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I. Vol. XXXIII. JUNE, 1963 This Issue M Pacific Games 9, 48 0 Investigate Tuna Fishing 21 Clergy's Standards 53 Proposal for Bananas 101 's Trans-Pacific Solo Flight 135 )pposes Pacific Trade Plan 140 ly Notes: Placer Development, >eul Plantations, Oil Search, s Philp, Pacific Island Mines 140 :AN SAMOA ewspapers Established 71 aper Outspoken 73 an Can Co. Factory 125 ion of Old Church 125 ISLANDS Wrecked at Suwarrow 24 ii" in Trouble 24 Being Lost 35 ie Tuna Proposal 35 na Industry "Not Wanted" 67 d ROTUMA 1 Coinage Request 11 session Opens 17 Council Members 19 Jew Guinea Students 25 sment Commissioner Rogers 28 sf Sir Hugh Ragg 29 lucation Too Costly 51 eriod for Legco 61 's Problems 70 sf War Hero 85 or Visits Lau Group 86 ort Barker's Books 93 'harf Finished 105 vt. for Methodist Church 125 t Industry Subsidy Scheme 127 e Cattle Bought 127 •evelopment Loan 129 st Housing Conference 129 om Cuba's Sugar Loss 140 I POLYNESIA in Launch Mishap 24 Jase Ready in Three Years 59

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Drought in Phoenix Islands 28 Blasting of Boat Passages 81 Unique Claims to Fame 85 Phoenix Islanders for Solomons 125 Work on Tarawa Causeways 127 NAURU Nauruans May Accept Qld. Island 9

New Caledonia

Viet Repatriation to Resume 9 Torrential Rain 40 Yacht Race from NZ 112 Recession Continues 139 Latest Hotel Rates 143

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Viet Repatriation to Resume 9 Rain by the Bucket 40 Trochus Fishing Re-opens 101 Survey of Malekula 103 Water Shortage at Mota Lava 125 Boarding School for Pentecost 133 "Navaka" Reaches Vila 135

Norfolk Island

Hotel and Tuna Factory Plans 21 Concern Over Tuna Plan 22

Papua-New Guinea

Mt. Hagen Show 5, 39 Border Poses Sticky Problems 5 Menzies on NG Defence 5 Constabulary to be Stronger 6 Uneasiness Over WNG Build-Up 7 Land Titles Challenged H ( Hoarding of Coins 11 New House of Assembly 15 Common Roll Moves 15 WNG Students Fear Reprisals 25 Bandmaster Crawley Leaves 27 Ingenuity of Aiome Farmers 27 Lord De L'lsle's Visit 37 Bougainville's New Wharf 45 Compulsory Education 47 Price Index Plan 65 Legends of Damien Parer 95 Artist in Wood 97 Survey of Lower Watut Valley 125 TAA Air Service from Rabaul 125 New Airstrips 125 Radio "Fever" in Sepik 127 Kokoda Trail Stone in Canberra 127 Mt. Wilhelm Climbed 129 Aust. Businessmen Urge Investment 139 New Hotel at Kieta 143

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Marianas Hit by Typhoon 70 WALLIS and FUTUNA Sombre Outlook for "Paradise" 52

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New Guinea a review of Australian de- ?, the Australian Prime ster, Sir Robert Menzies, Federal Parliament on May hat the area of immediate egic concern to Australia not yet entered a period of lity. ? added : “We have made our w in the light of our treaty igements but particularly in ence to the security of our try and of the Territory of la and New Guinea.

Ve will defend these terris as if they were part of the iland; there must be no mist ideas about that” le Prime Minister aniced plans for an increase in gth and equipment for the d services, including a ling of the strength of the ic Islands Regiment — Papua- Guinea’s permanent de- ? force. Present strength is tensive improvements would iade to the present Wewak Id (right next to the town, Boram), which the Prime ster said would have great ? for defence as well as for ml Territory development. meral reaction of the Ausm Press was that the Prime ster’s specific guarantee to id P-NG was overdue and ome, but that the defence nisation within the Territory d still be far too inadequate.

Indonesia’s New Guinea Takeover Poses Border Problem For Australia By Stuart Inder With only a month passed since the takeover of Netherlands New Guinea on May 1, Indonesia is pushing its plans so fast, and with so much self-assurance, that uneasiness is growing in the eastern half of New Guinea about just what sort of neighbours the territory is getting.

INDONESIA is behaving already as if she held firm sovereignty over West New Guinea, instead of merely holding the reins of adminstration relinquished by the Dutch.

The Indonesian Information Minister announced in May the start of a big propaganda campaign designed, unashamedly, to convince the Papuans of West New Guinea, that they are really Indonesians, and that they needn't expect to get a chance to decide they are anything else.

The Dutch-Indonesian Agreement of last August, which gave the Papuans the right to “choose freely” by 1969 whether they wanted selfdetermination or to remain with Indonesia, is to be made a dead letter as early as possible.

The general uneasiness at this Indonesian method of administration — the method of telling the people what is best for them—is shared by the Australian Minister for Territories, Mr. Paul Hasluck, who told Federal Parliament in May that it was a method “Australia had turned its back on” on its own side of the border (p. 17).

Big P-NG Advance Mr. Hasluck was seeing through Parliament a bill which gives Papua- New Guinea a 64-member legislature, elected from a common roll, from next March. The new legislature will have a big native majority.

On the Indonesian side of the border Indonesia had just announced establishment of a 38-member Council, with not a single elected member, IS that DAD? This skull was one of a number of unusual displays at New Guinea s Mt. Hagen Show in May. Seventy thousand natives, residents from all over the Territory and visitors from overseas attended the show, which is one of the few fascinating spectacles of its kind left in the world. Most visitors carried cameras—including young John Toole from Kelanga, near Banz, NG, who here turns his baby Brownie on some local colour. See p. 39 for the show details. 5 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

in place of the partly-elected New Guinea Council established by the “colonialist” Dutch (who had planned to let the Papuans have most of the reins of government, and all of them if possible, by 1970).

In winning New Guinea through its aggressive “confrontation” policy, Indonesia has already taken over, for nothing, Dutch property in the territory worth £lOO million, but now it is to be given further generous financial aid from the United Nations and even from the Dutch themselves.

The Dutch agreed to put in £4.5 million a year for three years to help expansion in West New Guinea and the UN promised to organise a special fund which would also assist in capital works for the territory. UN member governments would be asked to contribute to the UN fund.

Whether Australia will be asked to contribute, and what her attitude will be if she is, was not announced.

Australian taxpayers already contribute £2O million a year to the Australian territory, and will be asked to contribute much more in the next few years.

Most Australians would probably object to money being handed over to Indonesia to spend in the west which could be better spent on its own side of the border—while the present Indonesian leaders were in the chair, anyhow.

The Border Problem But the main cause for uneasiness during the month was undoubtedly the matter of the West New Guinea- Papua-New Guinea border.

The portion dividing West New Guinea and Papua was firmly agreed on between the Dutch and the British in a treaty signed in The Hague in 1895. Since Indonesia is merely taking over the administration of the former Dutch territory most people would not expect the border to be a matter for discussion.

But apparently The Hague agreement can be put aside under the terms of the Netherlands-Indonesian agreement of last August.

Article XXV of this says: “The present agreement will take precedence over any previous agreement regarding the Territory. Previous treaties and agreements regarding West New Guinea may therefore be terminated or adjusted as necessary to conform to the terms of this agreement.”

If this is so then it helps to explain why Indonesia informed Australia even before the takeover that she would “not necessarily” accept the present boundaries.

PIM reported that development in its April issue (p. 8), and said that Australia was apprehensive about it because of the Waris enclaves—an area on the Sepik border where villagers had for years been living in Australian territory but under Dutch control.

Australia moved quickly last year to delineate the border at this point, but the moves may well turn out to have been too late to prevent the Indonesians disputing them.

The PIM April report of the Indonesian border attitude came from Australian sources.

Indonesian Confirmation The first official Indonesian confirmation that the boundary question could be re-opened, came in an Australian television interview on May 4 when the Indonesian Ambassador to Australia, Brigadier Suadi, told Michael Charlton of the ABC that he would like to see a border commission established to settle the question of the border. The Ambassador said he did not suggest that Indonesia would seek “major alterations”.

Attempts by Canberra Pressmen to get an amplification of this statement failed, and only a small number of newspapers gave the Ambassador’s view the prominence it deserved.

The present boundary was agreed upon in 1895 as a result of the activities of a vicious tribe of Dutch New Guinea natives, the Tugeri.

They lived 40 miles across the side of the border, which at tha followed the entire line of the deg. of E. Longitude.

The Tugeri had for years headhunting raids into British tory, and had reduced the bouring tribes to such a state < peration that the British admi tion was unable to get on w own pacification plans among i So in 1893 the British Ac trator, Sir William MacGregor, party of Dutch including the dent at Ternate, in the Dutcl Indies, M. Bensbach, met and that the new boundary should to the east of deg. 141, in the of the Bensbach River, to either a British or Dutch vessel placed in the Bensbach and ke Tugeri marauders in check.

The Present Border The new longitude was at 141 deg. 1 sec. 47.9 min. east, there the boundary continued d north until it met the Fly Rive lowing the Fly west where it into what was previously Dutct tory until it met the 141st m( again.

From that point it followe 141st directly north, as befor The change involving the bu the Fly was made because i agreed that if British settlemen ascended the Fly, which has b< headwaters and mouth in ] territory, then the whole river ! be accessible to the British, D control might make free acce the Fly difficult in the future.

Under this treaty, navigatic the Fly has been free to both f “excepting as regards the cams war-like stores”.

Except at a few points this dary is still not marked oi ground, but on paper it is cl There should be no reason af years why Indonesia would war alterations, and Australians shoi entitled to regard any Indo: arguments for alteration wit! gravest suspicion and even witl tility. This is especially so since nesia has no sovereign author West New Guinea.

When the Australian Prime ] ter, Sir Robert Menzies, said or 22 that Australia would defend as if the territories were part < Australian mainland, Australis entitled to understand he was ring to the boundaries of the tories as they now stand and n portions that may be left after nesia has chosen to whittle aw them..

NG Police Will Cheek Security A section of the Royal Papua- New Guinea Constabulary is to be especially concerned with problems of internal security in the Territory, and the force is to be strengthened.

The Australian Minister for Territories, Mr. Hasluck, told Parliament this on May 22, adding that the Constabulary would be created as a separate body and be directly responsible to the Administrator.

Port Moresby reports say that much of the increased strength of the RPNC will be used in staffing new police stations in outlying areas, to take over the responsibility of law and justice which for years have been handled by Native Affairs field staff.

THE CRUEL SEA New Guinea Uneasy At Swift Build-Up In The West From Angus Smales, who was a Press observer in West New Guinea when Indonesia assumed control there on May 1.

Like the cargo-cult gods of New Guinea legend, President Soekarno of Indonesia came out of the west one morning in May to dazzle a primitive land which he had won with bluff, with rabid nationalism, and with a sprinkling of world apathy. /CLOAKED largely in the technology V, of R uss i a> America, England and Europe he set foot for the first time that morning on the shores which he had dreamed about for 14 years.

His arrival, with its seasoning of spectacular showmanship, was on the harbour-front of Kotabaru (previously Hollandia) in the Province of West Irian (previously the Dutch territory of West New Guinea).

Two days earlier—on May 1— Indonesia had formally assumed administrative control of the territory from an interim United Nations administration.

These two occasions were the big stage props which backgrounded the Indonesian takeover in West New Guinea—the forced ballyhoo marking the actual transfer of authority on May 1, and the more successful psychologically - timed visit which President Soekarno made two days later.

Sudden Change Today Dutch influence has been savagely sliced from the territory, and all too frequently the interim United Nations influence is remembered by Indonesians merely as an object of derision. Change has come to the land with devastating suddenness.

Four factors, which to a large extent are interwoven, come under focus as a result of the change in West New Guinea. They are: The part which United Nations played; The fate of the West Papuan native population; Indonesia’s future plans and attitudes; and The effect of events on the adjoining Australian-administered Territory of Papua-New Guinea.

As to the UN’s part, it is true that the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) in West New Guinea achieved a brilliantly trouble-free changeover. This was achieved at a cost, however.

The cost tended to be a “peace at any price” policy, and an increasingly noticeable trend to meet Indonesian It's a cruel sea around Fiji. Top tore, by the RNZAF, shows the ter "Tui Valavala", which went round on a reef near Gau Island, naiviti, in May. The men wav- I to the searching aircraft were sr rescued. (See story, p. 105.) low is Rob Wright's picture of > Norwegian freighter "Ragna igdal" which ran on to the reef Vatoa Island last November fh a cargo of timber and newsnt. The hull recently broke into ir main pieces in heavy seas. 7 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

wishes as the period of temporary administration ended.

UNTEA used the very laudable excuse that in the interests of the people rowdy political meetings or big public expressions of opinion should be avoided. This was true enough, but it tended to shove the West Papuan native into the position where he was almost a non-participant observer in his own land.

As handover day approached, Indonesia used increasing doses of “little Djakarta” treatment on West New Guinea. Armed patrols sped through the streets with sirens pushing other road-users aside, and contentious posters blossomed on streets and buildings.

Even the UN Commissioner of Police was held back at one stage while an Indonesian military police party screamed through the streets.

Development Activity Despite Indonesia’s showy militarystyle tactics in West New Guinea, it is open to question whether the ordinary native will be better or worse off in his own land. With funds begged and borrowed, and with an obvious desire to show the world what she can do, Indonesia will obviously rush into some sort of development activity.

The more sophisticated West Papuan is today either a stooge man for the Indonesians or has gone to live in Holland. In either case, he will face many adjustments but for the immediate future he will be comparatively secure.

The real tragedy lies in the fact that whatever happens in the future, he will never know whether he would have been worse off or better off.

Too many West Papuans obviously have no idea of what the whole affair is about. One even asked innocently after President Soekarno’s visit, “When will the Dutch be back?”

Indonesia’s future plans and attitudes, insofar as Indonesian statements are concerned, are very clearcut. Dr. Subandrio, the Indonesian Foreign Minister, in a Press conference before handover day made the following points: • Fifteen thousand troops would be in West New Guinea by May 3 (they were), but they would be merely for civil patrols and national developmental works. • That Indonesia had no territorial aims, but in West New Guinea she had merely obtained what was rightfully hers. • That a policy of “great friendship” would be observed with Australia, particularly in the mutual administration of adjoining territories.

To Dr. Subandrio’s statement of policy, Dr. Soekarno made the following remarks in public addresses: • Although Indonesia had no territorial ambitions, she was ready to free any group of people who were chained to a power they did not like—even to the extent, he said, of “liberating” an Australian State from the Commonwealth!

The most dangerous symptom of Indonesian attitudes in West New Guinea lies in her assumption that she has sovereign power there already, when in truth she has merely administering power.

Weak Point One of the weak points in the Dutch-lndonesian agreement is that the native people shall make “an act of self-determination” by 1969 to determine their future. There is general belief that such an “act” is a plebiscite, but such belief is not necessarily substantiated by the words of the document.

Indonesia has already started an all-out campaign of “no plebiscite in 1969”. In other words, she considers her sovereign right in West New Guinea as already accomplished.

This is borne out in the savage campaign which she has started in removing Dutch place names and substituting Indonesian names.

President Soekarno even held a ceremony in an aircraft in which he re-named mountain peaks over which he was flying. One of the peaks has become Mount Soekarno.

As a result of Indonesia’s actions and policies, Australia is becoming steadily enmeshed in a situation which will be of far-reaching moment.

On the one hand, the Australians of Papua-New Guinea, many Australians in Australia, and a large section of the Australian Reti Servicemen’s League are expn fears of military and political £ from Indonesia.

Put shortly, they just don’t Indonesia and her military bui in West New Guinea.

On the other hand, the Austi Department of External Affair! pears to be pushing a policy tha fears are ridiculous, and that Indonesians are nice friendly p who will live forever as neighl now that they have achieved they wanted.

Both attitudes are probably tremist ones.

The Indonesian is a showman likes to display his brass anc power and his almost tar nationalism. He uses his arm; any case, for a wide range of are civil duties in other countrie If any real danger exists it in the future attitude to be ad( by the native poeple of the Austr territory, and to a smaller extei the future attitude of the Papuans.

Open Invitation Foolishly, unthinkingly, purpc or under subversive proddings people could one day concen say that they want a national chs Even if only a small group takes action, it would constitute an invitation to Indonesia to exe her “liberation” policy.

The obvious answer is for tralia and the world to exercise utmost circumspection, realism common sense in the managemei Papua-New Guinea.

If this is done—and the recor far is a good one—then Indo: will have no lever to take fu action; and if she does, then the world would undoubtedly be ag; her.

OVER THE FENCE Now that the football has started again in Rabaul and the grounds have been fenced in, any vantage point serves for those who do not wteh to pay. Here a group of spectators watches from the top of an old Jap tank outside the PNGVR drill hall. 8 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

[?] lands Well Advanced In Games Team Selection Sporting organisations throughout the South Seas were all 11-advanced in early June in their plans to send teams to the t South Pacific Games in Suva between August 29 itember 7.

RE than 600 officials and athletes will take part in the 5. Latest developments are: Papua-New Guinea Amateur ic Association is using the s of the Fijian Amateur Athletic ation as its guide for choosing titors for the Suva Games, records are: 100 yards (9.8 220 yards (22.5 sec.), 440 (51.4 sec.), 880 yards, 2 min. ;.), One mile, (4 min. 35.4 sec.), limp (6 ft 4 in.), broad jump 6 in.), hop, step, and jump 8 in.), shot putt (50 ft 9i in.), (163 ft 7i in.), and 4 x 110 44.4 sec.). imminent Papua-New Guinea g official, Mr. Cyril Mery, has been appointed manif the Territory’s team to go Suva Games.

McCubbery is secretary of the New Guinea Amateur Athletic ation and secretary of the New Guinea Amateur Sports was one of the people who I hard to organise a Territory ;ent to go to the Empire Games th last year. He was sectional "r for boxing and wrestling at rth Games.

May, the P-NG association gotiating to charter two aircraft *y competitors and officials to im Suva. The cost is estimated about £lO,OOO. selected its squad for trainr the Games after the Tonga ur Athletic Association had i athletics meeting in February pril.

Cook Islands Sports Associaad nearly £2,500 in hand by ay to cover the expenses of its 5 and officials at the South Games in Suva. The team’s 2s are estimated to be about RNZAF Hastings aircraft will the team from Rarotonga to vithout charge, but the Cook Sports Association will have the return fares, is in boxing, tennis and :s (the only sports that Cook athletes will take part in at ames) will be held in Rarotonga in the first week gf June, when trialists from all the outer islands are expected in Rarotonga.

Local and overseas donations to the fund to send Solomon Islanders to the Games totalled £1,296 at the end of April.

An editorial in the Samoa News, Pago Pago, on May 27, said Government officials were “carrying the ball” for American Samoa and called on private enterprise for greater support so that the American flag “could fly proudly at the Games”. [See also Games Programme, p. 48.]

Viet Repat

TO RESUME The repatriation of the Vietnamese in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides in the ship “Eastern Queen” is to resume early in June, according to Noumea newspapers. The ship will lift about 550 Vietnamese to North ( Communist ) Vietnam on alternate voyages from New Caledonia and the New Hebrides.

About 2,000 Vietnamese in New Caledonia—more than half of them young people— wish to return to North Vietnam, and about the same number wish to return from the New Hebrides. Repatriation started in 1960 but stopped suddenly in 1961.

PlM’s Noumea correspondent says North Vietnam will receive “a magnificent gift”, as all the young people are well educated.

Nauruans May Take Curtis

Leaders of Nauru may accept Curtis Island, off the Australian coast, as a new home for the Nauruan people—if they can make some satisfactory arrangement with the Australian Government about the conditions under which they occupy it.

THE Administrator of Nauru, Mr.

R. S. Leydin, told the UN Trusteeship Council this in New York on May 30. He said the Nauruans wanted the island to be a sovereign state, but the Australian Government would not agree to this and further discussions were going on.

PIM in a long article in May (p. 5) reported that Curtis Island offered the brightest hope yet for solving the Nauruan problem, and that the Nauruans favoured resettlement there. Nauru, population 2,500, will have to be abandoned in 30 years when the phosphate deposits are worked out.

Curtis is 180 square miles in area —about 20 times larger than Nauru.

It could be joined to the Australian mainland by a causeway.

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Curtis is undeveloped except for some grazing properties.

The advantages of island life, plus all the facilities of a metropolitan area, could be enjoyed by the Nauruans if they move to Curtis Island, whose relationship to the mainland is shown here. 9 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

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RABAUL, May 25.

At no time in the 30 years I have known this country ye I found among European interests in this area a greater ise of uneasiness. 1 circumstances surrounding the ttacks by the Tolais upon land here —and especially the current appeal in the Varzin Plantation -have created a general fear that ad titles in this Territory may safe. finance institution now is ed to grant credit on the ty of land. This, of course, that all small capital works depend upon bank loans will to a halt. st people here are so confused j development that they do little than curse. But the few who iderstand blame the Canberra —and I think quite rightly— lowing such a thing to happen, tain high officials in Port by have been so leaning over ards, in their eagerness to get with the United Nations and atives, that they have become c. They have lost sight of the ount need for protecting fundal European interests and thus maintaining here some spirit of cooperation between the European community and the planners in Port Moresby and Canberra who think they can defy the lessons of history and the laws which govern human nature.

Appeal Court Sits All this week, P-NG’s Chief Justice Mann has been sitting inconspicuously as an appeal court in a Council hall in Vunadidir, a little village out beyond Toma.

The presence there of the court has not been publicised. But it is known that it is taking evidence “in connection with the Varzin case”, and alarm among many Europeans has grown accordingly. (See also PIM, April, P- 39.) The Administration is wary and withdrawn on the subject of “the Varzin case”. There is no comment, I have been warned that I may not comment on the merits of the claim— it is all “sub judice”.

I am going to set out the history and cause of this extraordinary development, but I may nol comment upon the issues involved. But I am free to point out the probable effect of the case, whatever the verdict may be.

The Germans, 1885-1914, systematically examined all claims for NG land before granting titles and recorded them in the German Groundbook.

The Australian Administration, established under the League of Nations after World War I, took over all German property. It was “expropriated” and sold, and the proceeds of such sales went towards paying the German War Debt established under the Treaty of Versailles.

The Australians had the Groundbook, and thus knew the history of the properties taken over.

By the Land Registration Ordinance of 1924, the ex-German properties were brought under the British form of registration, which was based on the Torrens system. It provided that, before registration of the land concerned, there should be investigation into any native claims to it.

Once satisfied there were no native claims, the properties were placed in

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Mr. Phillips, who made an extensive tour of the Territory to study economic development, told reporters that over the years P-NG had been “a sink” for silver coins.

Hoarding of money by the native people was still “a very serious problem”, he said.

No accurate estimate was available, but anything up to £10,000,000 was possible.

Mr. Phillips said one of the bank’s major tasks was to educate the native people in the use of money.

Footnote: The Suva Chamber of Commerce decided on May 22 to ask the Fiji Government to adopt decimal coinage at the same time as Australia and New Zealand.

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The appellants are village Tolais; and the thing that surprises many Europeans is the method of their representation before the court.

Their case has been prepared, and they are represented at the court, by the Public Solicitor, who is an officer of the Administration. All right, but this Administration has a Crown Law Department, Secretary of which is Mr. W. W. Watkins. Within that de- 1 partment there are a Crown Solicitor | (Mr. S. H. Johnson) and a Public i Solicitor (Mr. W, A. Lalor).

Thus we have the spectacle of an officer of the department (the Publiq Solicitor) fighting for the Tolai natives for what they claim are their ancient rights in Varzin; while opposing him is another lawyer of the same department representing the Crown Solicitor, who is fighting for the Custodian of Expropriated Property and the Commissioner for Titles, who contend that the Varzin property belongs properly to Mrs.

Richards.

The interlocutory judgment says that the Chief Justice, as at November, 1962, concluded “that the prewar registered title (to Varzin) was not conclusive as against the appellants (the Tolai natives), either as to whether the land was validly brought under the operation of the Lands Registration Ordinance (of 1924) or whether the Custodian was entitled to the interest specified”.

Thus the New Guinea community has learned, with horror, that it is possible to review the titles issued by the Custodian between the wars.

Hitherto, it always had been assumed that these titles were “based on the Torrens system”, and therefore completely secure; and financial transactions were made accordingly.

The local view is that the situation calls for forthright comment upon the performances of the Canberra and Port Moresby officials responsible for policies and law-drafting; but we now reach the “sub judice” stage, and must await the end of the Varzin case.

That end may be a long way off.

There seems to be a certainty of High Court appeal, whichever side wins; and then—according to this interlocutory judgment—a certainty of an appeal for compensation by whichever side finally loses.

Meanwhile (a) no financial institution seems ready to lend money on Territory land; and (b) the intelligent Tolai natives of the Gazelle Peninsula feel that it is not a bad old world where one can get such valuable legal services for nothing.

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Fijians went to the poll for the first time in April to elect members of the Legislative Council.

Here a group of Fijian men and women check their names on the electoral roll before casting their votes. See stories, pp. 17 and 61. - Photo; Stan Whippy. 13 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

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Decks Cleared For NG Common Roll And 64-Man Assembly After a marathon debate, which underlined again the fact that Australian political parties are pretty well agreed on the methods of developing Papua-New Guinea, both Houses of Federal Parliament in May passed the bill which will give the big territory next year a 64-member House of Assembly elected from a common roll.

THE new Assembly, replacing a Legislative Council first established in 1951, is the first really major step forward on the road to self-determination in the territory of two million natives and 25,000 whites. Inside New Guinea, where for months work has been going on apace to prepare the first common roll, the big new change around the corner has been welcomed.

Because of a system of open and reserved electorates, Europeans will be guaranteed a minimum of 10 seats of the 54 elected places. The other 44 should be filled by native candidates.

The names of the 54 new electorates were announced in Port Moresby on May 23.

The 10 reserved electorates for European candidates, are Madang- Sepik, North Markham, South Markham, New Guinea Islands, West Gazelle, New Britain, East Papua, Central, West Papua and Highlands.

All voters on the roll will take part in the election of the Europeans.

Every voter will in fact take part in two ballots—the first to pick one of the 44 members for an open electorate, and the second to pick one of the 10 members for the reserved electorate. Reserved electorates will be reviewed after the first term of the new House of Assembly—which may mean that they will be considerably reduced or possibly wiped out.

The reason for establishing reserved electorates was that an open election on a common roll would probably mean few Europeans would be elected, yet native leaders made it clear in an extensive survey last year that they wanted the continued assistance of Australians in the legislature.

Even the Minister in charge of New Guinea in the former Labour Government, Mr. E. J. Ward, who opened the parliamentary debate for the Opposition, agreed that reserved electorates “would be accepted generally”, so long as they were reviewed later.

The Opposition failed in its attempt to have the number of representatives doubled to 88, and to eliminate entirely the official membership. With the 10 reserved electorates which would be retained, this proposal would give the House a total of 98 elected representatives—only two less than recommended to the UN last year in the report of the Sir Hugh Foot visiting mission.

The shadow of the Foot report did in fact hang over the entire debate, for there is no doubt that the Australian Government has been following the principles of his blueprint— the first report of any visiting mission to New Guinea to be treated with such respect. Many of the Foot recommendations, such as film censor-

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Under the new bill passed by both Houses of Federal Parliament in , Papua-New Guinea will have a 64-member House of Assembly in [, to take the place of the present 37-member Legislative Council, nembers will serve for four years instead of the present three, and the first time the elections will be on a common electoral roll. There be no nominated members.

Membership of the Administrator’s Council will be raised to 11, prising the Administrator, three official members and seven elected ibers of the House. Present membership is seven (including three ials and three non-officials). The Administrator’s Council is designed ct as an embryo cabinet.

Parliamentary Secretaries will be appointed from among elected ibers to understudy some official members of the House, such as rtmental heads, who act in roles rather like those of Ministers.

The present 37-member Legislative Council comprises 15 official ibers, including the Administrator, 10 nominated members (five Euro- , five native), and 12 elected members (six European, six native— ed from six electorates).

The new 64-member House of Assembly will comprise 10 official ibers and 54 elected members (from 54 electorates). The Adminis- >r will not be a member, but the House will elect its own Speaker, y-four of the elected members will be from “open” electorates and nembers from “reserved” electorates. In the reserved electorates only )pean candidates may stand, but in the open electorates either Euros or natives may stand. It is expected that natives will be elected i all the 44 open electorates because of the native strength on the tnon roll.

The new elections will be in March, 1964. [?] EWEST CANDIDATE. P-NG will [?] . legislature with a big native [?] next year—a vital political step [?]comes at a time in P-NG history [?] ew groups of New Guinea people [?]ll being discovered by patrols.

Officer J. O. Hunter recently dis- [?]this Mukabukey warrior and his [?] the April River of the Sepik, [?] same time as he located another [?]up called the G’hom. They had [?] er before seen a white man. 15 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

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md liquor for natives, were put practice last year, there was one weakness in the ntion’s arguments it was in the hat a number of members re- Uy adopted the attitude that 5 man” was a dirty phrase and 10 white man could be living w Guinea for any purpose but >loit the natives.

Minister for Territories, Mr. :k, replied to these attacks in ited defence of Territorians, of ensity not before seen in the er when speaking on this sub- Ir. Hasluck has at times in the iven the impression that he is ach interested in the welfare of juinea whites. this occasion he told the House any white inhabitants had dedithemselves to the advancement ; natives; many of those in >s there were just as devoted Administration in this task. at we have to ensure,” he said, at reform is something with the white inhabitant of the ry will also work with enthuand with the same devotion as past. We do not want the sort ation which has been so tragiamiliar in some of the African . . . We are getting political ement in New Guinea without ash of race.”

Hasluck added that in the Territory there were Australians who were Territorians in a true sense.

“Their grandfathers went there and their fathers went there and they themselves were born there and the Territory is their home,” he said. “It is the place in which they have the whole of their possessions and the whole of their future interests, the place to which they have dedicated their lives and to which they want to dedicate the lives of their children.

“We cannot just disregard this and say we are going to betray these people, ot ignore them.

“They, too, are inhabitants of the Territory and when we think of the term “inhabitants of the Territory” we have to think not only of the vast majority of the indigenous people but also of that minority of the inhabitants who have their own legitimate rights and interests there and whose record is by no means shameful but is rather an honourable one that deserves some consideration on our part.”

Mr. Hasluck said that the Australian Government was not planning withdrawal from NG “by 1970 or any other date” and had not sanctioned any planning to that end. He said the Government was aware there would be increasing international pressure for self-determination in New Guinea, and that there would be changes year by year within the Territory itself.

However, the “end of a journey is not onlv a matter of going faster but of arriving safely . . .” he said. “We are not working just to come to an end in New Guinea. We are working to reach an end that will be good for the inhabitants of the Territory and will not damage Australia’s legitimate rights and interests.”

That was the nearest thing to a pledge given by the Minister in introducing the bill, although unfortunately, as many New Guinea people noted, it did not adequately dispose of the UN General Assembly resolution No. 1514, of December 14, 1960, which reads: “Immediate steps will be taken in trust and non-self-governing territories, or in all other territories which have not yet attained independence, to transfer all powers to the peoples of these territories, without any conditions whatever. Inadequacy of political, economic, social or educational preparedness should never serve as a pretext for delaying independence.”

Exactly what the Australian Government would do if the new House of Assembly, with its big native majority, decided in a year or two to ask for self-determination, is a billion dollar question. ‘Making It Happen* an obvious reference to the nesian attitude in West New ea, the Australian Minister Territories, Mr. Hasluck, in ral Parliament on May 15 red to the need for a deent people to make up their about self-determination mt pressure from outside, is perfectly true,” he said, every time we perform acts idministration we are intly exerting some kind of mce. But I am thinking r of that sort of propaganda we fear may be resorted to neighbouring country, the of propaganda in which one remote from the f ry says, ‘This is what is goo happen in the country belt suits me, and because it me I am going to use every r that I have got to make n that it does happen.’ The alian Government has d its back on that approach ew Guinea’s problem.”

Fiji Outlines Its Aims The Governor, Sir Kenneth Maddocks, appeared to go out of his way to avoid some touchy subjects when he opened the first session of the newly constituted Legislative Council in May (see p. 61). Growing unemployment was one problem that never got a mention.

WHAT he had to say on any subject was not particularly inspiring. Probably his most telling point was to warn people against regarding the present prosperity in the sugar areas, because of the boom in sugar prices, as permanent. He said the boom was temporary, caused by events in Cuba and the severe winter on the European sugar-beet crop.

Long-term economic planning could not be based on the present value of sugar exports.

Sir Kenneth said that the copra outlook was not bright because of a fall in both production and quality.

He expected a report on this, and some advice on what could be done about it, in about two months from Lord Silsoe (formerly Sir Malcolm Trustram Eve) who had recently completed a survey in Fiji. Sir Kenneth said the Government had prepared a new and simpler subsidy Fiji's Governor, Sir Kenneth Maddocks, inspects a guard of honour before opening the new Legislative Council on May 15.

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Governor said there would be >rganisational changes so that :e of land development could derated. All Government dents would give priority to land »ment, and the entire effort be mounted on a much wider District Officers would devote ime to development work.

Kenneth also announced that a would be held of Civil Service (their pay and emoluments account for about one-third Colony’s budget).

Kenneth had some brief things on constitutional matters; people hoped he would have ich more. funded a little petulant that his oposal for a “member” system Legislative Council, which gradually have evolved into a rial system, had been rejected.

He pointed out that the present omcial membership of the Council (16 ) was a maximum number and it could be reduced at any time if it was decided to dispense with the official majority (of one) in the House. .... .

Such a decision is unlikely,” he commented, until unofficial members are ready to accept greater responsibility for the formation and implementation of Government policy.”

He added that the suggestion made this year by the Fijians that the Colony could be given political ♦uttvmu ® n *. a * n similar to the links U Vml had with the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands was still being considered by the UK Government.

A number of complex questions was involved and he would be unable to make an announcement for “some little time”.

Sir Kenneth retires from Fiji on September 12.

In an editorial The Fiji Times criticised the Governor for failing to emphasise in his address the farreaching “even revolutionary” consequences of the new policy proposed for guiding development of Fiji’s resources. The editorial said the scheme to hand over development work to District Officers appeared “cock-eyed”. Such work should be given t 0 experts, and “not made to fit into the straitjacket of the present administrative set-up”.

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MEMBERS Is is the full membership of the r-elected Fiji Legislative Council: BAKER: Mr. H. Maurice Scott. -OFFICIO MEMBERS: Mr. P. acdonald, Colonial Secretary; Mr. a Lewis, Acting Attorney-General; R. M. Major, Acting Financial tary (while Mr. H. P. Ritchie leave).

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LLY reports that Japanese tuna oats would supply the cannery ht an indignant reaction in Ik Island (see p. 22). louncing details of the complans in late May, a spokes- :or Empress Australia Ltd. told that the hotel would be called ingfisher and would have a staff aut 11, drawn if possible from Ik Island or Australia, ch room will have its own iom and toilet,” the spokesman “and we plan to offer tourists modern facility. ats for fishing parties, operated cal people, will be available, ntend to apply for a liquor the tourist business improves the next 12 months, we will 00 more beds to the hotel. •. Henri Corboz, a well-known y restaurant proprietor and an ite director of Empress Aus- Ltd., will advise on catering ements and entertainment.” •. Corboz also has an interest lan to develop tourism in New mia, PIM, May, p. 133.) spokesman said that arrangehad been made with TAA to oms in the Kingfisher Hotel on anal scale through the airline’s y travel departments in the lian capitals and the larger of Australia and New Guinea. 1 would be done in conjunction Qantas, which at present runs dy air service from Sydney to k Island, using DC-4 aircraft.

"Package Tours" plifying TAA’s part in this ement, a spokesman for the told PIM that TAA would ackage tours” to Norfolk from lia and return. These would ; the cost of accommodation Kingfisher and road tours on and, which would be arranged \A. A brochure on these ge tours” was being prepared. think Norfolk Island has nt potential and will have considerable appeal for the Australian holiday-maker,” the TAA spokesman added.

PIM understands that Qantas will increase its flights to Norfolk Island if traffic warrants it.

Referring to the proposed tuna cannery for Norfolk, the spokesman for Empress Australia Ltd. said: “No cannery will be established unless it is found feasible to build a harbour at the island capable of sheltering 100-ton tuna boats, and the Government agrees to its construction, “Engineers from the Sydney dredging company, G. H. & J. A. Watson Pty. Ltd., have surveyed the possibilities and are drawing up plans for three sites, of which Cascade Bay seems the most practicable.

“When further information is to hand from the engineers, we will submit the plans to the Minister for Territories, Mr. Hasluck, and will ask the Government to assist in the construction of the harbour.

“If the Government agrees to this, we will put up a cannery capable of processing 15,000 tons of tuna a year. 30 Employees “All the people employed at the cannery would be Australians, and as many as possible would be obtained from Norfolk Island. There could be up to 30 employees.

