Pacific Islands Monthly

Vol. XXIV, No. 12 (Jul. 1, 1954)
1 July 1954 · uncorrected OCR from NLA scans

Islands

p. 1

PACIFIC

Monthly

JULY, 1954

Vol. XXIV. No. 12.

□blished 1930.

I ‘Reused ... Ml' 07.0., Sy.-'-ey for

THEY DANCED IN LONDON: Tongan dancers Veioqo Fakaua an d Palu Tupou, young relatives of Queen Salote of Tonga, who journeyed to London by air in May to take part in a special cele bration at the Cumberland Hotel on May 15, on the occasion of the return to London of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh from their six months tour of British Dominions. These costumes, with bodices of shells, were only one of six outfits which the Tongan girls took with them. -Fiji Public Relations Office Photo.

Shipping Time-Tables

pp. 5-6

There now are comparatively few ship ping lines running on regular time-tables (n the Pacific Tslanrts. The following time tables are only approximately correct they are subject to much alteration at short notice:—

Sydney-Papua-N. Guinea

tyV Bulolo, modern Uner, sails about every six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby- Bamarai - Lae - Madang - Manus - Rabaul -

Samarai-Moresby-Brlsbane-Sydney.

Next sailing about August 4.

MV Malekula sails from Sydney for Samarai, Rabaul, Kavieng, Manus, Wewak, Alexishafen, Madang, Lae, Samarai and return to Sydney. Next sailing about July 13.

Details from Burns Philp & Cos. Ltd., 7 Bridge Street, Sydney.

MV’s Soochow, Shansi and Sinkiang, each 3,000 tons, provide regular service between Sydney and Papua-New Guinea ports. From July 19, Sinkiang will provide a fast service Sydney - Brisbane - Port Moresby and return by same route.

Soochow and Shansi will continue Sydney- Brisbane - Moresby - Samarai - Lae - Madang - Kavieng - Rabaul and return, with calls at Melbourne as required.

Next Sydney sailing, Shansi: July 9.

Next Sydney sailing, Sinkiang: July 19.

Next Sydney sailing, Soochow: July 30.

Details from New Guinea Australia Line (O. S. Yuill & Cos., Ltd., agents), 6 Bridge St., Sydney.

Australia - New Zealand - Fiji - Canada - USA Sailings of Orient Line Passenger Ships, 1954-55.

N. Zealand-Fiji-Samoa-Tonga

Motor vessels Tofua and Matua. from New Zealand, serve Suva (Fiji), Nukua lofa and Vavau (Tonga), Niue Is.. Pago Pago (American Samoa), Apia (-Western Samoa). Tofua leaves Auckland lor any or all of anove ports at approx, hve weeks Intervals. , Matua calls at Wellington and Lyttelton (NZ). Lautoka (Fiji) and sup plements Tofua’s schedule in Islands, calling at ports as directed bv owners.

Tofua’s next voyage scheduled to leave Auckland August 3.

Matua will leave Auckland on her next voyage June 26, and on her return to Wellington, July 15. will withdraw until August 25 on annual survey.

N. Zealand-Cook Is.

The NZ Government’s old motor vessel Maul Pomare is scheduled to leave Auck land every month for Rarotonga and other Islands in the Lower Cooks, subject to requirements of trade. This vessel carries

30 passengers. After annual survey, left Auckland in early April for Cook Group.

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

Sydney-New Hebrides-BSI-

Rabaul, Etc.

MV Malalta makes a round trip at about 8-weeks intervals from Sydney t« Norfolk Is.-New Hebrides Ports-BSI ports-

Bougainville-Rabaul-Samaral-Sydney,

Sailing from Sydney about July 22.

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

Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tahiti

Vessels of Messagenes Maritimes Line, coming from Marseilles, via West Indie* and Panama, call about every six weeks at Papeete. Vila (New Hebrides),

ORION

ORONSAY

ORCADES

ORSOVA

ORION

1954 1954/5 1954/5 1955 1955

SYDNEY

depart 17 Sep. 19 Nov. 17 Dec. 28 Jan. 25 Mar.

AUCKLAND

arr/dep 21 Sep. 22 Nov. 20 Dec. 31 Jan. 29 Mar.

SUVA

arr/dep 25 Sep. 25 Nov. 23 Dec. 3 Peb. 2 Apl.

HONOLULU

arr/dep 1 Oct. 30 Nov. 28 Dec. 8 Feb. 8 Apl.

VANCOUVER

arrive 7 Oct. 6 Dec. 3 Jan. 14 Feb.

14 Apl.

depart 8 Oct. 7 Dec. 4 Jan. 15 Feb. 15 Apl.

SAN FRANCISCO arr

11 Oct. 9 Dec. 6 Jan. 17 Peb. 18 Apl. depart 12 Oct. 10 Dec. 7 Jan. 18 Peb. 19 Apl.

HONOLULU

arr/dep 17 Oct. 14 Dec. 11 Jan. 22 Feb. 24 Apl.

SUVA

arr/dep 25 Oct. 21 Dec. 18 Jan. 1 Mar. 2 May

AUCKLAND

arr/dep 28 Oct. 24 Dec. 21 Jan. 4 Mar. 5 May

SYDNEY

arrive 1 Nov. 27 Dec. 24 Jan. 7 Mar. 9 May

Noumea and Sydney, and return by same route. Details from Message ries Msn tlnies. Luxurious new liners Caledonien and Tahitien recently added to this service.

Sailing dates;— From Sydney, Northbound—Caledonien: July 8, November 23, April 12; Tahitien: August 19, January 7, mid-May.

From Papeete, southbound Tahitien: July 26, December 14, end April; Cale donien: October 31, March 20.

Small motor-snips Polyneslen fMessa gcrics Maritimes) and Neo Hebridais (H. c yieign, Ltd.» maintain iairi> service between Noumea and Sydney.

N. America-Fiji-Hebrides, etc.

Norwegian motor vessel Thorslsle, carry ing cargo and passengers maintains a regu lar service between North American ports ana r'rencn Oceania, oamoa, ciji, jncw Caledonia and New Hebrides.

Details from General Steamships Cor poration Ltd., 432 California St., San Francisco, U.S.A.

Airways Time-Tables

pp. 6-11

TRANS PACIFIC SERVICES

1. Australia (or NZ)-Fiji-

Hawaii-N. America

BY PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS

With Strato Clipoers, using Sleeperettes and Berths* Tues. and Fri.—Sydney - Nadi (FIJI) canton Is.-Honolulu-S Franclsco-Seat tle- Portland.

Tues. and Sat.—Return via same route, t Tues. and Fri.—Auckland - Nadi (Fiji). t Thurs. and Mon.—Nadi (Fiji)-Auckland, t Connecting with Strato Clipper at Nadi.

BY QANTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS

(Super Constellation Service)*

NORTHWARDS

Sat. and Wed.—Sydney-Nadi (Fiji)-Canton Is.-Honolulu-S. Francisco-Vancouver with every alternate Wednesday service

(July 7, 21, etc.) terminating at San Francisco.

SOUTHWARDS

Mon. and alt. Fri.—Vancouver - San Francisco - Honolulu - Canton Is. - Nadi (Fiji)-Sydney. Second alt. Fri. (July 9, 23, etc.) service commences at San Francisco thence same route to Sydney.

«Y CANADIAN PACIFIC* AIRLINES

(CPAL )

(With Super DC-66 Aircraft)* Every Tuesday—Sydney - Auckland - Nadi (Fiji) - Honolulu - Vancouver Every Friday return from Vancouver by same route. * Tourist Class Services are available on these planes at 20 per cent, less normal fares.

SECTIONAL SERVICES IN

PACIFIC

2. Sydney-New Guinea

.'.rvice by Qantas Empire Airways

NORTHWARDS

Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays (Skymaster) Depart: Arrive: Sydney, 7.30 pm Brisbane, 10.15 pm Brisbane, 11.40 pm Mmesby. am (Wed., Fri., Sun.) Moresby, 7.30 am Lae, 8.45 am Connecting services north of Lae by D.C.3 to Bulolo and Wau on Wednesdays.

Sundays and alt. Wednesdays (Sandringham) Depart: Arrive: Sydney. 7.30 pm Brisbane, 10,50 pm Brisbane, 12.20 am Cairns, 6.35 am (Mon. and Alt. Thur.) Cairns, 8.05 am Moresby, 11.55 am (Night stop) Moresby,* 8.30 am Samarai, 10.30 am (Tue.) Samarai, 11.00 am Esa’ala, 11.40 am (Alt. weeksi Esa’ala, 11.55 am Rabaul, 2.55 pm The alt. Wednesday Sandringham from Sydney terminates at Port Moresby. * ine Sunday Sandringham irom Sydney arrives Moresby Monday and after a night stop then goes on to Rabaul via Samarai. etc., on Tuesday.

SOUTHWARDS

Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays (Skymaster) Depart: Arrive.

Lae, 10.25 am Moresby, 11.40 am Moresby, 12.40 pm Brisbane, 7.15 pm Brisbane, 8.45 pm Sydney. 11.30 pm Connecting service from Wau by Drover.

Arrives Lae 9.30 am Saturday.

Thursdays (Sandringham) Depart; Arrive: Rabaul, 5,30 am a umarai, am Samarai, 9.15 am Moresby, 11.15 am Moresby, 12.15 pm Cairns, 3.40 pm i Night stop) Cairns, 8.30 am Brisbane. 2.15 pm i Fri.) Brisbane, 3.45 pm Sydney, 7.05 pm Alt. Saturdays (Sandringham) Depart; Arrive: Moresby. 6 am Cairns, 9.25 am Cairns, 10.55 am Brisbane, 4.40 pm Brisbane, 6.10 pm Sydney, 9.30 pm

3. N. Guinea Internal

Services

Operated by Qantas LAE—HOLLANDIA (Dutch New Guinea)

(DCS)

•Every 4th Monday (July 12. Aug. 9, etc.).

Departs Lae 8 am, calls at Madang and Wewak, and arrives at Hollandla 1.0&

pm. Every 4th Tuesday (July 13, Aug. 10, etc.), depart Hollianda at 9 am, and, with calls at Wewak and Madang, arrives Lae at 3.5 pm.

LAE-MANUS (DCS)

Every Wednesday.

Dep. Lae, 10.45 am; Finschhafen, Rabaul, Kavieng, arr. Manus 5.45 pm.

Returns Saturdays idep a ami, via Kavieng and Rabaul; optional call at Finschhafen; arr. Lae. 2.45 pm.

MORESBT-DARU (Sandringham) ifla Yule Is. Kerenm, Wana ioptional), Kikorl L Kutubu. —Every alternate Friday, returning same day (July 9, 23, Aug. 6, 20, etc.).

RABAUL-MOEWE HARBOUR

(Sandringham) Alt. Wed.—Rabaul-Jacquinot Bay-Moewe Harbour - Talasea - Rabaul July 7 21, Aug. 4, 18, etc.

N.B.—The direction oi operation changes with each service, i.e., each alternate service operates Rabaul-Talasea-Moewe

Harbour-Jacquinot Bay-Rabaul.

NEW BRITAIN-BOUGAINVTLLE

(Sandringham) Alt. Wed.—Rabaul - Buka - Kieta - Buin —July 14, 18, Aug. 11. 25, etc.

Alt. Wed. (same day) Buin-Kieta-Buka- Rabaul.

LAE - MADANG - WEWAK - MANUS -

KAVIENG - RABAUL SERVICE

(DCS)

Mon., Thur. Dep. Lae 6.30 am, Madang arr. 7.35 am Wewak, Manus Is., Kavieng, Rabaul arr. 3.35 pm.

Tue. only Dep. Rabaul 8.00 am, direct Madang arr. 11.00 am, Wewak 4 , Madang*, Lae arr. 4.50 pm. • Calls omitted every fourth Tue. (July 13, Aug. 10, etc.).

CENTRAL HIGHLANDS

(DCS)

Fridays.—Lae (8.30 am) to Wabag, calling any of: Nadzab, Kiaipit, Arena, Kalnantu, Bena Bena, Goroka, Nondug!, Banz, Minj, Mt. Hagen, Baiyer R., Wabag. Return to Lae arriving 6 pm.

LAE-BULOLO - WAU (Drover)

Oep. Lae.—Tues. 3 pm.—Mon. & Sat. 7.30 am.

Uep. Wau.—Tues. 4.30 pm—Mon. 9.00 am

—Wed. 12.35 pm. Direct to Lae In 30 minutes.

MADANG-GOROKA (DCS)

Fridays.—Depart Madang 8.25 am, arrive Goroka 9.00 am, returning same day; depart Goroka 9.30 am, arrive Madang 10.5 am.

PAPUA-NEW BRITAIN (DCS)

Every Friday departs Lae 6.45 am. Port Moresby 8.45 am, Lae 10.45 am, Finsch hafeu 11.30 am; arr. Rabaul 1.40 pm.

Returns same day. Departs Rabaul 2 30 pm Finschhafen 4.55 pm; arr. Lae o. 25 pm.

SERVICES BY MANDATED AIRLINES

P„^ tb . hea , dqUarters at Lae ’ thls company 6gU L ar services for Passengers ."tuemen“ts d ma " S t 0 all Ne * Scheduled Flights with D.C.3 Aircraft Mon • Depart Lae at 7.30 am for Goroka.

Madang, Wewak, Madang, Rabaul remaining overnight Madang Wewak, Madang, Goroka, Lae.

S^ ar L Lae J- 30 am for Gor oka, Wau, Port Moresby, Wau, Goroka (subject loading available), Lae. J Thurs.; Depart Lae at 7.30 am for Goroka, Wau, Port Moresby. Wau Goroka (subject loading available), Lae!

F Wp2 t art ™ Lae at 7 am for Madang, Wewak Momote, Kavieng, Rabaul remaining overnight.

Sat ; Depart Rabaul at 8 am for Kavieng Momote. Wewak. Madang, Lae. g ’

4. Aust.-Dutch N. Guinea

By KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. between lvdnPv rVICe . With Constellations neiween Sydney and Amsterdam with a Ca ii at B * ak - DN °, and Manila, Philippines 80 2 q C 3 a j!rp raft u llnk Blak with Hollandia Sorong, Merauke and Tannah Merah.

5. N. Guinea-Solomons

, Q»ntas with DCS 3 Plights Every Pour Weeks Eae^n l9^ 26 ’ Aug ‘ 218 2 e 3 ek 3 S b. etc) iSLm P 6 T, a , m) F mschhafen - Rabaul Buka Vellalavella

pm) dlna Honlara - BSI (arriving 4.30 Tue. (July 20, 27, Aug. 3, 17, 24, 31, etc.) Honiara (dep. 7 am) Yandina Vellalavona - Buka - Rabaul Plnschhafen Lae (arriving 3.30 pm).

6. Indo-China-Brisbane-

N. Caledonia

By Air France. Monthly.

Gonsteilation aircraft depart Saigon (July 20, August 16) for Darwin - Brisbane - Noumea and return.

Australian agents: Messageries Maritlmes.

7. Sydney-Lord Howe Is.

By Ansett Flying-boat Service, with Sandringhams services per month, return same

8. Sydney-Norfolk Is.

By Qantas, with Skymastera.

Alternate Thursdays (July 1. 15 oq August 12, 26, etc.), returning same day.

9. Sydney-New Hebrides

B !«, Q t ntas * witb Sandringham (Weekly Flying Boat Service) ®«P art: Arrive: Sydney, Mon. 7.30 Brisbane. 12.20 Sm Br ' Sba ” e ’ Io ' so pm (Tue.t Noumea, 700 am Noumea, 8.30 am YUa. 11.05 am Vila, 12.35 pm Santo, 1.50 pm •Night stop I

Santo, 6.00 am vii* . < Wed) VUa ' 715 a “ vua, 8.18 am Noumea. 10.65 am Noumea, 1.00 pm Sydney, 8.40 pm

10, Sydney-Noumea-Suva

By Qantss with Sandringham Flying

Boats—Weekly,

3yd„ D eT r ‘ : Th„ r Brisbane. 12.20 am BrlSbane ’ 10 50 »“ . T Noumea, 7.00 am Noumea. 8.30 am Buya. 3.00 pm Suva. Sat. 6.30 am Noumea, 11.00 am Noumea, 1.00 pm Sydney, 8.40 pm

11. Auckland-Norfolk Is.

By NZ National Airways, with DCS’a Single service each Sunday and return with double service alt. Sundays as follows; 2 services June 20, July 4 18, etc.

12. Sydney-Auckland

Tasman E. Airways, with DC6 Aircraft.

Tue.. Thur., Fri.: Dep. Sydney 9.00 am arr Auckland 4.15 pm. Sun. only: Dep!

Sydney 12.30 am. arr. Auckland 7 45 I f 1 on nn Thu - F ri„ Sun.: Dep. Auck land 11.00 am, arr. Sydney 2.45 pm.

13. Sydney-Christchurch

Tasman E. Airways, with DC6’s.

Dep Sydney 12.30 am and arr. Chrlst nonoruh !*° am Tues day and Saturday.

Dep. Christchurch 11.00 am, arr. Sydney 2.40 pm Wednesday and Saturday.

14. Melbourne-Christ church

Tasman E. Airways, with DC6.

Tues.—Dep. Melb., midnight; arr. Ch’ch., 8 am next day.

Tues.—Dep. Ch’ch., 10 am; arr. Melb., 2.30 pm.

15. New Zealand-Fiji

Tasman Fmnire Alrwavs, Ltd., with DC6’s.

Dep. Auckland every Wed. and Sat.

Return to Auckland every Wed. and Sun, Dep. Auckland: Wed. 10.15 am; Sat. 2.00 pm. Arr. Nadi Wed. 3.30 pm; Sat. 7.15 pm.

Dep. Nadi: Wed. 5.00 pm; Sun. 2.00 pm.

Arr. Auckland; Wed. 10.25 pm; Sun. 7.25 pm

16. New Zealand-Chatham Is.

Service does not run in Winter months.

17. Fiji-Tahiti

Tasman E. Airways Ltd., with Solents.

Services will depart Suva for Apia, Aitutaki, Papeete and return fortnightly or more frequently if required.

Dep. Suva (Mon.) 9.00 am, cross Inter national Date Line; arr. Apia (Sun.) 1.55 pm; dep. Apia (Mon.) 2.00 am; arr. Aitutaki 7.30 am; dep. Aitutaki 8.30 am; arr. Papeete 1.00 pm. Re turn flight dep. Papeete 7.30 am on Wednesdays.

Next flights, northbound, July 12, 19, etc.

Next flights, southbound, July 14, 21, etc.

18. Fiji-Tonga

Tasman E. Airways with Solents.

Dep. Suva July 11, 28.

Depart Arrive Suva, 7.00 am Nukualofa, 10.20 am Nukualofa, 2.00 pm Suva, 4.10 pm

19. Micronesia

Civilian services, based on Guam, using 2-engined amphibious Catalinas, run re gularly to Koror (Palau), Yap (West Carolines), Truk (Central Carolines), Ponape (E. Carolines), Majuro (Marshalls) and Saipan (Marianas). Details from Trans-Ocean Airlines, Guam, via Honolulu.

20. Fiji internal Airways

By Fiji Airways, with twin-engine de Ffaviland Rapides Suva to Nadi and return: Daily.

Suva-Labasa and return; Daily.

Suva-SaVusavu: Mon., Thur., Sat.

Suva-Taveuni; Tues. and Fri.

Approximate Airways Fares

The following figures are not guaranteed accurate, but they are approximately correct. Details should be obtained from the Air Company named in the Table, Unless otherwise indicated, figures are in Australian currency. (Tourist class accommodation available on trans-Pacific services at 20 per cent. less).

FROM SYDNEY TO—

Table single neiurn NO.

Moresby . £46 11 0 £83 16 0 2. 2a.

Lae .. .. 55 7 0 99 13 0 2. 3 .. 64 19 0 116 19 0 2, 3 Honiara.

BSI ..

