PACIFIC ISLANDS Monthly JULY, 1959 Vol. XXIX. No. 12 tablished 1930 sgistered at the GP.O, transmission by post as a newspaper!

“What did I tell you, Johnny! Not a sign of a dicky bird when he presses the button!” Perhaps that is what this happy group of Tongan children said to Fiji photographer Rob Wright when he snapped them at Vavau during the visit to Tonga by the Governor of Fiji and Lady Maddocks last month.

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DISTRIBUTORS PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA; Steamships Trading Company Limited, Port Moresby and Samarai. Dealers: New Guinea Goldfields Ltd., Wao and Lae. Rabaul Trading Co. Ltd., Rabaul. DUTCH NEW GUINEA. H. Englebert n.v , Hollandia.

SOLOMON ISLANDS: Mr K. H. Oalrymple Hay, Honiara. NEW CALEDONIA; Agence Automobile, Noumea. TAHITI; Hintze & Company, Papeete. NEW HEBRIDES: Kerr Bros. Pty. Ltd., Sydney.

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AGENTS; PAPUA: Steamships Trading Co. Ltd., Port Moresby, Samarai.

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Cables: "Colyeram", NOUMEA: Etablissements Ballande, Rue de L'Alma, Boite Postale 18, Noumea.

HONIARA: British Solomon Islands Trading Corporation.

JAPAN: Butterfield & Swire (Japan) Ltd., Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe. Cables; "Swire".

FIJI: Morris Hedstrom Ltd.

SANTO; Les Comptoirs Francaise des Nouvelles-Hebrides.

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\ K M L 9* . . . because there is a glass and a half of pure, fresh, full-cream milk in every half pound of Cadbury's Dairy Milk Chocolate M025/2PC/9 PEOPLE Mr. Charles Robert Harley Nott )BE, Secretary for Fijian Affairs,’ eceived the CMG in the Queen’s hrthday Honours. After 33 years a the Fiji Civil Service he will etire late this year; for a time e was in Tonga as British Agent nd Consul. He will be succeeded y Mr. A. C. Reid, who has been i Fiji and Tonga since 1938. * * * Other Fiji Birthday Honours ere: MBS to Mr. Walter F. H. reeman (assistant manager at SR Co.’s Nausori sugar mill, who ill retire at the end of 1959 crush ig season), Ilisoni Cokanasiga (who as had 30 years’ service with the overnment, mostly in veterinary inical work), and Mr. Sadanand [aharaj (one of the best-known idian farmers in Ra Province, irmerly a nominated MLC» ; BEM tfil.) to Sgt. Isoa Vavaitamana nember of No. 1 Construction luadron of the Corps of Fiji Enin ee r s at Christmas Island); □lonial Police Medal to Sub-Inlector Akaila Matanibukaca, of ailevu (member of the Fiji Police )rce since 1932).

Assistant District Officer Bill Dwn, of Wewak, New Guinea, v to Sydney in June —to marry nera Kohn in the Congreional Church, Rockdale. After short honeymoon at Hayman ind, ADO Brown and his bride it back to New Guinea. ??e of the Dragon Ball in Rabaul, NG, in June was charming Miss Nancy Seeto.

Photo: C. H. Meen. 1 CIF.C ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY. *• » »

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These tasty, tender, fullsize beans are picked at the peak of the season to ensure full flavour. | Rear-Admiral A. M. Valkenburg, I Commander of the Dutch Naval I Forces in Netherlands New Guinea, I who was three years in Hollandia, 1 has left for the Netherlands. Cap- \ tain G. J. Platerink will act tern-1 porarily as C in C, and for the ] duration of that period he has been J promoted to the rank of Rear-1 Admiral. * * * Dr. M. W. F. Schregardus, senior!

Netherlands New Guinea official in I charge of Posts and Telegraphs and I Shipping and Power, spent a I couple of weeks in Pt. Moresby in June conferring with his opposite numbers in the Papua-New Guinea Administration, Many tributes were paid to Mr, Vishnu Deo. OBE, senior Indian elected member of the Fiji Legislative Council last month when he announced that he was retiring from the Council and from politics, after a long and outstanding career, Except for a break of five years, he served in the Legco since 1929, as member for the Southern Division Fiji-born, he was a dominating political leader of a very large section of the Indian population in the Colony. 111-health and failing eyesight had forced him to the decision, he said. * * * Do-it-yourself fans are ever looking further afield —now Mr. A. P.

Bagley, headmaster of Boroko primary school, Pt. Moresby, has just built himself a small aeroplane.

It took him three years, using plans obtained from UK, but it has been passed by the Department of Civil Aviation and actually flies at 80 mph.

Visiting Sydney from Wainunu, Vanua Levu, Fiji—Abraham Whippy, member of a well-known Fiji family. -Tele-Photo. 2 JULY, 1959-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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Adelaide Street, BRISBANE 1488 Kris Box Mr. E. A. Craven, who was secrecy of Messrs. W. R. Carpenter & o. Ltd., for many years, and who jcently spent long leave in North merica, now has joined the headaarters inspection staff. In June id July he was in New Guinea, taking an inspection of the commy’s various subsidiaries there.

Mr, Phil Palmer, manager since 37 of Fanning Island Plantation d., Central Pacific, is now holiying at Brisbane with his wife d two daughters. He travelled from uning to Fiji in the Cable ship 'corder and was joined there by :s. Palmer, who had flown from isbane. Their elder daughter is nurse at Brisbane Hospital; the unger one is still at school and, ;er on, will go with Mrs. Palmer ck to Fanning. ??tain Orme Denny, New Guinea manager for ??tas for many years, receives a gift from R. Law-Smith at a farewell function in ?? Moresby last month; Mr. C. Oliver, QEA Islands manager, centre. (See page 47). —Papuan Prints. ??ain P. Miller, new Qantas area manager for ??, who takes up his new post following the retirement of Captain Orme Denny. 3 ICIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY,

So nice to go home with . . . 6392 . . a bottle of ,v^ A gin In brown homespun cassocks and cowls, sandal-shod feet, and white girdles knotted around their waists, three Anglican monks from England presented an unusual sight in Sydney when they boarded the Qantas airliner on June 25 for PL Moresby. They were Father Stephen and Brothers Mark and Andrew, on their way to join Father Geoffrey at Koki, Port Moresby, to establish the Anglican Franciscan Order’s first overseas mission. Later they will extend to the NG Highlands. Roman Catholic Franciscan monks have been at work in NG since 1952.

Three top NZ educationalists returned home in June after examining possible future education developments in West Samoa after self-government. They are Dr. C.

Beeby, NZ Director of Education; Dr. B. Lee, Superintendent of Technical Education: and Mr. J.

Leggat, Headmaster of Christchurch Boys’ High School, who will become the new Director of Education in Samoa.

Married at Taurama Chapel, Port Moresby, in June, were Mr. D. Lutterall and Miss L.

Barwick. —Papuan Prints.

Another recent Port Moresby marriage, in the Catholic Church —Mr. M. Thomson to attractive Miss B. Wilkins. —Papuan Prints. 4 JULY. 1959-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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A good many months have passed 1n ® ® _ a share-selling company Dught from Messrs. Fraser and atthews their well-planted coffee lantation in the Highlands of New u Jj lea - .Messrs. Fraser and .atthews, with their happy families, ent South last November. The irchase price was reported at the me to be in the neighbourhood six figures. Mr. Fraser paid a sit to the Territory in June, and as warmly welcomed. He and his irtner were popular residents dur- _g their strenuous years in the ighlands. He has purchased a azmg property in the Tumut disict of New South Wales. Mr atthews and his family are at esent in North Italy. * * * Mr. David Ernest will arrive in iva in August to replace Mr. R. G. lackleton as US Consul in Fiji. 3 was previously with the US nbassy in Paris, and is married th three children. Mr. Shacklei opened the Consulate in Suva ter it had been transferred from aimea last year, thus returning to its pre-war site. Older Suva ople still remember the times ten the Consul’s party guests lid not drink liquor on the preses, because it was then the pro- )ition era and the Consulate was 1 Territory. iss Helen Brown, 18, formerly Lae, NG, presented a bouquet Lady Woodward, wife of the ernor of NSW, at the world there in Sydney of the film e Pennies” in June, and then : met the star of the show, ny Kaye. Helen was spotlighted camp in the Star Mountains of NNG, a fist just in from a patrol (right) discusses Is with the technical leader of the Dutch ition which is now stationed there. Comer Venema, RNN (in white), and the k ific leader Dr. Brongersma (with camera).

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They will attempt to collect the remains of servicemen from the wreckage of a US Air Force Dakota that crashed in 1945, and which was recently found by natives.

Mr. P. J. Twomey, of Christchurch, who is secretary of the nondenominational NZ Leper’s Trust Board, has been awarded a new honour for his 34 years’ work in the interests of lepers in the South Pacific the Decoration Benemerenti from Pope John XXIII. The decoration, a gold medal awarded to lay persons of the Roman Catholic, faith for outstanding service, is the fourth conferred on Mr. Twomey for his work in helping sufferers! from Hansen’s disease in the Islands —he received the MBE in 1948, in 1953 the French Medal d’Or des| Epidemics, and he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour! in 1957. ♦ * * Mrs. M. McConnon, wife of a gold mine manager at Wau, NG, had an expensive shopping excursion while on holidays in Brisbane at the end of June —an £BOO diamond fell from a ring which her husband had given her and was lost.

Splitting the kilocycles in June in places where radio amateurs are scarce, for the benefit of overseas "Hams”, Mr. Wyn McGee, loaded with the necessary permits and equipment, made a circuit of central Polynesia from New Zealand. 6 JULY, 1959 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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D , r - .?• V- Phipps, a Sydney ologist, has recently spent some me in the Solomons study g the manganese deposits on inesave, in the Florida Group. Dr lipps arranged for 30 drums of anganese to be shipped on the ikhoi. * * * Mr. John Grover, senior geologist the British Solomon Islands, arried Miss Caroline Sandon, only lighter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. udon, of Surrey, England, in dney, in June. The bride arrived Australia only a week before the idding. The two will live at miara. * * * Vlr. J. Thompson, a New Guinea :estry officer on leave in Ausilia, was elated when he won a le trip to Tasmania in a radio iz session in June, but his enunent turned to despair in the ddle of his tour when he received svs of injury to his 17-months- [ son, Bruce. Bruce had damaged i eye in a fall on a garden stake Yamba, Northern NSW, where ; family was holidaying while Mr. ompson took his prize trip. To ,ch the bedside of the baby as was operated on. Mr. Thompson de a 1,000-mile dash by air, train i car. alph Perrier, Qantas manager Port Moresby, and Mrs. Perrier e recent San Francisco visitors route back to Australia and the ritory after leave. * * ♦ he High Commissioner for the tern Pacific, Sir John Gutch and y Gutch, visited San Francisco fly in June en route to the ted Kingdom on home leave, y will be visiting three sons, all English schools; Sir John talked l his fellow South Pacific Comlioner. Dean Knowles A. Ryerson, lis one-day California stay. Mr.

Irene Thomas, of Levuka, Fiji, celebrated 21st birthday in June. Here, from left, E. Stolz, a well known Levuka resident; Stolz,; Miss Thomas; Mrs. Thomas; and G. F. J. Thomas. Photo: Raman Lal. 7

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EIB9R M. D. I. Gass, BSIP Chief Secre-: tary, is High Commissioner in Sir John’s absence, * * * Mr. A. Pavitt, banana shipping manager in the Samoa Department of Agriculture, retired at the end of June after 27 years in the Government service, 20 of them as plantation manager of the former NZ Reparation Estates. He now intends to take up planting on his own account. * * * Mr. Frederick Devenish, who was British Consul at Tahiti when the Consulate closed in mid-1958, returned to Papeete from UK as a passenger on the Tahitien in Junej He indicated that the British Con-! sulate property may soon be returned to the chiefly Pomare family of Tahiti which gave the land to Great Britain nearly a century ago.

The Governor-General of NZ, Lord Cobham, with Lady CobhamJ will pay his first official visit to the.

Cook Islands and West Samoa in late July and August. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sanft, residents of Vavau, Tonga, recently! moved to Nukualofa to take charge of the cinema business there ownecE by his father, Mr. Otto Sanft. * * * Mr. Owen Martin, Sydney author editor and publisher of school text-J books (he has written more than 5( textbooks and teachers’ handbooks) will be visiting P-NG in Julyi August to discuss problems witt teachers and parents. * * * Mr. Harold Hindwood, who hai been general manager of Mandated Airways (a Carpenter subsidiary! in New Guinea for many years, re-J tired on June 30, and will in future reside on his coffee plantation at lan Burness, formerly of Suva, at a meeting of the Polynesian Association of Sydney, with a Sydney friend Miss Thelma Smith. —Tele-Photo. 8 JULY, 1 9 5 9 -PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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Mr. Hindwood has been a present and popular figure in New jinea since before the war, and rries with him into retirement my good wishes. Mr. Doug phinstone and Mr. Brian Carnter preceded Mr. Hindwood in s management of Mandated Airies.

Ice-Admiral Sir John Collins, N, retd., Australian High Comsioner to New Zealand, made a ;f visit to Fiji-Tonga-Samoa in le-July, travelling in the Tofua n Auckland. ♦ * * [r. J. L. Chipper, of Rabaul, has ounced that his various proves are for sale, and he plans eave the Territory. He has been Iminer, timber-miller, shipping transport contractor, planter, der, in the 30 years he has been New Guinea. t. Chipper is a bitter critic of Administration, and of the con- Dns forced on the country by berra. As a timber-getter, he instrumental in opening up the e and fertile and completely unibited Warangoi Valley. He concted roads and built bridges he was confident that, when timber was cut out, he would flowed to acquire a healthy slice this potentially valuable cocoa itry. Instead, he received only ;ry small area. le Administration, in accordance . Hasluck policy, is showing some stance in opening up the war- )i Valley. It could have been a e for a score of European ters. Only four have so far been ;ted • and three or four more are emplated. They will be ayailfor the returned servicemen Vorld War 11.

Puhia "Tony" Lindsay was entertained in ? by his sisters-in-law, Mrs. Selina Whit- ?e (right), and Mrs. Lil Hawthorne, in July. ? in Tahiti, Mr. Lindsay left there for New and in 1924. In 1928 the silent film ?orable Outcast" was shot in Fiji, and Mr. ?say was one of a group of nine young ?ds people who toured Australian movie tres supplying the authentic Islands back- ?nd music at each showing. In that year ?"talkies" came to Australia, too. Now ?oyed with an Auckland freezing company, Lindsay plans to spend a few months at Papeete, his home town. 9

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Pacific islands Monthly No. 12. Vol. XXIX JULY, 1959 Contents: PEOPLE: Personal Paragraphs of Islands Interest 1 NG Tax Showdown: Serious Legal Threats ........ 13 Burns Commission Off to a Good Start 16 More Relics of La Perouse’s Expedition 17 Fiji Sugar Industry Report Soon 17 HOME BASE: Sydneysider Reports 18 Tahiti Political Leader Still Awaiting Trial 19 The Pacific Jet Age Arrives 19 COMMENTARY: The Publisher and the Editors Look at the Pacific and World Affairs 21 The Editors’ Mailbag 23 Copra Prices Will Level Out 25 The Problem of the Stubborn Tolais 27 UN Mission Takes a Broad View of Samoa’s Problem 29

Territories Talk-Talk

With Tolala .......... 37 FIJI TALANOA With Vakatawa 43 New Guinea Farewells Captain Orme Denny 47 Fiji Offers Protection For Rice in the Sugar Bowl .. 49 Hurricane-B all er e d Niue Builds Again 53 Letter; Attitudes at the South Pacific Conference ...... 56 Everything, Including Blood From Stones, in New “Pacific Islands Year Book’ 59 Fiji’s Airport Building Is Bigger, Better, than Sydney’s 61 Sydney Group Plans to Cross the Pacific 65 The Talking Boards of Easter Island 69 Some New History on an Escape to the Islands .. 75 Monumental Report by Profes s o r Spate on Fiji Problems 77 MAGAZINE SECTION: Tropicalities, 81; Do You Know This Old Store? 81; Crossquiz, 82; Changing Face of Port Moresby, 83; Do You Remember? 83; Brett Hilder Profile, 84; What You Should Know About Tidal Waves, 84; All That Charm! 85; South Pacific Asians, 86; Cannery Row of New Guinea, 87; Book Reviews 88 The Month’s News of Ships and Yachts 101 PACIFIC REPORT: Roundup of Pacific News and Pictures (Index, p. 13) .. 117 OBITUARIES: Mrs. R. E.

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The Showdown Gomes!

New Guinea Tax Issue Leads To A Constitutional Challenge fnrii. T « stubborn refusal of Australian Minister for Terri- I° n nffi HaS | UCk m6et the almost una njmous wishes of the non-official residents of Papua and New Guinea, in regard taxado^fhp an , d . tlmmg of hls P lan to introduce income taxation there, has led to a grave constitutional position which may affect the status of the Territory.

NTIL Friday, June 26, the Issue was fairly simple. If Minister Hasluck had allowed an illwn Taxation bill to stand over another year, pending reconation between Government and payers—and possibly some retting of the awkward measure— s probable that the Taxpayers’ ociation would have withdrawn challenge to the validity of the islative Council; and all would e been peace. ut the Government, from April to June 27, went on with its ation bill plan, blindly and (bornly; and then suddenly, on e 26, the proceedings before the ritory’s Full Court became no :er an attack on the validity of Council, but challenge to the dity of the Papua and New nea Act of 1949, under which whole structure of government he Territory has been built, be Supreme Court’s rejection of Bunting application on July 7 not remove the danger. If berra insists income tax shall ate from July 1, there will be a challenge to P-NG Act, which go through to the High Court, would appear that, when the ;k on the Papua and New lea Act began on June 26 bethe Full Bench of the Supreme t of Papua and New Guinea, ; things were called into don— Fhe meaning and application le Trusteeship Agreement bei the United Nations and Ausi, as it affects former German Guinea. rhe “constitutionality” of the a and New Guinea Act of 1949. rhe character and scope of the i between the old Australian tory of Papua and the Trust fcory of New Guinea. [he validity of the Legislative cil which was created under » and NG Act. he legality of all the laws d by the Legislative Council its inauguration. . er the Tax bills were mtrointo Legislative Council on April 20, a sort of politico-economiclegalistic storm developed quickly in three dimensions. They are— In Legco —Government presses on with bills, despite resignation of three elected members; receives several scores of suggested amendments; and then adjourns until July 13, so that amendments may be submitted for consideration by Minister Hasluck.

In P-NG Supreme Court— Urgent application made for injunction restraining Council from passing Tax bills, on ground that the Council without elected members is unconstitutional; but proceedings unexpectedly develop into an attack on validity of Papua and New Guinea Act.

In Hush-Hush Section —The attack on P-NG Act in Supreme Court causes alarm among persons in Australia concerned with maintenance of Australian Trusteeship in New Guinea. There were significant and highly secret radiophone conversations between Port Moresby and Canberra. These were followed by discussions in Canberra and Melbourne.

The situation as this issue goes to press is— The Australian Government, as far as is known, still supports Minister Hasluck in his determination to pass the Tax bill on July 13 and impose the tax as from July 1.

Supreme Court has rejected Mr.

Bunting’s challenge to validity of Legco; and Bunting refuses to appeal to High Court because this may endanger the whole Papua and New Guinea Act.

Trust Territory interests may now inaugurate new action in Supreme Court, with view to ultimately challenging P-NG Act before High Court. (Over)

Pacific Report

Turn to these inside pages for more highlights of the month’s news: Fiji’s Governor Visits Tonga 117' Boffins Tour S. Pacific—ll 7; Australian Press Under Fire in NG 119; NNG Beef Industry Plans —121; Land Planes for RNZAP in Fiji?—l23.

New Relics from La Peroose Mystery—l2s; In NG It’s Dearer on the Cheap; Fiji’s Education Bill Rises Sharply—l 27; The Manus Believe in the American Way of Life—l 29; Birthday Honours for WPHC; W. Samoa Makes Life Tougher for Drinkers —133; They’re Using Henderson Field Again—l 37.

Fijians Want Segregated Schools Retained—l 39; Cathay in Suva to Stay—l 39; Japs Will Support Levuka Tuna Industry—l4l; UN Mission’s Report on NG—l43- Nauruans in Search of a Home- -145; Samoa’s Harbour Scheme- No Solution to Viet Namese Problem—l 46.

Port Moresby solicitor, Craig Kirke (centre) on the steps of the Legislative Council building serves copies of the famous injunction application to Council members B. Fairfax Ross (left) and Dr. R. F. R. Scragg. In the background at right can be seen Department of Territory's Assistant-Secretary J. E. Willoughby.

To understand what had occurred —and still is going on—it is necessary to describe all these strange events, in their sequence.

The P-NG Legco, after adjournment in April, met on June 22, to proceed with the second reading of the Tax bill.

Elected Members' Resign Territorians, expecting fireworks, gathered in the Council Chamber (the Red Cross Hall) with the soothing waves of Ela Beach on one side, and the screaming main road traffic on the other. But all was quiet, dull and anti-climactic.

The bill did not come up, that day. Actually, the venue of the fight had changed. There were no elected members present.

At 11 a.m. that day the three elected members (Messrs. Dudley Jones, of Rabaul, E. A. James, of Port Moresby, and lan Downs, of Goroka) who had already given notice that they would retire as soon as the bill reached a certain stage, drove to the office of the Administrator (and President of the Council) and handed in their resignations. In a joint statement they said they took this course because— • The Income Tax bills had been introduced without the prior inquiry demanded by all non-official members and the overwhelming majority of the residents. • The people of the Territory had not been given adequate Council representation. • The proposed bills were “so complicated and full of anomalies and inequities” that it was not proper to ask the Council to accept them—that was why they had decided not to remain in Council and consider suggested amendments. The bills should be re-drafted. • They would not accept nomination for re-election until the people were given a more effective voice in the Council.

Council's Status Challenged But the sting of the announcement was in its tail; “We have received the advice of Queen’s Counsel that the Legislative Council cannot pass valid laws until the vacancies created by our resignations have been filled.”

What did this mean?

The Port Moresby-Canberra radio ran hot.

It soon was known that eminent constitutional lawyers, who had been consulted by the Taxpayers’ Association, held that, if the Council was not constituted in accordance with Section 36 of the Papua and New Guinea Act (see panel) it could not pass a valid law; and that this applied to the Taxation bills.

On the evening of the 22nd, Port Moresby seethed with rumours. It was a period of huddles among lawyers, constitutional know-alls, amateur experts and others —with an eye on the two notable strangers who had come up from South with the homing Legco members on the Saturday plane Mr. J. E.

Willoughby, First Assistant Secretary in the Department of Territories, who was proceeding to sit inconspicuously and watch events; and Mr. John McKellar White, topranking taxation consultant in Sydney, who was there to assist and advise the Territory’s hard-fighting Taxpayers’ Association.

Everyone wanted to know: What was the next step?

'Bob' Bunting as 'Plaintiff' It came as the Council assembled on the morning of the 23rd. At 10 o’clock a little team of amateur process-servers appeared, under the direction of lawyer Craig Kirke; and two documents of formidable appearance were served on each of the 26 surviving members of the Council (except Keith McCarthy, who is absent on leave, and Robert Frederick Bunting, who appeared on the documents as “plaintiff”).

It was all very puzzling to the deeply interested spectators.

It had been thought that Mr.

Bunting, one of the nominated non-official members, and important because of his leadership of the Returned Soldiers’ League, would resign with the elected members, who carried his sympathy and support. But the director of tactic asked him to stay in the Council to act for them there.

To him had been given the ja of challenging the validity of th Council, as constituted without thre elected members.

The documents initiated an actioi in the Supreme Court. Mr. Buntin now was applying to the Court fc an injunction, restraining the Legis lative Council from proceeding wit the Taxation bills, or any othe business, on the ground that it 1 not properly constituted, in accord ance with Section 36 of the Act: Speaking from the chair, th president of the Council said thg Members had been served wit copies of the notice of motion, air supporting affidavits; and the Crovil Law Office would “enter an appeal ance” for them.

Mr. Bunting then presented J petition to the Council, praying ths Mr. John McKellar White be per mitted to address the Council frot “the bar of the House”, and presett Taxpayers’ Association argument! against the bill.

The petition was rejected on th What the P-NG Act Says Section 36 of the Papua and New Guinea Act, 1949-57, reads— The Legislative Council shall consist of 29 members, namely: (a) The Administrator; (b) Sixteen officers of the Territory (who shall be known as official members); (c) Three non-official members possessing such qualifications as are provided by the Ordinance and elected, as provided by Ordinance, by electors of the Territory; (d) Three non-official members representing the interests of the Christian missions in the Territory; (e) Three non-official native members; and (f) Three non-official members. (The remainder of the Section provides the machinery under which the various classes of non-official members are nominated and appointed.) Section 38A (added only in 1957) contains, among other things, these words: A question respecting the qualification of a member of the Legislative Council, or respecting a vacancy in the Council . . . may be determined by the Council or may be referred by resolution of the Council to the Supreme Court . . .

But Papua and New Guinea has itself been challenged on ground that Trusteeship Agreement does not authorise a Legislative Council.

On Second Thoughts When the P-NG Tax bill (which has- -360 clauses) reached Committee stage*; the Government introduced no less than 74 amendments and eight ne#i clauses; while more than 100 othel suggested amendments were submitted) by non-offlcials.

The appearance of the Government’#' numerous amendments was regarded) as evidence of faulty draftsmanship. I Some represented concessions to primary producing and mining in| terests; and further depreciation alloffr ances were conceded: but the majorit»> of the provisions which are most strongly condemned by taxation eo: perts apparently will remain in th*» bill when it goes to the Third reading and enactment, on July 13.

Mr. lan Downs, one of the three elected men? bers of the P-NG Legislative Council who r? signed in June over the tax issue. He is former NG District Commissioner, turne planter. 14 JULY. 1959-PACIFIC ISLANDS MON T H t

jes and Council resumed the md reading debate on the Tax ed by Mr. Fairfax-Ross, all the i-official members made missive, well-reasoned speeches, not inst the principle of income tax, against the Minister’s method ntroducing the measure, xcept for the Treasurer’s stateit, not one word was said in mce of the measure by either :ial or non-official members. i the back of the hall, among spectators, was Mr. E. A. James. ■ other two ex-MLC’s (Downs Dudley Jones), had left by y planes for their homes.

Supreme Court Takes Over be next move in the curious na came next day (Wednesday) he Supreme Court, igh officialdom affected to treat tly the elected members’ chale to the Council, in view of ion 38A; but Canberra must 5 been kept closely advised; be- ;e that (Wednesday) morning’s ie from South brought Mr. A. F. on, a young Sydney barrister apparently had some official ding, but who sat inconspicuy in the back of the Court with Willoughby. lief Justice Mann had Judges 3 and Kelly on the Supreme rt Bench with him. The proings were brief. le Court asked Mr. Kirke to • the application for an intertory injunction, and save time oing straight to the main point, r. Kirke said he could not do —he was awaiting legal aid from ;ralia. Meantime, Legco was g ahead, and the Tax bills could assed by an incompetent body, r. Watkins (Crown Law Officer) >ehalf of the Government gave isitive assurance that the bill d not be carried past the comse stage until the challenge had disposed of. ’. Kirke still wanted an interory injunction; so it was de- -1 to hear his application for it lext day. xt morning the same Court lembled; but by now Crown Law er Watkins was sitting on the lines, and Sydney barrister m, representing the Australian of the Crown, had taken over. •. Kirke stated that Mr. oney, a barrister associated Mr McFarlane (the QC who advised the Taxpayers’ Associi) was en route from Sydney, he sought an adjournment, ing Mr. Mahoney’s arrival, e application for an interlocutory injunction was stood over accordingly until Friday, June 26.

By now, the Court side of these proceedings was beginning to assume a stern and forbidding appearance.

No Laughing Matter Now And meanwhile the Legislative Council was fighting for air, almost smothered under a mass of proposed amendments.

All day Wednesday, the remaining non-official members tried to get the amendments (many of which covered similar ground) into some sort of order, and to reduce their number.

All Thursday the Council (“in committee”) took each clause of the bill separately, and considered it in relation to amendments.

As each amendment survived, the President announced that it now was “deferred for further consideration” —in other words, for submission to Canberra.

Apparently, nothing could be done there without Canberra’s approval.

Watching the farce from the back of the hall, Mr. E, A. James remarked in an aside: “Do you wonder I resigned? What’s the use of the Council, in this form?”

When they adjourned at noon for lunch, the councillors had dealt with 36 clauses in two hours. There are 360 clauses in the bill.

“I thought I might get home for the week-end,” moaned a New Guinea official. Nobody laughed. By now, Hasluck’s wretched Taxation bill—c urs e d by the community, challenged by scores of amendments, and now shrinking under a gathering Supreme Court storm—was no longer a laughing matter.

Main Act Now Challenged On Friday, June 26, while Legco struggled wearily with masses of bill amendments (which achieved nothing, because they all had to go to Canberra for vetting, anyway) the centre of interest changed sharply and definitely to the Supreme Court.

A young Sydney barrister, Mr.

D. L. Mahoney, who had received his instructions in Sydney only 36 hours before, came off the all-night plane—where he had slept in his clothes—and went straight into action in the Supreme Court.

Within an hour, official Port Moresby was buzzing with excitement. Mr. Mahoney was not following Mr. Kirke’s line of qu3stioning the authority of Legco, under Section 36 —he was attacking the validity of the Papua and New Guinea Act itself.

It has been known, for ten years, that some experts in constitutional law express doubts about the validity of this Act. They question the possibility of combining the old Australian Territory of Papua with the Trust Territory of New Guinea, in view of the way in which the government of the latter is defined by the Trusteeship Agreement between the United Nations and Australia, made on December 13. 1946.

The Agreement allows “a customs, (Continued on 149) Another who resigned is Mr. Dudley Jones Rabaul barrister and solicitor who has been a driving force and forthright counsellor among the Taxpayers' Associations of P-NG.

Mr. E. A. James, senior of the three MLC's who resigned. He is a Port Moresby public accountant and former editor and proprietor of the pre-war "Papuan Courier". 15 CIFIC .STANDS MONTHLY JULY. ..5.

New Elections - But Of Whom? (Continued from previous page)

Burns Commission Off To A Good Start Following months of preliminary research in the UK, the Burns Commission on the development of Fiji started field work in the Colony in July.

THE Chairman, Sir Alan Burns, made many friends for the Commission right at the beginning with a sane summing up of what the Commission would and would not do.

He said that he had heard rumours that the Commission would disregard assurances given in the past about Fijian land. But any recommendation would take earlier assurances into account.

Sir Alan also warned against rumours of what he or his colleagues might supposedly say during their inquiry. Such statements should be disregarded unless they were from an authoritative source. People should remember, too, that if the Commissioners’ questions should sometimes seem pointed, it might merely mean that they were testing reaction—not that they had made up their minds on anything.

The Commission has received 500 letters containing suggestions from the public. The Fijian and Indian communities have also presented in written form their official submissions. ... c u • • • Mam Submissions The Fijian submissions were signed by the five paramount chiefs and five chiefs representative of the commoners. The Indian submissions were signed by five Indian members of the Legislative Council and 100 other leading Indians representative of the Legislative Council and 100 Hindu and Muslim. These two groups are not always unanimous in political matters.

Broadly, the Fijian submissions cover the following points: The promises made under the Deed of Cession regarding Fijian control of land must be adhered to.

Having regard to the increasing Fijian section of the population, there is no worthwhile land in excess of Fijian requirements, Lack of finance, and not the Fijian way of life, is the principal reason for failure by the Fijians to make the fullest use of their land, Finance for this purpose in the form of grants or loans from the British Government is petitioned, Because of the limited amount of good land, greater attention should be paid to the development of secondary industries. Greater opportunity to be provided for Fijians in commerce and industry, and greater educational facilities provided in technical colleges and universities — preferably in England “for social and political reasons”—to fit them for these tasks, The limitation of population increase by birth-control methods and the provision of greater public expenditure on the dissemination of birth control information, though this is “unfortunately not a cure but only a palliative for possible future ills . . . (but) essential to the welfare of the Colony.”

The Indian submissions are, very broadly; T *ie l an d of Fiji is capable of great development and if full use is of it there is no danger in the near future of any over-population problem. Nevertheless the Indians would support any programme of artificial birth control so long as such is not directed solely at Indians as a racial group, and is entirely on a voluntary basis.

To develop the land, substantial funds be made available and terms of land-tenure liberalised in the case of leased lands. Land tax urged.

Greater diversification of agriculture, and better local and overseas marketing organisations.

Greater educational facilities and the removal of all fees in primary education.

It is maintained that “the Indians were introduced in the Colony for permanent colonisation, and they were given solemn promise by Her Majesty that their rights . . . would be ‘no whit inferior to those of any other race’ ”, and that such pledge has not been fulfilled . . . “in thei matter of land utilisation and holdings.” This should be corrected.

Greater representation for Indians in the legislature and local government, and the removal of discrimination in all spheres of their life, i

Well, Blow

ME DOWN!

This wasn't quite part of the drill laid down for the handling of the Royal Salute for the Queen's Birthday, but none could say that the man concerned did not adopt a tidy pose as he fell in a faint just prior to the firing in Albert Park, Suva, on June 13. A moment later an ambulance crew had adjusted matters.

Photo: G. Winkelkoetter.

Young Timothy Strachan of Lae, is typical of the healthy European youngsters that New Guinea produces these days Timothy’s smile is no doubt due to the fact that he has just won the boy’s 8 years-and-under swimming race at the Morobe District Interschool Swimming carnival in June—held at Lae this year for the first time. Bulolo won the carnival for the fifth time in a row. Photo: Pat Robertson. 16 JULY, 1959 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLI

More La Perouse Relics Six coral-encrusted anchors and other relics from what is believed to the wreck of La Perouse’s ship “Astrolabe” were recovered from a nikoro reef and arrived back in Noumea on the French Naval patrol sel “Tiare”, on July 1. Above is one of the anchors. (See story page ). 3E WRECKAGE of the vessel was located last year by M.

Pierre Anthonioz, who also saw sral anchors embedded in coral i recovered one of them. (PIM, •il, 1958). The present relics were Dvered by M. Haroun Tazieff, a sanologist, and a team of divers, b the help of Tiare’s winches, icr than the anchors, cannon s, chain, ballast and a Russian i dated 1724, were recovered.

Perouse called at a Siberian t before crossing the Pacific). > is not clear whether the ;anologist and the divers went Vanikoro on Tiare or not. One )rt indicates that this party has i around Vanikoro for some iths looking for wrecks. The P Government, to which vam- ) and its reefs belong, does not ear to know what is going on e; officially it knows nothing it the French expedition—or n oes, is not saying anything, eantime, the relics were reed in Noumea with full military Durs and one minute s silence the members of La Perouse’s jdition who, of course, perished vears ago. The French High imissioner and the Admiral imanding Pacific Navy Forces ; there to welcome arrived. The relics will ultim ately go to the French Navy Museum.

La Perouse is now part of history, and belongs to the Pacific as well as to the French; it might be an idea, therefore, if some of the British in the Solomons could work up sufficient enthusiasm to collect a couple of Vanikoro relics for a British museum.

Plenty of Grievances Aired Fiji Sugar Report Due End of July The inquiry into ways and means of maintaining peace in the Fiji sugar industry, which opened in Suva on May 25, was concluded there at the beginning of July. The recommendations of the Board of Inquiry are expected to be available by the end of July.

THE inquiry was the result of a dispute between one section of the sugar industry workers— the mill workers who are members of the Fiji Sugar Industry Employees’ Association—and the employers, the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Ltd.

Whatever the recommendations, the inquiry was valuable in that it publicly aired a very wide range of grievances, real or imaginary, by both parties.

The Board of Inquiry permitted presentation of submissions over a very wide field, whether backed by firm evidence or not. All statements were made under privilege, and all hearings were in public except on one occasion near the end of the inquiry when the spokesman for the Company and the union’s spokesman were the only persons present before the Board, while the ability of the employer to pay higher wages was investigated.

The Board of Inquiry consisted of four members: Mr, G. G.

Honeyman, QC, from the UK.chair- (Over) of the anchors recovered by the latest expedition to the wreck of La Perouse's ship, photographed aboard the "Tiare" in Noumea in July, by "PIM" correspondent Fred Dunn.

INDONESIANS HAPPY All 37 of the Indonesian stowaways who were refused entrance to Holland last year, and were sent on to Dutch New Guinea instead, have now found work in the Dutch territory, despite their earlier troubles there, which caused some anxiety for the authorities (PIM Dec., 1958). This Indonesian is working as a scooter technician in a Dutch firm in Hollandia. 17 CIFI C ISLANDS MONTHLY JDLY, 1.5.

man; and Ratu K. K. Mara, Mr.

P. K. Bhindi. and Mr. D. M. N.

McFarlane, all of Fiji.

Union Argument Beyond its many petty grievances, the main line taken by the union, through its general president. Mr.

B. D. Lakshman, was that wages paid in the sugar industry should be based simply on ability to pay, and should not be related to the inability of some other Fiji industries or employers to pay a similar amount. A fair share of the fruits of the sugar industry should be the only criterion, he said.

The CSR Company maintained on the other hand, through first its chief manager, Mr. J. C. Potts (who entered hospital on June 23 following a heart attack), and later through its Mr. L. M. Sherwood, that sugar wages must be tied in with the general ability of all Fiji employers to pay.

Mr. G. G. Honeyman indicated towards the end of the hearings that on the information which had been given the Board of Inquiry would not be disposed to recommend a minimum rate of pay for the whole Colony, The union had submitted that on the basis of cost-of-living figures for prisoners in the Colony, the barest minimum wage should be 3/per hour as compared with the present 1/5 ruling in this branch of the sugar industry. A reduction of working hours to 40 per week, and certain other improvements were also sought.

On behalf of the Company. Mr.

Sherwood said that inability to pay a just and reasonable wage had never been pleaded in these hearings. His Company held that there should be some machinery set up for the fixing of a Colony-wide minimum wage and that any other negotiations should be based on that.

Polynesian Airlines Ltd.

Backers Polynesian Airlines Ltd., registered in Apia recently with the primary object of establishing an air link between Western Samoa and American Samoa, disclosed the ’names of its share-holders in June, as follows: Mesdames S. Annandale, K. von Reiche, and E. F. Paul; Messrs.

P. M. Paul, N. S. Paul, D. Atoa, G. T. Jackson, K. Meyer, R. F.

Reynolds, R. P. Berking, R. R.

Barnewall, A. N. Grey, Lesatele Rapi, E. and R. Fabricius, C. and L.

Bartley, H. and J. Retzlaff, and S. V. Mackenzie & Co. Ltd.

Mr. Barnewell is the Australian Operations Manager who is handling the technical side.

The directors are given as Messrs.

E. F. Paul, E. Annandale, B. Cobcroft, Vaai K, and K. von Reiche, with B. W. Leamy as secretary .

HOME BASE By Sydneysider Sydney is the hub of the South Pacific, and its news is your news. Here are some of the things that made June-JUly headlines.

Commonwealth Ministers, meeting in early July to cook up the 1959 Budget, have found £5O million in the kitty that they didn’t know about. This, say the optimistic experts, points the way to a tax slash. (Any department will do). * * * Railway officials sitting in their Counting House figuring out how much the 1958-59 loss will be, say a lot of lost patronage is due to slow, uncomfortable and grimy conditions of train travel “a few years ago”. To which most Sydneysiders reply, whadda you mean —a few years ago? Increased use of private vehicles and air travel is also blamed for the railway not being the popular way —although the Public Service Board of NSW is doing its best for the railways by banning public servants from air travel where a train can get them to the same place. * * * TAKE YOUR MAP: Two new lanes on the Sydney Harbour Bridge (they used to be tram lines) are expected to ease traffic congestion for two years by which time additional vehicles will have got us back where we started from. Out of town drivers are advised to approach the Bridge between midnight and 6 a.m.— it’s now no game for the novice or uninstructed. During the month, newspapers have boosted circulation by printing diagrams and maps on How to Do It; and Transport Department is issuing pamphlets to the same purpose. * * * CHINESE PUZZLE: It was a feather in the caps of NSW police when they cleared up, within two days, what looked like being an insoluble Oriental mystery of how two Chinese bodies got to be floating in Sydney harbour done up in calico shrouds.

They were the casualties of a party of five Chinese smuggled from Hongkong by crew members of the liner Taiyuan.

The three who got ashore are still abroad as illegal migrants.

The two whose Chinese luck ran out apparently smothered in a cupboard during a Customs search for contraband, and their bodies were thrown overboard by panicky sailors.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY: July 1 was the 50th anniversary of the introduction of Australian old age pensions. Beginning at 10/- per week in 1909, the rate has risen to the present £4/7/6.

The pensioner today is slightly better off, getting something like one-third the basic wage. In 1909 he got about one-fifth the unskilled male wage rate. Other benefits go with the age pension today; and over 500,000 Australians are taking it—a far higher proportion than in 1909, when there was some sort of social stigma attached. * * *

Big Divvies From Little

INVESTMENTS GROW: Record for the month, any department, goes to General Motors Holden’s for a £15.3 million profit—the biggest an Australian company has ever made in one year. Over £7 million of it goes to ordinary shareholders in the United States —giving them 425 per cent, on their investment. Australian preference shareholders get £33,696. The rest goes to reserves.

GM-H has given its American parent the best investment it ever had; the Australian public the most popular car it ever had; and in addition it contributes magnificently to consolidated revenue —£11,000,000 in income tax in the year under review. * * * DISTINGUISHED GUEST: Danny Kaye, here in Sydney for a four weeks’ season at a fabulous fee. He’s delighting the fans on and off the stage. * * * LOCAL BOY RETURNING: Prime Minister Menzies, on July 8, after 10 weeks abroad, back with the happy news that the world is now more likely to talk it out than fight it out. * * * OUT DAMNED SPOT: After some interesting wrangling going back over weeks, the Municipal Council of the high-toned Woollahra area (it takes in Double Bay, Rose Bay, Edgecliff, etc.), decided on July 13 to order the demolition of two, almost completed, luxury blocks of flats (value £1 million), at Darling Point—because they are too near the water. The bet is it won’t happen, but it has been one of Sydney’s more entertaining stinks. 18 JULY, 1959 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

The Case of the Molotov Cocktails Tahiti's Pouvanaa Still Awaits Trial Travellers from Tahiti in June lade known the astonishing ict that steps had just been tam to bring to trial, before “the riminal Court of French Polynia”, the former 64-years-old rench Polynesian Premier and eputy, Pouvanaa a Oopa, on larges connected with fire-raisg incidents of October 10, )58.

UM reported in November, 1958, that following a series of political clashes—a muddled atnpt had been made in the night October 10 to start fires in busiss premises: that the Governor d taken certain drastic action; d that Pouvanaa a Oopa and a mber of his closest supporters d been arrested, on a series of minal charges, apparently iniving arson and assault.

Since then, there has been no rd about the Deputy or the item of government being folded in Tahiti. It was assumed that ; French authorities had let the ole unhappy incident be for- ;ten and taken no further action.

Jut now it appears that Pouvanaa Oopa—and presumably his asiates—has been held as prisoner ir since October 11—over eight nths—while high officialdom in mch Polynesia has discussed the t way of bringing him to trial. low Political Hatreds Led To Terrorism ’he discussions and arguments difficult to understand. French , which holds an accused guilty 11 he proves himself innocent, is erent from English law, which s that an accused person is ocent until evidence satisfies a rt that he is guilty. >elay has occurred because the nch-Tahitian authorities insisted t Pouvanaa should have a fair ,1; and it was feared that in liti there would be too many pers involved, with pre-conceived is about the case, he Criminal Court before which vanaa is expected to appear, rtly, will consist of three magises (one of whom will preside) *0 M J = vais, of Papeete, for the followina notes on this very remarkable J: e * nnoT Before the leaders of tne KUfi (Rassemblement Democratique Populations Tahiti), Pouvanaa a Oopa and his lieutenant, J. B. 1 1.

Ceran-Jerusalemy, got political power through the Loi Cadre elections at the end of 1957, they had developed much influence ( apparently anti-European) among the Tahitian people—especially tne large illiterate section.

They buttressed their influence by quoting freely from the Bible; and they were helped very much by t Tahitian pastors, formerly trained by a Protestant organisation The credulous natwe voter we f aS il y rf wire envoyf Sf God on SSS 2 an d they did all that they were 1 told to do The majority were quite incapable of an independent vote on political subjects, like the introduction of income tax, and an independent republican government. when Ceran-Jerusalemy, as Presid e n t of the Assembly, and pouvanaa a Oopa, as Premier, took charge of the government early in 1958 they introduced these two “reforms”. The Rightist parties rose revo it against the new Government on April 2 g and 30, 1958, and broke up the Assembly. The Governor resumed control of Administration.

The majority of the r D PT followers we re quite incapable of understanding what it was all about, The yote fQr or against De Gaulle and the Fifth Republic was taken on September 28 1958. and the RDPT party worked very hard for (Continued on p.ie 147) The Pacific Jet Age Is Here (Somewhere) Not Aotearoa—but the Long Black Cloud. That’s what irate local aldermen thought, anyway, when Qantas’ new Boeing 707 jet took off from Mascot. Sydney, for the first time on July 6. It was the advent of the Pacific jet age. Somewhere in that black cloud—which Civil Aviation authorities went to a lot of trouble to explain was much worse than normal—is the aircraft, and also the spies of the aldermen from the nearby suburbs who for months have been yelling in anticipation of “jet aircraft nuisance”.

Said the Mayor of Randwick after the event; “They pulled every trick to convince people that the planes would not be a nuisance ... I enjoyed their supper [referring to the Qantas’ reception] but they didn’t pull the wool over my eyes. Jets mean noise, kerosene and smoke to a far greater extent than conventional aircraft.”

Qantas will put jets into regular Pacific service on July 29. Pan American will come in with jets a little later—which is pretty smart of them. By the time they start, Botany-Randwick civic fathers will no doubt have accepted the fact that, like amplified sound, TV westerns, pneumatic drills and motor scooters, jet noise is just another modern nuisance that we are stuck with.

Pan-Am will be introducing the Intercontinental version of the Boeing 707 to the Pacific service, although whether it will come right through to Sydney at the outset is not yet known. This version is 18 ft. longer than the current Qantas model and will carry more passengers. Pan-Am has already had nine months jet experience across the Atlantic with a version of the 707 which is slightly shorter again than the ones Qantas is using. 19 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHIT-JDLY,

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COMMENTARY N Gives "Go head" to W. Samoa r contrast to the UN Visiting Mission’s report on New Guinea, which caused some heartbums High p laces in that Terri- Y> the report of the Mission that :t f d Western Samoa is as mild the Biblical asses’ milk. (See re 29).

'or this reason, it cannot be led so much a blue print for Lire West Samoan self-governot, as a grandmotherly pat on head for a favourite grandchild, led down to a sentence, it cones the Samoans’ right to choose m and how they shall have selfernment; nonetheless, the rest of report that pads this basic fact to 78 pages has plenty of builtwarnings to the Samoans, who soon be running things, of the Iculties in which they could find nselves. he UN Trusteeship Council ite which followed the release ;he report was as mild as the )rt itself. Even the Russian gate was hard put to it to find munition for his accustomed idsides, and contented himself l demanding “unqualified inmdence”, and the charge that Zealand was trying to force a ty of friendship on an unwill- Samoa.

S has made it abundantly clear ecent years that she would be content to be done with Samoa; it seems that she will be stuck the Territory to some extent icially, even when it has got its filed independence. an indication that the Visiting ion did not learn all the problems report dismissed public health few lines; nor was this dis- Jd in the debate, although fates (and the report) talked ngth about educational policy, e most pressing public health lem in W. Samoa at present is inability of the department to ct qualified European medical Within a short time, European cal practitioners will be re- -1 to two —with no resident ;on specialist—to care for the h needs of 102,000 people. The m of the work will then fall le 40 Samoan AMP graduates Suva Medical School who have the specialised knowledge and ■ience of qualified European rs and specialists, d a European resident of long ing, recently: “It is practically ssible to engage medical men ;h e niggardly remuneration offered by W. Samoa when they are offered much more in neighbouring territories. The UN Mission and the delegates at the Council ignored fdnn kec l endl essly of the £400,000 worth of grants-in-aid that should be forthcoming from NZ for higher-education, even after selfgovernment is established."

No one is opposed to giving Samoan children adequate education although academic distinction m itself, in a Territory of only hmited opportunities for this sort of thing, is useless. As the report itself points out, the stress for years to come must be on agricultural development if the country is to pay for the kind of life to which it has become accustomed.

There is no reason why selfgovernment should not succeed in Samoa, as it has in Tonga—except that the Tongans have always cut their suit according to the cloth.

Western Samoa, on the other hand, seems much more disposed towards designing a lavish suit and then expecting someone else preferably New Zealand whom they occasionally affect to despise—to furnish the material. ☆ ☆ ☆ Spook in the Copra Cupboard ANEW word has entered the vocabulary of the copra industry in recent years particularly since the end of the MOF copra contract in 1957. It’s "Interchangeability" and it means that if copra can’t be produced at a reasonable price, something cheaper like soya-bean or groundnut oil will have to be substituted.

This bogey has been dusted off and brought out to frighten copra producers almost monthly in the last year since copra prices have been high—to such an extent that when, or if, it does happen that alternative oils take a slice out of copra’s traditional market, producers will be likely, at first, to discount the wolf that has been crying “interchangeability” so long.

Although a switch to cheaper alternatives is an ever-present threat to copra, it is difficult against the background of the last 12 months to dismiss entirely the idea that “interchangeability" is not also part of consumers’ bargaining technique. There has been proof during the months of copra scarcity that, however much cheaper substitutes might cut into the field in some departments, in others there is no substitute for coconut oil.