“Australian fishermen would be given an opportunity of supplying tuna to the cannery. But if they could not cope with the cannery’s needs, then an arrangement with Japanese fishing fleets would have to be considered.

“Any arrangement with the Japanese would only encompass the supply of frozen tuna, and would not entail the landing or establishment of Japanese on the island. The tuna would be unloaded in the harbour. The reported reaction of the Norfolk people to possible arrangements with Japanese is premature.”

The spokesman said that Japanese tuna boats were now catching about 70 million dollars worth of tuna a year in the Pacific, part of which came from the waters around Norfolk Island. Most of this tuna was being canned in Japan.

Therefore, any arrangement with the Japanese to supply tuna to a Norfolk Island cannery would be of benefit to the Australian economy.

“If the cannery goes up,” the spokesman went on, “we will acquire a refrigerated ship, and every time this makes a trip to Australia it will be available to carry local produce such as trumpeter and other fish, peas and beans.”

The spokesman said that Empress Australia Ltd. was a public company registered in Perth, Western Australia. It had a nominal capital of £1 million, of which £173,000 was subscribed.

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An Australian team of experts is to investigate the possibility of developing deep water tuna fishing in waters near Australia.

The Minister for Primary Industry, Mr. C. F. Adermann, announced this in May.

Mr. Adermann said: "Tuna are known to be present in large quantities off the Australian coast, but the types of vessel and gear required to catch them, and especially the costs of such operations, present problems.

"The live bait and pole method used by Australian fishermen to catch tuna in the shallow waters close to the coast is not applicable to deep water fishery.

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"It is expected that the investigations will take about three months and that the experts' report will indicate to the Government and to the fishing industry the prospects of successful developing of deep water tuna fishery on a commercial basis." 21 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY— JUNE, 1963

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Western S f h 3* haS ff ctorie j at Geraldton and Fremantle and C^fh e drUarv fiS V^ nd fi P u aWn r throUBh its subsidiary, Kingfisher Corporanon.

J^T th^J^ SidiaT \ D S rsogna J makes processed smallgoods and packages meats.

“A fleet of more than 80 boats supplies the company’s needs in Western Australia under contract.

These boats are owned jointly by the company and the fishermen.

“At present, the company holds contracts to supply Japan and the United States with upwards of $5 W °* h ° f Products “The two subsidiaries, Dorsogna a nd Kingfisher Corporation, will su PT?ty a lot of the requirements of our tourist project on Norfolk Island ”

The spokesman added that the directors of Empress Australia Ltd. were Messrs. R. B. Fitzgerald, of Sydney (chairman); J. B. Baker, of Cowra, New South Wales; and G.

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Concern On Norfo[?] Island Over Tuna Plan The possibility that Japs tuna boats might supply a canning enterprise on Norfol land brought an angry rea* on the island in May. Som landers made it clear that wanted nothing to do Japanese.

ITOWEVER, a spokesman fo company planning a tuna ii at Norfolk said in Sydney tha critics had “gone off half-cocked cause they did not have any acc knowledge of the plans.

The company is Empress Aus Ltd. The spokesman referred ticularly to letters in Norfolk I the island’s roneoed newspaper, In one ox these letters, Mr.

Bathie, a member of the 1 Council, said if it was correct Japanese fishing boats were to si a tuna cannery on Norfolk he \ “strongly support an all-out effo. ing made to keep the thin ed| this wedge out beyond the ba< ‘No Trouble where it belongs’.

Another islander, Mr. Roy C a former Australian service wrote: “The same people whc offering us this great opportunifl year-round employment at a cannery) gave us all-year em ment on the Burma Road, plui comforts of the Changi prison.’ 1 After the letters of Messrs. E and Cullen were published,, Norfolk Island Council held a ing at which the AdministJ Major-General R. H. Wordsv, and Mr. J. Baton spoke of understanding of the intention Empress Australia Ltd.

The council then carried the lowing motion: “That the Co desires to make it clear that it not approve of any compart Norfolk Island purchasing fish, than tuna, except from locally-o: fishing boats.”

Mr. Bathie voted against motion after stating that the Co should not discuss the matter it was more aware of the inten of Empress Australia Ltd.

Certainly many Norfolk Islax feel that the presence of Jape tuna fleets in the area would J the excellent local fishing. 22 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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IT ON FOR TOURISTS From Gabrielle Lawson in Honiara th three tourist ships in years, it is not quite true y that the BSIP is yet on lap as a tourist centre. But beginning to look that way, / the end of July, two shipof “happy wanderers” will set foot on the shores of alcanal this year. first lot of 1,300 or so arrived Honiara on May 15 in the i. Preparations had been made hand to make the day’s stay ! tourists a profitable one all local branch of the Girl > Association, desperately in •f funds to complete a new hut, stalls in the wharf area for e of island crafts, Buka baskets, tese fans, mats, spears, coconut ats, shells and walking sticks, eir main attraction was organght-seeing tours. ke other places, Honiara has t of taxis to provide transport, /ate cars with drivers were gen- ' offered by the locals to the juides and lined up ready to i the tourists at £1 a head for ir’s drive. arrangement proved popular the visitors. Some of them in on private homes and were hat astonished to find all mod. herein.

Huge Crowd Honiara does not yet have a ater berth, the tourists came by ship’s launch. They landed strains of the local Police Band lourful uniforms, and were at the wharf by a huge crowd, Solomon Islanders in dirty and decorative hats.

British Solomons Trading Co. s agents for the ship, arranged ramme of entertainment. This Id at the Mendana Hotel and uadalcanal Club, with music :d by the Simbo Bamboo Band he Guadalcanal Pipe Band, bands are quite original and opular. :ers in grass skirts from the island of Ysabel performed to the thumping of bamboos.

Pupils from Saint Joseph’s School at Tenaru took part in a Savo dance.

This time the bamboos were struck together.

The Western women also did their bit in skirts made of coloured streamers.

All this was lapped up by the tourists, many of whom were heard to say that Honiara was a lovely place—so unspoiled!

Other comments were that the people here were so friendly, not like the New Guinea natives who were too sophisticated.

A prominent notice displayed outside the Trading Company saying “Duty-Free Goods Sold Here” put Honiara almost on a par with other places as a haven for duty-free luxury goods.

The array of Mikimoto pearls caused even the locals to gaze longingly through the glass windows. Also for sale were the usual cameras, binoculars and transistor radios.

As Honiara was the last stop for the tourists before Sydney, most of them felt they were old hands at the barter game when Solomon Islanders offered them beautifully carved walking sticks inlaid with pearl shell. Prices soared up and down like a bird in flight The Solomons have much to offer cruise tourists. But travellers wishing to stay awhile to see more than a small part of Guadalcanal’s coast are hampered by lack of accommodation.

Mendana Avenue, Honiara. 23 FIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

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THE accident near Maupiti curred when the launch w i turning to Maupiti from th« auguration of a Mormon chap Huahine. The launch was the Me The launch is believed to been driven on to rocks or a re narrows leading into Maupiti’s lai To May 25, the bodies of oni of the 15 victims had been rccoi The ketch wrecked at Suwj Atoll was the 40 ft. Tiburon, * was on her way from Pago Pai Honolulu with owner Ed Vesse American, and his Samoan Volita.

The ketch called at Suwarroi May 4 and was wrecked there a tropical storm blew up, drivim on to a reef.

The Vesseys managed to get of their equipment ashore, where lived with the atoll’s only inhat New Zealander Tom Neale, until were picked up by the New Ze: frigate Pukaki.

The Pukaki was expected to< them in Tahiti on May 28.

"Apanui" in Trouble Another ship in trouble in was the 296-ton Cook Islands t Apanui, which sent out a May call on May 25 when she was miles north-east of Auckland.

The Apanui, which was on her to Suva after a refit in Auckland; battling heavy seas to get bao Auckland with a 10-degree listl The ship reported that she; making water fast and that the ; pumps had failed.

But after maritime authorities alerted ships and planes in the the Apanui’s master, Captain J. H lock, reported that one pumpc working and help was not needb The ship was carrying a crew « She reached Auckland on Maf 24 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

Tropicalities kt the end of May the Australian Government was still lickering about, attempting to obtain permission rom Indonesia for seven West New Guinea students to omplete their studies in Port Moresby. The students rere sent to the Papuan Medical College by the Dutch administration, and after the Indonesian takeover lie Indonesians asked for their return to Pest New Guinea “on the next plane”. students feared reprisals for rticles they had written last 3n Indonesia’s claims on West Tuinea and applied by telegram e Australian Prime Minister, tobert Menzies, for political a. ee of the students are due to their medical course in 1965 our in 1966.

Garfield Barwick, Australia’s er for External Affairs, told ment that he thought the “right ” was to see whether the Indos would let the students finish itudies. should just think so! ile the Australian Government sen fussing about, being careful not to tread on any Indonesian toes, the Fijian Government has gone ahead and adjusted a similar problem without any fuss at all.

Fiji has four West New Guinea students attending the Fiji School of Medicine (formerly the Central Medical School) who were also requested by Indonesia to return home.

The students were told by Fiji that they could remain and, furthermore, that the Government would meet the cost of their courses.

The British Ambassador at Djakarta was asked to inform the Indonesian Government about Fiji’s decision. And the Indonesians accepted the decision.

One of the Suva students will finish his course at the end of this year.

A second will finish it next year and the remaining two in 1965.

Will the students go back to West New Guinea when they have finished their courses in Fiji?

We’ll make a prediction: We predict that if they pass, the Fiji Government will allow them to remain and work in Fiji.

"Teach-Yourself" Editor Beats The Gun THERE were some red faces in Western Samoan Government circles early in May when Samoana, one of Apia’s two weekly newspapers, published details of the Lauterbach- Stace economic report on Western Samoa (see page 33).

The reason for the consternation was that only the previous day the Government had announced that details of the report were still on the secret list.

The publication of the Lauterbach- Stace story ahead of the gun was another triumph for Samoana’s enterprising managing director, managing editor and general factotum, Bob Rankin.

Rankin is not the sort of person to gloat, but with the story on the front page and his rival beaten, he couldn’t resist cocking a gleeful snook at the Government with a small par. in his “Around the Town” column.

“Most details of the Lauterbach- Stace Report, as revealed in Samoana, are still on the Government secret list,” he said. “Readers [?] e West New Guineans will remain in Fiji to finish their studies —and maybe [?] longer. From left they are Jesse Ajomi, Alex Mambraku (rear), Frederick Welby Korwa and Otniel Burdam. — Photo: Stan Whippy.

Bob Rankin, West Samoa's "teach yourself" editor. 25 3IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

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The publication of Rankin’s scoop m Samoana corresponded more or less with the publication of a fullpage story about him in the May issue of the Journalist, the journal of the Australian Journalists’ Association. The article had been reprinted from IPI Report, the monthly bulletin of the International Press Institute, Zurich.

Headed “The Editor Who Taught Himself As He Went Along”, the article described how Rankin had successfully launched a newspaper of his own years ago with no previous journalistic or business experience, “Twelve years ago,” the article said, “a young New Zealander, R. F.

Rankin, was seconded by the New Zealand Education Department to go to Western Samoa to work as a schoolteacher.

“Mr. Rankin liked the country, married a part-Samoan girl and finally took out Samoan citizenship.

“Then, two and a half years ago Mr. Rankin took a big decision. He resigned from the Education Department and launched his owii company to publish a weekly newspaper Samoana.

“It was an enterprise which involved heavy risk. To get the paper on its feet Mr. Rankin drew from his own firm only a token wage of about half what he had previously been earning as a teacher.

“Apart from a Samoan editor whose work was largely translation, Mr. Rankin himself was his owi editorial staff, photographer, maker, advertising manager and sional compositor.

“His wife looked after most c financial side of the business.

“Today the circulation of San is just over 2,000 in a popu reckoned 100 per cent, litera 115,000. There is one other w paper with about the same cl tion.

“Mr. Rankin believed that newspaper could play an imp< part in helping to create tha formed and intelligently ci public which was necessary tc success of Samoa’s recently g independence.

“One day in October of last Rankin heard a BBC radio gramme about the work of th« ternational Press Institute, talk so impressed him, and with so many of the problems, he himself was facing, that he off a letter asking for furthe] formation.

“The letter was addressed sic ‘The Director, International Pres stitute, Switzerland,’ but was dul; livered to Zurich headquarters.

“As a result of this letter am ments were made for copies of Rankin’s newspaper to be sent t( editorial consultant William W in India for constructive critl and at the same time Mr. Rankin sent a copy of the IPI handbook Active Newsroom”.

The article added that after W; had carefully studied specimen o of Samoana, he wrote Bob Ra a letter suggesting ways in whicl paper could be improved.

Most of the advice was on t graphy and lay-out. There were hints on how to get scoops. Ra just has a natural flair for that so) thing.

There were some weepy faces at Port Moresby when P-NG Police Bandmaster Dan Crawley said farewell at the end of April. Here he is with his wife just before he boarded the aircraft. Next to him, in tears, is Trainee Police Officer Tokiel, and on the right Trainee Police Officer Rupen. See story next page. 26 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

en Old Friends Weep ERE were both tears and smiles at Port Moresby’s Jackson’s Airwhen the recently-retired handler of the Royal Papua-New lea Constabulary, Dan Crawley, the Territory. He had been 24 s with the band. t times it was more wet than y, with most of the tears flowfrom the native bandsmen, and a few from Dan Crawley him- Every member of the band was ;ars as Mr. Crawley boarded the aft for Sydney, where he will be g- ; the steps of the aircraft were policemen who had worked with Crawley for 23 years—Tokiel Rupen, both of New Britain, and now among the select group are being trained in Port esby as the Teritory’s first native :e officers. lother old friend who was there Sgt.-Major Bagita, of Port ssby the Territory’s oldest tising policeman, and something . legend these days. Bagita refers as a boy in the Milne Bay ict the time when he ran crying r a hut because there was a ibal feast on in his village—and nother wouldn’t let him eat anyan Crawley joined the New lea police in 1935. He was one liose who escaped from Rabaul 942 by trekking down the New tin coast until they were colte d by Coastwatcher Keith arthy, who got them all to Ausi in the Lakatoi. le detailed story of that New aation will, by the way, be told fie first time at the end of this by McCarthy, who is now New lea’s Director of Native Affairs, i Cheshire of Melbourne pubhis book of New Guinea experi- McCarthy’s book will underline what Dan Crawley and many other New Guinea men and women of long experience have demonstrated, and which was demonstrated in a small measure at Jackson’s Airport—that there is nothing much wrong with the relationship between white and brown in Papua-New Guinea. Old and respected friends can still cry for each other when they part.

The police band has been Dan Crawley’s whole life. He built it up and trained it to perfection, and nobody has been more proud than he of the occasions the band has played for the Queen or the Duke— except perhaps the band members themselves.

In charge of it now is Sgt. Eramus —a splendid bandsman and a fine personality who has served with the band since 1938. He was the man Dan Crawley always hoped would succeed him.

Hard Work and Ingenuity Mean They Can Keep Eating Handicapped by shallow and stony soil and an absence of flat land, the villagers of the Aiome area of the Madang district of New Guinea use their ingenuity to feed themselves.

They use a great deal of terracing on the slopes, and they attempt to site their gardens in such a way that water can be siphoned to them from streams through a series of cleverly placed bamboo pipes.

There is no flat land in any of the three valleys of Asai, Kaironk and Simbai.

The villagers plant a sequence of gardens throughout the year and diversify their range of food crops.

The irrigated gardens are planted to yield a crop during the dry season.

Other gardens are terraced at the start of the wet season.

After cropping, the land is fallowed for periods ranging from three to seven years, depending on the type of soil and local population pressure.

The Kaironk people use casuarina trees as a fallow crop. The needle fall from these trees provides a muchneeded mulch for the soil.

Also, before the land is brought back into crop, the trees are ringbarked and the dead trunks then provide poles for holding the terraces and fencing the gardens. All gardens are solidly fenced to keep the village pigs out. But the animals are turned on to the sweet potato patches when gardening is finished and allowed to root through the plots until the land is roughly ploughed.

The main food crops are sweet potatoes, taro and bananas, supplemented by yams, sugarcane, pumpkin, cucumbers, beans, maize and native greens. They also grow small plots of tobacco.

The ingenuity of the locals is not the only reason they are saved from food shortages—the real secret is they use plain, hard work, and are constantly in their gardens.

The photographs on this page were taken by a P-NG Agricultural Officer, Mr. R. M. Burnett, for his report after he had recently made a patrol through the area. (Over) Pictures, by R. M. Burnett, show an irrigated taro garden in the Asai Valley and some of the Asai men, three of whom are wearing wigs covered with bark cloth — a local fashion note. The criss-cross pattern in the garden is formed by long bamboos used to irrigate the garden from a stream, which is out of the picture at the top left. Two bamboos just seen protruding from the bushes at the top left bring the main flow in. On the right is one of the strong fences used to keep the village pigs out. 27 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

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Drought Means a New Start for Islanders South Sea islands are not always the lands of lush growth and milk and honey that many people think. This year, particularly, has been a bad and unseasonable one for droughts and dry spells in many areas—even in parts of New Guinea which normally have good rainfall.

Probably nowhere has it been worse than on Hull and Gardner Islands in the Phoenix Group of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony.

Emergency food and water supplies have had to be brought in from Tarawa over the last few months, and other people have helped the islands out where they can. The Americans on Canton Island, for intance, have supplied water from their distillation unit. HMS Loch Fadda, which was in the vicinity of the Phoenix in case she was needed during the Queen’s homeward flight across the Pacific from her Australia and New Zealand tour, also landed supplies at the drought-stricken islands.

Three of the Phoenix Islands— Sydney, Hull and Gardner—were settled only as recently as 1938, to relieve over-population in the southern Gilberts. But Sydney Island was evacuated as a result of a big drought from 1954 to 1957 (the people going to the BSIP).

Hull and Gardner survived that drought but the low rainfall of 1961- 62 (each island had only 10 inches in 1962) has killed off many of the coconut palms and those that have survived may take years to recover full bearing.

So now plans are afoot to evacuate everybody from Hull and Gardner.

This means moving about people—a big undertaking—bu hear that the GEIC Administr plans to accomplish the job b the end of this year.

Like their friends on Sydney Hull and Gardner people will > the Solomons.

The Galloping Colonel ■piJFS friendly new Develop Commissioner, Colonel W Rogers, who took over the jo April, is getting on with it in with enthusiasm. Two regular h which have quickly made him identity are: His habit of gettir the office at 6 a.m. and his hat wearing shorts except on the formal occasions.

The most recent formal occ: was the opening of the newly-ek Legislative Council. Official n bers wore their uniforms, but Cot Rogers turned up in a black and striped pants. He explained I the last time he saw his unifon was being worn by the head w of a hotel in Dar-es-Salaam.

Colonel Rogers was living in south of France before he wen Fiji. Before that he was Perms Secretary for External Affairs Defence in Tanganyika, won directly through the Prime Min of Tanganyika. Mr. Reshidi Kawv on foreign affairs. Earlier he a trade post like his present om Tanganyika.

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[?] E BUILDER OF KOROLEVU [ had been asked to name the ;st example I knew of a firstcitizen —honest, clean-living and etent, devoted to a numerous y and intensely jealous of his ry’s good name—l should have ‘Hughie Ragg of Fiji”. began with nothing. Ceaseless work, probity, clear and logical ng, marked courage in planand execution, made him, delly, not only a rich man but, ably, one who was called to places in the government of his ry. He ended with a record my man might envy. ghie Ragg was a tough fighter, nmerce and in politics, but never er one. He could hate with the )f us; but he never bore malice, the fight was over, he rememonly his opponent’s good points, espected him accordingly. In all uarter - century’s perambulations id down Fiji, I never heard a nasty word spoken against him. spoke of him gratefully—he generous giver. link I shall remember him best planner. On occasion, many ago, he would drive me from to Lautoka; and always he 1 pull up at a particular spot ic South Coast, and wave his over a bay and a beach, and e that there he would build the hotel. never gave up, and gradually took shape the delightful Koroleach Hotel, which has achieved ore than any other single factor tablishing Fiji’s now valuable t industry. ause of his practical planning, k he should be regarded as the of Fiji’s tourism: “You want ing travellers and their money lt is simple. We have all itural beauty. We lie in between ica and Australia. Give them ansport and the good hotels, and rth and so on—and our tourist ic will beat the sugar income.” d so it came, “so forth and so Hughie, the planner’s, inevitable nemorable phrase. was a remarkable man who, igh he achieved four-score years, grew old, mentally or physic- When last I saw him in Suva dd me a wicked story, which with a merry laugh. We shall iss Hughie.—R. W. ROBSON.

Sir Hugh Ragg Dies In Suva Sir Hugh Ragg, the “Grand Old Man of Fiji”, died suddenly at his home at Tamavua, Suva, early on May 24 at the age of 81. He had not been in the best of health for some time and had suffered several minor heart attacks, one of them on his 81st birthday on January 26.

BUT each time he had made a quick recovery, and the day before his death was at work as usual, after having attended the 7.30 a.m.

Ascension Day Mass.

A public-spirited man, he served for more than a quarter of a century in the Legislative and Executive Councils. After his retirement from the political field 10 years ago his advice was often sought, and just as often accepted, on matters relating to the welfare of the Colony.

He was an elected member of the Legislative Council from 1926 to 1947. In 1947 he became a nominated member and did a three-year term. He was a member of the Executive Council from 1945 to 1954.

His outstanding contribution to the economy of Fiji was his major role in the development of the tourist industry.

Sporting, social and philanthropic activities claimed much of his time and he gave of his best in all. He established bowling clubs and tennis courts, after an active younger life in cricket, tennis, golf and bowls. In the days when horse racing flourished Sir Hugh owned a string of racehorses. For 14 years he was secretary of the Ba Amateur Turf Club.

At the time of his death he was chairman of the Leper Trust Board.

Prominent among his work for worthy causes was the part he played in setting up the War Memorial Anti- Tuberculosis Fund, of which he was chairman till his death. To raise the money Sir Hugh made a personal tour of Fiji and in three months helped to raise £635,000, to which the Government added a subsidy of £30,000.

He was knighted in 1947 for his public, political and philanthropic services.

Sir Hugh was born at Suva, the third son of Hugh Hall Ragg, the original Ragg in Fiji, who migrated to the Colony from England, via Melbourne, in 1869. Sir Hugh went Sir Hugh Ragg. 29 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

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Hugh was married twice. His ife (nee Dora Petrie) died in luenza epidemic in 1918. They ven children, all of whom bear cond name of Petrie. In 1920 [ugh married Miss Adrienne ine McMichan (formerly of lia). Lady Ragg, his two sons fe daughters survive him.

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A recent United Nations economic report to the Governmt of Western Samoa sees the development of the island of vaii as the best hope for the newly independent country’s momic future. The report’s main points were released in ay. i report was made by Mr. A. .auterbach, a US economist, and V. D. Stace, well-known New land economist, who was ded from the SPC, following a / made with funds provided by fnited Nations. report estimates that ,1,360,000 will be needed to * that a five-year development for Western Samoa in 1964iroceeds rapidly and without ible interruption. this, £827,000 is earmarked Savaii compared with only ,000 for the main island of i and £335,000 for general proithout discounting the future tance of the more highly de- A main island of Upolu and npressive economic potential,” port says, “it must be conceded Savaii with its large areas of i n forest and unoccupied tain pastures offers today’s reassuring prospects for the mic future of Western Samoa.” ith relatively little government ng on public works, Savaii has how local leadership and unity co-operation can bring rd an economically retarded to a situation of expansion progress, largely by the ensm of the local people con- I.

Deep Water Wharf e manner in which the islandling main road of Savaii has 3rought to completion in recent at relatively low cost to the 1 Government is a clear demonm of the willingness of the ; to do a great deal to assist :ssive endeavours by vigorous unity effort.” report recommends that Asau ; site of a deep water wharf ew township on Savaii. This is ily aspect of the report that is to cause much controversy, as )f Savaii’s population is grouped I Salelologa and this area, under progressive leadership, is pressing strongly for a wharf.

The report proposes that £900,000 of the £1,360,000 needed for the five-year plan should come from overseas financial sources. Of the rest, £lOO,OOO would come from taxation and £350,000 from internal government loans.

Besides providing for extensive development of Savaii and lesser development on Upolu, the money would be used for improved agricultural extension services; agricultural education and research; improved credit facilities; promotion of cattle farming; assistance to improve commerical fishing, sawmilling, and forestry; road construction; water supply; the promotion of local Government; and the setting up of an economic development secretariat under a senior development economist responsible to the Minister of Economic Development.

The report says Western Samoa has the preconditions for a sound economy once its productive efficiency has been raised. It plans on an annual increase in agricultural production of 5 per cent, over the next five years.

No Understanding “It is true that there is not as yet a national consciousness or the understanding of the nature of a central government,” the report says.

“Independence has not really entered into the thinking of most villagers. Even among the more educated groups there is little psychological readiness for long range national planning.

“What can be expected realistically at this time, however, is a readiness to formulate immediate and tangible objectives within the definite reach of this nation, and to carry them through during the next few years.

“Such readiness presupposes basic leadership decisions which only the Samoans themselves can make.”

SAMOANS IN SYDNEY. Photographed in a happy mood at a recent Polynesian Association evening in Sydney are: Standing (from the left): Mr. A. Fruean, in Sydney to study graphic arts; Miss Louisa Crawley, teaching Domestic Science at Bankstown Girls' High School; Mr. Victor Meisake, taking a Bachelor of Arts course at the University of NSW; Mr. Augustine Cain, an electrical engineering student at Ultimo Technical College. Seated are: Mesdames Fiona Lloyd and Telesia Bowman —both married to Australians and now permanently living in Sydney. 33 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

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ARCHIBALD, who returned to NZ in May after a threetour of the Cook Islands, said : of leadership there was leadapathy towards the white gov- :nt. te reasons for this apathy,” he “appear to be first the climate, lends itself to indolence, and ily a lack of leadership among own people because of an unparadox. e are educating their children imary schools on the islands, bright ones then have the e of attending Pareroa College rotonga and the bright ones at ollege receive scholarships for :r study in New Zealand, msequently, these people who be logical leaders do not go permanently to the islands, hav- ;come used to the European way > ”

Different View , Archibald’s views differed those of Sir Leon Gotz, New nd Minister for Island Terri- , who also returned from a week tour of the Cook Islands *y- Leon Gotz said he had been happy” to find that the Cook Is Legislative Assembly and the councils were co-operating ex- [y well with the Resident Com- ►ner and Resident Agents in the ;nt islands. am delighted at the progress las been made,” he said, lis progress is largely due to attitude taken by the Island members. They have sd that future progress is dent on the amount of self help i they display. ley also realise New Zealand jnly give a certain amount of y and with the tremendous h of the population it is obviiat greater effort must be made ovide food and sustenance for reat many childen.”

Sir Leon said that on Mangaia, 1,100 children, aged between six and 16, were going to school, out of the total population of 1,600.

Many new sustenance crops had been developed. The islanders were now planting pepper, new types of passion fruit, allspice, new kumaras which could be canned, extra varieties of pineapples, and there were 60,000 coffee seedlings ready to be sown.

Tomatoes were also being grown to supply the New Zealand market in times of shortage, and the canning factory was going “great guns”.

“I am hopeful that tuna canning will be developed so that full use can be made of the freezer and the canning plant,” he said.

Cook Islands Tuna Proposal

Japanese tuna fishing interests were negotiating to sell tuna to existing canneries on Rarotonga, but had made no proposal to establish their own cannery there, New Zealand’s Secretary of Island Territories, Mr. J. M.

McEwen, said in Nelson, NZ, in May.

Mr. McEwen was replying to a questioner following an address he gave on “New Zealand’s Pacific Territories” at the Nelson branch of the Royal Over-Seas League. 35 I F r c ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

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E Governor-General walked om Wapenamanda to the Baiyer y over a tough route. The >1 was headed by Acting tant District Officer D. J. Hood, included 40 native carriers who 3ed up and down the gruelling food and equipment, in metal s slung on poles, iring his tour the Governor- :ral was welcomed as a friend ever he went; but he repeatedly the natives, in effect, that if wanted independence, they would to keep on carrying cargo up down hills. e Governor-General was accom- :d on his tour (but not on the -day patrol) by his daughter, the Catherine Sidney. He visited Moresby, Lae, Madang, Goroka, antu, Kundiawa, Chuave, Mount n, Kerowagi, Nondugl, Banz, ak, Hayfield, Maprik, Angoram, ; omin, Rabaul and Kokopo. an open-air welcome to the tory at Ela Beach Oval, Port rsby, on May 2, Lord De LTsle a pageant of progress in a series of 10 tableaus which depicted such things as the arrival of the first missionaries and P-NG business advancement.

Earlier, Mr. John Guise, MLC for East Papua, had said in an address of welcome: “We ask you and your Government and the United Nations to stand beside us with continued interest, as your great country stood by the world in the year 1939 and following, to safeguard our human rights and dignity and assist us towards our ultimate destiny of the freedom of self-determination by us in Papua and New Guinea.”

The gist of the Governor-General’s reply was that the only effective path to self-determination was hard work.

At Goroka, nearly every person in the town and from surrounding areas gathered at the airport to greet the Governor-General. At Kainantu, some of the villagers who waited at the airport to see his plane arrive had walked for two to three days to be present.

At Agarubi, he said: “Australia wants very much to lead you in the path of progress, but the day will come when the Territory of Papua and New Guinea will have to stand on its own feet.

“You can help by sending all your children to school, also by learning new ways of agriculture and by telling your children they must improve their skill and learn new trades.

“You can only become strong and Mr. and Mrs. John Guise are presented to Lord DeL'lsle on his arrival in Port Moresby. In the background is the P-NG Administrator, Sir Donald Cleland. 37 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

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Almost every mile of the tacular mountain roads was st with flowers and the roadside similarly decorated.

At times the Governor-Gen< car was brought to a halt by cr< thronging around it. At N Village, leaders with painted be wearing ceremonial bird of par plumes, surged forward as the ve slowed down.

Speaking in pidgin, the \ villagers invited the Governoreral to stop the car.

“Get out of your car,” they “we want to see what you look when you stand up.”

After opening a new ma school at Kundiawa on May 8, ' De L’lsle completed a twe journey of 150 miles from Go to Mount Hagen. On May 10, h< gan his three-day patrol from We amanda to the Baiyer Valley.

This, he said afterwards, was longest and hardest walking he done since the war, and as a winner, Lord De LTsle is no stra to tough work.

He said the journey had ena him to see a very good cross-sei of patrol work, and nobody had doubt that he was impressed the job being done.

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Referring to the people he had along the way, the Governor-Gei added: “Obviously they have j confidence in the Administrator At Mt. Hagen, one of the to leading native businessmen prese him with a letter asking him to r Papua-New Guinea a State of tralia.

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“My own conviction is tj country must become a State of . tralia both to protect Australia protect us from people who c be our enemies,” he said.

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4 O'Connell Street, Sydney p.O. Box 3838, G.P.0., Sydney. Cable Address; "Carefulness". [?]gen Turns On "The Greatest Native Show On Earth" housands of natives, stampto the beat of lizard-skin ns and the rhythm of unendchants, surged towards the vground at Mt. Hagen, in r Guinea’s Western Highs, on the morning of May 18 ;he opening of one of P-NG’s est get-togethers, “the Hagen n". 9 a.m. at least 10,000 painted, )lumed and armed warriors, their s and piccanninies were seething and forth across an area about a-mile square. le group of several hundred i ors —their faces daubed with blue, yellow and black paint, heads topped with headdresses rd of paradise feathers and other ments —formed up in militaryranks, eight abreast, and bed ceremonially around the shaking their bows and 10-ft ■s. [eir feet, stamping in unison, k the ground for yards around, anyone standing in their path summarily shoved aside with ilade of a spear. her groups danced ritually in ;s, their women and children ing back respectfully as men ;ed and leaped to drown the s of nearby clans. 70,000 Natives was ushered in Hagen’s second (the first was in 1961), which Administration official described ‘the greatest native show on ”, and which it no doubt was. igen is within easy distance of ast of the untamed areas, and :ind of primitive colour seen at show is quickly disappearing New Guinea. e show, which lasted for two attracted some 70,000 natives, r of whom walked in from as s 120 miles away. About 1,000 peans also turned up—every able aircraft in the territory ig been booked or chartered s earlier to bring them in. The ip was like a city bus rank.

Among the European visitors were Mr. Robert Hall, editor of the American edition of the Reader’s Digest, and Mr. Lowell Thomas, the American author and TV documentary producer.

The show featured the usual agricultural and horticultural displays seen elsewhere, but the primitive natives from the surrounding areas stole the limelight with their spearthrowing and archery contests and ceremonial dances.

In officially opening the show, the Govemor-General, Lord De L’isle, said that it was through displays of produce and handicrafts that the people were actively raising their standards and improving their agriculture throughout the Highlands, He added: “I am deeply impressed *? y l . he of this B reat assembly, * or me . in the midst of a ® reat diversity of traditions and costumes, we can now see the be- -Binning of tha t feeling of unity which 18 , so nec essary for the prosperous ar }~ peaceful future of all people who dwell here.

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Birds of Paradise plumes wei be seen in thousands, and were openly to Europeans for as littl £l. Few natives showed any int in the liquor bars—those from primitive areas were positively interested.

Just before the Governor-Gen opened the show several thou paper flags were distributed to native crowds, who waved them g Voted the most gruesome ex: at the show was the corpse c native from the Lagaip sub-dis: The local practice is to leave a ♦ body on a platform for about months and then bury it under s lative’s house, and this corpse i have been good and ready for burying stage.

A story went the rounds that particular fellow had been unhs at missing the last Hagen Show had expressed the desire to be pre; at the next one. His relatives obliged.

Rain By The Bucket

Nearly 6i in. of rain fell at Fo New Hebrides, in four hours on night of May 10. Other places on island of Efate, the site of Vila, up to 4 in. in the same period bridge between Forari and I (south of Forari), built last year, covered by more than 15 ft. of w< Water over another bridge on island reached a height of more 1 6 ft., and several roads became 1 porarily impassable.

Torrential rain also fell on northern half of New Caledonia May 9 and May 10. Much of land on the east coast was floor and roads and telephone lines v\ put out of action, A ferry cross the River Tchamba on the night May 9 broke from its cable and ' swept down the river. Three of four natives aboard managed to re land; the fourth was drowned. 40 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Among sea travellers in the acific in recent weeks were Mr. nd Mrs. Leonard Jehu (top) seen board the Matson liner "Mari osa" before leaving Australia for iji, where Mr. Jehu is to be assis ■mt manager of the Korolevu lotel. His wife will be assistant tanageress.

Mr. and Mrs. John Creasy (centre) were snapped by Stan Whippy when the P. and O. Orient liner "Oronsay" called at Suva on April 5. Mr. Creasy, MBE, is a well known English crime novel writer who has written 450 novels. He and his wife are on a world tour.

Below are three Suva friends Miss Danna Smith (left), Miss Maureen Wendt and Miss Gela Moore, photographed by Stan Whippy aboard the "Oronsay".

Miss Wendt was leaving in the "Oronsay" for holidays in the UK.

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New Wharf Will Mean Brighter Future For Bougainville Bougainville’s first overseas wharf, to be built at Kieta next year, should put Bougainville on the map at long last.

AS a result of it, Bougainville planters and business people are looking forward to a new lease of life for the Forgotten Isle. Bougainville has taken a back seat for too long.

Its big and growing copra and cocoa production provides a big proportion of P-NG’s wealth, yet in return Bougainville has had virtually nothing done for it. Roads are poor or non-existent, and shipping services, on which the island is so dependent, have been given little encouragement.

For many years Bougainville people fought for an overseas wharf before the Port Moresby Administration finally relented. The local people had to insist that the proper place for it was in the beautiful deep water harbour at Kieta.

Work is almost finished on a reclaimed area, made by bulldozing a hill, which will have two copra sheds and a privately-owned cocoa shed.

One of the copra sheds, it is expected, will be used as a P-NG Copra Marketing Board depot.

Tenders will be let soon for the wharf to be built off the end of the bulldozed area. It will be about 60 ft. by about 20 ft., allowing one hatch of a ship to be worked.

There is plenty of depth, and local people expect the Bank Line ships, apart from the regular Tulagi, will use it.

The setting-up of a Copra Board depot at Kieta will mean that most Bougainville copra will be shipped there instead of to Rabaul, where most of it goes at present. For most planters it will be cheaper to freight it to Kieta than to Rabaul. And the depot should help overcome the shipping problems which Bougainville people have had to contend with for many years. It was because of ship ping shortages that the Bougainville Company was formed and the Polur rian was purchased, , Made A Difference The Polurrian made a big dif ference to planters. With the help of small vessels available locally, she was able to keep plantations clear.

The tragic loss of the Polurrian in late March—together with 33 people, including the master, Captain Peter Fenwick—has caused a backlog of copra, and contributed to a drop in the overall P-NG production figures for this year.