80 7 0 144 13 0 5 Vila. N Hebrides 51 6 e 92 13 0 9

Noumea, NC . 43 3 0 77 14 0 10. 9, 6 Norfolk H 27 10 0 49 10 0 8 L. Howe . 12 15 0 25 10 0 7 Nadi (Fiji) . 73 5 0 131 17 0 1 Suva (Fiji) . 70 12 0 127 2 0 10 Auckland 47 5 0 85 1 0 12 Wellington . .. 47 5 0 85 1 0 13 Christch. (from Melb.) . 52 18 0 95 5 0 Honolulu . 243 6 0 431 19 0 1 S. Fran’co 301 7 0 542 9 0 1 Vancouver 301 7 0 542 9 0 1 Papeete (via Suva direct! 136 8 0 245 11 6 18

FROM BRISBANE 1

Noumea . 36 5 TO: 0 67 5 0 6

FROM AUCKLAND

<NZ Currency) TO: Norf. Is. .

Single 18 0 0 Return 32 8 0 Table No. 11 Fiji . . . 39 7 0 70 17 0 1. 15. 18 Samoa . . 47 2 0 84 16 0 16 Altutaki . 67 11 0 121 12 0 18 Papeete . 82 10 0 148 10 0 18

Novel Adventures

p. 11

Misadventures she encount ered on two plane trips in the Islands, and the quick glimpse she had of native life will provide the material for the next novel of an Australian writer.

The writer, Mrs. Dorothy M. Catts, was one of 12 passengers in the flying-boat Awatere when it lost a float over the Cook Islands in May.

The crew got out onto the wing to stop the plane from plunging into the sea.

“And they stayed there,” said Mrs.

Catts, “though they were nearly blown off. We reached Akiama, where there is only one hut—the fuelling station. We were taken to Aitutaki by launch.

“They were wonderful to us there,” continued Mrs. Catts. “We stayed two days and two nights— then a Bristol freighter from New Zealand came to take us off.

“But our troubles weren’t over, because the freighter developed engine trouble between Aitutaki and Nadi. When we limped into Nadi the women were all badly shaken; we had been clinging to our Mae Wests —and praying—for three hours.”

From Nadi, Mrs. Catts had a quieter trip by air to Sydney.

Before the excitement, she had been to London for the English publication of her biography of her husband, James Howard Catts. Her last novel, Those Golden Years, was accepted by Hutchinson’s while she was in London, Mrs. R. Cermak, of Potts Point, Sydney, was another of the travellers in the plane mishaps. She lad been on a month’s visit to her brother in Tahiti.

Cardinal Gilroy’S Praise

p. 11

FOR MISSIONS

AND NATIVE CLERGY

IN a special interview before he left Port Moresby after his re cent tour, Cardinal Gilroy said he had been impressed by the dignity of the five native priests of Papua and New Guinea.

“All of them served me either as deacons or sub-deacons,” he said, “and they were as dignified and competent as any European priest.”

He said everywhere he met with magnificent hospitality and that Administration officials, mission hosts and natives had given him a memorable welcome. His greatest surprise had been travelling with Bishop Arkfelt in his own aircraft.

“Twice a day we would set off to visit an outstation. We would taxi up to the church, spend a little time with the people, give them our blessing, and take off for another station One day, Bishop Arkfeld suggested that we take a look at the Sepik River and see a typical village from the air. When they saw the aircraft, the people began running towards the airstrip until in a few minutes there was a crowd of several hundreds. Rather than disappoint them, the Bishop landed and stopped for a few minutes.”

The most memorable incident of his trip, the Cardinal said, had been a mass baptism of fifty catechu mens in the Sepik District at which he had officiated. On this and other occasions he found the natives to be wonderful listeners. They listened with acute attention to every word although in many cases the address had to be translated into pidgin and then into the local language.

“There is no doubt of the appre ciation of the native people for the work of the missionaries,” the Cardinal continued. “Twice, when I was travelling with Bishop Noser, we were approached by native lead ers who asked that Fathers be sent to their areas. In each case the leader was a pagan. In another place the leader, a prominent Catholic, expressed his thanks to the missionaries for having taught his people a new way of life. This was only one of several, similar public statements that give a clear indication of the missionaries’ im pact on the people. I believe it is typical of all areas where the missions have extended their activities.

“In some places progress has been amazing. Twenty years ago the first missionaries at Menindi were killed.

Now there is a faithful congregation of five thousand. But in spite of this the missions have a clear pic ture of all that remains to be done There is no feeling of complacency among them. Everywhere there are

big schemes for development. Their vitality is extraordinary. Being their guests has been a most stimu- COC&RA e NE P 6r ‘ 6 n ° e "-™ TA

Fiji’s Credit Unions Increasing

p. 11

FIJI, at the end of May, had 24 Credit Unions with a total membership of 2,724 and a cap ital of £5,921.

The Rev. Father Ganejr, SJ, an expert on Credit Unions, was in vited to the Colony from British Honduras last year and during the few months that he has been in Fiji he has had considerable suc cess in promoting the movement.

He is assisted in his work by a central committee of voluntary workers.

Credit Unions are formed of people with a common bond of in terest, employment, or residence, with the object of encouraging thrift, guiding the members in the proper handling of money, and mak ing money available to them for provident and productive purposes, at reasonable rates of interset.

Hopeful

p. 11

ENTERPRISE OF NG

SHAREHOLDERS of Enterprise of New Guinea Gold and Petroleum Develop ment NL. were told at a special meeting', on June 29, that the company’s geologists had collected information from the few Dutch, German and Australian expeditions which had actually reached the area in the Sepik district now held.

Some light had been thrown on the geological nature of the country. There were indications that the major part of the area consisted of sediments (rocks from which oil could occur) and certain portions containing large thicknesses of black shales (also possible oil source beds). These reports would have to be confirmed by the expedition now moving into the area.

It was resolved at the meeting that the £5 shares be split into 100 shares of 1/- each, Mr. R. N. Peacock, a Rabaul engineer who settled in the Terri tory after serving with the AIF dur ing the war, was in Sydney in June.

He said that Australia should look to the Territory as a partner in the national economy and develop it with that in mind. New Guinea was crying out for development by private enterprise, but too many people were going there from Aus tralia for 12 months “just for the good money.” He opposed a Com monwealth subsidy for a survey of tuna fishing off the Queensland coast “New Guinea and Solomon Islands waters have all the tuna Australia could want for a large ex port industry,” he said. “The Jap anese have a fleet there for six months of the year and apparently make good business out of it.”

Index To Advertisers

p. 13

A. & N.Z. Bank 117 A. & R. Ltd. . 28 A. & F. . . 135 Achun Co. 94, 145 Akta-Vite ... 74 Aluminium Ltd. 40 Amalg. Dairies 72 Armstrong & Springhall . 142 Arnott, Wm. . . 58 Aspaxadrene . 151 Aspro ... 128 Assoc. Tr. Jnls. 129 Bank of NSW . 125 Bank of NZ . . 73 Barker College . 28 Barnes Milling 143 Bethell, Gwyn . 4 B. ... 123 Blaxland-Rae . 110 Blundell Spence 150 Brasso ... 54 Bray & Holliday 10 Braybon Bros. . 34 Breckwoldt. W. 120 Breden. W. S. . 103 Brunton & Co. 146 Bunge Pty. . . 50 Bunting, A. H. 89 B.P. 9, 85, 87, 118, 132 Cadbury-Fry . . 32 Caine’s Studios 129 Carpenter 96, c. iv Carpenter (Fiji) 122 Charmosan . . 55 Clae Engines . 115 Cole, Ed. . . . 38 Colgate 26, 86, 134 Colman & Co. . 55 Colonial Meat . 88 Colyer Watson 138 Cooke Bros. . . 101 Corlasto Co. . . 54 Crammond Co. 100 Cystex ... 93 Dangar, G. &M. 11 Darling, J. Ltd. 119 Donald Ltd. . . 128 Douglass, W. C. 137 Doull & Co. . 131 Dunlop Rubber 132 ‘ Erskine Stamps 63, Et. Donald . .70 Eveready . . . 131 Farrer, Wm. . 139 Ferrier & Dickin son Ltd. . . 110 Ford Sherington 107 Fraser, Doug. . 97 Frigate Rum . 113 Gamble’s Chicks 31 Garrett, D. M. 156 Garrick Hotel . 129 Gilbey, W. & A. 62 Gillespie Bros. . 66 Gillespie. R. 1, 42, 102, 116, 133 Gillette, Ltd. . 130 Goodall & Co. . 61 Gordon’s Gin . 49 Gordon Vale . . 58 Grahame Books 46 G. (Suva) . 12 Grove Ltd. . *7. 124 Handi Works . 67 Harvey Trinder 112 Halvorsen, B. . 109 Halvorsen Sons 111 Hardman & Hall 97 Hart’s Agencies 74 Hastings Diesels 52 Hawleys Ltd. . 104 Heinz & Co. . . 65 H. & R 23 Hellaby Ltd. . . 99 Holbrooks Ltd. 143 Holman Bros. . 37 Hygeia Co. . . 66 Hytest Co. . . 27

Intertrade Co. 153 Is. Industries . 51 Is. Transport . 106 Jackson, B. W. 98 Johnson’s Wax 144 Kasper Refrig. . 39 Kennedy, Capt. 103 Kerr Bros. . . 136 Kerry, M. Pty. . 29 Kiwi Polish . . 124 Kodak Ltd. . . 33 Kopsen & Co. . 108 Lillis & Co. . . 48 Lochrin, B. S. 127 Macdermott, R.F. 2 Macßobertson . 75 Marfieet & Weight Ltd. 105 Mcllrath’s Ltd. 140 Mendaco ... 61 Millers Ltd. . . 62 Morgan Vernex 93 M. H. Ltd. . 22, 63 Mungo Scott . 127 N. & R. . 59, 106 Needham & Co. 50 NG Aust. Line . 3 Nile Products . 92 Nirex 76 Nixoderm ... 73

NZNAC ... 6

O’Doherty, A. . 24 Oliver Britstand 30 P. I. Line . . 5 Papuan Prints . 89 Parke-Davis . . 34 Parker Pens 70 Penfold. W. C. 141 Qantas . . cov. ii Qld. Insurance 29 Qld. Milling . . 87 “Quest IV” . . 114 Quirk’s Co. . . 36 Ransomes Co. . 42 Reed, W. E. 105, 121 Refrig. Inst. Co. 53 Riverstone Co. 126 Robinson, G. H. 113 Rohu, Sil . . . 65 Seppelt & Sons 60 Seward Ltd. . 143 Shell Co. . . . 91 Smith, Rees . . 45

S.M.P. Co. . . 69

Spartan Co. 47, 146 Spruso Co. ... 24 S.T.C. Ltd. . . 109 Stewarts-Lloyds 136 Sthn. Pac. Ins. 57 Sullivan Ltd. . 57 Tait, W. S. . . 46 Tasman Ship Co. 4 Taylor & Co. . 69 Thornycroft Co. 5 Tilley Lamps . 43 Tillock & Co. 147 Tongan Photos 141 Tooheys Ltd. . 44 Tooth & Co. . . 90 Turners & Growers Ltd. . 27 Turners Supply 90 Tusculum ... 120 Tyneside Eng. . 35 Typewriter Eff. 98 United Radio . 101 Vacuum Oil Co. 68 Ventura 38, 156 Vi-Stim ... 139 Vincents APC . 25 Warnock Bros. 102 Westfield Meats 64 Wills, Ltd. . . 56 Wood, R. H. Ltd. 116 Wrigley’s ... 95 Wunderlich Co. 71 Yorkshire Ins. . 37

In This Issue:

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Editorial: In Tahiti: Another Aspect of the Asian Problem in the Pacific 13 Commentary—by the Editorial Staff 14 Papuan Rubber Producers Could Get Relief After September .. 15 India Is Unhappy About Nauru Phosphate 16 Higher Allowances for New Guinea MsLC 16 Do You Remember? Extracts From PIM of 20 Years Ago 16 No Drinking Permits Yet for P-NG Natives —Fiji, Too, Has Its Liquor Problems 17 Editors’ Mailbag 18 The Noise of P-NG Towns ... 20 Appointment of P-NG Assistant Administrator .. .. 20 The Problems of Taxation and Loans in Fiji 21 Territories’ Talk-Talk 24 South Pacific Air Service Re organisation Has Pleased Few 29 P-NG Has Got Another Sky master —But Hotel Bottleneck Remains 34 The Asian Influence on Rabaul’s Political Future 39 Fijians Now Judged on their Football —1954 Australian Tour 41 Why There Is No Malaria East of 170 deg 43 BSI to the Rescue—9 Years Late 46

Anti-TB Fight in Fiji 47 The Japs Want to Buy the Ships We Sank in Rabaul 49 Another Button Factory for Fiji .. 50 Raratonga May Be Back On the Air Routes 51 Papuan Desiccated Factory Closes 55 Nadi Experiments With New Sort of C of C 58 World Market Prospects for Pacific Crops 59 Fur Coats in Fiji 63 Land of the Vicious Circle — Cooks, Tom' with J.P.S. .. 65 Notes from Norfolk Is 74 Noumea’s Traffic Problems ... 75 N. Caledonia Has a Metal Economy 75

MAGAZINE SECTION: Youwiga,

78: This Month’s New Read ing, 79: Charley the Fisher man, 80; Times have Changed in Eden 82 UN Has Plans for Noumea .. 86 They Want More Money If They Stay in Fiji ‘ 87 Tongan Women Missed Their Vote for New Parliament .. 90 How Government Encourages Cocoa Planters in BWI .. 91 Britain Ignores Fiji’s Vital Problems 93

Western Samoa’s Method of Successful Cocoa Processing 94 Morobe District’s Problem Bridge 99 For Pacific Radio Amateurs .. 101 News of the Smallships 103 Rabaul Could Dispense With Water Carts 120 Current News Items from Our Correspondents in P-NG .. 122 100,000 New People to Bring Into P-NG Fold 129 Cocoa Still Going Up—and Up 132 Sydney Market Firm for NG Coffee 133 Fiji’s Six for the Games .. .. 134 Soft Pedal on Raluana Affair .. 139 OBITUARY: Thomas L.

Sefton; Mr. A. Joske; T. P.

Molloy; Col. F. W. Voelcker; Sir Frederick Doidge; The Rev.

J. F. Goldie: Eric Weine; Walter H. Lucas; F. P. Woods; Mrs. Margaret Wright; Brother David; Captain H. S.

Collier 141-143 Discourtesy to Tahiti’s Gov ernor 144 Treatment of Vanikoro Timber Worker 148 Big Development Plan for Dutch NG 149 Sir Hubert Murray Memorial 150 Now the Copra is Radio Active 152 What the SPC Plans for Islanders’ Welfare 153 Fijian Chiefs Prefer Tradition To Democracy 155 Commerce, Markets, etc 156

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IN TAHITI: Another Aspect of the Asian Problem in the Pacific

show a growing inclination to settle permanently in the attractfve islands of French Oceania especially Tahiti—and Australian. New Zealand and American interests are always seeking a larger share of the trade in that large Territory.

But the French Government, while anxious to encourage Tourism (and the useful dollars and pounds which the tourists leave behind) does not view with favour the development of any permanent ties between French Oceania and the Englishspeaking people and interests. At times, it fails to use the proverbial velvet glove in handling these intruders, and their ceaseless applies.tions - and bad feeling thereby is engendered. The Pacific Islands Monthlv lately has received letters S wlfich bitter complaint is made agatost the "anthEnglish” policy of the French Administration.

In our view, the policy of Governor Petitbon is no a^ 1- English than anti'- anything else.

Well-established British concerns like Messrs. Donald, the Union SS

fs-theTlicyot h FraSTo fese S r‘ve

merce and transport and banking of the Territories which France

administers and protects. There is nothing new in that —except maybe that the French are pretty ruthless in applying the policy. Britain has been accused of the same thing.

But two important factors in the French Oceania situation give some justification to the complaints which have reached us. Both are beyond the control of the French Gov ernor. One is international and the other racial.

THE French Colonial Empire (second in size only to that of Britain) is now—like the British Colonial Empire—under severe strain. Politico-economic conditions in Metropolitan France are far from happy and are not improving.

The status of France as a Great Power actually is threatened. These things are reflected in unease and uncertainty in France’s overseas Territories. This, in turn, is giving opportunity and encouragement to local nationalist movements which hate French colonial rule and in creasingly demand complete in dependence.

In the French Pacific Territories based on Noumea and Papeete there is not the same nationalist defiance of the French as may be seen to day in Africa and Asia, but there are restlessness and murmurmgs.

French high officialdom in New Caledonia and Oceania, always sensitive, naturally resents these trends.

In line with a world-wide policy of encouraging indigenous people towards self-government and self determination, France will do noth ing to assist further European ex pansion in French Oceania: the probable attitude of Governor Petit bon is “Tahiti for the Tahitians.’’

That is quite in order, as part of France’s plan for meeting nationalist demands throughout the Empire.

BUT, unhappily, that policy makes no good impression upon the baffled Europeans who want to enter Tahiti; because, for every European who is kept out of Tahiti, there is greater opportunity for the industrious and thrifty Chinese who have settled there, and who are steadily enriching themselves upon French Oceania’s productiveness and trade.

“If you are keeping us out in order to preserve Tahiti for the Tahitians,’’ say the Australians, New Zealanders and Americans, “why are you giving security and en couragement and opportunities to the Chinese, who are making it im possible for the Tahitians ever to develop as a self-supporting and self-governing country?”

And that is a question to which Governor Petitbon, and all his pre decessors, can find no answer. It is just as embarrassing as a similar Question put to the Governors of Fiji (who have the Indians) and New Guinea (who have more Chinese).

But there is this difference —and the Governor of French Oceania should make careful note of it: In Fiji and New Guinea, any enter

prising European, irrespective of country, is encouraged to go in and settle and compete in trade and industry with the established Asian community, for the general benefit of the indigenous race; but in Tahiti there are sharp restrictions upon of all kin ds of Europeans, ft for the benefit, not of the Tahitians, but of the 10 000 now esta blished there. That SnSrtfiS can be described as stupidity m governmental policv and a bad thing for the Talfitians.’

THE establishment of the Chinese in Tahiti—like that of the * nc ? lans m —was a Euro pean sin against the natives. But the gentlemen who ought to be hanged for it are long since dead JJJf. are faced with the results— which are that the Asians are there SSvS* ° r in ’ and cann °t be I re-’ f JFbe orfiy thing to be done now for the protection of the indigenous peoples, is to open wide the § doors

of all these big archipelagoes—Fiji, New Guinea, Solomons, French Oceania, etc —to European immigra tion and enterprise, in the confident belief that, wherever a hard-work ing, exploiting Asian race has been established (as in Tahiti and Fiji) the Europeans will hold the balance fairly between the communities, and provide the indigenous race with the protection and help which it must have if it is to survive.

The biggest problem in Tahiti is not the discontent of excluded Europeans, but to find the most

News Items appear also on page 9, this issue, at the end of the plane schedules.

effective means of controlling the Chinese community which now is nibbling away at the life-roots of the indigenous people. The solution to both may lie in introducing Europeans to hold the Asians in check.

Commentary

pp. 16-149

BY THE

EDITORIAL

STAFF.

‘EMPIRE’ AND

/r\ /tr/'WTvx/'c 1 a t t" i f

MMON WEALTH

The word “Empire" has gone out of fashion recently and has been replaced largely by the word “Commonwealth”. I happen to be old fashioned in this respect and prefer “Empire” .

Outside our Commonwealth of Nations it is fashionable to condemn colonialism, but destructive criticism tends to ignore con- ■motive achievement: It tends “Iso to adopt a superficial view without probing deeply after basic issues .

The existence of the British Empire has been one of the primary factors for the spread of civilisation: it remains one of the principal bulwarks against moral and political decay . . .

The nature of the Empire has changeu but change should not be confused with retrogression.

The process which has taken place, and is taking place, in mam parts of the Empire is a progress which has been sought for and carefully planned . . -The Governor of Fiji, speaking at the Empire Day dinner in Suva.

Most people who knew the world ( torae W His d Excellences 1 remarks ■mce the when the

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r I e . vei 2 ■ -x- g such hon id words as Empire

and “Colony”. It is all part of the pattern laid down by the Soviet’s fellow-travellers, and which is de signed to weaken and destroy the structure of Western civilisation, Unhappily, it is not possible to show the pre-war world to the younger generation and so let those who increasingly exercise political power see the Western peoples as they once were. But, apart from the cranks and the starry - eyed planners, the senior classes are unanimous in their affirmation that pre-war conditions were much happier than those of to-day, and immensely better than the dread ful set-up that appears to be form ing on the horizon. In other words, “British Empire” was something to be proud of, and a lot pleasanter to live in than this drab and stumbling “British Commonwealth”.