But whether copra and coconut mirfeyV 5i aim ? n the edible-oils market to the extent indicated by p ? ice levels reached e . lght months - is an entirely different proposition—and producer and consumer alike were, no doubt, relieved when in June price of copra showed a downward trend.

Whether this is a temporary halt is too soon to say, but it would be a good thing all round if copra now stabilised at a reasonable price Just what level could be regarded as reasonable is the $64 question —but it would have to be well below the freak prices realised early this year.

High prices rebounded in the Pacific a few months ago when the copra crushing mill at Rabaul closed temporarily because its owners could not see the future market trends of coconut oil sufficiently clearly. As it happened, this made no difference to P-NG copra producers, because the Copra Marketing Board was able to clear all copra elsewhere . But had the mill closure been in Suva instead of Rabaul, Fiji planters, who sell almost entirely to the Suva mill, would have been in real trouble. ☆ ☆ ☆ Unity of Commercial Interests in Fiji IN Fiji there are now four important groups of traders—Europeans, part-Europeans, Indians and Chinese. The Fijians trade through co-operative societies, but rarely as individuals.

There is a tendency for the traders to group themselves racially. There is a European and an Indian Chamber of Commerce, and the Chinese are now moving to form a Chamber.

The president of the Suva Chamber of Commerce, Mr. M. H. Helsen, has entered a strong plea for unity of thought and action, among Fiji’s Chambers of Commerce. He has pointed to the growing importance of Fiji’s trade, both internal and external, and the ways in which a United Fiji Chamber could help the Government in difficult days ahead.

Mr. Helsen could have added that the things which divide the Chambers in their expressed objects are as nothing compared with the considerations which unite them.

Some people profess to see insuperable obstacles to national unity in the growing numerical strength of three or four racial communities in Fiji. There really are no obstacles there —it is mainly a matter of intelligence and tolerance on the part of the community leaders.

Hawaii has more races, in some ways more sharply divided, than has Fiji. Yet Hawaii has gone 21 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY, 1959

ahead and prospered as a united community—an example to all the Pacific Islands Territories and Hawaii now has become the Fiftieth State of the United States.

What Hawaii has done in the North Pacific, Fiji can do in the South always provided that the communities can approach their common problems without bigotry and intolerance.

This Chamber of Commerce pr<Dposition provides a good case in point.

Let there be, if desirable, a separate Chamber of Commerce for every community and every trading centre; but a united all-Fiji Chamber of Commerce, in which all the smaller Chambers shall have representation, should be an essential part of the structure. The smaller Chambers would deal with local needs; while the all-Fiji Chamber would speak for the Colony’s traders as a whole, and co-operate with Government in every possible way.

Trading and primary production are closely linked. An organisation of planters, affiliated with the Fiji Chamber of Commerce, would be a good and helpful thing. ☆ ☆ ☆ The Axe of Asia for Fiji's R. A. Hewlett ONE of Fiji’s brightest young men, Mr. Bob Hewlett, was appointed Director of Tourism in Singapore last year. He threw himself into the job with typical Hewlett enthusiasm. His work pleased all observers —some of the publicity he arranged was most effective.

Last month, Bob Hewlett was sacked —just like that! —and given three months’ salary in lieu of notice. . . .

This month, Indonesia’s Japtrained rabble-rouser, Dr.

Soekarno, has thrown aside the last vestiges of the so-called Parliamentary system introduced into that be-devilled “republic” after World War 11, and has established himself as an Army-controlled dictator.

The two most powerful bodies in the former Netherlands Indies now are the tight-knit Chinese community of about 3,000,000, and the ever-growing Communist Party of Indonesia which will be in Soekarno’s Cabinet, whether he likes it or not.

Those factors, plus the economic deterioration of the “renublic” since the Dutch were ousted, contribute more and more towards the creation of the Indonesian causeway, along which Asia’s hordes eventually will pass to the South Pacific Islands, Australia and NZ.

There is growing restlessness in the Philippines—our near neighbours in the northwest; and growing uncertainty about the future of Dutch New Guinea, with which we share occupation of the world’s largest island. . . .

Bob Hewlett, Dr. Soekarno, Dutch New Guinea, Philippines—how are all these connected?

They are part of the same overall picture—namely, the growing thrust of Asia against the Europeans, and against the clean and freedom-loving nations which Europeans have established in the South Pacific.

The British built the great entrepot of Singapore out of a swamp; and then, without a fight, abandoned it to the Asians who had subsequently established themselves there. A Chinese near-Red premier has taken charge—and promptly has thrown out all the European employees he could reach, including Mr. Hewlett. The Chinese politicians will eject British business-men eventually from Singapore, just as Soekarno’s Indonesian rabble has driven the Dutch out of the Netherlands Indies.

Since 1945, we have seen it happen in Burma, India, Ceylon, Indonesia, Singapore, Indo-China.

Why do we imagine that this flood will stay west of New Guinea and north of the Equator? ☆ ☆ ☆ What Mr. Hasluck Is Doing to P-NG THE very intransigent Minister Hasluck must be held responsible for the danger now threatening Papua and New Guinea. It is developing as a result of the Minister’s stubborn refusal to meet the unanimous wish of non-official P-NG residents that the Tax bill be postponed for one year.

This is written as the Territory’s Legislative Council assembles, once more, to pass the Taxation bills.

The Supreme Court has said that the Council has the power to do this; and the Administration has indicated that the tax will be levied as from July 1, 1959.

Sooner or later after the bill becomes law—probably sooner—the validity of the Taxation Act will be challenged; and, when that happens, the matter will go at least to the High Court, in the shape of an attack upon the Papua and New Guinea Act, under which the Territory of Papua and New Guinea is constituted and governed.

High legal authorities always have had doubts about the P-NG Act; and it has been repeatedly attacked in the United Nations.

Most of its authority is derived from the Trusteeship Agreement between United Nations and Australia; but the critics hold that there is nothing there to permit, between Papua and New Guinea, a union which includes a law-making! instrument of the nature of the! present Legislative Council.

Mr. Hasluck has known this. Itl is known also to other Australian!

Ministers, and to certain high!

Australian officials.

Why, then, did Mr. Hasluck press! on with his badly-drafted and! untimely Tax bill, and stir up a! constitutional challenge under the! worst possible conditions, when a! little courtesy and patience with! the Taxpayers’ Associations would! almost certainly have brought com-I promise and the temporary removal] of a very real danger? Echo] answers, why!

That P-NG Act should have] expert attention —but in a calm! atmosphere, clear of bad feeling. J Now —assuming that Tax bill] passes, in its present form—! disaster could be just around thd corner. Because, even if an attack) on the validity of the P-NG Aci should fail, issues will be raised which inevitably will stir up trouble) for Australia at all points wherd the international organisations wd support meet the emissaries of thd Communist block, and of Asian and African anti-European countries. J This grave error in judgment and in tactics could —and should —writs Finis to Mr. Hasluck’s career as Australian Minister for Territories) In some ways, he is the ablest mad who has held that portfolio in 501 years; but a series of incidents! since about 1952 suggests that, id outlook and in temperament, he isf unfitted for the post.

For example, it is well known) that he has insisted on beind Administrator as well as Minister so that the official Administrate} never has been given a chance to administer, and a kind of demoralisation has spread slowli through the District and Depart! mental heads. j In introducing the bill suddenly) and without notice; in ignoring all pleas and arguments for de+ lay and review; in inducing th« Australian Cabinet to push off ruthlessly with the measure— ii these things, Mr. Hasluck has suggested that he regards Terri} torians as an unintelligent, selfisl mob, screaming against income l taxation generally. . . . Well, he is due to learn something more aboii! the character and backbone of Territorians.

Mrs. Rachel CleMnd, wife of the Administrator of P-NG, Brigadier D. M. Cleland, and well-known for her personal interest in many Territory voluntary organisations, became a Member of the Order of the British Empire in June. The citation said that the recent development of Guiding in the Territory was largely due to her work as president of the\ P-NG Girl Guides’ Association . 22 JULY. 1959-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH Li

The editors' Mailbag Vho Discovered he NG Highlands? v^£f ade J in p erm any, writing via oZoZa, refers to a Mailbag item in [arch, where doubt was thrown a the story that a man called Australians dur- War II actuall y was the rst to discover the NG Highlands.

Detzner now is living in England tys our reader, and continues: t would have been only fair to t Detzner know the accusations id hear his side of the story. Why e these accusations brought to hit now the missionary who made em is dead? Why did he not cuse Detzner while living”.

No one waited until anyone was ad, of course; there is ample idence to show that the itherans began their war with >tzner shortly after his book was .bushed presumably in the aU S. [f Detzner had wanted to defend nseif he could have done so after blication of a long article in M in July, 1934, which said all 3-t the March, 1959, item said, only >re so. But so far as the present itors of PIM are aware—and ther was engaging in literary Jrcises in 1934—there never has m one word from Detzner publed in PIM in the 29 years of existence, although there has sn ample opportunity, n 1934, shortly after the Leahy others, Spinks and Taylor first »lored the New Guinea Highds, the late Mrs. Molly Lett, •ting from Detzner’s book, proved her own satisfaction that ;zner had discovered all the ntry between the Purari head ;ers and Mt. Hagen. In the July le of 1934, a Sheila Lane replied, part, as follows: Vlr. Bergmann (of the Lutheran sion), states that Detzner himhas since repudiated his book New Guinea travels and has gated it solely to the fiction s. No longer can it be accepted authentic history. . . . This on was taken following a protest the German Geological Society the Lutheran Mission, which ised Detzner of using informafrom the Mission to write his :. The contents were entirely to his powers of listening while was temporarily domiciled at mission.” iss Lane then went to to say Detzner’s description of the ;r Purari natives fitted exactly Kukukuku natives who roamed :he region of Wau and the at; and that there was no ntain anywhere like his ription of Mt. Joseph. iveS? p;« eason ' m subsequent Mont’ i f’J! , alw ? ys referred to the “ til the om r r? t n and 14 was n <>‘ ° ld tetter came Into our search Wue^flfer' 8 e T iL th Q a i slmev5 lme v we ask ed Mick fhp a il y ~ about . whose explorations , n ° doub t—if he thought Detzner had discovered the HighnS™*or. H vf said5 aid no; that he thought Detzner had never got further than the Saruwaged.

If Mr Detzner can prove otherwise, we d be delighted to hear from dim—it s something we’ve been waiting for for for 30 years.

Send Them Your Islands Stamps!

A letter received by the Editor : Please do not think us too forward n writing this letter to you. We ire two polio patients, and have leen in respirators for the last six ears; and during that time we have iecome very interested in stamp ollecting. Strange as it may seem, re find that the stamps we are most hort of, are those of the Islands of he near north of Australia—such s New Guinea, Solomons, Nauru, tc.

We were wondering if it would be ossible for you to print a small iece for us in your paper: We ill gladly pay for same if you send le account. Hoping you can see Dur way clear to grant us this jquest. BILL ROBINS, MAX RAWSON. l2, Fairfield Hospital, airfield, Victoria.

No charge to BUI and Max. landers, please send of your best! ontlnuing the Story f Humphrey Berkeley Writing to “PIM” a week before i accident put her in hospital une “PIM”), Mrs. Ellen von oltke, of Norfolk Island, had a w more facts to add to the story Humphrey Berkeley, which has most became a “PIM” serial in e last 12 months: VEr. Berkeley was married twice d had three sons. His first wife ist have died in England shortly ;er the eldest son was born and, jsumably, was brought up by his ither’s family. lumphrey’s brother. Sir Henry rkeley, KCMG, was Chief Justice Fiji, but am not sure whether he s there when his brother arrived Suva in 1892. The family came m the Leeward Islands, West ImQ d n eS T~ they were ori ginally German Jews named Hartmann, but the two brothers decided to change their names legally taking that of their mother’s maiden name Hum p hrey had great charm. law n!o d f l?d m En g lan d, started fw P ;f CtlCe - Suva immediately h .i s arrival an d was joined by i Mr Beddard, from England who 'emamed only a few yea?s in Fiji borne time afterwards, Humphrey’s second wife arrived with her two and Reginald, and a naid who looked after Mrs.

Berkeley (a recluse).

T om was never the brilliant one ,f the family. “Sparrow”, the ounger, started writing plays when ie was in the Army in France, durng World War I. After that, he •ractised law in England and beame a member of Parliament. He led at middle age. He was married o the younger of two sisters of man in the Civil Service in Suva -can’t just remember the date but : was about the time when a high hief died at Bau. He saw her at ie huge ceremony at Bau, married er soon afterwards and they went ff to England.

Humphrey Berkeley, by this time, ad “gone to the pack”—he was a eavy drinker: a bottle of whisky day man. He ended up with the •cal scandal of the Bua-bua logs, ard-wood sleepers for train lines »r sugar plantations. These were ’dered for the Punjabis at a cost £4OO, but were never paid for.

The Punjabis threatened to urder Humphrey and to disember the body and destroy it, so umphrey left orders that when he ed he was to be buried at sea.

Humphrey’s eldest son (of his first arriage) visited his stepmother in iva after his father died. He was his early 20’s, a good-looking, ie type of Englishman. He was a od actor—it was he and not Tom 10 starred in The Geisha, menmed by Mr. Chris Wager ( PIM , arch). lould Dlddiman ‘ Dlddlma?

Hr. Harold Wickham, of Swansea, W, has a new slant on the Pidgin rd “Diddiman” (which originally erred to the curator of the Rabaul tanical Gardens, and now is ;d for anyone who does this type job).

Ie says the word was not “didaan”, anyway, but “diddima”. ddiman was a mispronunciation one of the officers of the Rabaul risen who was notorious for his bility to speak Pidgin.

The same officer was responsible the use of the Pidgin “Sodaer” for saltwater. The natives ays called it “sollitwater” —the rest they could get to saltwater. the nearest the officer could to “sollitwater” was "sodawater”. 23 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY, 1959

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Copra Prices Will

LEVEL OUT • Although few of the experts ve committed themselves as yet. ere are indications that the price copra, which has been mainned at boom level for the best rt of 12 months, will adjust itself the next six.

HE world oil and fat supply position was admirably summed up by Mr. J. C. A. Faure, of ilever, in his address to the conss of the International Associate of Seed Crushers, held in unes, France in early June, when said that he foresaw a period “adequate but not excessive iplies”. iccording to Mr. Faure’s forecast 1959, total world export of all ble oils and fats will be close the record 11 million metric tons 1957 —and 350,000 tons more than 1958. [owever, although overall exts will be up, demand from stern Europe will also be inised considerably so that supply demand will just about balance, ut from the copra producers’ it of view, here are several other ;ors to be taken into considerai: The 350,000 tons increase over 5 exports is all in alternative —soya, cottonseed, groundnut, eed, tallow and lard; and it is scted that 1959 will end showing >nut oil exports to have been [)00 tons less than for the same od in 1958; and that whale oil be 10,000 tons down, inetheless, the copra boom prices have continued long enough to LUlate consumers to make the ige to alternative oils and what Faure had to say on this so- Jd “interchangeability” is insting: always takes time for a substitute to lish itself. Manufacturers are loath lange formulas and if a commodity cely to be in short supply for only lited period, they would rather follow narket than change formulae. When hortage threatens to be of long duraa change in formulae becomes unable. s old English proverb “Necessity is mother of invention” has certainly into its own, and as a result of the shortage the readiness to interchange >rt notice has been greatly stimulated. fact should ultimately result in ier markets and eliminate some fluctuations. It should help comics in excessive supply and ease the ire on those in short supply. ring June there was aconsideradjustment in local prices paid acific producing centres. Durhat month, the price in Suva lAD grade fell from £FB2/7/6 dav J nf n ?hi t 0 £ ™ /2/6 on the last day of the month.

Pa P ua ‘ Ne w Guinea, the price planters will ultimately get from the Copra Marketing is based on the London average for Philinin J, une - which was £Stg .91/2/6—a fall of £Stg.B/15/trom the May average. Meantime, the tentative price in P-NG remains the same: £ASS per ton delivered to Board s warehouses.

During June, however, a price adjustment of £2O per ton was made to planters in respect of their deliveries to the Board during January- March this year. It is anticipated that a similar adjustment will be made m respect of April-June deliveries, payments being made bv August 15. J -.Jf ex P e cted that adjustment well be made also to the price paid in BSIP, which last month was at a peak of £ABO per ton.

Another factor enters Papua- V e , w V umea c °P ra Production from July 1 it seems likely now that income tax will be introduced from l V a A d^ e (in spite of the best efforts of the Taxpayers’ Association to delay matters), and at the same time, the collection of export duty on copra will cease. 25 line ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY.

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rom R. W. Robson, in New Guinea One of the minor mysteries the background of the relaaship between the Hasluck ministration of New Guinea i the “difficult” Tolais of the zelle Peninsula, was the aril and departure of Mr. Ted /lor, veteran District Officer I a popular official of Time ore.

IE Hasluck regime in 1958 introduced the detested head-tax (£2 per head, paid by all Terrian males, European, Chinese or ve—although some classes of ves were given reduction or nption). section of the Tolais refused to The unhappy District officials ed inevitably to their duty, and aduced force. Two Tolais were by police at Navuneram in ust, 1958. lere was an inquiry by the if Justice (whose long and ough report, by the way, still idden from public scrutiny by iamentary procedure). The is’ attitude towards Europeans -and still is—ugly.

"Welfare Officer" ►out the end of 1958, Mr. Taylor 'ed in Rabaul, apparently with » blanche from Minister uck. He and his wife were ided with a house on Namanula a car, secretarial assistance, f* 1 °S C ?‘ He travelled all over the District, and talked to Innumerable people. . ‘‘What is Ted up to?” asked the f abaulit es. Some insisted that he was planning a new e Z% n £ nd , ea l th for the ToE q \xr r if Tay ™ has come here as a Welfare Officer attached to the Department of Native Affairs’”

Fokh UnCOC * Commissioner A large sign “Welfare Office” was erected outside a small building on Mango Avenue, which Mr. laylor used as an office, when not out in the field.

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Three quarters of the building appenred to be a storehouse of Junk i but was lock ed up. One quarter was wide open. it was fitted out as an office, with two modern desks and a typewriter K was unoccupied, dusty and apparently unused.

Sign of the times in Rabaul. 27 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL Y - J U L Y 1959

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Did they eventually pay the disputed taxes? Officialdom does not know —or won’t say. The Tolais have received many urgent communications from the Hasluck Administration and they have been “compensated” for the loss of the two men shot by the taxcollectors’ police in August.

They Are Anti-Pegs Their temper is not co-operative..

There have been some nasty in-1 cidents lately in connection with the work of survey teams in this district. Officials—obviously afraid of Top Brass vengeance—will not talk; but it is known that, after the surveyors go out and put in their pegs, the Tolais pull out the pegs and throw them away—in our Society, almost a criminal offence \l There is a dispute current in Matupi village about some land.

The Administration claimed it is Crown land, and had it pegged accordingly. The Matupis pulled but the pegs. 1 Angry officials lined up the Villagers. “Yes” said the villagers, f'we pulled out the pegs. So what?” (or words to that effect).

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SYDNEY, The United Nations visiting Mission to New Guinea speaks of the Navuneram troubles in its report released in June—and gives a hint on what the Government expects to get from the work of Mr.

Taylor. The Mission said that during a meeting it had with the people of Navuneram their spokesman said that many Adminis- :ion things were not very good, [n the Government schools “no ?ood work or progress has been :aught the people”. There were no subjects that taught people how to run a business. Some local people had formed a co-operative which later “fell down” because they had not learned much about business.

The people knew that it was a waste of money because the managers had no training. The Nayuneram spokesman ended by saying they wanted to ask the Mission to have America or England to take charge of the people.

"Weaknesses"

The Mission stated that in Canberra the Minister for Territories, Mr. Hasluck, told the Mission that the Navuneram incident revealed some weaknesses of the Administration: basically it revealed the imperfect means of communication between the people and the Administration. The Administration “would have to examine every possible weakness which may have contributed to the events”. He said that the Navuneram Commissioner (Mr.

Justice Mann) had found that the question of taxation was only inn cidental to a much wider dispute going back over a number of years The Mission added that among the matters relating to Navuneram! that the Minister said he was now! giving attention to included taxn ation, the problem of land shortagej measures “to bring closer contact with the natives”, local Government Councils, the problem of Native Affairs officers assuming magisterial functions, the too-frequent transfer of officers, and measures to improve communication between the Adminl istration and the people.

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Un Mission Outlines Some Problems

Self-government For W. Samoa Will Be To Schedule rs sHr.Hr i heln to crvsLlHe Jar K’ 3 ,ts . ver >' "’ddness of tone, ma mphasises too, the tremendous amount of work constitutional and othenvrse, that remains to be done if selbgHemmem is .o L“dTffii on the scheduled date ~ tenta,ive| y SUALLY, the same Mission New Guinea, Nauru, the US Trust Territory and Western n ° a - This year, at the request of New Zealand Government, and view of the march of political nts in that Territory, a special sion went to Western Samoa, [embers of the Mission were- Arthur S. Lall (India), chairn; Mr. Jacques Koscziusko- ■izet (France); Mr. Omar Louth ited Arab Republic); and Sir Tew Cohen (UK), leir report offers no general conions but sums up the Mission’s stigations under various heads.

Cabinet Government ie of the items that will be led forward ahead of prepared dule will be the introduction of net Government. It has been ed that this would be introd after the general elections at snd of 1960. It will now probably itroduced about October, 1959, ie request of the Mission, “in * that Samoan leaders should a longer period in which to experience in carrying out their visibilities while the Territory 11 under Trusteeship.” e original New Zealand proagreed to by Samoan leaders) that the present seven elected ;ters and two officials (Atp-General and Financial Secreresign from the Executive cil and be replaced by a Prime ter and eight other ministers, f whom should be a European, n by the Legislative Asy. The Executive Council, of Ministers and the Council of would be retained but the s and functions of the High lissioner would be transferred i Council of State, mmably all this will now come peration in (or about) October ear. of the appointment and the future role of the Fautua as joint Heads of State, was regarded as a delicate one. Although the Mission’s comments are vague enough on the fact that the Samoans are determined that “future vacancies in the position of Head of State be appointed by the Parliament of Western Samoa from the two Royal families”, it is obvious that it was not entirely happy about it.

The Citizenship Tangle The report stated that “the Mission trusts that suitable working arrangements or provisions will be agreed upon which will apply should an occasion arise in which two Joint Heads of State are unable to agree.

Under present laws, the Samoans have no national status of their own but are New Zealand protectedpersons. Non-Samoans mostly possess the nationality of their country of origin.

The plan now is to establish one citizenship for Western Samoa based on birth, descent, naturalisation or registration. According to these proposals, no person over the age of 21 will be able to have dual nationality; thus persons who are by virtue of birth Samoan citizens and citizens of another country, will have to opt for West Samoan citizenship (if they want it) within a few months of attaining that age. (Continued on page 32) Time Table For Self Government The schedule for West Samoan selfgovernment, as drawn up by New Zealand, has the endorsement of the Mission “in broad outline . . . Obviously the timetable is based on the premise that satisfactory progress will be maintained through each succeeding stage ...”

Here are the steps which will lead Western Samoa to complete selfgovernment: 1959 JULY-AUGUST: Samoan Amendment Act 1959 passed by New Zealand Parliament providing for implementation of NZ nroposals on self-government.

AUGUST: Citizenship Bill passed by Samoan Legislative Assembly, providing option for residents not born in W T estern Samoa to be exercised within 12 months.

OCTOBER; Cabinet Government (NZ proposals) comes into effect. 1960 JUNE-JULY: Trusteeship Council asked to recommend that “Question of Western Samoa” be placed on agenda of 15th session of General Assembly.

SEPTEMBER; Elections to Western Samoa Legislative Assembly based on new citizenship law.

OCTOBER (or earlier if possible): Constitutional Convention. 1961 MAY: Plebiscite held in Western Samoa.

JUNE-JULY: Trusteeship Council examines report of Plebiscite Commissioner and is asked to make recommendations to General Assembly regarding termination of Trustee Agreement.

AUGUST: New Zealand Parliament passes legislation authorising the issue of an Order in Council abrogating New Zealand powers over Western Samoa on termlnaation of Trusteeship Agreement (after December 31, 1961).

NOVEMBER; General Assembly asked to take appropriate action in respect of Trusteeship Agreement (termination on an agreed date such as December 31, 1961). 1962 JANUARY; Conclusion of Treaty of Friendship between New Zealand and Western Samoa.

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The Mission urged that persons Territo^ itgislaUon, whether » not t|y wanted West countries people who are not citizens not ’hav?the right to vote], k Another matter to be clarified is the electoral system. At Present the five European m ® mb ® rs by universal adult suffrage and the 4! Samoan members by vote 'of the matais or heads of families 'The Samoans are evidently content to let this system continue, Put the Missmn fundamentally is against the matai system ( open to undue influence and pressure”); and is not keen on a separate European roll (“based on racial distinction”). ] The Samoan leaders have stated that they will “consider the Mission’s suggestions”.

Land and Human Rights The Mission found that consideration had not yet been given to the question of including some provisions concerning human rights in the Samoan Constitution. It, therefore, suggested that the Constitution contain provisions on the lines of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Constitutions of other states.

The Mission also suggested that the Council of State should issue a statement on the land policy of the future Samoan State, as in intern views with the Mission many reprej sentative groups and individuals had expressed concern regarding thei situation after the attainment of self-government, particularly the security of tenure over land which they held as freehold or under lease from the Government or the Samoa Trust Estates.

Samoan leaders assured the Mission that these fears were groundless. After the departure ol the Mission from Samoa the follow-* ing statement was issued by the Fautua with the approval of the Working Committee on Self-Government : , . ] “Land and other property rights in Western Samoa which are held in accordance with the law wil| continue to be respected. It is the intention to make due provision to this effect in the Constitution foi Western Samoa. This applies to thl land and property rights of aIJ sections of the Community.”

Public Service and Judiciary The Mission spent considerable time over the question of Westers Samoa’s Public Service and thl Judiciary. As far as the latter 1 concerned, it is generally agree* that the existing system of appoint ing judges from New Zealand 1 satisfactory, for the time being. 1 The Public Service, howeyei appears to be a shoal upon whid Samoa’s new ship of state wil strike early trouble. It is evideit from the report by the Mission, an<i statements from the Samoans them selves, that there is considerabl ironing out to be done befqp Samoa knows clearly where itr Public Service is going. I On the one hand, the Mission hau numerous complaints from Samoa) public servants about the dispan® of their salaries in comparison witjl those of imported Europeans. O. the other hand there is an equi amount of evidence to show th| Samoa might be in real troubl; over the difficulty of attracti® skilled personnel—such as doctor and teachers—from abroad. AJ overall there is the fact that at till present stage of economic develop! ment Samoa cannot support a mon JULY, 1959-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONT H L ft SAMOA’S PROBLEMS—Cont. from p. 29

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The Education Department is a se in point. Already 20 per cent, the Territory’s budget is devoted education but this is far from equate. Samoan leaders told the ission that the financial implicams of a policy of free and com- Isory education were too much ’ the Samoan economy to bear d that they hoped that New aland would continue its educanal aid after independence.

The Mission ultimately “... formed i opinion that the educational iation in Samoa is not satisfacy for a territory that is soon to self-governing or independent.” e Mission pointed out also elseere in the report that the position likely to get worse rather than ter in that the population is inasing at one of the highest rates the world. Within the next 20 rs it is expected to double its sent 102,000 —with a very high portion of young people who, le they require considerable •lie expenditure on their behalf, themselves economically unprotive.

Enlisting Village Rivalry amoa had, said the Mission re- :, “basically a subsistence )no m y of abundance.” The loan social system is such that ■yone gets sufficient to eat and family takes care of the sick the aged. However, the report ;es it quite clear that the Mission >iders that if Samoa is to suras an independent, modern e it will have to do something r e constructive in economic ming. le Mission attributes the poor cultural methods of the Samoan ant farmer partly to the exve fragmentation of holdings the small degree of security to industrious who hold their land rnataf the dlscretion <* a superior The Mission feels that Samoa needs a long-range, comprehensive programme of development and thlt the best way of achieving results would be to enlist petitive spirit between villages and districts-the samT of § rivtlrv that has directed the building of churches, schools and other community projects.

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I) that all persons over the age of 21 should take part in the plebiscite.”

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The Mission made it clear that it as for the people themselves to jcide for or against self-governent; and that they should also ;cide when self-government—if iat was the general wish—should me into effect. “A plebiscite would ttle the wishes of the Samoan sople . . . beyond dispute.”

Samoan—NZ Relationship Finally, the report has something say about the future relationship tween Samoa and New Zealand.

Samoan leaders have always inided that there should be a close lationship between their country d New Zealand after the attainmt of self-government. This view is initially set forth in the ;ition of 1947 to the United Nations * self-government and was more expressed in the resolun of the Constitutional Convenn of 1954.

During the Mission’s visit this 3ect of affairs was discussed with moans and subsequently a meet- : of the Fautua and the Legisive Assembly adopted the follow- : resolution: L) This meeting believes that it is in best interest of Western Samoa to ;r into a Treaty of Friendship with r Zealand. Consideration of the terms such Treaty should be undertaken bethe termination of the Trusteeship eement but ratification should not take e till after the termination of Trustee- > in order that the two parties to the ity shall possess equal status. ) This meeting considers that the ity should deal with matters of exal affairs and defence but would preto await a Memorandum being pre- ■d in New Zealand before expressing dews in greater detail. ) It is considered that the right of Government of Western Samoa to contrade negotiations on its own behalf ild be clearly stated and defined in the dy. ) Specific provisions for the terminaof the Treaty, if this should at any be desired by one of the parties, Id be included. ► It is recognised that there are likely "“‘"“"s.’LT*"!." to he e o"1 continue for some time should be deait a *- t ° h clated - Such matters formal than ” Treaty l ess can be easily modified or terminated when desirable. terminated when _ p The Zealand authorities emphasised to the Mission on its return to NZ, that Samoa’s attainment of self-government would be ay ™ nd f T tion al upon its conlationship Vl agreem'ent Zo or la Trea a ty SftodS e Se“t mW,t be prefe? - New Zealand envisaged the Treatv of Friendship as a short document recognising the independ?ncrSf Western Sam ?ft' declarln s the goodthe two countries and S ealmg ; with the conduct of Western & amo | s external relations by m| W ? ealand the extent and as may be agreed upon by Western Samoa. There would be consultations between New Zealand and Western Samoa on matters of external affairs which concerned Western Samoa. ===== Secr^tarv^^^K^- 1 akobau ’ De Puty /u°v r a & rhr£t™* E ?f lai i d ’ He f , called in at and ’ on the way home the?e sem cemen stationed 35 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY - J U L Y . 1959

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By Tolala . V y,° t! No adventures in these modem times? That seems to be the opinion of an official of a big Islands firm B.P. to be exact who said that the spirit of adventure was vanishing !" ,^ 1S , tr f la ’, a " d , th . e number of young men applying to go to the Islands had almost dwindled away since World War 11.

AID B. P. Chairman, Mr. James 1 Burns, in his annual report to shareholders: “Nowadays we ten have to wait up to five Dnths before filling a position, fortunately the young man in istralia is not inclined to go to e Islands as conditions here ustralia] are more attractive in art and entertainment”.* [t seems that the unpopularity of at “demon” Colonialism has had influence on diminishing the rit of adventure, and the jsent-day average male prefers ' comforts of civilisation to the vations of the pioneer, rhis impression is underlined en one hears the present-day nands in “jungle” areas for dern “homes”, air-strips, twoy radios and refrigerators, mittedly all very nice and corntable, but not always practical, low much of Papua or New inea would have been brought to pre-War II stage of developnt had such demands been made the white settlers? gin—Revised n my May Talk-Talk I made otion of Mrs. D. M. Cleland ig “eager to revise and/or idge the much maligned Pidgin- £lish”, and her desire to call jris” women. [y comments were based on a Drt in The Rabaul Times. have since received a letter n Mrs, Cleland who writes: . On the contrary, I am an lusiastic supporter of Pidgin the ‘Neo-Melanesian language’ ch I think can develop into a 5 lingua franca) and love jring into arguments with its ■actors, though I think English aid be taught in the schools and aot think that Pidgin is a subite for English or vice versa. fhen “PIM” checked with the Big in June, it was stated that after Mr.

's statement was published, the any was inundated with applicafrom eager young men. This bit of paper publicity had done more to ilate interest in jobs in the Islands all their newspaper advertising in t years.

“However in my talk, the point I was making was quite otherwise.

During the course of it I made a plea for speaking of the Tolai women as ‘Women’ when using English, but said it was perfectly right and proper to use ‘Meri’ when speaking in Pidgin.”

Mrs. Cleland then goes on to describe how, after many visits to Rabaul, she has become aware of the great “difference in the social development of the men as compared to the women. . . . The difference ... is more apparent than in most areas of the Territory and could seriously add to all the well-known existing strains in that district. The European women can help the native women so much in lifting themselves up to their husbands’ standards, even by their attitude towards them. To refer to them as ‘meris’ and not ‘women’, when speaking of them in English may seem a little thing, but it immediately seems to dismiss them as people of little account”.

An instance is then given by Mrs.

Cleland of her visit to some villages, accompanied by an Infant Welfare Sister who told her of the wife of Rabaul natives £ fuse ? u to enter hospital to have her baby, preferring to go alone into the bush.

The greatest assistance in this drive for equality would be the green light from the Tolai fathers and husbands of these native women. But will they be prepared to give it? It took the white race males a few centuries to make up their minds about the equality of the sexes—and even now they are not too sure about it.

Historical Dates The date of the Nakanai massacre was mentioned in May Talk-Talk.

Someone had said it was in 1930.

I plugged for circa 1926. There comes a letter now from Jock Mackay, of Madang district, who writes: “To assist you in the Nakanai massacre, I will give you the correct details. In the first place I was present. A/PO, now retired.

“It was towards the end of November, 1926. Word reached Rabaul that six people, Nicholls, Britten, Page, Fischer, Marley and Collins had been killed at a village called Sananga, a few miles from Tarobi Bay and a village named Tarobi. I was stationed at Kokopo as PO; Ted Taylor was DO, New Britain, and also stationed at Kokopo. About 24 hours later— perhaps a bit more—we sailed on MV Vanapa, accompanied by Mark When the New Guinea Mod Men came to town in their weird masks of mud for the benefit of the sightseers at the Goroka Show, they staged a pretty realistic demonstration of how to kill a man. Here is the body. It got up later and walked off.

Photo: Eric Bolton. 37 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY.

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Itt Wbo W as a medical assistant; iughie Mackenzie was the captain i the ship. (Later Lt. Com. during tie War and now deceased).

As we were approaching Tarobi >ay we sighted a small schooner pproaching us; it had a red lap ip flying from the masthead. I lentioned it to Ted and the others, lortly we came alongside her; it as a Japanese fishing boat from .abaul.

“The first thing we saw was rme Britten (who was supposed ) be one of the victims) sitting i the hatch. He told us what had appened, then proceeded on to abaul. We continued on and ichored at Tarobi.

“The next morning Nicholls (also ipposed to be a victim) turned i and continued the story. Ted id Mark Pitt, the day we landed, •oceeded to Sananga and disvered the bodies of the four hers (Page, Fischer, Marley and illins); their bodies were demposed and spears were sticking what was left of them. ... A w days later Ted went to Rabaul id reported his find. Dr. Cilento me out with Mark Pitt, collected e bodies and they were sent to ibaul for burial.”

Three months later, so Jock ites, he built the first base camp a place in Nakanai called ilutu. lan Mack (later murdered natives in Morobe) was with n at the time.

Another old-timer, Basil Challis ell-known for his valuable work ;h the Dept, of Agriculture in baul) sends along a photo of the kanai murderers at the time ;y were brought into Rabaul in 7 under escort. n his letter Basil adds: “Howir you may rest assured that partment of Territories in oberra have reliable records of such NG historical events”, ind that I firmly believe. But, h all due respect and in view this publicity-loving age, is there r special reason why an henticated history of NG events should not be published for public consumption? While the good dope lies mouldering in dusty Canberra files, incorrect dates are being tossed about by oft-times reliable people. And that seems unpubifc Sary confusion t 0 the general Spleens and Aftermath As was to be expected, there were many and varied expressions of readers opinions published in the Southern Press following the Sear Spleen Case. And the more ignorant the writers were of territorial conditions, the more vitriolic their comments appeared in putting a tag generally on P-NG whites as a raci of native bashers. As for instance, as one writer put it: “It is interesting to learn it is quite the usual thing m New Guinea to bash a native.” i r - ca ? *i ever ( l uite understand the logic of these king-size prevaricators. their criticisms moderate and truthful their words might have a favourable reaction from the intelligent readers.

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On one occasion, he said, he found necessary “to give a native bourer a thrashing for insubordin- ;ion and insolence.” Some weeks ter a German government injector and magistrate called at his ace and the chastised native comamed.

Browne explained that such inishment was officially recognised the British Solomons (where he id been stationed for some years) it the German official informed m that “control of public conduct, lether of white men or natives, is the sole function of the Geran government.”

He was fined 100 Marks and irned that if it occurred again would be dismissed and deported, appealed to the then Governor, '• Solf. . . The fine was not colled and the charge not recorded . . but I was given strictly to derstand that I was not under y circumstances to take any iion against a native.” rhat is certainly a good plug for i German administration, which s so often been termed “harsh d unfriendly” towards the native iple. have cudgelled what I am pleased call my brain and for the life me I cannot recall a D. G.

Dwne in Bougainville in those /s. I lived in that area from gust, 1912 to late in 1915. There *e few Australian planters there those years and I certainly never trd of a non-German planter inicting German cadets. >r. Solf (as “Onlooker” himself nts out) was Governor of Samoa il he went to Germany in 1911 become Colonial Secretary. In 3, Dr. Hahl was Governor of NG, owed by Dr. Haber. urthermore, in those days of rse white population and greater ation from Government stations, itation managers were issued ;er thorough screening) with nplinary Permits (Diziplinar lubnis ) which permitted the ier to deliver canings to reitrant native labourers up to strokes. etailed records had to be kept these punishments and were ;ked by a visiting government ial if any complaints were laid , native who had been punished, eld such a permit but seldom to use it, as the mere fact of natives knowing a plantation ager held such an authority ed towards the maintenance of pline. The German Kiap in was Captain Doellinger, and of natives. atment So, Mr. Brownes letter to me presaits some anomalies ’ ’

T r r .. , Ine Ferdinand Light Most readers will remember the code word Ferdinand, coined by Eric Feldt when the Coast Watchers were being organised. And what a strength they were during those anxious war years! But from murmurmgs I hear from Up Yonder it seems that all is not quite so well organised as should be for the the Coast Madang on August Bm ° r * a 1 at aaang on August 15.

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Drm k ln S habits are changing in Fiji. And the opening of the Suva brewery rather than the abolition of the permit-system for Fijian and Indian beer-drinkers, has had a lot to do with it.

HE dire predictions that moral and social disaster would follow the freeing of beer from the mit system have not been justil by experience. ’here has been no noticeable inase in drunkenness. Although rly all clubs and hotels report 'eased beer sales, a lot of this ue to the availability of draught r from the Suva brewery, which opened at the end of last year, fter years of beer only in bottles cans, local judgment is that ight is the drink, here are those who still prefer seas bottled or canned beer, but brewery output continues to eat the pile of over a million les assembled before brewing n, and the directors are a bit arbed about the slow rate of rn of empties. lough beer consumption in genhas gone up in Fiji, sales of ts have dropped, and the ncial Secretary will doubtless do i interesting arithmetic at the of the year when he comes to ice excise returns against rei revenue from import duties, ing away with permits for beer indoubtedly removed what was istant source of racial resent- . Fijians and Indians of educaand standing found it humil- ? to have to produce a permit time they ordered a glass of while their European (and Jse) companions suffered no restriction. jre have been some interestde-line developments in drinkabits since the restrictions were id and since hotels have offered •ved facilities. the new Club Hotel at Suva, nstance, the special lounge including one which is fully nditioned, are attracting far custom than was anticipated, nge patrons in Fiji were for almost exclusively Europeans, lew lounges, with furnishings irroundings of the luxury type prices to correspond) are atig patrons of ail races. It is f those quiet social changes tend to go un-noticed but all help to reveal the pretty spirit which characterises relations in Fiji.

Duty-Free Shopping for Tourists A tourist-minded Government has decided to open a duty-free shop m the new terminal building at Nadi Airport.

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It should be a special attraction to people from New Zealand, where import restrictions have emptied shops of so many overseas goods.

The duty-free system is already working quite extensively in Fiji, through the draw-back facilities offered by a number of firms.

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Army is In But Navy is Still Out There is some suspicion that there was an element of inter-Service rivalry in the decision to disband the Fiji Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

The move to cut down the size of the armed forces was in line with general policy throughout the Commonwealth, but the Immediate reason for the move in Fiji, however, was the need to save money.

The New Zealand Chiefs of Staif, who are the Governor’s advisers on Photographed last month by Fiji PRO photographer Rob Wright—the tiny island of Seroa, a fortress during the tribal wars of old, but today the provincial headquarters of the Roko Tui S erua - chief of this large province. It is a quarter mile from the mainland and can be walked to over the sand flats at low tide. In the background is the island of Yanuca, which lies within the confines of the Beqa lagoon. 43 IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY, 1959

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S|yAIKRAPT At leading stores everywhere. il^ry^na , tter i as Fi ji comes withn Zealand’s defence orbit were isked how the reduction in strength should be made. 8 They sent one representative, and me only, to Fiji. He was the Army principal representative the Chiefs of Staff in Fiji is also he head of the Army in the Colony ill this could have had an effect n the eventual recommendation hat the Army in Fiji be kept— Ithough in greatly reduced form— nd the Navy disbanded.

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Tiis dreadful departure from the cedure of Going Through innels left various gentlemen in h places on the verge of apoplexy I the Navy became still more unular with Authority, ut not with the people of Fiji, he genuine regret of all comlities found expression in the ss, and later in the Legislative ucil when Mr. J. N. Falvey inluced a motion suggesting that Reserve should be kept alive in snuinely effective form and not as a semi-social organisation.

Could Give > Undertaking” ie Government, faced with the that its policy was obviously Dpular, paid lip-service to the Lon but the Colonial Secretary cessions. 6 * 111 to make no real cont Vw> e f “jould give no undertaking” tnat the Reserve’s headquarters building would be retained for training. The answer, he said seems to be “in some sort of vol-’ association”, and he hoped tnat the people concerned would be anlf ft? s V ch an association and that it would be successful.

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They have been given an opportunity to state their case. Whether it will be listened to by the Governor and his advisers remains to be seen.

The Bums Commission and Birth Control A side-effect of the Burns Commission, which begins a full-scale enquiry this month into population gsSf®“ of /iji. has been the stimulating of public interest in th e question of birth control There has been some lively correspondence in the Fiji Times, with views fairly sharply divided.

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P.O. Box 3838, G.P.0., Sydney. Cable Address: •‘CarefnlneM”. ew Guinea's Farewell to Popular Orme Denny Iventurer in the st-Hidden mntains he District Commissioner of obe, New Guinea, wiped a v which sweated gently at the lory of it. “I’ve been a long in Lae,” he said. “If I’m y. I’ll be there a while longer.

I shall try to get out, quick, ver they start to farewell ier Orme Denny!

CKTAIL parties and club functions, public and private presentations—and at nearly one I had to say something Orme. He and his wife are ? our dearest old friends, but awfully tired of praising them, d then,” added Mr. Niall, tically,” I had to go across to Moresby and do it all over | 99 ’ch just about gives the re of the popularity of Capirme Denny, Area Manager in guinea for Qantas Ltd., and fe. He has just retired from s service; and they have gone to live in Australia.

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That was how he came to New Guinea—a pilot for Guinea Airways.

That was where he first made acquaintance with Wau, Salamaua, Moresby and Lae; and where he was associated with famous airmen like Bob Gurney, Jerry Pentland, lan Grabowski, Eric Chater and Tommy O’Dea None was more famous than Denny—he had his own remarkable adventures among those uncharted, mist-hidden, central mountains of the big ugly island. He was among the first airmen into the Central Highlands, and he was the first man to put a plane down at Madang.

He had the usual quota of forced landings in unexpected places—on a sand bank in the Markham River, and on a Kerema beach. (Over) At left latest photograph of Captain and Mrs. Orme Denny, taken as they left Sydney on their world tour in July. In the old photograph above, taken from an issue of PIM" of more than 20 years ago, pilot Denny on the right , was photographed in the goldfields with a g rou p of well-known Territory people of the day—Mr. Frank Fraser, Mr. James Stewart, Mrs. J. Spence and Mrs. McKenzie. Stewart was killed not long afterwards. 47

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He once went down hastily at •] Bulwa, while carrying two Guinea 1 Airways directors. The success of 1 the landing, plus the tight Orme Denny grin—famous in an emerg- I ency—brought him an unexpected j increase in salary.

Denny was back in the Qantas j service, piloting planes between I Australia, Asia and Europe, in 1938, and thus became deeply involved in the critical air operations of the early days of World War 11, north j of Australia.

Later, he was away out over the] Pacific, helping “the gang” to bring! the sorely-needed Catalinas from' America to Australia. That was a i famous company of fliers —Captains Lester Brain, P. G. Taylor, “Scotty”!

Allan and Orme Denny.

By early 1942, the Japs were all! over New Guinea, and our airmen had some difficult tasks.

Captain Denny was given charge of operations designed to rescue!

European refugees who had managed to get through to Mount j Hagen—they did 18 successful rescue] flights in radio silence and without 5 weather forecasts. , It was Denny who organised the: great native sing-sing at Mount| Hagen airfield: hours of stamping] hardened the rain-soaked ground] and allowed him to take off with bigger loads!

Denny was in charge of Qantas flights into Moresby and Milne Bay during the most hectic days of the;: Japanese invasion. He actually got; the last flight out of Milne Bay one? hour before the Jap landing. He: subsequently took the first flight of: the “bully beef bombers” into Jim 4 bora, and was in charge of ths operation into Dobodura and Poponjdetta during the battles to regain* the Japanese beach-heads in the; Buna-Gona area. He was them: posted as Chief Pilot, based on Brisf bane, for the courier services to New« Guinea, carried out by Qantas under: charter to the US Army.

Historic Crossing Denny was in the historic Indiaiji Ocean crossings. He was appointed! in February, 1944, Superintendent of the flying-boat operations, and he received the special Qantas Gold) Star for long-range operations. 1$ November, 1945, he opened the Sydt ney-Noumea-Suva service of thi Empire flying-boats.

Captain Denny gave up flying in 1946 and entered Qantas adminis; tration; he became Assistant Operajj tions Manager, Line Manager fojc New Guinea and the Islands, ane then Area Manager in New Guinek in 1952. He was one of Net Guinea’s most successful operation® and administrative airmen.

A small-built man, he made t few fierce enemies and a thousand friends; and he has left an indelible mark upon New Guinea aviation, ft 48 JULY, 18 5 9 -PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

Hive Bowl Politics Protection For Rice In The Sugar Bowl The Colonial Sugar Refining Co.’s rice project at Nausori will be protected, by way of increased duty on all rice imported “* ** f a f' JanUary 196 °- 1116 Protection is te KB penod of three years with a further three years, if necessary.

THE protection is dependent on undertakings between the Government and the company to secure a fair return to padi farmers for their crops, a fair return to the company for its investment and ’isk. and adequate safeguards to the public on the price.

It is planned that the CSR’s new rice growing scheme—carried out n an area which from 1880 up mtil now has been devoted to the reduction of sugar—will produce :,000 tons of padi rice a year, the stimated present gap between what s consumed in the Colony and what s grown.

It is expected that the new imlort duty will add about id per lb o the price of imported rice.

Three Years' Grace In 1957, the CSR company anounced that the Nausori mill, the Idest established sugar mill in the hlony would close down at the end f the 1959 crushing season.

The company stated at that time lat the Nausori mill had been aerating unprofitably for a numer of years, for various reasons, icluding inadequate quantities of me; low sugar content of cane; id a price for cane which was too igh in relation to its sugar count.

Investigations by the company did )t show any way of making ausori mill profitable.

The cane farmers, mainly Indian, 3re given three years’ notice of e CSR Co.’s intention to close the ill, and the company’s specially osen re-settlement staff went into tion to determine what could best grown on the Rewa to replace ne, and how best the difficulties such a change-over could be toothed out, [n March, 1957, the CSR Co. in- ;ed Dr. Harry Evans, of Trinidad, world authority on sugar cane, :oa and other tropical crops, to >pect the Rewa canelands and ike recommendations on their tfr. I. T. Twyford, a Fiji Governmt soil chemist, also made a soil survey of the Rewa district, surveying the land under cane and the land fringing the cane areas, a total of about 25,000 acres.

Using these reports as a basis, it has now been estimated that half the Rewa canelands will be suitable for bananas, cocoa, coffee and vegetables of various kinds; a quarter suitable for grazing, fodder crops and maize; and a quarter for rice.

The company has set aside £90,000 from its share of the Sugar Stabilisation Fund towards the rehabilitation of the Rewa. About £14,000 of this has already been allocated to meet half the cost of the drainage survey which the company undertook to do in conjunction with the Government. Bad drainage has been one factor in poor cane yields.

The CSR Co.’s design for a new look for the Rewa cane lands is, however, based mostly on rice, and when the Co. had proceeded a certain distance with this scheme it asked for certain assurances from the Government.

In bringing the matter before the Fiji Legislative Council on June 18, the Colonial Treasurer, Mr. E. R.

Bevington, said the Company’s proposal involved a great deal of capital —just how much was confidential, but between £BO,OOO and £120,000 would be needed annually just to buy rice.