It is likely that in the next few years Kieta will replace the small island of Sohano as administrative headquarters for Bougainville. Kieta was the headquarters in German times, Kieta already has a hotel—the only The "Polurrian" off the beach at Bonis Plantation. - Photo: Marjorie Long. 45 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

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.S. MARJORIE LONG, formerly of Bonis plantation, Bougainand now of Sydney, spoke for Bougainville people when, in a for PIM, she mourned the rian as a good friend. She wrote: 11 plantations welcomed the in 1951, that a new ship would arrive for the coastal trade, anters and traders, their copra i filled to the roof and burstwere waiting for clearances; 0 bags of copra were waiting mpment. The Bougainville Ship- Company had been formed residents as shareholders), and purchased the 400-ton Polurrian ngland and had refitted her to he island trade.

Contrast sharp contrast in appearance to yar-worn ships we had had was rian’s dark green hull, white structure and bigger proporall of which made her stand like a swan among ducklings she began her work between ul and Bougainville in 1952. he pronounciation of her name 1 source of speculation until her ;r, Bill Hallam, introduced her all and explained that the ems was on the second syllable.

Hallam was Polurrian’s master several years. As well as a )le master he was a good host, gave parties on board during ;tmas if he happened to be in Passage. olurrian was involved in several snts that I remember. On one ier early trips from Buka to ul with decks piled high with i, she ran into a storm and Dned some of her cargo to save ssible capsize. On another ocn Polurrian rescued Wong You’s boat Horn and the Government er Nivani, from a reef off the Bougainville coast. Rescue operatook two and a half days be- ; of rough seas and high winds, hen there was the day I was ring over Polurrian’s rail while was at Bonis plantation loading copra when I slipped and fell and broke several ribs. Bill Hallam quickly turned the ship around and took me to the medical officer at Sohano.

“Polurrian relieved the intermittent shortage of fresh food and supplies felt at the southern end of Bougainville at a time when there was an inadequate air service, and she also ensured regular shipments of copra. And she carried fresh food freight-free, a gesture much appreciated by the Bougainville Company’s customers.

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Compulsory Education In Two Areas of P-NG Compulsory education for children of six years of age has been extended to the Popondetta township area of Papua—the second area in Papua- New Guinea to have compulsory education. The other area comprises a group of villages near Port Moresby.

The children may attend either mission or Administration schools, said the chief of the P-NG Division of Primary Education, Mr. R. C.

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Governor of Fiji, Sir Ken A Maddocks, will perform opening ceremony. The organ committee had considered inv the Duke of Edinburgh, but t had not been time enough.

The major entries so far ] come from New Caledonia, Pa New Guinea, Western Samoa American Samoa. Fiji will also 1 a big contingent, but the number not yet been finalised.

Competing territories have sent following team figures to the or, ising committee: Papua-New Guinea, 80 (23 woe 47 men, 10 officials); New C donia, 125 (12 women, 75 men, officials); French Polynesia, 60 women, 42 men, 12 officials); W and Futuna, 10 (9 men, 1 offici Western Samoa, 88 (18 women, men, 6 officials); Cook Islands, (6 women, 14 men, 5 officia Niue, 32 (14 women, 16 men officials); Solomons, 26 (25 mer official); Gilbert and Ellice, 8 (7 n 1 official); American Samoa, 95 women, 63 men); New Hebrides, (3 women, 28 men, 3 officia Tonga, 41 (5 women, 36 men).

Accommodation The visitors will be accommods at Suva Grammar School (33 Nasinu Training College (250), Stephen’s House (50), and Qu Elizabeth Barracks (80).

Mr. John Common, chairman the organising committee, is satis; with Fiji’s purchase of the eqt ment required.

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tennis racquets, table tennis etc. —will come from the United dom at favourable prices. The >ment will be brought in free uty, as will crockery and cutfrom New Zealand and medals Melbourne. me of it will be sold after the es, and the rest will be stored he next Games. ccer is scheduled to be played , Sunday. All territories were lached to see if they had any tions on religious grounds, and ir all replies have indicated that tion would not be raised. Socis played throughout Fiji on ays anyway.

Programme Details ursday, Aug. 29—Afternoon: ing ceremony; soccer. Evening: s basketball; men’s and women’s tennis. iday, Aug. 30—Morning: Lawn s and soccer. Afternoon: len’s basketball, lawn tennis, j football. Evening: Men’s basill, men’s and women’s table s. turday, Aug. 31—Morning: s and women’s athletics, lawn s, rugby (at Lautoka). After- : Men’s and women’s athletics, 2n’s basketball, lawn tennis, f (at Lautoka). Evening: Men’s ;tball, men’s and women’s swim- ; men’s and women’s table tennday, Sept. I—Morning:1—Morning: Socat Lautoka). Afternoon; Socat Suva and Lautoka). inday, Sept. 2—Morning: Men’s women’s athletics, lawn tennis, en’s basketball. Evening: Boxmen’s and women’s table tennis. esday, Sept. 3—Morning: Lawn s, rugby. Afternoon: Women’s :tball, lawn tennis, rugby, volley- Evening: Men’s and women’s ming. ?dnesday, Sept. 4—Morning s and women’s athletics, lawn s. Afternoon: Men’s and m’s athletics, volleyball, women’s jtball. Evening: Boxing. ursday, Sept. s—Morning: Lawn tennis, rugby. Afternoon: Lawn tennis, rugby, volleyball. Evening: Men’s and women’s swimming.

Friday, Sept. 6—Morning: Lawn tennis, rugby. Afternoon: Soccer, volleyball, lawn tennis. Evening: Boxing.

Saturday, Sept. 7—Morning: Soccer, lawn tennis. Afternoon: Lawn tennis, rugby, closing ceremony.

Evening: Island night.

Unfortunately there will be no marathon event. Several territories indicated that they wanted a marathon, but did not send firm entries.

The organising committee made a search for a suitable course, but none was available.

Games visitors will be able to buy official souvenirs cheaply when in Fiji, according to the Acting Financial Secretary, Mr. R. M. Major, speaking in the Legislative Council. He said this was because the souvenirs would be allowed in duty-free from preferential areas, and with a 25 per cent, general tariff, Visitors will also be able to buy cheaply many luxury goods such as cameras, watches and radios because these have been duty-free in Fiji since January 1.

Fiji bus proprietors have agreed to transport athletes from Nadi airport to Suva at any time of the day or night at reduced rates. 49 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY— JUNE, 1963

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FOR FREE EDUCATION [portents of free, compulsory ation for Fiji were given : facts in May as to why the Tnment thought it couldn’t one. In short: Fiji couldn’t d it.

IE compulsory primary educaion has been something that n politicians have been talking : for many years. Many can- ;s stressed it during the recent lections. e of its foremost exponents is f. Madhavan, who represents the lern constituency in the Legis- Council and who is also pret of the Fiji Teachers’ Union, y an Indian body.

May, Mr. Madhavan was chairof the union’s annual conferwhich was officially opened at ori, near Suva, by the Fiji for of Education, Mr. J. G. er. Mr. Rodger took the oppori to gel on to Mr. Madhavan’s subject. He said he was unnedly opposed to free comry education at the present stage iji’s development, more realistic approach was rsal primary education —schools 11 who wanted them. ■. Rodger asked how many Coun- :andidates had had any “real of what free education involved, dded in an aside that he couldn’t rstand why international bodies proclaimed free compulsory ition a fundamental human right d regard a right as something body should be compelled to do. e Education Director said the al cost of training teachers and ing extra classrooms would be t £1 million. The recurrent would be between £1.25 million £1.5 million a year, which is uch again as Fiji will spend in ition this year, education had been free in his department would have had irovide schooling for 18,000 children in the 6-13 age group, an average of 40 pupils a er, another 450 teachers would iquired. As it cost about £3OO 'ain a teacher at the Nasinu ling College, the training cost :he extra 450 required, always ning men and women of the calibre could be found, would bout £140,000.

The additional salary bill in the first year would be £lOO,OOO (on an average starting salary of £240) and about £200,000 a year in 10 years.

The classrooms would cost another £750,000. Then there would have to be a greatly increased inspectorial staff; extra clerks in the department and in the Treasury to cope with pay and other personal matters, Mr. Rodger said he was supposed to collect £300,000 a year in school fees in Government schools and salary contributions in non-Government schools. Under “free” education that money would have to be found elsewhere. If parents no longer had to pay, the cost to the taxpayer would be, not £300,000 a year, but £BOO,OOO, and even that sum would only be enough to maintain existing primary schools in the present, often substandard condition.

Some of the candidates had suggested that the cost could be met by an education rate. This, on a conservative estimate, would be close to £2O a head each year. But as some people could not pay anything like that, the actual rate would be nearer to £3O than £2O.

And if the department went the whole way and made the Education Rate cover the full recurrent cost of education, and not just the extra cost of so-called “free” education the rate would have to be about £5O per head a year.

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Association, Sakiasi Sovonivalu, referred to die same subject in his presidential address to his association's annual conference, which was held at Suva in May at the same time as the Nausori conference.

Sakiasi said that perhaps those candidates who had advocated free education had forgotten the present state of Fiji’s economy.

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From Fred Dunn in Noumea The French dependency of Wallis and Futuna is in a bad way, according to Mr. Jean Bertrand, who represented the French High Commissioner in the Pacific at the opening of the dependency’s Territorial Assembly on Wallis Island in April.

TN a speech to open the Assembly’s session, Mr. Bertrand said that the outlook for the future at Wallis and Futuna was “sombre”, and unless the people and chiefs fully supported a plan for development, “these islands, which one can now call an earthly paradise, will soon become a sad and pitiable under-developed country.”

Mr. Bertrand said that the population of Wallis and Futuna (two island groups 120 miles apart, north-east of Fiji) was increasing at the rate of 3 per cent, a year.

In 25 years, Wallis Island, alone, would have a population of 14,000.

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“At present, certain regions of Wallis cannot supply enough coconuts for the population’s needs,” Mr.

Bertrand said.

Soil Erosion “As for Futuna, a considerable portion of the arable land is running into the sea.” (This was a reference to soil erosion).

Among works projected on Wallis and Futuna this year are the building of schools and roads, the developments of coffee plantations and water supplies, and the acquisition of a boat for communication between the two groups.

The cost of these projects will come from a budget of 22 million francs (£llO,OOO) —19 million francs of which is a subsidy provided by French taxpayers.

While the dependency’s Assembly was debating this budget and pondering over Mr Bertrand’s ominous remarks, nine-tenths of the population of Wallis and many people on Futuna were down with influenza.

Among those lying ill was the former Bishop of Wallis, 80-years-old Monseigneur Alexandre Poncet.

Iwenty-tnree deaths—mainly among elderly people—occurred on Wallis Island between April 3 and April 17. in j annual mortality rate is 60 deaths) On April 27, a chartered DC-4 aircraft of the French airline TAI took emergency medical supplies from Noumea to Futuna, dropping by parachute Earlier, the motor vessel / baran, which runs a service bel Noumea and Wallis and Futun; turned to Noumea with only tons of copra—the islands’ only s. of income, According to reports rea Noumea, the people of \ and Futuna are working less less and living in state of plete indifference. Many familie being helped by relatives livir Noumea. 52 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Alfred Hill, chaired the conferand the Bishop in Polynesia, tev. John C. Vockler, and the Assistant Bishop of New Guinea, lev. David Hand, were present.

Dp Hand is now Bishop of New ;a). They were accompanied by wardens of their theological col- The chairman of the Ausn Board of Missions, Rev. n F. W. Coaldrake, also atd. legates agreed that with the dement of education in the Islands, besides being spiritual rs of their people, must also be of learning to command the reand following of their adherents. was stressed that the three can theological colleges in Suva, BSIP, and Dogura, PNG, tly needed increased staff, better ment, a wider choice of text and good libraries from which nts, the clergy and others ined in theology could borrow s conference resolved that: The Church outside the Pacific d seriously consider providing equipment, scholarships and dal aid for advanced courses ic abler theological students both i the Pacific and overseas.

The assistance of the Church within and without the Pacific ;es (New Guinea, Polynesia and lesia) must be solicited to estabfirst-class Amglican theological ies at each theological college, ately, full-time librarians should Dpointed, and opportunities for ng potential librarians overseas d be sought.

Staffs of Pacific theological ;es must include indigenous >ers if their work is to be fully d to the needs of the Pacific es and the future of the colis to be ensured. Every effort must be made to choose such people and establish bursaries to train them adequately. • Specialists, both clergy and laity, were needed in such fields as: Urban areas, labour lines, radio, Press, hospitals, prisons, Armed Forces, police, Missions of Seamen, chaplaincies to Government schools and other institutions, youth work, women’s work, adult education and stewardship. • The three dioceses needed a preparatory college in each diocese, a Central Anglican Theological College for normal ordination training, and facilities for suitable students in government or multi-denominational colleges for higher theological training or university education. • Churches of the Anglican Communion should be asked to train and supply theoiogical educators for the staff of the three theological colleges, and it was hoped that such educators might be found in Africa or Asia., Many Delegates At Tonga Convention Free Wesleyan Mission ground and at the mission’s Queen Salote Girls’

College in Nukualofa.

The convention was under the direction of the Rev. William Mo’ungaloa, director of the Young People’s Department of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga.

Among the Australian delegates was the Rev. Dr. C. J. Wright, director of the Wesleyan Mission’s Department of Christian Education for Victoria and Tasmania.

A highlight of the convention was a choir competition, which brought the comment from Dr. Wright that From S. A. Fanamami in Nukualofa MORE than 1,000 Tongans and nearly 100 delegates from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Samoa attended the fifth South Pacific Christian Convention in Nukualofa from April 30 to May 7. The convention was sponsored by the Wesleyan Mission in the South Pacific.

It was one of the largest religious gatherings seen in Tonga in recent years.

The whole assembly camped at the Some of the 4,000 people at the South Pacific Christian Convention in Nukualofa listening to the Rev. Dr. C. J. Wright at a special evening service on May 5 at the Mala'e, the traditional ceremonial grounds next to the Royal Palace Grounds.

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A striking feature was that local participants came from various denominations and not only from the Free Wesleyan Church.

Discussions were held on theological, economic and health matters.

At the beginning of the convention, the whole assembly marched down the main road of Nukualofa leading to the beach singing “Onward, Christian Soldiers”, watched by many people at the roadside.

On Sunday, May 5, a special evening service was held at the Mala’e, the traditional ceremonial ground next to the Royal Palace grounds.

About 4,000 people attended.

This special service was under the chairmanship of David Faha’ivalu Taumoepoau, Tonga’s Assistant Postmaster, and one of the most active officials of the convention.

Observers hope that the moral rearmament promulgated as a result of this convention will contribute greatly to the stability of the developing countries scattered over the Pacific.

It is also expected locally that statistics on theft and other crimes will be so reduced that members of the community will be able to sleep in peace, knowing that their pigs and chickens will still be there next morning.

It’s Not True Tha [?] Tongans Have Feet Voice In Govt.

By Molitani Finau.

When Sydneysider wrote article, “Tonga Tourist Is Amused”, it appears to me she based her conclusions i stay in Tonga of only a ver> days, as what she endeavour* express manifested her lad the background of things. ffTHE criticism of Tonga was presented, but unfortunate went beyond its usefulness tended to be destructive.

The information given in the tide led me to think that the v stayed at the Beach House i and that locals who have compl about the administration of our Kingdom jumped at the opporti of airing their views to this nalist, who undoubtedly swalh them all.

It was alleged that whatever chiefs say goes. This could been right in the 19th century, \ we did not own anything, even lives. But to say that we now but a very feeble voice is not Only last year, we celebrated centenary of our independence, mocracy has existed here for r than 100 years.

Prince Tungi should not be < cised for holding all the porth he does. His father, when Prer was also Minister of Education, I ister of Works, Minister of Exte Affairs, Auditor-General and M

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This article is in reply to Sy neysider’s criticism of Tonga her report “Tonga Tourist Not Amused” ( PIM, January, 61). Its author, Molitani Fina an SO-y ear-old Tongan, is member of the Tongan Legisl five Assembly, who says: represent thousands of people ah have been elected by the peop every three years in successio for the last 44 years.” Finau article as here published is a cov densed and sometimes par phrased version of the one /, sent us. 54 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH!

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Well-Educated ir Crown Prince is a wellated young man, who attended ington College, Sydney, and later ■ed Wesley College when attendee Sydney University, where graduated BA and LLB. hen Prince Tungi returned to ;a, he was responsible for the wing changes, among many rs, which are recognised as true ress: itroducing the law of income ax. aising the standard of educaion—many scholars being sent broad each year. .evising salaries by the importaion of two experts, Messrs. Ramge and Bolt. atroducing electricity in Nukulofa and many other villages.

Establishing the Broadcasting Commission. urchasing two vessels, MV Aoniu ,nd TV Hifofua, which have erved Tonga well, le members of our Legislative mbly are not just empty drums •e filled automatically. Matters mportance are brought to the se to be debated. The Premier’s side has been defeated several times.

Many other motions from the representatives of the people have also been rejected.

As to the hotel, an American wished to put up a hotel independently. The Government thought of going into partnership in this venture, and viewed it with great concern.

When the matter was put before the Privy Counil for confirmation, it was not approved. There were no restrictions imposed, as alleged, and the alleged millionaire can still go ahead with his project if he wishes.

The Beach House, with its mid- Victorian architecture and dark rooms, was not meant to be a hotel, The building would have been pulled down but for Fiji Airways. The Tongan Government has approved of its being pulled down for other Government purposes. But if there were no Beach House, Fiji Airways would not consider it worthwhile coming to Tonga, n Satisfied With Tonga Sydneysider has painted a colourful picture of Tahiti with its huge tourist resorts. Fiji is also building a huge tourist trade. But do the Pacific Islands exist only to provide [?] throne in the Tongan Parliament [?] e is occupied by Queen Salote when [?]officially opens a new session. Here [?] ers await the Queen's arrival at a [?] cent sitting.—Photo: Tulua Bros. 55 CIFIC ISLANDS M O N T H L Y - J U N E . 1963

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Tiy do they insist on coming to ga, I wonder? Perhaps it is tuse there is no queen anywhere in the South Pacific, that there no other Friendly Islands, that e is no other Tin Can Mail id. ther points I would like to make that: Vhen Queen Elizabeth II honoured js with a visit in 1953 with the Ouke of Edinburgh, she knighted ;>ur Premier, Prince Tungi. This cnighthood was not bought, but earned, and won the recommendation of the British Consul, lalf-castes in Tonga can be naturalised if they wish without any financial loss, but the Tongan Government cannot and will never force them. As Sydneysider stated, Germany and the British :ountries would not take them, and they are Stateless according to their wish. Most of them, in fact, think they would be deprived of certain European privileges if they became naturalised as Tongans.

When a young graduate from the National University, Canberra, visited Tonga at the end of a tour of the Pacific Islands investigating the laws governing land tenure, he told me that the law of Tonga on this was the best in the world and that the world looked on Prince Tungi as the best administrator of the South Pacific Islands.

Other Comments JE following letters have been received on Sydneysider’s critii of Tonga: irs.—My most grateful thanks to for publishing my article on iga tourists in March, which was ten in reply to Sydneysider’s nary comments. Many thanks to neysider for her very fair comit on it. In fact your March issue sold out in quick time as soon as it arrived in Nukualofa.—Yours, etc., S. A. FANAMANU.

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Sirs.—l spent some years working in Tonga and enjoyed my stay there. I also very much enjoyed, and agreed with, Sydneysider’s article in January PIfA- But of course Tongan pride would not appreciate such home-truths. As the article points out, opposition (or criticism) is not acceptable to the powers-thatbe in Tonga. Sydneysider’s Pacific peregrinations are always interesting. —Yours, etc., “A EUROPEAN.”

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Fhe French nuclear testing e to be built at Mururoa >ll in the Tuamotu Archiago of French Polynesia will ready for use in about three rs, according to General iry, head of a 24-man civil I military mission which was Tahiti in May to plan the e.

NNOUNCING this at a Press conference in Papeete, General ry said a “rear” base would be iblished in Tahiti and that from 30 to 3,000 civil and military micians would be employed in it.

Tie base should not interfere with liti’s tourist industry, he said, and assured the people of Oceania that re would be no danger of conlination from radio-active fall-out.

To Assume Command Jeneral Thiry said that maritime fic would rise by about 40 per t. during the construction of the e, and that an office would be med in Papeete soon to engage al labour to work on the project, le added that Captain Petesche, of French Navy, would arrive in liti in June to assume command the nuclear testing project. )ther developments in French ynesia during May were the aril in Tahiti of an engineer who I study the question of modernisthe port of Papeete; the arrival Tahiti of several atomic experts 1 a top military doctor; and the t of General Thiry to Mururoa.

"Dirty" Bombs Meanwhile, a leading US nuclear artist said in New York that Auslia and South America would both a “dusting” of the fall-out from French tests at Mururoa because French had “not reached a clean idition in their testing”, fhe scientist, Dr. Ralph Lapp, who k part in America’s first atomic nb programme, said that French rmo-nuclear bombs were “dirty”, ich meant that they lacked “protection” and produced a great amount of radiation and fall-out.

“Australia, naturally, will get a fall-out dusting from the French bombs,” Dr. Lapp said. “The amount will depend on the size of the bombs and the altitude at which they are detonated.

“I suspect Australia will get only a minimal amount. Because of the trade winds, South America should get much more.”

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Vital Period Ahead For New Fiji Legislative Fiji’s newly-enlarged Legislative Council, elected under a lew Constitution, should provide some fireworks, for the next ; ew years will be vital ones on the Fiji political scene.

HE Council will hold office for five years, and some of its mems hold widely divergent views— ticularly some of the Fijians and le of the members of an Indian up calling itself the “federation”, fhis group had three men elected —A. D. Patel, of Nadi (Western Constituency), S. M. Koya (North Viti Levu) and J. Madhaven (Northern).

These three men were closely associated with the troubles in the cane fields in 1960, and were leaders of a loose federation of farmers.

It will be interesting to see how Mr, Patel, who is a lawyer and a brilliant orator in court, will fare in the cut and thrust of Council debate.

At the elections the Fijian people were given the vote for the first time and women of all races were given the vote.

The new Council comprises a Speaker, 19 official members and 18 unofficial. Official membership is the Colonial Secretary, Attorney-General and Financial Secretary, ex-officio, and not more than 16 others. Unofficial membership is 12 elected members (four Europeans, four Indians, four Fijians), two Fijians nominated by the Council of Chiefs, two Europeans and two Indians nominated by the Government.

The previous Council had 15 unofficial members —six of them (three Europeans, three Indians) elected. All the Fijians were nominated by the Council of Chiefs and not by a direct vote of the Fijian people. The Government also retained a majority of one in the old Council.

There were no women candidates at the elections.

There are four new members of the Council—Messrs. R. A. Kearsley (European, Southern), S. M. Koya, A. D. Patel and F. G. Archibald (European, Northern), Messrs.

Kearsley and Koya are in the Council for the first time but the other two members both served for a term some years ago.

Only one sitting member lost his seat—veteran Harold Gibson, of Labasa (European, Northern), who had held the constituency since 1937 except for one term. That term he lost to copra planter F. G. Archibald, and it was Mr. Archibald who turned the tables again. But Mr. Archibald got in by only 17 votes on this occasion.

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Falvey (Suva), A. I. N. Deoki (Southern), R. G. Kermode (Western) and R. A. Kearsley (Southern).

At the outset of the last Council there were five lawyers out of the six elected members, but the number was reduced by one when an Indian, Mr. Vijay Singh, resigned to take up an appointment in the Civil Service, Mr. Patel had an easy win by 2,898 votes, while his colleague, Mr, Koya, had a margin of 518. Mr.

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Photo: Rob Wright.

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Mr. Kermode won comfortably in Western Division, but the size of vote of his opponent, Mr. S. L. •wick, who styled himself a orkers” representative”, amazed in y people. Mr. Berwick, a rnalist, works for a Nadi newsier with which Mr. Patel is closely ociated.

Mr. Deoki won the Southern Indian t by a comfortable majority, but had many anxious moments before numbers went up. Feeling beforeid was that a fellow lawyer, R. L. gan, mignt topple him, and he also 1 opposition from Mr. K. B. Singh, former MLC, who had a strong lowing.

Mr. C. P. Bidesi, another candidate the same seat, although not exited to win, was expected to pick enough of Deoki’s votes to make difficult for the latter.

Mr. Falvey was returned un- 30sed, as were Ratu K. K. T. Mara [?]u Penaia Ganilau easily won the Fijian [?]stern Constituency from four opponents.

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Nominated Members \fter the result of the poll was 3wn the Government named the ir officially nominated members of Council: Mr. Chandra Pal Singh, Navua. and Mr. Chiragh Ali ah, of Rakiraki, who will repret the Indians; and Mr. J. A. Moore 1 Mr. C. D. Aidney, representing Europeans, rhe Fijian nominated members scted by the Council of Chiefs, re named before the elections. ;y are Ratu Edward Cakobau and tu George Cakobau. 3f the Government nominated mbers, Mr, Moore was the only ; who was a member of the previi Council. He is 54, and a Suva ;inessman. Mr. Aidney, 39, is the sident of the Suva Chamber of mmerce. Mr. Chandra Pal Singh, owns a dairy farm and has other ;rests. Mr. Chiragh Ali Shah, 42, also a farmer with a variety of ier interests.

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Sirs. —Your recent references the possibility of Japanese nmercial interests establishing mselves in the Cook Islands /q —through no fault of PIM, m sure —omitted one unusual t.

HE native population of Rarotonga has signified its utter unwillings to have anything to do with the Die scheme.

'he native members of the Legisve Assembly, best described hemistically as being naive, have, the past two years, been dazzled official rhetoric regarding the antages accruing from voting in our of Japanese establishing themes in Rarotonga.

"hey have been presented with tering word-pictures of friendly, mbitious Japanese fishermen pourashore to present their Polyian friends with whacking great a, handing over the rest of their :h to the local NZ-owned canning ;ory, and thus ensuring the issue unlimited cans of tuna to the local illation at a price said to lie in 6d-9d range.

Alluring Temptation Wiat Polynesians, even wise ones.

Id regist so alluring a temptation? members couldn’t get their ds up fast enough to vote in /our of the advent of an casional” Japanese fishing trawler Rarotonga. t was only early this year that le cynical and discerning Cook nders began to murmur their bts. The murmur rose to a ty rumble when it was finally reled that there was much more to scheme than had ever been menied by the NZ Administration.

Larotonga, it now transpired, was become the headquarters for a it” of 20 Japanese trawlers. A dred or even two hundred Japse seamen were to “refresh themes ashore” in traditional manner a period of five or six days at a 'hey were to dwell in a sumptuous tel, erected for them by the (enly philanthropic) canning factory, the land for which was to be requisitioned by the Crown from native landowners. During their royal tour of Rarotonga, three Japanese officials made no secret of the fact that Rarotonga and the Cook Islands generally are located in the centre of the richest tuna-fishing grounds of the whole South Pacific Ocean, The rumble now grew to a fairsized roar. Someone pointed out that the Cook Islands have their own skilled Fisheries Officer, who has already demonstrated that fishing boats crewed by hardy and experienced Islanders are quite capable of catching ample quantities of tuna or any other kind of fish.

Such boats, the critics pointed cut, being much smaller than Japanese vessels (having to travel only 50-100 miles at the most) were quite within the range of the Cook Islands Government’s annually squandered purse.

Moreover, they said, with a collapsed and unprofitable citrus industry, and an utterly neglected copra industry, it was high time that the about-to-be-independent Cook Islands developed some new economic resource—in this instance, catching fish —instead of handing over a potentially profitable industry and the Group itself to foreigners.

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KR43B >py of the Declaration on the ranting of Independence, issued by nited Nations General Assembly in ecember, 1960. This weighty docuent guarantees that dependent ;oples shall be free to pursue their vn economic development, that >mmercial exploitation of such ;oples shall cease forthwith, and at the integrity of their national rritory shall be respected.

All this didn’t quite measure up i what NZ officialdom was trying i pull in the Cook Islands.

Disconsolate native members of ie Legislative Assembly, sadly reilling that a general election comes ong this November, took the therto unprecedented step of conilting the electorate.

In a series of uproarious round-theland meetings it was clearly demonrated to them that an overwhelmg majority of the sensible, landing people in Rarotonga were tterly opposed to handing over arotonga to Japan. Only a minority ; eccentrics, job-seeking sycophants id some village idiots were in ivour. (The latter all believed in e sixpence-per-can fable).

Publicity Campaign Pinned down for the first time in 1 years, NZ officialdom decided to :sort to public relations and a iblicity campaign. As civil servants mpering with human psychology e about as handy as a fellow testg out a new trout rod in a room led with precious china ornaments, ie result of this decision has led to e official Cook Islands News helming, if possible, more suspect than rer with the local population.

Although any criticism of the Japlese scheme is editorially forbidden, nteresting” snippets of news of lother nature find their way into its ilumns every now and then, mocent little rumours are blandly ashed out to anyone who cares to den, e.g., “You have to have asdic ' radar or something like that to itch tuna. The gear costs simply illions of pounds. The Cook Islands )uld never afford it.”

An ever-growing circle of critics :call the pre-1939 history of the ipanese in the Marianas and [arshall Islands. They point out iat in a season lasting eight weeks, ie South Australian fishing boats mght, in 1962, over 2,000 tons of ma without radar, etc.

So the situation rests at present, jspite the energetic references to ie benefits conferred by Japanese, ade by Sir Leon Gotz (of immortal imoa fame) who is at present visitg Rarotonga. Meanwhile the gen- 69 ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

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ROTUMA Sirs.—“Rotuman Patriot”, who in a letter published in April P1M, p. 61, suggests that Rotuma should be passed to the control of Australia or the United States, appears to be an agitator, and is likely to cause ill feeling.

I would suggest that “Rotuman Patriot” be practical-minded and constructive in ideas. Where would all Rotuman schoolteachers teach in Rotuma if all Rotumans were to return home? Again, what hospitals are there in Rotuma for the Ro man A.M.0.? What has he to of for all other Rotuman civil servan etc.?

What development exactly t “Rotuman Patriot” in mind to done in Rotuma? Above all, wl funds are there to pay the salar of the above? The present incree of Rotuman population is now major problem in Rotuma.

For “Rotuman Patriot’s” inforrr tion, the so-called European Re dent Commissioner was replaced a Rotuman District Officer at t request of Rotuman Chiefs in 19 by the late Ratu Sir Lala Sukur It was a forward march and not retrograde step.

The mere suggestion of seekii Russian help is revolting, not mention treason.

Rather than display stupidity ai recklessness I would suggest that tl likes of “Rotuman Patriot” thii twice before expressing their ide£ —Yours, etc., Levuka, Fiji.

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Sirs.—After reading the lett “Rotumans Want Some Action”, appears to me that the main proble: may be that the Rotumans do m have enough say in their own ai ministration.

I would like to know the reasc why a Rotuman does not represe] Rotuma Island in Fiji’s Legislate Council. A great deal of controven has raged at home and abroa lately regarding the matter; ac surely a reply to this questio would be of great interest to th thousands of people throughout th Colony and abroad.—Yours, etc

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HITS GUAM Four islands in the Marianas — Guam, Saipan, Tinian and Rota—were severely damaged when typhoon “Olive” swept through the area on May 1.

It was the second time in six months that a severe typhoon had struck Guam.

Of the 500 temporary buildings erected on Guam after the earlier typhoon 282 were destroyed by 110 mph winds on May 1. On Saipan half the homes and all the crops of the 8,000 residents were destroyed. 70 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

From the Islands Press IN an unusual case before the High Court of the Western Pacific at Ocean Island . . . the accused pleaded guilty to a charge of maliciously wounding his wife, and the facts were disclosed that he had bitten off his wife’s nose.

It is understood from a Gilbertese source that this is not an old custom and has existed only since the coming of the British flag. Before that, a jealous husband might kill a wife who misbehaved.

There have been several cases of biting off noses since the war.

The object of the exercise is to make the victim quite unattractive to men.— News item in a Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony news bulletin.

A SIGNIFICANT feature of the Fijian voting (at the recent Legislative Council poll) has been the election, by clear and decisive majorities, of all those Fijian members of the old Council who strongly, and sometimes fiercely, opposed any drastic changes in the Constitution without the consent of the indigenous people.— Editorial in “The Fiji Times”.

THERE are two main schools of political thought in this country (of Western Samoa) at the present time. One, epitomised by the present Government, is that progress is all very well and necessary but it is a slow business and the most important thing is to keep the peace of the country.

The other, voiced by Tofaeono Taulima, is that the Government has been dawdling for too long and has achieved no substantial progress over its years in office.

Around Apia, at least, there is a surprising amount of support for these views.— Editorial in “Samoana”.

INDIGENOUS Assistant Medical Practitioners . . . are trained at the Suva Medical College to standards quite unacceptable in Australia, and then come back to the Territory (of Papua-New Guinea) where the Health Department insists they be referred to as “doctors”.

In doing this, the Administration shows a willingness to provide no more than second rate medical service to the people.

In itself, the action of training men to Suva standards bears little criticism. But severe criticism may justly be levelled at the duties the Health Department is calling upon Assistant Medical Practitioners to perform.

Recently there was an instance where an Assistant Medical Practitioner was appointed Acting Medical Officer at Manus.— Editorial in the “South Pacific Post”, Port Moresby.

SHORTLY before full-time last Saturday in the Morris Hedstrom Shield match, between Apia and Moata’s senior teams, an incident occurred which resulted in one of the most disgraceful exhibitions seen at Apia Park (Western Samoa) for many years.

McDowell, the tall Apia forward, as he scored a try after diving over the Moata’s goalline, received a kick in the head from an opposing player and immediately fighting broke out between players of both teams.

Within a few seconds, the northern end of the ground was alive with struggling spectators and players, and it took the police some minutes to break up the fracas.

It is not the best advertisement in the world for a country when neither players nor spectators can control themselves at a football match.— News item in the “Samoa Bulletin”.

IWAS surprised to read the letter from Malakai Labaibure (presumably a Fijian) in The Fiji Times. I wish to express by views because I am an Indian.

His remarks about the quality of the meals cooked by Indian restaurant cooks, and the way Indians eat and sneak away is nothing but silly.

I can assure Malakai that the Indians were eating on tables and wearing fine clothes long before he knew that there were such things as tables and clothes.

I would not have raised a word if Malakai had said that the soles of the missionaries’ shoes tasted excellent! — Letter from S. B.

Singh, of Suva, in “The Fiji Times”.

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SAMOA American Samoa, which previously had had no newspapers, suddenly found itself with two of them in April—one roneoed and one printed.

THE roneoed journal is published by American Samoa’s recentlyformed Chamber of Commerce, The first issue was published on April 8 and was called Public Opinion Bulletin, but subsequent issues have been called News and Views Bulletin.

In a letter to readers in the first issue, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. D. C. “Mike”

Kneubuhl, said: “American Samoa is presently undergoing a period of great social and economic change.

“Events are occurring constantly that affect our lives today and possibly for years to come. We believe that the people of American Samoa must be informed of these events and we will strive in this publication toward this objective.

“The Chamber will publish this Bulletin periodically as a non-profit public service until such time that we believe a free, privately-owned newspaper is established in American Samoa. (Over)

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The issues of News and Views Bultin that have so far reached PIM ive contained from three to six olscap pages each and have ap- :ared weekly.

Of the other newspaper, called r moa News , only the first issue ited April 16 has come to hand, consists of four 11 in. by in. iges and sells for 10 cents. All e news on the front page is in nglish, but on the other three pages ilf the news is in Samoan and half English. The editor is Sivia F. mia, PO Box 1226, Pago Pago.

A notice in the first issue says: fhis is a trial issue of the Samoa ews, American Samoa’s first pride newspaper. The Samoa News ill be published and printed at Pago ago every Monday.”

"Reputation Hurt Over Hotel"

New Paper Outspoken On Samoan Affairs American Samoa’s new meoed newspaper News and 'lews Bulletin has already roved itself to be outspoken on variety of topics. Its first issue ontained an article claiming that le cart had been put before the orse in building a jet airport at ’ago Pago before a hotel to acommodate tourists. The article fid: — PRECIOUS little has been said or written by the local Governlent enlightening the public about ow we have gotten into what at lis stage should be called ‘THE

Lotel Predicament.’

“It is about time that the facts re brought into broad daylight, since American Samoa’s plans and hopes ar a prosperous tourist industry are itally affected.

“The useless stagnation of our otel development, at this precise ime, causing extremely bad public elations with visiting tourists as /ell as with the world-wide travel gencies sending tourists to American Samoa, will damage American Samoa’s reputation as a desirable tourist destination for a long time to come.

“If there is any question about this, then one only needs to read articles like that in the February, 1963, issue of the respected magazine Pacific Islands Monthly.

“When the eating conditions for valued tourists at our Rainmaker Hotel are described as ‘American Colonial’; when valued tourists must wait literally hours before having rooms assigned to them somewhere within the town limits of Utulei- Fagatogo-Pago Pago; when the valued tourist en route through the South Pacific decides he would like to see Samoa and is informed he will not be welcomed without having hotel accommodations, which then become impossible to obtain after urgent letters and wires—these are legitimate matters of real concern. The public in Samoa wants to know what is going on.

“The present Government Administration has been in office for about two years now—from April, 1961.