WHAT ACTUALLY IS

u/T?n\ir- u/rru

WRUNG WITH THEM?

Comment on the appointment of an Australian Treasury official to the post of Assistant Administrator in P-NG: ( N only three occasions in the

berraSelected £nm C fhe

Territories administrative services for the posts of Administrator or Assistant Administrator. Captain Pmney was appointed from the Pa P uan service to Norfolk Island: Mr - Leonard Murray, from the same service to Papua (where he remained only a few months before he was driven out by the Jap invaders, and kept out b y the savagery of a Socialist Ministry) ; and Mr. R. S.

Leydin was promoted recently from the Northern Territory to Nauru.

In all the innumerable other cases which we have observed, Canberra has gone to other services for its Administrators. Apparently, men engaged in the Papua and New Guinea public services come under some fatal disability; because, no matter how well they conduct themselves as District Commis sioners or Departmental heads, they are gently but firmly passed over when gentlemen are needed for the Territories’ top jobs.

In Sydney, they have Royal Com missions about all sorts of things.

Thousands of pounds, and a senior Judge’s valuable time, and acres of newspaper space, have been spent on an inquiry into why Mr. Studley- Ruxton’s ribs were sore. So surely we of the Territories may respect fully ask for a Royal Commission to find out what is wrong wit|[i the men of the P-NG public service, who may go so far —and no further.

WHERE DOES OUR

SECURITY LIE?

EVERY archipelago in the South Pacific was interested in the overseas events in the last week end in June. While Sir Winston Churchill and President Eisenhower, in Washington, were hammering out the future shape of the Anglo- American world, the Prime Ministers of India and China (Messrs. Nehru and Chou-en-Lai, representing at least one billion people) were en gaged in a similar task in Delhi.

The Washington-Delhi discussions affect vitally the fate of all people, of all races, in the Pacific. Not one Pacific community, from Australia right down to the lowliest atoll, can retain its independence against this rising power in Asia, unless it has protection from an Anglo-American 3.111 b. rice Someone has suggested that New Guinea, Solomons and New Hebrides should immediately be placed under Australian protection, and that Fiji and Samoa should be regarded as the special care of New Zealand. If Asia develops new strength in the next decade in the way that it has done in the past ten years, Australia and New Zealand will not be able to protect themselves against Asia at all, let alone give security to smaller communities.

JAP AM, THE

LIBERA T OR! —CEYLON

Do those who watch the inter national and inter-racial turmoil in Southern Asia, and wonder what the future holds for the South Pacific, in relation thereto, ever examine the attitude of the Asian nations towards Japan?

We are inclined to forget Japan as a factor in the Asian set-up.

Until World War 11, she was Asia’s leading nation, and a World Power.

She was completely smashed in 1942-45: all her teeth were drawn, so she could not bite any more;

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and she was deprived of her so called Empire. But she is coming back into international affairs.

While Britain builds up Germany st as a Western barrier against Communism. America is doing the tme for Japan, as an Eastern rrier. But will she stay there, as a kindly and obedient barrier?

Meanwhile, consider the words of ir Susanta de Fouseka, Foreign Minister of Ceylon (nominally the tied diplomat of a friendly unit of the British Commonwealth) ; 'The people of Ceylon have a special affection for Japan because they are not unmindful of the fact that countries of Southeast Asia achieved their independence far sooner than they would have done, as a direct result of Japan’s par ticipation in the war.”

'‘Participation”, forsooth!

The average historian believes vaat the independence of India, Pakistan, Burma, Ceylon, and ndonesia came about in the 1945oO period because the post-war socialist Government of Britain

oadgered, blundering and bemused,’

gave away a large part of the British Empire at least a decade oefore it was ready for self-govern ment, and forced the helpless Dutch to do the same in Indonesia. But Asian historians, apparently, are going to give the credit (or debit) to the gentlemen of Japan, who im posed three years of torture, murder and slavery upon the hapless Pacific 168 ° f SE Asia and SW t; Js“ er , Prime Minister Attlee nfng in O l f 94- S 50 ble " fOOted P ’ an '

BISHOP DROPS

A BRICK

on the subject of Colonial- S? 1 ’ i*, \ s noted that in June himJif Adel ? lde letting 3 e f go at a luncheon party publicly said that “the French are charming people but rotten “ ?teht S ”in a H d “J Indo-CWna thenf” lts desire t 0 be rid of gare h f 11S on f n erta L n ne wspapers Fn French achievements ove?ln C lß7s a ' » When Pra nce took uvei m 1875, it was a worthless vnmr ry ’ swept Periodically °by re volutions, terrible famines and epidemics. The French by com s true ting roads, railways vast d S e . and irrigation works and region l ni n S order > it into a mfde it P^b dUCmg y ast we alth, and t ? 6 S( l cond largest rice-ex porting country in the wnriri Diseases have been checked anH the country, over the last Stf’vearf h lt b n m £ de increasingly literate.’ well-meani™ re gretted that these wen meaning reverend gentlemen

cannot keep their noses out of in ternational affairs of which they obviously have no knowledge.

AGAIN THE

TRUSTEE COUNCIL!

“VIEW Guinea was a bureaucracy 11 where the Europeans held all the responsible posts and the natives the lesser posts” complained an Indian delegate at the Trustee ship Council in New York on June 29. He criticised the Australian Ad ministration for its failure to ap preciably reduce the illiteracy rate in the Territory. He was sure that, as there was so little improvement since 1920, there must be something wrong.

Australian Minister W. D. Forsyth wearily pointed out, for the ninety ninth time, that these New Guinea natives are extremely primitive; and that, before it is possible to reach

them and Introduce even a slight degree of literacy, it is necessary to break through the barrier im posed by the facts that (a) a large proportion of the people have had little if any contact with Europeans and (b) they speak innumerable languages—there is no common tongue.

One wonders how long the Trusteeship farce is to continue, and why Australia should be harassed P/ .this type of uninstructed idealist. Sooner or later, New Guinea will have to be taken over completely by Australia. Why not sooner?

NATIVE PRODUCER S

VIEWPOINT

THE high prices of Islands pro duce provide the new Native Co-operative Societies of New Guinea and elsewhere with

abundant and profitable revenue.

As these new producers gather in the returns, one wonders whether they imagine that life was always like this—whether they ever will be lieve there were days when the Master was trying to keep his plan tation going, and feed his family and his labour-line, on the £4 per ton he received from Copra. If they think that prices were always like this, they also may believe the silver-tongued laddies who try to tell them that they and their country have, been ruthlessly ex ploited for half a century by the Europeans.

ABOUT THOSE

ASIATIC REDS

AN excited correspondent in Aus tralia savagely reproves PIM for “pro-Americanism”; and asked: “Isn’t America, by refusing China admission to the United Nations, and encouraging the French to fight on in Indo-China, arousing Asia against us, and rendering unsafe the whole future of the people in the South Pacific?”

Which is a very slick bit of Fel low-Traveller propaganda. Here is the answer.

Communist China is a militarily aggressive nation, which never ceases to spit venomous hatred against the United States. This is a typical extract from a very re cent Red China pamphlet: “We must hate America, because she is the Chinese people’s implacable enemy.

“We must despise America because it is a corrupt imperialist nation, the world centre of reaction and decadency. We must look down upon America because she is a paper tiger and entirely vulner able to defeat.”

Red China invaded South Korea and precipitated the Korean War.

Red China’s troops are fighting the French in Indo-China today. Red China supplies the Terrorists in Malaya and keeps that rebellipn alive. The Charter of UNO limits membership to ‘‘peace-loving States”. Is China in that category?

In Indo-China, hitherto a French dependency, there are 30 million people, divided between the re co°nised States of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. America’s policy, which France now has fully ac cepted, is that these three States shall be established as independent countries. Red China (with Russia in the background) says that it also wants the three States made in dependent”— but on terms which mean that all three inevitably will be absorbed into the Red frame work behind the Iron Curtain. No Western nation w’ould agree to th lt is all part of Stalin’s Cold-War pattern. The Muscovite plotters do not want any kind of a settlement pxcent on Communist terma. ine plan is to keep us all armed, alarmed and divided until our economic structure begins to crack.

Then Hey for the revolution!

Papuan Rubber Producers Could

p. 17

Get Relief After September

T-v , • £ 1.1.1 , ine patience or Papuan rubber planters may be rewarded in September—which is the approximate time set by the Australian Tariff Board for a hearing of an application for pre ferential treatment of imports of Papuan rubber into Australia.

THE planters’ application has the blessing of the Department of Territories but is likely to be opposed by Australian manufactur ing interests who would like to see the duty removed from all imports of rubber, whatever its source.

The Papuan planters’ battle for tariff revision has been of several years duration; every red-tape obstacle has been placed in the way of anything practical being done.

At first it was refused on the grounds that it contravened the in ternational trade and tariff agree ment (GATT), but when GATT graciously gave its permission last year, it was then said that the matter would have to come before the Australian Tariff Board. Later, it was believed that this would not be necessary, and that legislation would be sufficient. More recently, this decision was reversed. The matter will now be considered, in a place yet to be set, probably about September.

The mere removal of the 2d per pound duty on rubber imported from Papua would not of itself do the Papuan planters much good other than, perhaps, give their rubber market preference in Australia. But when similar aid was sought and gained for the industry in the De oression, the duty was paid, as usual, by importers (4d per lb initially and later 2d), put in a special fund and refunded to the producers.

Something of the same sort is re quired now to put the Papuan rubber industry, which of all the P-NG primary industries is having the hardest battle, back on its feet.

Cost of production, on many estates, is more than the present world market price, and this is governed largely by the artificially low price at which the US keeps its

synthetic rubber.

The Australian Government has said ad nauseam that it wishes to encourage the production of rubber [n Papua—which at the moment is only one-tenth of Australia’s re quirements—but unless some scheme of financial aid is devised, it is unlikely that planters will be en couraged to plant up large new areas of rubber.

H Mr. Devenish, British Consul, has returned to his post in Papeete, Tahiti, after extended leave in Eng land.

Birthday Honours

p. 17

FIJI RESIDENTS RECEIVE

FIVE Fiji residents were included in the list of Queen’s Birthday Honours.

Mr. F. C. Exon, manager in Fiji for Amalgamated Wireless (Aus tralasia) Ltd., for the last 20 years, received the OBE.

Mrs. J. M. Jardine received the MBE. She was Girl Guides’ Islands Commissioner until she left the Colony to live in the United King dom recently.

Mr. G. R. Wilson, formerly of Vanua Levu, and a member of the Suva Post Office staff for the last 14 years, also received the MBE.

Supt. H. Halstead, Fiji Police, was. awarded the Colonial Police Medal.

He had charge of traffic arrange ments for the Queen’s visit in De cember.

Ratu Epeli Vakalalabure, Buli Tunuloa in Cakaudrove Province for more than 20 years, received the Certificate of Honour. He was a member of the Fiji Labour Corps which served in Europe in the 1914- 18 war.

Publications

p. 17

NEW PACIFIC

THE Handbook of Papua and New Guinea, specially compiled by Pacific Publications Pty. Ltd. for the use of residents of the two Territories, and of persons interested therein, is now being printed, and will be issued shortly.

Immediately thereafter, Pacific Publications will proceed with the revision and printing of the Pacific Islands Year Book, 1955 —which will be the Seventh Edition of this well known reference book. The Year Book was issued first in 1932.

Despite care, errors of fact occur in a compilation of the size of the Year Book. Several have been noted since the last issue (1950), and corrections will be made. The publishers will be very grateful if anyone who has noticed important errors of fact, or omissions, will write to the Editor, Pacific Islands Year Book, PO Box 3408, Sydney, NSW, and direct attention to the fault.

Another Coconut Pest

p. 17

A PEST called a “stick insect” has been reported from some coconut-growing districts of Fiji.

Some infected areas are now pro ducing little copra.

The local Department of Agricul ture says that it is not a serious pest—but any pest is serious that interferes with copra production, when copra is worth £7O per ton.

The attacks of coconut pests— rhinoceros beetle, promecotheca, or a stick beetle or the rest—do not matter very much when copra is worth £4 per ton.

Southern Cross —New Round-the-World Liner

p. 17

The new Shaw Savill 20,000 ton liner, SOUTHERN CROSS, under construction by Harland and Wolf. Belfast, which will be launched by the Queen on August 17.

The Queen has also approved of the name of the liner, which will do four round the-world trips each year, visiting South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti and the West Indies and thus sail ing. for the most part, under skies associated with the constellation Southern Cross. , . .

The liner is of unique design, engines and funnel being as far aft as possible and there are no cargo holds or derricks.

No cargo will be carried. There will be accommodation for 1,200 one-class passen gers.

SOUTHERN CROSS will be the most extensively air conditioned ship in the tropics and will have more deck space, in comparison with her size, than any other ship in the southern hemisphere.

There will be 43,000 square feet of clear deck space, besides a cinema lounge, smoke room and bar, two restaurants, a tavern, two swimming pools and forward lounge, all expensively decorated. She will make her maiden voyage early next year.

Nauru Phosphate

p. 18

India is Unhappy About Nauru Phosphate

THE price paid by Australia for

Nauru phosphate was questioned

by India at the meeting of the UN Trusteeship Council in New York on June 16. Australia’s ad ministration of the island was be ing discussed. —See also page 86 this issue.

India’s delegate asked why Nauru received only 5/8i per ton, when 24/6 per ton was paid Angaur, in the Carolines, where Japanese were allowed to work the phosphate by the USA. the administering authority.

Australia’s special representative,

Mr. J. H. Jones, said there was no explanation for the difference, but funds made available by the Phos phate Commission were adequate for the Administering Authority to carry out its responsibility.

Asked who received the benefit from selling the phosphates at cost price, Mr. Jones said the Nauruans’ income was not affected, no matter what payment was received for the

phosphate.

The Indian delegate said the an swers were unsatisfactory and he would again raise the question in the general debate.

Nauru is a Trusteeship territory held Jointly by Australia, New Zealand and the UK. It is administered by Australia on behalf of all three. The British Phos phate Commission, on which are repre sentatives of UK, Australia and NZ. works the phosphate. The Commission is quite independent of the Nauru Administration, although under the agreement, all ex penses of the Administration and royalties which are paid in respect of the Nauruans, must be defrayed by the sale of the phosphate.

The phosphate all goes to these three member countries (in practice, to Aus tralia and New Zealand). The Nauru set up is, therefore, in quite a different category to that of Angaur, one of the Caroline Islands, held by the US under Trusteeship. If the US charges Japan 24/6 per ton for phosphate, then that is something between the US and Japan.

Similarly, if the BPC supplies phosphate at cost to its members, for the good of Empire agriculture, and at the same time takes care of the legitimate requirements of the Nauruans, then that is the business of Australia, NZ and the UK.

The impertinence of the questions put to Australia by a country like India, where a large proportion of the popu lation is at starvation level, shows the system fUtility ° f the Wh ° le Trusteeshi P JM a jor T. H Cude retired at the end of May after 30 years in Nauru.

He had been three years with the ® r^ l sh Phosphate Commissioners and 27 with Nauru Administration as Director of Police and a Magis- Victoria 116 18 n ° W liVlng in Kallista >

Higher Allowances

p. 18

FOR M’sLC

HIGHER allowances for elected and native members of the Legislative Council of Papua- New Guinea have been approved by the Minister for Territories and will be payable from the opening of the second Council later this year.

Elected members will receive an additional £75 a year, plus fares, to cover the cost of visits to the main centres of their electorates twice a year, and on such other occasions as the Administrator may authorise.

Native members will be paid the cost of fares for similar travel authorised by the Administration, and a travelling allowance of £2 a day.

The Administrator, Brigadier D. M. Cleland, said the allowances should enable elected members to maintain contact with their con stituents and represent them more fully, and encourage native members to travel in their areas and develop a wider responsibility to their people.

Allowances paid in the past to non-official members have been

£4/4/- a day for meetings of the Council and Committees, plus £2 a day for the time absent from home, and £75 a year general expenses.

Costly Gift

p. 18

FIVE of the six Catalina amphi bian planes presented by the Australian Government to the Dutch Naval Air Force in West New Guinea are still being over hauled in Sydney at a cost of £32,000 each. The gift was an nounced a year ago but only one plane has been delivered to Biak.

The six planes cost the RAAF about £360,000 in California during the war. An early quotation for making them airworthy after the war was £192,000, but it is expected that the amount will be more like £300,000 to make them fully opera tional.

Some Catalinas were sold at dis posals sales after the war for £B5O each.

II Mr. Paul Mallon was admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor of the Papua-New Guinea Supreme Court on June 18.

Do You Remember?

p. 18

From PIM of 20 Years ago.

COPRA was SO sick, back in July 1 qq4, fu Q f nr, nno hntbprpd tn 1934, that no one pothered to mention it much anymore.

Our issue for that month had many pages devoted to alternate crops, designed to help the unfortunate planter out ol his financial

Tung oil, tea, tobacco and bananas

were a few of these “savers.”

Other extracts from our July

issue, 1934:

The Full Court of NZ gave its decision in the appeal of Mr. O. F. Nelson, of Western Samoa, against a sentence of eight months’ imprisonment and 10 years’ exile from Samoa on a charge of sedition (Mr. Nelson was a leader of the Mau movement). The High Court quashed the prison sentence but upheld his exile. * * * We reported that an interesting experiment was currently being made by the Malayta Company at Cape Marsh, BSIP, for the extraction of oil from green coconuts by a “bacterial and chemical” method * * * A detective sent secretly from Sydney to work on BGD dredges at Bulolo, caught three Europeans stealing gold. * * * Brigadier-General McNicoll was confidently tipped as the successor of General Griffiths as Administrator of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea. There is now a large and growing section of the community advocating the early completion of the Suva-Sigatoka Road, which with the present Sigatoka- Lautoka Road, and the Suva-Lautoka Road would provide a complete route of 300 miles around Viti Levu—a great asset for tourist traffic.”

A London report stated that Unilever was havln g difficulties with its margarine market and that a 3 per cent, loss in company earnings was the result. (The echo of planters’ cheers can be heard to this day). A chairman of one of the Unilever Groups attacked the Dominions

of-SS

be terminate d. * * * Guinea Airways reported that their attempt to establish a plane service in Fiji—abandoned some months previously— had lost them £1,200. Editorially, we commented that the withdrawal of tftis service (Fiji Airways, Ltd.) from Colony would “long be a reproach to tne

Government .

The moratorium suspending payments on New Guinea plantations being pur chased from the Expropriation Board, was extended until June, 1935. The Custodian “deplored” the necessity, but could see no help for it until the prospects for NO

crops improved.

In comparison, goldmining was boom ing. Here are some of the companies listed in that issue—most of them not even memories these days: Bulolo Gom Deposits, Ltd.. Koranga Gold Sluicing, Ltd., Edie Creek Goldmining Co., Day Go ld ftH Placer Development,

GuffieT

Platinum Guinea Gold. Samarai Gold Development. Gold Mines of Papua, Ak mana NG Gold C o., Gu inea Gold, etc. * v ...

FASHION NOTE: “Transparent cello phane is hailed as fashion s friend. 1 1 » being used to trim provoking little ey veils and ties into ravishing little o under the chin.”

No Drinking Permits Yet

p. 19

FOR P-NG NATIVES

liquor has been decided-temporarily, at least P " k

Brigadier d. m. cleland, Administrator of the Territory announced, on June 28, that section of the Ordinance * glves the Administrator t 0 exe i n P t Persons from the provisions of the ordinance will being” 6 proceeded with for the time The Bill for the Native Liquor 2 r -Si5 a .? ce was forced through the P-NG Legislative Council last year Clause 8, which relates to the exempting of certain natives from prohibition, at the Administrator’s discretion, was fought by virtually all of the non-official members of the Council.

Since then, it has been con demned by missions, the RSSATLA and various Town and District Ad visory Councils.