He considered that this was risk capital and the Council had already given protection to other industries which had invested risk capital. The CSR did not have to re-invest its money in Fiji—it was doing so because it had a sense of moral responsibility to the farmers, Mr.

Bevington added.

Some Don't Like The New Look However, it is one thing for the CSR Co. to act on the advice of its experts and decide to go in for large-scale rice production; and for the Government to give it its blessing. But it is quite another to persuade Indian peasant farmers who have grown nothing but cane fn nnit r /h? 8 t 0 se , e - e P ro P°sition m quite the same light With six months of the three years of grace given by the CSR in January. 1957. left to go, a great many of these farmers have made no move whatever towards a changeover from cane. Most cane farmers are convinced that they can make more from sugar, with less work and less nsk of loss through crop diseases, than they can from rice. f, 8 P° sition . m the Rewa has been further complicated by a scheme bv a group of Indians, led by Mr.

Vishnu Deo, MLA. who more than a year ago formed a Company with a nominal capital of £F1,000,000, to build a new independent sugar crushing mill at Nausori.

As reported in June PIM (page the company seems to be havmg trouble raising the necessary capital, and in any event even if money now begins to flood in it is unlikely that the mill will be ready m time to step into the breach when the CSR Co. finishes.

Dearer Rice, They Say When he was introducing the proposal for increased duty on rice, Mr. Bevington said that even if a new sugar mill was established at Nausori, it would handle only about half the area now under cane. He then went on: “Those who are promoting the new sugar mill are taking a very grave responsibility. . .

They are taking the life savings of many small farmers into their hands, and, if the venture fails, those life savings will be lost, and there will be grave discontent in the area.”

Mr. Kermode (elected European member for N-W Division), went further and said that the whole proposal was “ridiculous”.

However, these two did not have it all their own way. The Indian members, led by Mr. Vishnu Deo (elected member for Southern) were all anti-protected rice, on the ground Some Grist For The Mill To comply with company taws, a sum of £ 23,000 in paid-up capital had to he registered with the Fiji Registrar of Companies by June 13. and the likelihood of this being within the capabilities of the new Fiji Sugar Milling Company, was discounted in some quarters in Suva early in June.

However, on June 12. Mr.

Vishnu Deo, principal of the company, reported that he had that day registered the sum of £ 25,000.

This was still a long way from owning a sugar mill, hut the announcement caused a good deal of surprise—and congratulations. 49 LCIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY-JULY.

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Trade inquiries to: JOHN LYSAGHT (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD., Offices in Sydney, Newcastle, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Fremantle TT7BC that it would raise the price all Fijian’ member. a * S ° the ?e r r od^A b °^^ grown by farmers mostly for their own use and processed in small communal mills. At certain times of the year, sari-ed Indian women floundering around, mud spattered! hoLl° , WJ * lst ’ Panting rice in handkerchief-sized padi-fields, becomes part of the Fiji scene Most of the 4,000 tons of rice that Fiji does not grow itself comes from (Uistraha and it is estimated that ;he new import duty will raise the anded cost from £F7O to £FBO per on. * At present Australian rice growers supply rice to Papua-New Guinea it £A6I/10/- per ton, f.o.w. Sydney ir Melbourne, for lots of five tons nd over. Rice is supplied to all ther islands at £A7O per ton f.o.w.

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If anyone can establish largeale production in Fiji, it should • the CSR Co., and if it could raise at present target of 4,000 tons a ar, and ultimately get the price >wn, it would be a very good thing, deed, for Fiji. Rice is the staple st of the Colony’s 180,000 Indians, d to an increasing degree Fijians e eating it, too. tt is perhaps interesting, in this ntext, to remember what hapned to Papua-New Guinea’s great e plan. In the first years after b war, expert after expert hit the iil north, and all came back with b tale that the Territory could ;ily be self-supporting in rice, us encouraged, natives and Euroins were urged to grow it, and ndreds did. But little by little the at rice scheme has petered out wrecked on the hard economic t that small-scale scratching e and there just cannot compete h the huge mechanised rice intry of Australia’s Murrumbidgee gation Area. nd, due to the same economic soning, the people behind the big npty-Doo rice project in Ausia’s Northern Territory still think y will eventually be able to ply Asia with cheaper rice than i grows for itself. The Humptyproject has had a lot of troubles icluding wild geese which eat young rice. 51 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL¥ - 1 U L Y . 1959

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Niue Builds Again “No project on such a scale has ever been attempted so far as I know, in any Pacific Islands Territory in peace time,” said the New Zealand minister of Island Territories, Mr. Mathison, in announcing a vast re-building programme for Niue in June.

IHE men of Niue Island are to . build their people 514 new homes under a £72,000 “aided If-help” project to restore and place dwellings devastated in bruary’s hurricane.

More than half Niue’s 4,700 ople are now living in tents, pro vised crude shelters or houses at cannot be properly repaired, rhe programme, gigantic for :h an isolated island, involves • A New Zealand Government n of £24,000 a year for three years provide building materials and lipment; ► Expenditure of relief funds ascribed all over the world, to be bursed to all home-builders by i Niue Island Council; ► Maximum use of local timber i coral lime; and » A co-operative system of age group labour under skilled w Zealand supervisors. hue Island Council, representing t 12 villages, will have the aid i advice of village councils in ninistering the Government n, allotting for each house £l5O :th of the building materials jped from New Zealand. ’hese individual loans will be inguished on repayment of £ioo hin ten years, plus £5 towards a group insurance fund to cover such contingencies as the extinction of the debt on the death of the head of a family.

Plans Prepared From relief funds, the Island Council will also build several small detached rent-free units for old people, provide £3,000 by discounts on the cost of materials to all islanders, and make grants to wipe out immediately loans to widows and others who need homes but will be unable to meet repayments.

A range of house plans has been rffvi^ r6d architectural a/t l ® l^ ll the New Zealand Ministry of Works. Offering a choice of designs, they incorporate adequate health and accommoda- + standards and ability to withstand maximum-force winds ma s ir ?g full use of local timber and lime with simple construction methods that can be used by the unskilled building groups under supervision. P The average cost of bought materials for each of the 514 houses (480 of which will require loan money) is estimated at £l5O. including a 400-gallon tank for each home plus a share of cartage and freight costs.

Two expert overseers will be seconded from New Zealand to supervise the erection of demonstration houses and superintend the scheme itself. Village housing committees are already advising the Island Council on total needs and priorities.

Building Teams Each village will have, according to its population, several groups of six to 12 men who, in addition to building their own homes as teams, will provide houses for widows and families who are unable to share in the work. At the same time the villagers will need to cultivate their subsistence crops, and provision will need to be made for those in regular employment to contribute their share of work.

Administration contributions will include the arrangement of cartage of materials, and the use of the well-equipped sawmill and coralconcrete block-making plant.

Other block-making apparatus is being bought to enable blocks to be made of coral and most building supplies, including asbestos corrugated roofing, will be of New Zealand make.

The New Zealand Government School’s Out!

The house at the right was unroofed by the Niue hurricane and is temporarily covered with thatch. At its side, one of 250 tents air-dropped to the stricken Island by the RNZAF, provides some relief from overcrowding.

Strictly speaking, school's really in. These are the pupils of the Tufukia school, which blew away in the hurricane, having open air lessons among the ruins on a fine day. They meet in emergency class-rooms when the weather is bad. 53 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY.

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Money From Everywhere The relief funds to be used as art of the rebuilding programme, id collected from all over the orld, totalled between £NZ3O,OOO id NZ35,000, some of it in goods.

Between £B,OOO and £lO,OOO of this oney will be for building. It all tine flooding in following world iblicity for Niue’s plight after le hurricane had laid waste the lall island, a New Zealand terriry, east of Tonga (see stories, ctures PIM April).

There were also gifts of food and othing, and in June the Niue land Council reported that it was ilikely to need further emergency od supplies, and that the gifts id filled the clothing need.

The NZ Government and Niue ;elf is beginning to look on the irricane, one of the South Pacific’s )rst in regard to material damage iere was no loss of life), as an wind blowing some good. It means, they hope, that Niue may now be ‘rebuilt as a model for Pacific standards of living.

The hurricane wiped out many houses that needed replacing anyhow, but would probably not have been until they fell down of their own accord.

NZ Ministry of Works sectional architect W. F. Ponder reported in June after a thorough study of Niue’s damage: Overcrowding “Up to a point, the standard of house construction on Niue was high, but the hurricane revealed much overcrowding, increased to an ‘incredible’ extent by damage to so many homes.”

He referred to 251 people occupying 24 surviving houses of an average floor area of 187 sq. ft— -16 sq. ft a person. (The minimum in New Zealand, for bedrooms only, ?ouses like this new one in Vaiea village, built of coral lime blocks, withstood the Niue ?rricane without damage. All homes to be built under the new plan for Niue will also have built-in" strength. Below is one of the choice of designs that Niue people will have for their new homes. 55 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL Y - J O L Y 1.5»

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Many houses, apparently sound, were demolished because of rot in base timbers. Others were wrecked when the wind peeled off some corrugated iron roofing and got underneath to lift the roof structure bodily, after which the walls collapsed. Asbestos roofing was not affected.

Robert Narruhn, 69, of Burns- Philp (South Sea), Suva, arrived in San Francisco in June to meet his brother, Captain Federico Narruhn, 74, formerly of Manila, Philippines, for the first time in 50 years. They are the sons of a young German who went to Samoa last century and married. The family moved to Truk and then Ponape, where the boys became parted.

Letter to the Editor "Anti" Attitudes At The SP Conference • Some of the views expressed by “PIM” on the Fiji delegation to the recent South Pacific Conference in Rabaul are the subject of this letter from Mr. H. B. Gibson, MLC, of Labasa, Fiji. Mr. Gibson, a solicitor, was leader of the Fiji delegation to the Conference.

SIR— The article in the Fiji Times by Mr. Stuart Inder brought forward the comment, “The indigenous people certainly resented a European chairman at the South Pacific Conference”.

Mr. Inder stayed only five days at the Conference. I do not know if his article was intended to create the impression which it has.

I only know that when Mr. Inder left Rabaul his words would fully interpret the feelings I then had.

Certainly I would then have agreed, with the May issue of the Pacific Islands Monthly that Fiji did not need a European delegate.

The May issue has, however, brought forward the peculiar reaction, “so Europeans are not to be beneficiaries of the South Pacific Commission”.

Of course, anything which was printed in the May issue of the Pacific Islands Monthly must likewise have been only an impression gathered in the early days of the Conference, because that issue went to press when the Conference had just begun.

When Mr. Inder left Rabaul I studied the origin and constitution of the South Pacific Commission to see if there was any bar to a European or part-European Territorian participating in its benefits or activities, and found that there was not. Thus I stayed with the Economic Committee, determined to press forward with the matters in which I had great interest — namely tourism, fisheries, the biological control of the Rhinoceros Beetle, and a determination either to end the Commission or recommend to the contributing Governments that they give it sufficient money for its proper functioning.

Was "Still Annoyed"

I think I was successful. Reuter confirms that the initiative in the matter of recommending better contributions to the work of the Commission came from the Fiji delegation. . .. J I was still annoyed at the ineptitude of the Executive of the Commission in having divided the Conference into two Committees,; 56 JULY. 1959 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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“However, last night the disnguished delegate from New uinea, Mr. George Kassi, introiced me to his wife as ‘the dviser to the Fiji delegation’.

“After I had explained how I as a delegate like himself, I arned that the delegate who, on e first day of this Conference, id appeared to say through an terpreter that he thought the ilder of a certain high office should an ‘indigenous person’, had really tended to say that he did not ink a chairman of a Committee ould be an adviser,” [ must here explain that few legations sent a European, and at all the delgations (except the ench and the Fijians) did have a ropean adviser and he, at the ginning, did most of their talking, hough he could not himself vote. rhis amendment was lost by 14 18, but the joy to me lies in the it that the amendment was ended by my fellow “indigenous” egate. And the whole New inea-Papua delegation (includthe man who had appeared to that he thought the chairman nld be “indigenous”) voted with "Eventually Enjoyed It" eventually enjoyed the Fourth ith Pacific Conference and grew •espect even the Senior Executive ces whose sincerity and deon to a great ideal must be ured. he Conference is worth haying *y three years because it brings ;ther all the peoples of the th Pacific who have a love for locracy, for freedom of thought SS/SSSSS* freedom to In onr interview with the Fiii a< l CaS !i ng Commission (which was broadcast yesterday) Semesa Si the SO mTP i nf ter H Sting observations on me role of advisers which erivp deep food for thought, but these Phff 6n^S are written only to assert that anyone who has gathered from your articles the impressions I ha£ mentioned above is wrong, and that there cannot and will not be any Fiffh Bl^^ 0 D an y legation to the ut £ Pacific Conference including a European.

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H. B. GIBSON. • Neither in his report in the °L May did Stuart “re d sentpri” « th |- mdlgen ous people resented a European. He said nnt° V ho agams i the Europeans have not been made with any idea of antagonism, but rather in the spirit f ?u mly ’ ‘ Now look, you’ll understand that this is our show nv<?r we o really a i e ready t 0 take it over. So y° u don’t mind shoving off like good fellows, do you?’ ” ° Inder spent a week at the Conference during a three weeks’ visit to New Guinea, but his report was n ot published, nor was mf published, until the Conference had concluded. If Mr. Gibson is suggestthat on second thoughts ?/# i * ep ° rt would have taken a different view, we can assure him he is wrong. —PIM Editors. 57 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLT - J U L Y . 1858

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A New Pacific Islands

YEAR BOOK Everything, Including Blood From Stones By Judy Tudor After nine months’ preparation le eighth edition of the Pacific lands Year Book will he available 1 the public by the time you read us. It has been completely resed, statistically and otherwise; fsolete passages have been reaced by new material; there are any new maps and, in keeping th current practice, it has a new, resting, acid-green jacket, callated to stop even buyers of ference books in their tracks.

S a gestation period, the nine L months required for this edition is a record neither way: Some itions have been as long as two ars on the stocks; while one, in 12, when we were urged by a llion importunate Americans who ;med to feel they needed it in ler to win the war, was produced about two months.

But the elapsed time of the fhth, from first letter to the notest Territory, to the first book the press, is regarded as reasone, as the Year Book now conns something like 500,000 words its 480 pages, each of which has be read at least three times 'ing the process of revision and nting; and some four-score ps. \) produce it, needs the conation of 27 scattered Adminiitions, or parts of Administrais, from as far east as Hawaii I French Polynesia, westward r 7,000 miles to embrace Norfolk md, Indonesia and Netherlands v Guinea. ; needs also the co-operation of rate trading and transportation ipanies and of dozens of mission ies. fith few exceptions the coration has been willingly given though some, naturally enough, led more urging than others, a very few cases, extracting rmation can best be compared i wringing blood from a stone — now that it is over for another * or so, we are prepared to et it, if our victims do likewise, thanks go to all of them, the k or the reluctant, nally, there is the technical of producing a book of this ire—the setting of the type, -drawing, printing, binding. In de" partments bring troubles ol their The first edition of the Pacific Islands Year Book was produced in 1932. it was a soft-cover book in form something like our Papua-New gr^«no°/. to a d n a d y; “Te fo?Vu°r V n e s r KS?! the fable a tha f t°\h y e ea whofe a book 5 was produced by Burns Philp & Co. simple- r Mr° n ß f w pTb PIYB f T aS 1930 with^^ S Jate and Wlthln a few months had thS-P i a ac d n Up against the fact that there was no current Pacific Islands tlihf r5 C ccmid give detans of the administration, politics, geography “? thSnds h of°is y iandT S^f ed ot OV o e c r ea , S 111 l a o n n d S n“‘ ered by 3 SC ° re ° f different . m- A u ii a Wrote His Own Handbook The only book of the kind had been Stewart’s Handbook of the Pacific Islands, which, between 1908 and 1923, was compiled for McCarron, Stewart & Co bv Mr Percy S. Allen. By the time the PIM was under way, the information in the last Handbook was already 10 years old and useless, and Mr. Robson decided to produes his own handbook whirh would incidentally provide’ all the information he himself wanted for Pacific Islands Monthly background Although the Handbook of the Pacific Islands had not been published for 10 years, the publishers H S£J? at book still held copy- **nd ®° that word Handbook SSL? 4 K P sed in the Robson tl ? n 7~ became, instead, the Pacific Islands Year Book. Year Bo ° k > j of course > it never has been and, due to economic and other circumstances, probably never will „ » hut, as use of the more suitable Handbook was verboten, that was the only alternative.

Copyright Troubles Copyright trouble of another kind occurred during the Pacific War Due to the tremendous demand by the American services, some hurried editions and printings were made in Australia; but our wartime paper stocks were not adequate so in 1942, Macmillan, the’

American publishers, arranged to produce an edition in the USA.

For some reason this did not come out until 1944, and in the meantime a Cleveland outfit, by a process of photo-engraving and lithography, produced an exact copy of the 1942, Australian edition— every line, comma, map and literal mistake. The only thing that was missing was the imprint on the last page—a legal requirement in British countries, but not, apparently, in the United States.

There is no reciprocal copyright law between Australia and USA, so there is no redress for this sort of thing; any fly-by-night US publisher may proceed similarly without legal consequences, and without paying a penny. By the time Macmillans had produced their edition in 1944, the pool had been scooped, and neither they nor Pacific Publications Pty. Ltd. in Sydney made any money out of it.

A copy of the pirated edition, sent over by an American friend, has an honoured place among our other valuable first editions. Something of a joke now; but at the time it happened it was not calculated to forge those closer bonds between Allies which, in 1943-44, were supposed to be so valuable.

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Photo: Eric Bolton. 59

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Fiji's Airport Building Gets It's Roof On From a Staff Writer at Nadi For some reason known possibly to science and the high gods of administration the Government of Fiji is building at the new airport of Nadi a terminal building that, literally and metaphorically, leaves that of Sydney’s Mascot airport quite in the shade.

Every now and again, Sydney's newspapers go out and look at . . Sydney’s very busy airport, which has been built in fits and starts and by catch-as-catch-can methods, and then they hold up Mascot to public ridicule and shame.

Meanwhile, the Fiji Government —as Fiji’s official contribution to the new international airport at Nadi (Australia, New Zealand, Canada and United Kingdom have provided millions for the job)—is spending £300.000 on this modern concrete building of two storeys, less than a half-mile away from the present terminal.

Fiji, in 1958, undertook to erect the building in 15 months. The job is being done by the Fiji Public Works Department; and, (Over) Above, is Nadi's vast new airport terminal building, inside and out.

At left, the last barrow load of concrete to complete the 47,000 square feet of the new terminal building is poured by Fiji's Director of Works, Mr. John Common. Below, Mr. Common (left, with pipe) with some of the men supervising construction of the £300,000 building. They are- Mr. W. J. Young, District Engineer Western (next to Mr. Common); Mr.

J. D. Wright, Works Study Officer; Mr. C. V. Price, Senior Superintendent of Works; and Mr. G. G. King, architect. 61 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY, 1859

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Cables: Tusco”, Auckland. vigorous*" of jZ tore'the'end Tull th? he iSJ nal b uil ding is sited at tne inland side of the r ? thfs sSdn d pv? ir^ eld anc *—listen to S' "47,000 tf^T^ ffWSSgf’ ‘“^e Mn? 6 9Q + Was a .Public cer emony on thf/va 9 *^ 0 mark the completion of this vast expanse of roof, a small company assembled to watch er Common pour the last barrow-load of concrete; and then a dozen European executives sat down to a 0 n r H ma L Unch wi i th the 250 Fijian • workmen engaged on the job. The workers’ mess fund?

S?® f m . odest from the Department, provided much cold iquor and excellent food; and ihere was feasting, singing, music “ dancing in a celebration mtirely male.

The visitors looked the building >ver. It is impressive in design and n space.

Already, Nadi is the centre for air ervices coming into Fiji from forth America, Australia, New ealand, French Polynesia and New The traffic, as yet, does ot require anything like the ac- ?iin^ lodation and amenities proved in this new terminal building; u t —as the officials remarked— lieerfully—it is bound to grow.

In one respect, the London ssigners have had little regard for ie convenience of air travellers 3d their friends.

To provide a motor-way through ie middle of the building, persons )ing to or from the planes, via ie terminal building, must climb ) to and descend from the first ° r ey, per various stairways, over e top of the roadway—a bureauatic arrangement that probably >uld not be found in any other pdern airport building. It is a ty that this big and expensive nstruction should — from the blic’s viewpoint—be spoiled in is way, Mr, Barry Philp’s new airport tel will be about a quarter-mile ;tant, on a low hill. suitable water supply is being )ught in from the nearby hills a cost of about £20.000.

Fiji Film That eased Everyone "ew motion pictures about Pacific mds have been received with anyng more than derision in the ntry in which they originated— I by being one of the few extions to this rule, the Shell Film it’s Two Men Of Fiji, has created le sort of record, he film had its premiere in Fiji April, and in May was shown to cted audiences in all Australian capital cities, it pleased both sets in itself nC6S quite an achievement Fill ll6 spent two months in " mostly in Lakeba, in the Lau Group and in Suva-lilminl the story which is a simple one nf present-day native life of y £T g ?i en who take the ieaa roles, Jaile Ataoga and Adrui Kombale £md those who supply the that °L tho C f St ’ , for the matter of naturals, as actors, and ant fppnL U^ itself without r^ u fee i^ of artificiality.

The dialogue is all in Fiiian but fn Fnl a i n h^ te i Preter tells the story in English above” the dialogue—an experiment in technique that is completely successful The “two men” of Fiji are a couple of youngsters one who goes to Suva to attend the Central Medical School, and the other who just goes. ouf^htfr^ 0 leaves Lakemba without the permission of his chief and nnH or ?^ S a .^ harf labourer in Suva dSver he All th <- e h ° ff ’ S i ider t 0 a truck ’ affnw*'«£P thls ’ plus technicolour allows the camera to take in manv ot life in Fiji todTy aSd at the same time, point the moral that, unless they are esneciallv &^° St y ? ung Fijian men are better off performing their com- “S mty obligations back in village, than in living in the back fleets of Suva at the mercy o? a low-wage economy. ? as^? roduced by B em Gandy, and directed by Brett that the nni/!; is is 9 e fi ' st time that the Unit has made a film outside of Australia, although it has Jj e . n * n existence for over 10 years P^ dl fced excellent documentaries that have won international praise. 63 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY— JULY, 1959

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All Set For Adventure— [?]r Something By a Staff Writer • All the salt-encrusted cynics ■ up and took notice, and their d-you-wait-and-sees could be ird right across the Pacific, when earn of adventurous young people, by their skipper Leonard Gulson, nned to sail out of Sydney early y. Their ship is a 116- ft converted '-chaser, “Stardust”. The schedule Is for a “three months pleasure ise through the Islands, on to rth America. Mexico and the y iamas”.

SE team of nine men and seven women—most of them in their twenties—each paid £2OO for the ) which will take in most of the ific Islands. Most are not exienced sailors, but they expect ie up in the Bahamas some time imd the beginning of October, in, they will all be on their own. here are three experienced seai on board in addition to Gulson, whether they will be able to die all departments is not wn. tie betting along the Sydney waterfront in June was that half the amateur crew will leave at the first port of call—as is usual in such jaunts. But the quidnuncs have been known to be wrong before, and maybe this will be another time.

If the vessel is run as a yacht, then the marine authorities will not be interested in Stardust’s personnel or plans. The payments of £2OO are not, presumably, regarded as fares, in the normal way.

Half Share Mr. Gulson, who organised the trip, bought a half-share in the Stardust a few months ago. His partner, Dick Smith, of Sydney, has supervised the rebuilding of the yacht at C. Messengers wharf at Rushcutters Bay over the last couple of months. He will not be making the trip himself, he says, because of business commitments.

Some of the alterations have resulted in more superstructure, with the wheel-house seven feet above where it used to be. “Imagine,” said one shipping expert, with relish, “the arc that the bloke at the wheel and the skipper are going to have to travel! And this type of craft is very ‘tender.’ ”

Stardust, was built as a subchaser during the war, after which it was operated as a charter ship from Cairns. It was later bought by a Brisbane syndicate and used for fishing trips. Mr. Smith purchased the yacht from a Sydney man, Cliff Pickering, in May, 1957.

Stardust’s crew includes a Can- ?nadian Alan Bell, who will be one of the crew, and skipper Leonard Gulson, discuss plans for the trip over a cup of coffee aboard the "Stardust” in Sydney harbour. 65

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Advertised For Crew Mr. Gulson advertised for his “crew” in Sydney newspapers, setting out in detail the extent of the trip and facilities, etc., on board, and said he had no trouble in filling the 16 berths on the Stardust for the one-way trip.

An added attraction for the girls is that if they help in the galley on alternate days they have to pay only half fare—£loo.

Most of the 16 aboard are just lopeful pleasure seekers. But to learded Canadian Alan Bell, the ;rip aboard the Stardust affords vhat he hopes will be a pleasant, heap way of returning to Canada.

If ter only a week in Australia, Bell »ooked his passage on the yacht nd, although he refuses to air his lews on the Australian way of life. ie had apparently found it wanting i some departments.

The skin diving team comprises dward and Marie Russell, of oogee, who hope to get a lot of ractice in Pacific waters.

Two of the Australian girls makig the trip are Joyce Ebbage, of remorne, Sydney, and Helen Dickison, of Pymble.

Trial Run Englishman Michael Carr is “seeg the world” and on the first leg a long trip home. The other iglishmen are Brian McLeod, ;rek Canty and Gordon Keeble.

Stardust is now fitted out with four berth cabin, four separate o-berthers and two adjoining üble-berthers. rhe yacht, which abounds with lets and bathrooms, also has a : airy lounge, a dining room and iar. towards the end of June the crew k the Stardust out on Sydney rbour for several trials so that pper Gulson could see if they e efficient and capable enough to e the yacht safely to the lamas. t might have been an even more ing experience if he’d taken them a shake-down cruise to, say, d Howe, from which Sydney has mtly been getting a few mjsting “depressions”.

Madang’s New Hospital Is Bigger and Better Queensland (Australia) newsth? 6 ? i n^ e made something of the fact that Madang, NG is to most of I ?h SPita f “ which wil1 ’ d warf SSitrf towns" in Queensland bum ad hv g S fS 6W s°?P ital ’ now being mult by the Brisbane firm of ple r t C e a ft B h r v th^ S ’ -T ho h °P e to compiete it by Christmas next year will consist of 75 separate buildings’ a ? d cove s acres - About 35 Europeans and 70 natives are on the job.

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Mystery of the Easter Island Talking Boards They're Still Arguing Their Way To A Solution When Easter Island was discovered by Europeans in 1722 differLtToni to th? by . sim P le not markedly different from the other Polynesians of the South Seas; and bv gigantic stone statues that peered down from the cliffs. It represented then as now a complete enigma.

EASTER Island’s second mystery was not discovered for another 140 years, and then by a French nssionary sent to Easter Island rom Tahiti by his Bishop, about 864, to care for the pitiful remants of islanders left over from the lackbirding raids of Peruvian layers.

When Father Eugene Eyraud isited the natives in their poor uts he found sticks and flat wooden Dards completely covered with rows f tiny incised symbols between ae-third and half an inch long.

The natives knew nothing of the leaning of the symbols and were sing the boards for firewood and >r canoe building. But a number f them were subsequently salvaged id have intrigued scientists and yptographers ever since.

Ahead of Heyerdahl?

Although he paved the way in ic best selling Aku-Aku, Thor eyerdahl has not, as yet, produced ie “definitive study” of Easter land that was promised and which .11, amongst other things, explain lat he thinks is the meaning of e rongorongo boards that have nfounded the experts since 1864.

So it might have been with the da of getting in first, that Thomas Barthel, of the University of imburg, wrote an article in the ientific American, June, 1958 issue, plaining in layman’s language lat he believes the mysterious rved characters mean.

Barthel commenced his Easter and study in 1953, and his iversity is to publish his magnum us on the subject. In the mean le he has had the satisfaction of ving said his piece in a popular tgazine which probably claims as my readers as Mr. Heyerdahl can nmand, because it is a glyph to gooseberry that the points on ich the two scientists will ultimily agree will be purely comciital, , Jr. Barthel does not, for example, nk that the carved boards prove it the original Easter Islanders ne from South America: while Heyerdahl, who has a fixation about his pet theory, is scarcely likely to allow the characters to disprove that the Polynesians couldn’t have come from Peru.

Plain or Red Indian If they don’t agree, Messrs. Barthel and Heyerdahl will be in good company. The Easter Island talking boards and drawings therefrom have been going the rounds of museums and universities and have been pored over by savants and scientists for over 90 years, and no two people have yet agreed completely on what they do mean.

In the 1930’s two Frenchmen (MM Metraux and de Hevesy*) were slugging it out with scientific abßndon over de Hevesy’s assertion mat he had discovered similarities between the Easter Island script and those found by Sir John Marshall o m i dd Je Indus region of India in 1928 de Hevesy arranged symbols from the two scripts side by side (see illustration) which showed a resemblance “too good to be true”— according to Metraux. He suggested that de Hevesy had been “moved by his enthusiasm”, (However, another expert, Professor G. R. Hunter, went on record that de Hevesy had produced the scripts with “scrupulous exactitude”.) At about the same time a German professor, Dr. Werner Wolf, proved to his satisfaction that there were points of resemblance between the Easter Island symbols and the hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt; and a Swiss professor, C. Tauber, of Zurich, declared that he had found a clue to the Easter Island script amongst a certain tribe of Indians in North America; he also thought there was a connection between the rongorongo script and the Mel- *ln his “Scientific American” article, Barthel refers to him as Wilhelm von Hevesy, Hungarian in nationality. The original “PIM” article called him a Frenchman. Guillaume de Hevesy, but as this article appears to have been based on an extract from a French publication, it may have been a fault of doubletranslation.

In the 1930’5, a European expert said that he had proved that the Easter Island script was related to some ancient writing found in a ruined city in the Indus region of northern India in 1928. To prove his point, he arranged these symbols from both scripts side by side (the Indus script is on the left of each column). A contemporary expert said that the similarities were too marked to be true and the plain result of too much enthusiasm. “PIM”, in an article at the time, said that most of the current ideas about the Easter Is. script were “far-fetched and woolly”. And now, of course, another generation of experts is propounding new theories on the same old subject. All of which is interesting—although it leaves most of us still guessing: What did the ancients really say? 69 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY - J U L Y .

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BM 121 lasSfisI P and POlyneSian ’ of . a l? n S article on the subject nLf5 1S tlme ’ P J M dis missed all the professors and their theories as probably far-fetched and woolly” and then the war cut Europe off from Easter Island. The subject af the island’s mysteries had a long :est until the 1950’5. s Memory-Ticklers r,.^- 80 to Heyerdahl and Barthel. rhe latter, according to his Scientific American article, thinks that, undamentally, the rongorongo >oards were cues or memory-aids; tnd, because the symbols reverse irection in alternate lines, that they night be an elaboration of the otched and carved sticks that other >olynesian groups have also used s memory-ticklers.

Barthel was a cryptographer durig World War 11, and thus introuced to the business side of insrpreting strange scripts, became Iso interested in the academic side f it. He helped to decipher the riting of the Mayas, and then, in 153, became interested in the even igger puzzle of the Easter Island ;ript.

Analysed 12,000 Signs With the co-operation of universes and museums around the world, 3 finally collected together in his udy in Hamburg something like ,000 signs for analyses. “Under the agnifying glass,” he writes in the nentific American, “the tiny mbols show surprising elegance id beauty—precise and complex detail yet boldly drawn. They ade up a teeming world of little nning men, flying birds, turtles, lestial objects and strange geo- Jtrical forms. To reduce the multide of signs to an orderly list that uld be analysed and dealt with itistically, I identified the signs numbers. This cataloguing work ls long and tedious, but by the ae it was finished I was well ough acquainted with the symbols begin to see some patterns.

T now had to decide what the ns stood for —alphabetical letters, lables, words or ideas. . . Since j Easter Island inscriptions had ndreds of different signs, I judged it each represented a whole word idea.” rhen came the more difficult task finding out meanings, and in this had to follow—to a surprisingly cessful conclusion —a trail that s almost 100 years cold.

Only Partly Fake )ne of the earliest students of the ,rds was Bishop Jaussen, a French isionary at Papeete, Tahiti, who i four of the boards sent to him one of his priests on Easter and, into whose province the Jaussen learned that, Tahiti, was an old Easter Islandpr named Metoro, who claimed to have been trained as a rongoronao man He hunted him up anTS Wm to read the tablets * d h m With little hesitation Metoro picked up the tablets in ’turn S chanted from each of them a in the Polynesian language ElatSf the Bishop' wrote he translated it into French h made only gibberish and although heTrled Me* dld not succeed in 'one WhS?° as , dismissed as a fake. i^°° k up the task in Iw’ Wa v i SOOn con vinced SSf f the *°S? y hnk between the S^ and the past was the muchdiscredited Metoro and he “clutched hL?' hope t] W l he might not w «S een c °mplete pretender”, * JL ° We J er ’ now Jaussen's S P S on of the songs had com- £ L d ;£ ap ?E ared and no one ™l ther th £ y ere still in existrnntinSi earcl l t egan in Tahiti - M »in Fr K d SS3S? notebook bearing the four songs of 71 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY— JULY, 1959

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Metoro, written in Jaussen’s shaky hand, were finally found.

That notebook became Barthel s Rosetta Stone. He compared Metoro’s chants with the inscriptions on the wooden tablets and gradually a few of the signs became identifiable with consistent meanings: “As I worked through Metoro s four tablets, I began to see why his songs had turned out to be mere gibberish. Metoro had been in the position of a schoolboy asked to explain a university textbook.

Possessing only a rudimentary knowledge of the old script, he had read some of the signs correctly but guessed wrong on most of them, so that his over-all translation of the text was meaningless.” _ t Barthel continues The Easter Island writing had n°t matured, to a phonetic system which could reproduce an entire spoken Conseouentlv the tablets had to re duce the Tongs of rongorongo men to an abbreviated form, like a t e legram^ abiet & kind of cuecard consisting of catchwords which gave the singer only the gist of ms verses: he had to fill in the missing words himself. Naturally this makes it difficult for us to reconstruct the full story epitomised in the tablets.

Nevertheless, read in the context of what we know about Polynesian folklore, they tell a great deal.”

And what do the talking boards tell?

According to Barthel, mainly they are religious and ritualistic, with no mention of the ancient historical events of the island, or how or why the giant statues were made.

They are eulogies to the deities; instructions to priests; some of them speak of mythological subjects—such as the myth common to all Polynesia of the beginning of the world, when Tane separated earth from sky and put up props to hold heaven in place. Most of the tablets speak only of males, and females only when the tablets are strongly preoccupied with fertility...

“These texts always call a spade a spade, and a translator has to render them with delicacy.”

Then the scripts link Easter Island with other parts of the South Seas and in mentioning important food plants that do not grow in Easter Island, and in giving correctly the names of other Polynesian islands “leave no doubt that the settlers to Easter Island came from somewhere in the heart of Polynesia, perhaps Raiatea. . . They also seem to disprove conclusively the recent theory of Thor Heyerdahl that the Easter Islanders came from Peru.”

Who invented the extraordinary script, and why it survived only on Easter Island, must remain, says Barthel, a matter of conjecture.

“We can theorise on this subject from two different points of view: One view would suggest that the script was a spontaneous, independent invention by a group of Polynesian intellectuals who kept it as their own secret possession; the other concept, holding that human culture has grown only gradually by the diffusion and cross-fertilisation of ideas, would argue that the Easter Island writing developed from some earlier writing system.

“Speculating along the first line, we might suppose that a particular group of rongorongo men somewhere in Polynesia, created the script and took their private system of writing with them to Easter Island. Their invention might well have been the result of experiments with notched sticks used as memory al “On the other hand, everything we know about the early, Systems in the Old World indicates that they borrowed or developed from one another. In the Easter Island writing we can see some faint resemblances to certain ancient Chinese scripts. Possibly the Chinese and the Polynesian writing were both connected with an ancient cultural centre somewhere in southeast Asia.”

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THE ISLANDS IN 1796 Among the many who challenged the “divine right” of kings and aristocrats to exercise authority over the common people of Britain were a small group of Scottish intellectuals, afterwards known as “the Scottish martyrs”. They were seized, charged with sedition and treason and things of that kind, and sentenced by pompous old judges of the 1700-1800 period to transportation to the convict settlement of Botany Bay.

AMONG them was Thomas Muir.

They put him ashore in Sydney in 1794, when the township was only seven years old; when the main settlement was on the western side of what is now Circular Quay; and when the cow-tracks which wandered off into the blue-gum forest, to provide later the general lay-out of Sydney’s streets, radiated mostly from a bridge over the Tank Stream, in what now is Bridge Street.

Muir, as an intellectual, was given comparative freedom. He settled himself on a little farm, on the North Shore (Cockle Beach, near the end of the Harbour Bridge); and from there, 18 months later, he rowed down the harbour one night and out to sea, to a rendezvous with an American ship.

Thus, he got clear away—to North America, to the Spaniards in California and Mexico, to Spain, and to Paris. At first, he was feted by the French revolutionaries: but by January, 1799, he was forgotten, and died in Paris alone and impoverished.

First Beachcombers The American ship was the Otter, under Captain Ebenezer Dorr, and one of her officers was Pierre Francois Peron, afterwards famous as a French navigator and writer.

Dorr, Peron and Thomas Muir were much together: and t hes ® were about the first Europeans to land at Namouka, Eua and. other islands of Tonga. The Otter carried many escaped convicts, and five oi these established themselves at Eua—probably Tongas very first beachcombers.

The Otter passed close by Niue and Samoa, and the eompany'anded at Pukapuka (Danger Island) m the Northern Cooks—the first Euro peans to do so.

Mr John Earnshaw, of Sydney, an’fhif friends. who are engaged in historical research, haw Df»n following the career of this Thomas Muir, and they have had so much success in the archives of Spain, France, England, United States and elsewhere that they have assembled their new data in a valuable book named “Thomas Muir—Scottish Martyr”, just published in a very limited edition by the Stone Copying Co., of 64 Young St., Cremorne, Sydney, at 17/6. It gives us new light upon incidents in Scotland, Australia, Pacific Islands, North America and France, before the turn of the 18th century.

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Monumental Report By Prof. Spate New Light On Fiji's Problems As Fiji’s population of Fijians md Indians increases and K>th are growing quite rapidly there is greater conflict between the economic systems and he social systems of two comlunities.

CHE Europeans, followed by the Indians, established systems based on individualism. The ijians have an economic and social ;ructure based on an age-old astern of living in small commnities, in which most property held in common, and where inividuals are guided and instructed 7 the head of the family group, or le village.

Today, in relation to the quantity cultivable land in Fiji, the Colony becoming overcrowded.

Intelligent people regard the iture with misgiving—even alarm and finally the Burns Commission, ider instructions from the British jlonial Office, has gone to Fiji to udy the problem of how the jlony’s growing population is to fed. The Burns Commission began 5 inquiries in Fiji this month, and 5 sittings in Fiji probably will exnd into September. (See elsenere, this issue).

To assist the inquiry, the Fiji overnment prepared a series of rveys; and the printing of one of ies e “The Fijian People ;onomic Problems and Prospects” was completed in June. It reprents the work of Professor O. H. K. )ate, Professor of Geography at e Australian National University, inberra; and it probably will be claimed as one of the most valule compilations ever made in retion to Fiji.

The Governor Gave It Away In Fiji, for at least three decades, ivernor after Governor, and Counafter Council, have been ram- ,ng their heads against the parently insoluble problem of how maintain racial unity and rmonious progress in Fiji, in view the apparently irreconcilable dil- 'ences between the Europeandian communities (which wish to ;ablish new industries) and the jian community (which holds a ■ge proportion of the available id, and is not interested in trad- ? and manufacturing).

All seemed, eventually, to reach the same conclusion: Either the now numerically dominant and landless Indian population must be removed from Fiji; or the Fijian way of life must be changed from the village communal system to individualism, so that Fijians and Indians may go forward together, on a similar economic plane. By general agreement, the second is the only practicable alternative.

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It must be done quickly, because of the rapid growth of population especially Indian.

A Job Well Done Governors and Councils have given it away. The problem is in the hands of the Burns Commission.

It is hoped that Professor Spate’s monumental report will inform and guide the Commission.

In gathering his data for this report, the Professor spent several months in Fiji, and visited every c 9 rner of the scattered Colony. He gives the names of no less than 52 villages where he spent considerable time, talking to the people, studying their way of life, assessing their opinions regarding the future, estimating their economic resources.

Professor Spate began his task with a very clear appreciation of the problems which confront Fiji and the Burns Commission; and he has done his job, and arranged his report in such a way that the Commission—and all others interestedcan go straight to the heart of the problem with the least loss of time and effort.

Here, set out in a most conscientious way, are all the available facts about Fijian traditions, way of life, way of thinking—and especially about the Fijians’ attitude towards the establishment in Fiji of a powerful society that is different Air-War On Coconut Pests A coconut plantation, where the palms grow upwards of 20 feet tall, is not a good subject for insecticiding—unless the spraying can be done from the air. For the first time in the South Pacific, this was done recently on Ura Plantation, Taveuni, Fiji, where the trouble is an infestation of stick-insects, or mimimata, as they are called locally. These pests, while not so destructive as rhinoceros beetles, attack and skeletonise the fronds of the palms, until in extreme cases only the ribs are left. Anything that destroys the fronds weakens the tree and interferes with its bearing The aerial spraying on Ura Plantation was carried out by Air Viti Ltd with a Tiger Moth of its own and a Cessna amphibian chartered from New Zealand. The experiment was under the supervision of the Fiji Government entomologist, Mr. B. A. O'Connor.

Insecticide was pumped out in flight by a wind-driven fan fitted beneath the fuselage Although the weather was not good for spraying, a 95 per cent. kill was claimed. -Photo by Rob Wright, Fiji PRO. 77 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY- JULY. 195,

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NESTLE s V. s> * & \ v * m N 446-59 % Good from that of the Fijians, and ipparently not reconcilable with it.

Education Is Needed Rightly, the Professor has assembled his data most carefully, md left to the judges (the Comnission and the British Colonial Office) the final decisions. But he ias to present his own conclusions md recommendations—and very ineresting some of them are; • Training the Fijian villagers to l better understanding of today’s leeds —social and economic—is vital o the future. • Most urgent steps are needed o protect the available land from urther erosion—burning, overstockig and bad cultivation already have aused “appalling” losses. • Organised effort is needed to ncrease productivity, diversify agriulture, seek new markets; to enourage new secondary industries ased on hydro-electric power. (Deelopment in the latter direction ould provide a field for Indian nterprise and help lessen competiion for land.) • Different and improved educalonal standards should be introuced, so that Fijians may gain in loney-sense and personal responibility. It is suggested that a rastic review of the whole system f education is desirable, to meet ew socio-economic conditions. It is onsidered “unfortunate” that ;condary education is geared to the ew Zealand system. • The whole subject of technical iucation requires attention.

His Reforms Suggested reforms bearing upon le need for economic and social langes, and comments on methods > secure same, are set out in no ss than 87 short paragraphs in hich the report is summarised, he report itself covers 112 printed >olscap pages.

No recommendation suggests inrference with the present governmental organisation, in relation to iministration or land-ownership ' anything fundamental; but the gical deduction from the Rtossor’s data, and from the way he is presented it, is that there must j fundamental changes in these rections if Fiji’s problems are to ; solved.

It is indicated, however, that with ie sympathetic co-operation of th iropean, Fijian and Indian com unities, it is possible fora id competent Government-repeat rong and competent—to kuild a ;w and sound Fiji, without doing justice to any section of the exist g communities.

If that is done eventually, a eat deal of credit must go to the work of Professor Spate. He does not draw the plan; but he has saved perhaps years of work by so skillfully assembling the material from which the plan must be drawn.

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tropicalities Nature Calls Again! r.VI” Kauffman, the Danish university graduate who arrived at Tonga in the yacht IHirondelle about 1952, presented the yacht to Prince Tungi’s little son, and caused some interest by retiring to an uninhabited island, has felt the call of the wild again.

Chief Officer David Fifita, of Aoniu, said in Suva in May that Kauffman, who has been employed by the Tonga Government in several capacities in recent years, abandoned civilisation in February to return to the rocky cliff-bound volcanic island of Hunga Haapai some 30 miles north of Tongatapu.

This 400-ft high island and its nearby companion Hunga Tonga lie in a channel used by ships crossing the Tonga Group from east to west.

The island has some pockets of fertile soil on the western side where small areas of coconut palms and other vegetation are established, but it is not able to sustain a human settlement of any proportions.

On the first occasion that Mr.

Kauffman took up residence he established gardens, but conditions were too rugged and after some nonths he w r as forced to call it off md return to Nukualofa. Perhaps fie present stay may be intended mly as a temporary retirement :rom the world, or perhaps the Danish graduate is now satisfied fiat he can compete with nature.

If he cannot, Hunga Haapai is so ocated that local vessels bound tom Nukualofa to points north can isually be signalled without much rouble.

"Matuku Totoya Vatuiele 1 / FN Fiji, they still tell this story of L the irrepressible “Jerry” Adams, of Lautoka.

Jerry and a Fiji friend were on passenger ship, crossing th >acific. At their table, m the: dinng room, were a high-nosed Englishman and his wife.

Plainly the couple disdained colonials”. On their fl rst day °ut, ,t the table, they conversed in Half-way through the e H Xt ti!?ned erry suddenly grinned, and turned o his companion.

“Sigatoka ba,” he said. “Tavua dreketi lakeba.”

Friend caught on promptly. “Gau taveuni.” he retorted.

“Yasawa koro,” hissed Jerry.

“Matuku totoya vatuiele.”

Then they laughed sneeringly.

The overseas couple ignored the demonstration, and ate their fish without batting an eyelid. It is unlikely that they recognised the Fijian words as simply the names of islands strung together; but they used English in table conversation for the rest of the voyage.

Papuan Manganese May Come Good Again A COUPLE of decades ago, Mr. L.

J. English, of Rigo, Papua, ran a profitable little business exporting to Australia high-grade manganese mined at Rigo. It was in demand by the big Eveready Company in the manufacture of torch batteries.

However, the deposits were not extensive and, what with the Pacific war intervening and one thing and another, Mr. English did not resume operations when civil administration was restored in 1946.

The Australian battery manufacturers obtained their supplies postwar from other sources, mainly Africa and, in small quantities, Fiji.

Recently, when overseas highgrade manganese supplies became more difficult to procure—and at higher prices—the Union Carbide Company, parent concern of the large battery group, sent its geologist, Mr. Hector Ward, to Papua to re-examine the Rigo deposits.

He located Mr. English and together, in May, they made a survey of the old manganese workings and some other deposits. For battery manufacture, the ore must contain a good percentage of manganese dioxide and samples brought back by Mr. Ward now are being thoroughly tested in Sydney.

If the restults prove satisfactory, said an Eveready Company spokesman, early in June, it will negotiate with Mr. English to begin mining and shipping manganese again.

New Buildings and an Old War in Suva WHEN Carpenters’ department store was moved from the old town area in Suva into Rodwell road, facing the docks and only a few yards west of the Burns Philp department store, trading competition between the old-time rivals became keen—as reported in the battle of the zebra crossings, June PIM.

Later, the struggle was reflected in window-signs, in which the passer-by was urged to do this and that, and one day recently somebody went into the older store and.

Do You Remember This Old Store?

This Photograph-kindly made avallaMe to PIM g eommfmo rate, the Historical Society-ls believed to be at Messrs. E. E. Fors.yth and opening of a new store somewhere in Emni> Rolbe. fornier i y Foraayth.

Company— E E. F ®"*2Jeen Emma”. This firm was sold to other Interests In the and better known as Q carried on under another name. Can any reader -d what happened to it7 81 .*O.-10 ISLANDS MONXHL.-.DLV, ..*•

unnoticed by the staff, pasted in the window a sign which read “Bypass Burns Philp—Shop at Carpenters”—and the horrid thing remamed there for some time before f(Si fell upon it with tooth and claw.

Suva is growing fast. A large new building is being erected in the place of the old Carpenter and Walter Horne stores, so as to enlarge the Morris Hedstrom establishment. Modern buildings now line the harbourside streets, from Rodwell Road, through Thomson Street and Victoria Parade, almost to the Grand Pacific Hotel.

Hnnnnr Quctom lcn y t nonour iysiem isn t IN Sydney, and some other places in the Pacific, newspaper sellers have an honour system for unattended news-stands. Readers pick up their own paper and are trusted to leave the money. Somebody started a newspaper honour box in Lae, NG, not long ago, but it hasn’t been working too well. The money is always short, and the other day somebody paid for his paper with a sardine sandwich crust.

Interpct in j m Gardens TOURING the visit to Australia in J } 1954 0 f Queen Elizabeth, a box of prize New Guinea orchids was sent t, O f rom the Botanic Gardens at Lae, New Guinea. As a result, a correspondence started between the Garden Clubs of Australia and Mrs. D. M. Cleland, wife of the P-NG Administrator. Many members said they wanted to see the country where such unusual and beautiful orchids grew.

So recently NG got its first official garden visitor—Mrs. M. Davis, President of the Garden Clubs, who founded the clubs in Australia with a sma ii group of people who were interested in home gardens and in helping each other, and not in competitions. She was royally entertained at Lae. Mrs. Davis’ NG visit followed a trip which she and other members made to Japan. They chartered a plane to see the gardens there.

New Guinea garden lovers are now hoping that Australian club members can be induced to make a similar mass visit to the Territory.

"John" and "Mary" Come to Fiji TjTOR years “John” and “Mary” -T have been familiar and interesting characters to listeners to the BBC’s English by Radio sessions directed to overseas listeners. Now Fiji also has it’s John and Mary in a drive to improve the standard of English Fijians and Indians and thus remove or at least reduce a major blockage in Fiji’s education system.

