ISLAND VESSELS under construction. 40 ft. army-type workboat, wheelhouse and accommodation fwd., and large open cockpit. 40 ft. raised-deck workboat wheelhouse, and large hold for cargo below decks. 45 ft. raised-deck workboat. for cargo and personnel. Above vessels are of sturdy construction, built to rigid specifications. Delivery at short notice.

Specifications, price, etc., will be supplied on request. Builders: Wynne S. Breden Pty. Ltd., “Phoenix Shipyards”, Newcastle, N.S.W.

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Box 24, P. 0., AUBURN, N.S.W.

Sole Agents for Territories of Papua, New Guinea, New Britain: LES CLARK & SON PTY. LTD., 27-29 King Street, Sydney.

Index to Advertisers . Ltd. . . 131 Service . 158 .... 149 fe . . . 139 urn Union 132 lairies . . 52 & F. . . 73 W. & Co. 96 Bank ... 76 n, N. V. 148 Wm. . . 48 .... 70 NSW 115, 147 n.z. . . no Gwyn . . 8 1-Rae . . 42 I Mills . 40 Bros. 45, 58 Myers . . 57 Aluminium 4 United s ... 126 / Motors . 31 & Co. . . 87 A. H. . . 54 85, 104, 127 .... 134 & Suther- . ... 130 Breweries 88 r Ltd. . 68 xport Co. 28 ie Hotel . 27 .... 43 im P/l . 74 . . . 75, 86 French .... 54 Meat . 136 Sugar . 113 fatson . . 98 Bank . 122 d Co. . . 92 A. H. . 55 Co. . . 140 ... 149 Marg. . 124 i Dalziel 160 G. & M. 128 Paints . 159 td. . . 110 W. C. . 35 Rubber . 66 eel . . 152 . ... 61 td . . . 126 .... 56 Prods. .111 /m. . . 125 ;pot . . 33 Heidecke 34 turn . . 114 Eng. . . 44 V. & A. 138 Bros. . . 69 R. . 1, 156 Hades . 142 ks Paints 146 Gin . . 46 raders . 62 uva) . . 13 Books . 157 J. . 49, 114 , B. . . 113 Sons . 47 . & Co. 89 Diesels . 72 td. . . 107 iy Robert- ;titute . 121 ... 33 ultiva- ... 190 . . . 117 nal Blood- - ... 97 International Harvester . 5, 16 Is. Transport . 145 K.L.M 12 Keen's Curry . . 89 Kennedy, Capt. . 46 Kerr Bros. ... 133 Kiwi Polish ... 61 Kodak 38 Kopsen & Co. . 100 Lawrence, A. . .97 Lawton Pty. Ltd. 53 Macßobertson P/L 36, 37 Maize Products . 53 Marine Spares . 43 Mcllrath's ... 143 McPhersons Ltd. 150 Mendaco .... 143 Merrillees, J. C. . 14 Millers Ltd. ... 71 Morobe Hotels . 30 Morris, H. ... 45 M. H. Ltd. . 26, 67 Mungo Scott . . 105 Nathan & Wyeth . 66 N. & R. . . 39, 90 Nestles .... 103 NG Aust. Line . . 6 Nile Products 116 Nixoderm . . . 141 N.Z.N.A.C. ... 2 Orient Line ... 11 P.A.A 10 Papuan Prints . 137 Parke Davis 99, 154 P. I. Line ... 9 Piccaninny Wax 106 Qld. Insurance . 151 Ralphs, M. M. . 41 Ransomes Co. . 101 Reckitt's Blue . 165 Rohu, Sil . . . 65 Seppelt & Son . 108 Seward Ltd. . . 118 Shaw Savill ... 7 Shell Co. Ltd. . 112 Sparklets Ltd. . . 59 S.T.C. Co. . . . 50 Stapleton, J. . . 105 Stewarts-Lloyds . 94 S.P. Brewery . 101 Sthn. Pac. Ins. . 137 Sullivan Ltd. 65, 119, 153 Tait, W. S. . . 141 Tatham, S. E. . 63 Thornburgh College 90 Tilley Lamps . . 51 Thornycroft Co. . 118 Ti I lock & Co. . 102 Tongala Milk . . 144 Tooth & Co. . . 42 Turners & Growers 98 Tyneside Eng. . . 95 United Insurance 145 U.R.D 93 Ventura . . . .160 Van Gelder, J. P. 133 Victa Mowers . . 151 Vi-Stim .... 129 Vincent's APC 29 Vitamin Supplies . 69 Wakefield, C. C. . 32 Warnock .... 129 Webster, D. & Sons 87 Westfield Meats . 3 Weymark Pty. Ltd. 70 White Rose ... 94 Wilhelmsen, W. . 8 Wills Ltd. ... 64 World Books . . 60 Wrigley's . . .109 Wunderlich Co. . 91 Yorkshire Ins. . . 73 Zevenboom, J. . T 35 159 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957