The Administrator’s announce nent is a victory for public opinion -although a great number of P-NG ■esidents would like to see the ordinance repealed. While it is here, they feel that it can be used.

Although some point was given o the Administration side of the ase by the two Native Medical h-actitioners, graduates from Suva ledical School, who were recently ined for drinking alcohol, the eneral opinion is that total pro iibition is in the interest of the stives generally, in the present fcage of their development. The “ w educated natives who are ether ise required to live as Europeans ill have to suffer for the good of le many.

The Ordinance, whether clause 8 proceeded with or not, will not revent some natives from drink ig. But a sprinkling of permitted rinkers through the native com unity, would not make the task of ?eping liquor from those without ;rmits, any easier.

Mr. C. D. Rowley, principal of ie Australian School of Pacific Sydney, since 1950, is been invited by UNESCO (the iucational, scientific and cultural ganisation of the United Nations) study tliC': conditions of adult ucation in certain parts of the ■ient and especially in Laos, imtodia and Vietnam (in Indo lina) and in Japan, Philippines d Indonesia. If granted leave by e Australian Government, Mr. •wley probably will depart in No nber, and will be away for six mths on his very interesting ssion.

Liquor Troubles

p. 19

Fiji, Too, Has its Liquor Troubles

From Our Own Correspondent TmrßTr uo. u SUVA, June 23. -tiERE has been an enormous increase in the number of liquor exemption permits issued in Fiji over the past six years. In 1947 there were only 7,542 holders of all , In 1953 there were 20,088 — 14,815 bemg Indians; and 5,473 be ing Fijians and others.

This large increase has followed the proposal, made first in 1947, to lift liquor restrictions altogether from the Indians while retaining virtual prohibition for the Fijians.

The measure was not received sympathetically by the Europeans or the Fijians and, in 1949, after a chequered history, the measure was dropped.

However, in effect, the objective has been achieved by a large in crease in the number of permits issued to Indians—most Indians who want to drink seem now to be able to get a permit.

Drinking in the Colony is not, of course, confined to permit-holders and it is common talk that anyone who wishes may obtain any amount of illegal liquor by one means or another. The increase in drinking is causing concern to community leaders and various remedies have been suggested. At the recent meet ing of the Council of Chiefs, the Governor, Sir Ronald Garvey, sug gested that perhaps one way would be to make permits the rule for everyone, irrespective of race.

It is unlikely that this would be very favourably received by Euro peans.

The Council of Chiefs recom mended two types of permit for Fijians—one in which a provincial committee would decide the quant ities to be issued; and the other which would be a general exemption from restriction.

On the same liquor question, a few months ago, the Rev. L. D.

Fullerton, of the Methodist Mission, said that between 1950 and 1952 liquor imports rose from £135,500 to £237,000 — 2h times the approved Government expenditure on Agri culture, and the quantity imported in 1952 was 375,500 gallons com pared with 289,000 gallons in 1950.

There have been suggestions in

Fiji in recent years that a local brewery might be established.

Missionaries have indicated that it Will be over their dead bodies. (EDITORIAL NOTE: Breweries have been set up in P. Moresby, Noumea and Papeete. There seems no suggestion, in those places, that these breweries, of themselves, have caused any increase in the con sumption of alcohol amongst the natives.)

Captain Barnes And

p. 19

A CLAIM FOR DAMAGES

WE have been trying to ascertain the verdict of the French Court in Tahiti, which recently action brought against Captain Barnes, proprietor of the Hotel Les Tropiques, by the Messageries Maritimes. Captain Barnes inadvertently sent to a an incorrect report about an MM liner—he reported that she had grounded, whereas in fact she had successfully negotiated a slight fi n ?u nt r. of nav igational bother when in the Pass through the reef which encloses Papeete Harbour. The Co. claimed a million francs in damages, and other penalties, and the Court reserved its decision.

There is in Sydney a report that Captain Barnes was fined a few thousand francs (about £2O in Aus currency); but we cannot confirm it. As is common in French law cases, the authorities concerned display extraordinary coyness m giving any information to the newspapers. fvJ* he £ e i s • a re P° rt from Tahiti that Captain Barnes has appealed against the verdict, whatever it was and is confident that his appeal will be upheld.

Three Rescues at Samarai

p. 19

MR. BEN GARRETT, an ex-

Coogee lifesaver who is now a /IVT member of the Burns Philp (NG) Ltd. staff at Samarai, Papua, was luckily on hand at Rogea beach on June 6 and rescued a woman and two men who were in diffi culties in an undertow.

Mrs. Joan Taylor was caught in the undertow and carried 75 yards out. Mr. Peter Davenport went to her aid but got into difficulties him self ; then Mr. Ern Graham went to the assistance of both but could do no more than support Mrs.

Taylor.

Mr. Garrett then swam the 75 yards twice to bring in Mrs. Taylor and Davenport, both exhausted.

Graham was able to make a little progress towards the beach and was helped over the last stages by Garrett.

The Editors' Mailbag

pp. 20-21

Fate of Captain Keller

From Cnrltnv Ynunaer formerly of Cape Marsh, in the ’Solomons, and now residing at 3 Dexter St., Wpct Rwdnhprn n • west Bunaaoerg. q..

“Captain Otto Keller, about whom you make an inquiry in June PIM, was killed, I believe, about 1912, while he was recruiting on Malaita.

I cannot recollect the name of the ™ l 1 schooner (not steamei) he was on, nor can I place the date of his death. I lost all my diaries in the Evacuation, and have no definite details. He was supposed to have been seen in Rabaul on a small steamer in 1920: but this I doubt.

Dick Laycock and Markham are both gone; but perhaps the Kuper boys would remember some details.”

Information, Please

Arthur C. Johnson aboard the bi*ig a ntine Fanfcee, writes for some information. I read in an old encyclopedia that there once were Galapagos tortoises (land turtles) on Rotuma. I inquired when we went there this time and gathered that there had been just one, but it had been ru ?, o™ a l ° rv l ? ome years ago. It had been kept by a Mr. Crocker. Does anyone know of either the tortoise or Mr. Crocker?”

I J anltl and lIS Laws From a man who until recently was a resident of French Oceania, commenting upon a Tahiti legal action which made the headlines not long ago: “There are people in those islands

who will start a libel action at the drop of a hat, regardless of how much truth there may be in what the defendant has written. The lawyers of Tahiti grow fat on such actions: and it is just too bad for the defendant if he is a foreigner.

No harm must come to French citizens when they go to law with foreigners! Furthermore, the Gov ernor of Tahiti can tell a foreigner, on his own decision, to get out and stay out —it has happened! . . . Some people have wondered why the Pacific Islands Monthly has never told the full, disgraceful story of the Kong Ah scandal, in which so many prominent merchants and shining fonctionnaires were in volved. But I. who once knew Tahiti so well, and the strange pro cesses of its laws, do not wonder.

That Kong Ah story should be pub lished — hut not until you have all the facts”

Answer to Promecotheca

A note from a New Guinea friend who did not enclose his name: Regarding an article in your March issue by my old friend Harold Koch, about Promecotheca.

The Scolia Wasp and the red ant are absolutely useless in the con trol of Promecotheca. But the Pleurotropis wog, from Fiji, is the answer. We found this most effective on Linga Linga and Lindenhaven Plantations before the war, and it is still there—but in decreased numbers. (Our article in June PIM supports above statement.)

Before Elizabeth II

From a private letter written by Fred Archer (Jame Plantation , Bougainville ) just before the Queen commenced her Pacific tour: I think Her Majesty will achieve much, if the gods be her way at all. Which reminds me. One day, away up in the dripping Bougain ville mountains, with the Coast Watchers, in 1942, I read in an old Blackwoods Magazine that a 15th Century Prophecy said: “England shall come to its greatest glory dur ing the reign of the Second Eliza beth.” I showed this to Jack Read, and he said: “H’m, maybe but it’s bloody doubtful if we’ll live to see her crowning. I reckon our main job. just now, is to keep clear of these Nips.”

At that time, the Japs were all over New Guinea and the Northern Solomons, and it was the job of the Bougainville Coast Watchers to keep the Yanks advised of their movements, so that every time the little swine stuck their heads out down Tulagi way, the Yanks could blast them. Little did we dream then that we should see Elizabeth crowned, and as Queen of the British Commonwealth making a formal tour of the South Pacific!

Who’s Who in Fire-walking

From a well-known resident of Fiji: I have a bone to pick with you.

In a PIM in 1953 there are photos of Indian fire-walking, and the caption said: “Indian fire-walking is generally considered more spec tacular than the Fijian, in that they walk the bare red-hot cinders, whereas the Fijians first cover the red-hot rocks on which they walk with green leaves. The distance walked by the Fijians is also shorter”.

I’ve never seen the Indian cere mony, and the Bega one once only; but I do vividly remember that the stones were absolutely white-hot when the embers were raked off — I think I am right in saying that they are heated for 24 hours.

Someone threw his handkerchief in at that point and it flamed, several feet above the stones.

The fire-walkers then appeared from their dressing shed, slowly and ceremoniously circled the pit over the stones —I think a couple of times —then the leaves were thrown in, and on these they sat or squatted in thick smoke.

Their legend says they could originally lie full length on the hot stones, and that they are able to transmit their power to anyone who trusts them sufficiently to be led by the hand around the pit. I know of only one chief who had the courage—in thick football boots— and that again may be only a tale!

Forgive this nationalistic out burst, but I couldn’t let those Indians get away with it! Another thing. Theirs is a religious frenzy, whilst the Fijians are normal —e.g. doctors have examined them before and after, found them to jump quite normally when a pin is stuck into their soles, or a lighted cigarette held there!

Don’t Ask Us—Find

It Yourself!

One of the major chores of PIM editorship is the acknowledgment of letters from people in all countries who want to get away from it all, and have decided that they can be happy on the kind of Pacific island they have read about somewhere.

Ever since Captain Cook’s cabin boys chased the lissome lasses of Tahiti around the palm-trees be hind Point Venus, imaginative writers have let themselves go on the subject of life in the Pacific Islands. Ardent readers in the chillier climes now believe that every dot of land, from Indonesia on to Oceania provides pleasant warmth, abundant food, scented beauty and ageless romance.

And so, when life becomes almost intolerable, they write excited letters to the over-burdened PIM editors —“where can I find an is

land m which I can make a real T ai l d , tben follow the writer’s ideas; of what he wants—a catalogue which almost always indicates that he hasn t a clue to what actually are the conditions in the South Pacific to-day.

Let them be warned. There probably are thousands of attractive which a manma? cannot hv Eve™ Oovii-r.mpnt anrf there y Ire l6— ha?

governing immigration lnd settll-

ment; every island has, as well as some possibly pleasant angle on life, some problem of environment.

The only possible way in which a European may settle in the Pacific Islands is to take a lot of time off, and go personally and woo the bureaucrats for permission to look for the right location.

Answer Could be ‘Rats’

Mr. R. F. Vaughan, of Sandakan, North Borneo, was intrigued by “Strange Case of the Missing Gnashers” in May PlM—a story of the mysterious disappearance of a set of false teeth in Kavieng.

I should say that rats provide the solution. I have known two cases of rats carrying off dentures. Each time, non-recovery would have been a serious matter the nearest dentist was very far away.

The one occasion was at a gold mine in the Celebes, and the other was when we were prisoners here under the Japs—and on both occasions the anxious searchers were successful. At the gold-mine the teeth were discovered in an attic, and on the second they were in a nearby concrete drain. 1 advise those who must wear dentures, and who discard them at ni e ht > always to put a cover over the tumbler in which the y re P° se and a weight on top of that ‘ ...

Hindustan , Please

A valued correspondent in Indo nesia challenges our reference to the Nehru section of India as “Hindustani”. That, of course, was an error—we intended to say “Hindustan”. Hindustani is, in a general way, Hindustan’s language an * Our point is that it is a mistake, now, to say “India” when we mean Hindustan. “India” is the former Anglo-Indian Empire, which com prised what, since 1946, has become the nations of Pakistan, Hindustan, and some more-or-less borderline native States under independent rulers. By far the larger part of the former Empire has gone into Hindustan, but that still does not make it “India”, in the former sense of the term.

Queen’s Birthday Parade at Lautoka

p. 20

official party on the saluting dais at Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji, during tT e rr Qu c ee . n f ® l i“ lda> Parade. From left: The Governor, Sir Ronald Garvey; Supt. . l. saint, ADC; Mr. David Collins, District Commissioner; Councillor C. A. Adams. c ®l onel T - C. Campbell. DSO, MC, Commandant of the Fiji Military Forces; and Mr E. K. Laws, Commissioner of Police. rern/nifi!! FSt tim ,l that the Paiade was held at Lautoka. It was arranged in inr ° t ma ( f nificent welcome given by the people of the town and surround thf tb ! ? Ueen and the Duke of Edinburgh in December. It meant that ThZ nar , ndard flew over Churchill Park for the second time in six months.

Keri/in s commanded by Captain J. McL. Ross with Captain Captain K. G. Q.

Forces d an,l thp h ß g< i ° f saluting battery, included 100 men of the Fiji Military we« ex-s^rv?l^f gil H e a epot Band of the Infant! y Regiment. Others who attended missioner C F Uod S kins on, Boy Scouts under Scout District Com- J. Coode * Mansell, and Girl Guides under Guide District Commissioner Mrs.

A R th |toddlrf ce £t, m0 n y the sa lute was taken by the Governor’s Deputy, Mr. and units of th' Jrf Parade Comm *nder was Wing-Commander B. E. V. Le Pine, took part * th Milltary Forc es. and detachments of the RNZAF and Fiji Police —Photo by Fiji Public Relations Office.

NZ Governor-General's Tour

p. 21

The Governor-General of New Zealand. Sir Willoughby Norrie, made his first visit to the Dominion's island Territories in June. Accompanied by Lady Norrie and daughter Miss Rosemary Norrie, he called at Tonga and Fiji as well as the NZ administered territories of Western Samoa, the Lower Cook Group and Niue. The tour lasted 22 days.

This photograph was taken when the party attended the Queen's Birthday race meeting of the Apia Turf Club, Western Samoa. Sir Willoughby is shown with Mr.

A. R. Cobcroft, Club president. Behind lhem are Lady Norrie and Mrs. Cobcroft, Miss Rosemary Norrie, and the High Commissioner, Mr. G. R. Powles. with Mrs. E. Paul.

The Vice-Regal party, which included aides, travelled mostly by RNZAF Sunderland, but they were aboard the HMNZS Black Brince, for the Cooks Tonga part of the tour.

Noise!

p. 22

From P-NG’s 972 Jeeps and 1,732 Trucks

ALTHOUGH residents of Papua- New Guinea would have us believe that that Territory is a haven of peace (compared with the wild rush, din and general madness of, say, Sydney), in this writer’s humble opinion they have some of the noisest towns in the world.

As far as Port Moresby is con cerned, I’ll say all that again— doubled.

This is partially explained by the figures recently issued: of the 4,000 motor vehicles in the Territory, a quarter of them are jeeps and there are 1,732 trucks. (The rest include 344 motor cycles and 21 buses).

Add to these facts the following: % Jeep owner-drivers have only one method of starting their vehicles: —get the engine turning then push the accelerator flat on the floor. This produces a most satisfactory noise, particularly if the vehicle happens to he outside a hotel in the small hours of the night. That these mis-used buggies don’t take off vertically is not the fault of the person at the punish ing end of the accelerator. % The 1,732 trucks are almost in variably driven by natives to whom all noise is glorious and an end in itself. Few, if any, of the trucks appear to have mufflers hut all of them seem to have 57 different gears: there is always fust another one to which the dusky fiend at the wheel can shift in order to grind his juggernaut over the not very formidable hills of Moresby.

The new offices that Burns Philp have built in Musgrave Street, in Moresby, are the most modern and elegant in the Territory. But in May their owners were frantically lining them with acoustic material m an endeavour to minimise the noise that rises continually from huge trucks grinding and whining their way up the hill.

In the meantime, when you wish to speak privately to an inhabitant of one of the offices, he carefully gets up and closes all the louvres onto the street so that you can make conversation without scream ing.

I have my doubts about the efficacy of acoustic material—a form of wallboard used in Australia to line phone booths. It is peppered with small holes which are supposed to absorb the noise and it works very well in the heart of noisy Svd ney. But the ANZ bank in Moresby has these anti-noise devices, and yet within that building, too, the noise of passing heavy traffic is still excruciating. . Tt f e f, ms to me that when Terri tory folk gave the driving of semi

trailers, 10-ton trucks, diesel engines and other abominations into the hands of natives, they paved the way for stretched ear-drums, high blood pressure, frayed nerves and stomach ulcers to become endemic

diseases.

J.T.

Rabaul Farewells

p. 22

DC McCARTHY

THERE were numerous parties in Rabaul in June to farewell Dis trict Commissioner and Mrs.

J. K. McCarthy before they left for Port Moresby at the end of the month.

Mr. McCarthy is to have two months’ sick leave in Moresby be fore proceeding on recreation leave.

One of the parties was given by District Officer and Mrs. J. J.

Murphy at their new home at Namanula. Every member of Mr.

McCarthy’s own department con tributed to the success of the occasion.

Mr. McCarthy has been in Rabaul for the past five years. Previously he was District Officer, Madang.

WELCOME TO MR. FOLDI

At the May meeting of the Rabaul Chamber of Commerce, members decided to hold a function to welcome Mr. McCarthy’s suc cessor—Mr. J. R. Foldi, who arrived in Rabaul in June.

Party

p. 22

At the Governor’s Garden Party

Misses Evelyn and Daisy Waddingham, daughters of Mr. Albert Waddingham, manager for Burns Philp (SS), Ltd., at Lautoka, and Mrs. Waddingham, photo graphed at the garden party at the Governor’s Bure after the Queen’s Birth day ceremony at Lautoka, Fiji, in June.

The Governor, Sir Ronald Garvey, entertained 400 guests of all races. —Photo by Fiji Public Relations Office.

P-Ng Assistant

p. 22

ADMINISTRATOR

AS was forecast in this and other periodicals, some months ago, Mr. Rupert Wilson (at present the Assistant Secretary of the Bank ing, Trade and Industry Branch of the Australian Commonwealth Treasury) has been appointed Assistant Administrator of Papua and New Guinea.

In the combined Territories of Papua and New Guinea there now are 12,000 Europeans, over 2,000 Chinese and at least U million natives. Huge public funds are be ing put behind developmental plans, and there is administrative and commercial activity on all sides.

The Administrator (Brigadier D. M.

Cleland) exercises supreme power, subject to the Australian Govern ment; and thus he carries an enormous load of responsibility.

The plan, presumably, is that he now shall have someone at head quarters to take some of the re sponsibility for financial and ad ministrative direction, allowing him more time for personal supervision “in the field.”

Mr. Wilson, 51, appears to have special qualifications in that direc tion. He has an excellent record.

He has been engaged in commerce; he was in the service of the Tas manian Government: he holds the Hawkesbury College Diploma of Agriculture; and, as Director of War Service Land Settlement, he had an important and difficult job in supervising the rural training of ex-servicemen and the employment of loans and allowances. He will take up duty in Port Moresby on July 22. (See “Commentary”).

Forewarned is Forearmed

p. 22

FIVE days after his appointment was announced from Canberra, Mr. Rupert Wilson, Assistant Administrator elect of P-NG, arrived in Port Moresby on the Bulolo.

The Bulolo had left Sydney on June 23, two days before the Can berra announcement.

Mr. Wilson, who was accompanied by his wife, was taking a pre-view trip around the Territory. He takes up duty on July 22. A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson is on the nursing staff of Port Moresby hos pital.

If Mr. C. A. G. Coleridge has been appointed Director of Audit, Fiji.

He expected to leave the United Kingdom in June. He is 41 years of age, was educated at Malvern College and Sidney Sussex College, Cam bridge. He has served in Tangan yika as Assistant Auditor and in Nigeria as Senior Assistant and Principal Assistant Auditor.

The Problems of Taxation

pp. 23-139

and Loans Fiji A Change from Income to Customs Tax Possible

ANGLES of the Report of the Committee of Fiscal Review, involving changes in taxation which will affect most classes of the people, have been receiving a lot of public attention in Fiji.