Fiji’s “John” is Mr. L. Rolls, and “Mary” is Mrs. R. Knox-Mawer.

The Fijian teacher will be Epeli Kacimaiwai and the Indian teacher Mr. V. Sudhakar. Day by day this quartet will explore and discuss the peculiarities of the English language in the course of their imaginary travels and adventures.

Surprise Parcels Papua-new guinea’s preschool age children are making good use of a unique mail box system set up as a result of a suggestion by a member of the Canberra Pre-School Association. Children living in out stations and remote plantations can have sent to them from the main NG centres a “m ai 1 box” containing crayons, paints, brushes, books (with suggestions for discussing them intelligently with the children), other hand work suggestions, and a “parent’s kit”, and guidance book. It’s quite a surprise parcel and about 80 New Guinea families with young children are currently finding them very interesting. The P-NG Pre- School Association now has 14 preschool centres scattered throughout the Territory, many with modern new buildings.

The Storck Goes Modern A SMART white car with the words “Storck Cruise” in discreet lettering on the doors caused a lot of interest and some amusement in New Zealand recently, as Mr. and Mrs. Vince Storck, of Suva, made a motor tour of the country.

Suva residents know that the Storcks operate the tourist launch 00100100, but at least one New Zealand bystander, a little shaky on her spelling, had other theories.

“Oh, look dear!” the lady was heard to remark to a companion, “That must be the new maternity hospital transport!”

CROSSQUIZ (For solution see page 97) ACROSS I. —Which negro opera was the last important work composed by George Gershwin? 8. —What was the sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians? 9. —ln which Highland district is Balmoral Castle? 11. —What is the name given to the pancreas of the calf or lamb used for food? 13. —What large lake does the frontier of Finland and Russia intersect? 14. —What is the religion of Mohammed called? 16. —Which world-famous classic for three-year-olds is run on the Churchill Downs racecourse? 20. —What is the term for a judge's private chamber where certain cases are heard? 21. —Which type of haircut typifies a monk?

DOWN 2. —Who wrote “The Picture of Dorian Gray"? 3. —Which American president was shot by a man called Guiteau? 4. —What is the term for the long white linen robe worn by officiating priests? 5. —The female of what animal is called a hind? 6. —What is the chief river of Germany? 7. —What word and gesture of salutation is much used in the East? 9. —What are permanent buildings for the accommodation of soldiers called? 10. —Which celebrated family of violin-makers come from Cremona in Italy? 12.—Which village of County Cork do you associate with the gift of persuasive eloquence? 15. —What call sign is used by aeroplanes in distress? 16. —Which German philosopher wrote the "Critique of Pure Reason"? 17. —What gas constantly attracts our attention? 18. —What language is spoken by Moslems in India? 19. —What does the French word "cherie" mean?

The Firewalkers A thought on the Burns Inquiry, Whose problems will soon begin, If they work out a happy solution, They're smarter than I, Gunga Din!

Tui 82 JULY. 1959 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

Do You Remember? ‘‘Pacific Islands Monthly” of 20 years ago reflected the times. On one hand were reports of moves by America and Pacific territories to defend themselves against the inevitable southwards drive of Japan, and on the other, reports of events of only passing consequence—such as the Pacific epidemic of cruising European canoeists, and the racket of smuggling Indian hemp into Fiji through the post, in thick magazines whose pages had been hollowed out.

Here are other items from the issue of July. 1939: With a big splash of publicity, BP’s new motor vessel “Tulagi” entered the central Pacific service. Unfortunately she didn’t last long. She was sunk soon after the beginning of the Pacific war. * * * PO Nell Elliott and a native constable were killed by natives while on patrol about 40 miles south-east of Altape, NG.

He was the third patrol oflicer to be killed by natives In two years—the others being Colin Macdonald and Tom Hough. * ♦ * “PIM” reported that there were “extraordinary scenes” in the High Court at Apia, Western Samoa, when 34 Chinese labourers employed by the NZ Reparation Estates and 34 Samoan women were lined up and convicted of the offence of cohabitating—under the law which said that Samoan women must not live with Chinese coolies on European plantations. The Chinese were ordered to come up for sentence within two months and the women, many of whom had small children, were sentenced to three days in prison, after which they were to be sent back to their villages. * ♦ ♦ The Suva Medical School was warmly praised at a meeting in Sydney, but there was criticism as to why Australia had so far refused to co-operate with the school, and had sent no trainees from Australian territories. Nobody was able to give the answer. (Australia was less aloof after the war.) « * ♦ Tonga’s current boxing champion.

Soakai. became hero for a day when he captured a young armed Tongan criminal who had escaped from Nukualofa prison a month earlier, and had since led police a merry chase. Soakai tracked the criminal down, and knocked him out with a terrific straight left to the jaw. * ♦ * Reports were still coming in of the earthquake and tidal wave in the Solomons on April 30. It turned out that they had been more serious than first reported —and at least 10 lives had been lost on Guadalcanal coast. Lavoro Estate had been practically wiped out. * * * In Rabaul. NG. 45 natives refused to accept payment of compensation for land which the Government had taken for a native hospital at Rabaul. and insisted before the Compensation Court that they would rather have the land than the monev But they lost out. after the Court decided that the compensation proposed was fair and equitable. 'Now 20 years later. In Port Moresby, there are complaints that natives are having land resumed by the Government against their wllli.

The Changing Face of Port Moresby Nothing changes the face of an Islands territory more than a building boom -and Papua-New Guinea has been having one lately. These photographs show some of the results in one area-Port Moresby. Top is the big new paint factory just opened in Lawes Road, opposite the "South Pacific Post", for Walpamur.

Centre is a new natibe theatre erected by Pacific Entertainments to help fill the wide open spaces at Boroko. And lower photograph shows some of the finishing touches being put to the big new trade store just erected at Koki by Steamships Trading Company. It's on a first-class site, right on the corner opposite the native market.

Photos: Papuan Prints. 83

Tcific Islands Montht Y - J V L Y

Member Of The Silent Six T T’S not for nothing that J. A.

Johnstone, MBE, one of the BSIP’s most respected and popular citizens, was a member of the pre-war gold prospecting syndicate called the Silent Six — although it is toss-up whether the syndicate got its name from him, or whether he borrowed the idea of silence from it.

It is a fact, however, that he carries his silence into other realms besides gold mining—to such effect that this Brett Milder sketch of him has been held up for months, awaiting a “story”. It is now published without a story, but with the few biographical details which we know.

Mr. Johnstone is an Englishman, teas an original ANZAC, and arrived in the Solomons in the early "20s. He was one of the party that went to Malaita to restore order after the Lillies and Bell murders in 1925, and was interested in various pre-war business enterprises including prospecting in Guadalcanal with the Silent Six.

In 1942 he escaped from the Japs to the New Hebrides, and later became a Major in the BSIP Labour Corps. In 1953 he was one of BSPs two representatives at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth irt London.

After the war, the Silent Six became the Balasuna Syndicate, which owns the prospecting rights at Gold Ridge, Guadalcanal, where in 1955 interesting lodes were discovered. Mr. Johnstone, for the syndicate, and the BSIP Government both have spent a lot of time in recent years trying to interest mining companies in the deposits— and Clutha tested the area thoroughly a couple of years ago before withdrawing.

We suspect—but do not know for sure—that that MBE was awarded for all-round excellence as a citizen.

Will You Know Before A Tidal Wave Hits You?

From J. P. Shortall, in Suva Fiji now is included in a Pacific wide network of tidal wave warning stations. It’s part of a system originally set up in Honolulu, by the US Coast and Geodetic Survey after a lot of eastern Pacific islands had been bashed about a bit by tidal waves after the war.

But how does this warning operate and how effective is it? Is the addition of Suva in the network of any significance? ¥7K)R an answer, I went to Dr. N.

J 1 J. Guest, chief geologist of Fiji Geological Survey Department and to his assistant, Mr. Robert Houtz, who is the man most directly concerned with the warning system in Fiji.

Just as a navigator can only obtain an accurate fix of his position by the observation of several objects at the same time, so it is necessary for the Honolulu co-ordination centre to have a number of separate observation reports of an earthquake before it can calculate the exact spot where it was centred.

These reports are obtained from such places as Suva. There are also seismographs at Noumea, Papeete, Apia and Port Moresby.

The Suva seismograph is located at the Laucala Bay weather station.

Many stations also have tide gauges, some with an alarm system, which gives an alert when any unusual variations in the sea level occur.

IGY Helped The International Geophysical Year was instrumental in getting many seismographs and wave recorders into the Pacific Islands.

Some stations are able to report immediately to Honolulu when there are abnormalities, but in other places the instruments are unattended and the information is recorded on a strip of paper and inspected at intervals of a month or more.

The recordings of some of the seismographs—like the one at Laucala Bay have to be “developed” like a film before the information can be inspected.

The present Suva seismograph recordings are normally only inspected at twice weekly intervals.

However, a major earthquake anywhere will become known immediately in Honolulu, and at other stations where the recordings are constantly visible.

If a check is required from Fiji a message goes out by radio teletype from Honolulu to Nadi Aeradio station. It is passed to Laucala Bay by teleprinter, and by telephone to Mr. Houtz, who smartly heads for the seismograph, located about two miles from his office. The film is processed and examined, the information coded, and the reply to Honolulu despatched by the same route.

Time Check The warning centre in Honolulu has made a check of the time it takes to receive a reply from various stations. In a test with Suva some time ago this was found to be 20 minutes. To that must be added the time taken to travel from office or home to the seismograph, to change and process the recording paper, and to code the message. Provided there are no “technical hitches” this can be done in 30 minutes.

Since the Suva station joined the warning network there have been “Pressure Jump”

Sea Wave?

An unusual tidal disturbance around Upolu Island, Samoa, recently was due, it is suggested by American authorities, to a “pressure jump” rather than a submarine earthquake.

The sea level fell considerably at first and then rose to well above high water mark in a series of waves. Observatories at Suva, Fiji, and Honolulu advised that no earthquakes occurred at the time.

A reply from Washington said that the Samoan description fitted “solitary waves associated with pressure jumps that have been reported occasionally in the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Michigan”. 84 JULY, 1950 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

Tidal Waves Start In The North three requests for information On these occasions slight delays increased the time beyond the possible minimum—but these delays would not have affected the warning so far as Fiji and South Pacific areas were concerned. And as a result of experience gain 3 a they are unlikely to happen again The fact is that most of the South Pacific’s dangerous sea waves, or tsunamis—as they have been named after a Japanese researcher originate in the far North Pacific along the arc of submarine volcanoes extending from Alaska through the Aleutians to Japan, or from other earthfaults in that region.

The earthquake shock waves travel at roughtly five miles per second, but the sea wave—if any— travels at only about one-eighth of a mile per second.

Thus a severe earthquake off the Alaskan coast will be recorded in Suva about 11 minutes later, but the sea wave will arive ten hours later.

The exact speed of travel of the sea wave will arrive ten hours later, of ocean intervening, the topography of the bottom, and other factors, which also govern the possibility of damage along any particular coast-line.

Not Much Time For Suva The Suva station estimates that there would not be much time for any effective action to be taken by the population of a threatened area of Fiji if the wave originated at a point closer than about 1,500 miles—or 31 hours —away.

It is one thing receiving the warning in Suva, and another thing having it passed to the population—especially if the broadcasting stations are not on the air at the time. But, as mentioned, most such waves originate much farther away and there is ample time for warning. The situation is different in the North Pacific, closer to the primary danger area. Time for a warning is limited and communications must be rapid.

However, this does not mean that South Pacific stations such as Suva serve no useful purpose, even though the wave might be dissinated by the time it comes south.

The earthquake report from Suva, if received quickly in Honolulu, is a valuable aid in fixing the exact centre of the disturbance and in forecasting the time of arrival of the resulting sea wave which could follow. The Suva station will m fact probably serve distant places more than it will serve Fiji.

The warning network at present does not give warning to Fiji of sea waves approaching from the south-west, but some day there may be another co-ordinating centre in Australia or New Zealand to cover the southern area more fully. Even from this direction Fiji has some protection in its extensive barrier of off-shore reefs which would take the first shock. Unless the source of the sea wave is close inshore—like the 1953 earthquake and tidal wave in the Suva area.

"Cried Wolf"

It’s also worth bearing in mind that residents of most of the main South Pacific centres which have good radio communications with the outside world are unlikely to be taken unawares by any sea wave from the north. Apart from some evidence that a sea wave did once strike the Yasawa Group of western Fiii from an earthquake in the New Hebrides, the records indicate that no such waves have originated from other than the far North Pacific.

There has b Q en some criticism in Suva that Honolulu has “cried wolf” on a couple of occasions when no sea wave has eventuated in Fiji.

The same criticism has been directed at the meteorological offici in regard to certain hurricani warnings—but, against that, other point out that it is better for i warning of possible danger to b( issued rather than no warning a 8.11.

He’s Got All That Charm —And Eyelashes, Too!

If you are looking for a lovable and amusing pal, then settle for a Kokomo. A big clumsy bird from the New Guinea forests, his long curved, fearsome beak belies his gentle nature.

We threw in our lot with a koko three months ago. He sleeps happily under the house ( he’d sleep in our beds if we’d let him), sits on the dog’s back, pulls the cat’s tail, peeps in the bathroom window, steals from the refrigerator, swallows bananas and tomatoes whole .

In his natural state, at nesting time he seeks out a hollow in a tree for his mate. He builds her into this hollow leaving a large peep-hole for her beak. Then, during the incubation period he diligently feeds his wife through this opening.

His body is black, his neck feathers sandy, but the Kokomo's real claim to beauty is his eyelashes. Long, curling, lushly black, they might well be the envy of any showgirl. —Nancy Curtis. 85 P*C. FI C .SU»O, MONTHLY JULY. ....

"Maybe They'Ll Own It All One Day"

The South Pacific Now Has 200,000 Asians There are over 200,000 Asians in the South Pacific Islands—not very many when the population of Asia is counted in thousands of millions—hut large enough in an area of naturally small populations.

All the Asian transplantations into the South Seas have interesting beginnings, including that of the present Chinese community in French Vninmexiin Polynesia.

AT the last census in French Polynesia in 1956 there were over 6,700 Chinese in the group —about half of them in Tahiti.

How did these alien people become established there?

Few people outside of the territory know, and few there know the whole story, now told at considerable length in a book by an Australian, Robert Langdon, called Island of Love, which was reviewed in June PIM.

The reason for the implantation of Asian communities in the Pacific Islands, with one possible exception, all had the one cause; The wish of some European or group of Europeans, to get a supply of labour which the Islanders themselves were not enthusiastic about supplying. In no case were the Islanders —not Tahitians, New Guineans or Fijians —consulted in the matter although may of them have had something to say about it in recent years.

The fact that there are Chinese in French Polynesia today is the direct result of the American Civil War which, for four bloody years, disrupted the flow of cotton to the mills of Manchester and gave numerous communities in the South Seas the idea of getting rich quick on this crop.

In 1861, raw cotton was 7d per lb; by 1864 it was 2/6 and rising; moreover, the plant is a quickgrowing shrub —it is not necessary to wait seven years for it, like a pnr'nnnt tvpp One of those who wanted to be in on this new notion of becoming wealthy from cotton was a William Stewart, according to Langdon, an Irishman who spent some time in Australia, learned a trick or two, and then left for the Pacific Islands one hop ahead of the authorities.

King Cotton in Tahiti Stewart conceived the idea of growing cotton in Tahiti and in this project he was able to enlist the aid of the Governor who promised him a concession of 12,000 acres of land in the Atimaono and adjacent areas not far from Papeete.

The capital for the project was forthcoming in England—and only the native Tahitians were unwilling.

They were finally coerced into parting with their land although nothing would persuade them to contribute their labour as well.

Because of this labour problem, Stewart got permission to recruit 1.000 Chinese labourers from Hongkong, under contracts of up to seven years, after which they had the option of being repatriated, renewing their contracts or seeking permission to remain in the colony on their own account.

The planting-up of the cotton acres went on at prodigious speed, and a year after it had all begun the first Tahiti cotton was sold and brought a record price of between 3/4 and 3/7 per pound.

By the end of that year, over 200.000 pounds weight of cotton had been exported and the future prospects looked bright, indeed.

Stewart may have been a scoundrel —and Langdon shows that in many respects he was—but he had enterprise, drive, unbounded energy, and his enthusiasm created a gigantic asset out of the wilderness in the space of three short years.

But he had a talent for making enemies as well as for getting the ear of people in high places, and in the end his enemies dragged him down.

In 1868, he became involved in a law-suit with his own brother and the two judges who heard the case and its appeal were so biased against him that they saw to it he was financially ruined.

At the same time, the American Deep South was recovering from the disastrous years of civil war and the bottom dropped out of the South Seas cotton market.

By 1868, Stewart’s plantations around Atimaono were producing over 700,000 lbs of cotton a year, but the price fell steadily year by year and in 1874, 10 years after it had commenced, the Tahitian Cotton and Coffee Plantation Company was declared insolvent. Stewart soon after died of a haemorrhage.

Stewards Legacy “Nowadays,” writes Langdon, “all that remains of Stewart’s magnificent enterprise is a tall mango tree which he planted on the plateau near the site of the Countess de la Ronciere’s ‘Maison de campagne’. [Stewart had built this house for the Governor’s lady].

“The house itself and all the other buildings have long since fallen down or been removed and most of the estate has returned to its virgin state. Even the name of William Stewart has been forgotten.

But the legacy he left Tahiti is everywhere apparent. This legacy is the island’s Chinese population.

This is Old Hongkong, plum in the centre of Old Suva. The Chinese section Suva doesn't look exactly like this, but it looked this way in 1952 when a film company decided the Suva lily needed a little gilding for the benefit of a scene in its film "His Majesty O'Keefe". 86 JULY. 1959 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

last chaotic year of Stewart’s life, officialdom conveniently forgot that the Chinese labourers at Atimaono were due to be nn 11 he chinese stayed on and as their master’s empire fell into rums around them, they took to growing vegetables for the Papeete market. Gradually thev acquired wealth, shifted to Papeete and elsewhere, and became merchants.

“Nowadays, almost all the small stores of Tahiti and the other islands of French Oceania are in the hands of the 7,000 descendants of Stewart’s coolies. And one day— so some people think—all those islands will be entirely Chinese.”

Asians in Strange Places That is what author Langdon has to say about Asians in Tahiti.

He does not discuss them in other places. However, of the other Asian communities which were introduced to the Pacific Islands, only Western Samoa (the Germans introduced Chinese coolies to work the coconut plantations) ruthlessly disposed of its problem by repatriating the Chinese before and after the last war. In New Caledonia, the Tonkinese (now referred to as Viet- Namese) introduced to work in the nickel mines and smelters have become a political as well as an economic problem. The same people, in New Hebrides, have been allowed to become free settlers, under French protection, and at the same time uneasy hostages to fortune that no one attempts to do much about.

The origin of the Chinese community in New Guinea was, again, the unwillingness of the local natives to work the coconut plantations established by the Germans. Today, the Chinese have become the merchant and tradesman class and have graduated also to the wealthy plantation and ship-owning class. Some European residents of the Territory feel that they constitute a ‘problem”, but in comparison with )ther problems in other Islands, :hey make only a half-pint-sized splash in the Pacific Ocean.

The Surprise Chinese Community The “Indian problem” of Fiji is ibout the most publicised of all hese problems —real, acute and growing, and seemingly impossible o solve. There are 184,000 of them low in that small group of islands -certainly not all descendants of he first Indians brought in to work n the sugar fields, but certainly .11 there because Fiji has a sugar ndustry and that, in the beinning, there was no one there to lo the vast amount of manual abour required for such an enterr, The large number of Indians (Continued on page 99)

It'S Cannery Row, Ng

r'^v!'J lner - y ■ R° w in Monterey, Cahfor-nm, is a poem, a stink, a ?^i l7lg ?°l s Z’ a Quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. ... If you look through the peep hole into it you can see saints and an £u s +, an( l, m artyrs and holy men.

Thats the way John Steinbeck pictured it in his novel.

But Cannery Row, in the Western Highlands of New Guinea, is somewhat different to Steinbeck’s township because, for one thing, the New Guinea one exists. It’s at Mount Hagen, on the other side of the airfield—and it’s “home” for numbers of Administration employees with a sense of humour.

The houses in Hagen’s Cannery Row are made not of rusty iron and splintered wood but of native thatch and pit-pit. From Hagen’s Cannery Row you don’t see the sardine fleet go out, but you see the planes from the coast come in.

Seen below at the door of the single men’s quarters is Public Works Department tractor driver, Charlie Equinox, who left New Guinea for Australia a couple of days later after many years there and probably he won’t be going back. But not because he has anything against the Palace Flop House.

A good place, said Charlie. 87 ACIF.C ISLANDS MONTHLY- JULY. 1.5.

The Month'S New Reading

With Judy Tudor

Every age has its hazards; and those of our own being mowed down in a road accident or getting an overdose of Strontium 90 seem tame in comparison with those of the 17th century: The risk of being poisoned by foe, friend or family; set upon by assassins; thrown into prison and left to rot; guillotined; burned at the stake; hanged from the nearest public gallows; plus, of course, more orthodox methods of shuffling off this mortal coil, such as being taken by the plague, or some odd fever.

SO short was the expectancy of life, so few the artificial pleasures, in these stirring times, it is probably no wonder then that the people indulged, large-scale and lavishly, in what in Biblical parlance is referred to as fornication. And as a hay-loft-byhay-loft, and bed-by-bed description of the practice, as carried out in Louis XlV’s France, Angelique (by “Sergeanne” Golon, translated by Rita Baisse) is a complete reference library in itself.

It could be that when the time comes to write the complete history of the current millenium, our century will go down as the one in which there was the most talk about sex; with the 16th and 17th centuries as those in which most was done about it. In those years, before Freud and psychiatrists who have a name for everything, if a female got herself into any sort of odd situation vis-a-vis the opposite sex, she expected to be raped, and it says much for the vigour of the gentlemen of the period that her expectations seldom went unfulfilled.

Nor were the ladies unduly put out about this state of affairs, and some, including our Angelique, appeared even to have enjoyed it.

Angelique is a huge book of over 700 pages; Cineramic in scope, it is rich in colour and swift action and in the technical perfection of the writing—carried out by what appears to be a husband-and-wife team. (“Sergeanne” is the composite name of Anne and Serge Golon).

The novel has all the ingredients of a best-seller and critics overseas are already seeing it as another Gone With the Wind or Anthony Adverse. Angelique has many of the characteristics of Scarlett O’Hara— personality and inner strength that occasionally combine in a fictional or real character to show that the female can be more enduring than the male.

Beautiful with red-gold hair and green eyes, she was one of the numerous offspring of the impoverished Baron de Sance de Monteloup. The crumbling chateau, perched on the edge of the northern marshes, had changed little since the middle ages. Her playmates were the local peasant children who taught her much that was to be useful later, At 18 she was married by proxy to a wealthy nobleman, the Comte de Peyrac, of Toulouse. He had been maimed and disfigured as a child, and at first filled Angelique with revulsion but later won her completely, and became the father of her two sons.

Unfortunately Jeffrey de Peyrac’s skill as a lover was equalled by his knowledge as a scientist, and his understanding of metallurgy was so far in advance of his century that he was regarded as little better than a sorcerer.

This was the peg on which the hat was hung, and when he disappeared into the Bastille during the Nuptial festivities of Louis XIV and the Infanta of Spain, to await the pleasure of Church and State, he emerged again only to be the central figure at the public executioner’s bonfire.

With de Peyrac’s downfall, the doors of the Louvre were closed to Angelique and a great deal of the novel is devoted to her slow crawl from the gutters and garrets of Paris back again to walk beside Louis XIV in the gardens of Versailles.

If that crawl took in a lot of the beds in Paris, then it was part of the customs of the times—customs that, if we are frank about it, provide the element with which modern alchemists turn a dry-as-dust school history-book into a bestselling historical novel. (ANGELIQUE. Published by Wm. Heinemann, Ltd. Australian price, 31/-.) Russian Unexplained IN spite of a sprightly manner of writing and a large subject, John Brown’s Russia Explored leaves a great deal about himself, and the USSR, unexplained.

Brown was one of the first “disillusioned Marxists”. After a spell on the dole in the 1930’5, he won scholarships to Oxford and Yale but emerged still a meddlesome socialist, until Lord Nuffield offered him a trip to Russia to study Communism.

Evidently Nuffield thought that he would be cured, and in this he was right.

In 1957, Brown returned to the USSR for a visit, this time with his wife. Russia Explored covers that trip, and is a sort of a cross between a travel book and something more penetrating. It manages to be not completely convincing in either department, but, here, are some of the more interesting angles on life in modern Russia, as Brown saw it: • Ever since the first Five Years Plan, a fantastic effort has been made to build up the engineer as the archetype of advanced humanity. The films, books, drama and ballet were brought into service, and the results were soon apparent.

The graduate engineer enjoys the prestige of a film star in the West. • Industrial discipline is far better than in the capitalist countries. Strikes are illegal, and if you are more than 20 minutes late for work three times in a month you are liable to a prison sentence . . If you are a good time-keeper "The Mischief-makers" was the title suggested by Christopher Venning, of Suva, after he had taken this photograph of a pair of bright-eyed Fijian youngsters, who look as if they are ready to dare the photographer to chase them. 88 JULY, 1959 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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After the birth of the eighth child the woman gets a medal; and after the eleventh she becomes a “Hero of Motherhood” with special privileges.

She is granted paid leave from her factory or collective for a few weeks before and after the birth of her child. • The planes skim low over the ground at 300 or 400 feet. This is not only more fun for the passengers but helps the pilots, as they can find they way better when rivers and main highways are just below. Everyone brings his own food parcel, the luggage is piled in the aisle, there are no safety belts, and no night flying. • Pravda is housed in an enormous building and has an editorial staff of many hundreds . . . There seems to be a reporter for every comma . . . who spend their time going over articles and news items, substituting a word here, cutting a stress there . . .

The result is the dullest newspaper in the world. Russian papers sschew all sensationalism. If their latest Tsar died tomorrow there tvould be a bare announcement and a brief biography. Even in the case af an important speech by one of :he party leaders, there is delay for editing and checking and for the amission of the bits that have been :he subject of second thoughts.

Like most observers of the Russian scene. Brown makes no comment on where all this beayerike activity is getting the Russians n the material sense. For at least 15 years, all of them, men and vomen, have been toiling in fac- ;ories and farms producing goods or what amounts to bare sublistence. Does supply ever catch ip with demand? Impossible as it night seem, it evidently does not.

Dr, in Russia, does working in a facory—probably producing nuts for hingamebobs—constitute an end in tself? (RUSSIA EXPLORED. Published by lodder and Stoughton. Australian price, 14/3.) The 2j 1 6th \A/ rkl ~ + + _ \*/ Went to War r S a slow process but in the end it is unlikely that any phase Second A Wn r rlH a wo SerVl9 n ln the dowimpnbS ld nf W fH r lU g0 ~ un ~, h?5-oHp? t 6d f ?J the do ? en official histones of the armed services, SshSri- h .fi f H % Ve a i ready been pub nsned, and there have been private accounts of phases of the fighting —such as Raymond Pauli’s Retreat TT • But Malcolm Uren is the first to a bat talion history, and his *o°° Men at War, the story of the West Australian-raised 2/16th AIF, breaks new ground to that extent, He does not set out to prove that “the 16th won the war”; nor is the book concerned with battle tactics S ran d strategy, but confines itself to the exploits of individuals a nd units in the long war which the Battalion fought from the Middle East to Balikpapan.

Of them Uren writes: “There p ™ babl y were a few swashbuckling adventurers among them but, in the ™ am ’ they went t 0 war as men go to work. While they were at war they en Joyed themselves as much and as often as they could Like other Australian battalions, military discipline at first sat uneasily upon them -- As traini ng progressed and experience was gained they matured individually and ’ collectively, and on all occasions that mattered, particularly in battle they displayed the discipline of elite troops”.

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The Battalion fought in Palestine, the Western Desert and Syria; from Port Moresby across the Kokoda Trail to Gona; in the Markham Valley, the Ramu and up Shaggy Ridge; and finally took part in the sea-borne assault on Balikpapan.

The story has been pieced :ogether from the composite nemories of members of the outfit —memories which after 15 years ire apt to—as Uren puts it—push fie horrors and discomforts into fie background and remember nostly the riotous good fellowship, ro Uren himself, a leading Wesralian journalist in civilian life, foes the credit for having woven t all together into a compact and r ery readable account of one iattalion’s war.

There are eight maps, and mmerous photographs which »rove again that Australians can lo more awful things to a Digger tat than its designer must ever lave imagined possible; and that inder the stress of battle, the mssie’s disreputable appearance nd his cheerfulness must both onstitute some sort of all-armies, 11-time, record. (1,000 MEN AT WAR. Published by Wm. einemann, Ltd. Australian price, 30/-.) he Tax That •idn't Take

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events in school history books scarcely prepares the way for le wallops and disillusionments mtained in more advanced tomes ir adult reading.

Any dilligent researcher these lys can, at the drop of a hat, 'ove that Good Queen Bess was ightly less good than she was acked up to be; that Richard the ion-Heart would have been better nployed seeing to things at hpme lan in sticking his nose into reign problems; or even that ansportation to Botany Bay was )t such a bad thing as some people y to make out.

The misrepresented historical inlent which we are most concerned :th at the moment is the Boston >a Party, which, as every schooliy knows, happened when the eked English put a tax on tea iported by the North American lonists. The colonists, very an- >yed, dressed up as Red Indians, ;nt on board the ship and tossed e tea into Boston Harbour. This led to the War of Independence and °u ce *T nd forever that there should be No Taxation Without Representation.

It was all as simple as that. But now comes British historian Brian Connell with a book called The Flams of Abraham in which he proves that it wasn’t simple at all and if anyone failed to do the right thing in the earliest days of North American colonisation, it was the colonists themselves and not the English.

The Plains of Abraham— also as any schoolb °y knows—was where Wolfe beat Montcalm and captured Quebec, and so put an end to 100 years of struggle between the French and the English for the possession of the North American continent.

With the French menace removed from behind the Appalachian Kange, the whole continent was open to the English—or should have b f e n—but it was the colonists south of the St. Lawrence who rushed in to fill the vacuum, leaving the question of their protection, as usual, to the British regulars.

The French had been vanquished at a cost of £6O million—real money in those days, to which the colonists had not contributed one penny piece—but the Indians were still very much there and when “it was considered not unreasonable that the colonies should contribute to the cost of their protection” by 93

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means of direct taxation, the colonists begged to differ, and the seeds of the American Revolution were sown.

Connell paints the colonists as balky, unco-operative, interested only in being let alone to get richer, anable to see further than the oarish pump. But whether the "eader accepts this version or not, :he author manages to make his ooint that the battle on the Plains Df Abraham was a turning point n history. (THE PLAINS OF ABRAHAM. Published >y Hodder and Stoughton. Australian )rice, 31/9.) Bony Goes Dot West A LTHOUGH cosily dug in somefx where around Bowral, NSW, these days, author Arthur Upield has his unfortunate partborigine detective, Napoleon Bona- >arte, moving so fast around the lig Australian Continent the poor iloke gets scarcely any time to sleep n his own bed —which is in Queensand somewhere.

A couple of months ago he was Giving a mystery in Broken Hill Bachelors of Broken Hill ) but for he purpose of the current epic Bony and the Mouse ) he has taken , job as yardman in a one-pub own in the dust belt, north of [algoorlie, WA.

Someone in the town had murlered three people—an aboriginal irl, a respectable middle-aged ousewife and a garage attendant.

'rtaes, had all taken place while the local natives—including the police tracker—were on waIkfSSSJ- J* I s a crime just down Bony s street, and he solves it with Jus usual equanimity but not before Upfield has painted another characteristic portrait of the Great Australian Outback. (BONY AND THE MOUSE. Published 15/(T| m ’ Heinemann ’ Ltd - Australian price, Juvenile Department FOR the very small fry, Trumpet Churchdog makes his bow alongside Peter Churchmouse which appeared a couple of months ago. Again written and delightfully illustrated by Margot Austin, Trumpet is a limp-eared baby spaniel who comes to join Peter Churchmouse and Gabriel Churchkitten in Parson Pease-Porridge’s church and learns to make up poems.

All children who like to play house—and there must be few children who do not—will be delighted with The Littlest House, a special effort for the under-l O’s by Elizabeth Coatsworth, who has grafted some exciting adventures onto a real town and a real house. (TRUMPET CHURCHDOG. Australian price, 10/9; THE LITTLEST HOUSE, Australian price, 13/3. Both published by World’s Work.) Only The Vet's Daughter—But EMOTIONAL commotion affects different people in different ways but what made Alice Rowlands slightly unique was that it caused her to float around the ceiling amongst the gas-lights, often with devastating effect on the mantles.

This occut gift of levitation— which went out of fashion about the same time as witchcraft—is the H 1 S 116 of a weird novel called The Fef s Daughter , by Barbara Comyn.

Although thick with Victorian atmosphere, complete with bullying father (the Vet), his tubercular mistresses and the assorted miseries of down-trodden Alice, it is not meant to be regarded as a serious literary exercise—and can, in fact, be polished off in a couple of hours.

This is nice timing on the part of the author: Any more would be too much, but by cutting the dose to size it is just possible to swallow the impression that Alice may have had this strange urge to float, and the talent for putting it into practice.

Alice’s undoing was when father found out, and always being a man who seized the main chance, decided that she should put on a public turn on Clapham Common.

Alice floated alright, but when she descended the too - enthusiastic spectators trampled her to death. (THE VET’S DAUGHTER. Published by Wm. Heinemann. Australian price, 17/-.> Whimsy Amongst the Pineapples ELEANOR DARK has written far far better than she does now in a would-be whimsical clutter of pieces called Lantana Lane.

Her Timeless Land and Storm of Time were historical novels of importance that contributed something to our knowledge of early Australia: the current lot don’t even contribute much to the present chapter, although each item is a sketch of some character who lives in Lantana Lane, a pineapplegrowing communitv somewhere in eastern Queensland.

Supposed to be humorous and Australian, they may appear to be Bibliography on Languages The Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales have recently issued an annotated bibliography of the languages of Nauru, Gilbert and Ellice Islands. The primary purpose of the publication is “an encouragement to scholars”, and most of the entries have been based on copies in the Mitchell and Dixon Libraries in NSW, and on private collections, including those of Mr. H. E. Maude, now of the National University, Canberra, but formerly an administrative officer in the Gilbert and Ellice Is.

Colony: and Mr. Justice J. A. Ferguson, of Sydney, one of the trustees of the Public Library, who took a personal interest in the bibliography.

Compilation and annotation has been a part-time duty of Dr. E. F. Kunz, of the Mitchell Library staff, who has carried out a truly monumental task.

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Mr Grover is the official geologist on the British Colonial Office Staff in the Solomons Already he is well known for his enterprise and energy in trying to find in the huge archipelago, some mineral—gold, or manganese or phosphatlc ?ock or anythlng-of sufflcllnt value to mankind to lift this Territory from its hitherto perpetual state of economic hunger to a place in the world worthy of cotfiAtnent and the attention of investors.

Grover has collected a great mass of data into book form: and his description of the geological condition of all the big Islands, and many of the smaller _ n pc jc nreceded by a general description of the group mJ Grover has proved the presence of considerable gold in Guadalcanal, with indications of a still undiscovered field: and If the official price of gold is lifted as R must be one day soon-and the world’s gold search is extended, the section OrovS“s book covering the Guadalcanal goldfield will be much in demand, f book comprising 150 pages, and including very many diagrams and photo- Ic n,.Wished bv the High Commission for the Western Pacific and copies r £ 2) from the Commission, or from Burns Phllp and Co , Ltd Sydney. 95 acific islands MONTHLY-JULY.

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The whole shemozzle started hen it was found that some undreds of thousands of cans of certain brand of baked beans id become radio-active to the )int of causing radiation sickness . two points as far apart as Oxford id East Africa. Who or what was ie culprit?

Two years previously, at a overnment “atoms for peaceful irposes” reactor in Scotland, an periment had got out of hand, id the reactor had overheated, diaustive tests lasting months had iled to show that any radio-active h had got loose about the country it all clues led to the conclusion at this was the source of the ntamination of Mr. Sydney (igett’s canned beans.

With this as a nucleus, the thor works up a swift moving )ry of suspense, human fraility, eed, a couple of love affairs and mixed-up marriage problem, and ings it all to a successful collision—although not before he ised the doubt in this readers nd as to whether our atomlitting scientists are not messing out with something they don t t fully understand.

CHAIN REACTION. Published by ider and Stoughton. Australian price, 9.) What's New In Paper Jackets SOME interesting sidelights on the modern paper-back book in- P h ** se of the game that is altering the whole conception of book-publishing—came with a circular for the Pan Giant edition of Peyton Place , the Grace Metalious novel that took America by storm a couple of years ago, and which is still banned in the American and Italian editions in Australia.

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blinds the observer to the t that, also in Fiji, there is a community of Chinese —about )0 of them at the last estimate 1958—that is, 2,000 more than in v Guinea. ’he Chinese in Fiji are generally the merchant c 1 a s s—highly pected, quiet, law abiding and Ltically causing not so much as ippie on the millpond, tow did such a large community there? No one ever seems to r e told their story, although it uld be an interesting one. Of the Asian communities in the ific, the Fiji Chinese alone were brought in to supply cheap )ur in the cotton fields, the sugar Is or the coconut plantations. want of a better explanation, y appear just to have come as ; migrants. enture in post-war Europe after a series _ „ ar -t‘me escape stories of which ie Wooden Horse” is probably the most imous. (GREAT PAN).

TOWARDS ZERO, one of the mid-period hnsties, when Agatha was at her Whoannjt best (this one first published in •44) However, a somewhat different bristle as it contains neither Poirot nor liss Marple and, as Mr. Treves said urder comes at the end and not the be-’ nning. (FONTANA, yellow).

GUNS UP by Charles Neider is, as the tie suggests, a Western, but a slightly fferent Western in that the author has aployed the technique of the tough uerican thriller writer in order to put er his story. (GREAT PAN).

Dust And The Curious Boy, By

;ter Graaf. Tough school of crime plus isonably good characterisation. Scene: mdon —but could be anywhere in USA.

IREAT PAN).

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE, by lan eming, also tough school, graduation iss —with James Bond pitting his wits ainst SMERSH (meaning “Death to ies”) the Soviet organisation of “interjation torture and death”. Says the irb on the back: Weak nerves will be redded by it. (GREAT PAN). rHE HUNTED PRIEST—The autography of John Gerard, a Jesuit priest Elizabethan England when to be a tholic at all was to risk torture and prisonment. Gerard, an Englishman, ne of a family which had remained tholic after the Reformation and when had entered the priesthood travelled >ut the country disguised as a country itleman in order to administer in secret his flock. His was a life of priest-holes 1 hideouts and narrow escapes, and illy he was caught and imprisoned in Tower of London. His escape from the ver was the climax of his life in 'land. He crossed the Channel in 1606 I from then until his death in 1637 d on the Continent—mostly in Belgium for the last 10 years in Rome. His final story was written in Latin, from ch it was translated and published by her Philip Caraman, SJ, in 1951. )NTANA, black).

He Siege At Dancing Bird, By

n Le May, a story of pioneering in the been made into a film (FONTANA yellow). (MONTANA.

THE LONG NIGHT, bv Hartlev The phone rings on Glenn BowmaS heH side table at 2 a.m An unknown voice calls him darling says she’s e!t trouble and her apartment is 621 Gilford St. He dresses. go?s out in the raPn and finds a cab which takes him to Gifford thin. a ■ and then it’s on- This sort of in Anffr^ ars K°^ be *u ap P enlng all the time America, but. thank God, it doesn’t yeZn) ’ hap Pen anywhere e,se - (f °NTANA, J THE narrow criDrn u . J NARROW SEARCH, by Andrew infinlp aS usu . a1 ’ Produces something nique in the way of psychological thrillers. (Fontana, yellow).

THE DOCTOR nicicpiTc k *..« • .. rut lmjc IOK DISAGREES, by Elizabeth h # h / ° SC who Hke to mix stor,es about doctors with stories about romance.

One might imagine that Dr. Carr could have 4 rl J ht,y expected trouble when he wen ‘°» to **rve in Korea leaving his practice „ to the tender care of another doctor an d his own beautiful wife, S ° me P f° P . (lncludin £ doctors) just (F ° ntana ’

BATTLE FOR THE MIND, by William Sargant. This should fill one of tho£ “iong-felt wants” caused by the vacuum of modern living—it explains how beliefs good or bad, can be implanted in the human brain (Indoctrination). And altentatively, how arbitrary beliefs can be completely switched (Brainwashing). There is even a piece on modern evangelists This is a fascinating book, although slightly terrifying, particularly for those wko a< *here to the I’m the Captain of my Fate school of thought. (Great Pan). 99

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In an atmosphere of pure farce, loading the 8,000 tons Delfino, ex Westralia, proceeded off and on in Sydney in the second half of June, and finally got going towards the United States with her cargo of 30,000 sheep (positively guaranteed not to be Merino) on July 2.

LIKE every other new enterprise in Australia, this one had to run the gauntlet of opinion of every self-appointed expert, economist, interfering old women and, of course, all the trade unions involved. [The new company International Shipping and Export Agency, is trying this method of shipping to America because, according to the promoters, Yanks don’t like frozen meat. These 30,000 sheep were supposed to be the advance guard of about 200,000 beasts per year.] The wharfies didn’t like the smell, and demanded and got “dirt money”; they said that shipping the animals on the hoof, instead of as lamb cutlets, was taking the bread and butter out of the mouths of poor NSW slaughtermen; that conditions for the sheep on board were terrible; that hundreds had died; and that there were at least 20 Merinos amongst them.

The ship was visited by Government stock inspectors, the police and officers of the RSPCA who singly and collectively insisted that the sheep were living the life of pampered domestic pets, that only a couple had died, and there were positively no Merinos amongst the 30,000 —only a few Cross-Breds, who “looked a bit like Merixws”. (To safeguard Australia’s wool industry, there is an embargo on the export of Merino sheep).

Other experts went to great lengths to describe the excellent quality of the fodder that would be served to the sheep en route, and how the Master of the vessel had been instructed to sail in concentric circles around the Pacific seeking smooth water for the passage so the sheep would not get sick.

What annoyed maritime unions more than anything else, though, was the employment of “low wage”

Fijian seamen and the transfer of registry of the vessel from Australia to Suva—and thus to British articles for the crew. But at a conference between the interested parties, this aspect of affairs was smoothed with so little apparent fuss, as to be one of the major mysteries of the whole enterprise.

In recent years Australian maritime unions have demanded that when a ship is sold abroad Australian crews shall deliver her and be repatriated at the buyers expense. The subject of indemnity payments to the unions, in lieu of these trips abroad, has been the subject of numerous inquiries, of which none had any definite : results.

Meantime, the people who have had less to say than anyone, are the Fijians —who are employed as crew and stock-tendeis.

It was a real windfall for Suva’s unemployed seamen—and for others, too—when W. R, Carpenter & Co., as agents for the Australian company, called in mid-June for 64 seamen and stock-tenders to join the vessel in Australia for the voyage to the United States. The men left for Sydney by air in several groups.

This is the first occasion for many years that any considerable number of sheep has been transported across the Pacific. Fair numbers have gone from New Zealand and Australia to South America, in past years, but probably never before has a vessel wholly devoted to stockcarrying been employed.

Whether it will happen again will depend on the results of the first voyage.

Unlike the 6.923-ton ex-passenger ship Catusha ex Cavina which last year made a memorable cattle run from New Zealand to San Diego and lost 110 of the 1,100 head aboard, Delfino is a motor vessel with a reasonable turn of speed. Catusha In The News This Month Anitra Adios Aoniu Babinda Charlotte Donald Coral Queen Crusader Chimere Celeste Dobiri Delfino Dida Dubloon Eastbank Escapade Fetu Ao Hifofua Iwa John Williams Kinkai Maru Kasnga Maru Kochab Lao Heni Lady Ellen Maroro Marco Polo Morning Star Moonfleet Manawanui Ninikoria Nojima Maru Nam Sang New Silver Gull Nerides Nina Outward Bound Phoenix Puori Pavana Queen Mab Rican Star Rundoe Repsado Sea Pearl Saratoga Sea Dawn Tiare Taporo Tiare Maori Te Matapula Tungaru Teiko Te Vega Tautai Vinari Tokae Varua Whence Wanderer Zephyr II Believed the first yacht of Jamaican ownership ever to cruise the Pacific. "Dida", lately in Suva, is here seen in Cook Bay, Moorea.

Fijians board a bus in Suva for the first leg of the journey to Sydney to become seamen and stock-tenders on the "Delfino". See story this page. 101 PACIF .c .su.h ....

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Cables: “Carefulness”. Sydney. carried vast quantities of coal. Following that voyage, on behalf of James Delfino, Californian rancher who has arranged the present shipment of lambs, Catusha proceeded empty to Hongkong and was there broken up. • RESHUFFLE OF OWNERS: Southern Cross Shipping Co.’s 655ton freighter Bdbinda, of Suva registry, normally on the trans- Tasman trade but making her second voyage to Fiji from Australia with explosives and timber for the Vatukoula gold mines in June, was reported in process of a reshuffle of owners. . . , Captain Ure retains an interest in the vessel but at least two of the Auckland partners have disposed of theirs to a Melbourne firm. The ship will continue in her present trade on the Tasman.

It will be recalled that an associated company, South Pacific Shipping Co., of Suva, with some of the same shareholders, made a similar reshuffle in February with the ownership of the Suva : registered 469-ton tanker Verao, which also on the Tasman run in the molasses and whale-oil trade. o GOING SOUTH: Tonga Copra Board’s 514-ton f . r e nassenger vessel Aomu, which main ?ain s 8 monthly contact between Nukualofa and Suva, “ gathering in the copra from Tonga s Icattered islands, will head south for her first dry-docking in Auck land in the second half of July, on B wfrr ow suit These will be the first dockings since the vessels arrived in the Pacific from Holland. • GONE FOREIGN: Mr. John McFadyen, one of Fiji’s smartest marine engineers, who was formerly associated with vessels of the late Harold Gatty’s South Seas Marine Products and has lately been with a milling company, headed for the Persian Gulf in June. It is understood that he has obtained a lucrative job with an Americanbacked fishing organisation there. It may be recalled that Captain R. L.

Deskin, formerly in the Gatty fishing fleet and more recently in command of Sea Pearl, which burned and sank off New Guinea, subsequently delivered a fishing vessel from the US to the Persian Gulf, presumably for this same organisation.

• Transferred West: The

Seventh Day Adventist mission vessel Lao Heni, which has been lying idle at Suva for many months awaiting a decision as to her future cruising ground, was on the move again late June.

Under command of Pastor A. R.

Harrison, President of the Eastern Solomons Mission these past 15 years, and with a crew of five Solomon Islanders, the sturdy Queensland-built, twin-screw wooden vessel cleared for Aore Island, New Hebrides, thence Honiara on June 21.

Stand-In For An Angel In a note from Suva in June, Captain S. E. Gaskin, Manager- Secretary of the new Flying Angel Missions to Seamen headquarters that will be opened there shortly, has something to say about our May paragraph.

“Leading Angel”, p. 107.

A bit ambiguously, he writes: “I would hesitate to sign myself as ‘Leading Angel’ as I have been at sea since the age of 15.”

His only ambition now, he says, is to do what he can for the Service in which he has spent his whole life and to show, in this way, his appreciation of the men of the Merchant Navy.

Captain Gaskin makes another correction: “My service on the London Missionary ship ‘John Williams’ should read three years as 2nd and Ist Officer, and one year as Master—not four years as Master, as your May story had it.” 103 paoific ISLANDS ..»•

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The Mission’s marine superintendent, R. Masters, was to board there to supervise a general overhaul of hull and engines at Rugen Harbour, New Britain.

Lao Heni was built 1946-47 and went briefly to Papua then to Tonga, where she is no longer required. Following survey she will replace Vinari Tokae in the Solomons, and the latter 45-ft craft will be transferred to the Milne Bay-Samarai area of Papua. • HARBOUR BUS: A 32-ft x 8ft water bus was launched from Millers building yard at Suva late June for Mr. Vince Storck, owner Df Suva’s principal harbour-cruise launch 00100100. A strongly built flat-bottom craft with a Pleasing sheer, with heart kauri bottom planking, dilo knees, and plywood sides, the new craft will seat 38 passengers, on foam plastic seats with backs. She is undecked but fitted with a canvas awning extending the full length and is “quipped with two outboard motors in line fore-and-aft. The mam unit is a 35-hp Johnson and the other is a lower powered motm for slow Pulsing. One of these is mounted Dn the normal transom and the Dther in a motor recess. With the mafn outboard fitted the water bus will draw about 15 inches* and should be ideal for her job erf cruis £g across shallow reefs for the Edification of tourists. • FOR “WORM” READ “SNAKE”: With more and more steel craft entering the Islands trade that arch-enemy of the wooden ship owner —the toredo worm—assumes decreasing importance. but the casing of what must surely have been the father of all toredos was recently dredged up in a Piece of rotten timber from Suva s Nubukalou Creek.

Starting as a very small worm, the toredo steadily expands as it eats its way forward, and as it goes it leaves a calceous tunnel behind. A toredo as thick as a man’s thumb is generally locpked on as a whopper, but the casing found in Suva, with all the surrounding wood removed, measured a full two inches in diameter, and the tube wall was close to one quarter inch thick and very strong. The portion discovered was 15 in jhes long, but there was evidence that it must have been a very long tube m its entirety. # NEWS QF T£ VEGA . We now learn that the steel passenger schooner TeVega, which left the Pacific late last yea r, is operating under charter to commander Nicholson, of English Harbour, Antigua, commander Nicholson arrived there SO me years ago in a yacht f England and has since built considerable charter business, mainly for A«n tourists who wish to cruise West indies waters.