FIJI Aug., '39 June, '57 Nov. 8£ Emperor . . . b/9/1 1 blO/3 b6/9 Loloma .... s25/6 b27/s34 A PAPUA-NEW GUINEA Bulolo .... b 124/b45/s43A N.G.G. Ltd. . . bl/10 b2/2 b2A' Oil Search . . b3/l 1 b14/ll b7A' Ent. of N.G. — s2/bl/“ Oriomo Oil . . b5/b6/6 b5/6 Papuan Apin. . b4/l1 b3/6 b3/t Placer Dev. . . b68/6 b101/6 b96/ v Sandy Creek bl/5 s6d b2d 1

Davies & Dalziel

Stock and Sharebrokers J. D. Davies and R. P. DALZIEL Members of the Stock Exchange of Melbourne. 18 QUEEN STREET, MELBOURNE, C.l, AUSTRALIA Agents and Correspondents throughout the Commonwealth, N.Z. and the Far East. Also London and New York.

Telegrams and Cables: “DAVIEL”, Melbourne Telephone; MB 4028 VENTURA TRADING CO. PTY. LTD. 247 GEORGE STREET, SYDNEY Island Merchants and Buying Agents SOLE AGENTS FOR;

• Armstrong Siddeley Diesel Engines

• Ajax Marine Diesel Engines

• Norman Petrol Engines

• Saldanha Canned Fish

• V.T.C. Corned Beef

Distributors for all plantation, farm, trade requirements and merchandise.

Highest Prices obtained for Cocoa, Coffee, Shell and other produce handled on consignment.

Write direct to our Islands Export Manager with over 35 years experience in the Islands.

Cables: Ventura Sydney

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; 168 Pac. Francs; SUS 2.23.) COPRA Price negotiated between British Ministry oi Food and British South Pacific Territories for 1957 was £ Stg.s4 FOB main ports—a drop of 7% per cent, on the 1956 price. Stabilisation and other charges reduce actual producer price.

PAPUA - NEW GUINEA:—Hot A 1 r £ A57/15/-; FMS (sun dried) £AS7; Smoked, £AS4/5/-, FlJl:—Plantation grade £PS2/5/6; FMS £FS2.

W. SAMOA:—Sellers: 22/6-23/6 per 100 lbs. Exporters; £B4l and £847 f.o.b.

Apia, for two grades.

E. SAMOA:—Producers receive 4 cents lb. (SUSB9.6 or £A4O approx, per long ton).

Periodic bonus, if average proceeds exceed Govt, buying price and expenses.

SOLOMONS:—HonIara/Qlzo Yandina: Ist grade, £AS7/10/-; 2nd, £AS3/10/-; 3rd, £ A4B/10/-.

NEW HEBRIDES:—Nov. 8; 7,000 Pac. francs (about £A42) delivered Vila/Santo.

TONGA:—Ist grade £T4B; 2nd grade £T42. Price adjustment to be made at end of 1957.

COOK ISLANDS: —Local price is based on £Stg.s4 (£NZS4/4/l) per ton, f.0.b., with premium of 30/- (NZ) for top grade kiln dried. Shipping, handling, shrinkage and storage charges reduce the outer islands price to about £NZ3O per ton, basic rate.

COCOA:—lslands prices are based on the rate for Ghana cocoa which on Nov. 8 was £ Stg.2Bs per ton, c.i.f. London.

P.-N.G.:—Nov. 8: Good grade £A26O exwharf, Sydney; Ist quality £275.

W. SAMOA:—Nov. 8; £Stg.2Bs f.o.b.

Apia.

COFFEE:—P.-N.G.: Nov. B—Top grade within range 5/3 per lb.

PEANUTS:—P.-N.G-, Nov. 8: Kernels 1/10; Virginia bunch, in shell, large, well cleaned, 1/4-1/5 per lb. del. Sydney; other 1/2-1/3 del. Sydney.

RUBBER: —P.-N.G. price is based on Singapore rate, which on Nov. 6 was: No. 1 RSS, spot, 78Vfe Straits cents (25.35 d Aust. approx.) per lb.

VANILLA BEANS: Victor Karp, Tulk & Co., Sydney, reported on Nov. 8. New crop, c.i.f., Sydney, Tahiti White and Yellow label, processed standard packs 61/9, Green 59/9 per lb.

RICE (Australian): —Price from May 1, 1957 —P.-N.G.; Dry brown and dressed, 112 lb bags, 5 tons and over, £6l per ton, f.0.w.; under 5 tons £6l/10/- per ton. Vitamised and enriched white, 112 lb bags, 5 tons and over, £67/10/- per ton, f.0.w.; under 5 tons. £6B per ton.

Other Pac. Islands: Dry, brown, etc., £7O per ton, f.0.w., Sydney or Melbourne.