The Report was before the Fiji Legislative Council, which sat in the latter part of June. The Governor said that some of the important recommendations in the report w r ere discussed at the Colonial Office when the Colonial Treasurer. visited London in May; the Report generally was approved; but further consultations between the Fiji Government and the Colonial Office were necessary before the most important recommendations can be accepted for implementation.

The most important changes proposed, in a general way, are the land tax and the transfer from direct taxation—that is, less emphasis on income tax and more on Customs tax. It is assumed that this is the outcome of the wellknown difficulties which the Goveminent of Fiji always has had in taxing the incomes of the Indians.

This has had the effect of throwing too large a proportion of the cost of government upon the non- Indian sections. More taxation of

imports and less of incomes will readjust this matter: but it may have other repercussions—so the Secretary of State for the Colonies (very wisely) will not permit any hasty decision.

From 1955 to 1960 (said the Gov ernor at the opening of the Legis lative Council) Fiji will need prob ably £8,000,000 for capital works, External loans may provide £4,000,000 —mainly for Suva’s new docks and water supply; the Colonial De velopment and Welfare Funds might provide £2,500,000 for reading and similar works; while the Colony it self might provide £1,650,000 for agriculture, housing, industry, and 80 forth,

Discussion of Fiji S Taxation

rrODiems

By “TAVITE”

, , , T HE Flscal Review re P ort tabled A before the Colony’s Legislative Council has, as expected, aroused a lot of criticism from the various communities in Fiji, and there is bound to be pressure exerted on the Government so that each race, from a taxation point of view, will not be worse off than at present.

The Committee has made a genuine attempt to find a more equitable distribution of the tax ation burdens. But this is difficult, in view of the Colony’s peculiar problems and also because the Colony has outstripped itself in the field of direct taxation by the imposition of a scale of income tax, which, in the higher brackets and the company field, is comparable with that of more advanced countries, with far greater resources. A refer ence to the appendices in the report shows how lavish the Government has been in the past in following the Socialistic pattern set by the self-governing members of the Com monwealth, from whom the taxation machinery was largely borrowed.

The Committee’s attempt to get something in return for the Educa tion and Medical services is praise worthy—although it may cause some temporary hardship, particularly to the indigenous r N ace. At least it should adjust the disparity which existed when the Medical Service finances were heavily strained by the overwhelming and comparatively free use the hospitals and their pharmacies were put to by the Indians, who enjoyed this privilege as a surviving relic of the immigra tion days.

This further example that the Indian community does not cry “discrimination” when it benefits by it is mentioned here because there was no reference to the benefit by the Committee. It studiously but no doubt correctly omitted it. But the point has already been noted and publicised, as a reference to an article from Suva, under date May 12, will show.

To stifle the howl which would have gone up, and been heard per haps as far away as Delhi, the Com mittee took the next logical step of recommending that the Fijian, too, pay for his medical services.

If the recommendations on the Medical services are adopted—that is, everyone to pay—the Colony as a whole must benefit, because there should be a marked diminution in hospitalisation and drugs costs when the Indians have to pay. They in the past have been the biggest users of the free service.

HOW DOES THE REPORT

AFFECT THE INVESTOR?

ONE recommendation of the Com mittee should be of great in terest, now and in the future, to everyone connected with the Colony’s continued prosperity, ana especially to Australian investors, because the bulk of the capital in vested in the Colony is Australian.

This is the recommendation: 108. We consider It essential for com pany activity to be substantially developed In the direction of greater national pro ductivity (from which increases in the return of Government revenues can be expected to flow). This development is largely dependent upon the attraction or both men and capital (particularly risk

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capital) from overseas, and the rates of both personal and company tax play an important part in the matter. 114. In view of the close economic links between Fiji and Australia, we consider that the law in Fiji should be altered to provide for taxation of dividends in share holders’ hands. But it must be remem bered that this “double” taxation must affect the basic rate of company taxation.

For example, the basic company tax rate in Australia, where there is “double taxation” in this sense, is 6/- in the £; whereas in New Zealand, where dividends in the hands of the shareholder are non assessable for tax, it is up to 11/6 in the £. It is, after all, sensible and equitable that if the same money is taxed twice, it should be taxed on either occasion at the lower rate, than if it is taxed once only.

To quote and underline the first LI words, “in view of the close inks between Fiji and Australia” t may pay the Government to take mother look at this particular piece )f advice, because of the very strong md current agitations which re cently have been made in Australia :or the removal of taxation on iividends in shareholders’ hands.

With the return of the Menzies- Padden Government it is quite on ;he cards that this pernicious im iost will be removed. Even if it vere not, it is doubtful whether the suggestion that the income tax rate )e lowered {vide the last sentence n recommendation 114 quoted ibove) would provide any induce nent for investors —in the company leld, anyway—as it is thought that :he rate for this type of activity in ?iji is far too high. Thus, the de velopment of new industries prob ibly would be adversely affected by ;he adoption of a wartime practice vhich is suspect by investors. il THAT will happen to this report? ff The outcome will be awaited with interest. Our guess is that i lot of it will be implemented by ;he Government.

Apart from the Fijians themselves, ;he net result may be a slight rise n the cost of living, with the con aimer paying a little more for everything he buys or uses because >f the shift from direct to indirect & Biit it is doubtful, now, if the ;axpayer will benefit greatly fiom reduction in direct taxation, be 'ause the Government recently has considered the adoption of other re sorts which, if adopted will give ncrease in teachers’ and Civil ser /ants’ salaries. (See elsewhere^ How will it affect the Fmans.

Fhey more than anyone, IH ™rJe off financially. They could •Onsp the gap by working haider, r bv levyfng a tax on their own xportabTe y produce; or they could

toVeMf’ the

Fijians themselves will P™^ de best solution, possibly by a com

bination of courses. In spite of his reputation for taking things easy, the Fijian has sufficient worth-while ingredients in his splendid make up, given the chance, to solve this problem, too.

H Mr. David Wilson, former radio operator and sales manager in America, has been appointed South Pacific representative for United Air Lines, with offices in the APA Building, Martin Place, Sydney.

United is America’s oldest scheduled airline. It, operates a fleet of 174 four-engined and twin-e ngi n e d Mainliners, serving 79 cities and Hawaii.

Cardinal Gilroy in Rabaul

p. 23

When Cardinal Gilroy arrived at Rabaul, New Britain, during his extensive tour of P-NG in May, he was met by a police guard-of-honour and welcomed by many Europeans, Chinese, Euronesians, and natives. He is shown in happy mood during the welcome. —Photo by Fr. Fred Kersken.

New Building in Port Moresby

p. 25

On present indica tions, Port Moresby which before the war was a sleepy hollow of two or three hundred resi dents will eventu ally be one of the most attractive tropical towns in the South Pacific. New buildings that are going up are sub stantial and at tractive, as shown by these semi-completed structures.

At top, is the new Bank of NSW premises, at the corner of Musgrave and Douglas Streets, which will replace the old tin shed which has done duty

as banking chambers and staff quarters since the end of the war. It is built of small cement bricks, and cement pillars along the facade and side of the building are a feature of the “Colonial” type architecture.

On the corner across the street, the foundations of the new Commonwealth Bank, which will be of modern design, are taking shape.

The lower photograph shows the new freezer being erected oj ing Company in Douglas Street.

When the two banks are completed, there will be only one blank corner on

Musgrave and Douglas (the third corner is occupied by the Papua Hotel) and this contains the remnants of foundations of a hotel begun by Steamships before the war and never completed.

The corner seems to be used now for assorted purposes—a taxi stand and what seems to be a depot for native police.

A couple of very - large dogs, which make the night hideous with their barking, also seem to live there somewhere. No one appears to know when or if STC intends to complete that hotel—but no town ever needed an additional hotel more than does overcrowded Port Moresby in this year of 1954.

Visit Rennell

p. 25

British Scientists Visit Rennell

A YOUNG British scientist, Mr.

John Bradley, and his wife have returned to London aiter collecting insects and birds on Rennell Island for the British Museum. , Rennell, 120 miles from the British Solomons, was the couples idea of “paradise island . They found that the natives had no money or clothes worries no weapons except catapults for hunt ing, and no colds or influenza They also found that of all the

odds and ends they took with them to the islands, the natives preferred custard.

Thomson?

p. 25

Do You Remember Capt.

AN overseas message in June, said that Captain George Thomson, formerly of the British Over seas Airways Corporation, has died at his home in Suffolk, aged 62.

It was stated that Capt. Thomson had crashed on a mountain in New Guinea in 1930, and subsequently the mountain had been named after him.

Territories Talk-Talk

pp. 26-30

By Tolala

/COMMERCIAL firms are drawing on NG these days for names for various trade lines. A brand of ladies’ foundation garments re vels in that mutilated word “Lap Lap,” and I recently saw some Angora knitting wool labelled “Fuzzy-Wuzzy.” Actually neither word is of NG origin. “Lap Lap” comes from the Polynesian “Lava lava” and t’other was popularised : r Kipling in his poem “Fuzzy- T.'uzzy” about the bravery of the Cudaneser.

Not for a moment do I suggest that the lines advertised are as synthetic as their names.

The word “lap-lap” always re minds me of the resident of Rabaul who, some years ago, in explaining to her visitor from South who asked for the derivation of “lap-lap”, said: “It covers the lap, my dear.” * * * The Army Education Corps has sent an officer to P-NG to train the

PIR in English. This should please the UNO Trusteeship Committee, which has no love for Pidgin. Nearly 20 years ago Bandmaster Crawley started training his Rabaul Police Band, not only to read music, but also the rudiments of theory; and he proved to the sceptics that the technical details were not beyond his pupils.

It was only in the May issue I mentioned that Walter H. Lucas was still his dynamic self. On June 12 he passed to his long rest, and his remains were cremated in Syd ney’s Northern Suburbs Crema torium on June 15. Sydney news papers, apparently, had no space to even mention the passing of one whose influence was greatly felt in the immediate post-War I years in the Pacific. “W.H.” had many critics, especially after he was appointed Chairman of the Ex propriation Board in 1920—but he did his job conscientiously, as he saw it. As BP’s Islands manager he was averse to employing married men on Islands plantations. “They spend too much time in the house, and planting flowers,” he used to say. Returned Diggers from the First War, who were engaged as plantation men for the Exproboard, didn’t appreciate this policy; and when the RS League was formed in Rabaul in 1921, with Business Man ager Fred Jolley as chairman, and Frank Saunders as Secretary, a strong protest was registered against the Lucas ruling of no wives for Board employees. I was appointed publicity officer and managed to get some space in the southern papers, with the result that “Billy”

Hughes, then Prime Minister, had the ban lifted, and conjugal happi ness reigned supreme. I don’t sup pose many Diggers who attended that meeting are still up there.

One thing WH did accomplish, with good results, was to make all the plantation men coconut pest and disease conscious. There was never any skimping where pest gangs were concerned on Board plantations. * * * I see that the annual conference of the NSW ALP recommends the abolition of the indenture system among the P-NG native workers.

One might justifiably ask; What’s the difference between the present day indenture system and com pulsory unionism? The less P-NG has contact with modern unionism for the next decade or so, the better for all concerned. The enlighten ment of the P-NG natives will all come in time. And we must be careful, too, of our definition of “en lightenment.” * * * News of the discovery of “100,000 Lost Natives in NG” by Alan Roberts and John Arthur recently, when cruising around the Mueller and Karius ranges, has brought

some satirical remarks from Eng lish journalists. Said one London columnist: ‘‘lmagine a people so uninformed that they haven’t the faintest idea of how to kill each other by blast, fire, gas and atomic radiation!

Their plight in Papua must be terrible .”

It would seem that the wheel of civilisation has taken a full turn and at least some people realise that our present-day Western set up is not, after all, such a blessing as the starry-eyed theorists would have us believe. If we could pass on to these primitive people only the advantages of civilisation (of which health and hygiene are the outstanding parts) without the ad versities (atomic warfare, power politics and confusion of sectarian dogmas) we might be justified in our studied, self-righteous pro gramme of thrusting our Way of Life upon these dwellers in “un discovered” NG. At least they should have the option of living their own lives if they so desire it. * * * Australia has been having more brick-bats hurled at it by members of the UN Trusteeship Council, especially India and Syria, of all places. “P-NG’s educational pro gramme for natives is inadequate and what is to become of the Nauruans in 60 years’ time when the phosphate deposits are worked out?” Judging by press reports it would seem that Bert Jones, our special representative at these meet ings, is quite capable of holding his own against the critics, and his re plies to questions have been about the best I have read during the last thirty-odd years of these assaults on Australian administra tion. s’; * * Capt. Carl Haug’s enquiry for old shipmates of the Garnet . Hill (June Editors’ Mailbag) brings to my mind dapper Capt. Keller (who wore his cap at the Beatty angle and was a skipper of Government steamers during the Military Occupation in TNG in the early ’2o’s). I think he was in the Meklong or Star. He had an at tractive wife. Seaman Fehr would be K. Fehr, who owned a planta tion south of Kieta, in Bougain ville. I think it must have been Iwi. He, was “expropriated” and went back to Germany about 1923. * ♦ ♦ Apropos the war memorial to be erected in Rabaul (“Do You Re member?” PIM, June), it was de signed by the late R. L. Clark, who was then State President of the NG RSL, and a photo of the model appeared in a PIM issue. There was, however, a memorial erected on this same site —but by the Japanese, in 1943, to commemorate their “con quest” of NG, and it consisted of a well-shaped soft-wood log, about 15 ft high, covered with Japanese

lettering, and set in an elaborate concrete foundation. ± * * There was a lot of good meat in an April editorial in the SP Post anent World Health Organisation and Australia’s generosity towards under-privileged nations. The writer asked: “What has WHO ever done for NG which, logically, should be one of the first claimants for a hand-out from coffers filled by world subscription?”

One can safely ask; “What bene ficial action has T-NG ever received from the two world organisations under which it has been ruled for 30 years? I can call to mind only the very effective survey made by Dr. Lambert in 1921 against hook worm. And that was under a Rocke feller grant.

If Australia contemplates con tinuing in the role of airy god mother to P-NG indigenes on such an extravagant scale, then some of the monies now being spilled into the coffers of UNO for other under-privileged peoples should be diverted to the native races under our own care, and thus some relief afforded to the Australian taxpayer. * ❖ Jack Chipper, of Rabaul, a couple of months ago, summed up the pre sent situation in a faithful descrip tion of conditions at a meeting of the Rabaul Chamber of Commerce.

There are scores of residents who have aired the self-same opinions, but are not fortunate or fearless enough to have received the same publicity.

He deprecated the practice of “giving something for nothing” to the natives. And one heartily en dorses his argument. The NG native is not naturally a mendicant in any sense of the word. From the crack of dawn native tradition has been “something for something” —a fair exchange; payment in some form or other.

Their old native markets have in stilled this principle in their customs, whether it was a taro for a fish or a head for a head. Cer tainly, there are some mendicants — the “spivs,” who cadge and beg at every opportunity—but they are not characteristic of the native way of life, and it is up to the Europeans to see they do not develop and be come a menace. They require to be slapped down even as our own “spivs” are treated. And let not the fact that the UNO has its eyes on NG as a deterrent to slapping down. * * * The possibility of the rehabilita tion of the Botanic Gardens at Rabaul not being carried out (May PIM, p. 9) is sorry news. That area —pre-war —was one of the Terri tory’s main attractions, where flowers, fruits and trees from every tropical country bloomed in pro fusion. It was second only to the gardens at Buitenzorg, the social

capital of Java in the Dutch time, once described as the “most beautiful in the world."

But in these years beauty must be sacrificed to “progress” and now modern pre-fabricated houses will replace the stately avenues of palms, the open green spaces, and the exotic trees. The Diddimans of the past will turn in their graves when they realise what may happen to Rabaul’s Garden of which they were all so proud. * * * A Melbourne report recently re ferred to the fact that government control “over the purchase and dis tribution of woolpacks would cease from January 1, 1955, and over cornsacks from February 1, 1955 ”

This might be a help to the kenaf producers of NG. To assist in the change-over the trade would be allowed to start buying operations six months in advance. * * * I enjoyed the Canoes and Ships stamps-article by KN in April PIM, but was surprised he made no men tion of the steamer series of the old German Colonial government, which was issued for all German colonies, merely the name of the colony being changed. The “Deutsch Neu Guinea” series, overprinted “GRI,” after the Australian occupa tion, had a good value. So much so that a “smart Alec” started over printing the old German stamps himself and flooded the market. * * * The changes wrought by Time:

Lai-Lee

Wedding

Miss Miriam Lai, kindergarten teacher at the Administration School, Rabaul, was married at Burwood, Sydney, on May 25 to Mr. S. C. Lee, of Rabaul. Photograph shows, from left to right: Mr. Lai For Tai, father of bride; Mr. Gabriel Achun, of Rabaul; the bride groom and bride; the bride’s mother; Miss Betty Liu, bridesmaid; Mr. Lai and Mr. Joseph Chan. —Photo by C. H.

Meen.

Recently a Moresby message to Syd ev Press quoted Patrol Officer Keogh as having made a trip to he Chimbus at Chauve in the .-tern Highlands, and the natives took no interest in his patrol at all.

“Most of the population hid—none olunteered as guides—and all re fused to return with the patrol to the world.” That was in April, 1954. de Hagen-Sepik patrol touched Chauve in February, 1938. Said e leader, J. L. Taylor, in his port; On January 29, the journey n Bena Bena to Mount Hagen an. It was marked by a great •: siasm of the people along the ■ . ite and the hundreds of volun to join the party. I quote from 7 diary of February 3: ‘At Chauve t 2,000 people at the station, o ;s greeted me with cheers of ’come, outstretched hands and ailing faces. Every here and there i prominent man and sometimes a le child would kiss my hand, andreds asked to be allowed to go vvith us. Unfortunately, I could only ike a few from each. Food in abundance.’ ”

After 16 years it seems as though he Pax Britannica policy is work ing in inverse ratio. * * * About the same time there appeared in Sydney newspapers a story, released by that mythical in di dual, ‘‘a government spokes man,” which told of another Patrol

Officer—J. E. Wakeford—who had completed a 58-days patrol through the country of the Kukukukus (usually accepted as the “bad boys” of NG) who were described as a “kind and generous people with a wonderful sense of humour.” Wakeford said the tribesmen’s notorious reputation was now unwarranted.

Well< time wiu tell whether the Kukukukus have changed their spots, or whether it is a new tech nique injected during the School course at Mosman. * * It was encouraging to hear Cardinal Gilroy, on his return from a visit to P-NG, remark that “New Guinea is now wide awake, although

before the War it could be described as a country asleep.”

I don’t know that His Eminence’s remarks are quite fair in this re gard. New Guinea has been awake for some years. It is the Australian people who have been asleep and are now only realising the potential ities at their northern door — economically, socially and strategic — The engagement has been an nounced of Miss Patricia Wiseman Clarke, elder daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Clarke, of Brae Street, Inverell, NSW, to Mr. Alex Hopper, of Belik Plantation, New Ireland, Miss Clarke has been for some time at the Regional Library, Lae

South Pacific Air Service

pp. 31-33

Reorganisa tion Has Pleased Few

WHATEVER the various Govern ment airline chiefs feel about their recent re-organisation of south Pacific services, they are still earning passenger curses on some of the routes—particularly in Fiji where the whole of the former services have been disorganised.

As one irate Island resident ex presses it—“the Coral route has been well mucked up.”

The TEAL flying-boats that run the Coral Route to Papeete are now based on Lauthala Bay, Suva.

Normally they fly a fortnightly ser vice through from there to Papeete, but at the present season they are running a weekly service.

The additional service that TEAL used to run to Western Samoa on three out of the four weeks, has been cut out. This may not matter so much because Western Samoa is reasonably served by the USS Co.’s Tofua and, of course, by the Coral Route.

But all passengers to Tahiti from NZ now fly from Auckland to Nadi by land plane. Nadi is 150 miles and 5 hours of dusty road from Suva by taxi; or 11 hours by Fiji Air ways plane. This costs the customer £8 by taxi (which can be shared) or £4 by plane. This arrangement involves a night in a Suva hotel — also at the customer’s expense.