“When the decision was made sometime around September, 1961, to ‘crash’ complete the jet airstrip, one would think the Government would have given some consideration to what would be needed to house the increased flow of tourists which the jet age would most certainly bring to Samoa. (Over) 73 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLT - J O N E . 1362

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“It is true that about this time >vernor Lee started discussions th a well-known San Francisco m, Haas and Haynie Corp., about ilding a resort hotel between the port and Vaitogi, with the idea it the firm must complete the tel by the time of the South cific Conference in July, 1962, or fer penalties under terms of the Dposed contract.

“It appears that these discussions nt on until about February, 1962, icn negotiations broke down.

“All during this time (and since ;n), it seems, Governor Lee was :eiving all sorts of bids to build tels here, or at least, the interest s great among firms and indivials, other than the San Francisco n, to go into the resort hotel siness in Samoa.

“Many proposals were apparently acceptable to Governor Lee, probly for good reasons.

“By the same token, many might ve proved workable and to the ig-range benefit of the American moa economy.

Hotel Venture “Somewhere about this time (was February, 1962, or even earlier?) rvernor Lee, it appears, gave birth his idea of the Samoan Develop- :nt Corporation, whereby the moan people would be blessed with the profits (and consequent risks loss) of a hotel venture.

“Governor Lee was heard to say was going to have a hotel by iristmas (1962), but alas! here we 5 in April, 1963, with nary a hotel the horizon.

“Meanwhile, American Samoa’s jutation as a tourist destination s been needlessly hurt —and under \ best of circumstances it will :e years to repair the harm.

“It seems to us that full responility for this state of affairs falls squarely upon the local Government Administration.”

In a later issue, News and Views Bulletin paid a tribute to Governor Lee for his work in American Samoa during the past two years. The Bulletin said:— “We of the Chamber of Commerce want to compliment and thank Governor H. Rex Lee for the many good things he has done for American Samoa.

“We all know that to be a good leader, a good Governor, and a good public servant requires a strong character, honesty and integrity.

Blessing “It is a blessing for American Samoa that we have in Governor Lee a man with these qualities.

“To be a good Governor of American Samoa is probably one of the most demanding and difficult jobs anywhere. In all fairness, therefore, no one should criticise Governor Lee as an individual.

“But certainly if we disagree with Governor Lee’s administration, I am sure that Governor Lee himself would be one of the first to welcome and respect another man’s opinions and convictions.

“To you, Governor Lee, our sincerest thanks for the many good things you have done for American Samoa in the past two years of your administration.

“You have worked hard and the people of Samoa are grateful. Our Chamber of Commerce will continue to support you in those areas wherein we agree with your policies.

“We will also continue as a service to our community, our people and to our Government to challenge and oppose the policies of the Government in those areas wherein we believe that its policies are wrong.”

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Army Blasters Have Blown The Danger Out Of GEIC Boat Passages By Captain G. Douglas, Marine Superintendent, Bairiki, Tarawa.

Twelve islands in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony low have safe boat channels into their lagoons thanks to the mthusiasm of a team of Royal Engineers Sappers who have iterally blasted their way through the reefs of the Colony.

HE islands are Nui and Nanumana in the Ellice Group; nana, Arorae, Bern, Aranuka, rakei, Maiana and Makin in the bert Group; and Hull (Orona), rdner (Nikumaroro) and Sydney mra) in the Phoenix Group.

'he shipping time saved through ig able to work these islands at time will amount to many days the course of a year. •erhaps of more direct interest to average islander is the fact that can now put out in his fishing oe on many days when surf conons previously made this imsible.

U 1 the islands in the GEIC are icr of the atoll or of the fringing f type. Some atolls have ship sages and vessels can anchor in Itered water inside the lagoons. At ers only boat passages through barrier reef exist and vessels have anchor or drift off, many miles n the landing place.

Landing Difficult frequently the shore reef inside lagoon is wide, and landing is icult at low tide. )nly some of the fringing reef nds have anchorages—and they invariably precarious. lefore the arrival of the Royal pneers, the boat channels leading oss the reef, if they existed at were generally unsatisfactory. /lost could not be worked except r high tide and all are subject to P hazard. /lost atolls are difficult and all fringing reef islands are unworkable during westerly weather.

A few isolated pioneering attempts at blasting boat channels across fringing reefs were made many years ago on one or two of the Ellice Islands.

But it was not until 1960 that a major effort to do this was put in train.

Luckily the interest of the Royal Engineers was enlisted and a team from the Sapper detachment on Christmas Island was able to undertake a survey tour of some of the islands where the problem was typical and greatest.

Blasting Feasible Although little or nothing was known about the uses of explosives on coral reefs, it was decided that improvement by blasting channels would be feasible.

Such a project would have been beyond the Colony’s slender financial resources, but its nature and importance made it an obvious choice for a Colonial Development and Welfare Fund Scheme and a handsome grant was obtained.

Even so the project would have been difficult had it not been that the Royal Engineers again came to the rescue and agreed to undertake the work.

A period of planning followed between the Royal Engineers, the Colonial Office, the Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations and the GEIC Government.

This was not easy because of the slowness of communications between Tarawa, Christmas Island and London, (The normal time for airmail from dispatch to receipt is four weeks).

At the UK end, the team had to be picked, stores and explosives chosen and ordered, involved arrangements made about pay and allowances, specialist training undertaken, and as much technical information gleaned as was available on the structure of atolls, effects of blasting on coral, health, diet, etc.

All eight members of the Royal Engineers’ team qualified as aqualung divers before they left England.

Several also qualified as diving instructors. (Over) WHOOSH. This sort of thing was a common sight in the GEIC during the reef blasting programme last year. 81 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

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leanwhile, the Colony Governit had to plan shipping itineraries, e land for storing explosives, d magazines, and arrange for :ers of the Administration and he Medical Department to accomy the team. ine of the most complex problems the delivery to the Colony of big quantity of explosives reed. Here again events conspired irovide a lucky break. . new vessel for the Colony Govnent was under construction in ig Kong and was due for cornion at a convenient time, so the [osives were shipped from the ted Kingdom to Hong Kong in j to connect with the delivery ige of this vessel, RCS Nivanga. he timing turned out to be ideal, explosives arrived in Tarawa just >re the arrival of the Royal Ener team. Other stores arrived lin a few days and by early ch, 1962, the team, explosives stores were ready at Tarawa, en islands in the Gilbert, Ellice Phoenix groups were chosen for rovement on the basis of necesfeasibility and economic :ntial.

Hazardous Channels 'fith one exception, the intention to create or improve boat mels across fringing reefs where ling had always been difficult and uently hazardous even for canoes, he exception was Aranuka, where ■udimentary natural channel ady existed through the barrier into the lagoon. But this channel narrow and tortuous, and was imbered with coral heads, which esented a grave danger to iches and boats attempting to Jtiate the passage through which runs a tidal current of up to six knots.

The first island at which improvement was undertaken was Nui, in the central Ellice Islands, 550 miles from Tarawa.

En route, explosives were dumped at other islands included in the project so that the Royal Engineers, now known as “The Blasters”, could work their way back towards Tarawa without being saddled with explosives.

The ship could thus carry other cargo and passengers on subsequent voyages.

The first projects were largely experimental, to devise suitable techniques for blasting coral.

Different Structures It was found that the fringing reef flats appeared somewhat similar at all the islands, while varying in width from 120 yards at one to 470 yards at another. But the structure of these flats, normally covered at high water and bare at low water, differed considerably.

A common feature is that there is a surface layer of hard, dense coral 15 inches to 2 ft thick, below which there is a less dense layer. In some cases this consists of branch coral with open interstices, in others of brittle branches, sand and mud.

One to two feet below this again is a second hard layer.

Blasting techniques had to be adjusted to suit the nature, hardness and thickness of the top layer. Various methods were devised, such as drilling patterns of boreholes (mechanically or by hand). These were filled with plastic explosive and fired to produce overlapping craters; firing shaped (beehive) charges to produce holes within which secondary charges could be placed; and firing surface charges to break up the surface into fragments.

The channels created were 15 to 20 ft wide and 2 to 3 ft below the adjacent reef surface, giving a depth of water sufficient for surfboats to reach the turning pool at the inshore end at all states of normal tides.

Shelving Chutes At the icef edges shelving chutes or funnels were created to reduce the energy of the waves and surf.

The technique used at Aranuka was, of course, different. Charges were anchored around the coral heads along the axis of the channel and fired simultaneously to provide a clear passage.

The Royal Engineers worked with tremendous enthusiasm, vigour and skill, while at every island many local people turned out to help clear away the debris.

So the project went ahead faster than expected and with such a saving in time and explosives that it was found possible to add two islands to the original project and also to clear some coral heads in the anchorage and flying-boat alighting areas in Tarawa lagoon.

Probably the only unsatisfactory feature of the project was that there are now at large eight Royal Engineers who will persist in referring to Te baura (the powder), the Gilbertese term for any type of explosive.

This will no doubt cause some puzzlement among their fellow Sappers. Perhaps the term will even find its way into Army usage and textbooks, to the bewilderment of future Army historians. • See "GEIC Has Two Unique Claims to Fame/' page 85.

Willing islanders clear away debris after blasting at Makin Atoll in the far north of the Gilbert Group. 83

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GEIC Has Two Unique Claims To Fame Scattered over some two million square miles of the South-West and Central Pacific are the 31 inhabited and five desert islands which make up the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony.

THE Colony has two unique claims to fame. One is that it is the only territory in the world which doubles its land area at low tide. The other is that it is the only territory which lies in four hemispheres (if this is not a contradiction in terms), as it straddles both the 180th meridian and the Equator.

One confusing result of this is that two dates apply so that when, for example, it is Sunday morning at Tarawa, it is still only Saturday morning at Canton Island.

Geographically and ethnically, the Colony may be divided into the groups which form its administrative districts.

The Gilbert Islands form a chain 450 miles long from Makin in the north to Arorae in the south, lying across the Equator between the 170th and 180th meridians.

The chain continues 200 miles further south as the Ellice Islands, stretching another 360 miles from Nanumea to Niulakita, the southernmost island in the Colony.

About 600 miles east of the Gilbert chain lies the Phoenix group, which includes the five uninhabited islands of the Colony.

Eight hundred miles north-east of the Phoenix Group are the Line Islands, which include Christmas Island, the site of recent nuclear explosion tests.

The Phoenix and Line Islands have no true indigenous population (although there is archaeological evidence of at least a transient population at some period in the past), but three of the Phoenix were settled shortly before the war by an overspill from the Gilberts.

One of the three, however, has proved incapable of supporting even a small number of inhabitants and a further move has taken place, this time to the Solomon Islands.

Ocean Island, a lone outrider about 250 miles west of the Gilbert chain, differs from the rest of the islands of the Colony in being formed of upraised coral limestone and of phosphate rock which is quarried, crushed and shipped, mostly to Australia, to form the basis of superphosphate.

Faced with the prospect of their island being slowly removed from under their feet, the indigenous people were resettled on Rabi Island in the Fiji Group some years ago.

The other islands rise only a few feet above sea level.

The individual islands in each group are separated by distances of up to 120 miles and vary in size from minute specks in the ocean such as Niutao, half a mile in circumference, to the narrow strips of land up to 35 miles long forming the eastern or weather side of atolls such as Tabiteuea.

The inhabited islands are densely populated, the others being too dry and barren to support a fixed population.

Except on Ocean Island, the only commercial produce is copra, and the only communication most of the islands have with the outside world is when trading, administrative, or mission ships (based on Tarawa, the Colony headquarters) call, at intervals of anything from a couple of weeks to several months.

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This mural, depicting a Fijian World [?]r II hero and VC winner, Corporal [?]anaia Sukanaivalu, was recently un- [?]led in Suva's new City Council building [?]the Governor of Fiji, Sir Kenneth Mad- [?]ks. The mural was excuted by Suva [?]st Mrs. Cherie Whiteside, who is shown [?]ting the finishing touches to it. Cor- [?]al Sukanaivalu was killed in action in [?]Solomon Islands campaign. He was [?]only soldier from the British Colonies [?]win the VC in World War 11.

Photo: S. A. Whippy. 85

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Governor Pays Farewell Visit To Lau Group The Governor of Fiji, Kenneth Maddocks, and Li Maddocks recently made a fa well tour of the islands and at< of Lau, the easternmost group Fiji.

TTiE Governor and his wife be leaving Fiji in Septem after five years’ service in the Cole They were accompanied on tl Lau tour by the Commissio Eastern, Ratu K. K. T. Mara, hereditary high chief of Lau, his v Adi Litia Lababalavu, and I Wright, of the Fiji Public Relati Office, who took the pictures on th two pages.

The party travelled from Suva the Fiji Government’s motor ya Ra Marama, and visited 10 islar ranging from limestone clusters large islands.

At each island, Sir Kenneth j Lady Maddocks were carried ash by Fijian warriors, a treatment served only for the highest of chi and. distinguished guests.

Each island vied with the next its form of entertainment. Rarely p formed ceremonies were brought light; dance teams provided geni languid mekes by women, or vigorc club or spear formations by the mi At some islands, the Governor a his wife sat cross-legged on mats a took part in Fijian feasts prepai in their honour.

They visited schools, dispensarii churches, radio stations, post offic stores, boatbuilders, and agricultui projects. • TOP: Namuka, generally known Namuka-i-Lau to distinguish it from t[?] island of that name in the Ton[?] Group, had its first visit from a [?] Governor with that of Sir Kenne[?] Maddocks. The photo shows can[?] making towards the village in t[?] background. • CENTRE: The Governor and Lady Ma[?] docks are carried ashore at Nai[?] leyaga village on the island of Kaba[?] • BOTTOM: At Namuka-i-Lau, Sir Ke[?] neth Maddocks, accompanied by Ra[?] K. K. T. Mara and Lady Maddoc[?] walks over a carpet of beautiful [?] stencilled masi (tapa), lined on bo[?] sides by women and children. 86 JUNE. 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

he inhabitants of at least one id, Namuka-i-lau, had not had a rernor visit them before. Although 11, Sir Kenneth was impressed t the buildings in the village, the church, the co-operative store, the efforts the villagers were :ing to improve the quality of r copra by building hot-air ;rs. he Lau islands are scattered over irea of some 44,000 square miles >cean. he distribution of land is uneven, in the north and central areas, ly of the islands are caught toier in a network of reefs with navigable passages, or set in the st of lagoons which in some cases many times the area of the land f.

Closer to Tonga i the southern part of the group, ;r spaces separate the islands so e are sometimes 40 to 60 miles ipen sea between them. It is quite ible for an inexperienced nayi- »r to find himself out of the Fiji ip and into Tonga, for the islands louthern Lau are closer to Tonga i they are to Suva, ongan influence has long been ortant in these islands, and, in- 1, in the middle of the last ury, was dominant, ongan place names are common ughout the area and on many ;he islands the Tongan language once spoken as freely as Fijian, erial culture, customs, and tradis, have all been modified by gan contacts. he economy of the Group is based ely on the growing of coconuts the making of copra. With few ;ptions the islands are of limee formation and not well endowed i soil. here is a small trade in the manuure of hardwood artifacts made skilled tradesmen, ananas for export are also grown one or two of the more fertile ids nearest to Suva.

OOTNOTE: Rob Wright says his ares of the Governor’s Lau tour “virtually underwater pictures be- ;e they ended up in the drink toer with the camera that took a.” In going ashore from the Marama, at Lakeba, Rob was in nghy which was half swamped by ig wave. His camera, exposure 2r and exposed film were doused, after some skilful work on the back in Suva, he produced a set ligh quality prints as if nothing happened.

Dual cup bearers take part in the yaqona (kava) ceremony at Lomaloma, during the visit of Sir Kenneth Maddocks. The cup bearers shown are pictured on the current Fiji 10d stamp, first issued on April 1.

Yams and a live pig were presented to the Governor at Tubou village, Lakeba. Lakeba is the largest island in the Lau Group, and Tubou is the traditional home of the Group's paramount chief.

A vigorous club meke was danced for the entertainment of the visitors at Tubou on the island of Lakeba. This man was the leader of the dancers. 87

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Natives of New Caledonia, who, iccording to a correspondent, vere being changed by the US \rmy into industrious citizens, vere collecting rubber from banyan trees to help the United Nations war effort. They were beng paid 50 francs a kilogramme.

Mrs. Isobel Field, 85-years-old step-daughter of Robert Louis tfeMetdatf Stevens, said in a letter to PIM from Cirpintaria, California, that she wished to discontinue receiving copies of the magazine because her eyes were not good enough to read them. She said she had been taking PIM for many years and had always found it interesting. Mrs. Field had been with Stevenson in Samoa when he died in December, 1894. * ♦ * General de Gaulle called off the elections for the New Caledonia Administrative Council on the ground that wartime elections were inadmissible. % Hs Among several resignations from the staff of the Australian Department of Information was that of Damien Parer, a member of the well-known New Guinea family. He had won kudos as a cameraman with the Australian forces. (See book review section in this issue). ❖ ❖ ❖ The 190 people of Pitcairn Island had begun to make walking sticks for disabled soldiers after their offer to care for 35 evacuated British children had been refused because of transport difficulties. * * * The New Zealand Government announced that no more Rarotongan girls would be allowed to leave the island to take up domestic service in New Zealand. • Aviation has come a long way since this seaplane, shown taking off from the Sigatoka River, Sigatoka, was used by Fiji Airways Ltd. The photograph was published in PIM for June, 1933, after one of the two seaplanes that Fiji Airways then had, capsized in Suva Harbour. The capsized plane was salvaged almost undamaged. 89

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The place of the paper-back reprint edition in modern iterature has given most established publishers a headache and he headache is no doubt one reason why the Australian com- >any, Angus and Robertson Ltd., is having a little each way in ts new series, Sirius Books. lESE reprints, of what might be regarded as Australian classics, be had in either hard cover or er-bound. What it means in hard i, for the same literary content, hat you pay from 7/6 to 10/- •e if you insist on having a bound k and a simple dust-jacket.

I any criticism can be made of publishing scheme, it might be the relatively high cost of the er-back versions These may be irded as Australian classics; noneess 16/- and 17/- is a pretty stiff e for a book with a paper cover, imongst the first of the series were issued were the following: APRICORNIA by Xavier Herbert, bert is an Australian who has a most things from pharmacist pearl diver, but now gives his apation as writer. He wrote Caprnia while he was living in a garret .ondon in the depression years of early 1930’5, being kept in food a Jewish woman who befriended i its original version it ran into ; a million words and although was persuaded to cut over half them, it apparently was still too nidable a proposition for London lishers The novel finally saw With Judy Tudor print in Australia in 1937, after Herbert had returned to that country; it won the Sesqui-centenary Prize in 1938 and the Australian Literature Society’s medal in 1939. Since then it has run through three editions and nine reprintings and now appears in Sirius Books.

In it he presents the Australian North as he sees it—or saw it, before 1930. Its theme is the halfcaste problem, as it then was; and the extraordinary characters who made up the Territory types gives it colour, humour, pathos and character.

Herbert has written nothing like Capricornia since. In fact, he has written no more than a couple of novels in the intervening 30 years, and eccentric is probably the most exact way to describe them.

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Keith McKeown. This book was first published in 1936 and the author is now dead, but Australian spiders remain the same as when, as Assistant Curator of Insects at the Australian Museum, he first wrote about them. McKeown had an informal way of writing scientific fact and his book has been of great interest to amateur naturalists. Illustrated by photographs and drawings.

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SAND by Francis Ratcliffe is another naturalist book, written even before Australian Spiders. But the author is still alive and wrote a preface to the Sirius edition, from Canberra.

After graduation from Oxford, Ratcliffe became an economic biologist and one of his first assignments was the investigation, in Australia, of the depredations of the giant fruit-eating bat, called in Australia the flying-fox. This work engaged him from 1929 to 1931 when he returned to the United Kingdom; but he was soon back in Australia again, for the CSIRO, investigating the problem of soil drift or wind erosion, in the back country. The merit of his book, as reading material, should be judged from its sub-title ( The Adventures of a Biologist in Australia ) rather than by FOR PORT MORESBY: This is an artist's impression of a new building to be built in Port Moresby as a production centre for the Department of Information and Extension Services. The purpose of the building is to supply the P-NG Administration's requirements for instructional and educational films, recordings, graphic displays, posters, texts, etc., in any of the numerous languages of the area. A P-NG firm, Territorial Building Constructions, has been awarded a contract for £129,345 to erect the building.

the scientific nature of his project, as this is a very human and personal story of a young man doing a scientific job in the Australian countryside. One interesting aspect of reading this book now and not at the time it was first published, is to reflect on how Australian country life has changed more in the last 25 years than in the 100 that went before. Illustrated.

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SUCH IS LIFE by Tom Collins was first published by the Sydney Bulletin in 1903 but was not successful; an abridged edition was published in London in 1937; but it did not come into its own until republished, in its original version, by Angus and Robertson Ltd., in Australia, in 1944. The book purported to be from the diary of a mythical Tom Collins but was written, about 1897, by Joseph Furphy, whose more usual occupation was bullock-driver.

Furphy was typical of the Bulletin era. when men had not yet sold their souls to canned entertainment. Although most of them engaged in manual labour of some sort, their minds frequently were given to literary aspirations. Furphy’s book is regarded as a “great slab of Australian earth” capturing as few others ever did, the true spirit of the period.

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POEMS by Kenneth Slessor. The author of this collection is still very much of the contemporary scene— journalist, editor, leader-writer, war correspondent. He is also regarded as perhaps Australia’s most gifted living poet. All moods, all things and the entire world form the background for his verse, which ranges from the serious to the flippant. He probably had newspaper barons and their products in mind when he wrote this one (called Cannibal Street ): “Buy, who’ll buy,” the pedlar sings, “Bones of beggars, loins of kings, Ribs of murder, haunch of hate, And Beauty’s head on a butcher’s plate.”

“Buy, who’ll buy,” the pedlar begs, “Angel wings and lady-legs, Tender bits and dainty parts— Buy, who’ll buy my skewered hearts?”

Buy, who’ll buy? The cleavers fall, The dead men creak, the live men call, And I (God save me) bargained there, Paid my pennies and ate my share. (Our copies from Angus and Robertson Ltd., Sydney.) Australia’s First Novel Gets A New Airing One day in early December, 1825, the 450-ton vessel Med arrived in Hobart from England bearing 69 convicts, among wl was one Henry Savery, who had been sentenced to transportation SAVERY, whose crime was forgery, was not exactly a celebrity in his time, and nowadays few people have even heard of him.

But in the history of Australian literature, he occupies an important place for he was the author of the first novel dealing largely with Australia written by an inhabitant.

The novel is Quintus Servinton, which, as its subtitle says, is “A Tale founded upon Incidents of Real Occurrence” i.e., incidents in Savery’s own life.

The novel was first published by a Hobart printer in 1830. Copies of the original edition are now so rare that only three are known to exist in Australia—one in the Mitchell Library, one in the Tasmanian Public Library, and one in a private collection in Hobart.

However, anyone with a yen to read this famous novel can now do so without journeying to Sydnej Tasmania because it has now I published as originally printed by Jacaranda Press, with the assists of the Commonwealth Lite: Fund, Asa novel, it is not easy rea< because Savery wrote in a flc long-winded style and larded pages with tiresome observations life. But Savery did have a g narrative sense, and, as the ed of the book, Cecil H. Hadgraft, i in a scholarly introduction, the n< is valuable and interesting for picture of convict life as experiec by an educated convict.

The novel also gives a v picture of the tortuous English b ness dealings of the time, agains provincial background. Some these dealings closely parallel th of Savery’s own life which led his being transported to Tasman In Tasmania, Savery tried to habilitate himself and to have h self recognised as a man of sc consequence in the land. But methods he used to do this w often as reckless and as illegal those he had used in business, s almost to the end of his life he i in trouble.

After being employed in all sc of dubious transactions, Savery \ imprisoned in December, 1828, 15 months. It was apparently dur this term of imprisonment and la when he was working in the N Norfolk district that he wrote novel, Quintus Servinton.

More ups and downs tt followed, until, towards the end 1840, Savery was again arrested a convicted of forgery. This time was sentenced for life to the gr penitentiary at Port Arthur. Fifte months later, he cut his throat.

When the Wesleyan minister Port Arthur buried Savery on Ft ruary 8, 1842, he wrote in his no book: “Today I have committed the grave the remains of Her Savery, a son of one of the fii bankers in Bristol, but his end w without honour”.- RL. (QUINTUS SERVINTON. Published Jacaranda Press. 35/-.) Library To House Valuable Pacific Collection The Fiji Government and the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Ltd. will meet the cost of building a library which will be the permanent home of a valuable collection of books and documents about Fiji and the South Pacific.

The collection, which was the property of Sir Alport Barker, was presented to the Government after Sir Alport’s death in 1956.

The CSR’s share of the project is £2,000. Lady Barker has agreed that the library will be known as the “Sir Alport Barker Memorial Library”. The main part will consist of more than 3,000 books, with publication dates varying from 1599 to the 1950’y. Most were published in the 19 th century.

The collection includes many rare documents, etchings, coloured plates and early maps of the South Pacific. 92 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH II

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High Adventure With Abominable Yeti The fantasy land of Nepal produces high mountains, herpas and, according to some people, Abominable Snowmen, lecause of these things it was the area chosen by the World look Encyclopaedia Scientific Expedition to the Himalayas, id by Sir Edmund Hillary, in 1960-61. Sir Ed and Desmond )oig now recount how, where and why, in a new book of alpine dventuring, High in the Thin Cold Air.

E hunt for Yeti, or Snowmen, was the part of the expedition most captured public attention this aspect is dealt with by ;, the expedition’s Press officer, uring the expedition’s time in al it was sold a piece of Yeti saw Yeti scalps; had innumer- Yeti footprints pointed out tie high snow country by Sherand had Yeti described as like ; or bears; or goats; or apes; l combination of all of them, it all to no avail. The conon inevitably reached was that > is no such animal, ae Yeti fur, the explorers had 1 reason to believe, came from iimalayan Blue Bear from ern Tibet; the footprints were ably made by a small quadd which managed to get its back steps close to those of its front sun and melting snow provided rest of the illusion.

Old, But a Fake ie Yeti scalps were not disd of so easily, but it was done. f were taken by five of the party, iding Hillary, Doig and Khunjo mbi, one of the Sherpas, half ss the world to the United ;s, Paris and London and in the r pronounced a fake—probably or 300 years old, but still a uring their visit to London, mbi called on the Queen (who away at Sandringham) and left , and this had a sequel which I describes like this: n January, 1961, Queen Eliza- , together with the Duke of iburgh, made a State visit to al. . . The Queen expressed a •e to meet Khunjo Chumbi and k him personally for the gifts he left her in London. Mrs. mbi was invited, too. . . What ; of us knew when we sent indions to Khunjo and Mrs. mbi to hurry down to Kathdu [from Khumjung] was that the 45-year-old Mrs. Chumbi was nine months pregnant.

“Without hesitation the couple set out on the 180-mile walk, along with some of our expedition Sherpas.

Four days out of Kathmandu, while the men stopped to eat their morning meal, Mrs. Chumbi sat calmly by the roadside and produced her fourth son.

“ ‘I did not want to miss you,’ she told the Queen when they met in Kathmandu at a British Embassy reception. ‘So I wasted no time about having the child and decided to keep up with the men when they walked on after their food.’

“The infant was named Philip Tobgay Chumbi in honour of the Duke.”

Chumbi, on this occasion, had brought down more Yeti evidence to show the Queen —allegedly a Sno w m a n’s arm. “The shaggy, henna-coloured limb that the Queen and the Duke examined,” says Doig, “was, without doubt, the hind leg of a blue bear.”

Doig’s section of the book deals with the Yeti legend in all its aspects, but apart from this and its amusing account of travels abroad with Chumbi and the Yeti scalp, it gives an interesting background account of the Sherpas and their history.

Yeti research was, of course, only a minor assignment of the 1960-61 Expedition. Its major task was to carry out physiological research into high altitude acclimatisation and attempt to climb 27,790 ft. Mt.

Makalu, without oxygen.

In the second part of the book, Hillary relates how they went about this by building a prefabricated laboratory (the Silver Hut), at 19,000 feet, where medical men, scientists and climbers spent the winter.

This phase of the expedition was dogged by illness and bad luck, but the scientific work was eventually completed although the last few hundred feet of the mountain beat them in the end.

Few people write better about this sort of thing than Hillary. He does not make climbing five-mile high mountains seem easy; he merely makes it sound sensible. For people who spend their entire life at sealevel, never climbing anything higher than the steps into a bus, that’s really something. (HIGH IN THE THIN COLD AIR.

Published by Hodder & Stoughton. 37/3.)

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Living Legends Of Damien Parer Like most of the Parer family, Damien went to New Guinea to work—but it was in a different way.

He went there as an Australian Department of Information cameraman during the Pacific war; put a new dimension into war-time documentaries; and died in action in 1944 at the age of 32 while filming Americans going into action at Palau, Caroline Islands.

Damien parer was the seventh child of “Pop” Parer nd his wife, a delightful couple /ho kept hotel at Wau, New Juinea, in the 1930’s in the insrvals when Pop was not evolvig systems for breaking the bank t Monte Carlo.

Damien was the brother of ''once and Bernie; and cousin of lay, Bob and Kevin—all wellnown in their day in the Terriary. He was intended for the riesthood but became, instead, iterested in photography and /hen in 1933 his father persuaded lustralian film producer Charles diauvel to give Damien a job iere was no turning back. • The Eyes of Damien Parer i a pictorial record of what Lustralia’s ace war cameraman chieved between 1940 and his eath in 1944. The pictures have een chosen and the narrative written by Frank Legg, war corespondent for the ABC in most f the campaigns Damien covered, nd it is in itself, almost a pocketized account of the Australian ampaigns in the first four years f the war.

Damien Parer sailed for the liddle East with the first conngent of the 2nd AIF in Janury, 1940, and filmed the first ctions in the desert of North ifrica. When the Australians 'ere withdrawn from the desert ir the disastrous adventure in rreece and Crete, he was with lem to record the fighting and le evacuations.

He was with them again in the yrian campaign that followed nd covered the air and naval ssaults on Tobruk. But when le Australians were withdrawn ■om the Middle East he went too, and in early 1942 he was in New Guinea.

It was Parer’s war films, as much as anything, that created the legends of the Kokoda Trail and the so-called Fuzzy-wuzzy Angels who toiled across it, carrying supplies in and wounded out.

He filmed the final capture of Kokoda and the Morobe campaign and with one break in Timor, covering the work of the Australian commandoes there, remained on the job in P-NG until August, 1943.

About that month, the Department of Information ordered Parer to Broome, in Western Australia, where the heads of the Department anticipated a Japanese landing. Parer thought the idea was ridiculous and this was a vital factor in his decision, to resign from the Department and accept one of the pressing invitations American film companies had extended to join them.

He began to work for Paramount at the end of 1943 and although he had stipulated that he still follow the Australian campaigns, he did, in fact, thereafter cover only American operations.

In September, 1944, he landed with the Americans at Peleliu in the Palau Group and, as was his habit, went in alongside the first tank, hoping to film the marines who followed it. Concealed Japanese machine gunners opened up on him and he died instantly.

Frank Legg does an excellent Job of recreating the character of Damien Parer: A young man whom the gods surely loved; unusual; different —even amongst the unusual Parers. (THE EYES OP DAMIEN PARER.

Published by Rigby Ltd., Adelaide. 35/-.)

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THE DOOMED OASIS by Hammond Innes. A father-son conflict against an Arabian oil-field background. (Fontana; 5/6).

FEAR THE LIGHT by Elizabeth Ferrars. Murder for no reason— except some 200-year-old letters. (Fontana; 4/-).

It Couldn’T Matter Less

and DARK DUET in both of which Peter Cheyney combines his favourite ingredients—girls, violence and mystery. (Pan and Fontana respectively; 4/-).

ENTER THE SAINT by Leslie Charteris —the first “Saint” this writer ever produced, which makes it 33 years old. With a 1963 foreword. (Pan; 4/-), REBOUND by James Mayo.

Blackmail of a doctor who wrote the wrong thing on a death certificate out of sympathy. (Pan; 4/-).

THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER, by Patrick Quentin. Anonymous letters, jealous husband and American background. (Pan; 4/-.)

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He Wonders Of Antiquity

Leonard Cottrell. What the :n Wonders of the ancient world ; makes a favourite quiz quesand in this book the author ribes them in detail—including only one that is still in existence, Pyramids. He then selects seven tional wonders of the past that : appealed to him personally and s the reader on a conducted tour, ascinating little book for anyone ested in ancient monuments to snt cultures. (Pan 5/6).

ORPORATION WIFE by Cather- Gaskin. This writer, who first e into prominence by writing it early Australia, is now living in America. This bedroom and boardroom description of life in a big corporation could have been written nowhere else. (Fontana 5/6).

Ten Rillington Place By

Ludovic Kennedy. Kennedy is better known to most people as BBC television commentator and travelling reporter. This book concerns the controversial Evans-Christie case that kept UK newspaper headline writers busy in 1949-50 and again four years later.

In March, 1950, Evans was hanged for the murder of his child and its mother, Beryl Evans, who had been found strangled at 10 Riilington Place, North Kensington. Four years later, however, four more bodies were found in the garden of the premises and John Reginal Christie admitted responsibility, Kennedy, who* believes that Evans was innocent of the crime he was hanged for, undertakes an exhaustive examination of the case. (Pan; 7/6).

The Sands Of Kalahari

by William Mulvihill. A best-selling novel based on the behaviour of five men and one woman who are thrown back on their own resources when their plane crashes in the SW African desert. Part - psychology, part-thriller. (Pan; 5/6).

For Other Tastes IN THE COOL OF THE DAY, an international love story by Susan Ertz. Now being filmed in New York, London and Greece, with Peter Finch and Jane Fonda in leading roles. (Fontana; 5/6),

Love And Mrs. Sargent By

Patrick Dennis, whose Auntie Mame series put him in the best-seller class. (Pan; 5/6).

RIZPAH by Charles E. Israel.

Old Testament literary cinerama in full technicolour. (Pan; 7/6).

RENEGADE SHERIFF by W. C.

Tuttle and BAD MEN FROM BODIE by E. L. Doctorow. Westerns. (Fontana and Pan; 4/- each).

By The Sea, By The Sea By

George Sumner Albee. Even British reviewers found it funny. (Pan; 4/-).

THE MIND BENDERS by James Kennaway. Story of a movie (Dirk Bogarde, Mary Ure, John Clements) about brain washing, in excelsis. (Pan; 5/-). (Our copies from Wm. Collins (Overseas) Ltd.) Memoirs Of A Presidential Bodyguard Being in the Secret Service means a different thing to Americans from what it does to the British. riiHTS is made clear by U. E. -A- Bavghman, in his Secret Service Chief —a position from which he has recently retired.

Secret Service to a Britisher usually means M. 1.5, spies, the whodunit works. Mr. Baughman’s main job, on the other hand, was protecting the US President (or Predents—Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy were all under his care at different times).

When other people saw (on TV) the lectern take fire at President Kennedy’s inauguration they just laughed. But to Mr, Baughman it was no laughing matter. He thought it might be a bomb and had a fit of the horrors; in fact, he devotes the first chapter of his book to describing just how he did feel, and what he did.

Reason For Fear He has very good reason for fear.

Three US Presidents have been assassinated while in office and, the way he tells it, there appear to be enough odd-balls at large in the US to make a fourth an ever-present possibility. Protection extends not only to the President but to the President’s children (even when they are full-grown), and their children and, in total, makes a very large operation.

What Mr. Baughman has to say about it is no doubt fascinating to the average American (just as I was Princess Margaret’s Bodyguard would be to the British, if written by a Scotland Yard Inspector), but we doubt whether it will set any other worlds on fire.

In his literary task the Chief was assisted by Leonard Wallace Robinson but even with Mr. Robinson’s professional services, Mr. Baughman just turns out to sound like a good, honest cop. (SECRET SERVICE CHIEF. Published by Heinemann. 37/6.) ARTIST IN WOOD Kombil Liomui, a native of Lou [?]land, Manus District, P-NG, is an [?]tist whose wood carvings are be- [?]g much sought after by collec- [?]s. He is shown with one of his [?]epik-type masks.

Kombil says Sepik-type carving [?]as introduced to the Manus area [?]y local men who served in the [?]epik District as teachers and be- [?]me interested in Sepik handicrafts [?]nd designs. Kombil achieves a [?]tin finish on his carvings, using [?]special leaf for smoothing the [?]ood in the traditional Manus [?]anner. 97

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Pacific Shipping And Cruising Yachts Two Men Admit Stealing Yacht From Lord Howe Island After having been in the news almost every day for more han a month, the drama of the 50 ft steel-hulled Sydney yacht Zythera came to an end on May 14, when two men were relanded for sentence in a Sydney court for having stolen the Cythera from her moorings at Lord Howe Island on April 10.

IE two men are Derrick Brewin, 31, and Daniel Barrie, 25. They ; crew members of the yacht n she left Sydney on March 31 a cruise round the world. Others ;he cruise were the yacht’s own- Mr. Peter Fenton, his wife Pat- , nine-year-old daughter Penelope a Sydney journalist, Charles er. tie yacht was intercepted at Nor- Island by the French freighter nado del Mar on April 17— n days after having been stolen .ord Howe. Brewin and Barrie : arrested and flown back to icy. eanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Fenton two friends flew to Norfolk to the yacht, which had been damaged in a collision with the Colorado del Mar, back to Sydney.