He has developed a solid reputation for reliability and service in this field and is now very well known. The scope for a vessel of Te Vega’s type is much greater there than at Papeete or Honolulu.

Captain Fred Klebingat recently drew our attention to the fact that Te Vega, formerly named Vega when she first came to the Pacific in 1953, and for a brief interval believed to have been named Te Rame before becoming Te Vega, was originally launched in Kiel in 1930 as Etak —the name of the first owner’s wife spelt in reverse. • FIRST FLEET: The first Japanese tuna fleet of the season—36 long-liners and the mother ship Nojima Maru —was moving south in June. The mother ship transmitted a Safety Signal on June 3 requesting all shipping to keep a close look-out for the long-liner Kasuga Maru, “99 tons, hull grey, bridge white, 23 crew, missing since May 30,” and last reported about 100 miles south of Ocean Island. • BADLY HOLED: The Apiabased wooden coaster Tautai, bound for Savaii, went ashore near C.

Faleula during a night in mid-May.

A Union Co. launch was sent to her assistance and dragged the 43-ft craft clear of the reef after her eight tons of cargo had been discharged. The hull suffered a good deal of damage but Tautai reached Apia for repairs. • FORBIDDEN ANCHORAGES: Who fouled up the degrees 30 years ago, is the question which is causing a lot of red faces in a certain Suva Government Department.

But the person responsible might be dead or living in another country The Tonga Government's new tuna long-liner "Teiko" will be almost identical to this vessel —except that the Tongan vessel will be given greater headroom for a Tongan crew, which will also call for greater beam to maintain stability. This craft, "Nakamaru No. 8", is from the same Inland Sea shipyard—Goriki Shipyard Co., Ltd., Ujiyamada, Ise Bay, Japan.

Photo by courtesy Tonga Government.

Bill Endean's "Crusader" leaving Devonport wharf Auckland, for Tahiti See page 113.

Photo: John Duder. 105 .SLANDS MONTHLI JULY.

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The question concerns the wording of the Fiji Quarantine Ordinance defining the location of the quarantine and medical anchorages in Suva harbour.

The positions given are 051 degrees, distant seven-and-a-half cables, and 072 degrees, distant fourand-a-half cables respectively from a certain point.

A plot of these positions places the anchorages slap bang in the middle of the Suva Gaol’s backyard, and in dense bush at the back of the suburb of Lami respectively, both several hundred yards inland —situations which, no doubt, would do little to relieve the ulcer of the most confident ship master.

The quarantine anchorage has since been abolished, but the correct position of the medical anchorage will be amended accordingly to 252 degrees, distant four-and-a-h a 1 f cables from the Tamavua beacon.

The question being asked at Suva is what would have happened if some ship had anchored for medical or quarantine inspection at places in the harbour other than the recognised spots? Would the master have been liable to prosecution? If so, for what? • TOMORROW’S MASTERS, MATES AND ENGINEERS: Only in the last few years has there been any organised scheme for the training of locally-born boys within the South Pacific Islands area, as fully qualified Masters and Engineers to standards acceptable in foreigngoing deep-water ships.

With the possible exception of Dutch New Guinea, where a wellorganised system of training is in operation, boys still have to journey to Auckland or Sydney or elsewhere outside the area for the final theoretical training preceding their examinations.

But at least there is now some small provision for boys to gain acceptable sea-time in deep-water vessels trading exclusively within the Islands. Such vessels are those of the High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, Ninikoria, Coral Queen, and Te Matapula. the GEIC Wholesale Society’s Moana Raoi and Tungaru, and the London Missionary Society’s John Williams VI.

Last year the first of the deck cadets, Sila of Nanomea, Ellice Islands, who served his time in John Williams VI, attended a navigation school in Auckland and subsequently sat and passed the examination for Second Mate.

In June he was expected in Suva to join Ninikoria as Mate, and after two more years on foreign Articles he will be able to sit his foreigngoing Master’s certificate. We believe he is the first full Islander to qualify as Second Mate. Other cadets are coming along well, in 106 JULY, 1959 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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Fiji has at least one qualified part-European master, Captain Henry Simpson, and before long the Gilbert Islands may lay claim to one. Mr. Willie Schutz, now serving in a British tramp, will be going ashore for final schooling and examination as soon as his ship, the Avishank (owned by the Aviation & Shipping Co., of London, and not a Bank Line vessel) arrives back in the UK. On qualifying, he plans to return to the Islands, if a position is offering. • NOT LIKE BEFORE: What most impresses regarding the postwar steel ships in the Islands trade is the splendid standard of accommodation for all aboard as compared with the pre-war Islands “schooner”.

Ninikoria —the ship which was lengthened by 8 ft 9 ins. following trials after launching in Hongkong last year, is an example of the best that is offering in the Islands tojay—for officers, crew and for passengers.

Ninikoria, wearing the funnel Dolours of the Gll s er L Iffndwi? 1 ff nd wi ?i 1 f [slands Government —buff, with a Ocular blue medallion on which is ; red shield with a bird flying oyer 1 rising (or setting?)sun a &}ue and white wavy sea—came to Suva in June for drydocking.

One of the indications that she d :o £e from Hongkong-she was de- Sir^iskef- a typt ry fenda^ are wov h S from rattan cane. Coming south from Tarawa, through a lot of bad weather, Captain A. B. MacAdie said that calls had been made at a number of islands of the Colony, including South Tabiteuea, where Captain Gerald Douglas, the Marine Superintendent, had been landed to carry out some charting and beaconing work.

Captain Douglas will be bringing the Government’s Nareau south to Suva for refit about September.

Captain MacAdie said that good progress was being made on the new Betio Harbour project at Tarawa and the job should be completed in 12 months. • THAT TONGAN LONG-LINER: Prince Tungi, of Tonga, supplied further details of the 95-ton tuna long-liner which his government has now ordered from Goriki Shipyard Co., of Ujiyamada, Ise Bay, in Japan’s Inland Sea.

To be named Teiko, she is a modified version of a standard type, of which Nakamaru No. 8 (see photo) is a recent example launched from the same yard.

The modifications call for greater head-room between decks in the Tongan vessel. This in turn has called for greater beam to maintain stability. The general standard of accommodation will also be higher.

There will be insulation against the sun’s heat, fans, mattresses, etc.

Construction will be of a Japanese kauri known as Inoki, and the power unit will be a Niigata 6-cylinder, Cruising yacht "Celeste" called at Pago Pago, American Samoa, southbound from Tahiti, in late May. Crew members (left to right): Peter Nelson (skipper), Herbert Knot and Ron Cameron.

Photo: Pan American Prints. 107 pacific islands monthlv-.ulv

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Teiko will be equipped with a 300- 3asket, long-line rig.

Each “basket” consists of a 48- ? athom main line, with five 18r athom drop-lines at 12-fathom inervals. The lines, steel traces, iwivels, and hooks for each “basket” :ost about £lo—so the long-line ;quipment alone will cost about :3,000, in this case. Modifications to he standard design of the ship will :ost an additional £3,000.

Goriki Shipyard Co. delivered a nuch smaller 20-ton fishing vessel o American Micronesia last year.

Prince Tungi brought back from apan some interesting statistics on he present make-up of the Jap- ,nese fishing fleet.

Excluding small craft with no ngines, there are 76,907 vessels in he industry—including tuna craft nd those engaged in other types of ishing. The fleet consists of the mailer vessels averaging about 26 □ns gross, which are powered with imple “hot-bulb” type diesels, and be larger full-diesel craft averagig 50 tons overall— though some re much bigger. , . ...

There are over 43,000 hot-bulb raft totalling 360,404 tons gross; nd 33,700 full diesel craft totalling 09,613 tons. By far the greater ortion of this huge million-ton eet is engaged in home waters as has approached Japan nom the sea can well appreciate. • WKALfNG is OUT: Prince Tungi said in Suva, in June, that he did not see a commercial whaling station for Tonga in the near future.

Whaling was much more of a gamble than fishing, and a lot more initial capital was involved. A successful fishing industry does not call for any costly shore establishment in the early stages, but whaling does. It is much easier to build up a fishing industry by stages as results warrant.

Meanwhile, at least one primitive commercial whaling venture has appeared in Tonga in a very small way. Last season Mr. Walter Skudder shipped out of the kingdom about 50 drums of whale oil rendered down in the old way. A lively whale meat industry, perhaps unique in the Pacific, and expanding in recent years, also exists. • NICE CHARTER JOB; Maroro Cruise and Charter Service, owners of Maroro ex Hifofua, secured a nice charter job for the 108-ton ketch in June. Although still undergoing the final touches to her remodelled accommodation, Maroro sailed on June 19 for the Lau Islands of Fiji with Australian Government geologist, O. N. Warin, aboard.

For three months he will move from island to island in that area assessing small phosphate or guano deposits as part of a South Pacificwide, joint project of the Australian a *}.d New Zealand governments which foresee the eventual working out of the important deposits on Ocean, Nauru, and Makatea Islands and the need to perhaps reconsider small and sometimes forgotten lowgrade deposits elsewhere.

Mr. Warin, of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Department of National Development, Canberra, last year made a wide investigation of similar deposits in the Papua-New Guinea area and in the Solomons.

It is possible that with Tonga Government approval, a similar search will be made in that Group on completion of the Fiji project.

Mr. Warin estimated that the Tonga investigation would take an additional two months. During the Lau operation, Maroro will act as supply and communications vessel, and at some places Mr. Warin will live aboard. (Over) Nearing completion—the $79,000 slipway at Pago Pago, American Samoa. It was started in July, 1957, was built by the local Public Works Department and when finished will be able to accommodate ships up to 500 tons. It will be used for local vessels and also for Japanese tuna fishing boats which now operate ?n those waters.— Photo by Pan American Prints.

A lot of people are beginning to feel that the BSIP Government vessel "Coral Queen" was too appropriately named. Delivered to Honiata from her Hongkong builders only last December, she has already had two bites at the coral-the last time in May on a Witu Reef off New Britain, where she took a hard pounding. She was on a Rabaul slipway, where this photo was taken, in mid- June and was expected to be there for a couple of weeks having temporary repairs made. After this she will go to the Australian coast-Qyeensland or NSW-for a more extensive job. Several shipyards have been asked to quote, including Ballina Slipway and Engineering Co.(S. G. White Pty., Ltd.). At end of June it was still not known who would do the job. Writes a Rabaul correspondent: "'Coral Queen' seemed to me to have suffered extensive underwater damage-what seemed to me to be a fair-sized hole was being dealt with when I saw it. However, Captain G. W. Sharp, who came up from Honiara to attend to affairs, told me tersely that it was NOT a big hole, so I bow to his superior knowledge. Lloyd's sent a marine surveyor from Sysdney to look the vessel over." 109 Acl F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY, 1.5.

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TCAN?; The Costa Rican flag is irely seen in the Islands, so when 495-ton steel twin-screw exornelius Vanderbilt yacht named \ican Star called at Suva with a irgo of high-freight explosives 'om North America for Sydney, jveral years ago it was news.

Arriving at Sydney minus some :ew who had deserted at Honoilu and Suva, and with a broken -ankshaft and a hull that was less lan acceptable to the Australian ithorities, this refrigerated bananatrrier was laid up for a lengthy sriod.

Finally, last year she was sold to Queensland prawner, apparently ir service as a freezer mother-ship.

This project seems to have failed ; Rican Star, now equipped with a lir of 550 bhp GM’s in place of ;r original 8-cylinder Wintons. was i be auctioned as she lay at Mus- •ave wharf, Brisbane, on June 17 inder instructions from the ortgagees in possession”. Rican ,ar, ex Samana Queen, ex Elena, : Lynx, ex Ramona, ex Dolphin, ius seems on the verge of another lase in her eventful career, though L e was “passed in” at the auction id private negotiations with some the bidders is now going on. • SPECIAL JOB: Burns Philp’s 7-ton, Fiji-based Zephyr 11 , made charter voyage from Suva to lyau island, in the Lau Group, in me to load bagged manganese e by surf-boat from the beach ere, on behalf of the Suvagistered Japanese firm of Banno 'others (Fiji) Ltd. who have a ncession on this island.

The manganese together with iron e from elsewhere in Fiji, was ans-shipped to Kinkai Maru fo ispatch to Japan in July. • MAKING HAY: While A. B.

Donald & Co.’s 300-ton Charlotte Donald undergoes an extensive refit and a possible transfer to French registry, at Papeete, Captain Hugh Williams’ 135-ton Dobiri is making hay in the Cook Islands, where she is transporting all Donald cargoes, By July> when charlotte Donald was expected to be ready for work, j s that agreement will have been reached with the French and that this ship will remain in French Polynesia, while the company’s 173ton sc hooner Tiare Taporo returns from there to the area where she was so we p known in past years and where she is now apparently adequate for the work offering Later in the year, Dobiri will head for dry-docking in Auckland. “No more hurricane seasons in the Cooks for me,” says Captain Williams; I’ve stuck my neck out long enough in four such seasons of trading in those waters.” • EXPENSIVE NOISE: South Pacific Trading Co.’s busy twomasted schooner Tiare Maori, on the regular run with petrol and passengers between Rarotonga and Tahiti—with an occasional side trip to the Northern Cooks, suffered a broken generator motor crankshaft in May, soon after sailing from Rarotonga for Aitutaki. She put back and later headed for Papeete for repairs, where she still was in June.

Meanwhile the busy Cooks coconut-radio circuit carried an item in The six crew members-"mostly farmers" the say-of the 52 ft. South Australian schooner, "Pavana" which will compete in the Los Angeles-Honolulu yacht race commencing on July 4.

"Pavana" and her crew lost no time in crossing the Pacific, northbound. This photograph was taken in pago pago late May; on June 7 our Honolulu shipping correspondent reported that "Pavana" had called in there but had left again before even the Harbour Office could get much information. Australia's other entry in this blue-water classic, "Anitra", went north by cargo vessel. Shown here, back row: Max Fauser, peter Nolan, Harry Bowden; front row: Wilson Hissey, George Richardson, and George Mayne (skipper).

Photo: Pan American Prints. 111 ACI F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY, 1.5.

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OQjVjMOINVVEALTH BANK Guaranteed by the Commonwealth Government of Australia May to the effect that Tiare Maori’s owner had purchased a 116-ft tanker on the Pacific Coast of the US, tonnage not stated, but powered with a pair of GM’s, for the transport of bulk petrol from Papeete to Rarotonga.

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Johnson, Jnr., applied to the Administration for the lease of a piece of land on the Avarua-Avatiu foreshore for the erection of a bulk oil depot, and it is believed that the application was being given a sympathetic official hearing. • WHO OWNED THE ANCHOR?: After the items we have had in this section, in the last year, showing that the Receiver of Wreck never relinquishes his claim on any odd bits and pieces strewn on the reef, we were interested in this little item, passed on to us from the SDA Missionary at Abemama, Gilbert Islands. He says: “During the westerly season here winds sometimes reach 40 knots and we need a strong anchor for the mission ship Fetu Ao. We found that the cost, including freight, would be more than our budget would allow. However, one of our ship’s crew said he thought there was an anchor on a wrecked ship on the reef at Abemama, so we went out, and sure enough, the anchor was there in about «ix feet of water, four feet at low spring tides.

“It took an afternoon to dig away the coral and get the anchor clear of the bottom. We returned later, floated it under a dinghy out to where we had the ship anchored, and then hauled it aboard with a derrick.

“It was most interesting to go down with a diving glass and look at the wreck. It was an old steamer used for trading and was on its way from Tarawa to one of the southern Gilberts one dark night in 1915, when it ran straight onto the reef.

The anchor was still in good condition and so has saved us quite a lot of money.”

It is a pity our Missionary friend didn’t mention the name of the old steamer. Although she has been there on the reef for 44 years, no doubt she has memories for someone.

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AT HONIARA: Mr. J. Stannard, a Marine Superintendent of the Orient Line, paid a short visit to Honiara recently to assess the possibilities of a visit to the Protectorate of a tourist vessel.

Although plans are only in the early stages it seems rather certain that March, 1960, will see Honiara listed as a tourist attraction for a South Pacific Cruise. The Orcades has been mentioned as the liner.

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News of Cruising Yachts • NEW SILVER GULL of Sydney, moving slowly back towards her home port after a 12-year gadabout, arrived at Suva from Pago Pago on June 7, just as some inquiries were being made as to her whereabouts. There had been no word from Pago Pago of the yacht’s arrival there and friends in Suva felt that she was overdue as Harry Scott was known to be in poor health.

Soon after arrival in Suva Mr. Scott, iged 73. entered hospital for surgery ivhile Mrs. Scott very capably remained in command of the yacht which joined the small-craft queue at the entrance to Walu Say. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Bein, who joined n the Galapagos, thought they might re- ;urn to the US by commercial transport rom Suva. • DIDA, believed first Jamaica-registered :raft to come to the Pacific, arrived in >uva on June 15.

With Mr. and Mrs. Alistair D. Fraser board the 52-ft. double-ender ketch were ack Russell of Hollywood, Cal., who had rrived in Papeete aboard CHIRIQUI last ear, and Eddie Tetiki a Hutihuti of ’akaroa who joined at Moorea; also Andre layet of Saint Laurent du Juan, France, rho had come out to Papeete in the liner AHITIEN last year.

DIDA, built in Dartmouth in 1931, was rought to the West Indies by an American ouple and purchased by the Frasers last lay in the Bahamas. The yacht is a entre-board type, with an 8-ton cast- •on keel. With a beam of 14V2 ft. she raws only 4Vz ft. with the centre-board p, and 9 ft. with it down.

The masts are in tabernacles, and the lotor —a particular massive model—is a > hp Glennifer diesel.

The cruise began at Kingston last ovember. After transiting the Canal, ills were made at most Galapagos islands, icnce Marquesas, Takaroa, Papeete, after hich some local French Polynesian cruisig was done before clearing May 19. alls were then made at Moorea, Pago ago, and Apia. • KOCHAB with Dr. Franklen-Evans id crew was still cruising Fiji’s outer lands at the end of June. • MOONFLEET went on a Suva slip late me and plans were to clear for Auckland July under Ken Mildon. However, no ew were available so Mildon transferred DIDA, and will help crew that yacht to 'dney. • RUNDOE, of Norway with Carl Peter, n and Irling Brunberg aboard, which ft Moorea early June westbound, is r rted back in Papeete repairing a j***le is described as a 45-ft. Colin Archer pe. „ * REPASADO, the U.S, motor yacht of about 80 ft.’’ exchanged for the Auckland motor-sailer MANAWANUI at Papeete In May, and which sailed from there for r.frt 7".?.’ PU r, baCk With en * ine trouble and leaking after reaching Borabora. She should sail again with her New Zealand owner and assorted crew in July. This craft reached Papeete from the US about 0 7 ner Ray KHne ’ S WifC and two children returned home by commercial transport at the end of 1958. Powered by twin diesels. REPASADO is about 14 ft beam. n NAW ww UI again chan & ed hands in June Ray Kline, who was preparing to sail her to Honolulu, is reported to have sold her—new owner not stated. • NEREIDES, 52-ft. Auckland ketch, was reported in Papeete preparing to move west again In mid-June. Mr. Athol Rusden, a former part-owner of MANAWANUI was reported to have joined her. • ADIOS and the Steeles were reported at Aitutakl l n June and heading towards Suva via probably Tonga. • VARUA and American W. A. Robinson, based at Papeete, were outward bound again—for Honolulu this time—ln May where he arrived 31st. • CRUSADER, 47-ft. Auckland ketch, skippered by owner Bill Endean. and with Warwick Davies, John Ewing, Rex Hill and writer Major Bill Moss aboard, cleared Auckland June 14 for San Francisco via Papeete. • WANDERER of Auckland, details unknown, was expected to sail for Suva in July. 113 ac.fic ISLANDS MONTBLY-JDLY, 1.5.

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Lt least three of the race yachts, NAM NG, ESCAPADE and QUEEN MAB will heading Tahitiwards after the race. , PUORI, ex-GOLDEN RULE, returned Honolulu in late May after an elghtnths’ cruise in French Polynesian lers. Owner-skipper Gene B « tten fJ“ is isted by nephew Wayne and Ron Quail.

Left Honolulu for south-west US on June 9. • WHENCE, 28 ft. Bahama sloop, with owner Gordon Lopez, wife and daughter, left Honolulu late May for Tahiti. • LADY ELLEN, the big Australian yacht that was sailed across the Pacific by the Horn couple and their crew last year, was not sold in the US as hoped.

Recently they took her down to the Caribbean. • SEA DAWN, a 36 ft. yawl owned by Glen Lowden, wife and two children, arrived in Honolulu from Acapulco, Mexico, at end of May. They sailed in company with TOREA (owned by Mr. and Mrs.

Clark Scarbora) and AGIS (owned by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Di Maio). • Earle L. Reynolds, owner-skipper of yacht PHOENIX plans to continue his journey to Japan sometime in the future, pending outcome of appeal to US Court of Appeals in San Francisco on his Honolulu sentence for sailing his yacht into the H-bomb testing zone. July 1, 1958. He has recently returned from a two-months’ tour on the US mainland, lecturing on radioactive fallout and the PHOENIX case. • IW'A, 32-ft. ketch, departed Honolulu for the Society Islands on June 4. Ownerskipper is Mr. Eugene YatsunofT. His wife accompanied him. • The disabled yacht MORNING STAR with five persons aboard was towed into San Diego June 11. The Coast Guard said a propeller shaft bearing had burned out. • Aksel Pederson. Danish skipper-owner of the ketch MARCO POLO sailing from New Zealand to Denmark, left Honolulu alone June 17 on an expected 40-day trip to San Diego. He plans to leave San Diego in November for Panama, thence across the Atlantic to Scandinavia. He believes the trip will take approximately one year.

On board “New Silver Gull” when she reached Suva in June were: William A. Bein and wife Marjorie; Mrs. Newton-Scott, and ownerskipper of the yacht Harry Newton-Scott. See story p. 113.

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INTERCONTINENTAL 116 JULY, 1959 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

Pacific Report PvpntJ 11 ? mon t [l ’ s r ound-up of news and pictures of people and events, from PIM correspondents in the South Pacific.

A Look At The Sights of Tonga The Governor of Fiji, Sir Kenneth Maddocks, whose responsibility includes keeping a friendly eye on happenings in the independent Kingdom of Tonga, with Lady Maddocks paid his first official visit to the Kingdom in May.

The official reason was to ratify the Treaty of Friendship which was signed by Tonga and the United Kingdom Government on August 26 last year, but he also took in the local sights, carrying his camera over his shoulder like any tourist off the Tofua. They were given a typical friendly Tongan welcome.

The new treaty replaces one made in 1900 and ratified the following year—at a time when Tonga was the only Pacific state not under the control of a foreign power. Tonga has lost none of her independence under the new treaty, but has been ?iven some wider powers, including powers to negotiate her own trade treaties. (PIM, September, 1958).

The signatures on the treaty are if Queen Elizabeth and Queen Salote. During the ceremonies, Prince Tungi handed the Tongan ;opy, with Queen Salote’s signature —the whole bound in tapa—to Sir Kenneth Maddocks, in the Privy Council Chamber of the Royal Palace, in the presence of memiers of the Tongan Cabinet. Sir Kenneth in turn handed over the British copy, signed by Queen Elizabeth.

Visits to other parts of the main sland followed, including a look at he sacred flying foxes of Tonga— vhich swarm and squawk in the iron vood trees in the village of Kolovai; i visit to the giant “largis”—large nounds made of huge blocks of volcanic stone —at Mua; a look at ;he blow holes on the coast at louma; a picnic at Laulea beach md a visit to the Ha’amonga—a rilithon of volcanic stone whose age md exact purpose is not known.

There was a royal feast and mtertainment in the park adjomhe white, wood Palace, in the hadow of the great pine Tui Jalila, the tortoise which Tongan legend says was brought to Tonga by Captain Cook in the 1770’5, was on hand—roaming the nearby Palace grounds.

Later the Governor’s yacht Ra Marama took the party to Vavau, Tonga’s northern group, where Va v a u’s Governor, Laufilitonga, escorted them around more of the sights, including the Swallow’s Cave and the famous underwater cave of Mariner.

Satellite Boffins Tour South Pacific An American Military Air Transport Service Globemaster aircraft made a circuit through Christmas Island, Borabora, Aitutaki, Nadi, and Honiara in June on a special boffinflight.

The technical team of 20 men were apparently investigating suitable sites and local facilities for the establishment of satellite reporting stations in connection with the American Polar Orbit Satellite Project.

Unlike the various satellites that have been launched so far, a polarorbit satellite would be launched in a true north-south direction, and would thus pass over both Poles on every circuit.

Depending on its distance from the earth and its speed, it could be adjusted to pass directly over every spot on earth at regular recurring The Governor of Vavau, Laufilitonga, and his wife, Fatafehi, wait on the jetty at Neiafu, to welcome Sir Kenneth Maddocks and his party.

Sir Kenneth and Lady Maddocks (both on the left) take their first look at Tonga's famous Haamonga arch-comprising two uprights and a cross-piece which has been mortised into them. Although Tonga's remembered history is said to go back 1,000 years, there is no indication as to when the arch was built or exactly what its purpose was.-photos: Rob Wright, Fiji PRO. 117 tci AN D S MONTHLY - J U L Y . 1»5» • acific ISLANDS*

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Japanese Cement For Fiji's Rebuilt Airport Masses of men and millions of money have changed the appearance of Nadi airport, in Fiji.

A criss-cross of very long runways, and a large terminal building with its roof already on mean that Nadi will be ready for the jet aircraft, when shortly they commence coming and going between Australia and North America.

An enormous quantity of cement has been used on these works, and it still is going in. The Burns Philp chief in Fiji, Mr. M. H. Helsen, told PIM that that firm alone, under contract, had supplied over 20,000 tons.

British and Australian cement manufacturers naturally were after these orders, but a large proportion of the cement came from Japan.

The Japanese price, landed in Fiji, was £7 per ton under the English quotation.

How Are They Sleeping at Nights?

Rabaulites went without their Tuesday night picture show in June to attend instead a tax-fight meeting.

Mr. Dudley Jones, still then the elected MLC for New Guinea Islands (since then he “walked out” with the other two elected members of Legco, and so is now the ex-MLC), chaired the meeting which was convened by the New Guinea Taxpayers’ Association.

Said Mr. Jones: No member of the Legislative Council of New Guinea is competent to deal intelligently with the Income Taxation Bill, not even our Treasurer who, when he toured the Territory with Australian Taxation Department expert Kahl, answered none 118 JULY. 1959 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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STo one knew why, and Mr. Jones nt on; “We still think it possible • some Government Members of geo to make history by voting wording to their conscience against i bill. Perhaps they would like to ep easy in their beds.” subsequent events showed, of irse, that none of the official mbers lived up to these high pes of them. jstralian Press ider Fire in NG :wo prominent and highly redded residents of Papua and New inea—Bishop Strong and Mr.

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“ Wt H le „ We might expect ex ‘ aggerated comment from a political or national enemy looking for a thin red line to bait with unrest we have a right to hope for encouragement and aid in our pur- The Bishop Had It In The Bag During the first “taxation” meeting of Papua-New Guinea’s Legislative Council in April, and after the elected members had stated their intention to resign, the Nominated members wrote to the Governor-General of Australia, Sir William Slim.

Just what was in the letter was top secret, but it was to acquaint him of the fact that they did not like the look of how things were shaping in the Legislative Council, and to ask for guidance.

The Governor-General answered at once; but when weeks had passed and nothing had been received, Mr. B. E.

Fairfax-Ross wrote again to the G-G and asked “Whaffor” —or as near as one can get to that when addressing a Vice-Regal personage.

Hurried inquiries were made in Canberra, and then it appeared that the G-G’s reply had gone direct to the first signatory of the Nominated members’ lette r — namely, to Bishop P. N. W. Strong. The good Bishop had read the letter and put it in his bag. He had assumed that a similar letter had gone to all the signatories! 119 C,F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY - J D L Y .

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“If we ever do experience acute racial animosity here, not the least of its background causes will be, though doubtless well meaning, such highly inflammatory comments as those to which I have referred.

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“Even simple prohibitions which are accepted as part of our daily life in Australia are likely to become misconstrued in their application to our community.”

The Bishop of New Guinea very strongly supported Mr. Fairfax- Ross.

“It is extremely irritating to have members of the clergy and of the Universities theorising on matters connected with this Territory, of which they have no knowledge,” he said. “It often happens.

“In this case I am not sure that :he blame lies with those who made lie statements. I think the blame ,ies with the Australian Press. The lews was given in such a way—it jave a slant to the news that •eaders naturally thought that injustice had been done and that ;here had been a case of racial dis- ;rimination.

“I think the real trouble lies in lie attitude of the Australian Press ;owards the true interests of this rerritory. . . . - “The problems arising out of plurality of races here are not well landled by the cheaper section of ;he Australian Press, because it loes not want to do so—it wants ie “L a ast°year, I had not been three lours in Sydney Wxien I gotan urgent call from a particular newslaner and I was told a most fanaJtic story about dissatisfaction fmong New Guinea native people ind the imminent danger of a rising. He wanted my opinion and I gave it.

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“The real blame lies with a certain section of the Australian Press which has no sense of responsibility whatever in relation to the true interests of a Territory such as this.”

Beef Industry Plans For NNG The Netherlands New Guinea Administration is pushing ahead steadily with its plans for establishing a beef and dairy cattle industry in the Territory. (Over) Exactly a year after her arrival in Suva from a Singapore building yard under Fiji Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve manning, the White Ensign was lowered aboard the Fiji Government motor yacht "Ra Marama" on June 2. A moment later the Fiji Government's Blue Ensign was ?aised, as shown here. The men removed their naval uniforms and appeared on deck in the Government's marine-section uniform. This was one of the moves in the disbandment of the Fiji RNVR, due to lack of finance. 121 . ACIFIC islands montblt-jdly. >•••

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Dr. A. van Leeuwen, director of .nimal husbandry at Hollandia, said ecently that the cattle-breeding :xperimental centre In Merauke, outhern NNG, was running about 00 head on 600 acres; the area will ie increased to 2,500 acres to carry 00 or 700 animals.

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Those sleek jet land-planes and liliion-dollar expanses of concrete notwithstanding, a good many people, especially in the Islands, still have a firm affection for the flyingboat with its ability to land them right “in town” and its safety factor advantage on trans-ocean flights. g 0 a visit to Fiji by representatives of the only company in the world specialising in the construction 0 f large flying-boats was of more than passing interest, The firm ig M ar tin-Baltimore company of Baltimore, Maryland, USA, and the representatives—who dropped in to Suva late in June — were p ro gramme Manager Harold Greene, Chief Test Pilot George Rodney, and Chief Electronics Engmeer Larry Collins.

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Old /Wysteries ' A Belgian vulcanologist, Haroun Tazief, and a diver, travelling in a French Navy frigate that recently visited Vanikoro, BSIP, is believed to have, in June, relocated the wreck of one of La Perouse’s ships (probably Astrolabe), and to have found other relics of that late-18th century tragedy.

News of the new discoveries trickled through to Sydney in late June—and it’s a pretty fair indication of the isolation of Vanikoro, not only from the rest of the world but from BSIP headquarters, that the story came from the wife of one of the members of the party in far-away Paris before it could be confirmed in Honiara. Details of what has been found are still lacking.

However, the new relics are unlikely to solve any old mysteries— the mystery of La Perouse’s disappearance was solved quite conclusively 140 years ago by Captain Peter Dillon of the East India Company.

La Perouse, with his vessels Astrolabe and Boussole, arrived at Botany Bay a few days behind Phillip and the First Fleet in 1787.

Within a short time La Perouse sailed again—and disappeared. In 1891, D’entrecatreaux was sent to look for him, but failed, and it was not until many years had passed that Captain Peter Dillon, engaged in the sandalwood trade around the New Hebrides-Solomons area, discovered on Tikopia, one of the small outlying islands of the Solomons, a sword decorated with the fleur de lys of France. The natives told him it had been traded from Vanikoro.

He immediately bethought him of the mystery disappearance of La Perouse, and when this was reported to his masters, the East India Company, the Company supplied him with a small ship to return to the Solomons.

Dumont D’Urville heard of Dillon’s First Catch Your Snake . . .

There was a rare event in Suva in June when a Forestry Department Ranger found a four-foot red snake. Fijian snakes are in short supply these days, although before the mongoose was introduced into Fiji early in the century, snakes were reported in large numbers.

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This painting of a New Guinea singsing was unveiled by the Morobe District Commissioner Mr. H. Niall in the main lounge of the Hotel Cecil, Lae, in June. It is done in oils on three-ply sheets and attached to one wall. Artist was Miss Bette Hays, here seen with Mr. Niall after the unveiling. The painting accurately portrays singsing dress; it shows head-dresses worn by the people of Leron; Bird of Paradise plumes on dancers from the Chimbu-Mini areas; the Cassowary dance being enacted by the Duk Duks, the Cockatoo Men; and men from the Middle Sepik River (waving decorative fishes around); Mr. Niall commented that many old-timers could still recall how an attractive New Guinea girl looked in a grass skirt, but that custom, like the singsing itself, was dying out, and many of the younger people would never see it. 125 ac.fic islands montbly-jdlv >•••

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Cable & Telegraphic Address SUPERB, Sydney discoveries, in France, and he too set out. Both expeditions reached Vanikoro in the same year, 1828; both men gathered relics from the reef where Astrolabe (or Boussole ) is believed to have struck. Both expeditions visited Sydney on their way back to Europe and there was a lot in the newspapers of that day about the discoveries.

In early 1958, the then French Resident Commissioner of the New Hebrides, M. Pierre Anthonioz, and a party of aqua-1 un g experts, arranged a private expedition to Vanikoro, and using d’Urville’s old charts recovered relics from the reef —old anchors, buttons, lead balast, etc. This story was told in PIM in the issues of April and May, 1958.

M. Anthonioz sparked a new interest in La Perouse and his disappearance, and revived the old stories: It is supposed that his vessels were wrecked on reefs near Vanikoro in a storm and that there were some survivors who lived for a while amongst the natives of those parts. A . .

The Anthonioz party was not able to prove conclusively that the wreck was the Astrolabe —although it seemed highly probable. Local legend is to the effect that the site of that wreck was North-West of where d’Urville and Dillon found their relics, but it is thought now that this N-W site may have been where the second vessel, Boussole, went up on the reef. How to be sure at this late date whether the remains of the wreck that has been found is Astrolabe or Boussole is something that will have to be left for the experts to fight out.

The current visit of the French frigate to Vanikoro was to survey the La Perouse monument there, with the idea of replacing it with something more substantial. So far as the BSIP Government is concerned this is the official reason for the French vessel being in the locality.

However, at end of June it was unofficially reported from Honiara that a party from the frigate had discovered more La Perouse relics; and from Noumea, New Caledonia comes the advice that the relics consist of a ship’s stern-post.

But is the stern-post Astrolabe or Boussole ? That still seems to be the only unsolved mystery. It will be interesting to see whether the latest discoveries can throw any light on the subject.

Fiji's Education Bill Rises Sharply Though Fiji’s population has increased by under 50 per cent, since 1948—was then 260,000 and is now 375,000 —the number of children attending primary schools has increased by 653 per cent., the government education bill has risen by 665 per cent.—and there are still an estimated 11,000 children between 6 and 14 years of age who are not attending schools.

That is a summary of the present situation regarding education in Fiji as given by the Director of Education, Mr. J. G. Rodger.

Government expenditure on education had grown from 11/2 per head in 1946 to £2/18/- per head of population in 1958, Mr. Roger said. The above figures are exclusive of the very considerable expenditure on education made by It’s Dearer On The Cheap dearStlay tod?a tbislo tou'SPth? IT 9 l / arn th « '«* leZa$ oUth Pael^ £ X » r S&°g!Sff &sw **&'» at |^p£ilagissg Sft'ssss m asr® 8 io ° sma “ 6 — - *£%££ to lrtchtV? e it that reQUireS and “£Vfij£fi S . / P end thousands every year investigating better schemes ini * n +Th Vi \h l H g we , want > before we eventually decide that nt+ C +hJrh%?Jl I! 16 bet t er themes, and go back to the alternatives. hlhl% e ni hOV f San +u W £ h ave wasted on the investigation would have helped pay for the better schemes. _ “Sf 11C this country needs is a proper planning organisation that can took at everything over-all, and see the money is spent in the way that will do most good. And not on the cheap” 127 pacific ISLANDS MONTHLI-JOLT,

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The Manus Believe In The American Way of Life American anthropologist Margaret tfead considers that the native 'athers of Manus, in the Admiralty Elands of NG, are the best fathers n the world.

Writing in the American massirculation Sunday newspaper upplement, This Week, Dr. Mead ays that Manus fathers “know how o combine discipline and self-re- Lance” in dealing with their young.

This has enabled, she says, Manus teople to come from the Stone Age o the 20th Century more easily.

When I first visited this island in 929. [She later wrote Growing Up n New Guinea ] I found the inlabitants were still ‘savages,’ ” she rrote. “When I returned in 1953, hey had become a modern people.”

Children grew up, she said, knowig how to hold to the best from tie past but also able to change nth the times.

Tracing the history of the island, le wrote that, after discovery, ships rought traders and missionaries nd government officials.

“During World War 11, the Amenans came —a million of them —and le Manus men watched how these :rangers behaved. Because their athers had brought them up to be trong and capable and sure of aemselves and had taught them a ttle divine discontent, they were ble to make discoveries.

“They recognised the superiority F some American things: planes, inks bulldozers, and hospitals; the ay people of different races wore le same uniform and earned the line pay; what the American Army >ent to save a single life.”

“And they (the Manus people) ere able to change The young en whose fathers had taught them » be strong and to judge things ,ok the lead. They reorganised Manus society to make it more like their ideal of American life ”

She suggested that modern American fathers can learn a lot from the Manus people, chiefly in preparing their youngsters for a more peaceful world and one that is changing.

The Fish-Shufflers Of Polynesia nr971 r the past COU PIe of years, as PIM has previously reported, United States Fish & Wildlife survey vessels have been transferring a variety of sardine, peculiar to Marquesan waters, from there to Hawaiian waters.

The Hawaiian tuna industry depen,?s upon a satisfactory type of bec ° me incr aasmgly scarce, , e Marquesan sardine has proved , eal > capable of surviving for lengthy periods in the bait tanks of the tuna boats, and amenable to transplanting to Hawaiian coastal waters where it appears to be multiplying. The various consignments brought north have simply been emptied into the open sea in various bays and they have settled down there.

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On the return volage to Honolulu tie survey vessel transferred 50 resh-water nato —a bass-like river ,sh which inhabits Tahiti’s mounain streams and has sporting proensities —to a river at Taipi, Nuku [iva Island, in the Marquesas, •his transfer was made at the reuest of the French authorities, the sh surviving the voyage.

JZ-ers Want tetter Bananas The Cook Islands citrus growers ere not the only people who re- ;ived a warning on fruit quality 7 the New Zealand importing •ganisation—as reported in PIM 1 June.

The Western Samoa banana grows were also warned by Mr. C. Ross r alker, general manager of Fruit istributors Ltd., that the New >aland banana quota might be reiced rather than increased if the lality of the fruit—which had town a decline in recent months— as not improved.

The Western Samoa Department Agriculture said that 348,693 cases id been exported and a further ,616 cases rejected on th f, wh^ r I ior to shipment up to the end Mav this year. The production timate for the July 1 -December period was given in June as about 5,000 cases.

UN Mission Reports On Mrs. Rasch Mrs. R. E. Rasch, a Nauru resident gets a mention in the official United Nations report of the recent visiting mission to the island, released in June, but it’s doubtful if she will appreciate it.

Here is how the report tells the story: Petitioner : Mrs. R. E. Rasch stated [to the mission] that the post of matron of the hospital should have been filled by a candidate from Australia, not by Miss Clark, the former Sister-in-Charge of Child and Maternal Welfare: Observations of the Local Authority: The former matron had got married and her post became vacant; Miss Clark, together with other applicants in Australia applied for the post and, being fully qualified, was selected for promotion to fill the post by the Minister of State for Territories. A fully qualified sister for Child and Maternal Welfare is being sort at the present time in Australia.

Comments of the Visiting Mission: It was learnt that Miss Clark had had occasion in the past to discipline the petitioner for being absent from her work and getting someone else to sign the attendance book in her name; the complaint thus appeared to be motivated by feminine spite.

“Slasher” Caught, They Claim Noumea’s police, in June, claimed they had arrested Nou m e a’s “Slasher” (PIM, June). They alleged he was a 17-years-old youth who had easy access to homes as an electricity serviceman.

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The One-Eyed Bombs Were Kept Hidden The Rabaul (NG) Apex Club launched a road courtesy week in June, inviting car owners to have a road check. It appeared to get off to a flying start when it was opened at the Palms Theatre by Mr.

Dudley Jones, but a PIM correspondent later reported that the small number of cars which lined up at the check point next morning seemed to indicate that most of the notorists who heartily applauded die opinions expressed at the Palms vere mentally resolving not to get ;hemselves involved.

Less than 10 per cent, of Rabaul’s ;ars, excluding Administration vehicles, were checked for road vorthiness and given an orange “all dear” certificate.

The other 90 per cent, appeared to :arefully keep out of the way of he check points, taking the long iray round to reach the shopping entre The correspondent added: “As lab a u 1 pedestrians continue to neet the one-eyed ‘bombs’ and earch in vain for tail lights that eally light up, they are beginning to feel that compulsory checks are the solution. But on the figures available that would mean Rabaul would be virtually immobilised.”

Queen's Honours in WPHC Territories The following Queen’s Birthday Honours and awards for 1959 were announced in Honiara, BSIP, in June:

The Imperial Service

ORDER: Thomas Henry Manning, Comptroller of Posts & Telecommunications, BSIP (Companion).

The Colonial Police Medal

FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE: Thomas Arthur Handford, Chief of Police, BSIP.

THE BRITISH EMPIRE MEDAL: Frederick David Murdoch, Senior Foreman of Works, Gilbert and Ellice Island Colony.

Awards of a Certificate and Badge of Honour were also approved by the High Commissioner to the following people: .

Benjamin Kevu —HCO District Administration, BSIP.

Peter Sasabule, BEM— Chief Bosun, Marine Department, BSIP.

Tebao Averika —Island Mag i strate, Island Administration, G & iiilC.

Bauro Rasieta—Assistant Administrative Officer, District Administration, G & EIC. loteba Tamuera Uriam—Copra Board Inspector, G & EIC.

The Natives Supported The Big Show New Britain’s third Agricultural bhow, held at Kokopo on a weekend of June, received higher gate takings than previous years, despite the fact that there were fewer Europeans and Asians. The reason was the greatly increased native attendance. In view of that, reported a PIM correspondent, the Society might like to provide more amenities for the natives in future shows.

In all other ways the show was bigger, brighter and better, with solid structures replacing last year’s make-shift shelters, and the sometimes spasmodic ring events of the past tightened up this year by Mr Tom Garrett.

There was wide interest in the art and antiques sections sponsored by the Rabaul Arts Society, with pictures by local artists, and rare china, silver, glassware, jewellery and books on display.

W. Samoa Makes Life Tougher for Drinkers Western Samoa’s peculiar system of controlling the sale of alcoholic liquors has been tightened, to the detriment of club finances, and visiting seamen.

Liquor permits, required by all wishing to consume, are issued by the Medical Department on a recognised monthly allocation— The Rabaul (New Guinea) natives on this page were newsworthy in June.

The two on the left were photographed battling it out with pillows at New Britain's Agricul tural Show (the chap at left won).

In the picture below, truck driver Boeding, of Malaguna, a former corporal with the Papuan Infantry Battalion, stands in front of his Works Department truck not long after he had pulled a European out of a burning car on the Burma Road. Despite risks to himself, he extinguished the man's blazing clothing and had him taken to hospital.

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Solomon Islands: Mendana Pty. Ltd.. P.O Box 73. Honiara. strictly for medicinal purposes, and nrS of an additional ri^SnHc 10n f t 0 m !. et - the hea lth demands of a wedding or other special celebration.

Visitors passing through the territory are also normally granted a prescription for a reasonable quantity—but no one drinks simply by right. * J A large number of people in the Apia area normally surrender their prescriptions to one or other of the local clubs, together with the money required to cover the cost of purchasing the specified Quantity of liquor at normal retail rates.

The clubs, however, purchase the liquor at wholesale rates from the Customs Department which handles it, and they pocket the difference as a service charge and as a means of financing club operations.

The system has been open to abuse and there is a good deal of trafficking in permits (or prescriptions) by persons who do not require their entire allocation of liquor.

This surplus has been sold by clubs to outsiders—odd visitors who haven’t had the time or energy to get a permit—or to club members who consume more than their own allocation: or to persons who, fclone reason or another, are debarred from holding permits.

As a result of some recent court action against clubs, it is now going to be a good deal more inconvenient for everyone.

As from July 1, liquor is no longer being sold on a wholesale basis to clubs. The individual members will have to make their awn purchases at retail rates, then take their bottles along to the club if they wish to consume it there.

It will still be possible for liquor to be consumed illegally by nonaermit holders or in excess of permits, but no one will be able to nake any money from such transitions except by charging in excess )f the normal retail price.

At the same time, though bona fide air or sea travellers passing hrough Apia will be able to obtain )ermits, visiting seamen will be iebarred “because they have a labit of taking their liquor to indesirable places, getting drunk here, and waking up to find their noney has disappeared”—according o the Samoa Bulletin.

Jo Ship Yet : rom Mr. Nehru A request by Fiji Indians for the irovision of a “pilgrim-class” ship or contact with India, which was lade to Mr. Nehru, India’s Prime /[mister, had received no reply to he end of June.

The petition to Mr. Nehru, conaining some 1,200 signatures, was anded to the Commissioner for ndia in Fiji on May 11.

Mr. Chimanlal Patel, a Suva ident agent and principal spokesman for the group, said on July Itoat a reply from India was awaited before any other action market kBn ° n the W ° rld shi PP in S Before the war, Mr. Patel pointed 1^ liere was a large cargo vessel which used to come to Fiji from India once a year. She brought jute sacks from India for the Colonial Sugar Refinery Co On the return voyage to India she provided an opportunity for Fiji Indians to visit India at a cheap rate. The standard of accommodation was low, but it was acceptable to many people who otherwise could not afford to visit India.

These people remained there for a year, returning on the next sailing Mr. Patel said that there was again a demand for such a connecthought that there must be 10,000 to 15,000 India-born Indians still alive in Fiji, and a high percentage of these would welcome an opportunity to visit India. A percentage of these, he felt, might elect to remain in India He estimated that at least 300 persons would be available immediately if a vessel charging a fare of about £5O in troop-ship type of accommodation was made available.

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Joint Effort in Coconut Research in BSIP The BSI Government and Levers’

Pacific Plantations are to undertake a joint venture into coconut research in the Solomons.

Levers have already offered portion of their Russell Islands plantations as experimental grounds, and also to provide a research agronomist.

In 1960 this research programme will be provided for in the Government’s Development Plan.

Coconuts from Malaya, Zanzibar and Ceylon are to be imported and comparisons made with the local palms. From this research it is hoped to improve the yield of the Protectorate’s copra crop.

Can't Send Those Invited Guests Home Undesirables whose birth-plac3 was any particular island in the Cook Group, could not legally be forced to return to that island from another where their presence had proved undesirable.

This was explained by the President at a recent meeting of the Rarotonga Island Council following legal advice on the subject. Earlier there had been suggestions by members of the Council that such persons, con 7 victed in Rarotonga, should be sent to their home islands for a specified period after serving their sentences.

Following the above report the Council approved a motion that legislation be introduced at the next annual meeting of the Legislative Council of the Cook Islands making it legal to send such convicted persons home.

They're Using Henderson Field Again Henderson Airfield, Honiara, which has been out of operation since January, when flood waters washed away the Lunga Bridge, is once more in commission.

A temporary bridge, using some of the materials from the damaged bridge, has been placed across the Lunga River about 50 yards further downstream.

The airstrip itself, damaged by the floodwater, has been re-graded.

The giant American Globemaster landed there in June and proved the strip in working order again.

Unfortunately the temporary bridge is by no means out of the flood danger area and heavy rains could disrupt communications between Honiara and Henderson Field once more. Since the January deluge, the Qantas weekly DC3 from Lae has been using Kukum airstrip.

Papeete Airport— They Mean it Now Well, they really mean it this time,” said a visiting travel agent, homeward bound to San Francisco after paying a visit to Tahiti in June. The agent was Muriel Myers (“never mind about the Miss or Mrs.”), who is “director of sales incentive” for the big Foster Travel Services.

Incentive Director Myers was referring to the long-promised Papeete international airport and to tourist facilities there. Work is now going ahead on the airfield. More engineers and equipment are constantly arriving, and every spare house within miles of the Tahiti capital has been taken over by staff of the airport contractors.

“As of now,” said Muriel Myers, “there is no top-line tourist accommodation, in the American sense of the word, in Tahiti; but two such hotels will be going up very soon ”

One of these will be the new Tropiques at Faaa adjoining the airport and the existing cottagestyle Tropiques.

The other hotel is to be erected by Spencer Weaver, operator of a chain of top-line eating houses in Honolulu, who has recently completed negotiations with the French Polynesia government. Work on this hotel should start soon, Muriel Myers said.

You'll Pay For That Ride Soon Air travellers are due for another shock in the not distant future. In the past, airlines operating in the Australasian-Pacific Islands area have stood the cost of motor transport from city terminal to airport and vice versa.

International competition is now becoming so keen that this facility is apparently due to cease any time.

TEAL, in Papeete, is now charging extra for transport from Papeete to the new embarkation point at Faaa.

The opposition airline, TAI, is not so charging, yet.