TEAL will handle hotel and Fiji Air ways bookings but will not make taxi bookings. Other travel agents will do any of these tasks.

Southbound TEAL DC6 services from Nadi to Auckland are arranged to connect with the Sydney-North America service by Qantas. As a consequence, passengers from Suva or the Coral Route arriving at Nadi by the 8 a.m. Fiji Airways plane must wait at the airport until 5 p.m. that day to make their con nection —and then arrive at Auck land about midnight.

IT was certain that when services were reorganised in the South Pacific, for reasons of economy, there would be grouses from some communities. But Suva seems to have come out most unfortunately in the reshuffle; and it appears that little attention has been paid to their air requirements—particularly as regards the Suva-Auckland link which was possibly the Colony’s

most important.

The whole trouble of the Coral Route hiatus at Suva could be solved by the flying-boats calling at Lautoka. This would involve onlv a 20-mile ride from Nadi to the base. There is an alighting area at Lautoka—the Queen’s plane used it last year when she visited the sugar town —and. it sscms likely that TEAL will eventually come round

to it. Otherwise their much ad vertised Coral Route—from New Zealand anyway—will lose much of its glamour.

A Lautoka pick-up would not, of course, help Suva-Auckland passen gers, who would still have to use Fiji Airways or a taxi (or a bus) to make their connection at Nadi.

SYDNEY-NOUMEA-SUVA

SERVICE

At present Coral Route travellers from Australia through to Papeete may join the TEAL flying-ooats at Suva—the Qantas Sydney-Noumea- Suva service is still operating, although under threat of the axe.

Originally it was intended to withdraw this service in June but there were so many complaints from people all along the line, par ticularly in Noumea and Suva, that the Australian Department of Civil Aviation was called upon to re consider the matter.

At this writing (July 1) the Dept, is still deliberating, and the Qantas service is functioning as usual.

There is a rumour to the effect that the difficulty may be overcome by combining the Sydney-New Hebrides service with the one to Suva—that

is, one plane would make trips Noumea-Suva and Noumea- Hebrides before returning once weekly to Sydney. This would in volve stop-overs in Noumea for some passengers, and the hotel accommodation position in Noumea is not good.

New Caledonia’s protest comes from both the Government and the South Pacific Commission, both of which have made much use of the Noumea-Suva Qantas service to maintain communication with North America (through the international airport in Fiji) and with Western Samoa, French Oceania and other countries eastward of Fiji.

It is vital to the work of the South Pacific Commission (whose headquarters were established in Noumea by the six contracting Gov ernments some years ago) that it has quick and easy access to the 14 South Pacific Territories which it serves. The withdrawal of the Sydney-Noumea-Suva service would embarrass the South Pacific Com mission.

ROSE BAY RESIDENTS LIKE IT

However, the South Pacific re shuffle has been pleasing to some— notably the residents of Rose Bay, Sydney, who have been agitating for about 15 years to have the fly ing-boats removed from that ex clusive harbour-side suburb.

When the last TEAL Solent left there on Sunday, June 27, that meant that movements in and out of the base were reduced by about 20 a week. Only Qantas and Ansett use the base now.

During the 14 years of TEAL fly ing-boat operation, they have flown 12.000,000 trans-Tasman miles with out passenger accident.

With the withdrawal of the last of the Solents, Wellington, NZ, loses its trans-Tasman service.

TEAL’S DC6s maintain services be tween Sydney and Auckland, Syd ney and Christchurch and Mel bourne and Christchurch only.

REPORT ON TOURIST AIR

TRAVEL

OUR NZ representative recently travelled from Nadi, Fiji, to Auckland, Tourist Class, in a DC-6 aircraft. He reports on this new means of travel: As far as comfort, meals and ser vice are concerned, for a com paratively short flight, the Tourist Class cannot be faulted. Only the “frills” have been abolished.

Located in the fore part of the aircraft, there is slightly more noise than in the first-class compart ment. One fault noticeable in this aircraft was that, in rearranging for tourist class, the reading lights had not been altered to suit and reading on the night flight was therefore difficult. This matter will no doubt soon be corrected.

Greatest hardship is the reduc tion in baggage allowance from 66 lbs to 44 lbs for the Tourist

passenger, though this is probably adequate for the business man mak ing a quick trip, especially if he wears his heaviest Southern suit for the flight.

But even should he carry the full 66 lbs of baggage, he would still be in pocket on the Nadi-Auckland sector where the excess rate is 3 11 Stg. per pound. The comparative First and Tourist single fares on

this sector are £NZ39/7/- and £NZ3I 10/-, so if the tourist carried 66 lbs he would pay in all about £NZ36 and save £3.

It is certain that, on the Nadi- Auckland sector, where the flight takes over 5 hours, Tourist Class will be popular.

EDITORIAL NOTE: It seems to us that by going “Tourist”, the Suva-Auckland traveller will just

about break even—the cost of get ting from Suva to Nadi will take care of any saving on the Nadi- Auckland fare.

Sohano, on Bougainville, T-NG, will be gazetted as a town shortly.

Kieta, the old district headquarters, is the only “town” on Bougainville but Sohano, now District HQ, since the war, has outstripped it.

Island-Bound From Sydney on the Bulolo

p. 33

The above travellers sailed to P-NG on the Bulolo from Sydney on June 23. From L to R: The Rev. J. D. Flentji, with his wife and children—Margaret, David and Shirley —were returning to Nakanai, New Britain, after leave. Mr. Snowy Halpin, return-

ing to Bulolo where he works with BGD.

Sister Daisy Banner, leaves for another term with the Methodist Mission Hospital at Salamo. Mr. D. Whitcombe, who in tended looking New Guinea over with a view to settling there. The Rev. R. L.

Williams was farewelled by his wife when he set out for the Baptist Mission at Baiyer River, in the NG Central High lands. Mrs. Williams will follow in a few months’ time.

The Victors!

p. 35

New Guinea Rugby League footballers decisively beat Papua in Port Moresby on June 13. After a crushing win for NG in

the Reserve grade (21-8), New Guinea’s top team, shown here, went on to win the Austin Ireland Shield game 12-9.

A record attendance of 4,500 spectators watched the match. —Photo by Papuan Prints.

Another Skymaster For P-Ng

pp. 36-39

But Hotel Bottleneck Not So Easy to Solve

INTRODUCTION of an extra Skymaster, by Qantas, on the Sydney-New Guinea service should end the transportation bottle neck that has irritated Territorians for months.

The plane is additional to the regular Skymaster services which leave Sydney each Wednesday and Sunday and return the following day. The new service will leave Sydney each Thursday and provide up to 48 additional seats per week.

First flight left Sydney July 1.

Sandringham services will continue to run from Sydney through to Rabaul each week, leaving Sydney on Sunday evening. There will be the usual Sandringham service to Port Moresby leaving Sydney altern ate Wednesdays.

The new arrangement should now make it possible to get seat bookings at short notice.

MORE IRRITATION IN

MORESBY

PASSENGER tempers were frayed on June 22 when a Qantas Sandringham was delayed a day iu Po S Mor esby at the direction of the Regional Director of Civil Aviation. Passengers allege that they were actually seated in the plane waiting to take off for Rabaul

when they were told to disembark.

The plane was grounded to allow an inquiry into crew complaints on rest periods—under Civil Aviation regulations plane crews must have

a specified rest period while on active flying duty. It appears that crew members had to sleep in a Port Moresby mess because no beds were available in either of the town’s two hotels.

This seems unusual; we under stand that rooms are permanently engaged for Qantas crew members at the Papua Hotel. However, at the same time, the hotel position

in Port Moresby is satisfactory for neither guests, transients, the pro prietors, staff nor, obviously, for air craft crews.

The Papua Hotel provides all Qantas accommodation, including crew accommodation, and regular overnight passenger accommodation for the Sandringham which arrives in Port Moresby from Sydney each Monday and goes on to Rabaul each Tuesday. In addition, the crew of the Sandringham which arrives in Moresby alternate Thursdays is also accommodated for several days; there is the normal flow of travellers coming in to Moresby to await aircraft for Australia; or alternately, arriving from Australia to await transport to other parts of the Territory.

Finally, there are the travellers within the Territory seeking accom modation.

THE CASE FOR ANOTHER

HOTEL

The accommodation available in the town at present is frequently inadequate for the demands put upon it. The managers of the hotels, there fore, either have to turn guests away, knowing that there is no other place for them to go; or they put extra mattresses into two-bedded rooms and earn the curses of guests already in residence.

Moresby needs another hotel, or alternately, a Qantas establishment on the lines of the passenger and crew accommodation provided so admirably at Lae.

In a number of the air services provided in New Guinea it is still necessary for the crew to arise at some ungodly, small hour of the morning. When the crew is accom modated in a hotel, that means that the rest of the guests also are awakened, which in turn, means that said guests get about four hours sleep on that night.

It is usually completely useless to try to go to bed in most of New Guinea’s hotels until midnight. The bars do not close until 10, or later on the New Guinea side, and it re quires those two extra hours for stragglers to get to their beds. Even then, it is not unusual for some people with little regard for the comfort of others, to make wassail for hours outside the bedroom doors of other guests.

THIS state of affairs is not the fault of the hotel proprietors or their staffs. It is the fashion in P-NG to make noise when, how and where the fancy takes you, re

gardless.

And added to this is the fact that in all h ?‘ el i et th f„ blem arises of how to let m wic maximum amount of the same time, not let in the maxi mum amount of noise.

Builders of hotels in P-NG have

solved the problem, for the most part, by letting in the air and allowmg the noise take care of itself.

When the Papua Hotel was designed and built before the war— to cater for the wants of residents and travellers of a town of 300 or 400 residents—it was admirable for the purpose. Even to-day, under hopelessly crowded conditions, it has some features which cannot be bettered by hotels anywhere. But the European population of Moresby is now about 10 times that figure and there is much more travelling per capita of population done in the Territory now than there ever was before the war when the bulk of people went by ship and so took

their accommodation with them, Nowhere else in the world but P-NG is it taken so matter-of-factly that one should share a room with a perfect stranger; and this un civilised custom alone, is respon sible for a great deal of the noise in Territory pubs: One person cannot make very much noise; but put two people together and they can keep their neighbours up half the night, Drag in a mattress and require a third party to sleep on it, on the floor, and the best hotel room begins to look like a camp and the three occupants can put on a party that will keep the whole hotel awake.

Little wonder if plane crews can

not get adequate rest in P-NG hotels; but, by the same token, plane crews add to the unrest of other travellers. A mess in Port Moresby, on the lines provided in Lae by Qantas for their transient passengers, with separate quarters for crew, would be a blessing.

Indefinitely prolonged, the present system of shared rooms and over crowding, could turn the best hotel into a doss-house.

The only other alternative to

additional hotel accommodation seems to be to supply managers with double-strength sleeping-pills, to be issued to guests, as required, II Miss Barbara Furness, of the Aus tralian Broadcasting Commission’s executive’s office, flew from Adelaide to Port Moresby On June 6. She will stay there for 21 months as secretary to the ABC manager for Papua and NG, Mr. H. S. Sibary.

Tenders by W. A. Purchase for the erection of three “L” type re sidences with native quarters at Lae have been accepted by the Depart ment of Works of the P-NG Ad ministration. The cost of the resid ences will be £4,940 each. Two are to be completed in 20 weeks, one in 16 weeks.

Old Soldiers Meet at Dinner

p. 39

At the official table at the Waterloo Dinner, held in Port Moresby at the RSL Club, on June 19. From left to right: Mr. H. Triggs, Mr. C. Miles, the Administrator, Brigadier D. M. Cleland, Capt. W. B. Lawson and Col. W. Young. —Photo by Papuan Prints.

Lions Club Spreading

p. 40

AN International Branch of the Lions Club has been formed in American Samoa by Mr. Elmer A. Wilson, formerly of Hawaii. It was sponsored by the Kalaupapa Club of Hawaii, and 40 members have already joined.

Governor Lowe and several American Samoan officials attended the Charter dinner on June 4, and Mr. Wilson was presented with two jewelled pins—one for forming the Club and the other for doing the job alone.

The Lions, an organisation similar to Rotary, have a branch in Australia.

!J^A7?A J „Mi! la &, wh o was formerly fU? ■with the Department of District Services in P-NG, is now superintendent of reserves in the South Australia Aborigines Department.

' Rati! Dr I A r Dnvi twtrr u oc .

XL! i' • R -. Dovi > MBE has settled down in his new post in Affiairs 8 D H> Ut |« Sec^et^ y forF y ian Affiairs. He is a brother of Ratu

Sir Lala Sukuna, and he rendered distinguished service during many years as a Medical Officer in the Solomon Islands, r .

Mr. Max Blackwood, post master a . t Samarai > Papua, left by Sand rmgham on June 25 for three months’ leave in Australia Hp is being relieved by Mr. Charlie Sim kiss, of Port Moresby.

The Asian Influence on Political Future

pp. 41-123

Political Future

A SEPARATE roll for Asians is the only method of guarding • * . r XT r. • J r; J- 5 against the possibility of New Guinea finding itself represented in the P-NG Legislative Council by two Asian members.

This argument, introduced in the last stages of the June meeting of Rabaul Town Advisory Council by Mr. J. L. Chipper, went en thusiastically unsupported by most of the other members —including Mr. D. Barrett, sitting Member for New Guinea Islands who, it is believed, has the goodwill of most of the Asian voters in the community.

Mr. Chipper was also critical of the Legislative Council in what he suggested was its dilatory manner of setting up a select committee to inquire into the composition of future Legislative Councils. (The committee was ctmsen last November and it was believed, at the time, that its recommendations would be made in time to be acted upon before the election of the second Council in October, 1954. It was thought then that the Legis lative Council would meet early in 1954; it did not meet until May, when the report of the committee was tabled. As a consequence it is unlikely that the necessary legislation will be passed—it requires amend ment to the P-NG Act by Federal Parliament —in time to alter the composition of the incoming Coun cil. One of the recommendations was that the number of elected members be increased from three to nine).

Mr. Chipper claimed that, as matters now stand, Asian electors could by force of numbers elect two Asians to be the NG rep resentatives; and that if this happened the European com munity would be unrepresented. To prevent this, he said, the Asians should have a separate roll and elect their own representative, while Europeans elected theirs.

The Asian members of the TAC, either because they did not want an Asian representative to Legco, nr because Mr. Chipper framed the motion, seemed singularly unenthusi astic about the Asian roll.

Mr. Barrett, who was oneoftne architects of the report on the com position of the Legislative Courwil, renlied somewhat tersely that, not counting those who deliberately boy cotted the last election and &d not pnroll there were 400 European voters’ and at present there were about 300 Chinese “Australian pro tected persons” who were entitled to (All 6 Asians who are born in New Guinea become Australian pro

tected persons automatically; but at the age of 21 they are required to either revoke this status and register as aliens, or signify that they will remain “protected.”) IT has been rumoured locally that Mr. Chipper might stand as a

candidate for NG Islands electorate at the next elections on October 2.

And his motion at the TAG meet ing, has been interpreted, by some, as a move to separate Mr. Barrett from the Asian vote.

Whatever the truth of this, it is a fact that Mr. Chipper was one of the leaders of that section of the community (notably the Rabaul Chamber of Commerce) which boy cotted the 1951 elections. They took the line that a Legislative Council so overloaded with official members would be largely ineffective, and as a protest against this they did not register to vote.

Most people in the Territory will now agree that although the non

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official members of the Council are almost never permitted to alter vital legislation, they have at least been the voice of the people and through them public grievances, previously settled out of hand by regulation, have an airing.

The setting up of the first coun cil in 1951 was hurried through in a few weeks and, for some political reason, thrust upon a P-NG com munity insufficiently prepared for it. But it was a beginning and if the recommendations of the Select Committee are carried into effect, it should be a much more effective body.

It is interesting to note that the report recommends that in choos ing nominated members, full con sideration should be given to select ing someone who will represent the Asian community.

Now Judged for their Football

pp. 43-44

1954 Rugby Union Tour: The Sentiment is Out—Fijians

T7M FTEEN uhns in 17 matches, a record aggregate points score lor J/ a visiting team, and 10 per cent, of the expected record gate takings of £15,000 in their pockets I

THAT is how the Fiji Union foot ballers finished their 1954 Aus tralian tour. They played their last match in Orange, NSW, on June 29, and left Sydney by plane on July 2, to play one match in Auckland the following day at the request of the NZ Rugby Union.

They left Auckland for home by TEAL on July 4.

Their two defeats in Australia were in the first test and in one of the two matches against NSW.

They won the second test 18 points to 16 in a ragged but sensa tional game on the Sydney Cricket Ground on June 26, the second-last match of their tour. They also won one of the test matches during their 1952 tour, but whereas they played a “gentlemanly” game in that earlier series, they gradually adopted the more forceful Australian tactics in the series just concluded, and it was in the second test that these tactics were most apparent. With Australia fighting to win both tests, and the Fijians determined to even the test score, there were fights and

brawls on the field, hooting of the Fijians by the crowd of 33,099, and argu ment over doubtful tries and a penalty after the full-time bell which gave the visitors their victory by a narrow margin.

Until that final bell the Fijians were trailing 15-16.

After the match everybody was wondering why three tests had not been included i n th e itinerary, and there was some agitation for the third to be played. But the itinerary had been agreed upon before the tour began and there was no extra match. . .

The hooting in the second test was not vindictive. That is the Australian fashion. It is a fair summary to say that the Fijians are accepted now, in Australia, for their football —and not as novelty visitors from some other world.

This is probably a good thing, all round.

Throughout the tour, the visitors were fully as popular as they were in i9o/ and they drew even bigger crowds

through the gates. The gate takings proved their popularity, because the English Rugby League players were in Australia at the same time, and League has a bigger following j n the two main Rugby States, NSW and Queensland.

The English and Fijian teams did not play on the same day in the same city, each itinerary being made to avoid a clash of matches, but when the Englishmen arrived the newspaper publicity had to be shared. In the earlier tour it was all the Fijians.

Although the financial result of the tour will not be known for some weeks, officials expected before the last game at Orange that the takings would be about £30,000 for all 17 matches. Half of this covered the expenses.

The Fijians atoned for both their

defeats, beating NSW by 24 to 19 in the return match on June 19.

They had no difficulty in beating Victoria and South Australia, the lesser States in the Rugby world, and they had runaway wins against NSW country teams. They beat Queensland 53 to 16, and Brisbane 34 to 9 in a night match—their first, played under floodlights.

At the end of the second test, S.

Vatabua was the highest individual scorer with 100 points. A. Nawalu was next with 84, then G. Cavalevu with 36.

VTC;rr nu iujnga vibii The NSW Rugby Union announced late in June that it would not finance a team to visit Tonga in the near future, as had been sug gested. The expense would be too great. Afterwards it was said that

The play becomes willing during the Fiji v. South Harbour match in Sydney. Semesl Baleca tackles Outerside. -Photo by courtesy of Sydney Daily Telegraph.

an Australian team might tour Fiji next year.

Newcastle Rugby Union endorsed a proposal to extend its team’s tour of New Zealand by three matches in Fiji provided the additional ex pense was guaranteed. Mr. A. E.

Goodsir, manager of the touring Fijian team, was reported as saying that three matches in Fiji would nett at least £1,600, sufficient to cover the expense.

Samoan Nurses for NG

p. 44

Misses Tala’i loana and Luagia Fa’agau, graduate nurses from the American Samoa Hospital who have gone to Papua with

the London Missionary Society, to serve in the Mission hospitals there, for the next two or three years. They relieved two other American Samoa nurses who have completed their tour.

Miss loana is from Lauli’i and Miss Fa’agau from Matu'u, Island of Tutuila, American Samoa. —Photo by Pan American Prints, Pago Pago.

IT Mr. J. W. Willoughby, assistant secretary in the Industries and Com merce Division of the Australian Department of Territories, will visit Fiji after the South Pacific Research Council meeting in Noumea to study agricultural and marketing organ isation in the colony.

East of 170 deg.

pp. 45-47

Why There is No Malaria East of 170 deg.

Two Years’ Work Completed By NZ Couple

TWO years’ research into the reasons why malaria-bearing mosquitoes do not appear south of 20 deg. S. and east of 170 deg.