In Sydney’s Central Court of Petty Sessions on May 14, Brewin and Barrie pleaded guilty to having stolen the yacht, which, with other possessions, was valued at £17,000.

No verbal evidence was given at the hearing, but statements made by detectives and others involved in the case were handed to the magistrate.

Detective-Sergeant B. K. Doyle said Barrie had told him at Norfolk Island on April 20 that he and Brewin were going to take the yacht to Rapa, south of Tahiti, and then to South America “to poke around for a couple of years”. They were going to change the name of the yacht to Jenny 11.

After leaving Lord Howe Island, they had been blown off course by a gale and went to Norfolk Island to make a navigational check. It was then that the Colorado del Mar intercepted them.

Detective-Sergeant Doyle said Barrie had accused Fenton of being “Captain Bligh No. 2” and that Fenton’s wife had told Barrie and Brewin that Fenton was going to shoot them and her if necessary.

Detective-Sergeant Doyle said Brewin, the other accused, had told him that he and Barrie had planned to steal the yacht before they left Sydney. They had dissuaded Fenton from taking the yacht to New Zealand because Lord Howe Island was a better place to steal it.

The hearing was held two days after the Fentons and their two friends had returned to Sydney in the Cythera —after a voyage of 20 days.

Concern for their safety had been felt in Sydney for several days as there had been no radio contact with them from the time they left Norfolk on April 22, and their 900-mile voyage had been expected to take only 14 to 16 days.

Planes and ships unsuccessfully searched for the yacht until she was within 80 miles of Sydney.

It turned out that the yacht had never been in distress although she had weathered two severe storms and at one stage was blown 200 miles off course. The reason for the lack of radio messages was that In The News This Month Malabar VIII Marco Polo Marinero Moisana Monsoon Motuana Myonie Omicron Opportunity Piri Pukaki, HMNZS St. Peter Mamatele Sea Wind Tiare Tortue Trinui Tui Valavala Valkyrie Voeykov Yasme 111 Abacus Adi Talei Aratoba Blue Peter Colorado del Mar Cook, HMS Cythera Dwyn Wen Elizabeth Helen Fairweather Fortune Geneve Gitana Golden Hind Hamutana Hiri John Hanna Kilinailau Lady of Fatima Lady Stirling [?] ter Fenton's yacht "Cythera" anchored off Norfolk Island with the French freighter "Colorado del Mar" in the background.— Photo: Raymond Hoare. 99 CIFIC ISLANDS M O N T H L Y J U N E , 1963

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REEF BLASTING: Six New and Army engineers are to spend months in the Tokelaus blasting jat passage in the reef at Faka- Atoll. he six men—an officer, a diver, engineers, a mechanic and a :—were due to go to the Tokein early May by HMNZS aki. be men will blast a channel, it 400 ft. long, able to take a le boat at low water. At present islanders must “shoot” the reef at tide. milar channels have been blasted the New Zealand Ministry of ks at Nukunono and Atafu, the r atolls of the Tokelau Group.

BOOK ON BOATBUILDING; : ormer P-NG boatbuilder and designer, Mr. A. Swinfield, has ;en a book on boatbuilding which » detailed instructions and dials for the building of 26 ft. ig cutters. lis type of cutter has been built -NG and at the Auki shipbuildtraining centre in the BSIP. It proved popular with islanders carrying copra and other cash s. le book has simple designs showthe step-by-step construction of cutters. It has been published le South Pacific Commission and will be on sale throughout the Pacific.

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Mr. Powell is regarded as an expert in traditional and modern methods of drop-line fishing. He has been an instructor in South Pacific Commission fisheries courses. • TROCHUS FISHING RE- OPENS; Trochus fishing has reopened in the New Hebrides after having been illegal since 1958, but the smallest size that can be taken is eight centimetres (about 3 in.). The fishing of trochus was made illegal because of a fear that beds would be fished out.

A recent Joint Regulation, legalising the taking of trochus, also altered the smallest size of green shell that could be taken from 17 centimetres (6i in.) to 15 centimetres (nearly 6 in.) because the bigger shell was hard to sell. Fishing for green shell was also made illegal in 1958, but was legalised again in 1961.

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BANANAS: Tonga’s Premier, Prince Tungi, is to discuss proposals for chartering ships to carry Islands bananas to Japan during his current trip to Europe and Japan.

An agreement to charter ships for this purpose was made on April 26 when Western Samoan, Tongan and Fijian representatives met in Apia to discuss banana shipments.

Western Samoa’s Minister of Finance and Economic Development Mr. G. F. D. Betham, said after the meeting that it had also been agreed that the three buyers in Japan should be responsible for any charter agreement because the sale and purchase of bananas was on an f.o.b. basis, As loading at Fiji, Tonga and R. Powell, Cook Islands Fisheries' Officer. 101 DIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

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Quotations Given ;stern Samoa would entail about days in a single voyage to Japan, was agreed that charters should confined to two loading ports in : South Pacific and one discharge rt in Japan.

Vlr. Betham said it was proposed hold a further meeting in Apia early July when it was hoped all pers would be present.

Te added that Western Samoa was only Group with surplus bananas present, and that the Government s anxiously awaiting a report from Crusader Line, rhe representatives who attended Apia meeting were Prince Tungi, . Betham, Mr. P. France, of the i Development Corporation, West- Samoa’s Minister of Agriculture, :ata Western Samoa’s lancial Secretary, Dr. P. Heller, istern Samoa’s Director of Agriture, Mr. B. E. Parham, and a I technical adviser, Dr. Van der os.

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plementary grant of £l,OOO from lonial Development and Welfare ds has been approved to provide litional equipment, including new die wheels and improved haulage angements, for the slipway at lagi, BSIP. » CUTTER CATCHES FIRE: irteen people were injured when motor cutter Tortue, belonging Mr. Draghicewicz, caught fire on ril 28 when about to begin a r age from Malo (New Hebrides) Santo. The fire began when a rk from the motor ignited a king drum of gasoline in the deck go, causing an explosion.

Jeven of the victims were taken to French hospital in Santo. Among m were two New Hebridean Idren who later died. The other dms are reported to be improving. » BSIP BEACON PLAN: A pubnotice issued by the BSIP Marine partment says it is hoped to erect icons in Munda Lagoon and Kia isage this year.

Hie entrances to Gizo Harbour re already been beaconed and the tern of topmarks adopted at Gizo 1 be used at Munda and Kia. • ARATOBA SOLD: Mr. A. irdoch, of Betio, GEIC, has bought AK Aratoba, which was formerly Sacred Heart Mission vessel and n a Co-operative trading ship in GEIC. • SURVEY OF MALEKULA: e Royal Navy survey ship HMS Cook is expected in the New Hebrides late this year to survey parts of Malekula, particularly Port Sandwich. • STRANDING OF KILINAI- LAU; A marine inquiry into the stranding of the 113 ft MV Kilinailau opened in Rabaul on April 29 before the Acting Customs Collector, Mr. A. Patterson, assisted by the Rabaul Harbourmaster, Captain S.

O’Donohue.

The Kilinailau (formerly the Melanesian Mission’s Southern Cross ) ran aground on a sandbank about two hours’ steaming from Wewak early in the morning of March 25.

Owned by the Bismarck Shipping Company, the ship was reported to be carrying two European and 140 native passengers.

Her master, Captain Allen Burns, gave evidence that the Kilinailau had left Wewak for Rabaul at 2.30 a.m. on March 25. Two hours later, she had been found to be about a mile north of her course off Cape Richthofen.

Correction had been made with land about five or six miles away to starboard, but at 4.40 a.m. the vessel had run aground in 9 ft of water on a falling tide, with land 103 LCIFIC ISLANDS M O N T H L Y J U N E . 1963

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Vhen the Mission ship Morova le to the Kilinailau’s assistance .0 a.m., the Kilinailau had dragged tore into the inner surf line. The rova could not get closer than )0 ft as she was beginning to :h bottom, and a towline could be provided to bridge the gap. he company’s other ship, Piri, ch arrived later in the day, also Id not get close enough to be assistance; and after all attempts move the Kilinailau by means of hors failed, she was abandoned.

Questioned by Captain O’Donohue, >tain Burns said he could not duce his certificate as this had n lost when the MV Inaha, of ch he was master, sank without ; of life earlier this year.

Tie Second Engineer, Mr. K. jrler, who had been on watch ;n the Kilinailau ran aground, said did not have an engineer’s certite, but had been studying a Terry “A” Course during the prejs three months. d a later hearing, the Kilinailau’s fey certificate was produced. It ied the expiry date “27/3/63” and tained the addendum: “Not more i 56 persons, passengers and crew, be aboard at one time until itional lifejackets to comply with 'T requirements have been placed ard.”

Captain Bill Cunningham, partler of the ship, told the inquiry ; he had been on board the EHzai Helen on March 25 and had rd of the Kilinailau’s plight by °ifter arriving at the scene and issing the situation, he decided ; refloating was impossible with available equipment and that cost of procuring effective equipit would be “prohibitive”.

He said he told Captain Burns to call off salvage attempts, and appointed the Elizabeth Helen’s master, Mr. M. O’Connor, as caretaker with two native assistants.

Mr. O’Connor had been instructed to maintain daily contact with Wewak by radio.

On May 9, the inquiry was adjourned for several days to enable Mr. O’Connor to fly to Rabaul to give evidence.

This followed a report that the Kilinailau had caught fire and had been completely burnt out on Sunday, May 5. There had been a series of explosions. Mr. O’Connor had escaped unhurt.

• Slipway For Levuka

MOOTED; The Fiji Govt, may erect a slipway at Levuka for the Pacific Fishing Co. In a recent letter to the Levuka Township Board, the Colonial Secretary, Mr. P. D. Macdonald, said the Government thought the company would be better served if it slipped its ships at Suva, but if the company decided Levuka was the better place, then the Government would install a slipway there.

• Suva Wharf Project

FINISHED: The Governor of Fiji, Sir Kenneth Maddocks, will officially open the fourth and final stage of the new Suva wharf on June 7. • CUTTER ON REEF: The Fiji cutter, Tui Valavala, went on Mabalico Reef, near Gau Island in the Lomaiviti Group on May 12, and a few days later hope was almost abandoned of salvaging her. The Tui Valavala started to break up in the heavy seas. (Over) Lightweight Boat This 62 ft. vessel, "Lady of Fatima", is playing a big part in Western Australia's crayfishing industry. She is built of Australuco corrosion-resistant aluminium alloys, a product of the Australian Aluminium Co. Ltd. The manufacturers claim that the use of aluminium means lower weight, and therefore reduced draught and easier docking; maximum economy in the use of power; a high degree of cleanliness; and virtually no maintenance to the hull as marine growth is simply scrubbed off. 105 CIFIC ISLANDS M O N T H L Y J U N E 1963

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"Plantation House", 197 Clarence Street, Sydney. 8X2871. Cables: "IVAN", Sydney. mother cutter, the Adi Talei, went he assistance of the passengers and v. The Adi Talei took the passeni off and landed them on Gau nd. The crew left the Tui Valai in a punt and rowed to Gau, ch is about six miles from the /hen the crew of the Adi Talei :hed Suva, they said the Tui Valai was lying on her starboard side, i up on the reef. Her gunwales part of her hull were breaking up, they considered salvage imdble. The cargo, mainly flour and ed goods, remained in the hold, he Tui Valavala left Suva on May for Gau and the Lau Group. She also carrying mail for the small nds of Yacata and Vicia. Alight wet, the mail was salvaged was to be returned to Suva.

Tie Tui Valavala was owned by Mohammed Sadiq of Samabula. t ENGINE EXPLODES: Two i were badly burned when the ine of the launch St. Peter Mamaexploded off Tenaru, BSIP, on May 9. They were taken to the Central Hospital, Honiara, where their condition waS later reported to be satisfactory.

Captain C. K. Taylor, who towed the launch back to Honiara, said it had suffered very little damage. • RUSSIAN SHIP IN SUVA: The Russian meteorological ship Voeykov spent a weekend in Suva early in May on her way back to Vladivostok after a study of atmospheric processes and hydrology in the Pacific.

The Voeykov left Vladivostok on February 27. This was her third visit to Suva, the last being in 1960.

She carried a complement of 52, including four women.

The Russians relaxed security restrictions, which were rigid on her previous visit, and allowed visitors to move freely about the shin. The crew, in fact, invited Fiiians on the wharf to look over the ship. • HOLED ON REEF: The 11ton trading vessel Moisana, owned by Brutnall and Jacobsen, went on the Hap Hing slipway in Rabaul recently for repairs to her hull. The ship was holed on a reef near Iboka Plantation, New Britain, on March 31. After the crew, in fact, invited Fijians on the vessel made her way to Rabaul.

SIGN OF THE TIMES: When the Russian meteorological research ship "Voeykov" visited Suva between May 3 and May 6, a leading Indian shopkeeper in Suva quickly got his signboard written up to attract the crew. Don't ask us what it means but it certainly got its message across because the shopkeeper reported a good sale.

Photo: S. A. Whippy. 107 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTH LY-JUNE. 1963

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News of Cruising Yachts ► ABACUS, 35 ft Lion class p, with Park Shorthose skipperand Jay Castille crewing, arrived ionolulu early in May some 29 ng days out of Pago Pago. Abahad earlier spent some time in oth sailors were enthusiastic about hospitality shown them by Mrs. llis Malley at Nabavatu, Fiji, re they rode out a hurricane, and Randy Payne and his staff at ning Island. bacus carried HM Royal mail n isolated Fanning to Honolulu. ark reported light headwinds n Suva to Pago followed by a \ hard thrash to windward with seas rougher as he approached yaii. arlier. Park’s wife Gloria had n to Honolulu from the South ific after being aboard the island er Aoniu at the wharf at Nukua during a hurricane. i DWYN WEN, schooner, with Latham at the wheel, left Honofor Los Angeles recently. Dwyn Wen was in French Polynesia last year. 9 GIT AN A, 34 ft yawl from Long Beach with Bill and Marcie Taylor and their three children, was due to leave Tahiti for Hawaii about May 7. Gitana recently spent several weeks at Tahaa, Bora Bora and Raiatea. • JOHN HANNA, 30 ft yacht, with K. Wing, of California, and J.

Counterman, of Michigan, which recently spent some time in Fiji, put into Aneityum, southern New Hebrides, in late April with a broken rudder and other damage. After repairs, she was due to go on to Vila. • MALABAR VIII, an Alden schooner, arrived in Honolulu on April 14 after a 20-day passage from San Diego, California.

Skipper-owner Dan, Burhans reported two storms, some blown sails and deck gear lost. He planned to continue to Palmyra for oceanographic work for Scripps Institute, then to Tahiti and Australia.

Navigator from Sanj Diego was Nick Mikami, who crewed on Phoenix on her round-the-world and bomb protest voyages. Crew members were Pat Adams, Bill Gove, Eddie Bergh and Henry Wakefield.

Malabar VIII is a Bermuda Race winner. • OPPORTUNITY , 34 ft. 9 in.

American yawl, with James Watson and Charles McCudden, of Seattle, was in Rarotonga in April, having arrived from Papeete on March 29.

Our last news of Opportunity was from Ua Pou, Marquesas, last July. • GOLDEN HIND, 36 ft. ketch, with Lyle and Norma Graham and their sons Michael, 19, and Lee, 14, left Rarotonga for Pago Pago on April 2. They had earlier spent six months in French Polynesia (PIM, May, page 103). • FORTUNE, American yacht with Dave and Nelly Goeffney, left Suva on April 11 for Noumea. The Goeffneys planned to visit Australia before returning to Hawaii. • BLUE PETER, Bill Phillips’ 40ton motor yacht was still in Suva in May following two misadventures last year {PIM, Jan., page 110). 109 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

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GENEVE, Michel Mermod’s Ft. Marconi-rigged sloop, which ed in Suva from Nukualofa on :mber 12, was still in Suva in . Mermod began a round-thed voyage in Callao, Peru, last MONSOON, Herb Hope’s 47 ft Diego-registered yacht, which led Sydney on March 21 after ng Tahiti and New Zealand, iwly escaped being dashed on ocks at Point Danger, near the ;nsland-New South Wales border r in May on a voyage from i, northern NSW, to Brisbane, 'een Iluka and Brisbane, a dis- ; of 113 miles. Monsoon battled ns for three days and three ts. mile and a half off Point Dan- -50 mph winds drove the yacht rds the rocks, but the crew aged to steer clear with only sail up when the wind changed he last moment, image in the storm included a ihed mizzen mast and shredded r. Hope, 31, an electronics en- *r, of Los Angeles, said in Brison May 9 that the damage Id take two weeks to repair. He n a world cruise, which will idq stops in New Guinea and In- :sia. onsoon’s crew is Garry Tremain, a commercial artist, of Welling- NZ, Owen Jones. 39, an elecm, of the Isle of Wight, England, and Ron Cameron, 27, a schoolteacher, of Palmerston, NZ. • MYONIE, 36 ft cruiser with Captain A 1 and wife “Mike” Gehrman, was “somewhere in the Malacca Straits” early in April, one week out of Singapore and bound for Aden.

The Gehrmans, who left their home port of Miami in November, 1961, on a world tour visited Tahiti Fiji, the Solomons, the Carolines (Truk, . an d Peleliu) and the southern Philippmes (Zamboanga) before calling at Singapore in March.

In Zamboanga, harbour pirates looted the Myonie of radios, cameras, navigation equipment and all the Gehrman’s clothes; and in Singapore the cruiser’s dinghy was smashed by an incoming tide while Myonie was tied up at the Yacht Club. However, the Gehrmans are pressing on regardless, and after Aden, they plan to go through the Red Sea and Suez Canal to the Mediterranean. j n a note to from “somewhere j n the Malacca Straits” written on April 3j the Gehrmans said they had met t h e American schooner Fairweather in Singapore. Fairweather called at the Marquesas, Fiji, New Zealand, New Hebrides and Port Moresby in 1961-62. She was scheduled to leave Singapore for Madagascar early in May.

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Manufacturers of Agricultural Chemicals • MARCO POLO, a 35 ft 6 in auxiliary-powered racing yacht, arrived in Rabaui from Hong Kong in April aboard the MV Chungking for Mr. Kenneth Syme, a Melbourne shipping company director.

Mr. Syme, who took delivery of the vessel after arriving in Rabaui in the Aros, had the yacht built in Hong Kong for £5,500.

After stepping the mast, he planned to sail the yacht to Melbourne via Buka, Samarai, Cairns and the Barrier Reef. Two crew members, Jeff Garland and Peter Colclough, both of Melbourne, flew to Rabaui to join Mr. Syme.

Mr. Syme will probably enter Marco Polo in the Sydney-Hobart yacht race in December. • MARINERO, 38 ft. San Diego ketch, which has been cruising the South Pacific for three years, was due to leave Tahiti for Hilo, Hawaii, about May 15. Owner Floyd Christenson, his wife Doris, and two children Keith and Karen plan to stay in Hawaii for at least two years.

Mr. Christenson, who sent us this information from Tahiti, also gave us the news of the yachts Ghana and Yasme 111 in these columns. • SEA WIND, 38 ft ketch with Malcolm and Muff Graham, left Suva on May 4 for Vila, Port Moresby, Bali and Singapore after five months in Fiji waiting out the hurricane season.

Mrs. Graham said in a note to PIM from Suva that she and her husband’s stay in Fiji had been made enjoyable “largely due to the courtesy of the Royal Suva Yacht Club, which extended its privileges to us.”

She added: “As we continue travelling around the world, there will always be a warm place in our hearts for the kind and courteous people we met in Fiji.” • TIARE, Eugene Overton’s 83 ft auxiliary schooner, was due to leave Los Angeles on May 1 for the Marquesas, Tuamotus and Tahiti. The schooner will carry a crew of five, including skipper Overton, and four guests—Dr. Ben L.

Bryant, Mrs. Leah Z. Wilson, and Messrs. Alan Nicholson and Lyle McNeile, all of Los Angeles. • TRINUI, Alex Grimes’ 30 ft trimaran, which left Fowey, Cornwall, late last year for Auckland and Pacific ports via Panama, reached Rarotonga from Tahiti early in May.

A young Englishman, Mr. R. Garside, is accompanying Mr. Grimes on his trip. • VALKYRIE, 32 ft ketch of Charlotte Amalie, Virgin Islands, arrived in Hawaii on April 7, with owner John Goetzche and Rolf Nowak, who plan a circumnavigation.

Valkyrie sailed on April 18 for Samoa and Fiji. • OMICRON, 20 ft. yacht, lonehanded by David Field, a Canadian, arrived in Vila in April, after a 17day passage from Fiji.

Mr. Field has been travelling in the Pacific in various small ships, with and without crew, since he left Vancouver in 1956. He has worked in New Zealand, Australia, New Guinea and Rotuma at various jobs to raise capital to continue his sailing.

His present voyage began in New Zealand a year ago. He bought Omicron in Auckland and sailed her to Fiji with one crew member, before coming to the New Hebrides on his own. • YASME 111, Danny Weil’ ft yacht, was due to leave 1 for Panama about May 5. Di who had been making his thin tempt to sail round the world east to west, gave up on reac Suva in February after a serie accidents and misfortunes. i repairs in Suva, he headed bac the Eastern Pacific. His ulti destination is Texas, where he rejoin his wife (who accompz him on the earlier part of his and sell his yacht.

Danny intended to single-hanc yacht from Tahiti to Panama, i his Gardner diesel engine.

• New Zealand-New C/

DONIA YACHT RACE : Twenty yachts are reported to have ent in the ocean race from Whang New Zealand, to Noumea sel start on April 18 next year.

The race is being held by Onerahi Yacht Club, of New land, in conjunction with the C< Nautique Caledonien.

According to the Auckland i the Cercle Nautique Caledonien offered £2OO as first prize on 1 dicap, £lOO second on handicap £5O third on handicap, plus £5O line honours and souvenirs or pla< to all crew members of these bo< The Onerahi club will give trophy as a minor prize and present engraved silver plaques all entrants.

Mother ships for the fleet be the Hamutana, a 70 ft laui and the Lady Stirling, a 48 ft ke which will maintain radio con with the shore and each boat.

The Cercle Nautique Caledoi will arrange for a French war; to patrol the finishing area and k radio contact with the mother si during the latter part of the race Yachts entering the race n have a designed waterline length not less than 22 ft. The minim crew number is four.

IN RABAUL: "Marco Polo", Mr. Kenneth Syme's new racing yacht, went on the slips in Rabaul soon after her delivery from Hong Kong in April. 112 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

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Territories TALK-TALK From time to time the question has arisen as to where the nost popular meeting-place of old-time Territorians is located n Sydney. In Germany, however, there is no doubt whatsoever mt that the New Guinea Club in Hamburg is the most popular endezvous. vJD June this year is an important month in the club’s history. The t prominent member—Heinrich olph Wahlen—will celebrate his i birthday on the 4th. He was i in Hamburg in 1873. [.R.W. needs no introduction to / Guinea; even recent arrivals ? read of his pioneer work in Western Islands. [e arrived in NG in 1895 as a k for the famous firm of Hernm and Co., which at that time its headquarters on Matupi id, long before Rabaul was even ight of. [is boss at that time was Max si, a nephew of the founder of firm, Captain Eduard Hernsheim, who was also Norwegian Consul in the Colony.

Thiel was a popular man, a wonderful host and lived the life of an Eastern potentate on Matupi.

He was of the chair-borne executive type rather than the jungletramping explorer pushing his way into the unknown seeking for undiscovered potentialities. He concentrated on trading, not the planting-up of new areas of coconuts.

Wahlen, on the other hand, although only a clerk, was gifted with longer vision and, during his travels about the Bismarck Archipelago, realised the possibilities of the Western Islands.

In 1903 he planted his first coconut on Maron (in the Hermit Group) and commenced the erection of his famous Wahlenburg home, which withstood storm and stress of two world wars and—so far as I know—is still standing. At the time of expropriation in 1921, when the Treaty of Versailles became operative, he owned about 3,200,000 coconut palms on his various estates.

After World War I he still maintained interests in Dutch New Guinea and the islands.

Calling Edie Huson Once again we have the missing persons bureau in operation.

A letter from an old-time Territorian acquaintance told me she is trying to find the location of Mrs.

Edie Huson, who at one time lived with her hubby, Charles, on Harramon plantation down, Buka way.

Immediately after World War II she was living at King’s Cross. Charlie died in the late thirties.

The mention of Charlie Huson awakens memories. I met him first in Faisi in 1917 when he was on his way to collect a schooner being built in Sydney for Mrs. Calder, of Toboroi and the Mortlock Islands.

Its name was Frances, after her daughter, who is now Mrs. Kroening, of Toboroi.

Charlie was well-known in the With Tolala Solomons. In earlier years he had gone recruiting with Sam Atkinson to Malaita. At that time Charlie came under the category of a “blownaway Scandinavian”. There were many in the Islands then, Danish and Norwegian seamen, who had “jumped ship” and found an appropriate locale in which to put their knowledge of seamanship to good practice, under congenial conditions.

In those days it was not an unknown practice to buy “strings of copra” (half coconuts, smoked, strung on kanda ) for “muskets”, but, according to these old traders when talking of the past, they said they would not supply ammunition at the same time; that would come later and, when delivered, it was found not to fit the rifles previously supplied.

Little wonder then that the Malaitamen were hostile when whites arrived!

Jack London, the American author, who was down that way together with his secretary (I don’t remember whether she was a blonde or not) in the early 1900’s in his Snark, had quite a bit to say about these doings, but the real history of the Solomons yet remains to be written. And I don’t know who is going to do it.

Incidentally, Charlie Huson figured in a court case that came before the military authorities at the Cen-

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Improvements nder these, within 20 years of eehold being granted a certain ortion of the area had to be oved. The laws came into force 899 when the Imperial German eminent took over from the Neu lea Kompagnie administration, i the Buka-Bougainville area ral plantings besides Jame dated i 1920, such as Kessa, Matthias, a, Mabiri—for the same reason, harlie made a good job of plantup Jame —in more ways than While doing the Jame job he :ted an area opposite on the iland of Buka and planted it up himself. It eventually became len plantation. He was taking a at that time, because the acition of virgin land under the tary occupation was not permitted, a foreshore of virgin bush, as passed along in a schooner, gave ndication of long lines of planted muts.

Main Rival knew Charlie well. He was my n rival when I was trading down Buka in the early thirties for ra, shell, ivory nuts and what- 2-you, and relationships between ers—even at that late period— Id be somewhat strained, to say least. And copra prices were m to £lO a ton at Rabaul! >espite the competition between we were quite good friends; deed a bottle of beer when we ; lent each other a case of >sene or a caddy of tobacco if or the other was short, and it a reasonably clean game. Even ve both sent “spies” to test out i other’s mark on the copra scale, to find out how many lailais >chus shell) for a stick of tobacco.

The Change In Trade There have been a good few changes in the trade requirements of natives over the past 50 years.

They are probably equal to the changing conditions which the present-day housewife has to face with her supermarket, as contrasted to the old grocer-shop counter with its personal service, delivery of goods and other old-fashioned amenities. They have disappeared along with courtesy and civility, and have been exchanged for glamorous packaging, high-pressure salesmanship and trade promotion.

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Kolbe a few months earlier but the S p“ ,5"“ ml* F in black or red stencil “h* smoked p ; The trading site was still known a . s “Station belong Missus” as distinct from “Station belong Matupi”, which was Petats Island, where Eric Sjoberg, a hefty Swede (who later died as the result of having too short a fuse to his plug of dynamite when shooting fish), represented Hernsheim and Co.

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NB Fiji's Government gives the fullest encouragement to industry, particularly that which can contribute to the local economy. blue for the same purpose. (The e Buka was a vain, conceited ibitionist in those days, spending rs in* adorning his face and hair i red, blue and white designs, ie of which were really artistic), orcelain pipes were another ular line; beads, stick tobacco, 5, knives of every description. :ury lines were mostly confined jews harps, fringed lavalavas, )ed singlets, leather belts (the mrite being a replica of the ce boys’ belt, with buckle bearthe German Imperial Crown and motto Gott Mit Uns ); porcelain i-band rings had a place and real ary lines were tinned meat, fish rice. orcelain pipes were purely a us symbol. Over on the mainland Buka very good clay pipes were le by the men of several villages, a man smoking an imported porlin pipe was just too “U”. ome 20 years later I returned to trading station to find, not unurally, of course, that the “mons” of my earlier days had become men of the island, lut they remembered me. And, arently, I had not been such a Imperialist or colonialist or it-have-you and I had looked ;r their sick and given them food ;n they were hungry, etc But ir tastes had differed. soon found my shelves were :ked with such “essential” lines as [y-coloured lavalavas, electric :hes (which required batteries), :tz lanterns and table lamps (which uired kerosene and wicks), Capi tobacco and newspaper for cigarettes; matches (the old fire-stick was on the nose), razors, cut-throat and safety, with blades (broken glass or clam-shells were not good enough for the new snobocracy); mouth-organs (they spurned the idea of jews harps) and they wanted bottles of scent and cakes of fancy soap.

They had become more choosey in their porcelain pipes; only a certain model would suit them. They were very particular regarding their beads: Only a certain line from Italy met with their approval in size and colour. I was fortunate in my buying from Rabaul to obtain monopolies in both these lines!

And so much for the changes in trade. I can only speculate as to what they consist of now, 30 years later. But that is something for their co-operatives to worry about, I expect.

I surmise the day of the old-time trader has passed and the transistor sets and radiograms, the motor trucks and the benzine supplies and outboard motors are something for the indent officer of the local cooperative to nut out ... I often wonder if they are any happier in these modern days than their forefathers were some 50 years ago.

I just wonder, because we are doing our best to teach them what the Joneses are doing in other countries, and this, of course, will increase The late "Karkar" Schmidt. 121 ! C I F I C ISLANDS M O N T H L Y - J U N E 1963

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Jo doubt Sir James Kirby and his n of tycoons may have something say on this subject; and then haps they won’t. (They did; see [39). idom Thoughts lie opinions expressed by Senator J. D. Turnbull (Independent, mania) after a tour of P-NG in •il and reported in the South Paci- Post were well worthy of note; y were fearless and realistic but ;ived little publicity in the Syd- Press.

We should either give this place k tot the natives,” he said, “or must defy the United Nations say straight out that this country le strongly criticised the medical linistration for issuing an edict L native medical officers should called doctors (as well he might). think we could do with more ependent members of Parliament king P-NG tours and expressing ir views. They are not tied to ty politics; they can speak their i minds and the truth as they I it, nor be afraid of having their les caned by the party Whips. ‘ like an Independent because, miably, he has guts to stand on own and he is realistic. And, ither thing, he does not usually eive VIP treatment, which so ;n has a tendency to make their ervations all cock-eyed.

Miter reading Minister Hasluck s ech in the House on the second ding of the P-NG Bill, 1963, and n his remarks at the opening of YWCA triennial convention in nberra a few days later, I made a newhat vain attempt towards onciliation. .

Tn the one hand he was saying at the P-NGites had to do m ler to attain their “independence ; the other hand he was deploring X “there is a terrific personal dend being made on each one ot m and I think sometimes it is ire than they should stand .

He went on to say that native jple had great personal strains on im in the drive towards selt- /ernment. There were agricultural icers, medical officers, co-operative icers. District Commissioners and ssionaries “telling juld organise their lives .... Alt But who is making these demands.

Matron Aileen Chapman, who retired not so long ago as matron of the Scarba Children’s Home at Bondi, and was named “Mother of the Year”, is a sister of Mrs. Edna Greenwood of Rabaul.

Some time ago I plugged for an “elite” of P-NG to gird up their loins and get along with the business of “independence” instead of waiting for a general education scheme to qualify every native to become a potential elector. Time was the factor.

But nothing was done —officially.

Now one cannot but help read about P-NG’s elite going hither and yon; acquainting itself with the hidden mysteries of the civilised world.

Selected teams have visited Parliament House, Canberra, and in reply to a question in the House as to whether P-NG M’sLC had travelling privileges to enable them to visit Australia, and especially Canberra’s Parliament, Minister Hasluck assured the questioner (Mr. Beazley) there would be no difficulty in arranging finance for the visit of any member of the Legislative Council.

Another elite member who gets around is Alice Wedega from Papua.

She has recently returned from attending a world conference for Moral Rearmament in Japan. Her companions for the trip were Mr. and Mrs. Russel Abel, of the Kwato Mission at Samarai. Alice Wedega said that at the conference they discussed “What goes wrong with Man—in the country, in the world” —and tried to find an answer. She has been seven or eight times to Australia, has visited India and New Zealand. John Guise, another Papuan and another mission member has also been around, and is well-known for his oratorical abilities.

These are the people who wifi become the leaders in the “Independence” racket/move/gesture/or whatyou-like. But it will not be a walkover by any stretch of the imagination. . . . There are still a few Angry Young Men about and, from what I hear, more since May 1.

Let’s hope that our free Press does not precipitate any untoward incident as a result of its over-enthusiastic correspondents.

Alice Wedega. 123 acific islands monthly-june.

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Kobe Port P.O. Box 479, Kobe, Japan In A Nutshell roposals for self-government for Methodist Church in Fiji and itern Samoa were unanimously jrsed at the General Conference he Methodist Church of Austrai held in Adelaide, South Austrain May. The decision means the areas will set up their own Terences after more than 100 *s of Methodist work there. The rches will have the same status those in the various Australian es. $ $ 3{e ongan motorists are now equiptheir vehicles with amber ured headlamps to reduce glare, safety helmets will shortly have be worn by motor cyclists and r passengers. !j! H* H* remier of Tonga, Prince Tungi, in America and Europe in May. of his objects was to buy a new 0 ton vessel for the Tonga Copra rd, to be used in the transport of n coconuts from Tonga to Pago 3 for the processing factory being up there with American and gan capital. The Tonga Marine jrintendent, Captain J. T. Sutheri, joined Prince Tungi in Europe. * * * he P-NG Administration has sur- :d 2,500 acres of the Lower ut Valley, which joins the Mark- Valley, for possible settlement, >wing inquiries from interested pie. The survey is now being uated.

He * ❖ five-passenger Piper Aztec B airt will be based at Rabaul, New nea, in June to operate a new V air service to Jacquinot Bay, tsea, Hoskins, Kandrian, Finsch- ;n and Lae. The cabin can also be d to carry a stretcher, patient, ;or. nurse and medical supplies. aircraft will mainly service the ninistration but will also be availfor general charter work. It has ruising speed of 190 miles per r. * * * Ir. Charles R. Hill arrived in Pago Pago from the US on April 24 to supervise the construction of a factory for the American Can Company, part of which is expected to begin operations in June. Temporary quarters for the US employees, who will be brought in to work at the factory, are being set up in the old Poyer School nearby.

The factory will provide cans for American Samoa’s two tuna-fishing companies. ♦ * * The demolition of the 100-yearsold Leone Catholic Church, the oldest church on Tutuila, American Samoa, began in May. The church is to be replaced on the same site by a bigger one of modern design, which is expected to be dedicated in September. * * * Seventy-five Phoenix Islanders will leave the GEIC in the Tulagi in June to settle on the small island of Wagina in South-east Choiseul, BSIP. sj! Hi S£ The first geological map of the BSIP, the culmination of 13 years of field exploration, has been printed in England. Copies were received in Honiara in April. The map incorporates the latest bathymetric contours from work done by HMS Cook in 1958. Among those who helped to produce the map were Dr. P. J.

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At the Nomad patrol post, in the Western District of Papua, the existing airstrip has been extended for Piaggio-type aircraft. * * « Because of a shortage of water at Mota Lava, Banks Group, New 125 CMC ISLANDS M O N T H L Y - J C N E , 1963

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Ritchie, returns from lehve about August 12 and takes over. Mr. Bain will then revert to his substantive post of Assistant Colonial Secretary. * * * Mr. D. E. Barnes, senior dental officer with P-NG’s Department of Health, received his Doctorate in Dental Surgery at the Queensland University in May. The doctorate is one of the highest awards for dentistry, and this was only the third time the Queensland University had awarded it. ♦ * * Australian actor Chips Rafferty arrived in Port Moresby in May to costar in a television film to be shot in the New Guinea Highlands. ♦ * * Mr, Karl Larrsen, a curator at the Ethnographical Museum in Gothenburg, Sweden, is spending six months in the isolated Fijian village of Rewasau to study Fijian social history and Fijian arts and crafts. * * * Commander R. Struben, who spent some time in the Solomons before the war, has returned to the Protectorate [?]UMEA GATHERING. Seen at a cocktail party in Noumea recently after the [?]wing of a documentary, "Noumea to Paris via Moscow, by Air India", are [?]m left: Mr. Pierre Demene, manager of the Voyagence Pentecost Travel Service; [?]. A. F. Pinto, Australasian manager of Air India International; Mrs. Demene; [?]s S. Mohamet, an Air India hostess; Mrs. G. Potter; Mr. Edouard Pentecost [?]prietor of the Voyagence Pentecost Travel Service; and Mr. G. Potter, of [?]ectacles Caledoniens. PIM in April incorrectly reported that Mr. John Rothery was manager of the Pentecost Travel Service. 131 IFIC ISLANDS M O N T H L Y J U N E 1963

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Vliss Thea Lake, of Subiaco, ;stern Australia, left Perth reitly for the New Hebrides where : will open a boarding school for Is on Pentecost Island for the urch of Christ Mission. Miss ke is a graduate of the Claremont achers’ College and has done a me science associateship at the rth Technical College. * * * \ Honiara man, Mr. Chan Wing, 5 started a new industry in the lomons—making spare parts for trine engines.