The air passenger in UK, USA and the Continent already pays for airport-to-city terminal bus travel —usually the equivalent of a flat 5/- per trip, which in places like London, where the ride can take up to an hour, cannot be called ex- Not So Sour Mr. C. R. Walker, general manager of Fruit Distributors Ltd. of New Zealand makes this correction to our “Cooks Oranges Leave Sour Taste”, page 133, June “PIM”: “The statement in the last paragraph ['From the above price growers have to find the cost of cases, about 7 6, and meet certain other costs’] is not correct.

“Cost of cases and other costs are not deducted from the growers' price but are additional costs making up the f.o.b. export price to approximately double the price payable to the growers. It is the f.o.b. price that Fruit Distributors pays, not the growers’ price.”

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Fijians Want Segregated Schools Retained While there is a body of opinion in Fiji that feels that multi-racial schools provide a major contribution to harmony and understanding between communities in Fiji, two Fijian members of the Legislative Council made it clear at the June session that they—and, they thought, most Fijians—were opposed to such schools.

The subject came up for debate through a reference made to such schools by the Governor in his opening address. The Governor said that he looked forward to the day when English was so wide-spread that all primary schools could be multi-racial, though this would not be possible for a good many years ahead.

The Governor said also that it might be a good thing if the government withheld grants from schools which were not going to be multi-racial. He pointed out that because of this racial factor, schools were often not used to best advantage. Children of one race and living near a school often had to travel long distances to attend another school of their own race.

Semesa Sikivou, Fifth Fiji a n Member, while admitting that administratively and from a Christian viewpoint there was virtue in the Governor’s suggestions, said there w as one point that he wished to emphasise: “The Fijian people area ninority race. If they should lose :heir culture —the sum total of things which go to make up their vay of life, from the bure to the -neke—they will have nothing.

“We must not be too hasty about nixing people up,” Semesa said. In ;he streets today we see people who like” Fife™ a S£ CU^ Ure - They look nobody! what y i am of.” am a^ The Sixth •p’iiion T\/r q w. u this aspect must over-ride any Christian approach to the subject. r .1 . . r Cathay IS in Suva T c . 10 May rr.u r P° sslblllt y that Cathay Hotels Ltd., of Singapore, who recently Gra ? d Pac ific Hotel at Suva, might pack up and return home seemed past in July Mrs - Webb, the manageress, said that an agreement had been reached with the former prothe price agreed to be naid Cathay. [Several bids had been received for the GPH when tenders closed on March 31, but it went to Cathay Hotels, which signified its willingness to pay “what the Fiji Government had to pay the Union Steam Ship Co ”] The Union Co. had given a valuation substantially higher than that of the Government and until this 139 pacific islands monthlf-jdly. 1.5.

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Webb said that she had been “most disappointed” with the standard of workmanship available there as compared with that in Singapore or Malaya, Rumours and Globemasters c| v • u ftn ; ara r, 7 1,1 nuMlflia Considerable local speculation attended the event when an American Air Force Globemaster aircraft paid a three-day visit to Honiara, BSIP, during June, With 22 Naval and Air Force personnel, the contingent was the biggest party of US servicemen to visit Guadalcanal since the war.

Reason for the visit has not been given officially, but rumours circulating in the town varied between the setting up of a weather station, a guided missile establishment or an observation station for tracking rockets and satellites —or a combination of all three.

Rumour also has it that maybe six American families will eventually be posted to Honiara.

The plane flew in from Fiji, and Honiara was a port of call en route to Kwajalein and Honolulu.

When the plane was open for general inspection on June 20, officially only from 8-12, it was free for all, and only through the goodheartedness of the crew were the queues finally eliminated at five in the afternoon.

Knowing that the plane would probably fly near the Gilberts, arrangements were made for a bag of mail to be dropped over Tarawa.

The operation was later reported successful, and the mail was received undamaged.

The Globemaster also had on board, when she left, the remains of a US soldier, Homer C. Barnes, of Summerfield, Ohio. Several months ago, human bones were dug up by the Public Works Department on the banks of the Matanikau (scene of some of the heaviest fighting on Guadalcanal) and were identified by an identity disc.

The local police kept them in their possession, pending arrangements for transfer to a US Army base at Honolulu.

Aircraft Too Fast for Fiji Post Office The Qantas Boeing 707 jet delivery flight from the United States to Sydney on July 2, made possible the hand delivery in early afternoon in Sydney of a letter actually written in Suva early that same morning.

However, the mail services in Fiji don’t work that fast.

Had the Qantas aircraft been carrying normal mail, it would have been necessary to post that letter by noon of the previous day at Suva, even though there was a Fiji Airways flight across the island to Nadi early on the day of the jet flight. The normal mail across the island from Suva would have travelled by an aircraft at about 3 p.m. on the previous day, and waited, at Nadi for next day’s plane to Australia.

It's Been Dry Again In Rabaul Rabaul, New Guinea, in June was in the midst of a dry period, with tanks empty and water tankers working over-time to supply only a minimum of water to residents. Old hands were already beginning to look back and draw comparisons between the current drought and the ones they remembered for 140 JULY, 1959 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

Women, Too, Must Escape Executorship The Old-fashioned Wills are still coming to light. A recent check on 326 probate notices revealed that 54 Wills named the widow as sole Executrix. Clearly these husbands knew nothing of the enormous responsibilities impose by Executorship. Each expected an inexperienced woman to grapple with probate taxation and property management, presumably without costly legal advice.

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With this drought came grass fires, which at times ringed the town.

One Way to Settle The Tax Bill The Port Moresby Rotary Club lunched frugally on June 23, and then gathered around the president to hear a short address on the new taxation by visiting expert John MacKellar White. They occupied a screened-off section of Papua Hotel’s big dining-room.

Somewhere, staff work had been bad. Ten feet away, on the other side of the screen, a score of Moresby’s brightest and prettiest matrons were conclaving about something, and talking while they lunched.

What chance had one lone taxation voice against an excited falsetto chorus of 20! The knowledge-seekers looked pathetically at their chairman.

Chairman glared hopelessly at the screen. In male ears, it was a pleasant noise but mightly embarrassing. Everyone laughed.

Chairman turned stern, and beckoned firmly. A fair young man —probably, in the Rotarian world, the Pursuivant Keeper of Law and Order—stepped forward. One could not hear what the boss said, but his gestures were eloquent.

The young man stared in horror at the screen. He was a goodlooking lad; but he had not been shaped by nature to cow women.

Under the concentrated glare of 36 earnest Rotarians he wilted, and stepped around the screen. They all noise did not diminish —on ;he contrary, it rose to a higher key. [t could have been the dying shriek if Pursuivant Order-Keeper. He lid not return.

Mr. MacKellar White went on unhappily with his address. So far as most were concerned, it consisted of a series of ugly faces. But fair enough. Those expressions represented the general opinion of Mr Hasluck’s wretched bill—R.

Japanese Will Support Uvuka Tuna Industry A Japanese company already engaged in tuna fishing in South Pacific waters is fully prepared to provide well in excess of the permissible 49 per cent, of the capital and would handle the marketing of the entire output.

It is believed that the Fiji government is not at present willing to provide any of the Fiji capital. J A meeting of people interested Japanese tuna fishing interestsin the nroiect is hlarinpH are keen to buy into a proposedjuly afte? receipt S? 1 ed FH? lk h..t t ?hS.» fiShmg indust 'J Instatement of expected coste m- F fc? ut the , re a £ e some problems, volved in establishing the shore n/r^r<* 1S was earn t from Mr. A, G.station had been received from McCown, of Levuka, prime mover Japan. This meeting will discuss rptn^pJ r( J POS Q d Com E. any ’ wl * ei } hethe raising of the local portion of returned to Suva after a visit to the capital. p Japan in June Other matters still to be settled: In Rabaul in June, tankers wait their turn for water to supply townspeople during the drought. 141 •ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY - J U L Y , 1»5»

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UN Report On New Guinea A United Nations Mission which took one of its regular looks at New Guinea in March-April, released its report in June. There was the usual criticism of its findings, although some critics weren’t as justified in their remarks as they had been following some missions jf previous years. Generally, the latest Mission submitted a pretty iccurate summing-up of conditions n the Trust Territory and made 'airly intelligent criticism and jbservations on what Australia ms been attempting to do there But first re-action of P-NG Adninistrator Cleland to the report vas that it had been guilty of gross md unwarranted statements. Unwarranted, he said, was the Mission’s statement that the Administration was unduly conservative about native representation on the Legislative Council. A gross mis-statement, he said, was the Mission’s observation that it found too many native people expressing the view that the Territory should be run by a country other than Australia.

Nevertheless, a week or so later when the report came up for discussion in the Trusteeship Council in New York, Australian representatives said the report was valuable, if occasionally controversial.

The representatives said the report had “generously” commended Australia for the many things it had done to promote the welfare of the natives; and there were few, if any, fields of activity in the Territory in which Australia had not won the commendation of the Mission.

Here are the more critical and/or controversial sections of the Mission’s report. • There were too many expressions of anti-Administration sentiment from the natives. A leader’s comment at Baluan was an excellent example. This man had said that the people did not feel that life was satisfying. When Europeans had arrived the people had realised that their life was not as good as that of the Europeans, and they had wanted to adopt the latter, but they did not understand why Europeans had not helped them achieve this standard of living. They were confused and did not know how to help themselves. • The multiplicity of religious missions was confusing to the natives and might have in it the seeds of future discords and dissention. • The Mission appreciated the Administration’s desire for uni-

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The anniversary on June 18 of General de Gaulle's call to arms in 1940 was marked in Noumea this year again with military ceremony at the war memorial—but it was in a far different strain from last year’s ceremony, which ended in near-riots in an endeavour to overthrow the local Government.

“PlM’s” Noumea correspondent says public interest was “extremely cool” and only a couple of hundred people attended. This was looked on, he said, as an indication of much greater political stability in New Caledonia.

In fact an Indigenous person charming, cultured Michel Kauma’ was elected the same day to the post of Vice-President of the Council of Ministers, in place of M. Maurice Lenormand, who resigned following his re-election as a Deputy of New Caledonia. M. Kauma is noted as a first-rate orator.

The big Dutch scientific expedition to the Star Mountains of NNG ran into trouble in May-June. Two Twin Pioneer aircraft were put temporarily out of action, one when its tail assembly was damaged and the other through engine failure. A Qantas Otter was chartered from P-NG to fly a spare engine in. As if that wasn’t enough the crew members of the expedition’s two G-2 Bell helicopters became ill with jaundice and regular supplies to the expedition failed to get in. The oil company at Sorong air-dropped supplies from a Catalina. Above, one of the Twin Pioneer aircraft photographed in the Sibil Valley after repairs. At left is the scientific leader of the expedition, Dr. L. D. Brongersma. 143 pacific islands MONTHLY JULY

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See also advertisement on page 5. formlty of development in the Territory but it doubted whether it would be possible, despite the Administration’s views. Uniformity of development had been impossible to attain in many areas of the world and there was no reason to expect it in New Guinea, which is noted for its great diversity. The Mission had noticed that those who had benefited most from the Administration seemed to be the unhappiest. • Navuneram had focused attention on the lack of contact between the Administration and the people in other places besides Navuneram. One of the most urgent tasks of the Administration was the aridging of this gulf as speedily as possible. • The Mission heard little from ;he natives about representation on ;he Legislative Council, although the president of the Vunamami liocal Government Council had said ;hey were dissatisfied with Adminstration native appointees on the Council and would prefer to elect i person. The Administration, the Mission reported, was unduly con- ;ervative in its view regarding the pialifications the indigenous persons should have to serve on the legislative Council. • There was need for more capital 0 accelerate the economic growth >f the Territory. The Mission felt, ike its predecessor, that aid might >e sought from bodies such as the nternational Bank. And better use ould be made of existing finances f there were an integrated plan if development; the Mission was truck by the absence of such a ilan. • After hearing numerous comilaints, arguments and explanaions concerning land, the Mission ras quite sure that, regardless of heir merits, “considerable unasiness” did exist about land. Also, he problem of population pressures 1 the Chimbu region was urgent.

What Offers For The Nauruans?

Does anybody know of a spare Pacific island? Nauru is looking for one as a future home after the island’s phosphate deposits and economy—fade out.

The problems of the search are recounted by the UN visiting Mission which visited Nauru in March, and released its report in June.

The Mission found the Nauruans “a likeable, friendly people, fully Christianised, with a fairly high degree of inate intelligence. For the most part they are on a cash economy, living in European-type houses . . . many of which are supplied with electric light, and they subsist on imported food stuffs . . .

In no other island visited, with the exception of Hawaii and Guam, did the Mission observe such an advanced standard of living by the people”.

The Mission felt that it was more in professions such as teaching, medicine, law, and in electrical work and in skilled trades that the majority of the people should equip themselves for the future.

The Nauruans had long discussed their future home and now felt that something more definite had to be done. They had proposed to the Mission that the field of search for a new island be extended to wider parts of the Pacific, and that member countries of the UNO might like to offer suggestions.

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Prospectus from the Principal, G. E. Thomson, 8.C0m., or Secretary, City Mutual Bigs., 90 Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland. the Nauruan Local Government Council that surveys had been made of several islands off New Guinea —Woodlark, Goodenough and Sakar —as well as in the Fiji group.

An officer had visited Rambi, to which the former inhabitants of Ocean islands had been moved.

The Nauru Administration told the Mission it had considered “practically all occupiable areas in the Pacific”. The results of the investigation were now being assembled and would soon be examined and discussed with the Nauruans.

The Mission suggested that if an island suitable for re-settlement could not be found, consideration should be given to the gradual integration of the Nauruan commun i t y into the metropolitan country of one of the three administering authorities (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) or in a territory of any one of them where the standard of living was comparable to that now enjoyed by the Nauruans.

Govt. Reopens Honiara Primary School After continual representations from a very active Parents’ Committee, the BSIP Government has reopened the public school for European-speaking children at Honiara.

This school closed in 1957 and children have had to go to the local Roman Catholic School for primary education.

The Government has now guaranteed that the school will remain open for a period of at least three years, provided a minimum of 12 pupils are on the roll.

The school will provide education for children of any creed or race between the ages of five and ten years who have a reasonable command of English.

At present 15 children are in attendance and the teacher is Mrs.

Proctor, wife of a Government official.

Samoa's £2 Million Harbour Schemes The team of engineers from the UK who have surveyed harbour projects at Apia and on the island of Savaii, Western Samoa, completed their studies in June.

They recommend that the deep sea harbour should be created on the western side of Apia Bay: while in Savaii the choice would be between Asau on the North Coast and Saleloga on the South Coast.

The approximate cost of both projects is estimated at £Stg.2 million; it will be necessary to raise a loan to cover costs which include heavy dredging at Apia. Actual cost would, however, be substantially reduced by the reclamation of large areas of land which apart from utilisation by the Government, could be sold to Apia residents and firms.

No Solution to Viet Namese Problem What was regarded as a test case was heard in Noumea recently when two Viet Namese petitioned the court to instruct their employer or his agent—in this case the New Caledonian Government —to apply immediately article 22 of their contract; or in default to pay to them the sum of 100,000 Pac. frs.

The two men were recruited in North Viet Nam in 1937 and article 22 refers to the repatriation clause in their agreement.

The Judge in the case was assisted by a representative of the employers and one of the employees, and finally the court declared itself incompetent to judge the case between the two parties involved.

The New Caledonian Government has frequently stated its willingness to repatriate Viet Namese whenever permission to do so is given by the government of North Viet Nam, but at the moment a solution to the problem seems as far away as ever.

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“No”. The literate and instructed people of French Polynesia were strongly in favour of continued Union with France, and tried to make the issues clear to the RDPT followers.

There were many clashes and extreme bitterness of feeling. The vote was: For De Gaulle, 16,003; against, 3,920.

The RDPT pointed out that if 3nly 3,500 more had voted “No”, instead of “Yes”, French Polynesia would have declared against De Uaulle and broken the present Union.

Pouvanaa a Oopa made it clear ;hat he felt that he had been im- Droperly and unjustly treated by he rival parties and the governnent in the referendum compaign.

Molotov Cocktails It was then, apparently, that he ook the extraordinary course of liscussing with his followers a :ampaign of violence. To what extent he was responsible for the ivents of the night of October 10, vhen “Molotov cocktails” were hrown into a few premises causing ixplosions and fires, is for the Court o determine. ~ P° llce ha d been warned, but the Police Chief could not be found —he since has been removed from his post in Tahiti.

It was later, when bottles of flaming petrol were thrown at the S-u M - Herve (president of the Chamber of Commerce and former Commander of the Pacific Battalion) that the National Gendarmes came into action, alerted the town, and found that the house of Pouvanaa a Oopa was barricaded, with a party of defenders and a collection of arms inside.

"Pouvanaa Is Old . . . Rail"

In the early morning, the Deputy W’as arrested and his Parliamentary privileges cancelled by special decree.

The subsequent inquiry, and the compilation of an official file on the affair, have occupied seven months.

Meanwhile, the RDPT party has split. A large section still is loyal to “ the Old Boss”; but the more influential section has followed Ceran-Jerusalemy, in dissociating himself entirely from the activities of Pouvanaa in October.

T here have been many changes in the preliminary proceedings, and some charges of malpractice. However, the Papeete barrister, M.

Richecoeur, took charge of Pouyanaa’s defence on June 3; and there now are indications that an attempt will be made to have the Criminal Court declared incompetent to handle Pouvanaa’s case, and to have the trial transferred to another Court.

Legal disputations make it all very complicated.

The great majority of Tahiti citizens show no strong prejudice, one way or another. Their attitude can be summed up thus: “Pouvanaa a Oopa is old. He has been in prison for a long time, now.

He is to be pitied. Pai!” whirf^ 01 w Vle jL Na ™ Government, which has otherwise refused to allow its nationals in New Caledonia to return home. However for some reason that has never been explained, this agreement was repudiated by the French Metropohtan Government when the delegation got back to Noumea.

At the present time, the French Government is again engaged in negotiations with North Viet Nam and M. Jaques Soustelle, minister assisting Premier Debre, has announced that if these break down, his government will reserve the right to take unilateral action No one is sure, except presumably M Soustelle, what unilateral action, in this context, means.

Another factor has entered into the question of Viet Namese repatriation as far as New Caledonia is concerned, and this is the attitude of the Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church is against repatriation of these people—at any rate of the younger people—to a Communistic state. In the last few years this church has made great efforts to hold these people together. There is in New Caledonia a Viet Namese Catholic Church, with its own priests, and the number of adherents is considerable. 147 •ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY - JULY. 1950 Molotov Cocktails Incident (Continued from page 19)

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Obviously, if the Papua and New Guinea Act is successfully challenged, the whole of the government machinery of the Territory will be thrown out of gear.

Some say it could mean that Papua and New Guinea would have to return to their pre-war status, as separate territories.

Perturbation in Both Camps High officials, smiling confidently on Monday, were now, on this Black Friday, grim and thoughtful.

The radiophone between Moresby and Canberra, was more than busy.

Emphatically, there were responsible Ministers who did not like this development. They pointed out that, jven if the P-NG Act survived the Supreme Court challenge, the repercussions could reach right back nto the Trusteeship Council and the Jnited Nations, and cause acute ;mbarrassment.

But—strangely enough—the non- )fficial sections who had invoked he Supreme Court seemed equally mbarrassed.

They were all after the hide of Jr. Hasluck, whether by Court inunction or otherwise: but they cerainly did not want to upset the vhole Governmental structure by lulling down the P-NG Act.

And that presented intelligent hservers with another question— vhich has not yet been answered.

Under whose instructions did Mr. lahoney make his clever, wellmasoned and impressive attack upon be P-NG Act, instead of confining be challenge to the competency of be Legislative Council, as defined y Section 36 of the P-NG Act?

Mr. Mahoney’s attack on the Act, nd Mr. Mason’s equally wellmasoned defence of the measure, ept the Court engaged until Wedesday afternoon, July 1. J At this stage it was learned that [r. Bunting, evidently impressed by ie general alarm caused in Papua y the threat to the P-NG Act, had nnounced he would not be a party ) any appeal to the High Court.

Taxpayers’ officials now looked arassed, and high officialdom a ttle brighter.

Shock for Officials The Legislative Council, still tryto make the masses of proposed nendments line up with particular auses, had struggled on until noon i Saturday, June 27; referred the ,st of the amendments to (as one eary Councillor expressed it) Hasluck, hell and high-water”; and then adjourned until July 13.

At that stage, none could guess what would happen then.

On Friday, July 3, in Port Moresby, one conscientious prospective taxpayer, believing he was “liable” as from July 1, went along to the Treasury and asked for the necessary Wages or Provisional Tax stamps, as described in the bill.

The officials stared at him as if he were a ghost.

Actually, among a number of amendments to the Tax bill proposed by the Government (and therefore presumably approved by the Minister) is one which alters the date of operation from July 1, 1959, to “a date to be approved by the Minister”.

There are some other “official” amendments which indicate a considerable change in favour of the taxpayers, in various sections.

But the people were in such confusion, with one thing and another, that they did not know whether they were liable for tax, or when, or how much.

Court Refuses Injunction The Court, on July 6, announced its verdict: • That the absence of the three elected members, as provided for in Section 36 of P-NG Act, did not affect the validity of the Legislative Council. —Majority verdict, with Judge Kelly dissenting. • That the challenge to the validity of the Papua and New Guinea Act of 1949 had not been sustained. —Verdict unanimous.

The applications for an injunction restraining the Council from passing the Tax bill, lodged by Mr. Bunting, were dismissed, accordingly.

More-or-less official announcements then were made, in Port Moresby and in Canberra, that the Council would meet on July 13, and pass the Tax bill, with amendments, and with tax payable as from July 1, 1959.

The verdict was expected by the Taxpayers Associations, and it was anticipated that they would immediately give notice of an appeal to the High Court.

Will There Be Appeal?

But, on July 7, two difficulties appeared. A section of the Taxpayers’ organisations was unwilling to proceed with an appeal, If it meant that the Papua and New Guinea Act would be placed in jeopardy. Mr. Bunting, who was the nominal applicant (or plaintiff) and who therefore would have to become the appellant, refused to proceed further.

This crippled the Taxpayers’ Associations. Whether they wanted to appeal or not (and it was reported that New Guinea did, and Papua did not) they clearly could not proceed further in an appeal to the High Court without the nominal plaintiff or applicant (Mr. Bunting).

That was the end of the Bunting action; and the Council met on July 13, to proceed with the Tax bills.

But by then it appeared probable that, if the Tax bills were to operate from July 1, the New Guinea section of Taxpayers (at least) will initiate a new action —probably by way of Supreme Court Refuses Injunction (Continued from page 15)

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A large public meeting in Rabaul on July 9 resolved to give all possible support to the Taxpayers’ Association’s fight against the Tax Bills in their present form, and subscribed over £5OO to meet expenses. another application to ths Supreme Court for an injunction and then when the Supreme Court again rejects it, the action to be carried on by the new applicant by wav of appeal to the High Court.

Meanwhile, Administration procedure and machinery is grinding steadily along.

There now are three vacancies in the Council, caused by three resignations of elected members Administrator Clqland announced in early July that elections to fill these vacancies (one each for Papua, NG Mainland and NG Islands) will take place on September 12. Nominations close on August 3 and rolls are being revised.

New Guinea is now waiting to see whether any citizen of worth will accept nomination.

What Led to Present Situation On April 13, this year, after almost 12 months of rumours, It was announced that the Federal Government had decided to introduce income taxation to the Territory of Papua and New Guinea from July I this year; and that the necessary Dills would be introduced at the Legislative Council meeting comnencing in Port Moresby on April 20.

This announcement followed close ipon a visit to Canberra of a delegation of Territorians who waited ipon Mr. Hasluck and asked him X) defer the introduction of taxation until a full, independent injuiry could be held in the Terri- ;ory. . A The taxation bills were introiuced at the April meeting of the legislative Council, carried to the lecond reading stage and adjourned o the meeting on June 22.

Between April and June the >eople who challenged the good ense and propriety of Minister lasluck’s Tax bill had tried in ■very way to halt It. They had ought it in the Council, challenged t in the newspapers, appealed by pecial deputations to the Australian Jovernment, petitioned the Goverlor-General.

They got nowhere. The answer in übstance always was the same tamely, income tax would operate rom July 1; but Government would ive the fullest consideration to all epresentations made either directly r through the Legislative Council, nd would amend the bill, if conidered desirable.

In spite of every effort to unseat im, Minister Hasluck sat high in he saddle.

Deaths Of Islands People

Mrs. Rosabel Edith Nelson

After a long illness, Mrs. Rosabel Edith Nelson, widow of the late Hon. O. F. Nelson and head of the prominent Nelson family, died at her home at Papauta, Apia, West Samoa, in early June, at the age of 71.

Mrs. Nelson was the daughter of the late Mr. H. J. Moors, a pioneer of the Samoan cocoa industry and a friend of Robert Louis Stevenson.

Educated at Mills College. California, Mrs. Nelson married the late O. F. Nelson, who with his father founded the firm of A. Nelson & Son (later O. F. Nelson & Son Ltd. which in 1922 merged with the firm of H. J. Moors). The firm and the members of the Nelson family have played a prominent part in the political, social and economic life of the Territory of Western Samoa.

Mrs. Nelson’s brother, Mr. H. W Moors, is a leading businessman and planter and a former member of the Legislative Assembly. Of Mrs.

Nelson’s daughters one, Irene, is married to the Hon. Tamasese, OBE, Fautua and member of the Council of State; a second, Mrs. G. F. D.

Betham, is the wife of a European member of the Legislative Assembly; while a third. Mrs. Sina (E.) Annandale, is the wife of the General Manager of O. F. Nelson & Co. Ltd. ixl _ Due to her indifferent health, Mrs. Nelson led a retired life during the past few years.

O. F. Nelson became leader of the European representatives in the Samoa Legislative Council and head of the Samoan Mau Organisation.

Mrs Nelson, a leader of the Women’s Association, shared the stormy years of her husband’s political life in the late 1920’s and early 30’s. Mr.

Nelson was twice deported to New Zealand but was re-instated when the NZ Labour Government returned to power in 1936.

Mr. S. G Marshall

The death occurred suddenly at Honolulu, Hawaii, early in June, of Mr. Stephen George Marshall, a former administrative officer in Fiji. He served in Fiji from 1938 to 1957 as a district officer and magistrate, and late r in the Secretariat. Mr. Marshall, who was an MA, was promoted from Fiji to Nigeria as secretary to the Minister of Education, in mid-1957.

Recently, though only 44, illhealth compelled him to leave the tropics and he was on his way to Australia on retirement, when he died. He is survived by Mrs, Joan Marshall, two sons and a daughter.

Mr. Howard Birkenhead

RILEY Fiji’s best-known dental surgeon, Mr. H. B. Riley, died at Lautoka in his 80th year on June 10. He had been living in retirement.

Mr. Riley went to Fiji in 1904 from Sydney. He set up a dental practice at Suva, and later transferred his practice to Lautoka, where it was until his retirement.

Soon after arriving in Fiji Mr.

Riley married a Miss Calder, daughter of Captain Calder of the AUSN Co. and they had a son and a daughter. Following the first Mrs. Riley’s death, Mr. Riley married Miss Bessie Williams of the Rewa district and they had a daughter. The present Mrs. Riley survives her husband.

Mr. Logan Morrisby

Mr. Logan Morrisby died at Taveuni, Fiji, on June 1, at the age of 79. A resident of Fiji for 55 years, Mr. Morrisby first went to the Colony as an engineer for the long defunct Vancouver Sugar Company at Navua, later joining the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. with which concern he was stationed at Labasa for many years.

Later he shifted to Taveuni, and operated an engineering business at Nacaugai.

Mr. O. J. Atkinson

Mr. Oliver John Atkinson, late Resident Magistrate of Buna, Papua, died in Woombye, Queensland, in early June, aged 73.

“OJ” first went to Papua about 1915, from the NSW Police Force to join the old Papuan Constabulary. He later became ARM in District Services and finally RM, Northern Division.

Mr. Atkinson was with the Allied Geographical Section in Brisbane in 1942 during the Pacific War, and returned to Buna afterwards.

He is survived by his widow and sons Kevin (in the P-NG Service) and Ron, a Rhodes Scholar, who is with Fairey Aircraft Co. 151 ac.fic islands monthlt-uuly. .. 5 .

Sports Review The Von Warmed To His Golf From a Rabaul Correspondent Famed Australian golfer Norman von Vida, who has been making a New Guinea tour, was pretty hot stuff in Rabaul.

Playing an exhibition nine holes with Rabaul pro., Edgar Oakman, he was enveloped in smoke from a ring of fire on Mt. Mother.

Rabaul has been undergoing a dry period.

Although it was already difficult to see The Von, just for good measure another fire started nearby in dense kunai as he hit off from the fifth, and within seconds the bush was crackling happily. The fire engine promptly got it under control as the experts continued to delight the crowd with their superb play midst smoke and cinders.

Atiu Is More Nuts Than Anybody Rivalry between territories of the South Pacific already exists in various sporting spheres, but from Atiu, one of the more progressive of the Cook Islands, has come a suggestion for a real Islands sport.

In celebration of the opening of the Atiu Co-operative Marketing Society’s sixth copra kiln drier, a coconut husking competition was held. The winner was Ina Anitonia, who husked 232 nuts in one hour.

Atiu then issued a challenge for anyone, anywhere, to break this record.

A husky husker in Manihiki took up the challenge in May, and with the village pastor as official witness and timekeeper, George Karaponga turned out 260 well-husked f.a.q. nuts in 28 minutes.

Presumably then the supply ran out —or George ran out. His best burst was given as 51 nuts in five minutes.

Announcing this effort, Manihiki hinted darkly that they had women who could husk 260 nuts per hour and are now in training for another attempt on the Atiu record.

FOOTNOTE: Coconut husking is not new to New Guinea. A husking competition was thrown in among the obstacle races and pillow fights at the New Britain Agricultural show at Kokopo in June, but times are unknown. And there was a new idea, sponsored by the Copra Marketing Board, which erected a notice on the grounds challenging allcomers to “Try Your Hand at Copra Grading”.

Goroka Will Have a Showground From a Goroka Correspondent Goroka, fast-growing town in the NG Highlands, is to get a showground. In June, representatives of sport, including football, cricket, the turf, the Pony Club and the Agricultural Society met to hear opinions on how the 23 acres allotted on the western side of the airstrip will be planned. At the moment it looks as if the area will have a grandstand, permanent show buildings, a four furlong race track, two cricket ovals, a football field, basketball court, polocrosse field and an area for equestrian events. Percentage of gate takings will go into a trust fund for maintenance.

They Missed The Big Punch Prom Norman Baxter, in Suva Suva boxing fans kicked themselves on June 21, the day after Sakiusa Cawaru beat Doudie (no one knows here if he has another name, for it is never listed), of Noumea, to regain the title of heavyweight champion of the South Seas.

Sickened of boxing by a series of indifferent matches, many regular fans stayed away in droves, even though the final gate was round the 1,200 mark.

To their disgust they learned next day that the fight was one of the finest seen in Fiji for many years.

This group of Goroka, New Guinea, people, are looking out over what one day they hope will be one of New Guinea's leading sports and show areas. It's west of the airstrip, adjacent to the agricultural station, and on fairly level ground requiring very little grading. The group comprises R. Winter, D. Williams, R. Bell (obscured) and W. Edgar. Photo: Eric Bolton.

With a background of palms in the open air ring at Nukualofa, Fijian boxer Savanaca Komai, on one knee, fights a losing battle with Lave. Referee was U. Thaggart of Fiji. 152 JULY, 1959 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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It; w as the champagne of boxing with a story-book ending.

Doudie built up a big lead on points and started the 15th and last round looking as though he would run out a clear winner Sakiusa began throwing punches from every angle, but seemed as though he was leaving his run a little late.

It was only 1 min. 15 sec. from the final bell that he threw a terrific right which landed on Doudie’s jaw to send the New Caledonian down for the full count.

Those who were fortunate enough to attend were still talking about the fight a week later.

Within two days it was announced that Sakiusa was to go to Tonga :o fight Kitione Lave at Nukualofa Dn July 18.

Meanwhile, at Nukualofa, on June '7, Lave had proved he’s still capable Df dealing with some of the big Doys. In a title fight for the South Seas Belt, Lave, at 13 st 10 lb, debated the 16 st 7 lb Fijian chalenger, Savanaca Komai by a tko n the 7th round of a scheduled 15 ound contest. The husky 6 ft 4 ins. :ontractor and plantation owner rom Savusavu, with the 84 inch ring span—“the same as Joe Louis” -was unable to carry on when an Id back injury appeared. The Belt iras donated by the late E. M.

Jrant, of Fiji, in 1951. Lave won he Belt from N. Miiiano, of Ba, in 952 and has retained it ever since. s He A New higby Star?

Fiji has a new rugby star on the orizon bidding fair to challenge le reputation of flying left-winger, 0 Levula, hero of Australian and ew Zealand crowds. Young Don litchell, from Qamea Island, akaudrove, now an apprentice Dmpositor in a Suva newspaper Efice, is a right winger, and he ould thrill the Australian rugby Flowers as Levula did.

Only 18, he has developed very iickly, and he has more than the ferage strength for one of his age. e has given Suva rugby fans many camples of his undoubted ability iis season, while opponents who ave tried to tackle him have been ft lamenting with sore heads.

A recent try he scored after a 60 irds’ run was acclaimed as one ' the finest efforts at Albert Park r many years, and runs of 60 irds are not uncommon in Fiji igby.

But as a part-European he may )t be eligible for a touring team r the Fiji Rugby Union policy is send only purely Fijian sides 1 tour. The union could well have of the first chosen in a touring side.

Another Fiji tour of Australia has been mooted for 1960 and voum Mitchell would be one to set the turn-styles clicking th 6 * 8 TL ' a/# r- I hey re Ah For 7 w mi n Mn UlympiCS From Fred Dunn, in Noumea Thfi, re ~ en £ suggestion by the South Hfa Cl QSnS. ol^er^ Ce v! n sabaul5 abaul that the South pa cific should arrange a kind of Olympic ’ games, has caused Cafedonia deal ° f ‘ nter6St in New , T vr n „L„' D . aly ’ a director of a big e i lte fP nse an d a leader of f? e w c aledoman spiting activities, f S nr es £ eCially H ent husiastic. Mr. Daly for years has been wanting to organise soccer matches between C aledo nia, Fiji, Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia with a tournament each year in one of the countries, the gates from the larger countries paying expenses of tours in the smaller territories.

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Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea MV Montoro sails from Melbourne for Sydney, Brisbane, Port Moresby, Samaral, Rabaul, Kavieng, Madang, Lae, Port Moresby (optional). Next Sydney sailings July 31, Sept. 25.

MV Malekula sails from Sydney for Brisbane, Port Moresby, Samaral, Rabaul, Wewak, Alexishafen. Madang, Lae, Sydney.

Next Sydney sailings July 24, Sept. 8.

MV Malaita sails from Sydney for Brisbane, Port Moresby, Samaral, Rabaul, Kavieng, Lombrum, Lorengau, Madang, Lae, Samaral, Sydney. Next Sydney sailings Aug. 25, Oct. 6.

MV Bulolo, modern liner, sails about every six weeks; Sydney, Brisbane, Port Moresby, Samaral, Lae. Madang, Lombrum. Rabaul. Next Sydney sailings Aug. 14, Sept. 23.

Details from Burns, Phllp and Co., Ltd., 7 Bridge Street, Sydney.

MV Pak Hoi: Leaves Sydney for Brisbane, Port Moresby, Samarai. Next Sydney sailings July 28, Aug. 21.

MV Soochow: Leaves Sydney for Brisbane, Port Moresby. Honiara (BSIP), Madang, Lae, Port Moresby. Next Sydney sailings July 29, Sept. 15.

MV Shansi; Leaves Melbourne for Sydney. Brisbane, Port Moresby, Samaral.

Lae, Madang. Kavieng, Rabaul. Next sailings Aug. 14, Sept. 4.

MV Sinkiang: On charter to British Phosphate Commissioners for six months on recruiting trip to Gilbert and Ellice Is., Nauru and Ocean Is.

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

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Three weeks service by MV’s Sigll, Sillndoeng, Sibigo and Sinabang carrying passengers and cargo from East Australian ports to Hollandia, Biak and Sorong, NNG (with call at Manokwari alternate trips), thence Borneo, Bangkok, Singapore, thence Australia direct. Next Sydney sailings: Sibigo July 21. Sigli Aug. 11. Sinabang Sept. 1, Silindoeng Sept. 22.

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

Far East-Sth. West. & Central Pacific The China Navigation Co., Ltd., vessels Chungking, Chefoo and Chekiang commenced in July a monthly service from Japan to Hongkong and thence southwards hrough Papua-New Guinea ports, BSI, Vew Hebrides, New Caledonia and Fiji, S an extension to Tonga if cargo is ivailable; return to Japan direct.

Chungking: Departed Japan July 3, hence Hongkong, Tarakan for Kavieng July 18, Rabaul July 19. Madang July 23. j3e July 26. Samarai July 30, Pt. Moresby luly 31, Honiara Aug. 6, Santo Aug. 9.

Noumea Aug. 14, Suva Aug. 17 (then jautoka). Nukualofa Aug. 30. return Japan lirect (arr. Sept. 12).

Hn C n h crl f^: ~ ep '. Japan Aug - thence Hongkong, Tarakan for Rabaul Aug. 18 A w g ‘ i 2 Lae Aug ‘ 25 ‘ Pt ' Moresby Aug. 29. Honiara Sept. 3, Santo Sept. 6 Noumea Sept. 10, Suva Sept. 14 (then Lautoka), Nukualofa Sept. 27. return to Japan direct (arr. Oct, 12). w £ h l kiang: ~ Dep ‘ Ja P an Aug. 24, thence Hongkong. Tarakan for Rabaul Sept 9 Madang Sept. 13, Lae Sept. 16, Samarai on’ _ Pt - Moresby Sept. 21, Honiara Sept. 27, Santo Sept. 30, Noumea Oct. 4 Suva Oct. 9 (then Lautoka), return to Japan direct (arr. Oct. 30).

Details from China Navigation Co., Ltd Br7£p I U J U Pty - Ltd - agents >- 6 Bridge St.. Sydney.

The Australia-West Pacific Line motor vessels Aros, Citos, Delos and Milos maintain regular services between Australian ports and Japan. Northbound vessels call at Manila, Hongkong and Japan; southbound vessels call at any or all of the following: Hongkong. Manila. Sandakan Madang, Lae, Rabaul. Brisbane, Sydney caurr e o.r,o^r^„ la^ 1 a^ h a„ q d U % t S 1 l!

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Delos: Madang Sept. 17, Lae Sept 18- 20. Rabaul Sept. 22-23, Honiara Sept 25- 26, Vanikoro Sept, 28-30, Santo Oct. 1-2 Vila Oct. 3, Brisbane Oct. 6, Sydney Oct!

Aros; Nth. Borneo, dep. Sept. 30, will omit Islands ports on this trip; arr. Brisbane Oct. 10, Sydney Oct. 14.

Details from Wllh. Wilhelmsen Agency Pty., Ltd., 30 Pitt St.. Sydney, or Islands agents (R. Tebb, Lae; Town Transport, Rabaul; A. Strachan, Madang; BSIP Trading Corp., Honiara: D. J. Gubbay and Co..

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AUSTRALIAN AGENTS: Brisbane & Adelaide; Gibbs, Bright & Co. ttt _ . , R .. . . T ___ ISLAND AGENTS: Madang (New Guinea)—Allan Strachan. Lae (New Guinea)—R. W. Tebb. Raba ul (New IMtan)—Town Transport Limited. Honiara (Solomon Islands)—British Solomon Islands Trading Corporation. Espintn Santo (New Hebrides) —D. J. Gubbay and Co. (New Hebrides) Pty. Ltd. Vila (New Hebrides) —Wm. Breckwoldt & Co.

FAR EASTERN AGENTS: Dodwell & Co. Ltd.. Manila, Hong Kong & Japan. 156 JULY, 1950 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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+ Frnm n£ nO /r UIU ,* the t n Japan> Hongkong, Manila, arr. Sydney Sent 28 San Francisco" Vancouver' (Septan) LiSbon ' Trlnldad ' Colon - Panama.' Los Angeles, t Prom Sydney thence Yokohama, Manila, Hongkong and Kobe to Honolulu (Nov. 19).

N. Zealand-Fiji-Tonga-Samoa MV Tofua maintains a service from kuckland to Suva, Nukualofa, Vavau, Niue, Pago Pago, Apia, Suva and return :o Auckland. Next sailing from Auckland: Uig. 11 (after survey), Sept. 8, Oct. 6.

MV Matua maintains a service from Auckland to Lautoka, Suva, Apia, Nukuilofa, Lyttleton, Wellington, and return o Auckland. Next sailings from Auckland: Fuly 28, Aug. 28, Sept. 25.

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

Sydney-New Hebrides-BSI- Bougainville, Etc.

MV Tulagi, 10 passengers, makes a round rip Norfolk Is., Vila, Santo, Honiara nd BSI ports, Bougainville ports, leaving ydney about once every six weeks. Next ydney sailings July 27, Sept 10.

Details from Burns, Phllp and Co., 7 irldge Street, Sydney.

Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tahiti Vessels of Messageries Maritimes Line, jming from Marseilles, via West Indies nd Panama, call about every six weeks t Papeete. Vila (New Hebrides). Noumea nd Sydney, and return by same route, t present on this run are the motorilps, Tahitlen and Caledonlen and a lartered vessel, Melanesien. Next Sydney ulings; Melanesian Aug. 14, Caledonien ;pt. 27, Tahitien Nov. 10.

MV Polynesie (Messageries Maritimes) alntains about monthly passenger sallgs between Sydney and Noumea and ie New Hebrides. Next Sydney sailings: lly 31, Aug. 28. Sept. 18.

Details from Sydney agents: Messageries aritimes. 36 Grosvenor Street, Sydney.

Sydney-S. Africa-UK-Pacific Ports-Sydney Shaw Savill’s one-class all-passenger ier Southern Cross makes four rounde-world voyages per year, two westund, then two east-bound, calling at va and Papeete every trip. Next voyage >m Southampton is Sept. 10, via South rica, for Sydney, arr. Oct. 16. Dep. dney Oct 18, bound Southampton via ellington fOct. 21-231, Suva fOct. 27), peete (Oct. 31-Nov. 1) and Panama.

Details from agents: Shaw Savlll and Won Co., Ltd.. 8a Castlereagh Street. y ’i£ U £w S Phllp (SS) Co > Ltd - Suva.

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The passenger vessel Maul Pomare * regular service between Auckland and the Cook Islands.

Details on application to NZ Qoverne P a rtment of island Territories.

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N. America-Tahiti-Central Pacific-NG -faclflc Islands Transport Line’s vessels Thorsisle and Thorshall maintain a regular service from Pacific Coast North American ports, with sailings over 35-40 days. Some ports depend on cargoes offering.

T *l orsls l e: Dep. New Westminster Aug. ® eattle Au K- 13-14, San Francisco Aug. 17-21, Los Angeles Aug. 22-25, Papeete Sept. 5-7, Pago Pago Sept. 11-12, Apia Sept. 13-15, Suva Sept. 18-19, Noumea Sept. 21-22, Townsville Sept. 26-30, Pago Pago Oct. 8-9, Los Angeles Oct. 22-24 San Francisco Oct. 25-28. (Over)’ 157 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY, 1959

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Details from General Steamships Corporation Ltd., 432 California St., San Francisco, USA, and Island Agents.

US-Tahiti-Pago Pago-Fiji- Australia Matson-Oceanic Line of San Francisco operates a regular five-weeks passengercargo service from Los Angeles with the Ventura, Alameda, Sierra and Sonoma.

Southern terminal ports vary with cargoes offering. Vessels call at Papeete, Pago Pago and Suva, depending on cargoes.

Last Sydney sailing: Ventura July 19.

Next Sydney sailings: Sierra Aug. 26, Sonoma Sept. 30 (approx.).

American Pioneer Line has eight ships (Pioneer Gem, Isle, Glen, Reef. Cove, Star, Tide, Gulf) on Australia - Panama -US Atlantic Coast service with calls at Papeete on southbound voyage. Sailings approx, every 3 weeks.

Sydney-Fiji-Vancouver Pacific Shipowners, Ltd., of Suva (subsidiary of W. R. Carpenter and Co.) operate a service three times yearly with the 10,000 ton, 98-passenger vessel Lakemba along the above route. Accommodation is entirely First Class, two-berth cabins, with calls at Suva, Lautoka and Honolulu.

Next sailing from Sydney Sept. 20 (approx.).

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

Sydney-(or NZ)-North America Cargo vessels Waihemo. Waiana and Waitomo, owned and operated by the Union Steam Ship Co. of NZ, Ltd., maintain a monthly service across the Pacific, from Sydney to Vancouver and USA ports, via Suva, Lautoka, Nukualofa and Apia, as cargoes offer. Occasional calls are made at Fanning Island. They have limited passenger accommodation. Last Sydney Sailing: Waitomo July 17. Next Sydney sailings: Kauri Aug. 7 (approx.), Waihemo Sept. 6 (approx.).

The Waitemata, from NZ ports, makes 3-4 trips yearly to Vancouver (via Rarotonga and Papeete).

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

Monterey; Dep. San Francisco July 12, Los Angeles July 13. Papeete July 21-23, Auckland July 29-30, Sydney Aug. 2-5, Auckland Aug. 8, Suva Aug. 11, Pago Pago Aug. 12, Honolulu Aug. 17-18, San Francisco Aug. 23.

Mariposa: San Francisco Aug. 5, Los Angeles Aug. 6, Papeete Aug. 14-16, Auckland Aug. 22, Sydney Aug. 25-28. Auckland Aug. 31-Sept. 1, Suva Sept. 4, Pago Pago 158 JULY. 1 0 5 9 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

Sept. 5, Honolulu Sept. 10-11 San Francisco Sept. 16.

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

Sydney-Tahiti-Europe The Italian Sitmar Line (Panama flag) iT > £m' V f SSel F * iraea ’ a passen eer liner of 14,500 tons, fully air-conditioned, will san from Sydney for Europe, via Auckland, Papeete and Panama on Dec. 23. The Sitmar Line recently commenced an irregular service along this route, providing a new moderately priced sea connection .i he eastbound direction only with Tahiti. Also on the run is the Line’s Caste! Felice, which sailed from Sydney in May. J Details from Navcot Aust. Ptv Ltd 58 Margaret St., Sydney, United Kingdom-Australia- Port Moresby The Federal Steam Navigation Co.. Ltd., has extended Its regular quarterly UK- Australia service to Port Moresby.

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Surrey; Due Port Moresby Aug. 29 (approx.).

Galway: Due Port Moresby Oct. 29 (approx.).

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

Tonga-Fiji Shipping Service The Tonga Shipping Agency, as agents for the Tonga Copra Board, operates a regular monthly cargo and passenger service between Nukualofa and Suva with MV Aoniu. 500 tons gross. Turn-round in Suva is usually two days, and the Agents there are W. R. Carpenter and Co. (Fiji), 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 Super 7 Clippers, using Sleeperettes and Berths*) Sun., Tues., Thurs., Fri.: Dep. Melbourne (2 p.m.). Sydney (4.50 p.m.), Nadi, Honolulu, San Francisco or Los Angeles.

Mon., Thurs., Sat.: Dep. Los Angeles for Melbourne (same route).

Mon.: Dep. Seattle for Melbourne via Portland (same route). * PAA Skymasters are used on a connecting service between Auckland and Nadi (see table 18): and also twice monthly between Nadi and Tafuna.

American Samoa (see table 20). by qantas empire airways (Boeing 707 Jets) New jet service between Sydney and San Francisco will commence on July 29, from Sydney at 4 p.m., calling at Nadi (arr. 9.50 p.m.; dep. 11.30 pm) Honolulu (arr. 8.05 a.m.; dep. 10 am) San Francisco (arr. 5.50 pm) Southll U 3o d ’n Frlday ’ir Uly 31> dep - San U. 30 p.m., calling at Honolulu (arr. 1.25 a.m. dep. 3 a.m.), Nadi (arr. 7.50 a.m ; dep. 9.30 a.m.), Sydney (arr. 12.30 p.m.).

The ! ervice will operate, at first, on Wednesdays northwards and Fridays southwards. As more Boeing Jets are delivered from USA, and crews trained, they will replace present Super Constellation services. Qantas expect to have the trans- Paciflc service fully jet-operated by the end of this year. (Super Constellations) NORTHWARDS Tues. and Sat.: Melbourne (9 am) Sydney (12 noon). Nadi (Fiji), Honolulu, San Francisco, New York, London.

Frl : Sydney (12 noon). Nadi, Honolulu, San Francisco extending to Vancouver.

Sun.: Sydney (12 noon), Nadi, Honolulu San Francisco.

SOUTHWARDS Tues.: London, New York, San Francisco, Honolulu, Nadi, Sydney. Melbourne.

Thurs.: San Francisco. Honolulu, Nadi, Sydney, Melbourne.

Sun.: San Francisco, Honolulu Nadi, Sydney. Melbourne (commencing at Vancouver on Saturdays).

Mon.: San Francisco, Honolulu. Nadi Sydney. (Note: International Dateline crossed between Nadi and Honolulu).

Qantas Super-Constellation aircraft, under charter to TEAL, from Melbourne and Auckland connect at Nadi on Sundays with Qantas northbound flights, and on Mondays with southbound flights (see table 17).

TEAL Super DC6 aircraft from Auckland, NZ, connect with the Qantas northbound flights at Nadi on Tues. and Pri.; and on Sat. and Wed. at Nadi for the southbound flights.

Qantas Wed. and Frl. services ex- Sydney connect with BOAC London services at San Francisco (dep. Thurs. and Sat.).