E. in the Oceanic Pacific were com pleted in April.

The project was initiated by the RNZAF and supported by a grant from the NZ Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

It was carried out by a NZ couple,

Dr. Marshall Laird, MSc, PhD, and his wife, who acted as technical assistant, photographer and secre tary.

Dr. Laird concentrated his studies around the southern and eastern perimeters of the malaria zone.

From headquarters in Suva a laboratory in the Colonial War Memorial Hospital made available by the Fiji Government —he made frequent visits to other islands in RNZAF planes.

In 1952 the couple spent a month in New Caledonia and visited Belep Island, north-west of New Cale donia. Although Belep is situated north of 20 deg. S., within the malaria zone, it has no anopheles mosquitoes—a distinction shared by several groups of islands within the malaria zone. .

In February, 1953, Dr. Laird vorked at Futuna, the nearest malaria-free island to the perimeter >f the zone. It is the only island ;ast of 170 deg. E in the New lebrides, which makes its immunity he more remarkable.

Later in 1953 the couple went to iellona (Solomon Is.) and Tutuba New Hebrides), and to the Poly lesian outliers Rennell and Sikiana

Is. Both of these were considered free of anopheles till the 1930’5; malaria is now prevalent on both islands.

The Lairds also visited the Loyalty Island, G & EIC, Tonga, Cook Island, Norfolk Island, W.

Samoa and Tokelau Island. A month was spent at Aneityum, New Hebrides, the most southerly—it is south of 20 deg. S.—Pacific island with malaria. Last year they tramped 8 hours daily on an 8-day trek into the interior at Guada canal.

Dr. Laird believes that his wife was the first white woman seen in those parts. Most of the route lay above 2,000 feet. The journey was part of their high-country research, which they also conducted in Fiji,

into the altitudinal range of mos quitoes, about which very little is known.

Discussing the project before he left Suva for Singapore in May, Dr.

Laird said: “A part of its signific ance is to evaluate chances of the introduction of anopheles into the Pacific’s malarie-free area. It is the largest malaria-free tropical area in the world, so the spread of the anopheles would be a major disaster.

“Our visits to the malaria-free zone have been made primarily to study breeding conditions and assess suitability of available breeding places for the anopheles. We travelled on aircraft with a small portable laboratory that included a micro scope with built-in, battery-operated lighting, enabling observations to

Dr. Marshall Laird, who held the rank of Squadron-Leader in the RNZAF dur ing his researches in the Pacific, and his wife, outside the laboratory in the C.W.M.

Hospital, Suva. —Photo by Jack Thornton.

be made under difficult field condi tions. We have a card-indexed microfilm library of about a thousand scientific reference works packed in two suitcases.”

In pursuit of the bug, the couple contracted malaria in the Solomons.

Early this year Dr. Laird was awarded a doctorate of science in recognition of parasitological and entomological research over a period of years. More than forty papers, resulting from his researches in the Pacific, have been published by various scientific bodies. On com pletion of his most recent work in the islands he accepted a research and lecturing appointment with the University of Malaya, situated in

Singapore.-

JACK THORNTON.

Wedding at Rarotonga

p. 47

MISS DEBORAH PAMATATAU, daughter

of Resident Agent Pamatatau, of Puka Puka, and Mrs. Pamatatau, was married recently at the LMS Church, Rarotonga, to Mr, Gordon Brereton, of Rarotonga Radio.

The bride was given away by Judge McCarthy and the reception was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ingram. r Mr. W. H. Chinn, CMG, Adviser on Social Welfare to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, visited Fiji in May-June, where he inspected all charitable institutions, various minority settlements and govern ment detention farms, etc.

New Land Plane Service

p. 47

When Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd., replaced flying boats with D.C.6’s on their New Zealand-Fiji service, they celebrated the event by entertaining exchange parties of pressmen on the new land planes. Photograph shows the Fiji pressmen about to board the plane at Nadi. The service connects at Nadi with the Qantas Constellations operating across the Pacific. —Photo by Stinsons Studios.

BSI Govt. to the Rescue

p. 48

—9 Years Late

IT was announced some time ago that the BSIP Government would consider suitable machinery for investigating cases of hardship resulting from war in the Protec torate —with a view, of course, to providing some measure of relief for such persons.

The Secretary of State for the Colonies has now approved pro posals made by the High Commis sioner for the Western Pacific for the creation of a BSIP Assistance Board to investigate individual cases and recommend relief measures.

The Secretary of State has also approved the provision of funds for these relief measures. The names of the Members of the Board and its method of operation are to be announced later.

EDITORIAL NOTE; The decision to assist “residents in straitened circumstances” followed the an nouncement at the end of 1953 that the British Government had given £500,000 to the BSIP from Japanese reparations. Planters urged that the money be spent on war damage compensation. This was refused— but the High Commissioner pro mised that cases of real hardship

would be considered on their merits.

It is now nine years since the end of the war—a long time to be in straitened circumstances. It seems late to be investigating hardship arising from that catastrophe— although, perhaps, better than never.

fl Mr. R. W. Smith, who was a Medical Assistant for some years in Papua—lastly at Tufi—retired from the service last year, and is now a member of the staff of Drug Houses of Australia, Ltd. He returned to Papua in June, as a commercial traveller representing that firm.

TB Fight in Fiji

p. 49

Progress in Anti- TB Fight in Fiji

From a Special Correspondent CRITICISM of the way in which the Fiji War Memorial Anti- Tuberculosis Fund has been ad ministered is not justified by investigations on the spot.

Anyone who goes up to Tamavua Sanitorium, or does the rounds of Viti Levu, any day of the week, may see what is being done, and how complex are the problems involved.

The relationship between the Fund and the Anti-TB Campaign should not be confused. The Fund is not a separate organisation operating its own private Anti-TB Campaign in the field. The Fund merely makes equipment, buildings and materials available to the Fiji Health Department, and the Health Department does the work. The work it does is limited by the amount of skilled manpower avail able, and many other factors. There fore the speed of progress is limited, not by the rate at which the Fund Trustees will make money available, but in the main by limiting factors in the Health Department.

There have been delays in receiv ing certain equipment, but these are not the fault of the Trustees.

They are due to unpredictable cir cumstances overseas. Some delay was also caused by damage to equipment in the Suva earthquake, last year. , Late in June the Trustees issued a special “Resume” of activities to date, in an effort to clear up some misunderstanding in regard to the administration” of the fund. The

closing paragraphs;

“There has been great progress in the campaign against tuber culosis during the four years that the War Memorial Anti-Tuber culosis Fund has existed. With the equipment supplied by the Trustees the tuberculosis problem has been attacked from many different aspects.

“During the period under review over 40,000 people have been tuber culin tested, and more than 25,000 vaccinated with BCG. The number of chest X-rays interpreted annually at the Tamavua Hospital has in creased from 8,000 in 1949 to 14,000 in 1953.

“The number of b^ ds . ® et for the treatment of the tuber culous has also been greased. I 1949 it was 162, to-day it is 34 and, further, there is a plan to m crease this number to 398 by the end of the year, i.e., this represents r% 045 ner cent, increase m h ve vears P All these increases have

automatically required increaseyn

\nl department? r sabor’atory depart

nl“As' 6 the activities of the War

Memorial Anti-Tuberculosis Fund

must be integrated with the facil ities provided by the Medical De partment, further long-term plan ning by the Trustees of the Fund is contingent upon the Medical De partment’s hospital policy, which is at present under review.”

The Chinese business interests of Magazine Aline, Tahiti, leased Mr.

Tony Bambridge’s former store. Mr.

Bambridge has shifted to the W. L.

Young Building, formerly home of S. R. Maxwell & Co. Chinese in terests in French Oceania now operate most of the local shipping.

Their vessels always manage to re turn from the outer islands loaded, where ships belonging to other owners often came back half-filled.

More Goats Wanted

p. 49

FIJIAN Indians are still eating goats faster than they breed them. Another 85 carcases were landed in Suva from the Oronsay in May and more are being sought in New Zealand and Australia.

Comparatively few goats are reared in NZ, the most accessible shipping point, and few more, if any, in Australia, The shortage is likely to be a continuing one, if Mr. R. M. Scotten, American Am bassador in New Zealand, and Mrs.

Scotten, will make a round trip in the USS Co.’s Tofua in August, on a holiday visit to Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.

the Ships We Sank

pp. 51-52

Salvage Operations in Rabaul Harbour

The Japs Want to Buy the Ships We Sank

SALVAGE operations on the Jap ships at the bottom of Rabaui Harbour got away to a blast of Australian newspaper publicity in June.

The Sydney end of it is being handled by Mr. Nicholas S. Frangi, representative of Pacific Islands Salvage Company and J. V. Miller (New Guinea) Ltd., who have acquired the salvage rights to the ships sunk in Rabaui harbour and others off the Bougainville coast.

Mr. Peter Turnbull, who has en gaged in other salvage ventures in the area, is also interested.

The important Rabaui end of the business is in the capable hands of ace-diver John Johnstone, who made a survey of the area at the end of last year and who went back to do some hard work in May, 1954.

Mr. Johnstone’s sober approach to what he evidently regards as just another job is in contrast to the newspaper treatment of the under taking at the Sydney end which turns it into an exciting submarine gamble where “anything is likely to turn up—even bars of gold.”—and all in glorious Technicolour!

We understand that the salvage

rights to the sunken Japanese ships in Rabaui —said to be about 200 in number, some under and some partly out of the water were acquired by Mr. J. L. Chipper, Rabaui businessman, for a very small sum shortly after the war.

Mr. Chipper’s interest in the salvage operations is not known, but he appears to have retained some interest.

Mr. Johnstone, in his first dive in June, is reported to have dis covered a Jap aircraft-carrier with 20 aircraft still on its flight deck.

Nine tons of propeller (at £3O a ton) had also been salvaged and sold.

An impressive number of private fortunes have already been made out of war-scrap deals in the South-west Pacific. There seems no reason why another fortune should not be made from the wrecks in Rabaui and Bougainville.

But the scrap market is, not so buoyant as it was —Japan now pro viding the main market —although, according to the story put out by Mr. Frang’ in Sydney, British, Con tinental and Asian interests are clamouring to establish letters of

credit in order to be on the ground floor should anything interesting come up from the bottom of Rabaui harbour.

The publicity that the venture has received in Australia is not calculated to do the shareholders any harm. To the contrary, as the principals are, no doubt, aware.

This is listed as Mr. Johnstone’s last job before retirement and it is calculated that it will take two years.

Mr. Johnstone has retired twice before and his age is given at 62.

He looks a very fit 50. If anyone can salvage a fortune from Jap war wrecks, he is the man for the job.

FOOTNOTE: The Japs are re ported to have offered a million

dollars for the wrecks now to be • vaged—then their dollar credits were restricted and the deal fell through. If anything further is needed to prove that the whole man race is mad, these scrap deals are* it. Japs build them, we cink rhem, we salvage them, Japs buy them!

Mother Button Factory

p. 52

FOR FIJI

Governor of Fiji officially usd the Colony’s second shell ton factory early in June. • factory is owned by an i business man and former an, Mr. B. D. Lakshman, and ' cated on the outskirts of Lantoka, ■ xe Mr. McCown’s button fac- S which commenced operations ■ .r' ev !r“ a Year, it is equipped ■i the most modern German

I '."buttonmaking machinery, it

■; a present capacity of 200 gross buttons per hour and will employ 4 workers. * Lakshman intends to employ :®, fishing fleet to obtain -'.menus. Japanese are currently £3oo per ton for trochus in i—which makes for very ex onsive buttons. y

fl A recent interesting addition to Tahiti’s international colony is Mr.

Carlos Garcia-Palacios, late Deputy Director of the Radio Division at United Nations Headquarters, New York, who has settled in Tahiti after 30 years in international affairs. A. Chilean by birth, he has travelled widely on League of Nations and UN business. He speaks

five languages and has been on the staff of the International Labour Organisation, in Geneva, on UNNRA staff, and lately at UN head quarters. He plans to spend his re tirement making movies and record ings for use overseas on radio and television. He is Consul for the Re public of Chile in Tahiti.

Rarotonga May

p. 53

BE BACK

ON THE AIR ROUTES

Rarotonga, cook islands, win again have an air connection with the outside world if pre sent plans of Samoan Airlines Limited of Pago Pago materialise.

Samoan Airlines President, Lawrence M. Coleman and opera tions manager, Wm. H. Cox, said in Suva early June that the company expected to commence operations by late August or September, using an amphibious Catalina.

They would start with a weekly return flight from Tafuna, Tutuila, (American Samoa) to Satapuala, Upolu (Western Samoa) with a flight, approximately monthly, from Tafuna through Rarotonga to Papeete and return by the same route.

Approval has been received to operate an unscheduled service on the latter route and negotiations are now proceeding with a view to extending their link westward :hrough Tonga to Fiji.

Under this plan it might then be possible to fly from Fiji along the Joral Route by TEAL Solents to Papeete and return with SAL ;hrough Rarotonga, Tafuna and ronga along this company’s “Last 3 aradise Route,” as they have lamed it.

Mr. Coleman said that the com >any anticipated that traffic would irobably warrant up to three flights >er week on the link between eastern and Western Samoa.

Rarotonga has not had a com nercial air link since New Zealand National Airways Corporation with- Irew 18 months ago, though New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority )akotas, calling at the island about very three or four months since, lave on these occasions uplifted lassengers to connect with TEAL t Aitutaki.

It is understood that provision fas made in the current Cook slands Estimates for subsidising an ir link between Rarotonga and fltutaki. It is possible that the lew Zealand Government intends d support the new SAL service, Ithough it will not provide a Raro

3nga-Aitutaki connection.

Motor Vehicles Third Party In irance is to be brought into opera on in Fiji on October 1, 1954. It ill operate in the same way as i many other British countries, the chicle owner being required to take it a special policy covering injury > any person other than the driver.

The American film company hich planned to make a film in restern Samoa this year, based on ir Arthur Grimble’s book about ie Gilberts, A Pattern Of Islands, as now shelved the project in finitely.

Nukualofa Will Have Hotel

p. 53

PLANS have been approved by the Tongan Government for a small but modern tropical-style hotel which will shortly be built at Nukualofa on a site to the eastward of the wharf and not far from the Yacht Club. At present only limited boarding-house accommodation is available.

The plans were prepared by the New Zealand Ministry of Works, which is also working on plans for the new Royal Palace.

Work on the hotel is likely to commence before the end of this year.

Other plans are being prepared for a hostel for the use of young

Tongans in Auckland, to be built adjacent to Queen Salote’s Auck land residence acquired last year.

The Pacific Islands Society held a meeting and social evening at the Feminist Club Rooms, Sydney, on June 24. Miss Ruby Trevitt arranged a screening of a selection of colour films by courtesy of Mr. Frank Brook- T . . ... , * s that General Charles P e paulle will visit Tahiti in Sep tember, according to our Tahiti cor 3SS« was conveyed from the Colony by Mayor Poroi when he recently visited France.

Pacific Experts Meet at SPC in Noumea

p. 55

The Research Council of the South Pacific Commission met at SPC Head quarters in Noumea at the end of May.

These photographs of delegates and officials of the Commission were taken by F. E. Dunn during the session. TOP (left to right): Dr. F. Bugnicourt, of the French Institute of Oceania, standing, and SPC General-Secretary, Sir Brian Free ston, seated: Mr. John Ryan, Assistant

General Secretary of the SPC with Mr.

R. Hancock, also of the SPC; Dr. A. H.

Kroon, Executive Officer for Economic Development, SPC; LOWER: Dr. T. C.

Lonie, Director of Health, Western Samoa; Miss Sheila Malcolm, SPC Dietitian; Mr. B. E. V. Parham. Deputy Director of Agriculture, Fiji; and Mr. D.

R. A. Eden. General Manager, NZ Reparation Estates, Western Samoa.

Landers A “Nuisance”

p. 56

SOME bad publicity for Islanders resident in Auckland, New Zea land, resulted from a recent court case there, A Crown Solicitor, opposing the appeal of a Samoan or part-Samoan against a convic tion on three charges of assault, said that Islanders were “causing a t emendous amount of nuisance.”

The defendant in this particular care was a 30-year-old plumber, 'hTl'hn Bentley, whose appeal was dismissed. He received three months hard labour.

A number of cases involving other Islanders—not all from 'n,n —have occurred in recent 1 o : all following more or less t same pattern. All have had too • rich to drink and have shown a propensity for bashing people.

Jap Var Money for NZ-ers

p. 56

' hIE New Zealand Government an . l nounced in June that a grant of £25 will be made to all ex oners of war of the Japanese /. .0 had been with NZ forces.

New Zealanders who suffered loss 1 property in German or Japanese- Pied territories during World ll—but not in Japan itself— also invited to file claims with e Public Trustee, Wellington.

This latter seems to suggest that a New Zealander owning, say, a plantation in the Solomons might be in line for some compensation, which will be paid out of funds re alised on the disposal of ex-enemy

war assets.

The New Zealand Ex-prisoners of War Association is dissatisfied with the amount of £25 and the matter will be discussed at the annual con ference late in July.

Factory

p. 57

Papuan Desiccated Coconut Factory Out of Business

THE difficulties of selling Papuan desiccated coconut in Australia is the main reason why the Territory’s largest desiccated coco nut factory has closed down.

The factory, of Coconut Products Limited, of Aroa Plantation, Hisiu Beach, put everything up for tender in May—including a steel frame factory building of 15,000 square feet, three residences. 11 native labour houses, machinery and plant, including 4 Harvey desiccated coco nut dryers and 3 exhaust dryers.

Coconut Products (which is not connected with the company of the same name in Rabaul) has been manufacturing desiccated for y 0, Tliey believed the market for Papuan coconut for the next few years will be uncertain following Australian publicity over contamm at No one has"'yet found out what caused the contamination.

Another bacteriologist will arrive in the Territory about to carry on the investigations which sorted last year. He will be from the Com monwealth Department of Health, and be seconded to the Adminis tration.

Matua off Islands Run

p. 57

AS is now customary during the winter, the Union Steam Ship Company will withdraw the Matua from the Fiji-Samoa trade in July and the vessel will mate two runs to Melbourne to load shipments of oranges for New Zea laBhe will also undergo annual sur vey during the time she is absent from the Islands service.

Welcomed

p. 57

Indian Commissioner Welcomed

A reception was given recently in Fiji by the Indian community to Dr Rajkumar, new Commissioner for th Government of India in Fiji Dinner was at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Suva. Shown, facing the camera from right to left: Mrs Vanavalikar, Mr. Shankar Pratap.

Mrs. Pratap, Dr. N. V. Rajkumar, Mr.

Dcoki, Mrs. Rajkumar. Mr. E. Grant, Mrs. Deoki, Dr. Ramlakhan and Mr. Deo.

Controversy at Suva Exhibition . . .

p. 59

Of the 107 exhibits at the 1954 Exhibition of the Fiji Arts Club in May, the most controversial was the oil painting “Madonna of the Palms”, the work of Mrs. T.

H. Parker, wife of the Senior Collector of Customs in Suva.

Mrs. Parker signs her paintings with her maiden name, Humbert, and has wide recognition overseas. She is shown here with her “Madonna”.

Mrs. Parker had an early and notable career in various academies -overseas. She was born in Constantinople, where her father was German Consul at the turn of the century, and after training as a child she was accepted as a pupil for portrait work by the Italian artist Pisani.

She qualified as a school teacher during World War I.

Later, she again turned to painting, but was rejected by the modernistic Berlin Academy of Arts and Crafts because her work was too academic. She then took to literature, qualified as a doctor of philosophy at Gottingen, was accepted as a Fellow of Hunter College, New York, and appointed

assistant professor at Vassar College.

Here she resumed her art studies and exhibited regularly.

Later, she conducted an art class in Bermuda and acted as critic.

She arrived in Fiji with her husband

last year. Discussing it as a painter sees it, she said: “Fiji has an extraordinary colouring. There are silvery-purple qualities in the air, clouds and sea which I find unusual and often baffling.”—

JACK THORNTON.

Nouvelles Tahitiennes, a new official paper, recently began publication in Papeete, Tahiti. The new journal presents official news without comment.