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"lying a twin-engine Piper Apache :raft, Mrs. Miller had made stops Honolulu, Canton Island, Nadi I Noumea. She left Oakland on ril 30 and was delayed by rain at nton, Nadi and Noumea. * * * because of pressure of other rk Mr. F. P. Kaad has resigned chairman of the Council of the 4G Amateur Athletic Association. , Reg Johnstone has been elected the position. * * * Vlr. D. S. Askew, of Madang, NG, : recently been a patient at the ncord Repatriation Hospital, Sydr, where he has had a successful oration on his right eye.

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Captain Charles Bignell he death occurred in Sydney on r 14, of Captain Charles Bignell, he age of 72. Captain Bignell t to the British Solomons in 1911, in 1913 bought Fulakora planin, on Ysabel, which, with his e, Kathleen Freeman, he built into a show place, ffien the Japanese came he turned stwatcher and later escaped to New Hebrides aboard his ketch, re he joined up with the US Navy operated a supply ship, and later jb chaser, until the end of the He was best known after the as master of Burns Philp’s MV oda in New Guinea waters. He ed to Sydney four years ago. aptain Bignell’s wife, who was ured by the Japs in Rabaul and rned in Japan, died in NSW about it years ago, A son, Charles, » was captured with the 2/22nd Rabaul, lost his life as a Japanwar prisoner aboard the Monte- •o Maru. Two daughters sur- :: Margaret (Mrs. Michael rence) and Jean (Mrs. James mey).

Rev. Tariu Teaia )ne of the largest gatherings of ific Islanders ever known in Welton, NZ, attended the funeral of Rev. Tariu Teaia, minister of Pacific Islanders Congregational irch, who died in April. Five six hundred people were present, uding Cook Islanders, Samoans Niueans, Tie service was conducted by the r. R. L. Challis of the Pacific nders Congregational Church, :kland, the Rev. Pepe Nokise of llington, and the Rev. David C. ins, of Tokoroa.

“The Rev. Tariu was a true leader, who will be sorely missed by his Islands people and his many European friends,” said Mr. J. M. Mc- Ewen, Secretary for Island Territories, who spoke.

He said the Rev. Tariu took a particular interest in educating Cook Islanders in New Zaeland in their obligations as citizens. In co-operation with local authorities and Government departments he arranged adult education classes on various aspects of life in New Zealand. On behalf of the Department of Island Territories, he attended to the welfare of islanders of all denominations and became well-known and respected by many Government departments.

In his ten years in Wellington he became a powerful influence among Pacific Islanders.

Born in Rarotonga, the Rev. Tariu was a schoolteacher before he entered the London Missionary Society’s theological school at Takamoa, Rarotonga. After being ordained he decided to devote himself to attending to the spiritual needs of Cook Islanders in New Zealand.

He arrived in Auckland in 1944 and worked at an ordinary job during the week and spent evenings and weekends attending to the welfare of islanders and conducting services until 1947, when he became a fulltime minister. He went to Wellington in 1953 and founded the Pacific Islanders Congregational Church there.

The Rev. Tariu is survived by his widow and daughter.

Miss Linda Bilette Miss Linda Bilette, a well-known BSIP identity, died at Nila Mission Station on May 1. She had lived in the Shortlands for more than 40 years. She was buried beside her sister Mrs. Cruickshank, on a hill near her home at Parolang, Hon. Anapu Solofa Western Samoa’s Minister of Justice, the Hon. Anapu Solofa, died of a heart attack in May while attending a church conference. He was in his late sixties.

He had represented the Safata district in the Legislative Assembly for the past 10 years.

The Samoa Bulletin said in a tribute: “The Hon. Anapu Solofa, a gentleman of quiet dignity and personal integrity, was highly respected throughout Samoa and by his untimely death Samoa has lost one of its leaders whose influence in the community can ill be spared.”

The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr. Holyoake, sent a message of sympathy to the Samoan Government.

Mr. Albert Hagen New Caledonia lost another of its pioneers recently with the death of Mr. Albert (“Alby”) Hagen at the age of 73. Mr. Hagen was the son of the late Nicolas Frederic Hagen who came to New Caledonia in 1873, and a brother of the late and almost legendary “Tibby” Hagen.

Mr. Frank Cornwall Meredith A well-known Apia man, Mr.

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Mr. M. Reddy Mr. Muthulinga Reddy, a wellknown identity of Labasa, Fiji, died recently aged 85. Mr. Reddy was at one time manager of CSR Co. sugar cane farms at Nubu and Lagalaga. In 1947, he served on the Labasa Township Board. He is believed to have been the first Indian at Labasa to send a son overseas for higher education.

Sir Hugh Ragg Sir Hugh Ragg, a public figure in Fiji during a long life, died in Suva on May 24 at the age of 81. (See story page 29.) Captain Charles Bignell.

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Pacific Commerce and Produce Business Leaders Champion The Cause Of NG Investments By a Staff Writer A party of top Australian businessmen who took a firstland look at Papua-New Guinea in May, came away convinced hat Territorians were entitled to complain that “lack of ;ecurity” in the Territory had been holding up development here. 3EY think it is more than time that private enterprise be given ouragement and support to de- )p the Territory’s economy, and y think a Government guarantee security investment would go a g way towards achieving this, jy hope to suggest a formula to Australian Government.

Tie group was led by Sir James by, chairman of the James N. by Group. Others were: Mr. C.

Darvall, general manager ANZ ik; Mr. A. F. Deer, general nager of the MLC; Mr. M. T. nsen, director of Development ance Corporation; Mr. F. M. witt, company director; Mr. C. T. 3ker, partner of lan Potter and .; and Mr. W. S. Rich, resident irman of the Hunter Douglas aup. fhey spent a week in the Territory, ting Port Moresby, Bulolo, the .rkham Valley, Lae, Rabaul, roka and Mt. Hagen, fhe fact that their visit was obusly welcomed by the Government 1 that the businessmen were carely guarded in making any formal tements during their tour gained m the reputation, in some quarters P-NG, of being there on Governnt-sponsored business with some srior motive.

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But the delegation paid its own excises and says it was not “sent the Government. [ts investigations will certainly ret in Territory private enterprise ting a strong and influential cham- >n on the Australian mainland. ‘What the New Guinea busmessn need is leadership,” said one of ! deputation. “They are grasping straws—they will listen to anybody o can understand their problems, ey really have a complaint when they talk about lack of security. They feel insecure, and it’s up to the Government to relieve this.”

Another of the party said that he had been amazed at how widespread was this feeling of insecurity.

“I had not suspected it before,” he said. “But wherever we went—from the first day we landed at Port Moresby—that was the thing we heard.

“Several people quoted at us the words of the Prime Minister speaking in Port Moresby several years ago, when he said ‘Australia is here to stay’. But back in Canberra the Prime Minister said ‘Better to give New Guinea independence too soon than too late’.”

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The party said that they were careful not to make formal statements during their tour, because insecurity begat insecurity and nothing could be achieved by over-emphasising the local fears. In fact, P-NG was an excellent field for investment. There were many fronts in which the basis of this genuine fear could be attacked and one of them was for the Government to work out some sort of formula which would guarantee investment in the event of swift political developments.

The businessmen saw for themselves that many people in New Guinea had “put everything they had into the place and worked like hell” and they were entitled to some kind of guarantee.

Following the party’s return, their leader, Sir James Kirby, has been the most active of the group in drawing public attention to the New Guinea economic situation. He has been quoted widely, and has given addresses on every hand.

He has repeatedly described the “sense of moderation among whites and blacks”—and has done an excellent piece of public relations for European enterprise.

He told one meeting: “The challenge Australia has to face is to see that suitable leaders in various fields are forthcoming to carry on this development that has so far been the work of pioneers. The greatest security this area could have in the future would be through its rapid development, It makes one feel proud to see what has been accomplished by many young Australians who have the courage and initiative to establish projects in many fields, or who have dedicated their lives to the education and betterment of the native people.”

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No hope is held out for any improvement in the economic situation in New Caledonia this year, according to PlM’s Noumea correspondent. He says that with the continued downward trend of nickel exports, the local government is having great difficulty with its recently-voted budget.

Drastic measures are being taken to counter the situation.

Subsidies voted to various sporting bodies are to be cancelled or held up. Recently-voted increases for some government employees will also be held up.

And, according to local newspapers, heads of government departments have been directed to cut their monthly expenses by 20 per cent.

In April, withdrawals from the postal savings bank exceeded deposits for the third successive month. 139 ICIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY - 3 V N E . 1963

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The Fiji sugar season in 1962 was such a bumper one that the severe losses of 1960-61 caused by the canefield troubles will be offset to a large extent. The 1962 return will be the best on record. rPHERE is also optimism about the 1963 and 1964 prospects, according to Mr. J. C. Potts, managing director of South Pacific Sugar Mills Ltd., who in May left Fiji with his wife on a world tour.

Three mills, Lautoka, Rarawai and Labasa, started crushing cane the day Mr. Potts left, and Penang was scheduled to start on May 27.

Mr. Potts said the latest estimates showed that Fiji had a bright chance of reaching its aim of 275,000 tons of sugar for the season.

The American market is obviously one of the reasons why the Fiji situation looks brighter than for some time. The US is at present suffering from a sugar shortage.

Early in May, the free world price for sugar was close to £6O, well above the guaranteed British Commonwealth Sugar Agreement price of £46/0/10, and much higher than it was during the Suez crisis in 1965.

Fiji s guaranteed markets each year take about 200,000 tons, and in 1963 the United States will take about 28,500 long tons.

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Cuba s loss of the US sugar market certainly has had a beneficial effect m Fiji.

Australia Opposed To Pacific Trade Plan Australian trade authorities in Canberra said in May that they did not favour a Pacific area common market composed of Australia, New £ealand, Canada, Japan and the Philippines, A plan for such an organisation, to counter the European Common Market, is being worked out by the lapan Economic Research Association.

The trade authorities in Canberra said an essential element in a common market was similar standards of living.

This was possible with Australia New Zealand and Canada. But neither Japan nor the Philippines would measure up.

The Japan Economic Research Association is composed of representatives of four leading business bodies m Japan.

It wants a conference of the Governments of Japan, the United States Canada, Australia and New Zealand to which observers from South-East Asian countries would be invited.

The Japanese association says the organisation would discuss the expansion of trade among the five member nations, the development of their economies and the promotion of cultural interchange.

It says the combined national income of the five Pacific nations is 3 5 times that of the Common Market nations.

The association claims that Japan could double or treble its imports of dairy products by 1971. The removal of restrictions on imports of Japanese goods by the other four Pacific countries would also help to expand trade in the area.

Japan could help Australia and Canada to develop their resources, the association adds.

Company Notes

PLACER DEVELOPMENT LTD. will not iTiJ 1 + lts plan ’ announced In ,^ I ?i l, T , t 0 all the assets of Buiolo Gold Dredging Ltd., New Guinea, ui exchange for 187,602 Placer shares.

BGD already held 145,732 Placer shares, o -i statement by directors in May, said that the conditions under which the J as JS?. de (and extended) no longer existed. This was due to “the present situation in New Guinea”, and to the non-determination of the subsidy payable to Commonwealth-NG Timbers Ltd. (a . subsidiary) on products that attracted Customs duty when sent to Australia.

Directors also announced that over the past year Placer increased its BGD shareholding from 20.9 to 25.6 of the issued capital: it now holds 252,693 shares The two companies will in future jointly participate in exploration and development in SW Pacific areas, under an agreement renewable annually.

CHOISEUL PLANTATIONS (HOLD- INGS) LTD., subsidiary of BP Ltd. earned £101,634 profit for the year ended November 30 last—a rise of £4,341 Earning rate on the low £150,000 capital was 67.7 per cent. Dividend was raised from 40 to 50 per cent. The whollyowned subsidiary, Choiseul Plantations Ltd. made £80,917 in its first seven months of operations to June 30, after £ 2 9 10 0 tax and £6,057 depreciation. to .„ the P arent company was £75,000. All plantations were sold to this subsidiary in December, 1961, so as to keep separate the holding company’s New Guinea interests and its Australian investments. about" l-f A mu? L T°' has be & un work “°° ut 15 i mile . s of access road thro swampy terrain and across creek<? the site of the well it will drill n Mutare No. 1, in the Fly River a Western Papua. The new well is site 1 and 1^ il ® S s . outh of lamara No f | te ’ T “ d Jt 1S Planned to drill to 4, it. The company has also begun prena tions for a seismic survey in the Paibi area, near the mouth of Turama R m the Western Delta region R LT n U ? N ! P ? IL f P (SOUTH SEA) ( L T®- s report for its 43rd year s mitted at the annual meeting in Si “ U. Showed net S pr?fit £P152,4 9 2, a rise of £P3,357 Pi dividend equal to 10 per cent, for year was declared; £F50,000 was plai £Fi r o e 2 S 94 V q e w (makin ?, £ £±'102,249 was earned forward ( £F99 1 ast year). Although Tonga and to lesser extent Samoa are still feeline i n?nfif S f° f burricane damage, ovlrfrom + the company’s branches a trading centres proved satisfactory a ment handlSo SaleS showed furt her impro’

Pacific Island Mines Ltd., Pam

A/rSo t f at the Umuna lQ de channel Misima Is. was intersected by adit the end of April, at 990 ft from t portal. Mr. H. E. Palmer, consulting e w a ee^SUpe^ised sam PHng operations late May, the Board received results the first assays which were described encouraging”, and in early June w« awaiting further assay results. PI Min exclusive prospecting rights on Misir have been renewed for a further two yea: The Stock Market

Sydney Sales Prices

Sydney Stock Exchange share price index for “Ordinaries” on May 24 was 317.42; a month ago, April 23, it was 313.25. 140 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY^

VENTURA TRADING CO. PTY. LTD. 247 GEORGE STREET, SYDNEY Island Merchants and Buying Agents SOLE AGENTS FOR:

• Armstrong Siddeley Diesel Engines

• Ajax Liquid Alarm Relays

• Norman Petrol Engines

• Dunedin Engine Testing Equipment

• Hollandia Canned Fish

Distributors for all plantation, farm, trade requirements and Highest Prices obtained for Cocoa, Coffee, Shell and other produce handled on consignment.

Write direct to our Islands Export Manager with over 35 years experience in the Islands.

Cables: Ventura Sydney

Islands Produce

nless otherwise stated, quotations are ustralian currency. Aust. £ equals oximately 16/- Stg.. NZ, or W. >a; 18/- Fiji; 20/- Tonga, Solomons THC areas; 196 Pac. Frs.; $U52.25.) COPRA PUA-NEW GUINEA:—AII production elivered to Copra Marketing Board, rolled by six members, including three ters’ representatives; and the Board ts distribution and sales, and makes lents to the producers. Production mainly to (a) Unilever, in UK, (b) ralia for local consumption, (c) ling-mill in Rabaul, and (d) Japan ilus as available). Prices generally with ruling rate in Philippines, with tiums for hot-air dried.

NG Board’s Tentative Purchase ss for copra delivered main ports are: Air Dried, £59/-/- per ton; FMS, /10/- per ton; Smoke-Dried, /10/- per ton.

JI: —No Government control—prors sell where they wish. Bulk of i goes to crushing-mills in Suva.

May 27 prices were; HAD 2/-/-, FM £F49/10/- (exclusive of a , delivery bonus of £FI per ton).

EST E R N SAMOA; —Official Copra d takes all production, sells same makes payments to producers. It mainly to Abels Ltd., NZ crushers, to Unilever, UK. Local price rely was £56/12/6 Samoan, first e. )NGA: —Sales are under Government rol. Part of production goes to pe, under arrangement with Unilever rolled by Philippines prices, and part to open market. )LOMON IS.: —All production marketed ugh official BSI Copra Board, at is based on Philippines rate. Output to Unilever, UK; to Australian hers; and the balance on to the open jet. Local price in May was: ?rade, £52/-/-; 2nd grade, £5O/10/-; grade, £4B/-/- per ton, f.0.b., BSIP s (Honiara, Yandina and Gizo). [LBERT AND ELLICE: —Production seted in Europe through official Copra :d, at prices based on Philippines s less freight, etc. The Government idy to producers is; £7/15/5 per ton Ist grade, and £3/14/7 for 2nd grade.

EW HEBRIDES: —On May 17, the a price was approximately £37/10/- D 0 Pac. francs) per ton delivered /Santo. French price then was 860 cs per metric ton, c.i.f., Marseilles.

DOK IS.: Copra goes to Abels, Ltd., Auckland, who operate the only NZ ■a crushing mill. Price paid is average don price for previous three months, handling charges. Price for second rter, to June, 1963, is £NZS7/10/5 grade, £NZS6/5/5 standard grade— i f.0.b., Rarotonga.

Other Produce

OCOA:—Islands prices are usually ;d on the rates for Ghana cocoa which May 28 was £Stg. 228/15/- per ton, ~ Sydney. .-N.G.: Sydney buyers on May 28 reted: Quote No. 1: In store, Rabaul, export quality £235 per ton, or on wharf Sydney, according to quality: £2OO-£215; quote No. 2: Best quality, on wharf Syd., Melb., £235; in store, N.G. ports, £230 (for UK, Continent and USA shipments) .

W. SAMOA:—Nominal prices quoted in Sydney, May 24 were: Grade 1, £ Stg.2so; grade 2, £Stg.23o, f.0.b., Apia.

COFFEE.—P.-N.G.: May 27, good quality A grade, per lb, 4/- to 4/2; B grade, 3/9 to 4/-; C grade, 2/9 to 3/4, c.i.f., Sydney.

Overseas c.i.f. coffee prices were reported on May 27 as: Kenya A, f.a.q., £ Stg.3so, B £ Stg.34o, U/G £Stg.34o; Bugisu A £ Stg.3ls, B £Stg.3os; Tanganyika AA £ 5tg.365, B £Stg.3lo, U/G £ 5tg.295; Uganda Robusta £ Stg.22o.

PEANUTS. P.-N.G.: Sydney agents report; No supplies, except Virginia Bunch, because of dry conditions —no quotations available until after July/Aug. shipment received. Lae reports Virginia Bunch kernels 1/8 lb, f.o.b.

RUBBER. —P.-N.G. price is based on Singapore rate, which on May 24 was: No. 1, RSS, Spot, 75% Straits cents per lb (26.28 d Aust.).

VANILLA BEANS: Victor Karp Tulk & Co., Sydney, reported May 24; White and yellow label processed, standard packs, 34/-, green label 33/-, c.i.f., Sydney.

RICE (Aust.): Prices until May 1. 1964 —P.-N.G.: Dry brown and dressed, 112 lb bags, 5 tons and over, £5B/10/- per ton, f.o.w. Vitamised and enriched white, 112 lb bags, 5 tons and over, £65/-/- f.o.w. Other Pac. Islands: Dry, white or brown, etc. £67/10/- (any quanity), f.0.w., Sydney or Melbourne.

PEARL SHELL.—Quotations for Australian M.O.P. Shell in late May by Sydney independent shell agents were: Sound £825, D £5OO, E £3OO, EE £l9O (in store Sydney). Cook Islands: Penrhyn £NZ42S (approx.), f.0.b., Rarotonga.

TROCHUS. —Sydney buyers on May 28 indicated the following quotations to Islands producers; No. I.—Papua— nominally £95 per ton, f.0.b., Papuan ports; N.G.—£9o, c.i.f., Sydney; 8.5.1. £9O, f.0.b., Honiara. No. 2.—Papua— £lOO per ton; N.G., 8.5.1. — £lOO per ton. green SNAIL SHELL.—Sydney buyers quoted on May 28: No. 1: £295 per ton, f.0.b., Islands port. No. 2: £290 (best quality), on wharf, Sydney; or £295 f.0.b., Islands port.

CROCODILE SKINS.—On May 28 Sydney buyers quoted for 12 in. and over, first grade quality as follows; P.-N.G. — 19/- per in., f.o.b. P-NG ports, small scale (salt water); large scale (fresh water) 13/- per in. 8.5.1.—19/- per in. (small scale) del. Sydney.

PAPUAN GUM: £B2/15/- f.o.b. Islands port.

BECHE-DE-MER: Chang Sing Loong Co., Suva, quote F 2- (4 in. to 7 in.) to F3/- (9 in. to 11 in.) lb for well processed commercial varieties.

SHARK FINS: Suva merchants offer F4/6 per lb for well-dried fins of commercial quality. Sydney buyers quote 6/to 8/- lb., ex-store Sydney, according to quality.

London and US Quotations Copra: LONDON, May 24, Philippines, in bulk, $lB2 US (equal to £Stg.6s/-/-) per long ton, c.i.f., UK/Nth. European ports. Malayan, FMS, delivered weights, c.i.f. UK/Nth. European ports, £Stg.6s/10/- per long ton. NEW YORK: May 24, Philippines, $166 US per short ton, c.i.f., Pacific Coast ports. CEYLON: 935 Rupees per ton c.i.f.

Coconut Oil: LONDON, May 24, Ceylon, 1% in bulk, £Stg.loo/-/- per ton, c.i.f., UK/North European ports. Straits, 3%, £Stg.9s/-/- c.i.f.

Rubber: LONDON, May 24, c.i.f., RSS No. 1 Spot, 22-11/16d Stg. lb, Aug. shipment 22-11/16d Stg. lb., June 22-5/16d.

Stg. lb. (£1 Australian is equal to about 2.2 US Dollars or 10 Va Rupees.) 141 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY J U N E . 1963

SW Pacific’s Far East Link Is i . J he " Ul ? erous air-travellers from the British Solomon Islands and Papua-New Guinea who were, in recent years finding it convenient to visit Hong Kong and Japan on the wav ®u r °Pf b .y flying KLM out of Biak were disappointed when the Dutch airline ceased operating through Biak at the beginnmg of May. 5 SOUTH-WEST Pacific residents who went from Lae to Hollandia and Biak to join KLM’s big jets now can get to the East only by going first to Sydney. Qantas who once provided another easy way to the East by call- ' n « a ilf P °-| t M 9 b ? tween . s y d P e y and Manila withdrew ,ts service last ye rT r European residents of the SW acific are consistent travellers and S S B y -f ar fr mterested m . the East ’ either for itself or as an interesting Eurone er T? t 0 menca Jca Europe. It seems extraordinary that !}*?? not pay a " y international airic l6 to make a call at Port Moresby.

TAA m and A°me°tt ANA *° £*s tn n;plf .n A .r f 18 permitted nn thT ? P f passen B. ers on the Sydney-Port Moresby section of the journey Another mitigating factor now is that both Qantas and BOAC are using jet aircraft that cannot use the Port Moresby airport.

The only air company operating Sydney to the Far East is Cathay Pacific, which is still using Electras.

The Australia-Papua-New Guinea- Philippines-Far East-USA route is a natural return course for people who have come into the South Pacific through Hawaii, Tahiti, Samoa, Fiji and New Zealand and no doubt will develop some day even if this doesn’t look to be the year for it.

Return fare from Sydney to Jf/®’ 8 , £A4O3/15/- tourist; and £A5j3/8/- first-class.

Quick Looks At Japan (£Aust. = approx. 750 yen) 171 YEN tourists who normally in- £i dulge in hire-and-drive cars frequently decide to give Janan^s kamikaze traffic a miss For thesl and for the increasing number of ship travellers from the South Pacific who find they have several days in Japanese ports, there are now a tremendous number of short package tours that can be taken by bus r, ship or train, or combinations of all four What Fujita Tourist Enterprises Ltd. offers is typical although not all Japanese tourist companies own, like this one, airlines and ferry boats on the Inland Sea, as well as hotels and buses.

Tours can be as long as you like s y but there are dozens of variations in the two to six days range. The following are a few examples’

Two Days, Inland Sea

FROM KYOTO: Tour starts from the International Hotel at Kyoto at 10.30 a.m. with coach transport to Kobe where passengers join the 1,500-ton sight-seeing ferry. The r of the day is spent cruising in t Inland Sea. Overnight at a mode Japanese inn and the followi morning is spent touring the count around the shores of the Inland S rejoining ship at 3 p.m. for Or where passengers are transferred the train for Kyoto (arr. approx, p.m.). Inclusive cost of this to is 13,680 yen.

Another two-day tour for the sar price is from Tokyo to Mt. Fi and the nearby lakes and therm areas of the Hakone National Pal

Five And Six Day Tour

These tours leave from Tokyo ai end at Kyoto and include in the pri (35,280 yen and 42,480 yen respe tively) transfer to the local railw: station or to Osaka international ai port. Price does not include retui to starting point in Tokyo and ther fore the tours are particularly suitah for people who leave their ship Tokyo and pick it up further aloii the route.

In the six day tour you visit M Fuji and stay overnight at Fiji Vie: Hotel; in the five day tour you oni view Fuji from afar but the last foir days of the two tours are similaE Pocket Guides To Everywhere Two handy books for world girdling travellers are Pa: American’s New Horizons an BOAC’s Travellers Digest .

A new edition of New Hon zons is just out and is availabl from Pan American offices (in eluding 82 Elizabeth St., Sydney for 18/- Aust. Its 450 page cover just about every countr (except the United States am Canada), in terms of what t< wear, see, do and buy; am where to go and where to stay Written primarily for the Ameri can tourist, it is of interest t( most other travellers. A separat< edition about America is avail able.

Travellers Digest, in its com. plete form, covers six continent! but it is also printed in sections The section PIM has, coven Europe, Middle East, Far Easl and Australia and the South Pacific. BOAC is not as modes! as PAA and covers its home country, United Kingdom, along with Europe.

The relevant section of l™ v A e J! ers Digest is § iven t 0 BOAC plane passengers.

The "Pacific Islands Monthly" is a member of the Australian National Travel Association (ANTA) and the Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA), which are pldged to promote tourist travel in their areas. 142 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

\ Caledonia el Rates IE New Caledonian Tourist Office has just issued a new list slew Caledonian hotels of interest tourists. The list includes 11 in imea and 12 in country districts, y two of the country hotels are accessible by road, and hire and e cars are available, he Tourist Office makes it quite r that no New Caledonia hotels : first - class by international idards but many of them offer lern amenities at reasonable rates. v Caledonia, of course, is of parlar interest to Australians and v Zealanders as it is their nearest :ign country. TAI and Qantas rate jets from Sydney (flying time ut two hours); and TAI operates service between Noumea and :kland with DC4s. lost of the Noumea hotels have ms with bath; most serve a Conntal breakfast; and some hotels e air-conditioned rooms, amea Hotels: ,antana, at Anse Vata; room i bath and breakfast, 600 Pac. Fes. ;le, per day.

Jouvata Bungalows: At Anse Vata; breakfast but bath; from 350-500 . Fes. single. .aperouse, Rue Sebastapol; with i and breakfast, 550 Pac. Fes. ;le; without bath, from 350 Pac. aitetia, Quartier Latin; with bath I breakfast 500 Pac. Fes. single, loliday Apartments; breakfast inied 500 Pac. Fes. per day for one son. [rianon, Route de I’Anse Vata; h bath and breakfast, 500 Pac. i. single, lorizon, Mont Coffyn; with bath I breakfast, 500 Pac. Fes. single, Route No. 1; 350 Pac. i. single.

Central, Rue Sebastapol; 300 Pac. !. single.

Jebastapol, Rue Sebastapol; 380 :. Fes., inc. breakfast.

Auberge des Monts Koghi, Monts Koghi; 675 Pac. Fes., with all meals inc.

La Crouen Hotel La Crouen; with bath, 400 Pac. Fes. single.

Houailou: Hotel Bozon-Verduraz; 300 Pac.

Fes., single.

Poindimie: Hotel Bon Rivage; with bath, 400 Pac. Fes., single.

Toubo: Hotel de Touho; with bath, 600 Pac. Fes. single.

Hienghene: Chez Maitre Pierre; with bath and all meals, 940 Pac. Fes. single.

La Foa: Hotel Banu; 200 Pac. Fes. single.

Bourail: Hotel Niaouli; with bath, 375 Pac. Fes. single.

Hotel Douyere; 150 Pac. Fes.

Koumac: Hotel Holland, 300 Pac. Fes. single.

Isle of Pines: Relais de Kanumera; with bath and all meals, from 1,200 Pac. Fes. single.

Ouvea Island Comptoirs d’ Ouvea; 800 Pac. Frs. all meals included. (£Aust. 1 = approx 194 Pac. Fes.; £NZI = 244 Pac. Fes., and one $ US = 87 Pac. Fes.).

Hotel at Kieta Makes Visit To Bougainville Easier Bougainville island is part of the “real” New Guinea that tourists hear about but never reach.

The east coast of Bougainville, studded with plantations operated by “real people”, is one of the most picturesque areas of the whole Territory of Papua-New Guinea and worth a visit by travellers who think they have seen everything. This goes for travellers who live inside New Guinea, for comparatively few P-NG residents ever visit Bougainville.

One of the difficulties which have prevented visits by itinerant travellers has certainly been the accommodation problem. Until last year you had to know somebody to be able to arrange a roof over your head.

You still do, everywhere else but in Kieta, where in the middle of last year the Hotel Kieta was started. As it happens, Kieta is the best spot for a visitor to be, for it’s in an excellent central position, with plantations up and down the coast on either side of it. They are all friendly people, happy to see a new face.

The Kieta Club, near the hotel, is a regular meeting place.

But the Kieta Club doesn’t pretend to be a cabaret and there are no bright lights at Kieta, or big stores, and Kieta at the moment is of interest only to visitors wanting a quiet time in new and interesting surroundings. Permanent population in Kieta itself is about only 30 Europeans and Chinese.

The Kieta Hotel is owned by the Kieta Trading Co. Hotel manager is Mr. Greg Wall. There are 10 double rooms, with tariff at £3/5/a day per person. There is mosquito proofing, hot and cold water and a septic system.

Best way to get to Kieta is direct from Rabaul by TAA DC3, which operates on a twice weekly service, Wednesdays and Fridays. It puts down at Aropa, about 12 miles down the coast from Kieta. Single fare is £l2/3/-.

Bougainville's only hotel —the Hotel Kieta, on the waterfront at Kieta. At right is the lounge. 143 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLT - J D N E , 1963

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APIA —Burns Philp (South Sea) Company, Ltd.

NOUMEA —Etablissements Ballande.

SUVA—Burns Philp (South Sea) Company, Ltd.

LAE/RABAUL —Burns Philp (New Guinea) Ltd.

PORT VILA--Comptoirs Francais des Nouvelles Hebrides.

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Shipping Time-Tables

sailings are approximate and may by as much as two weeks. /dney-Papua-New Guinea ilekula sails from Sydney for >ane, Nth. Qld. ports, Pt. Moresby, irai, Lae, Madang, Alexishafen, ak, Kavieng, Rabaul, Pt. Moresby, ,ey. Next Sydney sailings: June 15 s Lombrum and Lorengau), Aug. 24 rox.). ilaita sails from Sydney for Bris- , Pt. Moresby, Samaral, Rabaul, srum, Lorengau, Madang, Lae, Sam- Brisbane, Sydney. Next Sydney sail- July 23 (approx.). ilolo sails about every six weeks; ley, Brisbane, Pt. Moresby, Samarai, Madang, Rabaul, Samarai, Pt. >sby, Brisbane, Sydney. Next Sydney igs: July 9, Aug. 20 (approx.), jntoro sails from Melbourne for ley, Brisbane, Nth. Qld. ports (subject ermit), Pt. Moresby, Samarai, Rabaul, ieng, Wewak, Madang, Lae, Pt. jsby, Sydney. Next Sydney sailing; 13 (approx.), stalls from Burns, Philp and Co., Ltd., idge Street, Sydney (B 0547). ansi: Leaves Sydney about every four ;s for Brisbane, Rabaul, Kavieng, ang, Lae, Pt. Moresby, Sydney. Next ley sailings: June 14, July 16. ochow: Leaves Sydney every four ;s for Brisbane, Pt. Moresby, Samarai, Madang, Rabaul, Sydney. Next ley sailings; June 28, July 30. stalls from New Guinea Australia Line re and Yuill Pty., Ltd., agents), 6 ge St., Sydney (BU1712). lina Navigation Co. Ltd. vessels ng and Anshun call at Pt. Moresby, ta, on their way north from Sydney longkong. Next vessel: iking: Dep. Sydney June 22 for Bris- June 24, Pt. Moresby June 28-29, ce Manila and Hongkong, tails from Swire and Yuill Pty. Ltd., ts, 6 Bridge St., Sydney (BU 1712). zabeth Boye: Leaves Sydney apimately every five weeks for Port ssby, Samarai, Wewak, Madang, Lae, .ey. Next Sydney sailings; June 19, 24 (approx.). *vik: Leaves Sydney approximately 7 five weeks for Brisbane, Lae, Rabaul, ey. Next Sydney sailings; June 13, 19 (approx.). tan; Leaves Sydney approximately 7 five weeks for Brisbane, Pt. Moresby, arai, Honiara, Gizo, Rabaul, Wewak, ang, Lae, Sydney. Next Sydney sail- June 28 (approx.). tails from Karlander NG Line (F. tephens Pty., Ltd., agents), 13 Bridge Sydney (BU8311).

Sydney-Fiji V Rona (4,500 tons) leaves Sydney oximately every three weeks for Suva Lautoka with cargo and passengers.

Sydney sailings: June 14, July 6 rox)- „ . „ tails from Colonial Sugar Refining Co. 9 Bent St., Sydney (B 0151).

Sydney-Fiji-Tonga-Samoa lion Steam Ship Co. maintains thly services from Melbourne and Syd- (periodically from Adelaide) to Lautoka, Suva (including transhipments for Vavau and Niue), Apia and Nukualofa.

Next sailing; Waiana July 3 (approx.).

Details from Union Steam Ship Co. of NZ Ltd., 247 George Street, Sydney (B 0528); or other branches and agents.

Sydney-Fiji-Vancouver Pacific Shipowners, Ltd., of Suva, normally operate a service three times yearly with the Lakemba along the above route.

Early June, she was en route to San Francisco, after calling at Lautoka and Suva. It is probable that, from USA, she will go on to Japan on charter work for several months.

Details from American Trading and Shipping Co. Pty., Ltd., 19 Bridge St., Sydney (8U4147). • PlM's shipping and airways schedules are up to the minute. They are revised each month just before publication from information supplied by the shipping and airways companies.

Sydney-New Caledonia- New Hebrides-Fr. Polynesia Vessels of Messageries Maritlmes Line, from Marseilles, via West Indies and Panama, call about every six weeks at Papeete (with occasional calls at Taiohae, Marquesas Group), Vila, Noumea and Sydney, and return by same route.

Next inwards voyage, ex-Marseilles: 145 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY J U N E . 1963

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One Class (Tourist) liners, Southern Cross (20,000 Tons) and Northern Star (24,000 Tons) air-conditioned with the latest in amenities.

For full particulars apply: — Fiji—Any branch or agency of Burns Phiip (South Sea Co. Ltd.) Cable Address: Burphil, Tahiti Messageries Maritimes Papeete.

Cable Address: Messagen'e Papeete.

Around the world east or west bound via Panama and South Africa calling Fiji, Tahiti, Balboa, Curacao, Trinidad, U.K., Las Palmas, Cape Town, Durban, Fremantle, Melbourne, Sydney, New Zealand. Occasional calls, Miami (Pt. Everglades), Bermuda, Lisbon.

Shaw Savill Line

Tah lt ien; Papeete July 16-19, Vila July 26-27. Noumea July 28-31, Sydney Aug. 3-5, Noumea Aug. 8-11, New Hebrides Aug. 12-18, Noumea Aug. 19, Papeete Aug. 25-29, Taiohae Sept. 1.

Oceanien: Taiohae Aug. 30, Papeete 1 : 4 ' Vila Sept- H-12, Noumea Sept.

Hebrides Sept. 18-24, Noumea Sept. 25, Papeete Oct. 1-5.

Next outwards voyages, ex-Sydney: Caledonien; Dep. Sydney June 18, Noumea June 24, New Hebrides June 25- July 2, Noumea July 3, Papeete July 9-14 Tahitien; Dep. Sydney Aug. 8, Noumea Aug. 14, New Hebrides Aug. 22, Noumea Aug. 23, Papeete Sept. 3. Taiohae Sept.

Polynesia maintains monthly passenger sailings between Sydney, Noumea, Vila, Ft. Sandwich (occasionally), and Santo.

Aug* ® ydney sailin S s: June 21, July 19, Details from Messageries Maritimes, 36 Grosvenor St., Sydney (8U2654).