BOAC services ex-London Mon. and Sat. connect at San Francisco Wed. and Mon. with southbound Qantas services.

By Canadian Pacific Airlines

(With Super DC-6B Aircraft) Every Wed.: Sydney (dep. 3 p.m.), Auckland, Nadi, Honolulu, Vancouver (then on to Amsterdam).

Every Sat.: Dep. Amsterdam at 11 p.m. for Vancouver (dep. 1.30 p.m. Sun.), Honolulu, Nadi, Auckland and Sydney. (Note Crosses International Dateline en route.)

Sectional Services In

PACIFIC 2. Sydney-New Guinea By Qantas Empire Airways (Super-Constellations) NORTHBOUND First Class Tues. & Sat.

Dep. Arr Sydney. 9.30 p.m. Brisbane, 11.45 p.m.

Wed. & Sun.

Dep. Arr.

Brisbane, 12.45 a.m. Pt. Moresby. 6 a.m.

Dep. Arr.

Pt. Moresby*, 7 a.m. Lae. 8.20 a.m.

First Sc Tourist Class Mon. c „ De P- Arr.

Sydney, 9.30 p.m. Brisbane, 11.45 p m.

Tues.

P ep - Arr.

Brisbane, 12.45 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 6 a.m.

Arr.

Pt. Moresby*, 7 a.m. Lae, 8.20 a.m.

First * Tourist Class Thurs. o Dep> Arr.

Sydney. 8 p.m. Brisbane, 10.15 p.m. „ . De P- Arr.

Brisbane, 11.15 pm. Townsville, 2.15 a.m.

Dep. Arr Townsville, 3.15 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 6a m.

Dep. Arr.

Pt. Moresby*, 7 a.m. Lae, 8.20 a.m.

Tues.

Dep. Arr.

Sydney. 9 a.m. Pt. Moresby. 4.15 p.m.

Dep.

Pt. Moresby, 5.15 p.m. (for Manila and Hongkong).

SOUTHBOUND First Sc Tourist Pri.

Dep. Arr.

Lae*, 9.10 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 10.30 a.m.

Dep. Arr.

Pt. Moresby, 11.30 a.m. T'vllle, 2.10 p.m.

Dep. Arr.

Townsville, 3.10 p.m. Brisbane, 6 p.m.

Dep. Arr.

Brisbane, 7 p.m. Sydney, 9 p.m.

First Class Wed. & Sun.

Dep. Arr.

Lae*, 9.10 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 10.30 a.m.

Dep. Arr.

Pt. Moresby, 11.30 a.m. Brisbane, 4.45 p.m.

Dep. Arr.

Brisbane, 5.45 p.m. Sydney, 7.45 p.m.

First and Tourist Class Tues.

Dep. Arr.

Lae*, 9.10 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 10.30 a.m.

Dep. Arr.

Pt. Moresby, 11.30 a.m. Brisbane, 4.45 p.m.

Dep. Arr.

Brisbane, 5.45 pm. Sydney, 7.45 p.m.

Thurs. Arr.

Prom Hongkong Pt. Moresby. 8.45 a.m. and Manila Dep. Arr.

Pt. Moresby. 9.45 a.m. Sydney, 5 p.m. • Between Lae and Port Moresby passengers are carried in DC4 aircraft.

PT. MORESBY-CAIRNS-TOWNSVILLE-

Pt. Moresby

Douglas DC4. Dep. Port Moresby Sun. 12.15 p.m.. arr. Cairns 3.05 p.m.. dep.

Cairns 3.50 p.m., arr. Townsville 5 p.m., dep. Townsville Mon. 9.15 a.m., arr. Cairns 10.25 am., dep. Cairns 11.15 a.m., arr.

Port Moresby 2.05 p.m. 3. P NG Internal Services Operated by Qantaa LAE-HOLLANDIA (Neth. New Guinea) (DCS) Alt. Wed. (Aug 5. 19. Sept 2. 16, 30. etc i.

Departs Lae 11 a.m., calls at Madang and Wewak. and arrives at Hollandla 3.30 p.m. Every alternate Thurs. (Aug. 6. 20, Sept 3. 17, Oct. 1, etc i dep Hollandla at 10 a.m.. and, with calls 159 pacific islands MONTHLT JULY. 1• » »

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Samarai, depart- > a.m., returning , Sept 5, 19, Oct. , Samarai, Esa’ala, ashy 815 a.m., relug. 1, 15, 29, Sept.

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C 3) 10 a.m., Madang arr. ak. Manus, Kavleng, 3 p.m. jl 6.30 a.m., Kavieng, :, Madang, Lae, arr te 6.30 a.m., Madang, Manus, Kavieng, Rabau], oaul 6.30 a.m. Kavieng, vak, Madang, Lae, arr.

L Highlands (Dcs)

45 a.m.) to Balyer River, any of: Goroka, Nondugl, Hagen, Baiyer R., Kainantu. ck at Lae dependent on stops

Oweb Highlands

(DH Otter) (7.30 a.m.) to Goroka, calling of Nadzab, Gusap, Alyura, Rin- .ainantu, Goroka, Arona. Arrival t Lae depends on stops made.

Lae-Bulolo-Wau

(DH Otter) jep. Lae 7.30 a.m.. arr. Wau 8.10 Dep. Wau 8.25 a.m., via Bulolo, arr. 9.25 a.m.

Sat.: Dep. Lae 8.30 a.m., arr. Wau .0 a.m.

Sat.: Dep. Wau 925 a.m., via ulolo, arr. Lae 10.25 a.m.

!»T. Moresby-Wau-Bulolo (Dcs)

d.. sun.: Dep. Ft. Moresby 7.20 a.m., arr. Bulolo 8.30 a.m. ed., Sun.: Dep. Bulolo 850 a.m., arr.

Wau 9.05 a.m„ dep. Wau 9.35 a.m arr. Pt. Moresby 10.40 a.m.

Madang-Goroka-Madang (Dcs)

Mo ?,; 'S lurs - : De P- Madang 10 a.m., via Mt. Hagen and Minj, arr. Goroka 12 30 P-m., dep. Goroka 12.50 p.m., arr Madang 1.25 p.m.

Madang-Lae (Dcs)

Sun.: Dep. Madang 7 a.m., arr. Lae 8 05 a.m.

Pt. Moresby-Mt. Hagen-Madang

(DCS) Tues. and Fri.: Dep. Pt. Moresby 7.30 am via Goroka, Minj. arr. Mt. Hagen 11 10 a.m ; dep. Mt. Hagen for Madang (either direct or via airfields as required) 11.40 a.m.

Madang-Pt. Moresby (Dcs)

Tues. and Fri.: Dep. Madang 7.30 a.m., via Goroka, arr. Port Moresby 10.20 a.m.

New Guinea-New Britain

(DCS) Wed., Sun.: Dep. Rabaul 5.45 a.m., direct to Lae, arr. 8.15 a.m.

Wed., Sun.: Dep. Lae 10.30 a.m., Finschhafen 11.30 a.m., Rabaul 1.45 p.m.

Tues., Fri.: Dep. Rabaul 5.45 a m., Finschhafen 8.10 a.m., arrive Lae 8.45 a.m.

Tues., Fri.; Dep.. Lae 10.30 a.m., Finschhafen 11.30 a.m., Rabaul arr. 1.45 p.m.

Rabaul-Bcin-Rabaul (Dcs)

Alt. Thurs.: Dep. Rabaul 9 a.m., arr. Buka 10.20 a.m., dep. Buka 10.50 a.m., arr.

Buin 11.45 a.m., dep. Buin 12.15 p.m., arr. Buka 1.10 p.m., dep. Buka 1.40 p.m., arr Rabaul 3 p.m. (Aug. 6, 20, Sept. 3, 17, Oct. 1, etc.).

Rabaul-Hoskins-Rabaul (Dcs)

Alt. Thurs.; Dep. Rabaul 9 a.m., via Jacqulnot Bay, arr. Hoskins 10.55 a.m., dep. Hoskins 11.15 a.m., arr. Rabaul 12.20 p.m. (July 30, Aug. 13, 27, Sept. 10, 24, etc.).

Services By Mandated Airlines

(Scheduled flights with DCS Aircraft) Mon.: Depart Lae at 7 a.m. for Goroka, Madang, Wewak, Madang, Rabaul— remaining overnight. Depart Lae 7 a.m. for Goroka. Wau, Port Moresby.

Wau, Goroka, Lae.

Tues.: Depart Rabaul at 7 a.m. for Madang, Wewak, Madang, Goroka, Lae.

Wed.: Depart Lae 7 a.m. for Goroka, Madang, Wewak, Momote, Kavieng.

Rabaul. Depart Lae 7 a.m. for Goroka, Wau, Fort Moresby, Wau, Goroka, Lae Thurs.: Depart Rabaul 7 a.m. for Kavieng, Momote, Wewak, Madang, Goroka, Lae.

Fri.; Dep. Lae at 7 a.m. for Goroka, Madang, Wewak, Momote, Kavieng.

Rabaul—remaining overnight. Depart Lae 7 a.m. for Goroka, Wau, Port Moresby, Wau, Goroka, Lae.

Sat.: Depart Rabaul at 7 am. for Kavieng, Momote, Wewak. Madang, Goroka, Lae.

LAE-HOLLANDIA (By NNG Airlines) De Kroondulf NV (Netherlands New Guinea Airlines) commenced a fortnightly service between Hollandia. Biak and Lae in July, with Dakota DC3 aircraft. The airline is a private company operated with the assistance of the Dutch Government.

Inaugural flight from Lae. NO, was scheduled for July 18. 4. Aust.-Netherlands N.G.

By KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Super Constellation Service) A weekly service between Sydney ( dep.

Fri. 3.45 p.m.) and Amsterdam with call at Blak (NNG) and Manila (Philippines).

DC3 aircraft link Blak with HoUandla.

Sorong, Merauke. Tenah Merah. Manokwari, Noemfoer and Ranslkl; Beaver to Kokonao; and Twin Pioneer to Seroel.

DC7G aircraft dep. Blak Tues. and Sat. at 2.45 a.m. for Japan, Alaska and Amsterdam. 5. N. Guinea-Solomons By Qantas with DC3 Aircraft Every Monday depart Lae 6 a.m.: Rabaul Buka, Munda, Yandina, Honiara (BSD arriving 5 p.m.

Every Tuesday depart Honiara 7 a.m.: Yandina, Munda, Buka, Rabaul. Lae arriving 3.45 p.m. 6. Paris-Saigon-Brisbane- Noumea-NZ-Fiji-Papeete By Transports Aeriens Intercontinental!!

DC6B aircraft depart Paris every Sun. for Athens, Cairo, Karachi, Saigon, Djakarta, Darwin, Brisbane. Noumea, thence Auckland. Nadi, Bora Bora. Transfer to flying-boat for flight to Papeete.

Dep. Papeete on return flight (omitting Auckland) every Thurs. 7. Sydney-Lord Howe Is.

By Ansett Flying Boat Services Pty. Ltd. with Sandringham Flying-boats Return flight usually each Tuesday and Saturday. 8. Sydney-Norfolk Is.

By Qantas, with Skymasters Alt. Pri. (July 31, Aug. 14, 28, Sept. 11, 25, etc.). Dep. Sydney midnight, arr. NI 6.45 a.m. Sat.; dep. NI 5.30 p.m. same day for Sydney, arr. 9.30 p.m. (Flight extends NI-Auckland-NI. See table 12 below). 9. Sydney-Noumea By Qantas, with Skymasters Dep. Sydney alt. Wed. 11.45 p.m., arr.

Noumea 7 a.m. Thurs. Dep. Noumea 8.30 a.m. same day arr. Sydney 2 p.m.

Service operates from Sydney on Aug. 5. 19. Sept. 2, 16, 30. etc., departing from NC the following day In each case. 10. New Caledonia-New Hebrides TAI with DCS Aircraft Tues. and Frl.: Dep. Tontouta (N. Cal.) at 7 a.m.. arr. Vila 915 a.m., dep.

Vila 9.45 a.m, arr. Santo 11 am., dep. 12.30 p.m., arr. Vila 1.45 pm., dep. 2.15 p.m., arr. Tontouta 4.30 p.m. 11. New Caledonia-Fiji- Wallis Is.

TAI with DCS Aircraft Dep. Noumea 6 a.m. second Sat. each month (Aug. 8, Sept. 12, Oct 10. etc.), arr. Wallis Is. <vla Nadi. FIJI) at 345 p m., dep. Wallis 7 a m. following Mon. (Aug. 10. Sept 14. Oct 12, etc ), arr.

Noumea (via Nadi) 2.45 p.m. same day. 12. Norfolk Is.-Auckland TEAL, by Qantas (Charter) Alt. Sat. (Aug. 1. 15. 29. Sept 12. 26, etc ).

Return flight Norfolk (dep. 8 a.m.) 161 AC . FIG ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY, .98.

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FROM SIDNEY (Anat.

Single £ s. d. currency) TO— Return Tablt £ s. d. No.

Moresby . . . 51 5 0 92 S 0 a Lae . . 62 15 0 112 19 0 2 Rabaul . . 72 9 0 130 9 0 2. 3 Noumea . . - 42 4 0* 76 0 0* 6. 9 Honiara . . . 94 5 0 169 13 0 2. 8 Norfolk Is. . . 27 10 0 49 10 0 8 Lord Howe . . 14 15 0 29 10 0 7 Nadi 85 9 0 153 17 0 1 Suva 92 0 0 166 19 0 1, .7 Auckland . . . 52 10 0 94 10 0 13 Christchurch 52 10 0 94 10 0 14 Honolulu . . . 282 12 0 508 14 0 1 San Francisco 350 9 0 630 17 0 1 Vancouver . . 350 9 0 630 17 0 1 Apia 118 14 0 214 14 0 1. H Papeete . . 178 2 0 320 12 0 1. 21 Altutakl . . . 155 12 0 281 2 0 1. 21 Biak 103 15 0 186 15 0 4

From Auckland (Nz

currency) TO— Apia 62 0 0 111 12 0 18. 19 Altutakl . . . 93 10 0 168 6 0 18. 21 Nadi 39 7 0 70 17 0 18 Norfolk la. . . 19 15 0 35 11 0 12 Papeete . . . 114 10 0 206 2 0 18. 21 FROM SUVA (Fill currency) TO— Apia 25 0 0 45 0 0 19. 21 Altutakl . . . 57 15 0 103 19 0 17. 21 Nadi 4 0 0 8 0 0 22 Papeete . . . 82 14 0 148 18 0 17. 21 Auckland (arr. 11.45 am., dep 115 P.m) Norfolk (arr. 4.15 p.m) (See Table 8 above). 13. Auckland-Sydney Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft Tues., Fri., Sun.: Dep. Auckland 9.30 a m arr. Sydney 1.15 p.m.

Wed., Sat.: Dep Auckland 6 p.m., arr Sydney 9.45 p.m.

Wed., Fri., Sun.; Dep. Sydney 3 p.m., arr Auckland 9.55 p.m.

Tues., Thurs.: Dep. Sydney 7 a.m., arr Auckland 1.55 p.m. 14. Christchurch-Sydney Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft Mon.: Dep. Christchurch 7.45 p.m., arr Sydney 11.20 p.m.

Wed.: Dep. Christchurch 9.30 a.m. arr Sydney 1.05 p.m.

Tues.: Dep. Sydney 3 p.m., arr. Christchurch 10.05 p.m. 3un.: Dep. Sydney 8 a.m., arr. Christchurch 3.05 p.m. 15. Christchurch-Melbourne Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft sun.: Dep. Christchurch 5 p.m., arr. Melbourne 9.35 p.m. don.: Dep. Melbourne 10.15 a.m., arr.

Christchurch 5.50 p.m. 16. Auckland-Melbourne Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft Thurs.: Dep. Auckland 8 a.m., arr. Melbourne 1 p.m.

Thur.: Dep. Melbourne 2.30 p.m., arr.

Auckland 10.15 p.m. 16A. Auckland-Brisbane Tasman Empire Airways, with Super DC6 aircraft. at.: Dep. Auckland 8.30 a.m., arr. Brisbane 12.35 p.m. at.: Dep. Brisbane 2.30 p.m., arr. Auckland 9.50 p.m. 17. Melbourne-Auckland- Nadi (Fiji) By Tasman Empire Airways, with Super Constellation aircraft chartered from Qantas un.; Dep. Melbourne 7 a.m., arr. Auckland 2.45 p.m., dep. Auckland 4 p.m.. arr. Nadi 9.15 p.m. Return, same route, following day. (Note: This service connects with Qantas iper Constellation service from Sydney US.) 18. New Zealand-Fiji tsman Empire Airways, with Super DC6 rcraft and Qantas Super Constellations ies., Fri., Sun.: Dep. Auckland 4 p.m.. arr. Nadi 9 p.m. on., Wed., Sat.: Dep. Nadi 10.30 a.m. arr. Auckland 3.30 p.m.

Sunday flights ex-Auckland, and Monday ghts ex-Nadi are operated by Qantas ider charter to TEAL and arrive Nadi .5 p.m. and Auckland 3.45 p.m.

'an-Amerlcan Airways, with Skymasters in., Tues., Thurs.: Dep. Auckland 5.45 p.m., arr. Nadi 1 a.m.

Mon., Wed.. Sat.: Dep. Nadi, 5.10 am arr. Auckland 12.55 p.m. 19. Fiji-W. Samoa Tasman Empire Airways, with Solent Flying-boats Dep. Suva Thurs.. 9 a.m., crosses Dateline, arr. Satapuala (Western Samoa) Wed. 1.55 p.m.

DepL Satapuala Mon. at 8 a.m., crosses Dateline, arr. Suva Tues. 10.55 a.m. ,De P- Suva July 30. Aug. 6—thence’ alt Thurs.: Aug. 20, Sept. 3. 17, etc.; dep Apia; Aug. 3. 10, 24, Sept. 7, 21, etc.) 20. Fiji-American Samoa Pan American Airways with DC4 aircraft Alt. Fri.: Dep. Nadi 7 a.m., arr. Tafuna 12.30 p.m. (Thurs.).

Alt. Thurs.: Dep. Tafuna 1.30 p.m., arr.

Nadi 5.05 p.m. (Fri.). (Note: This all - tourist class service crosses International Dateline—the twoway flight is actually made on the one day.) 21. Flji-Tahitl Tasman Empire Airways, with Solent Flying-boats Dep. Suva 9 a.m. Thurs.. crosses International Dateline, arr. Satapuala (W.

Samoa) 1.55 p.m. Wed.; dep. Satapuala 2 a.m. Thurs.. arr. Aitutaki (Cook Is.) 7.30 a.m.; dep. Aitutaki 9.30 a.m. arr.

Papeete (Tahiti) 2 p.m. Services dep.

Suva July 30, Aug. 6. 20, Sept. 3, 17, etc.

Dep. Papeete 7.30 a.m. Sun., arr. Aitutaki 11 a.m.; dep. Aitutaki 12.30 p.m., arr.

Satapuala 5 p.m.; dep. Satapuala 8 a.m.

Mon., crosses International Dateline, arr. Suva 10.55 a.m. Tues. Services dep.

Papeete Aug. 2,9, 23, Sept. 6, 20, etc. 22. Fiji Internal Airways Fiji Airways, Ltd., with Heron and Drover Aircraft Suva-Nadi-Suva: Two flights dailymorning and afternoon.

Suva-Labasa-Suva: One flight daily.

Suva-Labasa-Suva (via Savusavu); One flight—Mon., Wed., Thurs., Sat.. Sun.

Suva-Taveuni-Suva (via Labasa): One flight Mon., Wed., Sat.

Suva-Savusavu-Taveunl-Suva: One flight— Tues.

Suva-Taveuni-Savusavu-Suva: One flight— Fri. 23. N. Caledonia-Loyalty Is.

Internal Service Societe Caledonienne de Transports Aerlens (TRANSPAC), with Heron and Rapide aircraft.

Noumea-Mare: Tues. (dep. Noumea 2 p.m.. Mare 4 p.m.) and Thurs. (dep.

Noumea 8 a.m., dep Mare 10 a.m.).

Noumea-Ouvea: Wed., Thurs. and Sat. (dep. Noumea 8 a.m., dep. Ouvea 10.30 a.m.).

Noumea-Llfou: Tues.. Wed., Sat., (dep.

Noumea 8 a.m.. dep. Llfou 10 a.m.), Thurs. (dep. Noumea 11 a.m., dep. Lifou 1 p.m.).

Noumea-Kounle (Isle of Pines): Mon., Sat. (dep. Noumea 10.30 am., dep.

Kounie. noon).

Noumea-Koumac: Mon., Sat. (dep. Noumea 1 p.m., dep. Koumac 4 p.m): Wed. (dep. Noumea 2 p.m.. dep. Koumac 5 p.m.). Note: On this flight a call will be made at Plalne des Galacs If required. 24. French Polynesia Inter- Island Service Reseaa Aerlen Interlnsulaire with flying-boats Thrice weekly service to the Leeward Group.

Wed.. Papeete (dep. 7.30 a.m.), Huahlne, Raiatea. Bora Bora, Raiatea. Papeete (arr. 4 p.m.).

Thurs.: Papeete (dep. 7 a.m.), Raiatea, Bora Bora (arr. 8.45 p.m), Papeete (arr 11.30 a.m.), Papeete (dep. 3.30 p.m.). Bora Bora (arr. 4.45 p.m.).

Fri.: Bora Bora (dep. 7.30 a.m.), Raiatea, Papeete (arr. 9.30 a.m ).

Booking agents in Tahiti: Messagerles Maritimes, Qua! Blr Hakeim. Papeete. 25. Hawaii-American Samoa Trans Ocean Airways Every second Wednesday, a Boeing Stratocruiser operated by Trans Ocean Airways, of Honolulu. Hawaii, makes a return flight from Honolulu to Pago Pago (American Samoa). 26. Micronesia Trans Ocean Airways Using Grumman Albatross twin-motored amphibious flying-boats, TOA operates a service throughout the Trust Territory of Micronesia on behalf of the US Government. Details from Trans Ocean Airways Agana, Guam.

Pacific Air Fares

(Approximate Only)

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Gazetted Agents of Commonwealth Bank, under the Gold Regulations of the National Security Act Pacific Commerce and Produce In NG Individual Planters Move Out A NOTICEABLE number of Europeans In the New Guinea Islands area appear to be getting rid of their plantations and “going South finish”. • Most of the well-established planters have in recent years—despite export taxes—reaped a comfortable reward from prevailing high prices of copra and cocoa, and now think longingly of retirement in a cooler climate. • For a long time, owing to the anti-European-enterprise policies of Socialist Ministers, there was limited new planting and re-planting by individual Europeans—only by the European companies and the native co-operative societies —so that there is not a post-war corps of young planters now moving in to take the places of the older planters, moving out. • The older brigade are not inclined to leave their money in the country, or encourage their sons to stay there. This was a natural result of the Hasluck policy of the ’Fifties; and it has become sharply accentuated since the income taxation plan was produced. • Since they acquired post-war riches and Australian citizenship, the Rabaul Chinese have become very eager buyers of established plantations. The retiring planters know that the market is there and the cash is prompt.

One old hand, making the usual sweeping generalisation, says that “within a very few years, most of the plantations in New Guinea Islands area will be owned by either the European companies or the Chinese”.

Companies Take Over Mr. Dyson Hore-Lacey’s Garua Plantation, copra and coconuts, for long years one of the show places of the Talasea district, has been sold to Carpenter interests for an undisclosed sum. A newly-formed company, Garua■ Plantations Ltd., took over the property in May Messrs. Hopper and Co., of Rabaul, have promoted an Australian company to take over Mr. H T Coldham’s well known freehold plantation of 1,175 acres on Unea Island, in the Witu group (off the north coast of New Britain). It is called Bali Plantations Ltd., and an issue of 400,000 10 - shares has been underwritten by the Sydney stoc brokers, Messrs. Wolff Dunlop and Co The prospectus indicates that the price being paid Mr. Coldham is £240,000, of which £50,000 remains on mortgage for five years.

The area is planted up in coconuts and cocoa, and the promoters, basing their calculations on prices current in recent years, expect the company to show a profit of between 20 and 30 per cent. The first Directors are Messrs. Jack Dunbar Read, of Kabanga, Kokopo; Alfred Alex Hopper and Harry Neville Green, of Rabaul; and E. A. Davis, solicitor, and Nevill Charles Ryrie, sharebroker, of Sydney.

Other Properties Named It is reported—but not confirmed —that Mr. Wally Allan, of Kokopo, has sold his Kokopo cocoa plantation to Mr. Shew Loon, for something over £60,000; and that Dewau, in the Sohano area, has gone to a Rabaul Chinese buyer for £B,OOO.

Other smaller plantations appear to be in the market, with Chinese buyers interested.

Deos Plantation—the only postwar-planted property in Bougainville—appears to have been sold by Mr. A. T. Best to a Rabaul syndicate for something over £50,000.

Mrs. Good’s Kessa Plantation and Mr. Fred Archer’s Jame and Bei Plantations are believed to be in the market, with prospective buyers looking them over.

The tendency in quite clear— transfer of plantations from the small European individualist to the big company or to the Chinese. However good it may be economically, it is not good for the future of the Territory.

The only settlement policy which really would help the native peoples to become producers and go on to better standards of life would be one of establishing carefully-selected Europeans as independent planters in selected places among the natives, and encouraging them to make their permanent homes there. But the Hasluck policy has had the reverse effect.

The BP Furphy Ridiculed SYDNEY Sun-Herald of July 5 reported a “rumour” that “some verv interested parties, local and overseas, have been prospective bidders for the undertaking”—the “undertaking” being Burns Philp & Co. Ltd.

Well-informed circles ridicule the report. , .

There lately has been phenomenal buying of first-class Australian shares by overseas investors, especially London. The Burns Philp shares, being regarded as Number One security, have had a lot of attention and prices have risen steeply; and there have been substantial sales.

But no one suggests that there has been sufficient transfer of shares to alter the structure or character of the great South Seas company.

Bali Float—Demand Exceeds Supply Issue of shares in Ball Plantations, l td., officially opened on July I—but requests 165 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLV-JDLY 1969

Sydney Sales Prices

June 5 July 8 Burns Phllp .... 83/6 92 - Burns Philp (SS) . . 57/- 55/- £ 58/5/- £ 59/2/6 Dylup Plantations 27/6 25/- Hackshalls 51/- 52/6 Kauri Timber .... 18/41/ 2 20/- Kerema Rubber . . . 17/- 8 / 6 Koltaki i5/iy 2 21, ny 2 Lolorua 9 8/4 Mariboi 7/6 7/9 Norfolk Is. Whaling 4/1 4 1 Queensland Insurance 73/6 76/- Rubberlands .... 6/3 6/6 Sthn. Pac. Insurance 18/9 18 - Steamships Trading . 54/- 58/9 W. R. Carpenter Hold. 18/- 20/- Timor Oil 6/4 9/7

Oil And Mining Shares

FIJI July 9, ’58 June 5, ’59 July 8 Emperor . b5/fl b7/6 b7/9 Loloma . . — b34/b33/-

Papua-New Guinea

Bulolo . . . b35/s40/b31/- N.G.G. Ltd. bl/9V 2 b2/5 b2/4 Oil Search b2/6 b6/ll b6/5 Ent. of N.O. b7d b6V 2 d b3V 2 d Papuan Apln bfid s4/3 b3/9 do. opt. . b6y 2 d b2/l bl/10 Placer Dev. b86/6 b98/6 blOO/- Sandy Creek b4d s6d b3d before that date exceeded 1,000,000 shares.

Issue however, is 397,448 shares of 10/each of which 150,000 have been taken up in New Guinea.

Underwriters are Wolff Dunlop and Co., of Sydney. (For details of company see lead article, this section).

Oil Search Issue: Modest Left-over Oil Search, Ltd.’s, four-for-five issue, which opened in mid-April, closed in June undersubscribed by 525,000 shares. This represents about 5 per cent, of the total issue of 11.340,000 5/- shares and is regarded as highly satisfactory.

The underwriters, lan Potter and Co. and Hordern, Utz and Bode will provide subscriptions for the shortfall.

According to Oil Search’s April announcement, £1,700,000 of its new funds will be used to increase Oil Search holding in APC from 10 per cent, to 15 per cent.; the remaining £1.100,000 being used for development.

In spite of lack of information from Australasian' Petroleum Co. in recent weeks. Oil Search shares are regarded as having maintained reasonable levels. Latest quote for old issue is 6/6 with the new issue about a Id below that.

Plantation Holdings Ltd.

Offers 5/- Shares Prospectus .for the issue of 256,942 5/shares in Plantation Holdings, Ltd., was filed, on July 8, by Roland Walton and Co., of the Sydney Stock Exchange, who have underwritten the issue.

Paid up capital will be £150,000 divided into 600,000 shares of 5/- each. Of these 256,942 are offered for public subscription at par to proyide cash for the partpayment of four plantations and the business of Mr. G. B. Black at Rabaul.

The balance, 343,058 shares, will be allotted to the vendors to complete these purchases.

The new holding company will take over Matala, Tobera and Kurrajong plantations on New Britain, Mageh plantation, on New Ireland, and the trading business carried on by Mr. Black at Rabaul.

During the first year of the new company’s operations, copra production is estimated at over 500 tons and cocoa production at 110 tons. Ultimate annual cocoa production is estimated at 300 tons. The company proposes planting a further 50,000 cocoa trees during its first two years of operations and considerable areas of land are already prepared for this purpose.

The total purchase price of the plantations and Mr. G. B. Black’s store, subject to any variation in stock, current assets and liabilities at the time of takeover is £160.570.

The prospectus forecasts a 10 £>er cent, dividend after making provision for the proposed company income tax and adequate reserves.

There is an impressive line-up of directors, all residents of or known in the Territory: F. N. Warner Shand (chairman), J. C. Koefod, D. N. Gow, Bernard Chan, Dudley F. Jones, H. V. Quinton.

Whaling Co. Will Fill Quota The Norfolk Island and Byron Bay Whaling Co., Ltd., announced in early July that it anticipated no trouble in filling its quota of whales by the end of the month.

Norfolk Island quota was raised this year from 120 to 150.

Oil Rights in Gulf of Papua Oil rights of 9,500 sq. miles of the Gulf of Papua have been granted Camelot Nominees Pty., Ltd., in which company, Murphy Corporation of Arkansas, USA, is mostly concerned.

Seeking a US Partner Associated Australian Oilfields (with which is associated Papuan Apinaipi and Freney) is hoping to affiliate with US interests. This was announced at the annual general meeting in mid-June, when it w’as also announced that a call of 6d per share would be made July 8.

Big Profit For CSR Co.

The Colonial Sugar Refining Co. announced in June that a profit of £2,539,284 was made on all activities in Australia and Fiji in the year ending March 31.

A dividend of BV2 per cent, takes £1,591,200 and £1,000,000 was added to general reserves.

Anticipating P-NG Income Tax The introduction of income tax in Papua-New Guinea on July 1, brought a few minor rearrangements in Territory company accounting.

Steamships Trading Co., Ltd., has changed its accounting date to June 30 which will mean that the balance sheet for the current period ending June 30 will be for 11 months only.

Choiseul Plantations, Ltd., anticipated by 11 months the dividend (30 per cent.) for 1958-59. paying this on June 30 “in the interests of shareholders in view of impending taxation in New Guinea”. The company paid a 30 per cent dividend for 1957-58 only on June 10.

Choiseul is a Burns Philp subsidiary.

NGG Production Production from New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd., for May and June was as follows; Golden Ridges mill, 1,063 oz fine gold, 1,580 oz silver (May); 893 oz fine gold. 1,332 oz silver (June); Golden Ridges alluvials, 50 oz bullion: 63 oz bullion; Koranga alluvials, 445 oz bullion; 320 oz bullion: tributes, 75 oz bullion, 73 oz bullion; timber, 185.384 su. ft., 197,063 su. ft.

Economic Outlook IF stock exchange business is any indication of the prosperity of a country, Australia has never been better off than in the first week of the current financial year. Trading reached boom proportions on July 8, when price index for all ordinaries ended the day at a record 267 - 55 ’ ......

The boom is attributed to various reasons—reaction after the end of the financial year; continued high company corned £«SSSt “ta activity. however, was only the culmination of an upsurge in prices that beean some weeks ago when General Motors- Holden’s announced the highest profit ever made by an Australian company— £15,300,000. There were the usual post mortems after the announcement, due to the fact that over £7,000,000 of the profit goes to pay a 425 per cent, dividend to US shareholders and only £33,€96 to preference shareholders in Australia, i The rest is listed under “Retained in the business”.) The reply to this is that when the parent US company backed the production of an Australian car to the tune of £1,750,000 over 10 years ago, no one knew that it was going to turn into the bonanza that it has.

It is calculated that in the last year GM-H has got slightly over 50 per cent, of the new car market in Australia— really a fantastic percentage. There have been the usual public demands for a reduction in price—which on the figures, the company could well afford —with the counter blast that it would highly embarrass GM-H competitors.

The man-in-the-street, of course, is not interested in who is embarrassed so long as he gets a cheaper car—and there is no sign of that at the moment.

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. Frs.; SUS 2.20-2.30.) COPRA The British Ministry of Food 9-years Contract, which governed Copra prices in Papua and New Guinea, Fiji, Western Samoa, Solomon Islands, and Gilbert and Ellice Colony (and. to some extent, in Tonga and Cook Islands) expired on December 31. 1957; since when each Territory has made its own arrangements for collection and marketing of copra.

PAPUA-NEW GUINEA:—AII production is delivered to Copra Marketing Board, controlled by six members, including three planters’ representatives; and the Board directs distribution and sales, and makes payments to the producers. Production goes mainly to (a) Unilever (under contract covering 1959), (b) Australia (for local consumption) and (c) crushing-mill 166 JULY, 1959 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

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In Rabaul. Prices generally arranged in accordance with ruling rate In Philippines market, with premiums for hot-air dried From April 1, 1959, P-NG Copra Board announced “Tentative Prices”, for copra delivered main ports: Hot-Air Dried £ASS per ton; FMS, £AS4 per ton: Smoke-Dried £AS3/7/6 FIJI:—No Government control—producers sell where they wish. Bulk of copra goes to crushing-mill in Suva, whose price on wharf, Suva, is announced each week.

On July 6, prices were HAD. £F73/17 6 FMI. £ F72/10/-; FM2. £F7I/2/6.

WESTERN SAMOA:—Official Copra Board receives all production, and sells same and makes payments to producers.

Large proportion goes to Unilever, at Philippines PM grade rates, plus premiums up to £Stg.3 per ton for hotair dried. Prices announced in March, 1959, to operate till further notice; Hotair dried, £867/13/8 per ton; sun-dried No. 1, £ 565/3/8; sun-dried. No. 2. £B6l/13/8.

TONGA:—Sales are under Government control. Part of production goes to Europe, under arrangement with Unilever controlled by Philippines prices, and part on to open market.

SOLOMONS:—AII production marketed through official Copra Board, at prices based on Philippines market. Price declared in June: Ist grade, £A80; 2nd grade, £A7B; 3rd grade, £A6B per ton. f.0.b., BSIP ports. July price unavailable but most certainly has fallen from June.

GILBERT AND ELLICE:— Production marketed in Europe through official Copra Board, at prices based on Philippines rates, less “stabilisation fund” charges, etc.

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 NEW HEBRIDES:—On July 2. local buying price was £A4S per ton, delivered Vila/Santo. On same date, price was 106,000 Metrop. francs per metric ton, c.i.f. Marseilles.

COOK IS./NIUE/TOKELAU: Price fixed for first half of 1959. by Abels. Ltd . of Auckland, who mill it, was announced in February as follows: Standard Grade: £ NZ66/15/6 plus £1 for bags, plus £l/5/- premium. totalling £NZ69/0/6.

First Grade: £NZ66/15/6 plus £1 for bags, plus £l/5/- premium, plus £l/5/special premium for hot air dried, totalling £ NZ7O/5/6, f.0.b., Rarotonga.

Other Produce

COCOA: —Islands prices are based on the rate for Ghana cocoa which, on July 9. was £Stg.276/5/- per ton. c.i.f., Sydney.

W. SAMOA: —Nominal price quoted in Sydney on July 9: £S2BS, f.0.b.. Apia.

P.-N.G.; July 8, £ A 335 ex-wharf.

Sydney.

COFFEE:— P.-N.G : July 9. 4 5 per lb, c.i.f., Sydney, for good quality A grade.

Early July, price quoted for Kenya, c.i.f. Sydney, was: A grade. £Stg.slo per ton; B grade. £StgABO; C none available. Undergradings: £Stg.22s-285.

New crop prices expected late July. Tanganyika: A grade. £Stg4oo per ton ci f Sydney. Uganda Robusta, c.i.f.

Sydney, £Stg.2ls-230 per ton.

PEANUTS:— P.-N.G.: July ». No. 1 quote, Kernels. White Spanish 1/9 lb. exwharf; Virginia Bunch. 1/10 lb No. 2 quote; Hybrid. 1/6 lb. No sale in Sydney at present for nuts in shell. bi rrfk- p-N G price is based on Singapore «fe. which July 8 was: No. f IST spo t 97'/. Straits cents per lb. (33.76 d Aust.).

BEANS: Victor Karp. Tulk & Co., Sydney, reported on July 9: No Tahiti beans available at present; new crop prices expected August.

RICE (Australian):— Price from May 1, Dry brown and dressed! 112 lb bags, 5 tons and over, £6l/10/per ton, f.0.w.; under 5 tons £62 per ton. Vitamised and enriched white, 112 lb bags, 5 tons and over. £6B per ton, f.0.w.; under 5 tons. £6B/10/- per ton.

Other Pac. Islands: Dry, brown, etc.. £7O per ton f.0.w., Sydney or Melbourne.

Fiji.— Locally-grown rice has been retailing in Suva at lid Fijian per lb, with Saigon imported rice at lOd Fijian per lb. Suva people regard the imported rice as inferior to the Fiji product.

PEARL SHELL.—Quotations in July by independent M O.P. shell agents were- Sound £ A 750, D £ASSO, E £A225, EE £AISO (in store Sydney). Penrhyn £ Stg.4oo (nominal i. f.0.b., Rarotonga.

Manihiki lagoon will remain closed this year. Unless the reported plan to transfer Manihiki divers to Suwarrow atoll to dive for black-lip M.O.P. eventuates, only limited quantities of pearl shell will be on offer from the Cook Is. this year.

TROCHUS.—Revival of interest in Sydney during the month pushed the spot price up, one P.-N.G. parcel selling for as high as £300; but Sydney agents indicated that, during August, it might drop back to below the May-June rate of £2BO. In Fiji recently, trochus was being bought at from 1/6 to 2/6 Fijian per lb. depending on quality (equal to £FI6B to £F2BO per ton, in store, Suva).

GREEN SNAIL SHELL.—Because of a demand from Japan, price has risen to £365 per ton. P.-N.G. and 8.5.1. shell is in short supply—Sydney agents say they can now place any stocks coming forward.

London and US Quotations Copra: London, July 8, Philippines in bulk, $245, July/Aug.. c.i.f. UK/Nth.

European ports, Straits/Borneo, FMS del. weights, c.i.f. UK/Nth. European ports. • £Stg.B3 July/Aug. New York: July 8, Philippines $230 c.i.f.. Pacific Coast ports. (£1 Australian is equal to about 2 25 US Dollars.) Coconut Oil:—London, July 8, Ceylon in bulk, £Stg.l3l, per ton, c.i.f., UK North European ports. Straits, crude c.i.f., in bulk, £Stg.l26 per ton.

Rubber; London, c.i.f., July 8. RSS No. 1, spot. 28 Vzd Stg. per lb; Oct. Dec. 28> 2 d Stg.; July, 1960, 28%d Stg.

Nh Copra Price Slumps

T>HICE in store for New Hebrides copra -I reacted sharply to the European market trend during June by two falls totalling £ 18/15/- Aust. per ton—from £63/15/- Aust. in early June to £45 Aust. in July.

The Marseilles c.i.f. price dropped from 123.000 Metrop. francs per metric ton to 106.000 Metrop. francs.

Merchants regard the steep drop as "a return to sane levels” after the highlyinflated rates prevailing in recent months when copra was in short supply. Indonesian and Philippines copra now is coming forward, they say, to fill the demand, and the threat by the US Government to release some of its stock-piled coconut oil, if high prices continued, had an immediate reaction. 167 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY-JOLT.

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Index to Advertisers A.E.I 160 Agent Wanted . . 41 Akta-Vite .... 90 Amal. Dairies . . 62 Amplion P/L . . 126 Angliss, W. & Co. 38 A. Bank ... 99 Arnott, Wm. ... 54 Aspro 68 Ballina Slipway . 100 BALM Paints . . 150 Bank of NSW . . 139 Bank of N.Z. . . 90 Berec Ltd. ... 144 Bethel I, Gwyn . 157 Blackwood Hodge 58 Blaxland-Rae . . 103 Blits Trading Co. . 34 Booth, N G. . . . 26 B. 158 Bradford Mills . 136 Braybon Bros. . 9, 44 Bristol Myers . . 48 British Paints . . 12 British United Dairies .... 42 BVyant & May . . 71 Brunton & Co. . 147 Bunting, A. H. . 94 E.P. 89, 116, 140, 141 Cadbury 1 Capricorn Charters 108 Carlton Breweries 70 Carpenter Ltd. cov. 4, 66, 92 Cheoy, Lee ... 111 Colgate .... 128 Colonial Meat . 132 Colyer Watson . . 76 C wealth Bank . 112 Crammond Co. . . 80 Cyclone Co. . . . 78 Cystex 97 D.A.K. Meat Packers .... 68 Defender Co. . . 63 Dominie .... 153 Donald Ltd. . . .118 Douglass, W. Co. 57 Dunlop Rubber . . 64 Econo Steel ... 36 Eveready .... 8 Filmo Depot . 55, 123 Franke & Heidecke 40 Frigate Rum . .147 Garrett, D. & M. 165 Gardner E'ng. . . 110 ■ Gillespie Bros. . . 76 Gilbey, W. & A. . 4 Gillespie, R. . i, 114 Glaxo Lab 67 Glazebnooks Paints P/L 46 Gokal, D. & Co. . 55 Gordon's Gin . . 27 G.P.H. (Suva) . . 156 Grant's Whisky . 143 Grove Ltd. . 72, 130 Haddock, C. F., P/L 26 Halvorsen, B, . . 108 Halvorsen, L. . . 102 Hari, G. B. . . . 142 Hastings D'iesels . 124 Hellaby Ltd. ... 91 Hemingway Robertson Institute . 64 Hytest Co. . . . 150 1.C.1 74 International Harvester . iii, 148 Kanimbla Hall . . 123 Kennedy, Capt. . 103 Kerr Bros. .... 47 King, M. & Co.

P/L 11l King, R. W. . . 16: Kiwi Polish . . . 14 Kodak 4 Kopsen & Co. . . 13 Lysaght, J., P/L . 5 Lawrence, A. ... 9 Macßobertson Pty. Ltd. ... 13 Mcllrath's .... 3 McNiven Bros. . . 1 Matson Line . .15 Mendaco .... 9 Millers Ltd. . . 13 Morobe Hotels . 11 M. H. Ltd. . 20, 12 Morton, P. G. . .5 Mungo Scott . .12 Natham & Wyeth 11 Needham, F. J. .6 Nestles 7 N. & R 1C N.G. Aust. Line . i Nile Products . . 12 Nixoderm .... 9 N.Z.N.A.C. ... Id Parke Davis . 9, Id Parker Pen Co. . d Philips . . . 5, lz P. I. Line ... Id P. I. Society . . 7 Piccaninny Wax .

Qantas .... cov.

Qld. Insurance . . 7 Qld. Milling Co-op. 1( Ransomes, Sims & Jeffries Ltd. 11 Robertson, D. J. .

Rohu, Sil , ... i: Seward Ltd. . . .

Shaw Saviil . . li Sisalcraft ....•' Sparklets Ltd. . . 7 St. Mary's School : S.T.C. Co i Stapleton, J. . . 1< Stewarts Lloyds . li S. P. Brewery . . < South Pacific Fishing Co. . . !

Sthn. Pac. Ins. . 1 Sullivan Ltd. . 30, i Tait, W. S. . . .

Taikoo Dockyard K Tallerman & Co. . i Tatham, S. E. . . 1 T. . . . cov.

Thermoplastics Pty. Ltd. . . . : Thornburgh College . . . . 1 Thornycroft Co. . H Ti I lock & Co. . .

Tilley Lamps . . . 1 Tooth & Co. . . ( Tongala Milk . . H Turner & Growers . . . . < Tyneside Eng. . 1 Vending Sales Pty. Ltd. . . .

Ventura ....!' Victa Mowers . . • Vi-Stim 1 Wall McNaught .

Warnock . . . . 1 Weymark P/L . 1 Webster, D. . . . ' Westfield Freezing Co 1 White Rose Flour Co Whites Aviation . ' Wills Ltd 1 Wilhelmsen, W. . 1< Wrigley's . . • 1 Wunderlich . . • J Yorkshire Ins. . . • 168 JULY. 1959 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHt

Index to Vol. XXIX AUG., 1958 TO JUL, 1959, INCLUSIVE (First numeral indicates number of issue, second numeral gives page.) Volume XXIX is indexed under: Asia and Asian Affairs.

Aviation.

Banana Industry.

Christmas Is. (Pacific).

Coffee.

Cook Islands.

Copra.

Deaths.

Easter Is.

Fanning Is.

Fiji.

Fishing, Pearling, etc.

Gilbert and Ellice Is.

Health.

Inter. Geophysical Year.

Marshalls, Marianas, etc.

Missions.

Nauru and Ocean Is.

New Caledonia.

New Hebrides.

New Guinea (Netherlands).

Norfolk Is.

Organisations.

Pacific (General).

Papua-New Guinea.

People.

Pitcairn Is.

Samoa, American.

Samoa. Western.

Ships and Shipping (rough alphabetical).

Solomon Is.

South Pacific Commission.

Sport.

Tahiti, etc.

Tonga.

Trading and Other Companies.

UN Trusteeship Council.

A ASIA AND ASIAN AFFAIRS: China. 2- 25; Indonesian Claim to NNG. 2-43, 3-25. 5- 5.E.A.T.0., 9-20: Asian Communities in Pacific, 12-86: Singapore Independence, 12-22.

AVIATION; T.E.A.L., 1-17, 2-53, 2-133, 3- 3-137. 5-119, 6-122; Biak Airport, 1- 119; Nadi Airport. 1-125, 1-133, 3-119. 5- 45, 8-37, 11-143. 12-61, 12-118: Dove Aircraft at Lae, 1-131: Qantas. 1-142, 2-55. 4- 6-137. 7-17. 8-23. 10-22, 12-19: New Services. 2-53. 11-61; T.A.1.. 2-53, 5-126, 6- 6-122, 9-123. 11-18; Pan-American. 2- 30th Anniversary Southern Cross Flight 2-84; Tontouta Airport. 3-23; Electra Aircraft. 3-129; TRANSPAC, 3-141, 7- RNZAF Service for Chatham Is., 5- Papeete Airport. 5-127. 12-137; Samoan Airlines. 6-29. 7-33, 8-19, 9-145, 11-65, 11-137; Fiji Airways. Ltd., 8-141, 11-65; Canadian Pacific Airlines, Ltd.. 8- 144: Jet-age. 9-25. 10-22. 12-19; Air Viti, 3- 9-139; Trans Ocean Airlines. 10- 145. 11-61: Polynesian Airways, Ltd.. 11- 136; RNZAF Re-equipment, 12-123.

B BANANA INDUSTRY (see also under Individual Territories): 1-18, 2-117. 4-21, 7- 23, 9-134, 12-131.

C CHRISTMAS IS. (PACIFIC): 4-121, 10- 49.

COFFEE (see also under Individual Territories): 10-51.

COOK IS : NZ National Film Unit Film. 1- Stray Dogs. 1-123; Speed Cops Introduced 1-125; Tomato Control Board, 1- U 8 Eclipse. 2-121, 4-67; Oil from Papeete. 2- import Duty Increase. 2-137, Niueans in NZ. 2-139; Legislative Assembly. 2 139 5-14- Maui Pomare Replacement. 2- »»"i p i r ‘ t »* “t eei ; a 0 n s : Denarts 2-143; New RA. s, 2-145. Rose RakeS etc 2-148: Pioneer Missionaries mr and Mrs W. G. Lawes), 3-83: Bulk n?i 3-125 LoWry Case. 3-135; Mr. Willie Watson iVtri vokotini), MLA, 4-31: New "c at Niue, 4-150. 5-127; Le e islat.ve Assembly, 5 - 14 ; Re-housing Scheme, 6- 67, Niue Care of Aged. 6-115; NZ Trade Unions and Clothing Factories. 6-119- Origin of Local Oranges, 6-129; Hurricane Damage 7-14, 7-123; MOP Industry, 7-29; Radio Activity. 7-65; Recorded Music 7- 137; Radio Station Staff. 7-143; Niue Drought 7- 143: Niue Hurricane Damage. ■2U 9-84, 10-21, 12-53; Co-operative Union, 8-118; Manihiki Still Closed 8-119- Exports, 8-119; Basketware Industry, 9-75- Citrus Industry, 9-H9, 11-133, 12-137; Herman-Abera Wedding. 9-126; Travel ™ to NZ. 10-125; Mangaia Harbour, COPRA (and Alternative Oils); 1-17 l- -31, 1-33, 1-126, 1-148, 2-19, 4-153. 5-19 6-13, 7-19, 7-23. 7-79. 7-141. 8-145. 9-137 10-23, 11-148, 12-21, 12-25.

D DEATHS: Robert McKegg, 1-59: Rev.

Mother Mary Alphonse, 1-153; W. E.