PEARL SHELL.—Nov. 11, 1957, quotation by independent pearlers; Sound, £AB6S; D. £ A 650; E, £A4SO; EE, £A2 (in store, Sydney). Cook Is.-Manihikl; No 8; Export price, £Stg.72s f.o.b. Rar tonga.

TROCHUS:—Market still very wea Quote No. 1, NG, £A3IO; BSI, £A3I New Hebrides, agent reports “No bushu during past month”; Quote No. 2. N £ A 320. Prices are less rejects and bas on Sydney weights.

GREEN SNAlL:—Difficult to se nominal price £A29O.

London And U.S. Prices

Copra:—London, Nov. 7: Philippines! bulk, Nov./Dec. 174 dollars (sellej Straits/Borneo, fair, merchantable, d weight c.i.f. UK-Nth. European poi Nov./Dec. £Stg.63y4 (buyer), £Stg.6: (seller). New York, Nov. 7: Phllippin c.i.f. U.S. Pac. coast ports, per ton 162: dollars nominal.

Coconut Oil:—London, Nov. 7; Stral crude, bulk, c.i.f. Nov./Dec. £95 sell Ceylon, in bulk, fair, UK-Nth. Europe ports, Nov./Dec. £lOO seller.

Rubber:—London, Nov. 6: RSS No.

Spot 23Vsd Stg., Apr. to June ’5B, 24?

Nov. ’5B, 23d.

Exchange Rates

FlJl.—Through BANK OF NSW, A BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia Fiji, basis £lOO Fiji: Buying, £Alll/2 Selling, £AII3. Fiji-London, basis £; London; B. £llO/15/-; 8- £ll2. NZ-* basis £lOO NZ; B. £lll/11/0; S. £llO/-' SAMOA.—-Through BANK OF NZ. Ai tralia cn Samoa, basis £lOO Sam B. £ A123/12/6; S. £124/10/9. Sam London, basis £lOO London: B. £99/1 S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £lOO I B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-Fiji, bn £lOO Samoa: B. £111; S. £llO.

Papua - Ng.—Commonwealth Ba*

(Pt. Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Goroka, Bull Kavieng, Madang, Wewak), BANK OF N (branches: Port Moresby, Lae, Bull Rabaul, Madang, Samaral, Goto agencies: Wau, Boroko, Kokopo) A BANK fPtort Moresby) and NATIOK BANK OF A/ASIA. '*»ort Moresby) qu exchange rate Australia-Papua-NG; 3 per £ AlOO.

NORFOLK IS.—Commonwealth B a quotes exchange rate Australia - Nort Island: 5/- per £AIOO.

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific Irai. most valuable of the three franc gro in French Union, are used in New Cf donia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Ocean FRENCH BANK (Comptoir Natic D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quo Selling Noumea: 168 Pac. fr. to £ Ai Papeete: 166.56 Pac. fr.; Noumea-Pape; S. 208 Pac. fr. to £Stg. Noumea-Pape-?

B. 75.82 Pac. fr. to US $.

Oil And Mining Shares

Published by PACIFIC PUBLICATIONS PTY. LTD., 29 Alberta Street, Sydney. (Telephone: MA9197). Wholly set up am printed in Australia by the Sydney and Melbourne Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 29 Alberta Street. Sydney.

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This enchanting scene could be some place in Europe .. . but it’s not! It’s right in the South Pacific ;to be precise, New Zealand, a country as famous for the fatness of its trout as for the refreshing qualities of its climate.

And it’s so easy to reach ... by TEAL ! Look at the map below to see how many important places in the South Pacific are within such easy reach of New Zealand (and of each other) when you fly TEAL. Your Travel Agent will be glad to tell you more about TEAL air routes serving the South Pacific ... or enquire at any TEAL, office. \/% JMauckla NORFOLK IS.

TAHITI TONGA SAMOA ******

Cook Islands

AUCKLAND SYDNEY BOURNE CHRISTCHURCH mi SMAN EMPIRE AIRWAYS LIMITED, NEW ZEALAND’S INTERNATIONAL AIRLINE, IN ASSOCIATION WITH Q ANT AS AND 8.0.A.C.

NOVEMBER, 1957 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

General Merchants

Capital £2,500,000 ESTABLISHED 1914

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 range of general merchandise W. R. CARPENTER & CO. LTD Head Office THE WALES HOUSE, 27 O'CONNELL STREET, SYDNEY, N.S.W.

Cable Address: “CAMOHE.”

Telephone: BL 5421 Postal Address: G.P.0., Box 168, Sydney.

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, Rabaul, Lae, Madang, Kavieng, Kokopo.

Island Products Ltd., Port Moresby.

Morris Hedstrom Ltd., Suva.

W. R. Carpenter & Co. (Fiji) Ltd., Sun PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY NOVEMBER, 1957