Sydney-New Caledonia- Norfolk Is.-Fiji Milos del Mar (owned by Societe Maritime Caledonienne) has replaced Colorado del Mar on this monthly cargo run, while the latter is engaged for several months in New Hebrides inter-island work. She will call at Noumea, Norfolk Is., Suva and Lautoka. Next Sydney sailing: June Details from F. H. Stephens Pty. Ltd. 13 Bridge St., Sydney (27-3605).

Sydney-New Hebrides-BSI- Bougainville, Etc.

MV Tulagi leaves Sydney about every six weeks for Norfolk Is., Vila, Santo, Honiara and BSI ports, Bougainville ports.

Sidney sailing: July 20 (approx.).

Details from Burns, Philp and Co. Ltd,, 7 Bridge Street, Sydney (B 0547).

Sydney-NZ-Fiji-Tahiti Panama-UK Southern Cross and Northern Star each make four round-the-world voyages per year, two west-bound, then two eastbound, calling at Fiji and Tahiti every trip.

Southern Cross: From Southampton (UK) via Panama Canal, calls at Papeete June 21-22, Suva June 27 Wellington July 1-3, Brisbane July 7 Sydney July 9-10, thence via Sth. Africa to Southampton, arr. Aug. 14.

Northern Star: Dep. Southampton (UK), Aug. 6, via Sth. Africa, for Sydney Sept. 11-13, Wellington Sept. 16-18 Auckland Sept. 20, Suva Sept. 23, Papeete Sept. 27-28, thence via Panama to Southampton, arr. Oct. 22.

Details from Shaw Savill Line, 8a Castlereagh St., Sydney (BW 1828).

Austasia Line’s vessel Matupi runs between Australian ports (turn round at Adelaide) and Papua-New Guinea.

Matupi: From Sydney, due Rabaul June 7, Cape Hoskins (timber loading) June 10, Sydney June 23; thence southern Australian ports for cargo loading returning Sydney July 4. Due dep. Sydney July 8 for Brisbane and P-NG ports.

Details from Blue Star Line (Aust.) Pty.

Ltd., 17-19 Bridge St., Sydney (BU 1271).

Sydney - P-NG - Far East Australia-West Pacific Line’s motorvessels maintain services between Austrails and Japan via Islands ports.

Southbound vessels call at: NG (quarterly), New Hebrides (irreguia and Australian ports. Northbound ve from Sydney call regularly at NG por Aros: From Sydney, due Japan Jun« dep. Japan July 5, direct to Sydney July 17.

Tenos: Dep. Sydney June 17 for : bane June 19-20, Rabaul June 24-25, June 26-27, Madang June 28-29, Ms July 5-6, Hongkong July 8. Dep. Hongb southwards, July 10 for Philippines Borneo ports, Rabaul July 26-27, Mai July 28-29, Lae July 30-31, Brisbane 4-6, Sydney Aug. 8.

Delos: Due dep. Sydney July 5 Brisbane then Japan direct; dep. Ji Aug. 5 direct to Sydney.

Milos; Due dep. Sydney July (approx.) for Brisbane, NG ports, Ms and Hongkong.

Details from Wilh. Wilhelmsen Age 13 Bridge St., Sydney (BU6301).

Dominion Navigation Co. Ltd. ( vessels maintain monthly service beta Sydney and Japan (via Manila, Hongl and Keelung), return via Guam Rabaul.

George Anson: Dep. Sydney, no bound, June 22; will call, southbound Guam July 28-29 and Rabaul, Aug. 3- Francis Drake: From Japan, so bound, will call at Guam June 28-29 Rabaul, July 3-4.

Details from H. C. Sleigh Ltd., York Street, Sydney. Tel. (2-0253).

Sydney-Tahiti-Europe Nederland Line Royal Dutch Mi Oranje sails irregularly from Sydney Europe, via NZ, Papeete and Pam 146 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH LI

HIMALAYA ORIANA ORCADES ORIANA SYDNEY depart June 12 June 26 July 5 Via AUCKLAND arr/dep June 15 June 29 thence the SUVA arr/dep June 18 July 2 Far East Panama HONOLULU arr/dep June 23 July 6 July 28 Canal VANCOUVER arr/dep June 28-29 July 10-11 Aug. 2-3 Aug. 28**

San Francisco

arr/dep July 1-2 July 13-14 Aug. 5-6 Aug. 29-30

Los Angeles

arr/dep July 3 July 151 Aug. 7 Sept. l-2tt HONOLULU arr/dep July 6-7* July 18* Aug. 12 Sept. 6 SUVA arr/dep thence thence UK Aug. 19 Sept. 12 AUCKLAND arr/dep UK via via West Aug. 22 Sept. 14 SYDNEY arrive Panama Indies Aug. 25 Sept. 17 * Acapulco, t San Diego. ** Los Angeles. tt Vancouver.

Details from P. and O.-Orient Lines of Aust. Pty., Ltd., 2-6 Spring St., Sydney (B 0532) MONTEREY

Mariposa Monterey

MARIPOSA

San Francisco

depart June 20 July 11 Aug. 4 Aug. 29

Los Angeles

arr/dep June 21 July 12 Aug. 5 Aug. 30 BORA BORA arr/dep June 29 July 20 Aug. 13 Sept. 7 PAPEETE arr/dep June 30-July 2 July 21-23 Aug. 14-16 Sept. 8-10 RAROTONGA arr/dep July 3 July 24 Aug. 17 Sept. 11 AUCKLAND arr/dep July 8-9 July 29-30 Aug. 22-23 Sept. 16-17 SYDNEY arr/dep July 12-15 Aug. 2-5 Aug. 26-29 Sept. 20-23 NOUMEA arr/dep July 18 Aug. 8 Sept. 1 Sept. 26 SUVA arr/dep July 20 Aug. 10 Sept. 3 Sept. 28 NIUAFOOU arr/dep July 21 Aug. 11 Sept. 4 Sept. 29 PAGO PAGO arr/dep July 21 Aug. 11 Sept. 4 Sept. 29 HONOLULU arr/dep July 26-27 Aug. 16-17 Sept. 9-10 Oct. 4-5

San Francisco

arrive Aug. 1 Aug. 22 Sept. 15 Oct. 10 Details i from Matson Lines, 50 Young St., Sydney. (BU 42721. 1; occasionally calls are made also iva. ct northbound Tahiti call: Prom jy, at Papeete June 19-20. ct southbound Tahiti call: Sept. , due at Sydney Oct. 4. alls from Royal Interocean Lines, 261 ;e St., Sydney (2-0573).

Sydney-(or NZ)-North America go vessels operated by the Union i Ship Co., maintain two-monthly e across the Pacific, from Mele and Sydney to Vancouver and USA Occasionally calls are made at ,ng Island. ihemo: Arrived Sydney from USA June; next voyage will be to NZ ire movements “uncertain”, Itemata, from NZ ports, makes three ur trips yearly to Vancouver (via onga and Papeete), ails from Union Steam Ship Co.

Z Ltd., 247 George St., Sydney 28); and other branches and agents. ope-Tahiti-New Caledonia BSI-P-NG-West NG regular service from the Continent UK, via Panama, to Tahiti, New onia, BSI, P-NG and West NG is ted Jointly by Nederland Line Royal i Mail and Royal Rotterdam Lloyd, ti (NL): From Continent and UK, Papeete June 23, Noumea July 2, :ra July 6, Pt. Moresby July 9, Rabaul 12, Lae July 14, Madang July 16, Baru (if inducement).

'imata (RL): Prom Continent, dep. m June 21 for Papeete July 23, ea July 31, Honiara Aug. 4, Pt. ;by Aug. 6, Rabaul Aug. 9, Lae 11, Madang Aug. 13, Kota Baru (if ement). ails from Royal Interocean Lines, Seorge St„ Sydney (2-0573). ope-Tahiti-New Hebridesiew Caledonia-Australia >sageries Maritimes cargo vessels run ily between France and Noumea via Africa and Australia. From Sydney, s go to Brisbane and Noumea; reto France via Australian coastal :t sailings from Sydney: Ventoux 1 (Noumea July 8); Vosges July 29 nea Aug. 5). ier MM vessels run between France Sydney, via Panama Canal and c ports. Next vessels: Iraouaddy jete June 25, Vila July 6, Santo July oumea July 10, Sydney July 17); rate (Papeete July 24, Noumea Aug. aitting Sydney). ;ails from Messageries Maritimes, 36 r enor St , Sydney (8U2654).

Far East-Fiji-NZ-Sydney yal Interocean Lines operate a service Singapore to Fiji, NZ, and Aus- ., with three vessels (Van Cloon, Noort and Van Neck) calling dically at Suva and/or Lautoka. it calls at Fiji; Van Neck June ; Van Cloon, July 19-20. tails from Royal Interocean Lines, 261 je Street, Sydney (2-0573).

Australia-NZ-Fiji-Canada-USA USA-Eastern Pacific-NZ-Sydney-Central Pacific-Hawaii Far East-P-NG-BSI-New Hebrides-Fiji-New Caledonia China Navigation Co., Ltd., vessels maintain monthly service from Japan southwards through P-NG, BSI, New Hebrides, Fiji and N. Caledonia; usually return to Japan direct.

Chungking: From Japan, via Guam, at Kavieng June 24, Rabaul June 27, Madang June 30, Lae July 3, Pt. Moresby July 9, Suva/Lautoka July 14, Noumea July 22, Honiara (opt.), thence Japan, due Aug. 8.

Chengtu: Dep. Japan June 29 for Pusan (opt.), Hongkong July 4-8, Guam (opt.), Rabaul July 18, Madang July 21, Lae July 24, Samarai July 27, Pt. Moresby Aug. 3, Honiara Aug. 6, Santo Aug. 9, Vila Aug. 11, Suva/Lautoka Aug. 14, Noumea Aug. 22, thence Japan, due Sept. 6.

Chekiang: Dep. Japan July 17 for Pusan (opt.), Hongkong July 22-26, Guam (opt.), Wewak Aug. 5, Madang Aug. 7, Lae Aug. 10, Rabaul Aug. 13, Pt. Moresby Aug. 22, Suva/Lautoka Aug. 28, Noumea Sept. 6, Honiara (opt.), thence Japan, due Sept. 23.

Details from China Navigation Co., Ltd. (Swire and Yuill Pty., Ltd., agents), 6 Bridge St., Sydney (BU1712).

New Zealand-Cook Is.

NZGS Moana Roa (40 passengers) makes approximately monthly voyages from Auckland (NZ) to Rarotonga (Cook Islands), with calls at Niue and some other Cook Islands when cargo warrants.

Details from NZ Department of Island Territories, Wellington (Tel. 45-117), or any office of Union SS Co. of NZ, Ltd.

NZ-Fiji-Tonga-Samoa Tofua maintains a service from Auckland to Suva, Nukualofa, Vavau, Niue, Pago Pago, Apia, Suva and return to Auckland. Next Auckland sailings: June 18, July 16, Aug. 13.

Matua maintains a service from Auckland to Lautoka, Suva, Nukualofa, Apia, Suva, and return to Auckland.

Next Auckland sailings: July 5, Aug. 1, Aug. 29.

Details from Union Steam Ship Co. of NZ, Quay and Commerce Sts., Auckland. (Tel.: 49-430).

NZ-New Caledonia - P-NG- Far East Crusader Shipping Co.’s cargo vessels, running between NZ and the Far East, call at New Caledonia and Papua, and, in some instances, Guam. Next voyage: Knight Templar; Dep. Auckland July 19, for Noumea July 22, Pt. Moresby July 26, thence Singapore, Pt. Swettenham, Manila, Hongkong (dry docks), and Shanghai.

Details from Shaw, Savill Line, agents, 101 Queen St., Auckland. (Tel. 30-310).

New Zealand-Tahiti New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd. vessels, operating between NZ and UK, via Panama, make a call every two months at Tahiti, northbound and southbound.

Next southbound voyage: Remuera from London, due Papeete July 2.

Next northbound voyage: Rangitoto, dep. Wellington July 20, due Papeete July 26.

Details from NZ Shipping Co. Ltd., Customhouse Quay, Wellington, NZ.

Crusader Shipping Co. Ltd., Wellington, NZ, makes a call every two months (approx.) at Papeete on north-bound voyages of its West Coast Nth. American service. Next voyage: Saracen dep.

Auckland July 5, at Papeete July 11.

Regular two-monthly calls at Papeete and occasionally at Suva are made by Tasman Pacific Service (a West Germanowned shipping company) with its vessels Cap Corientes and Cap Domingo, running between NZ ports (including Napier) and the west coast of USA. 147 CIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE, 1963

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Regular services connect:

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Guinea, Japan, Singapore, Malay

INDONESIA, HONG KONG, MANILA.

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Branches and Agents throughout the Pacific » * * SHIPPING CO tTD ?a»8«* i liife /--T V * i t m u PM m Tonga-Fiji-Samoa Tonga Shipping Agency operates a cargo and passenger service between Nukualofa and FIJI (Suva, Lautoka, Ellington, Rotuma) with MV Aoniu. Calls are also made as required at Apia (W.

Samoa) and Pago Pago (Am. Samoa).

Turn-round in Suva is usually two days, and the Agents there are W. R. Carpenter (FIJI) Ltd.

UK-Panama-Samoa-Fiji The Fiji Direct Service is maintained by Conference vessels, sailing at regular monthly intervals out of London, via Panama, for Apia, Suva and Lautoka, Bethell, Gwyn and Co., Ltd., act as Loading Brokers in London.

Next sailings, ex-London; July 18, Aug. 15, Sept. 12.

UK-Papua-NG-BSI Bank Line operates a direct service from Europe to P-NG and BSI, vessels going on to Australia for cargo-loading and returning to UK via Suez. Next vessels: Trentbank: From Continent and London, due at Port Moresby June 19, Samarai June 21, Lae June 22, Madang June 25, Wewak June 27, Rabaul June 29, Honiara July 3.

Fleetbank: From Continent, dep. London June 12 for Pt. Moresby July 20, Samarai July 22, Lae July 24, Madang July 26, Wewak July 28, Rabaul July 31, Kavieng Aug. 1, Honiara Aug. 4.

Details from Bank Line (A/asia.) Pty.

Ltd., 269 George St., Sydney (BU2041).

USA-Tahiti-Am. Samoa-Fiji- Australia Matson-Oceanic Line operates a fiveweeks passenger-cargo service from Los Angeles with the Sonoma, Sierra and Ventura. Terminal ports, in Australia, vary with cargoes offering. Vessels call at Papeete, Pago Pago, Suva, Sydney, Brisbane, etc.

Next trans-Pacific sailings: From Brisbane, Sierra June 25 (approx.); Ventura Aug. 30 (approx.).

Details from Matson Lines, 82 Elizabeth St., Sydney (8U4272).

American Pioneer Line ships on US Atlantic Coast-Panama-Sydney service make periodical calls at Tahiti on southbound voyage. Next Papeete calls: Pioneer Surf July 25; Pioneer Gem Aug. 28.

Details from Wilh. Wilhelmsen Agency, 13 Bridge St., Sydney (BU6301).

USA-Tahiti-Samoa-Fiji- New Caledonia Pacific Islands Transport Line’s vessels Thorsisle and Thor I maintain approximately six weeks service from West Coast Nth. American ports to Pacific Islands.

Thorsisle: Dep. San Francisco June 24, Los Angeles June 25-28, Papeete July 9-11, Pago Pago July 15-18, Apia July 19-20, Suva July 23-24, Noumea July 26-28, Vila July 29-30, Santo July 31-Aug. 1, Apia (open), Pago Pago Aug. 5-6, Los Angeles Aug. 20-21, San Francisco Aug. 22-23.

Thor I: Dep. San Francisco Au| Los Angeles Aug. 3-5, Papeete Aug. 1 Pago Pago Aug. 21-24, Apia Aug. 2 Suva Aug. 29-30, Noumea Sept. 1-3 (open), Pago Pago Sept. 7-9, Los An Sept. 22-24, San Francisco Sept. 25.

Details from General Steamship poration Ltd., 1 Bush St., San Franc USA and Islands Agents.

Airways Time-Table

Trans Pacific Services

Australia-Fiji-Hawaii-USA

By Qantas Empire Airways

(Boeing 707 V-Jets) NORTHBOUND Tues., Thurs. and Sun.: Sydney (de] p.m.), Nadi (arr. 12.40 a.m., dep. a.m.), Honolulu, San Francisco.

Mon., Wed. and Sat.: Sydney ( 7 p.m.), Nadi (arr. 12.40 a.m., 1.25 a.m.), Honolulu, San Franc: New York.

Pri.; Sydney (dep. 7 p.m.), Nadi ( 12.40 a.m., dep. 1.25 a.m.), Honol San Francisco (extends to Vancoi alternate weeks; from Sydney, June July 5, 19, Aug. 2, 16, 30, etc.).

SOUTHBOUND Mon., Wed. and Fri.: New York, Francisco, Honolulu, Nadi (arr. а. dep. 4.15 a.m.), Sydney ( б. a.m.). 148 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL

UNION STEAM SHIP CO. OF N.Z.

LIMITED Serving the Pacific since 1875.

Regular Sailings by Modern Vessels From Melbourne and Sydney (periodically Adelaide) to Lautoka, Suva (including transhipments for Vavau and Niue), Apia and Nukualofa.

Also from Auckland to Lautoka, Suva, Nukualofa, Vavau, Niue, Pago Pago and Apia.

Ship your cargo by a Union Company Vessel.

BRANCHES AT ALL MAIN AUSTRALIAN, NEW ZEALAND AND ISLAND PORTS Thurs. and Sun.: San Francisco, tolulu, Nadi (arr. 3.25 a.m., dep. i a.m.), Sydney (arr. 6.30 a.m.). 3an Francisco (service begins from icouver alternate Sats.: June 22, July 20, Aug. 3, 17, 31, etc.), Honolulu, li (arr. 4.25 a.m., dep. 5.15 a.m.), ney (arr. 7.30 a.m.). ‘rnational Dateline is crossed be- Nadi and Honolulu.)

Canadian Pacific Airlines

Iristol Britannia and DCS Jet) NORTHBOUND it. (June 15, 29, July 13, 27, Aug. 24, etc.): Dep. Sydney 11 a.m. by :annia for Auckland (arr. 4.50 .). ■ from Auckland, dep. 5.35 p.m. ry Sat. for Nadi (arr. 9.40 p.m., . 10.35 p.m.), Honolulu (arr. Sat. a.m., dep. Sun. 10 a.m. by DCS), icouver, Amsterdam (arr. Mon. 2.25 .).

SOUTHBOUND from Amsterdam, dep. 2 p.m. ry Sat. by DCS for Vancouver, lolulu (arr. Sun. 10.35 p.m., dep. l. 11.55 p.m. by Britannia), Nadi :. Tues. 7.20 a.m., dep. 8.05 a.m.), kland (arr. 12.15 p.m.). jes. (June 11, 25, July 9, 23, Aug. 20, etc.): Dep. Auckland 1.05 p.m.

Sydney (arr. Tues. 3.35 p.m.). ‘rnational Dateline crossed between [onolulu.) ralia-Fiji (or Am. Samoa) Hawaii-USA

T Pan American Airways

Intercontinental Jet Clippers) NORTHBOUND Dhur.: Dep. Sydney 5 p.m. for Nadi r. 10.45 p.m., dep. 11.30 p.m.), tolulu and Los Angeles (arr. Sun., irs. 5.25 p.m.). Connections at lolulu for San Francisco, Portland , Seattle.

Dep. Sydney 5 p.m. for Pago Pago, . Samoa (arr. 12.55 a.m., dep. 1.45 .), Honolulu and Los Angeles (arr. s. 5.25 p.m.).

SOUTHBOUND Fri.: Dep. Los Angeles 8 p.m.

Honolulu, Nadi, (arr. 4.15 a.m., irs., Sun., dep. 5 a.m.) and Sydney r. 7.20 a.m. Thurs., Sun.), Dep. Los Angeles 8 p.m. for lolulu, Pago Pago (arr. 4.10 a.m. i., dep. 5 a.m.) and Sydney (arr. > a.m. Tues.). ;rnational Dateline crossed between [onolulu, and Sydney-Pago Pago.) talia-New Caledonia-Fiji- Tahiti-USA PAI-Air France with DCS Jet Dep. Sydney 8.45 a.m. for imea (arr. 12.20 p.m., dep. 2.15 i.), Nadi (arr. 5 p.m., dep. 5.50 i.), cross International Dateline, >eete (arr. Tues. 11.55 p.m., dep. 8.15 a.m.), Los Angeles (arr. Fri. ) p.m.). Connection by Boeing to itreal and Paris.

Dep. Los Angeles 1 a.m., Papeete r. Sat. 6.15 a.m., dep. Sun. 1.40 l.), cross international Dateline, li (arr. Mon. 4.25 a.m., dep. 5.25 i.), Noumea (arr. Mon. 6.30 a.m., . 8.30 a.m.), Sydney (arr. Mon. >5 a.m.).

Australia-New Zealand

Auckland-Brisbane QANTAS-TEAL with Electra Mk. ll’s Sat.: Dep. Auckland 11 a.m., arr. Brisbane 1.30 p.m.

Sat.: Dep. Brisbane 3 p.m., arr. Auckland 8.45 p.m.

Auckland-Melbourne QANTAS-TEAL with Electra Mk. ll’s Wed., Fri.: Dep. Auckland 8.30 a.m.. arr. Melbourne 11.30 a.m.

Wed., Fri.: Dep. Melbourne 12.30 p.m., arr. Auckland 7 p.m.

Sydney-Auckland QANTAS-TEAL, with Electra Mk. ll’s.

Daily: Dep. Auckland 9 a.m., arr. Sydney 11.05 a.m.

Daily; Dep. Sydney 1 p.m., arr. Auckland 3.35 p.m.

BOAC, with Comet IV’s.

Mon., Thurs.: Dep. Sydney 9.45 a.m., arr.

Auckland 2.45 p.m.

Tues., Sat.: Dep. Auckland 8.30 a.m., arr.

Sydney 10 a.m.

Australia-Pacific Islands

Sydney-Lord Howe Is.

Airlines of N.S.W. (Sandringham Flyingboats).

Return flight from Rose Bay base each Tues. and Sat. (with extra flight Thurs. as required); in June and July, Sat. only, plus Tues. July 2.

Sydney-Norfolk Is.

QANTAS, with Skymaster DC4 Aircraft Sat.: Dep. Sydney 8 a.m., arr. NI 2.45 p.m. Flight extends NI-Auckland-NI. (See “Inter-Territory Services”).

Sun.: Dep. NI 2.45 p.m., Sydney arr. 6.45 p.m.

Sydney-New Caledonia QANTAS, with Boeing 707 Jet Thurs.: Dep. Sydney 10.15 a.m., art.

Noumea 1.45 p.m.

Thurs.: Dep. Noumea 3 p.m., arr. Sydney 4.50 p.m.

Sydney-Papua-New Guinea Trans Australia Airlines and Ansett-ANA operate from Sydney to Lae and return with DC6B’s. TAA runs the service Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays; Ansett- ANA Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays.

NORTHBOUND Mon., Wed. and Sat. (TAA) Dep. Arr.

Sydney, 9.45 p.m. Brisbane, 11.50 p.m.

Tues., Thurs., Sun. Tues., Thurs., Sun.

Dep. Arr.

Brisbane, 12.40 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 6.10 a.m.

Dep. Arr.

Pt. Moresby, 7 a.m. Lae, 8 a.m.

Tues., Thurs. and Fri. (Ansett) Dep. Arr.

Sydney, 9.45 p.m. Brisbane, 11.45 p.m.

Wed., Fri., Sat. Wed., Fri., Sat.

Dep. Arr.

Brisbane, 12.40 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 6.10 a.m.

Dep. Arr.

Pt. Moresby, 7 a.m. Lae, 8 a.m.

SOUTHBOUND Tues., Thurs., and Sun. (TAA) Dep. Arr.

Lae, 9.15 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 10.15 a.m.

Dep. Arr.

Pt. Moresby, 11 a.m. Brisbane, 4.15 p.m.

Dep. Arr.

Brisbane, 4.50 p.m. Sydney, 6.55 p.m Wed., Fri. and Sat. (Ansett) Dep. Arr.

Lae, 9.15 a.m. Pt. Moresby, 10.15 a.m Dep. Arr.

Pt. Moresby, 11 a.m. Brisbane, 4.10 p.m.

Dep. Arr.

Brisbane, 4.50 p.m. Sydney, 6.55 p.m (Over) • PlM's shipping and airways timetables are correct to time of publication. 149 I F I C ISLANDS M O N T H L Y J U N E , 1963

Qld.-Papua-New Guinea TAA, with Fokker Friendship Prop-Jet Alt. Mon.: Dep. Townsville 12.30 p.m Cairns arr. 1.25 p.m., dep. 2.30 p.m.! arr. Pt. Moresby 4.50 p.m. (June 10, 24, July 8, 22, Aug. 5, 19, etc.).

Alt. Wed.: Dep. Lae 12.30 p.m., Pt.

Moresby arr. 1.30 p.m., dep. 2.15 p.m., Cairns arr. 4.35 p.m., dep. 5.35 p.m., arr. Townsville 6.30 p.m. (June 12, 26, July 10, 24, Aug. 7, 21, etc.).

Cairns-Pt. Moresby-Cairns

Ansett, with Fokker Friendship Prop-Jet Alt. Sat.: Dep. Cairns 3.35 p.m., arr. Pt.

Moresby 5.55 p.m. (June 15, 29, July 13, 27, Aug. 10, 24, etc.).

Alt. Sun.: Dep. Pt. Moresby 9.05 a.m., arr. Cairns 11.25 a.m. (June 16, 30 July 14, 28, Aug. 11, 25, etc.).

Inter-Territory Services

Fiji-Am. Samoa PAA, with DC7C Aircraft Mon.: Dep. Nadi 12 noon, cross International Dateline, arr. Pago Pago (Am Samoa) 4.05 p.m. Sun.

Tues.: Dep. Pago Pago 9.30 a.m., cross International Dateline, arr. Nadi 11.40 a.m. Wed.

Fiji-Am. Samoa-Tahiti TEAL, with Electra Mk. 11.

Mon.: Dep. Nadi 3.30 a.m., cross International Dateline, arr. Pago Pago Sun. 7.10 a.m., dep. 7.45 a.m., arr. Papeete Sun. 12.50 p.m.

Mon.: Dep. Papeete 7 a.m., arr. Pago Pago 10.25 a.m., dep. 11 a.m., cross International Dateline, arr. Nadi Tues. 12 40 p.m.

Fiji-New Hebrides-BSI Fiji Airways, Ltd., with Heron Aircraft Mon.; Dep. Suva 8.30 a.m., Nadi arr. 9.15 a.m., dep. 10 a.m., Vila arr. 12.30 p.m. Next day (Tues.) dep. Vila 8 a.m., Santo arr. 9.15 a.m., dep. 10 a.m., Honiara arr. 1.55 p.m.

Wed.: Dep. Honiara 6.45 a.m., Santo arr. 10.40 a.m., dep. 11.15 a.m., Vila arr. 12.30 p.m., dep. Vila 1.15 p.m., Nadi arr ‘ At 5 pm - dep - 630 P-m., Suva arr. 7.20 p.m.

Fiji-New Zealand PAA, with DC7C Aircraft Sun Thurs.: Dep. Nadi 5.30 a.m. for Auckland, arr. 10.15 a.m.

Sun., Thurs.: Dep. Auckland 5.30 pm for Nadi, arr. 10.15 p.m.

TEAL, with Electra Mk. IPs.

Daily (except Mon.)*; Dep. Auckland 8.30 p.m., arr. Nadi 12.15 a.m.

Tues.: Dep. Nadi 1.30 p.m., arr. Auckland 5.20 p.m.

Wed. Thurs., Fri., Sat.. Sun.: Dep. Nadi a.m., arr. Auckland 9.35 a.m.

Wed Fri., flights ex-Auckland, and Thurs., Sat., flights ex-Nadi are operated by Qantas under charter to TEAL.

Fiji-Tonga Fiji Airways, Ltd., with Heron Aircraft Alt. Thurs. (June 13, 27, July 11 25 Aug. 8, 22, etc.): Dep. Suva 7 a.m.! arr. Nukualofa 11.15 a.m.

Alt. Sat. (June 15, 29, July 13, 27, Aug. 10, 24, etc.): Dep. Nukualofa 9.30 a.m arr. Suva 11.45 a.m.

Alt. Sat. (June 22, July 6, 20, Aug. 3, 17, 31, etc.); Dep. Suva 7 a.m., Nukualofa arr. 11.15 a.m., dep. 12.30 p.m., arr. Suva 2.45 p.m.

Details from Fiji Airways, Ltd., Victoria Arcade, Suva.

Fiji-Western Samoa Fiji Airways, Ltd., with Heron Aircraft Alt. Thurs. (June 20, July 4, 18, Aug. 1, 15, 29, etc.): Dep. Suva 7.45 a.m., cross International Dateline, arr. Apia 125 p.m. Wed. (June 19, July 3, 17, 31, Aug. 14, 28, etc.).

Alt. Thurs. (June 20, July 4, 18, Aug. 1, 15, 29, etc.); Dep. Apia 10 a.m., cross International Dateline, arr. Suva 1.40 p.m. Fri. (June 21, July 5, 19, Aug. 2, 16, 30, etc.).

New Caledonia-New Hebrides TAI, with DC4 Aircraft Thurs., Sat.: Dep. Noumea 8 a.m. for Vila (arr. 9.55 a.m., dep. 10.30 a.m.), Santo (arr. 11.45 a.m., dep. 1.15 p.m.), Vila (arr. 2.30 p.m., dep. 3.05 p.m.) Noumea (arr. 5 p.m.).

New Caledonia-NZ TAI, with DC4 Aircraft Fri.: Dep. Noumea 8.30 a.m. for Auckland arr. 3.10 p.m.

Fri.: Dep. Auckland 5 p.m. for Noumea arr. 10 p.m.

New Caledonia-Wallis ls.- Tahiti TAI, with DC4 Aircraft Monthly service (second Sunday).

Sun. (July 14, Aug. 11, Sept. 8, etc.): Dep Noumea 11 p.m. for Wallis Is. (arr.

Mon., 6.30 a.m., dep. 8 a.m.), cross International Dateline, Papeete (arr Sun. 7.05 p.m.).

Tues. (July 16, Aug. 13. Sept. 10, etc.): Dep. Papeete 8.30 a.m., cross International Dateline, Wallis Is. (arr. Wed., 3.15 p.m., dep. 4.45 p.m.), Noumea (arr. Wed. 10.15 p.m.).

Norfolk Is.-New Zealand TEAL, by Qantas Skymaster (Charter) Sat.: Dep. NI 4 p.m., Auckland, arr. 7.45 p.m.

Sun.; Dep. Auckland 10.30 a.m., arr. NI 1.30 p.m.

P-NG-Solomons TAA, with Fokker Prop-Jet and DCS.

Alt. Tues.: Dep. Lae (DCS) 6 a.m. for Rabaul, Buka, Munda, Yandina, Honiara, arr. 4.20 p.m. (June 18, July 2, 16, 30, Aug. 13, 27, etc.).

Alt. Wed.: Dep. Honiara (DCS) 7.30 a.m. for Yandina, Munda, Buka, Rabaul, Lae, arr. 3.45 p.m. (June 19, July 3, 17, 31, Aug. 14, 28, etc.).

Alt. Tues.: Dep. Lae (Fokker) 9 a.m. for Rabaul, Buka, Munda, Honiara, arr. 4.20 p.m. (June 11, 25, July 9, 23, Aug. 6, 20, etc.).

Alt. Wed.: Dep. Honiara (Fokker) 6.45 a.m. for Munda, Buka, Rabaul, Lae arr. 12 noon (June 12, 26, July 10, 24, Aug. 7, 21, etc.).

P NG ■ West NG TAA, with DCS Aircraft Alt. Tues. (June 11, 25, July 9, 23, Aug. 6, 20, etc.): Dep. Lae 9 a.m. for Madang, Wewak, Kota Baru, arr, p.m.

Alt. Wed. (June 12, 26, July 10, 24, 7, 21, etc.): Dep. Kota Baru a.m. for Wewak, Madang, Lae, 5.05 p.m.

Biak (West Ng)-Lae

Garuda Indonesian Airways (DCS Alt. Tues. (June 18, July 2, 16, 30, 13, 27, etc.); Dep. Biak 6.15 Kota Baru, arr. 8.25 a.m., dep. a.m., arr. Lae 1.30 p.m.

Alt. Wed. (June 19, July 3, 17, 31, 14, 28, etc.); Dep. Lae 9.15 Kota Baru, arr. 12.15 p.m., d< p.m., arr. Biak 3.10 p.m.

Tahiti-Hawaii TAI, with DCS Jet Aircraft Alt. Wed. (June 12, 26, July 10, 24, 7, 21, etc.): Dep. Papeete 3.30 for Honolulu, arr. 9.05 p.m.

Alt. Thurs. (June 13, 27, July 11, 25, 8, 22, etc.): Dep. Honolulu 11.45 for Papeete, arr. alt. Fri. 5.20 a South Pacific Airlines with Suj Constellation Aircraft Fri.: Dep. Honolulu 11 p.m., arr. Pa Sat. 8 a.m.

Sat.: Dep. Papeete 10 p.m., arr. Hon Sun. 7 a.m.

Details from South Pacific Air 311 California St., San Francisco, I Tahiti-USA TAI, with DCS Jet Aircraft Fri. and alt. Wed. (June 19, July 3 31, Aug. 14, 28, etc.): Dep. Pa 10 a.m. for Los Angeles, arr. 9.15 Sat. and alt. Thurs. (June 20, Ju] 18, Aug. 1, 15, 29, etc.): Dep.

Angeles 1 a.m. for Papeete, arr. a.m.

W. Samoa-Am. Samoa Polynesian Airlines Ltd., with Per Prince Aircraft Between Western Samoa and Arnei Samoa —flight time: 45 minutes.

Dep. Faleolo (W. Samoa): Sun. 7 2 p.m.; Mon. 7 a.m., 9.15 a.m., 2 ] Tues. 7 a.m.; Wed., Thurs., Fri., 9.15 a.m.

Dep. Pago Pago (Am. Samoa): Sun. a.m., 4.30 p.m.; Mon. 8.15 a.m., : a.m., 3.15 p.m.; Tues. 8.15 a.m.; \ Thurs., Fri., Sat. 10.30 a.m.

Agents: Gold Star Transport Co.

Apia; R. E. Pritchard, Pago Pago.

Internal Services

Fiji Fiji Airways, Ltd., with Heron an Drover Aircraft Suva-Nadi-Suva: Two flights daily (V Fri. and Sun. morning timetables mins, earlier): Dep. Suva 8 a.m., Nadi 8.45 a.m., dep. Nadi 9.15 t arr. Suva 10.05 a.m.; and dep. I 3 p.m., arr. Nadi 3.45 p.m., dep. : 4.10 p.m., arr. Suva 5 p.m.—all H flights.

Suva-Nadi: Dep. (Drover) Suva alt. t 3.05 p.m., arr. Nadi 3.55 p.m. (. 19. July 3, 17, 31, Aug. 14, 28, e Nadi-Suva: Dep. (Drover) Nadi alt. Tb 6.15 a.m., arr. Suva 7.05 a.m. (. 20. July 4, Aug. 1, 15, 29, etc.)..

Suva-Labasa-Suva: Dep. 11 a.m. V Thurs., Fri. and Sat.

Suva-Labasa-Savusavu-Labasa-Suva: 11 a.m. Tues.

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Cables & Telegraphic Address: SUPERB, Sydney Jra-Savusavu-Suva: Dep. 7.20 a.m., d. - Savusavu - Labasa - Savusavu - / a: Dep. 11 a.m. Thurs., Sat., Sun.

Jra-Suva; Dep. 7.20 a.m., Sun. jabasa-Matei-Labasa-Suva: Dep. 11 i. Mon.

Matei-Labasa-Matei-Suva: Dep. 11 I. Fri. 3avusavu-Suva: Dep. 11 a.m., Wed. tils from Fiji Airways, Ltd., Victoria !, Suva.

French Polynesia RAI, with DC4 Aircraft ices to the Leeward Group (Isles [e Vent), Society Islands.

Wed., Sat.; Dep. Papeete 8.15 a.m., latea arr. 9.05 a.m., dep. 9.35 a.m., ra Bora arr. 9.55 a.m.

Dep. Bora Bora 4.30 p.m., Raiatea ■. 4.50 p.m., dep. 5.10 p.m., Papeete . 6 p.m.

Sat.: Dep. Bora Bora 10.30 a.m., iatea arr. 10.50 a.m., dep. 11.10 a.m., peete arr, 12 noon, ills from RAI, Quai Bir Hakeim, :e, or any TAI office.

Papua-New Guinea Operated by TAA MORESBY-LAE (Fokker Prop-Jet) rues.: Dep. Pt. Moresby 6.40 a.m., ■. Lae 7.40 a.m. (June 11, 25, July 23, Aug. 5, 19, etc.).

S-RABAUL-LAE (Fokker Prop-Jet) 'ues. Dep. Lae 9 a.m., Rabaul arr. 55 a.m. (June 11, 25, July 9, 23, g. 5, 19, etc.).