Goodsir, 1-153; The Rev. K. D. Grove. 1-153; Sir Brian Freeston, 1-155; Mr.

Maxwell Wendt, 1-155; Pastor N. A.

Ferris, 1-155; Eric de Bisschop 2-37; Mrs.

E. L. Leembruggen, 2-151; Mr. Robert Walker, 2-152; Mr. J. H. Netzler, 2-152; Father Alphonse Schaefer, 2-152; W.

Maidment, 3-27; J. P. K. van Eechoud, 3- Mrs. Sarah Giblin, 3-151; Mrs. Tilly Williams, 3-151; D. Young-Whitford, 3- 151; Jim Gallln, 3-151; Otto Hukman Hornung, 4-143; R. R. Haviland. 4-159; Norman Lee. 4-159; Percy H. Edmunds, 4- Maud Forman, 4-159; Lilyan Harper, 4-159: Capt. R. R. Kane, 4-i59: J. S. Neil, 5-151; Henry W. Kinney, 5-151; W. A. Smith, 5-151; James Yarnton, 5- 151; Vernon Rule, 5-151; Robert Crompton, 6-15; Bill Cash. 6-147; Mrs. H. L.

Murray. 6-147; J. S. Stubbs. 6-147; W. C.

Gee, 6-147; Harry Penn. 7-153; R. C. G.

D. Higginson. 7-153; Rev. M. van Stijn, 7- Mrs. E. Gosnell. 7-153; Mrs. Alice Marsh, 7-153; G. G. Smith, 7-153; Luluai Golpaik, 8-20; J. B. McAdam, 8-45; Walter G. Smith, 8-151; David Simpson. Snr., 8- Sister M, Irenee, 8-151; Sister M.

Felix. 8-151; J. F. Stimson, 8-151: Wilfred Wise. 8-152; E. W. Hardwick. 8-152; Rev.

Father J. B. Poncelet, 9-151; Rev. Father Eugene Choblet, 9-151; Mrs. O. Hennings, 9- Capt. J. L. Lumsdale, 9-151; Henry Robinson, 9-151; Bishop Andre Sorin. 10- 151; B. McKenzie, 10-151; Sister Clara Mueller. 10-151; W. Gibson, 10-151; Rev.

H. Bergmann, 10-151; Mrs. R. Duncan, 11-151; S. H. Yeoman, 11-151. T. Robinson, 11-151; A. L. Byrne, 11-151: Father W. Connors. 11-151; B. W. Crookshanks, 11- W. J. Hart. 11-151: Rev. Father Meyer. 11-151; Dr. W. N. A. Paley. 11-151: Mrs. Rosabel Nelson, 12-151: H. B. Riley, 12- L. Morrisby, 12-151; S. G. Marshall. 12-151; O. J. Atkinson; Arthur Schulke; A. Seo.

E EASTER IS.: 8-75, 10-27, 12-69 F FANNING ISLAND: 11-37 p-rii- Iron Ore Exports. 1-13; Low-cost Housing. 1-15, 8-53; Fiji Governor 1-16, 4-23; Malaria Risk 1-22: Rcwa Sugar. 1-19, 4-121. 6-125. 7-45. 11-21. 12-17 12- 49; Hotel Position. 1-33, 2-23. 6-15, 6-129, 10- Fiscal Review Committee.

Hibiscus Highway. 1-69. 5-21: Radio Licences, 1-77; Humphrey Berkeley. 1-84, 2- 5-77, 8-27; Refresher Courses at CMS 1-119; Taxation. 1-21. 1-119, 5-17, 6-17- Nadi Airport. 1-125. 1-133. 3-119, 8-37, 12- 61, 11-118; NZ Wants More Fiji Trade, 1- 123; Hibiscus Festival, 1-126, 3-37; Fiji’s Fly Menace, 1-131; Overseas Loans 1-168- Finances, 2-18, 5-49, 10-25; Burns Commission. 2-21, 4-23, 8-18, 9-26. 11-19, 12-16. 12-77; Agricultural Survey, 2-41; Levuka s Problems, 2-69; 3-125. US Consulate Reestablished. 2-78, 2-125; India Independence Day. 2-146; Gold Industry, 2- 165; Polio Epidemic, 3-51. 4-125, 5-67; Hindu Firewalkers, 3-53; Hot Springs. 3- 55; Rotarians Meet in Lautoka. 3-85: Deportation of Davis, 3-117; Vehicle Registration, 3-120; Balance of Trade, 3-121; Rock Carvings and Glyphs, 3-123: Progress With Leprosy Treatment at Makogai. 3- "Annette” Mystery, 4-18: Banana Industry, 4-21. 6-140, 9-31; Whitehall Inertia 4-125; Housing Authority, 4-119; Credit Unions. 4-129; Professor Spates’

Survey. 4-139, 12-77; Sugar Industry, 5-22 7-61, 8-20. 10-61. 11-21, 11-133, 12-17; Suva Brewery, 5-23, 6-23, 12-43; New Club Hotel. 5-23: "Fiji Times”, 5-23; Abortive Attempt at Starch Industry, 5-75; Ports of Entry, 5-115; Sale of GPH, 5-135. 6-23, 8-19 9- 20, 10-69, 11-18. 12-139: Tourism, 6-15. 7-35, 8-61, 9-51, 10-65, 11-51; Civil Service Leave Privileges, 6-17, 6-47. 6-113. 7-29; New PWD Site. 6-69; Cattle Industry, 6- 23; The Simpsons of Savusavu. 6-83; Bayly Clinic, 6-113; Fiji Museum. 6-113; Port Charges Curtail “Matua” Visits. 6- 118; Entry of Fiji Bananas to Aust., 6- 140, 9-31; Fiji Development Fund, 6-142, 7- Hurricane. Damage, 7-13: Smallship Overloading, 7-19; Copra, 7-19, 10- 23, 12-25; Immigration Policy. 7-43, 9-134. 11-135: Fijians Rescue Mother and Child ' from Drowning. 7-45; Indian Land and Population Problem. 7-53; B. D Lakshman. 7-61, 10-61; Legge’s Book on British Policy. 7-69; Philp Farm, 7-77; Newspaper on Tapa, 7-144; CSR Rice Project. 8-41, 8- 10-125. 12-49: Colonial Medical School. 8-59. 8-131: Banno Mining Co.. 8-117; Copra Pest Conference 8-131; Levuka Tuna Industry, 8-133, 10-133; International Date Line. 9-27: Society for Crippled Children. 9-35; Late Sir Lala Sukuna, 9-121: Rhinoceros Beetle Campaign, 9-133; Postage Increased, 9-140; Fiji Development Loan. 9-165; Honey Production. 10-75; More Taxes for Fijians, 10-117; Lautoka Wharf. 10-117, Aust.

Trade Drive. 10-128: Pre-Cession Coins, 10-133; Whaling Station in Doubt. 10-142; Sugar Price Stabilisation Fund. 10-145: New WRC Building. 11-73: Arts and Crafts Industry. 11-77: Cut in Defence Forces, 11- 105: Manganese Mining. 11-118: Shell Button Industry, 11-119: Lotteries. 11-119; Rhinoceros Beetle. 11-135; Street Crossings "War", 11-137; Water Rates. 11-139: Teler vision. 11-141: Rice Disease. 11-143: "Illegal” Export Tax on Sugar. 11-149: Duty-free Shop at Nadi, 12-43; High Cost of Education. 12-127; Indian Pilgrim Ship. 12-135; Segregated Schools. 12-139.

FISHING, PEARLING, MARINE IN- DUSTRIES, ETC: Fishing 'inc. Tuna). 1- 7-49. 7-126. 8-55, 9-59. 10-131. 12- 129; Pearl Shell, 2-125, 7-22. 8-118. 10-86; Pearl Culture. 2-127. 8-119; Whaling. 4- 123, 9-125; Market for Clam Shells. 5-119; Beche de Mer Caught With Rabblt-traps.- 6-140; Crayfish, 8-138.

G GILBERT AND ELLICE IS. COLONY: 2- 2-125. 4-57 7-67. 7-121, 7-147. 8- 26. 9-18, 9-127. 10-133, 11-129. 169 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY.

H HEALTH; Leprosy, 3-37, 3-127; A Mosquito-killing Fungus, 3-71; WHO. 4- 131; Hookworm. 10-115; Kuru, 10-139.

I INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR: I- 2-121.

M MARSHALLS, MARIANAS, CAROLINES; II- MISSIONS: Methodist. 3-123, 4-139, 9- 127; Roman Catholic, 3-123, 4-47, 4-121, 4- 5-126, 6-142; Salvation Army. 3-141: Seventh Day Adventist, 5-121; Melanesian Mission, 6-135.

N NAURU AND OCEAN IS.: 2-129, 7-83, 12-145.

NEW CALEDONIA: Political Troubles, 1- 14 1-151 2-19, 2-131, 3-19, 9-23; Flour Imports. 1-117; Nickel. 1-121, 2-127, 4-133, 5- 7-133, 11-133; Suggested Tuna Fishing 1-142; Tourism. 1-145; US Consulate Closes, 2-78; Multiplicity of Small Shops, 2-117; Student Exchange, 2-131, 5- 145- Yate Dam, 2-144, 8-21; Servicemen by Air 2-144; De Gaulle Referendum, 3-19; Tontouta Airport. 3-23; Loyalty Is. Wedding. 4-73; Projected Call of Matson Ships, 5-61; New Governor. 5-125; Elections, 5-131, 6-14, 10-143, 11-23; Hurricane Damage. 7-13; Broadcasting, 7-79; T R A.N.S.P.A.C.. 7-115; Chrome Industry, 7-141; Cost of French Administration. 7- 140; Home-leave Case. 7-147. 11-135; Noumea Water Supply, 7-147; Newspaper Reports Cause Annoyance, 9-61; Education, 9-144; Flu Epidemic, 10-119; Bread Dearer. 10-143; Viet Namese, 11-23, 12- 146- Potato Imports, 11-129; “Slasher”

Caught, 12-131; New Vice-president, 12- 143.

NEW HEBRIDES: Drought. 1-117; 1913 Eruption on Ambryn. 4-88; Santo or Luganville, 5-57, 8-27; Visit of Jap.

Scientists, 5-123; New French RC, 5-125; Segond Channel Salvage. 5-135; Shell Poaching, 7-23; Economic Inquiry, 7-115; Aneityum Rock Carvings, 8-75; Tuna Industry, 9-59; Sulphur Deposits, 10-77; Fiji- Indian Interest in Land. 11-21; Santo Ex-servicemen, 11-127; Cannibalism. 11- 144; BP’s Santo Store Destroyed by Fire, 11-150.

New Guinea (Netherlands): Yaws

Campaign, 1-43; Biak Airport. 1-119; Future of Territory, 2-43, 3-25, 9-139; Governor Visits Aust. NG, 3-21; Dutch- Aust. Co-operation, 3-21, 4-17; Antimalarial Salt, 3-65; Taxation, 3-129; Star Mt. Expedition, 3-139. 9-129, 10-49; Early Bronze Discovered, 4-26; Post-war Development. 4-55; Exploration, 5-129; New Hollandia Hospital. 5-131: Oil Industry, 6-41; Wallis Is. Feud, 6-117; Shangri-La.

Wartime Victims, 6-121; Diptheria, 6-129: Cocoa Industry, 6-141: Hollandia Newspaper, 8-148; Manokwari Earthquake, 9- 117; Manokwari Slipway. 9-117, 11-105: Hollandia Advisory Council, 9-119; 1955 Plane Crash, 10-131; Dr. J. Bierdrager Retires. 11-118; Dr. J. V. De Bruijn in US, 11-123; Sago Industry, 11-125; C. R. Lambert’s Visit, 11-149; Indonesian “Refugees”

At Work, 12-17; Beef Industry, 12-121.

NORFOLK IS.: 1-137, 3-140, 3-145, 5-57, 6-123, 7-139. 8-147, 9-143, 10-115, 11-127, o ORGANISATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS: Primary Producers’ and Trade Association, BSIP, 1-135; NG Horticultural Society, Lae. 1-135; New Guinea Women’s Club of Sydney, 1-143, 5-147, 6-135, 7-139, 11- 148: Pacific Islands Society, 2-145, 6-135. 8-33; P-NG Association of Melbourne, 4- 29; P-NG Public Service Association, 5- 129; NG Planters’ Association, 5-133; NG Women’s Association, Melbourne, 6-135; Queensland-NG Association, 6-137; P-NG RSSAILA, 9-139.

P PACIFIC (GENERAL); “First” Newspaper in the World, 1-35, 5-29, 5-65; La Perouse Wreck, 1-49. 3-63, 12-17, 12-125; Marine Phosphorescence, 1-73; Turnbull Library Wellington, 1-125; Ocean Deeps, 1- 8-79: Control Over Christian Sects, 2- Disaster Ends “Tahiti Nui’s” Drift Voyage. 2-37; Jet Age in Aviation, 2-53. 10-22; 30th Anniversary Southern Cross Flight 2-84; Wallis Is. Affected by H- Blast, 2-137; SW Pacific Federation, 3-25, 3- 67, 10-26. 10-29; A Mosquito-killing Fungus, 3- “When Ships Are Sold East”, 3-73; Weather Broadcasts for Ships, 3-105, 5- 111 6-99: Rock Carvings and Glyphs, etc., 3- 4-27 8-75, 10-27, 12-69; Mysterious Island Called “Nibi-Nibi”. 3-127: “Delos”

Trade-ship. 3-141, 4-23; “Annette Mystery. 4-18; Shipping Slump, 4-22; Boyds of Boydtown, BSIP and London, 4- 27- Boyd’s “Wanderer”, 4-27; Louis Becke, 4- 6-79. 8-83; Resettlement of Gilbertese at Gizo. 4-57; Eclipse of Sun, 4-67; NZ After Islands Tax-dodgers, 4-119, 7-125; Islanders in NZ, 4-133. 9-69; Pacific Tradeboosting. 5-53, 7-67, 8-144; Tourism, 5-59. 8-61- S. Seas Music Recorded, 5-63. 7-l.w, Heyerdahl Theory of Pacific Migrations, 5- 12-69: What Followed “Bounty Mutiny, 6-49; NZ’s Trade Drive, 6-55; Pan- Pacific Scout Jamboree in Auckland. 6- 118- Distilled Sea-water, 6-1.27; Proposed Federation of Pacific Planters, 6-131; Aust.

Flour Trade, 6-134; TB Conference in Pago Pago. 6-135; Havoc from New Year Weather, 7-13; Banana Industry, 7-23; Theodore Weber’s Influence on Early Copra Trade. 7-79; Old Explorers Gave Names in Quadruplicate. 8-138; Capt.

Bligh’s Grave, 9-27; International Date Line. 9-27; Basketware Industry, 9-75; Future of Britain’s Pacific Colonies, 10- 29- Going Native in Mediterranean. 10- 73- Ham Radio, 10-121; Pirate Mortelmans. 11-87; Birth Control, 11-131: Performing Rights, 11-145; Pacific Islands Year Book, Bth Edition. 12-60; Escape of Thos. Muir, 12-75; Tidal Wave Research, 12-84; Asian Population, 12-86; Satellite Tracking, 12-117.

PAPUA-NEW GUINEA: Navuneram Incident, 1-13. 1-21, 2-26, 3-17, 4-147 5-145. 6-142. 10-35; Copra. 1-17, 3-20, 4-128, 4- 149. 5-121, 7-141. 9-20, 10-23, 12-25; Native Charged With Double Murder. 1-18: Aust.

Grants, 1-19. 2-144, 9-29; NGVR’s Place in Pacific War History, 1-23; Names of NG Civilian War Victims in Abbey, 1-29; Aluminium Project. 1-33. 4- 4 5, J‘ 4 ] : Search for Oil, 1-35, 2-165, 4-18, 4-25. 4- 173 5-43 7-55, 8-165, 9-143, 10-27; Labour Party Policy, 1-43; Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels Remembered, 1-47; Bena Bena Incident. 1-61, 3-27; Twist Tobacco, 1-79, 2-145; New BP Store in Lae, 1-117; Thos. Mc- Neill on Misima. 1-127; Nondugl Sheep, 1-127; Brown River Bridge, 1-129; Lae Pet Show, 1-129; Ex-servicemen’s Loan Scheme, 1-137. 3-45, 4-63, 5-127, 12-18; Investment Opportunities, 1-137; Linguistic Work 1-141: PNGVR, 1-141; Otter Aircrash’ at Tapini. 1-142; Waria Syndicate, 1-147; Co-op. Conference, 1-149; Lung Cancer Among Natives, 1-149; Coffee Conferences, 2-20, 4-151, 6-18, 7-37, 10-22, Morobe Floods, 2-20; SP Conference in Rabaul, 2-23. 6-121, 8-17, 10-17, 11-53; Papua’s Steam Train, 2-27, 4-27; Automobile Association, 2-29; Cocoa Industry, 2-35. 4-131, 9-133, 10-51; ABC Broadcasts. 2-61; Rubber Industry. 2-65, 6-130; Food Shortage in Goodenough Is., 2-77; Tolais Visit Sydney, 2-123; Financing Bowling Greens ' With Peanuts, 2-125; Coastwatchers’ Lighthouse, 2-131, 4-135, 8-121. 11-123; Lae’s Wharf, 2-133; Goilala Trouble, 2- 5-127; Gibbes’ Airways Sold, 3-18; Visit of NNG Governor. 3-21; Education. 3- 4-52, 4-144. 8-137. 9-71, 9-127; Kinjibi Coffee Plantation, 3-23; Health Director Appointed, 3-29; Canned Beer. 3-43; Sir H Murray Memorial. 3-48; Trade With India. 3-67; 1958-59 Budget, 3-69; Duty on Trade Tobacco, 3-67; NG Mud-Men, 3-73; Smuggling in Port Moresby, 3-77: P-NG "Agricultural Journal”, 3-79: Pioneer Missionaries (Dr. and Mrs. W.

G. Lawes), 3-83; Old-time Lakatoi. 3-87; Sogeri Show. 3-133; Death Penalty for Rape Abolished, 3-137; Kevin Parer Grave, 3- Present Members of Coe Family. 4- Aust. Election. 4-26. 5-26; Wewak RC Church, 4-47; Undisciplined Native Crews. 4-71; Reafforestation in Highlands, 4- NG Head Tax. 4-81, 7-14, 7-74. 8- 151; Legislative Council, 4-83, 9-129, 10- 53, 10-57, 11-18; Giant Snails, 4-128; Bulolo Reafforestation, 4-133; Coastwatchers’ Light, 4-135. 11-123; Young- Whitford Appeal. 4-143; Shortage of Surveyors, 4-150; Copra Mill Fire, 4-151; Taxation, 5-18, 5-25, 6-17, 7-15, 7-33, 8- 19 9-20. 9-77, 10-20, 10-25, 10-36. 10-45, 10-53, 10-135, 10-137, 11-17, 11-25, 12-13, 12-141; Discovery of NG Highlands, 5-27, 8-27. 12-23; Native Recordings, 5-63; Port Moresby Brewery, 5-82; Bill Cameron, 5- 85: Registered Trademarks, 5-117; UN Mission. 5-127, 9-21, 9-25, 11-50, 12-143; Beer Varieties. 5-139; Leahy Tick Case 5- 6-140, 7-21. 7-51. 10-138. 11-141 Warangoi Land, 5-143; The Hasluck NG Policy 6-19; Bravery Awards for “Bellbird” Crew, 6-20; Cutch Industry Ends 6- Sydney Royal Show Exhibit, 6-57 8-25. 9-53; "Milking” Papuan Taipans etc., 6-81; Trade in BOP Plumes, 6-115 Graduates from ASOPA, 6-119; Inspect©; McNaught Case, 6-127: Tolai Cocoa Pro ject, 6-130; Sogeri Plantation Riot, 6-133 Qantas Super-Constellation Service, 6-137 7- 8-23, 8-39; Catching Beche-de-Me with Rabbit Traps, 6-141; Peanut In dustry, 6-145, 9-144; P-NG as 7th Aust State, 7-16; Bismarck Ranges Patrol. 7 19 9-57; Jap Interest in Settlement. 7-21 Coffee Industry, 7-37, 7-129; Rowley’s 800 l on German NG, 7-69: Tea Growing, 7-119 Desiccated Coconut Industry, 7-122; Loca Meat Supply, 7-141: Gold Industry, 7 169: Lae Left Behind by Air Services, 8 23; Visit of Low Priced Housing Expert 8- Cargo-Cult, 8-69; Rock Painting Dis covered. 8-75; Batts and Leans of Nort, Western Is.. 8-121 “Kungsholm” Visit. 8 125; Training Ship for Native Sailors. 8 127; Passion-fruit Industry, 8-127; Rabaul’

Unofficial High School. 8-139; Menyamyai Reformed and Otherwise, 8-147; Copra Mi Shuts Temporarily, 9-20: Minister Pai Hasluck, 9-26, 11-27, 12-22; New Archbol Expedition, 9-35; Echo-6 Influenza, 9-ll£ Annual Expenditure £l7 Million, 9-121 S A. Lonergan Retires, 9-125; Minj Clul 9- Rabaul DC Change. 9-135, 10-141 Salvador! Ducks, 9-140. 10-143: Troubl Over Mendi Airstrip. 9-141; Chimbu Lan Disputes. 9-141: Jeep Industry, 9-14.

Hagen Monument, 10-27; Drain-pip House, 10-43; Rossel Is. Cannibalism, 1( 83; P-NG Copra Stabilisation Fund, K 123- Rabaul Cenotaph unveiled, 10-12' Kuru, 10-139: Highland’s “Last” Sing Sing,’ 10-143, 11-134; Sear Case. 11-19, 1. 25. 12-39; “Busama” Explosion. 11-2 11-117; Laughlan Islanders Blown Awa: 11-41- Official War History (McCarthy 11-45 : War-time Sepik Tragedy, 11-4!

Amess Case. 11-143; Goroka Show, 11-141 170 JULY, 1959-PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHI

Position of Mr. Ted Taylor, 12-27; Nakanai Murders. 12-3 J; C apt. 0 Denny Reties 12-47, Lae s Pet Kokomo. 12-85; Cannery sow5 ow - 12 '® 7: Aust. Press Under Fire, 12-119- ?o F q M^a^ s l l , deas on Manus Islanders, 12- 129 Rabauls Apex Car Check, 12-133' ?2°-ho° ’ 12 ‘ 133; Rabaul Drou e ht > PEOPLE: Sir Ronald Garvey, 1-16 10- W ?. Groves. 1-16, 2-49; Francois Rossi, 1-82; Father Rougier, 1-84; Humphrey Berkeley. 1-84. 2-27, 5-77. 8- 27, Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), 1-80 2-27, 5-137; Harold Gatty (the late), 1- O; T Hoscoe, 2-20; Superintendent R. Hicks, 2-63; Father Patrick O’Reilly 2-73; Miss Ola Reeve, 2-81; Sgt. Maigugu’ 2-125: Dr. Tom Davis. 2-142; Miss Ivy Rodan. 2-146; Peter White, 2-148; D R A. Eden. 3-22; Dr. R. F, Scragg. 3-29 ’

Lolohea Waqawairi. 3-39; Sir Kenneth Maddocks. 3-129, 4-23; M. Stobo, 3-143- B D. Lakshman, 3-146, 7-61; John Mac- Gregor, 3-147; P/Con»table Tagai of NG. 4-22; Rev. and Mrs. A. H. Voyce. 4-29 William Watson (“Viri Vokotiri”), MLa! 4- Coe Family of NG, 4-33; P. K Bhindi. 4-49; Capt. E. W. Harness. 4-51, 5- Jock McLean, 4-90; Stan Jones, 4- 91; Emile Mercier, 4-147; G. A. V. Stanley. 5- Prince Tungi, 5-69; Joe Bourke, 5- 83; Bill Cameron, 5-85; A. J. Black. 6-14; Eugene Paul. 6-21; K. R. Lambie, 6-59; Ken Slater. 6-80; Mrs. E. A. Simpson. 6- 83; J. N. Falvey. OBE, 6-143; John Amputch. MBE, 6-143; C. S. Israel. MBE, 6- Isimili Racika. MBE. 6-143; J. H.

Allan. OBE, 6-143; Dr. John Burton. 7-22; Dave Butler, 7-115; Terr. Minister Paul Hasluck. 9-26. 11-27. 12-22; Michael J.

Leahy. 9-73; S. A. Lonergan, 9-125; Dr.

Jacques Barrau, 11-5; Maurice Lenormand. 11-23. John Cox, 11-66; Mrs. Margaret Webb, 11-75; Alvin J. Blum, 11-85: Mrs.

Ellen von Moltke. 11-142; Capt. L. V.

Rowe. 11-103; J. A. Johnstone. 12-84; Capt. O. Denny, 12-47.

PITCAIRN ISLAND: 2-127.

S SAMOA. AMERICAN; 1-148. 4-109, 6-65. 6-83, 6-135, 8-55, 9-145, 11-103.

SAMOA, WESTERN; Banana Industry. 1-18. 4-21, 7-117, 8-67; Matai System. 1- 37. 3-19; John O’Grady (Nino Culotta) Likes Samoa, 1-87: Public Service Appointment Test-case. 1-119; Automatic Phones in Apia, 1-127; Population, 1-126; Tokelau Reef Blasting. 1-129; Trade, 1- 146. 1-147; Observing Eclipse. 2-121; PS Salary Cut, 2-131; Finances. 2-147; Self- Government, 3-19. 5-37, 6-19. 6-31, 7-129. 10-37, 12-21, 12-29,; R.L.S. Tomb. 3-145, 5-84 9-25; Trust Estates Grant to Govt., 3-146: Eclipse. 4-67: Land Titles, 5-19; Three-year Development Plan, 5-21, 5-117; Bank of Samoa. 5-41. 9-126; Retirement of K. R. Lambie. 5-125, 6-59; UN Mission. 5- 9-21, 12-29; Samoa Airlines. 6-29, 7- 133: Education 6-59; Agricultural Dept.. 6- New Book about R.L.S.. 6-125; Coffee Industry. 7-37, 10-134; NZ Grant. 7-41: 1889 Hurricane. 7-84. 9-27. 9-81; Library, 7- Dr. J. W. Davidson’s Appointment, 7-136: Desiccated Coconut, 7-139: Snakes, B-57' Tualaulelei Mauri, 8-125. 9-61; Newspaper Reports Cause Annoyance. 9-61: Harbour Development, 9-117. 11-103, 12- 146; Copra, 9-123; Professionals Needed, 10-143; Liquor Laws, 12-133.

SHIPS AND SHIPPING (rough alphabetical): Ambon, 1-101; Aoniu, 1-103 1- 135 2-101. 3-135, 6-107. 9-109. 12-103; Arthur Rogers, 1-109, 2-113, 4-107, 5-107, Annette 1-113, 3-113, 4-18, 4-117. 5-103. 5 105 5-112 9-113; Agnes. 1-113; Amonea ?ex Wainui), 1-113. 6-103: Astrolabe, 2- 103' Albatros, 2-103, 5-111; Adios. 2-115, 1-115.11-115. 12-113; Argentinian Reefer, 3-161: Altair, 3-113, 4-115, 10-107. 11-115.

Ai Sokula, 5-117, 9-113; Atom. 5-115 Arawa. 6-111; Aoba. 9-103; Ai Savu Wifp a ’i A nitra ' 12 ' 115 : Bachelor’s Wife, 1-113; Brilliant. 1-113, 2-113, 5-115- ?. e , tua - 2 ; 101: Beulah - 2-103, Babinda. 3- * 03 l 12-103; Brown Shipping Line, in 7 i'n B ' lo7 ’ Bottle Messages. 5-147, 8-105, Ik . o, BrUannia - 9 ' 103 - 9-U1; Burns Philp Skippers (about 1920) 9-111 11-27- Blue Lagoon, 10-109; Busama. 11-23. 11- 101, 11-117; Cape Nelson, 1-103; Coongoola 1- 6-111; Chimere, 1-113. 8-113 10- 113, 12-115; Castle, 2-103; Colville. 2-108; 2-108; Caledonien, 2-109; Chelan! 2- China Navigation Co., 2-129 Cabrilla. 3-107. 4-107, 5-107. 6-107; Cheng-ho. 3- Carla Manus. 3-115, 4-109; Castle Felice, 4-113; Coral Queen, 4-139, 6-108- 7-107, 8-101, 11-113, 12-109; Chitose Maru, 5- Cook, HMS, 5-97. 9-86; Claradale, 6- Crusader, 6-111, 8-113, 10-111 12- 113; Cagimaira. 6-101; Charles H. Gilbert, 7- Catamaran in Port Moresby. 7-135; Charlotte Donald. 9-109, 12-111; Current (USN). 10-101; Chehalis (USN), 10-101- Cheriqui, 11-114; Celeste. 12-107; Dana Rescuer, 1-115; Dobiri, 2-109, 4-107 6-103- Delos, 3-140, 6-130; Degei 11, 3-107. 4-10?' 7-111; Diana, 4-115, 6-111; Dirigo 11. 5-103! 5-107. 5-113; Degei, 5-107, 9-105; Dumont d’Urville, 5-111: D’Vara, 6-111. 10-111; Davara, 8-101: Darega, 8-101; Duali, 8- 107; Delflno, 12-101; Dida. 12-101, 12-113; Dubloon, 12-115; Endeavour. HMNZS, 2- 107, 3-101; Egyptian Reefer, 3-101; Edeevee, 4- Eos, 7-111; Enterprise (USN). 9- 105; Elpetal, 9-107; Eolo, 9-115; Elenoa. 10-109; Escapade, 12-115; Fauabu Twomey. 1- Fengning, 2-113, 6-108; Fairsea, 4- 113; Fiesta, 4-115; Fleetwell, 4-117; Fiona, 5- 9-101; Flag of Convenience Vessels, 5- Francoise (ex Rose Pearl), 6-105; Flying Walrus, 6-111, 10-113; Four Winds, 6- Fort Cadotte, 9-105; Fantome. 9-107; Flying Cloud. 9-109; Faith. 10-113; Fetu Ao. 12-112; Golden Green. 2-109; Gemini, 3-113, 11-114; Gona. 5-103; Ginyo Maru. 7- Gaicha, 10-103; Huia. 1-115; Hifofua 11. 1-136. 2-113, 6-107, 8-101, 9-109, 11-109, 12-103; Himalaya. 1-146; Hugh M. Smith, 2- 7-113; Horizon, 2-105; Hifofua. 5-112, 6- 9-111; Holmdale (later Pacific Pearl, now Pacific Maru), 6-107; Halcon Rojo, 9- 115; lan Crouch. 5-20. 6-97, 7-103, 7-113. 8- Isobel Rose. 5-103; Inglls, 5-107; Inspire, 8-105; Intrepid, 8-115, 11-115: Iwa. 12-115; John Williams V. 2-107: John Williams VI, 2-107. 2-111. 3-103: Jinni, 2-115, 4-115. 7-113; Joylta, 3-101, 4- 109; Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, 4-113, 9- 109; Jopeda, 5-113; Jada, 5-113; John and Mary, 5-115; Janis. 6-111. 9-115; Jellicle. 7- Kochab, 1-113. 6-111. 10-113, 11- 115, 12-113: Kakawai, 2-115, 3-115: Kowa Maru, 4-105; Kin Kai Maru, 4-109; Koyo Maru, 4-109, 5-103; Kulu, 5-107, 8-107: Kurimarau, 7-105, 8-105, 11-107; Koel Maru. 7-111; Kibuli, 8-112; Kungsholm, 8- Kehua. 10-113; Lurline, 1-105; Lehi IV. 1-113; Les 4 Vents, 2-115, 5-115; Lady Ellen, 2-115, 4-115, 5-115. 6-111. 12-115; Lachlan, HMNZS. 2-141, 3-109, 9-101. La Confidence. 3-107, 5-111: Lotus. 3-111. 5- 111; Lady Stirling, 3-113; La Cantuta 11. 10- La Cle de Sol. 11-114; Lorna D. 11- Lao Heni, 2-103: Melanesian. 1-65. 1-101, 2-101, 2-135. 3-105, 3-143. 4-105; Melbourne (Aircraft Carrier), 1-103; Maui Pomare, 1-105. 2-139, 3-105, 8-107, 11-101: Matua, 1-107. 5-109. 7-113; Moana Raoi. 1- 2-105. 3-103. 5-109; Malohl, 1-113: Marco Polo, 1-113. 2-115, 3-115. 4-115. 5-115, 6-111, 8-115, 12-115; Meridian. 1-115, 2- 4-115. 9-115; Milos, 2-108: Maureen. 2- 8-103, 9-107; Morwak. 2-115: Marechal Foch. 3-101: Morna. 3-105; Matson Line. 3-79. 3-109. 5-61: Moturina. 3- Manawanui, 3-113, 5-107. 6-111, 9- 10-113, 12-113; Mamuri, 3-115. 4-117, 8-113; Monowai. 4-111; Moonfleet (ex Kona), 4-115. 5-113. 6-111. 7-113. 8-115. 10- 11-115. 12-113; Miranda. 4-115, 5- 113, 6-111, 7-113; Mary Ann. 4-117; Monique, 5-103; Mala Twomey. 5-109, 6-103; Manua Tele, 5-111; Maranatha, 5-113. 8-115- Makai, 5-113: Mariner. 6-111; Mary K (ex Wayward., 6-111. 7-113, 10-111. 11-115 Matai, 8-111; Maroro (ex-Hifofua). 9-111 J?', 1 ??’ * 12 ‘ 109; Moala - 10-105; Melanesia! i Star 12 ' 115: Nellie Brush- -- 6-111, 11-115; Norfolk Whaler, 2-108 Negera, 2-109; Nivana, 2-115, 3-113; New Golden Hind. 3-113; Ninakoria, 4-107 5- 109 6-109. 7-105. 12-106; Novla, 4-115; Ngaloa. 4-117; New Silver Gull, 5-113, 10- 113. 12-113; Natone (ex Wyatt Earn. 7- 111; Nikau. 10-109; Nerides. 10-113 ’ 11- 113. 12-113; Nina, 11-115, 12-115; Nojuna Maru, 12-105; Nam Sang, 12-115; Ozami Twomey, 1-107; Outward Bound, 1-115 10-67. 10-113, 12-115; Oshoro Maru. 2-107' Oliver Mac (ex Ai Sokula-Manum-Hotii Maru., 6-105; Orsom 111, 10-107; 00100100 12-105; Phoenix, 1-115, 2-115, 3-113 4- 177, 12-115; Piri, 2-109; Pterodactyl. 2-115; Pak Hoi, 3-105; Penguin, HMS, 3-109; Philante 11. 3-113; Puori, 4-117, 10-113 12-115; Petunia, ,5-111; Primavera, 5-113- Pacific Maru (ex Holmdale-ex Pacific Pearl., 6-107. 9-105; Patsy Jean. 6-111- Port Halifax, 7-105; Pagan, 9-115; Pavana! 12-111, Quebec. 2-108; Rongamau, l-lis! 2- Romayne. 2-115; Rainbird, 2-115; Rai Reva, 3-113; Rosalie, 5-103; Rundoe, 5-113, 6-99. 12-113; Ra Marama, 6-105; Rose Pearl (now Francoise), 6-105- Ranginul, 6-111, 10-111; Rannah. 8-107 Readwell, 8-113; Rubia. 9-113; Rang! 9- 115; Recorder, 10-103; Ratanui, 10-109 Revel, 10-111; Rican Star, 12-111; Repasado, 12-113; Satsuma Maru, 1-109; Southern Cross VIII, 1-111, 2-101 Sea Chanty. 1-113, 3-113, 4-115, 8-115, 10-113; Staghound. 1-115; Santo Maru. 2-108- Soochow. 2-113; Solquest, 2-115; Sinkiang, 3- Shipping Slump, 4-22, 4-113, 5- 147, 8-73; Southern Cross (liner), 4-113; Sibajak. 4-113; Stylehurst, 5-109; Shiralee, 5-111, 6-111; Staghound, 5-113; Skaal, 5- 113; Soncy, 5-115, 6-111; Slocum Society, 5- Spray. 5-115; Salmo, 6-111; Solace. 6- Slevic, 7-101, 8-109, 9-111; Sorong. 8- San Miguel, 8-112, 10-111; Sunrise (ex Viking), 8-113; Shemara, 8-113, 9-107, 10-113; Santa Maria, 8-115; Santo Wharf, 9- Stanley Anguin, 10-103; Southern Maid, 10-111, Saratoga. 11-113; Stardust. 12-65; Sea Dawn, 12-115; Tahoe, 1-105, 1- 4-115, 5-111, 11-115; Tofua, 1-107, 9-107, Tahiti. 1-113, 5-113, 11-114; Tahitl- Nui 11. 2-37, 3-111; Tui. 2-107. 3-101; Te Vega. 2-111, 6-71, 7-103, 12-105: Tiare Maori, 2-111, 6-108. 12-111; Te Rapunga, 2- 8-113, 9-113; Te Matangi, 2-115, 4- 5-115, 6-111, 8-115, 11-114; Trevalyan, 3-103; Tarawera. 3-107: Typee. 3-113, 4-115. 5-113, 11-114: Tangarie, 3-113: Triellis. 3-139. 7-109; Taveuni. 4-105; Tagula. 4-112; Thor I. 4-113; Thorshall, 4-113; Thorsisle, 4-113: Tiare. 6-97. 10-107; Tahltlen, 7-103, Tainatoba. 7-111; Takuyo Maru. 7-111; Te Matapula, 7-113, 8-109: Tlburon Too, 8-103; Two Brothers. 8-111, 9-111; Tovata, 9-105; Tui Kanaua, 9-105; Tuiagi, 9-107. 10-101; Telko, 11-109, 12-107; Tautai, 12-105; Tiare Taporo, 12-111; Utopia. 1-113, 2-111. 3-115, 4-117 5-113, 8-113; Umitaka Maru. 6-103, 7-107: USS Co.

Papeete Office Closed. 7-107; Ulufonua, 11- 109; Verao (ex Ransdorpi. 2-107, 7-105: Vltl. HMS. 3-109: Venturer. 5-111: Vixen, 7- Vanato, 9-115; Viking Ahoy, 11-111; Vlveka. 11-115; Viking 11. 11-115; Vlnari Tokae, 12-105; Varua, 12-113: Wewak, 1- 113: White Seal. 1-113. 3-113. 9-115: Wlndsong. 1-115, 2-105. 5-115. 7-113. 9-115; Wooree, 2-109: Waltemata. 2-111: White Hart, 2-115; Weather Broadcasts. 3-115. 5- 111, 6-99. 9-101; White Squall. 8-111; Wanderer, 7-113. 8-113. 10-113. 11-115. 12- 113: Whither, 8-115: Wiltsle. UBN. 11-105; Wallach, 11-107; Westward Ho. 11-114; Whence. 12-115; Yacht Race, Sydney- , Noumea. 1-113: Yacht Race, Trans- I Tasman. 3-113. 5-112, 6-111, 7-113: Yacht Race, Auckland-Fiji. 3-113; Yacht Race. , Los Angeles-Honolulu. 11-114. 12-115; Yankee. 2-103, 4-115, 4-141. 9-115 Yasme 171 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY ■>!.

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SOLOMON IS.; HMS “Cook". 1-41; La Perouse Wreck. 1-49. 3-63, 12-17, 12-125; ■Melanesian” Disaster. 1-65. 2-135, 3-143; Resignation of Manager of Trading Corp., I- 6-141; Solufou Fire, 1-145; PS Salary Increase. 2-142; Royal Visit. 2-143, 5-26 7-121, 8-27, 9-18; New £1 Stamp. 2- 146; Japan Buys Copra. 3-145; Gilbertese Settlement, 4-57: Taxation, 4-17 6-16. 7- 32: Polio on Rennell, 5-21; Surplus Land, 5- 6-20; Bellona Is. Phosphate. 5-143, 6- Native Wharfies Strike. 5-143; Jap.

Interest in Settlement, 7-21; Improved Broadcasting, 7-63; Imported Bees 7-117; Copra Industry. 7-122, 9-65; Cyclone Damage, 7-123; Henderson Airfield, 7-123. 12-137- Native Songs Recorded, 7-u<, Timber. 8-127: Cocoa. 8-127, 9-65: Radiotelephone. 8-135; Influx of Anthropologists. 8-141- Honiara Wharf, 9-55; Airmail Postage Rises. 9-117; Relaxing Native Liquor Regulations, 9-127; Bishop Rescues Anthropologist. 9-129; Britain’s Colonial Dev. Fund, 10-141; SPC Printing Press, II- WPHC Birthday Honours, 12-133, Coconut Research. 12-137; Primary School Reopens, 12-146.

SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION: 2-23. 2- 127 3-120. 4-53. 6-121, 7-141, 7-144. 8-17, 8- 8-29, 8-131, 10-17, 10-25, 11-20, 11-27. 11-53, 11-135.

SPORT: Boxing, 1-156, 2-153, 3-153, 4- 160, 5-153. 6-148, 7-155 8-153 9-153 11- 153, 12-152; Rugby Football. 1-157 2-153, 4-161, 8-153. 10-152. 11-152; Baseball. 1- 157; Soccer. 2-153, 6-148, Racing 3-153. 7- Cricket, 3-153, 6-149, 7-156. 8-153, 9- 11-152; Bowls. 7-157; SP Olympics, 10- Golf (von Nida Visit to NGi, 12- T TAHITI AND FRENCH POLYNESIA: Political Troubles. 1-14, 2-57. 4-19, 9-23; Disaster Ends “Tahiti Nui” Drift Voyage, 2- Makatea Phosphate, 2-67: Fishing By Nights of the Moon, 2-83; “Oui” Wins, 3- Pouvaana a Oopa Arrested, 4-19, 12- 19- New Governor, 5-125; Papeete Airport. 5- 9-123, 10-120, 12-137; Scrap, 6-131; Origin of Pomelos. 9-141.

TONGA: Broadcasting Station, 1-139; "Treaty of Friendship, 2-17, 11-43, 12-117; Geological Survey, 2-133; Budget Surplus, 2- Mail Order Debts, 2-141; Polio Epidemic. 3-51, 5-67; Banana Industry, 4- 21 5-139; Prince Tungi, 5-69, 11-43; Royal Tortoise, 5-71: Price of Local Copra, 5- 133; Resettlement of Niuafo’ou, 6-117. 11- 129; Radio-telephone, 6-129; Road Regulations 6-131: The Shirley Baker Incident, 6- 9-83, 11-27; Tonga Trench. 8-79; Typhoid, 8-135; Tuna Fishery, 10-79, 11- 43- Tongan Bible, 10-115; Flu Deaths. 10- 123; Hospitals Jubilee, 10-146; Tourism, 11- TRADING AND OTHER COMPANIES; Australasian Petroleum Co., 1-35, 1-168. 2- 165. 3-165. 5-165. 6-162, 8-165, 9-143. 9-165. 10-165, 11-166. 12-166; Burns Philp (NG) Ltd.. 1-117. 12-165; BSIP Trading Corp.. 1-133; Enterprise of NG Gold and Petroleum. 1-168. 2-165, 2-166, 3-166. 5-165, 6-162, 7-170, 8-166, 10-166, 11-165; Lolorua Rubber Estates, 1-168; Byron Bay and Norfolk Is. Whaling Co., 1-169, 5-166, 6- 162, 7-170, 8-166, 12-166; Southern Pacific Insurance, 1-169; Sandy Creek, 1-169, 2- 166. 3-166, 4-175, 8-166, 9-166; G. B. Hari and Co., 2-87; Monier (NG) Ltd., 2-166, 3- New Guinea Goldfields, 2-166, 3- 166, 4-173, 6-161, 7-169, 8-166, 10-166, 12- 166; Papuan Apinaipi, 2-166, 3-166. 4-174, 5-166, 6-161. 9-166, 11-166, 12-166; Kerema Rubber, 2-166; Oil Search, 3-165, 4-173, 5- 165. 8-165, 9-143, 9-163. 12-166: Garua Pltn. Float, 3-165, 12-165: Maraboi Rubber. 3- Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd.. 3-165, 4- 5-167, 7-170, 8-166, 9-166; Air Viti, 3-166; Steamships Trading Co.. 3-166, 4- 173, 9-166. 12-166: W. R. Carpenter and Co. Ltd.. 4-173, 8-166; Dylup Plantations Ltd. 4-174, 10-166; Morris Hedstrom Ltd., 5- 10-165: Pacific Entertahiment Ltd., 5-165; Camelot Nominees Ltd., 5-166, 12- 166; Timor Oil, 5-166, 10-166; NG Resources Co.. 5-166; Carlton Brewery (Fiji) Ltd., 6-162, 10-166; Emperor/Loloma, 6-162; Guinea Brewery Ltd.. 6-162, 8-166; Goroka Holdings, 7-139; BP Trust Co., 7-170; Banno Bros., 8-117; Rubberlands Ltd.. 8- 166: Kerema Rubber, 9-165; Robt. Gillespie Pty. Ltd., 10-125; Burns Philp (SS) Co., 10-165; King Is. Sheelite, 10-165; Burns Philp and Co. Ltd., 11-165. 12-165; Placer Dev. Ltd.. 11-166; Choiseul Plantations Ltd., 11-166. 12-166; Bali Plantations. 11- 166, 12-165: Colonial Sugar Refin. Co.. 12- 166; Plantations Holdings Ltd., 12-166.

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United Nations Trusteeship

COUNCIL: 1-141, 5-126, 7-18, 9-21, 11-51, 12-21, 12-143.

Exchange Rates FIJI. —Through BANK OF NSW. ANZ BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia on Fiji, basis £lOO Fiji: Buying, £Alll/2/6; Selling. £AII3. Flji-London, basis £lOO London: B. £llO/15/-; S. £ll2. NZ-Fljl, basis £lOO NZ; B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3.

SAMOA.—Through BANK OF NZ. Australia on Samoa, basis £lOO Samoa: B. £ A123/12/6; S. £124/10/9. Samoa- London, basts £lOO London: B. £99/7/6; S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £lOO NZ; B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-Fijl, basis £lOO Samoa; B. £111; S. £llO.

NORFOLK IS.—Commonwealth Bank quotes exchange rate Australia - Norfolk Island: 5/- per £AIOO.

Papua - Ng.—Commonwealth Bank

tPt. Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Goroka. Bulolo, Kavieng, Madang, Wewak). BANK OF NSW (branches: Port Moresby, Lae, Bulolo, Rabaul. Madang, Samarai, Goroka; agencies: Wau, Boroko, Kokopo), ANZ BANK (Port Moresby. Lae, Rabaul) and

National Bank Of A/Asia. (Port

Moresby) quote exchange rate Australia- Papua-NG: 10/- per £AIOO.

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific francs, most valuable of the three franc groups in French Union, are used in New Caledonia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Polynesia.

FRENCH BANK (Comptoir National D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney July, 1959, quotes: Selling, Noumea, 195 Pac. francs to £ Aust.; Papeete, 194.75 Pac. francs to £ Aust.; 243.75 Pac. francs to £ Stg.; 89.05 Pac. francs to US $. Selling 13.76 heavy fr?ncs (1,376 ordinary Metrop. francs) to £ Stg.

Handy Sydney Addresses for Islands Visitors AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES DEPART- MENT, Commonwealth Buildings, Circular Quay West (B 0537)—a massive brown stone building on the right side of lower George Street, Millers Point.

PAPUA-NG COPRA BOARD Representative (Mr. Winn, B 0537, extension 59A>— located in Commonwealth Building, above, NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT offices: Colonial Mutual Building, 14 Martin Place, opposite GPO. Tourist Bureau on ground floor. Trade Commissioner’s Office and library elsewhere in building.

FIJI GOVERNMENT Representative: Dalgety and Co., Ltd., 15 Bent Street. (B 0524, extension 342, Mr. Menzies).

Bent Street is an extension of Spring Street.

South Pacific Commission; City

office for publications, etc.: 115 Pitt Street (Tels. BW 3409/BW 5487). West side of Pitt Street between Martin Place and Hunter Street.

Australian School Of Pacific

ADMINISTRATION. Middle Head Road.

Mosman. (XMIQ3S): Located on Middle Head, past the Balmoral Naval Depot.

Take Spit, Spit Junction or Mosman Junction bus in Carrington Street, City, Alight at Spit Junction, North Sydney.

Take a blue “Naval Depot” bus (every 25 minutes) and alight at the school.

PACIFIC ISLANDS SOCIETY; Contact President (Mr. N. H. Foxcroft—LX 1778).

Meetings at 77 King Street, 7th floor— near George St.

POLYNESIAN ASSOCIATION of Sydney: Contact President (Mr. Len Moran— FW 4661, 6-7 p.m.).

PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY—TeI, MA 9197-9198: At 29 Alberta Street. Take bus in Pitt Street from Circular Quay, Alight at corner of Pitt and Goulburn Streets, walk east along Goulburn Street to corner of Wentworth Avenue. PIM offices are round corner, in Alberta Street 172 JULY, 1959 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLI Published by PACIFIC PUBLICATIONS PTY. LTD., 29 Alberta Street. Sydney (Telephone. up and printed in Australia by the Sydney and Melbourne Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd.. 29 Alberta Street, sya y

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EXOCOETUS VOLITANS, the flying fish; in the Polynesian tongue “Maroro.” A familiar sight in South Pacific waters.

Familiar also are the airliners of TEAL, covering, in a sense, “the same ground” but in a more regular and predictable fashion, bringing the blessing of modern transportation to the Pacific Islands.

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General Merchants

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Trade Throughout The Pacific

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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.”

In London: Telephone: BL 5421 Postal Address: G P. 0., Box 168, Sydney.

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, Island Products Ltd., Morris Hedstrom Ltd., Suva.

Lae, Madang, Kavieng, Kokopo.

Port Moresby.

W. R. Carpenter & Co. (Fiji) Ltd., Su ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY, 1959