Ved.: Dep. Rabaul 10.10 a.m., Lae ■. 12 noon (June 12, 26, July 10.

Aug. 7, 21, etc.).

Port Moresby-Daru (Dcs)

’ri.: Dep. Pt. Moresby 8.45 a.m. for ru, returning same day via Balimo, •. 2.25 p.m. (June 14, 28, July 12, Aug. 9, 23, etc.). lORESBY-WEST. PAPUA (Catalina) Dep. Pt. Moresby 8 a.m. for Kerema, imuru, Kikori, Kerema, Pt. Moresby, •. 2.50 p.m. ffiurs.: Dep. Pt. Moresby 7 a.m. for ru, D’Albertis Junction, Lake irray, arr. 1.25 p.m. (June 20, July 18, Aug. 1, 15, 29, etc.).

Dep. Lake Murray 7 a.m. for ru, Pt. Moresby, arr. 11.40 a.m. me 21. July 5, 19, Aug. 2, 16, 30, !.).

MORESBY-EAST PAPUA (Catalina) tfon.: Dep. Pt. Moresby 8 a.m. for marai, Esa-Ala, Samarai, Pt. )resby, arr. 4.30 p.m. (June 17, July 15. 29, Aug. 12, 26, etc.). h Mon.: Dep. Pt. Moresby 8 a.m. • Samarai, Deboyne, Samarai, Pt. iresby, arr. 4.30 p.m. (June 24, July , Aug. 19, etc.). ti Mon.; Dep. Pt. Moresby 8 a.m. : Samarai, Pt. Moresby, arr. 4.30 n. (July 8, Aug. 5, Sept. 2, etc.).

I.AE-MADANG-WEWAK-MANUS-

Ivieng-Rabaul Service (Dcs)

Dep. Lae 7.30 a.m. for Madang, swak, Manus, Kavieng, Rabaul, arr. 5 p.m. „ Dep. Rabaul 7.30 a.m. for Kavieng, anus, Wewak, Madang, Lae, arr. 4.05 31.

Dep. Lae 9 a.m., for Madang. swak, arr. 11.55 a.m. : Dep. Wewak 6 a.m. for Madang. te, arr. 8.45 a.m.

Wed.: Dep. Kavieng 8 a.m. for Rabaul, arr. 9 a.m.

Fri.: Dep. Lae 7.30 a.m. for Madang, Wewak, Manus, Rabaul, arr. 3.25 p.m.

Tues.: Dep. Rabaul 12.45 p.m. for Kavieng, arr. 1.45 p.m.

Wed.; Dep. Rabaul 8.10 a.m. for Manus, Wewak, Madang, Lae, arr. 4.05 p.m.

Central Highlands (Dcs)

Wed.: Dep. Madang 9.40 a.m. for Wabag, Wapenamunda, Baiyer R., Hagen, Banz, Minj, Goroka, Lae, arr. 3.55 p.m.

Thurs.; Dep. Lae 9.40 a.m. for Goroka, Minj, Banz, Hagen, Baiyer R., Wapenamunda, Wabag, Madang, arr. 4 p.m.

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

Thurs., Sun.; Dep. Pt. Moresby 10.45 a.m. for Wau, Bulolo, Lae, arr. 1.20 p.m.

Thurs., Sun.; Dep. Lae 7.30 a.m. for Bulolo, Wau, Pt. Moresby, arr. 10 a.m.

Madang-Goroka-Lae (Dcs)

Tues.: Dep. Lae 9.40 a.m. for Goroka, Minj, Banz, Hagen, Madang, arr. 2.10 p.m.

Mon.: Dep. Madang 11.30 a.m. for Hagen, Banz, Minj, Goroka, Lae, arr. 3.55 p.m.

Pt. Moresby-Goroka-Madang (Dcs)

Sun., Tues., Thurs.; Dep. Pt. Moresby 8 a.m. for Goroka, Madang, arr. 10.50 a.m.

Sun., Tues., Thurs.: Dep. Madang 7.30 a.m. for Goroka, Pt. Moresby, arr. 10.20 a.m.

Lae-Rabaul-Lae (Dcs)

Tues., Thurs., Sun.; Dep. Lae 9.30 a.m., arr. Rabaul 12.05 p.m.

Sun., Tues., Thurs.: Dep. Rabaul 6 a.m., arr. Lae 8.35 a.m.

Sat.; Dep. Rabaul 9 a.m. for Jacqulnot Bay, Hoskins, Talasea, Kandrian, Cape Gloucester (on request), Finschhafen, Lae, arr. 2.10 p.m.

Tues.: Dep. Lae 10 a.m. for Finschhafen, Kandrian, Talasea, Hoskins, Jacquinot Bay. Rabaul, arr. 3.10 p.m.

LAE-FINSCHHAFEN-LAE (Cessna) Thurs.: Dep. Lae 7.30 a.m. for Finschhafen, Lae, arr. 8.45 a.m.

Rabaul-Buin-Rabaul (Dcs)

Fri.; Dep. Rabaul 8 a.m. for Buka, Wakunai, Aropa, Buin, Aropa, Wakunai, Buka, Rabaul, arr. 3.20 p.m.

Alt. Wed. (June 12, 26, July 10, 24, Aug. 7, 21, etc.): Dep. Rabaul 9.30 a.m. for Buka, Wakunai, Aropa, Buin, Wakunai, Buka, Rabaul, arr. 4.50 p.m.

Operated by Ansett-Mandated Air Lines with DCS’s (unless otherwise shown) Mon.: Dep. Lae 6.30 a.m. for Goroka, Madang, Rabaul, arr. 11.35 a.m.

Dep. Goroka 7.45 a.m. for Kainantu, Lae, Wau, Pt. Moresby, Wau, Lae, Goroka, Mt. Hagen, arr. 5 p.m.

Tues.: Dep. Rabaul 7 a.m. for Wewak, Madang, Goroka, Lae, arr. 3 p.m.

Wed.: Dep. Lae 6.30 a.m. for Goroka, Madang, Wewak, Momote, Kavieng, Rabaul, arr. 4 p.m.

Dep. Lae 8.55 a.m. for Goroka, Madang, Wewak, arr. 12.15 p.m.

Dep. Lae 9.20 a.m. for Rabaul, arr. 12 noon.

Dep. Rabaul 5.45 a.m. for Lae, arr. 8.25 a.m.

Dep. Madang 7 a.m. for Goroka, Lae, arr. 8.45 a.m.

Dep. Mt. Hagen 6.30 a.m. for Banz, Goroka, Wau, Pt. Moresby, Wau, Lae, Goroka, Madang, arr. 3.45 p.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Wewak 6.15 a.m. for Goroka, Wewak, Vanimo, Wewak, arr. 2.45 p.m.

Dep. Madang 8 a.m. for Mt. Hagen, Banz, Minj, Madang, arr. 11.45 a.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Goroka 8.15 a.m. for Mt. Hagen, arr. 8.50 a.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Mt. Hagen 6.30 a.m. for Banz, Goroka, arr. 7.30 a.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Wewak 8.30 a.m. for Lumi, Nuku, Wewak, arr. 11.05 a.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Wewak 1 p.m. for 151 3IFIC ISLANDS M O N T H L Y J U N E . 1963

Moresby . . .

Single £ s. d. 48 14 0 R< £ 92 ;ti Lae . 60 4 0 115 Rabaul . . . 70 9 0 135 1 Noumea . . . 56 18 0 108 Honiara . 92 4 0 179 Norfolk Is. . 27 10 0 52 Lord Howe 16 9 0 32 ii Nadi .... 85 9 0 162 i Suva .... 91 5 0 175 ( Auckland . . 54 10 0 103 1] Christchurch . 54 10 0 103 i: Wellington . . 54 10 0 103 i] Pago Pago . . 121 4 0 278 i Honolulu . . . 282 12 0 536 1£ San Francisco 350 9 0 665 If Vancouver . . 350 9 0 665 If Papeete . . . 181 5 0 344 f Djakarta . 155 0 0 294 1C Dili .... 79 10 0 159 c FROM AUCKLAND (NZ currency) TC Nadi .... 43 0 0 81 4 Norfolk Is. . . 20 15 0 39 c Papeete . . . 114 10 0 217 11 Noumea . . . 45 10 0 86 IE FROM SUVA (Fiji currency) TO Nadi .... 5 16 0 12 12 Nukualofa . . 18 10 0 45 Apia .... 25 0 0 47 1C Honiara . . . 67 10 0 128 £ Vila 30 13 0 58 5 Santo .... 39 14 0 75 £ FROM NADI (Fiji currency) TO- Pago Pago . . 31 15 0 60 7 Noumea . . . 35 11 0 67 11 Papeete . . . 87 5 0 165 16 Pares quoted are First Class.

Maprik, Yangoru, Wewak, arr. 2.45 p.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Mt. Hagen 9.30 a.m. for Mendi, Erave, lalibu, Kagua, Mt.

Hagen, arr. 12 noon.

Thurs.; Dep. Madang 7.30 a.m. for Goroka, Wau, Pt. Moresby, Wau Goroka, arr. 2.30 p.m.

Dep. Rabaul 7 a.m. for Kavieng, Momote, Wewak, Madang, Goroka, Lae arr. 4.40 p.m.

Dep. (Cessna or Piaggio) Mt. Hagen 1.30 p.m. for Banz, Minj, Goroka. arr 2.50 p.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Wewak 8.30 a.m. for Telefomin, Wewak, arr. 11.40 a.m Dep. (Cessna) Wewak 8.30 a.m. for Aitape, Sissano, Vanimo, Dagua Wewak, arr. 12.15 p.m.

Dep. (Cessna or Piaggio) Wewak 3 p.m. for Angoram, Wewak, arr. 4 p.m.

Fri-: Dep. Lae 8.55 a.m. for Goroka, Madang, Momote, Madang, arr. 250 p.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Lae 9.05 a.m. for Kainantu, Goroka, Minj, Banz, Mt.

Hagen, Wabag, Mt. Hagen, arr. 1.10 p.m.

Dep. Lae 9.20 a.m. for Rabaul, arr. 12 noon.

Dep. Wewak 6.15 a.m. for Madang Lae, arr. 8.50 a.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Goroka 7.30 a.m. for Lae, arr. 8.25 a.m.

Dep. Rabaul 5.45 a.m. for Lae, arr. 8.25 a.m.

Dep. Lae 6.30 a.m. for Goroka, Madang, Wewak, Kavieng, Rabaul arr 3.15 p.m.

Dep. Goroka 7.45 a.m. for Wau, Pt.

Moresby, Wau, Lae, Goroka, arr. 240 p.m.

Dep. Madang 8 a.m. for Mt. Hagen Banz, Minj, Goroka, Minj, Banz, Mt.

Hagen, Madang, arr. 3.30 p.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Mt. Hagen 9.30 a.m. for Mendi, Kagua, Erave, lalibu, Mt.

Hagen, arr. 12 noon.

Sat.: Dep. Lae 8.55 a.m. for Goroka Madang, arr. 10.35 a.m.

Dep. Lae 9.20 a.m. for Rabaul, arr. 12 noon.

Dep. Madang 7 a.m. for Goroka, Lae, arr. 8.45 a.m.

Dep. Rabaul 5.45 a.m. for Lae, arr 8.25 a.m.

Dep. Rabaul 6.30 a.m. for Kavieng, Momote, Wewak, Madang, Goroka, Lae arr. 4.40 p.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Wewak 8.30 a.m. for Ambunti, Burui, Wewak, arr. 10 05 a.m.

Papuan Airlines Transport Ltd. (“Patair”) Local services operated in Papua by Papuan Airlines Transport Ltd. include: Mon.: Dep. (DCS) Pt. Moresby 7.30 a.m. for Popondetta, Pt. Moresby, arr. 9.30 a.m.

Dep. (DCS—freight only) Pt.

Moresby 10 a.m. for Kokoda, Pt.

Moresby, arr. 12.20 p.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Pt. Moresby 8.30 a.m. for Rorona, Aroa, Kairuku, Bereina, Tapini, Bereina, Kairuku, Aroa/Rorona (opt.), Pt. Moresby, arr. 2.20 p.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Pt. Moresby 6 a.m. for Tapini, Woitape, Pt. Moresby, arr. 8 a.m.

Tues.: Dep. (DC3) Pt. Moresby 6.30 a.m. for Popondetta, Pt. Moresby, arr. 8.30 a.m.

Dep. (DCS) Pt. Moresby 9 a.m. for Garaina, Lae, Garaina, Popondetta, Pt.

Moresby, arr. 2.35 p.m.

Dep. (DCS) Pt. Moresby 9.15 a.m. for Daru, Balimo, Daru, Pt. Moresby, arr. 5.50 p.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Pt. Moresby 8 a.m. for Woitape, Tapini, Pt. Moresby, arr. 10 a.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Pt. Moresby 12.30 p.m. for Cape Rodney, Paili, Pt.

Moresby, arr. 3 p.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Pt. Moresby 3 p.m. for Rorona (opt.), Aroa (opt.) Kairuku, Bereina, Pt. Moresby, arr 4.55 p.m.

Wed.: Dep. (DCS) Pt. Moresby 7.30 a.m for Popondetta, Kokoda, Pt. Moresby’ arr. 10.10 a.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Pt, Moresby 8 a.m for Baimuru, Erave, Mendi, Kagua, Erave, Pt. Moresby, arr. 3.10 p.m Dep. (Piaggio) Pt. Moresby 8 a.m for Tapini, Woitape, Pt. Moresby, arr 10 a.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Pt. Moresby 3 p.m. for Rorona/Aroa (opt.), Kairuku Bereina, Pt. Moresby, arr. 4.55 p m Thurs.; Dep. (DCS) Pt. Moresby 7.30 a.m. for Popondetta, Embi, Wanigela Losuia, Popondetta, Kokoda, Pt Moresby, arr. 3 p.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Pt. Moresby 8 a.m. for Woitape, Tapini, Pt. Moresby, arr. 10 a.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Pt. Moresby 1 p.m. for Cape Rodney, Paili (opt.), Pt.

Moresby, arr. 3 p.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Pt. Moresby 3 p.m. for Rorona (opt.), Aroa 'opt.), Kairuku, Bereina, Pt. Moresby, arr. 4.55 p.m.

Fri.: Dep. (DC3) Pt. Moresby 7.30 a.m. for Popondetta, Pt. Moresby, arr. 9.30 a.m.

Dep. (DC3) Pt. Moresby 10.30 a.m. for Gurney, Pt. Moresby, arr. 2.30 p.m.

Dep. (DC3) Pt. Moresby 3.30 p.m. for Bereina, Pt. Moresby, arr. 5.15 p.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Pt. Moresby 8 a.m. for Tapini, Woitape, Pt. Moresby, arr 10 a.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Pt. Moresby 3 p.m. for Rorona, Aroa, Kairuku, Bereina (opt.), Pt. Moresby, arr. 5.20 p.m.

Sat.: Dep. (DCS) Pt. Moresby 8.30 a.m. for Kokoda, Popondetta, Pt. Moresby arr. 11 a.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Pt. Moresby 8 a.m. for Woitape, Tapini, Pt. Moresby, arr 10 a.m.

Exchange Rates

FlJl.—Through BANK OF NSW. ANZ BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia on Fiji, basis £lOO Fiji: Buying, £Alll/2/6: Selling, £AII3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO London: B. £llO/15/-; S. £ll2. NZ-Fijl, basis £lOO NZ: B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3.

SAMOA.—Through BANK OF NZ. Australia on Samoa, basis £lOO Samoa: T.

T. B. £ AI23/12/6; S. £AI24/10/9. Samoa- London, basis £lOO London: B. £O9/7/6; 8. £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

fPt. 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, Lae) quote exchange rate Australia-Papua-NG; 10/- per £AIOO.

FRENCH PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific francs (CPF) are used in New Caledonia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Polynesia.

FRENCH BANK (Comptoir National D’Escompte de Paris, Sydney), in May 1963, quoted: Selling, Noumea, 196 Pac. francs to £ Aust.; Papeete 196 (nom.) Pac. francs to £ Aust.; 247 Pac. francs to £ Stg., 96.5 Pac. francs to US $; Noumea 18 Pac. francs to 1 French franc (conversion rate: 1 Pac. franc equals 0.055 French franc). Paris-London: Selling, 13.725 francs to £Stg.

Dep. (Piaggio) Pt. Moresby 11 tor Paili, Cape Rodney, Pt. Mor arr. 1.15 p.m.

Dep. (Piaggio) Pt. Moresby 3 for Rorona (opt.), Area (c Kairuku. Bereina, Pt. Moresby, 4.55 p.m.

New Caledonia TRANSPAC, with Herons and Rapi Noumea-Mare: Tues., Fri. dep. Noum p.m. for Mare, Noumea, arr. 4 p Noumea-Lifou: Tues.. Wed., Fri Noumea 8 a.m. for Lifou, Noumea, 10 a.m. Sat.; Dep. Noumea 2 p.m Lifou, Noumea, arr. 4 p.m Noumea-Ouvea; Tues. dep. ’ Noumea a.m. for Ouvea, Noumea, arr. 1.30 Sat.: Dep. Noumea 8 a.m. for Ox Noumea, arr. 10 a.m.

Noumea-Houailou-Koumac: Wed. Sat Noumea 1 p.m. for Houailou ’and'] mac, Noumea, arr. 4.25 p.m.

Noumea-Isle of Pines: Mon., Wed., Sat. dep. Noumea 10.45 a.m. for of Pines, Noumea, arr. 12 noon £ Dep. Noumea 8 a.m. for Isle of P Noumea arr. 5 p.m.

New Hebrides New Hebrides Airways, with Drovei Mon., Thurs.: Dep. Vila 8.30 a.m.

Tanna, arr. 9.45 a.m., dep. p.m., arr. Vila 4.45 p.m. (Usi a flight is made from Tanna to ei Aneityum, Futuna, Aniwa Erromanga before the sched departure for Vila).

Tues.: Dep. Vila 8.30 a.m. for Tongoa, 9.05 a.m., dep. 10 a.m., Vila, arr. ] a.m. (with extension to Pentecost Santo on demand).

Details from New Hebrides Ain* Vila.

Pacific Air Fares

(Approximate Only)

FROM SYDNEY (Aust. currency) T( 152 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHI

lassified Advertisements line, 4/3; Minimum rate, 4 lines. | FOR SALE :ETS strongly bit. clinker speed- -40 h.p. Johnson outboard and trailer , 33ft. carvel workboat, bit. 1962, rvey, 80 h.p. marine diesel, 2-way £3,500. 72ft. tourist boat, in sur- £9,ooo. FLEETS, 235 Edward St., ,ne, Queensland. mic MOTORS, single or three any voltage or frequency. Stocks andard Motors carried from y 4 to P., reconditioned and new. Also rs, Controllers, Switchboards, ic repairs and rewinding of both fe A.C. Machines all sizes.—Braybon Pty. Ltd. (Machinery Division), Washington Street, Sydney, N.S.W., ilia. Telephone: MA 6853.

(Rokers (Auckland) Ltd. Sale

Purchase Brokers for Island iger and trading craft, tugs, lighters leasure craft. Box 1679, Auckland, i: “Shipsales”. F. B. Blakey, Agent, 4850, Suva.

S, SHOES. From one of Australia’s ir makers. Stock lines available imediate shipment. Enquiries invited storekeepers, salons. Douglas Fraser rtd.„ Box 2354, G.P.0., Sydney, Aust.

Oan Songs Of Love And

ING”. 33-1/3 LP record containing the most melodic Samoan songs— led in Apia, £2/10/- Samoan icy, post paid. Samoa Records, P.O. 39, Apia, Western Samoa.

AR OR OFFER. 500 £1 shares in ig Slipways Ltd., returning 8 to Enquiries to: A. E. Pedler, Boreen Road, via Pomona, Queensland.

NUT PLANTATION Full going n. Location —Santo —New Hebrides, area—4,ooo acres. Planted—6oo With comfortable Homestead— n Conveniences Electric Plant, eration, etc. Agricultural Machinery ing:—1 Fordson Tractor —New. 1 (disc) with slasher. 1 small CAF izer. Tools, etc. Cattle —Approx, ead, with Poultry, Pigs, Sheep, etc. anchorage—Good Trading Centre — r available. Price: £42,000 Aust; ies to: Ventura Trading Co. Pty. 247 George St., Sydney.

WANTED r ACTS. Carved wooden ancestor 5, masks, shields, gope boards, hooks, , other wood sculpture in old, itic styles of native carving, m quality. Write details, price d to: Museum Institute, P.O. Box Palo Alto, California, U.S.A.

Trade Enquiries

:ED TO BUY. Native art, handi- , weapons, musical instruments, sea etc., from Pacific area. Contact: Pacific Traders, Box 127, Broadway, y, Australia. lANTILE TRADING, 1015 Alexandra , Hongkong, import fungus shell, ig; export cloth, clothing, fans, :s, steel furniture; mail orders ;ed.

ACCOMMODATION FURNISHED FLATS, Cremorne, Sydney Water frontage, large, comfortable, two bedrooms, linen and cutlery, 10 minutes to city. Enquiries: Nelson & Robertson Pty. Ltd., 0.P.0. Box 5316, Sydney, Aust.

HIRE OR BUY your Volkswagen for southern leave from Doug Elphinstone or Bob Wilson, 254 Condamine Street, Manly Vale, Sydney, Aust. Telephone: XJ 5108.

Books, Magazines

ALL BOOKS AND JOURNALS ON AUS-

Tralasia And The Pacific Bought

AND SOLD. Catalogues issued and sent free on application. Correspondence invited. Berkelouw, 114 King St., Sydney.

Telephone: BW 7874.

STAMPS

Top Prices Paid For Island

STAMPS. Current issues, old accumulations (used or unused), covers, collections.

Seven Seas Stamps Pty. Ltd., Sterling Street. Dubbo, N.S.W., Aust.

STAMPS. Pacific Islands issues purchased at highest market prices. Send for your Free Copy of the only Catalogue giving complete listing of buying prices for used Fiji, Papua-New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand and other Pacific stamps.— P. J.

Downie, 94 Elizabeth St., Melbourne, C. 1., Vic., Australia.

Penfriends Wanted

OF POLYNESIAN ORIGIN (my parents are from Samoa), I am serving in HM Forces in England and wish to correspond with persons in the Islands, Australia or NZ. Hobbies: stamps, post-cards, dancing and sport. Write: Pte. D. J. Whey T/23886832, C/- 112 P/F Pin., 1 Pet. Res.

Depot, RASC, Westmoors, Wimborne, Dorset, UK.

Positions Wanted

YOUNG MAN, 23, single, requires responsible position in Islands. 8 years’ experience in sales and costing. At present studying business management, marketing and sales. Replies: Mr. R.

Stevens, 53 Austral St., Kogarah, N.S.W.

EXPERIENCED. Qld. station manager requires Islands position with stock; plantation exp. Married; Gatton College education. Apply; “S.M.”, c/- Box 3408, G.P.0., Sydney, Aust.

The Pacific Islands Society (Founded 1937) Visitors from the Pacific Islands to Sydney, or persons interested in Islands affairs, are invited to communicate with the Honorary Secretary of the above Society which was formed to constitute a social and cultural centre for those interested in the Pacific Islands.

Regular meetings and social gatherings, with lectures, are held at the Feminist Club Rooms, 7th Floor, 77 King St., Sydney, on the last Thursday of each month, at 8 p.m.

Address for correspondence:— THE PACIFIC ISLANDS SOCIETY, Box 2434, G.P.0., Sydney.

THE 1963-64

Power Farming

Technical Annual

is to be published in October next.

Complete data on your plantation machinery.

Order NOW from

Power Farming Technical

ANNUAL Box 1813, G.P.0., Sydney, Aust.

PRICE: 18/6, payable with order.

Whites Pictorial Reference

Of New Zealand

A superb complete visual reference of New Zealand of over 400 pages of whole page representative aerial views of cities, towns and counties, with informative and useful text and maps. DE LUXE PRESENTATION BINDING ENZ7/7/-.

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The Fiji Times

Established 1869 Published Every Morning Except Sunday, The Fiji Times is the only English Language Daily Newspaper in the Southern Pacific Islands. It is Distributed by Fiji Airways and Road Bus Services, Every Day, ail over Fiji.

Details of this Effective Advertising Medium and of Shanti Dut (Hindi weekly) and Nai Lalakai (Fijian weekly) may be obtained at the Australian Office—PACIFIC PUBLICATIONS PTY. LTD., 29 Alberta Street, Sydney, and 247 Collins Street, Melbourne.

Proprietors: FIJI TIMES AND HERALD LTD. 20 Gordon St., Suva, Fiji NORTH-WEST BRANCH —Vidilo Street, Lautoka. 153 DIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY— JUNE, 1963

I Continental Famous throughout the World for Troublefree Service - High Mileage Outstanding Quality - Superior Comfort - Maximum Safety Proved under all climatic conditions on every kind of road in more than a hundred countries Continental Gum mi Werke Akliengesellschaft Hannover Largest and Leading Tyre Manufacturers in the Federal Republic of Germany One of the World's Oldest, but Most Modern Tyre Factor!

Sole Distributors: Wm. Breckwoldt & Co RABAUL P.O. Box 222.

Tel: 2143 SUVA P.O. Box 369.

Tel: 3254 HONIARA P.O. Box 136.

Tel: 84 APIA P.O. Box 47.

Tel: 76-3 R for New Hebrides contact: H. M. S. Wright.

NOUMEA B.P. 352.

Tel: 3506 Index to Advertisers Acrow Pty. Ltd 135 Adams Industries 26, 28, 37, 53, 75, 117, 125 Ansett-A.N.A 12 Arnott, Wm. Pty. Ltd. .. 62 A. (Overseas) Pty. Ltd. 156 B. Paints Pty. Ltd. . . 90 Ballina Slipway & Eng. Cos. 98 Bank of N.S.W 35 Berger, Lewis & Sons (Aust.) Pty. Ltd 24 Bethel I, Gwyn & Cos. Ltd. 145 Bish Ltd 13 8.0.A.C 84 Braybon Bros. Pty. Ltd. 16, 32 Breckwoldt & Cos., Wm. .. 154 British Paints Ltd 4 Brunton & Cos 29 B.P. .. 22, 80, 119, cov. iii Byron Rural, John, Pty. Ltd. 18 Cadbury-Fry-Pascall Pty. Ltd. 63 Carlton & United Breweries Ltd 96 Carpenter, Ltd. 42, 43, cov. iv Cheoy Lee Shipyard .. ..101 Colyer Watson (NG) Ltd. .. 57 Commonwealth Bank of Aust. 48 Crammond Radio Cos 82 Crusader Shipping Cos. .. 148 Cummins Diesel Sales & Service (Aust.) Pty, Ltd. 110 Cystex 23 Demka Pty. Ltd. . . . 78, 79 Donald, A. 8., Ltd 47 Douglass, W. C. Ltd 67 Ferrier & Dickinson Pty.

Ltd 102, 109 Fisher & Cos 60 Flick, W. A. & Cos. Pty.

Ltd 30, 32 Franks Trading Cos. Pty. Ltd. 124 Frigate Rum 52 Gilbey, W. & A., Ltd. .. 2 Gillespie Bros. Pty. Ltd. .. 64 Gillespie, R., Pty. Ltd. . . 1 Glaxo Labs (NZ) Ltd. .. 59 Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Cos. (Aust.) Ltd 120 Gopi Textiles & Industrials 74 Grocery Wholesalers Pty. „ Ltd 73 Grove, W. H. & Sons Ltd 30, 58 Haig, John & Cos. Ltd. .. 131 Handi-Works Cos 58 Hastings, Deering Ltd. .. 130 Hellaby, R. & W., Ltd. 18, 64 Hong Kong & Whampoa Dock Cos. Ltd 104 Hyster Australia Pty. Ltd. .. 115 International Harvester Cos. 126 Kanimbla Hall 131 Kennedy, Capt. W. L. ..105 Kerr Bros. Pty. Ltd 39 Kitchen, J. & Sons Pty. Ltd. 94 Kiwi Polish Cos. Pty. Ltd. . . 52 Kopsen & Cos. Pty. Ltd. .. 118 Kraft Foods Ltd. . .. 31, 69 Lane's Pty. Ltd 56 Lawrence, Alfred, & Cos. P/L 68 Lees Marine Ltd 106 Lincoln Electric Cos. (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., The .. .. 134 Love, J. R., & Cos. Pty. Ltd. 113 Lysaght, John (Aust.) Pty.

Ltd 155 Malleys Ltd 49, 127 Marcus Clark & Cos. Ltd. . . 20 Massey Ferguson (Aust.) Ltd. 136 Matt Taylor & Co 101 Matson Lines 144 Mendaco 23 Millers Ltd 55 Mitzsumi, Jiro & Co. Ltd. . . 125 Morris Hedstrom Ltd. .. 10, 19 Moulded Products (A'asia.) .Ltd. 133 Mungo Scott Pty. Ltd. .. 151 Nederland Line & Royal Rotterdam Lloyd .. .. 36 Nelson & Robertson Pty. Ltd. 107 Nestle Co. (Aust.), The 41,116 N.G. Aust. Line 77 Nicholson's Pty. Ltd 40 Nixoderm 23 O'Brien, Frank G., Ltd. .. 138 Oliver Australasia Pty. Ltd. 132 Ogden Industries Pty. Ltd. 129 P.A.A 46 Pacific Islands Society .. 153 Pacific Islands Transport Line 145 Parke, Davis & Co 114 Penfolds Wines Pty. Ltd. .. 44 Phoenix Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Pty. Ltd. . 103 Piccaninny Manufacturing Co. 65 Qantas 34 Old. Insurance Co. Ltd. ., 75 Rigby Ltd 14 Ryson Rural Constructions Pty. Ltd 54 Sanitarium Health Food Co. 72 Seward Ltd 93 Shaw Savill & Albion Co.

Ltd 146 Shell Cos. of Aust. Ltd., Th Smith, Markwell Pty. Ltd. .

Stapleton, J. TANARUS., Pty. Ltd. .

Steamships Trading Cos. Lt< Stewarts & Lloyd Pty. Lt< Sthn. Pac. Ins. Cos.

Sullivan Ltd Suttons Motors (Homebusl T.A.A Taikoo Dockyard .

Tait, W. S. & Cos. P/L .

Tatham, S. E., & Cos. P/L .

Taubman's Ltd.

T.E.A.L Tennant & Cos.

Tooth & Cos. Ltd Turners Supply Cos. Ltd.

Tyneside Foundry & Er gineering Cos. Ltd.

Union Steam Ship Cos. c N.Z. Ltd United Insurance Ventura Trading Cos. P/L .

Victa Mowers Vi-Stim Walpamur Cos. (NG) Ltd., Th Watkins, Ivon Ltd.

Warnock Bros. Ltd. ..

Westfield Freezing Cos. Ltd.

Weymark Pty. Ltd.

Whites Aviation .

White, A. B. S., & Cos. .

Wilhelmsen, W., Agency, P/ Yardley of London (Aust, Pty. Ltd Yorkshire Insurance Cos. Ltd Yeast Cos. of Australia Pty Ltd 154 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH

Post this upon now for linia-ture portfolio of LYSAGHT >ME PLANS *. '~%Mv i ft STEEL 1 t I m 1 r #■ ! 0 ' f4j K' IT. 7f ■wC ft \ i I 1 i &&.joL v^..' LYSAGHT

Home Plans

SERVICE John Lysaght (Aust.) Limited, Port Line Building, 50 Young St., Sydney, N.S.W.

Please send me, without cost or obligation, the new Lysaght Portfolio of Low Cost Home Plans. of these aicmtect created Lysaght rs interesting variations on the e trend towards lower-pitched . . and is ideally suited to the d ‘new look’ of steel sheet, r plan you choose, there is no sub- ■ Lysaght Steel Sheet. No other iterial is as strong a Lysaght root f and weatherproof, with durability f a protective heavy zinc coating of 75 ozs. per sq. ft. Costs less than r roofing materials . . . needs little \_ ' Steel Sheet distributors: Burns Philp [(New Guinea) Ltd., Port Moresby, Rabaul, Samarai, Madang, Goroka, Wewak, Kavieng, Guinea Co. Ltd., Rabaul, Madang, Kavieng, Lae. Colyer Watson (New Guinea) Ltd., Rabaul, Madang, Goroka. Steamships Name Address Trading Co. Ltd., Port Moresby, Samarai. Rabaul Metal Industries Ltd., Rabaul.

DSCG 155 I F I C ISLANDS MONTHLY JUNE. 1963

u\ COCOA DRYERS ***** : !

S 5» A.S.P. Universal Cocoa Dryer for combined sun/forced hot air drying For the planter who requires a Dryer that will dry 10,000 lbs. of wet cocoa beans or more per charge—for the planter who wishes to use sun drying to produce maximum chocolate flavour in his beans and wants to remain independent of the weather —for the planter who must be sure that he can meet emergency conditions during flush cropping, here is the Dryer that combines the advantages of the A.S.P. Sliding Roof Sun Dryer with the finest of automatic Heat Exchangers. Hot air is forced from under the drying bed floor through the cocoa beans at the right temperature. Beans can thus be dried FOR THE FULL 24 HOURS EACH DAY. * ROTARY DRYER Years of experience have proved tha most economical size of A.S.P. Ri Cocoa Dryers for plantations prodi up to 120 tons of cocoa per annu the Mark VII, having a capacity of i lbs. of wet or partly dried beans charge. Where cocoa for drying is approximately half of that quantity movable aluminium blanking plates two opposite compartments enable planter to run the Dryer economically, even at reduced caps A.S.P. Rotary Dryers may be used either fc air drying only, or in conjunction with Sliding Roof Sun, or with A.S.P. Universal i Dryers. Most recent developments have c plantations to use one or two A.S.P, S Roof Dryers in conjunction with A.S.P. F Dryers.

FOR LARGER PLANTATIONS, A.S.P. recor mend their Rotary Cocoa Dryer Mark ] with a capacity of 10,000 lbs. of wet < partly dried cocoa beans.

And now introducing —

Asp Direct

Fired Units

FOR COCOA DRYERS For details apply A.S.P. Sydney.

Write For Full Details

And Specifications

O N.R.M.A. HOUSE 26 Ridge Street NORTH SYDNEY, N.S.W.

Cables "Chatspa" Sydney.

Sole Agents for T.P. and N.G A.S.P. (N.G.) LIMITED Box 166 P.O. RABAUL, T.l Cables "Chatspa" Rabaul 156 JUNE, 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTH Published by PACIFIC PUBLICATIONS PTY. LTD., 29 Albert a Street, Sydney. (Telephone: MA9197). Wholly set up printed in Australia by the Sydney and Melbourne Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 29 Alberta Street, Sydney.

iURNS PHILP (NEW GUINEA) LTD.

Nepal Merchants

Ineral Shipping

Customs Agents

Agents for: ns Phi Ip (South Sea) Co. Ltd. ns Philp (New Hebrides) Ltd. ns Philp Trust Co. Ltd. ensland Insurance Co. Ltd.

Shell Co. of Australia Ltd. f ds of London /varts & Lloyds (Distributors) ty. Ltd.

Australian Agents: ns, Philp & Co. Ltd. (All States) London Agents: ns Philp & Co. Ltd., London, C. 3.

San Francisco Agents: ns Philp Co. of San Francisco EXPORTERS OF:

Ffee Beans, Cocoa

\Ns, Peanuts, Rubber

I Trocas Shell

OVERSEAS TRADE ENQUIRIES INVITED DEPOTS; Kainanfu Popondetta For service throughout the Islands HEAD OFFICE:

Port Moresby

BRANCHES: Port Moresby Kainantu Samarai Madang Kavieng Kokopo Wewak \ Goroka / \ Roboul / \ Bulolo / \ Daru / \ Wou / jfy Lae Buto T fertiliser nH' % 8 P ELECTRICAL GOODS TRACTORS AND machinery STATIONERY

Floor Coverings

SUGAR URNS PHILP (NEW GUINEA) LTD.

JUNE. 1963 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

General Merchant

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

Coconut Products Ltd., Rabaul.

PAPUA: Island Products Ltd., Port Moresby.

FIJI: W. R. Carpenter & Co. (Fiji) Ltd.

Morris Hedstrom Ltd., Suva.

Suva Motors Ltd., Suva.

Island Industries Ltd., Suva.

Established 1914 Forty-eight years of Development and Service in th.

Pacific Islands Wholesalers and Retailers.

Buyers for Island trade of all classes of merchandise from World Markets.

Buyers of Island Produce: Copra, Cocoa and Cpffi . »>v beans, etc. tf ■ Agents for Austral 1 European and Ameri Manufacturers includ Electrolux, Chrysler, Fc plum's Whisky, Vi Enfield Engir ?0 JUNI963 rjj %

Buying Enqui

LONDON: Morris Hedstrom Ltd., 73 Cheapside, London, E.C.2.

SYDNEY: Morris Hedstrom (Australia) Pty. Ltd., 27 O'Con St., Sydney.

Carpenter & Co. Lti

27 O'Connell St., Sydney, Australia Cable Address; Telephone: Postal Address: "CAMOHE" BL 5421 G.P.O. Box 168, Sy PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY— JUNE, 1963