Of Chamber Of Commerce

p. 60

NADI EXPERIMENTS

WITH NEW SORT

: than 50 members, representing - - every community in Nadi. Fiji, ave ined the Chamber of Commerce wbt h was formed recently in an attempt weld divergent racial opinions into a Esefal whole.

'i'S.2 first four meetings sustained mem -1: crs s hopes that the experiment would a uascess, although its failure is being edw :ed by outsiders, ir officers of the Chamber are: er'; A. J. Carfax-Foster; vice : ,ii :.J : Sbatma and Munji Javidjii; wwimsttes: Messrs. Baxter, Tom Ben, and Lodhia; treasurer: G. auditor; A. Murray; secretary; Vi. i. Crilley. tion of the Chamber is only part ridence that Nadi has suddenly pad a civic pride. The Township jard has been enlarged and has called a ! meeting to discuss town-planning, fine concrete buildings have been id, and others are in course of iion or planned for this year, ire are only about 900 people in ownship, but it is the centre of a • y.erous cane-growing district and up (1 15,000 people use its facilities.

V party of Queensland bowlers ii fly to Fiji for a series of matches

i August.

Dr. Hector McDonald with his wife and son left Fiji in June on leave to England. At present Medical Superintendent at Makogai Leper Hospital, Dr. McDonald was formerly at Honiara, and his wife, who was in the Army Nursing Service over seas during the war, was stationed at Norfolk Island for a time.

II Mr. Dick Moimsey, well known in Polynesia through his visits on behalf of W. H. Grove & Sons Ltd., of Auckland, is retiring from busi ness and will settle in a country dis trict in New Zealand. Mr. Mounsey recently made his last visit to the Islands —a round trip to the Cooks in Maui Pomare.

Prospects

p. 61

World Market Prospects For Pacific Crops

IN a summary of present and future world markets for Pacific crops, the South Pacific Com mission Bulletin for April made the following points:— COPRA: This year should see in creased supplies 'which could have a depressing effect on prices. Con ditions in USA might also cause a reduction in demand despite ex pansion elsewhere. Producers in British territories were given, retro spective to January 1, 1954, an in crease of lh per cent, by the British Ministry of Food. In April, the free market price was about £lO per ton higher than the MOF price (£7O), but it later declined and continu ance of the wide disparity between the prices appeared unlikely.

COCOA: Main reasons for the boom prices appear to be poor crops in Nigeria and the Gold Coast at a time when stocks were low, con sumption increasing, plus insufficient replanting since the disastrous prices of the early Thirties. The shortage is likely to last another five years and prices should remain good, although present boom prices are not likely to last indefinitely be cause they will tend to reduce effec tive demand and encourage sub stitutes.

COFFEE: Prices rose from 55 cents to more than 90 cents a pound on the New York market in the year ending April, 1954. There is evid ence of a genuine current shortage due to a bad season in Brazil this year and a general higher demand since the war. Producers appear to be in a favourable position for at least two or three years. Prospects not clear beyond that because of evidence that acreage has increased in last year or two.

RUBBER: Probably the most de pressed commodity on the market.

London spot price of 17d a pound for No. 1 RSS in April was an in crease of about 80 per cent, on pre war compared with an increase of 150 per cent, for raw materials in general Major reason is the pro duction of synthetic rubber, now more than half that of natural rubber. But there, are signs of im provement. USA industry is using more natural rubber because of the lower price, and production of synthetic has fallen. A further serious fall in prices is not likely.

FRESH FRUITS: Demand in New Zealand for bananas, P apples, oranges and tomatcDes ex ceeds supply, even though imports of bananas and oranges were re last year. NZ incomes are likely to be 10 per cent, higher this year, and demand should continue.

TOUSA etSeXPeCtedtobeSound SUMMARY : The outlook for all SH£ main P weakness £ producers who must rely on the free market But, in the longer view, it seems Col ?di tlo n s ar ? getting back to normal. One of the consequences will be fluctuating prices and, in some Cases, a fall over a period. This does not mean that a slump is coming on anything like the scale of the early Thirties, but from now On, Calculated boldness will pay better than the previously successful spirit of rash overconfidence.

Broadcast Station for Gilberts

p. 61

Gilberts

“‘T ** ad broadcast station. Hours are at P resent limited to a half-hour programme each Sunday commencing at 0200 GMT. but the service will gradually be extended. The frequency used Is 60 0 k 7 the oo ' metre band - The P r °S ramme Is entirely in Gilbertese.

With thf , rnnlr , . .

" , v ,*1 n 0" 4 g (on ooijo kc / s > T <>nga and the New Hebrides are the only important Administrations in the South Pacific with out some form of local broadcasting service.

The Growing Town of Lae

p. 63

We understand that the site allocated for the hotel was on or near the site on which the church now stands. But Mrs. F. Stewart preferred to build, her hotel down on the flat.

Lae’s business community thought they did too, but one by one they are re building on the Terrace.

TOP: The un usual and attractive Catholic Church which has a com manding position on the edge of the Terrace. Between this new church and the modern picture theatre and its attendant shops, is the unfortunate war time structure known as Lae Hospital. Lae is to get a new hos pital someday.

LOWER: This fine new building is being erected on the Terrace at Lae, NG, for the Lae Club.

from Sydney

p. 64

Travellers on the Soochow from Sydney

Avic-ig those who sailed for Papua-New ‘ ion the Soochow on June 16, were to right): Mrs. R. Tolhurst (right), her two children, Timothy and Louise, who were returning to Port Moresby after several months’ holiday. i y were farewelled by Mrs. G. Dunn, of Keravat, who was on leave. Mrs. L.

McHardy, of Melbourne, who visited her son at Lae. The Rev. T. J. Gibson with Ms wife and a friend. He will relieve the Church of England Minister at Lae, who . due for leave. Mr. Gibson has visited Stabaul twice previously. Miss Barbara Graham with her mother, Mrs. K.

Graham. Miss Graham recently graduated from Sydney University as a geologist and . ill work at Port Moresby for the Aus tralasian Petroleum Co. The Rev. R.

Reah and the Rev. S. D. White, who were on their way to Wabag in the New Guinea Highlands.

Fur Coats In Fiji

p. 65

Letter to the Editor THERE was a time when we thought that the days of dress ing Fijians and other native peoples in unsuitable clothing were past. People denounce the early missionaries who introduced “Mother Hubbards” and other voluminous garments to the Islanders in the name of modesty; but does anyone worry about the garments which are sold in our time to the Fijians and other races for the sake of profit only?

For some time I have been con cerned at the ridiculous garments which are sold by irresponsible storekeepers. My classic example is that of a man’s satin reversible, silk-embroidered jacket (lumber type), thickly padded all through, which I felt sure would never pass beyond the doors of the store in which I saw it. As a garment, it was neither serviceable nor suitable for any man of any race to wear in this climate as a utilitarian gar ment; but I realised how wrong I was when only a few days later I say a Fijian walking along the sun lit street, resplendent in his padded jacket. On this occasion I felt that the storekeeper was to blame for liaving no conscience in the matter.

On reading your April issue I found this reported, in connection with the Cathedral Building Fund: 'She has sold half a dozen fur coats (which must be the Fiji equivalent to selling refrigerators to Eskimos) and loads of heavy underwear.”

Speaking as one who has lived and worked among the Fijians for years, and who is concerned for their welfare, I can’t help feeling that this sort of thing is unwise, however worthy the cause for which the money was used in this par ticular case. Surely the use of such unsuitable clothing is only encourag ing chest complaints and other ills which the country as a whole is trying to fight, and responsible people should have a conscience about either giving away or selling such garments to the Fijians, Indians, and Chinese.

It is true that some of these people feel the cold in the cooler months, but it is not to their ultimate good to encourage them to wear heavy underwear, fur coats,

padded jackets, and polo-necked

sweaters in this climate.

I am, etc.,

LILY M. HILL.

Savu Savu, Fiji.

Two Samoan boxers, Suivai Paiena and Pasitale, under the management of Mr. Eugene Paul, of Apia were to visit Papeete, Tahiti, in July, each to fight three bouts with local boxers. Mr. Gustave Spitz was promoting the event at the Tahiti end, which was arranged to coincide with the July celebrations.

Niue Murderers Will Be

p. 65

“Educated” in Gaol

ALTHOUGH they are unable to read or write and speak only broken English (other than Niuean), an attempt is being made to rehabilitate the three Niue Islanders now serving a life sentence in Auckland prison for the murder of the Island’s Resident Commis sioner, Mr. H. W. C. Larsen, in August last year.

A native officer of the Island police is with them as interpreter.

The eventual release of the prisoners and their return to the Island will be at the discretion of the Executive Council.

New MLA

The Hon. P. L.

M. Morgan, one of the newly elected European members of the Western Samoa Legislative As sembly. —Photo : H.

Forsgren, Apia.

Vicious Circle

pp. 67-73

The Land of the Vicious Circle

A COOK

ISLANDS TOUR

WITH JPS

rE tourist visiting the Cook Islands finds them full of interest and attraction.

It would be hard to find a lovelier place than the main island of Rarotonga. As well as representing a blessed escape from the Maui Pomare, there can be no more pleasing prospect than the ap proach to this rugged, green gem on a clear, fine morning.

First, the jagged outline through the blue haze; then the individual valleys and peaks sorting them selves out: the dense coconut groves of the coastal plain with the white line of surf breaking on the encircling reef; and, finally, the twin settlements of Avatiu and Avarua behind their separate reef passages.

There is the exciting disembark ing by winch-hoisted basket to a lighter at the ship’s side, and ashore, the prospect—at first sight, anyway—is scarcely less pleasing.

For the visitor, the Rarotonga Hotel is as pleasant a stopping place as any in Polynesia—and the drive round the island’s lovely, shady, 21mile roadway can be repeated again

and again, and never palls.

Along the byways, in towards the mountains, the orange groves are green and pleasing, the rough surfaced little lanes edged with red hibiscus; and a climb by foot up one of the inland valleys, past the taro swamps and along the banks of some mountain stream, through the semi-tropical forest, is sheer delight.

BUT that is about the extent of the pleasant prospects in the Cook Islands to-day.

Dominating everywhere is an over-riding air of depression, dis content and dead-endedness which

pervades every aspect of native life.

There is no village leadership: no village pride; practically no village life or even real family life; no discipline; little respect for any thing; and only one visible ambition —to get to New Zealand.

That is not to say that nothing is being done to improve this situa tion. The Further Education Scheme is one effort in the right direction: and Mr. Ron Thorby’s experimental farm on Mauke could be another. But, at the moment, the foregoing is roughly the situation in the Cooks.

This malaise is reflected in the citrus replanting scheme apart from a box-wood timber scheme, the only enterprise of any import ance in the Cooks Lower Group.

The citrus scheme is a 90 per cent..

Government industry. The peoples’ part is merely to have grudgingly permitted the Government to use the land. It is surveyed by the

Government, ownership is decided by the Land Court, and the owners are required to nominate a “mana ger” who deals with the Depart ment of Agriculture.

The Department’s paid labour gangs move in and clear the land of bush and scrub, plant the trees, spray and cultivate them, and bring them up to bearing—in four to five years.

During this period the owners, almost to a man, sit on the side lines and show no interest. Most are then prepared to pick the fruit * after the cases have been delivered to the orchards) but they are not compelled to pick. The Department will arrange that, and, of course, the transport to the packing sheds.

This is fruit growing de luxe: heads we win. tails you lose!

Once the orchards start produc ing. the Department deducts the charges which have accrued at the rate of 75 per, cent, of the takings, the other 25 per cent, going to the land owners. Eventually (in theory after about 10 years) the orchards become free of debt and pass en tirely into the hands of the land owners. But even the owners admit ln actual Practice, the day that most plots are turned over to the owners, they will immediately start reverting to jungle. * f .. , the ul De P artmen t values its considerable investment, and all the Government effort that has

been put into the scheme, it will never allow the plots to become entirely free of debt. Most of the owners will not want them to be handed back entirely to their care anyway.

The citrus scheme aims at a target production of 75,000 cases

per month for the four months of April to July. Half of this should be reached by 1964, from plantings now completed.

Rarotonga now has 212 li-acre 90-tree plots. Aitutaki has 209 1acre 45-tree plots, Atiu 156 and Mauke 112 of the same size. The

plantings will, it is hoped, expand at the rate of 50 plots per annum until 825 acres in all have been planted up on the four islands.

Probably New Zealand could buy cheaper and better oranges else where —these cost about £3 per 70lb case by the time they reach the oublic —but the scheme is designed to give the Cook Islanders an in centive to become private pro ducers; and as a means of improv ing their standard of living.

It is true, of course, that a few islanders have responded favour ably. have provided the labour themselves, and have already freed their plots of all debt, but for all practical purposes there is no in terest whatever in the citrus scheme—except on pay day, when a good percentage of the pay-out goes into the making of a bush beer binge.

IN Rarotonga, especially, there is a large influx of people from the northern atoll islands who are, of course, landless in Rarotonga- They depend largely for their liveli hood on the precious tomato crop for which no shipping is guaran teed.

Landowners permit them to grow tomatoes, on a profit-sharing basis, but these people often lose, after having put a lot of hard work into the crop, if it happens to ripen between ships.

The Administration has not been prepared to arrange a guaranteed shipment.

In addition to these northern “aliens”, a few of the keener Raro tongans the same men who manage their own orchards also take a gamble on tomatoes. But tomatoes are not a Government scheme. The Administration has decided that the citrus investment is enough to gamble on for the present.

For it it a gamble: It costs from £250 to £3OO to bring a 90-tree plot to the bearing stage, and a great deal of money has been laid out in field and packing : shed equip ment. Rarotonga has just installed a £1,200 grading machine in each of its seven packing sheds. Other equipment is coming. Any year a hurricane could cause great des truction to the orchards.

WJHAT then is wrong with the W Cook Islanders?

The islands are a dead loss to New Zealand. This year New Zea land taxpayers will pour out funds }o the extent of £25 for every one of the 16,000 persons in the; Cook OrouD plus a further £50.000 or more to offset the loss sustained by the operations of the Maui Pomare.

New Zealand is not making a nennv or gaining in any way what ever by administering these islands.

The people are living on charity and making no effort to help them selves.

The most contro versial building in the Cook Islands.

This Official Secre tary's house was built last year by the local PWD from local “inexpensive” coral-lime, at a cost of £ 7,364 - plus another £ 1,000 for separate servant’s quarters, etc. This building is cited as an outstanding ex ample of misdirec tion of funds in the Cook Islands.

How they came to that state and whether or mot it was in any way the fault of New Zealand is another question entirely.

The Cook Islanders of to-day point to the houses of the Adminis tration officials and calculate what they cost. But, after all, who paid for these houses? The NZ taxpayer.

The roads are dusty. But are the villages forming working bees to help improve them?

The water supply is bad! So it is—but, after all, why should the New Zealand taxpayer be interested in a modern water supply for Raro tonga when there are plenty of places in New Zealand, in produc tive areas, where the water supply is just as bad?

Can the New Zealand taxpayer be expected to continue to pour out charity to a people who are not even able to reorganise their system of land ownership so that they can rebuild broken-down, unhealthy wrecks of semi - European - type houses; or re-roof the old stone buildings that are scattered through every village?

So many people claim ownership of one piece of land or a house that it is impossible for them all to get together to agree to rebuild. So the houses drift from bad to worse.

Altutaki is possibly the most dis graceful example of this housing deadlock, although the American troops during the late war, provided such a rich harvest the owners

could well have afforded to re build. rE system of communal owner ship is the major stumbling block between the old and new ways of life. There is absolutely no incentive for a Cook Islander (or for that matter for any Pacific Islander) to venture into some in dustry. Even where he can obtain clear title to a piece of land, his relatives will milk him of the pro ceeds of his enterprise. Why work for a bunch of lazy brothers and cousins? So why work at all?

In fact, there is only one way out; Escape from the whole mess to New Zealand where a man can earn as much in a month as he could ever hope to earn in a year, in the Cooks: and where he can do what he likes with what he earns. Even after grub-staking the lazy brothers back home, there is still plenty over.

Viewed from a practical business point of view it would pay New Zealand to leave the Group and to take all the Islanders who wished it, along as well. About 80 per cent, of the people would jump at the chance of resettlement in New Zealand. Those who wished to re main in the Cooks could look after themselves.

Otherwise, if New Zealand hopes to retain trained or even un trained administrative staff in the Group, it will be necessary to pay New Zealand rates of pay or, alternatively, to completely ban all emigration from the islands.

At the moment, the Administra tion offices, schools and workshops are training grounds for emigrants and this situation is rapidly becom ing a major problem.

Scholarship students are refusing to return to Cook Islands conditions and rates of pay once they have

completed their courses in New Zealand.

Some believe that payment of New Zealand rates of salary would not halt the drift, and might even speed it up, as improved education is doing.

The emigration problem is dis couraging to the European adminis trative staff and to private enter prise. Most European administra tive staff have the interests of the Cook Islanders at heart. They do not blame the Cook Islanders for trying to escape from it. But they continually see their efforts in training a staff member thrown away after a few months or years, and have to start from scratch again with a new trainee—with the sure knowledge that the same thing will happen again.

The Administration has said that there are no positions filled by Europeans in the Cook Islands to day that can be filled by Islanders.

That is true, but the Islanders sel dom remain in those positions with their low native-scale salaries.

The present Government salary scale is unjust in that an Islander with qualifications equal to a Euro pean can never receive anything like the same salary, housing con ditions, etc. Thus, he leaves and

ew Zealand—whereupon

another European has to be im ported and housed, and an im- Works Department nas to be established to provide the

houses and the other facilities that the European demands before he will agree to come to the job. rIS is the broad problem that New Zealand faces in the Cook Islands to-day. Whatever decisions are made, short of quit ting the Islands entirely, costs are

going to increase year by year.

If the present trend continues, the Group will eventually be popu lated by a large staff of well housed Europeans and a mere handful of Islanders. There will be 800 acres of citrus orchards, main tained by labour demanding New Zealand rates, plus tropical allow

ances, and producing oranges at several times the cost that they could be obtained from elsewhere.

The Islanders will all, or nearly

all, have escaped from the land that Europeans frequently try escaping to!

Some of them, due to the hope lessness of the environment of their upbringing, will never adjust them selves in New Zealand. They will waste every penny they earn. But the majority, once away from that Limbo that the Cook Islands have become to-day, will find new hope, new incentive. They frequently obtain good positions, save their earnings and send their children to good schools where they, in turn, are treated as 100 per cent. New Zealanders, with the same oppor tunities when they leave school.

The Cook Islands Lower Group is fertile and could provide all manner of tropical produce, but so

long as the present situation exists, the islands will continue to lie idle, non-productive, and a temptation to the hungry hordes to the north west. fl The Mayor of Suva, Mr. D. M. N.

McFarlane, opened a new wing to the Suva Merchants’ Club in May.

The new extension was formerly the Masonic Lodge Building.

Dr. Norma McArthur left Can berra at the end of June to study population trends in Australian and Dutch New Guinea and the Solo mon Islands. It will be the second part of the survey she began last year. She will be away about four months, mainly studying records at Administration centres and missions.

Recent travellers between the Cook Islands and New Zealand included (top to bottom): Dr. and Mrs. J. H. Saunders, of Auckland. Dr. Saunders and Mrs. Choate, of the Crippled Children’s Society, made a June survey of crippled chil dren in the Cooks Lower Group to choose those to be taken south for treatment.

Miss Poko Utanga, of Rarotonga, now studying at Ardmore Teachers' Training College, Auckland, and Miss Taiti Cuthers, of the same island, now training as a nurse at Auckland Public Hospital.

Mr. P. T. Karika was farewelling Mr.

U. Utanga, Rarotonga school teacher who returned after six months' leave in NZ.

Miss Rita Fortes and Miss Doris Daia, both of the Cook Island and now resi dent in New Zealand, farewelled friends leaving on June "Maui Pomare". With them is Mr. Norman Truscott, of Auck land.

New Houses for Rabaul

p. 75

Two of the houses being built off Mala guna Road, Rabaul, NG, for Administra tion personnel. Top is a 3 - bedroom house in course of construction; below, a completed 2-bed room house.

The houses are attractive and are built in the oiled timber which is the most popular building material for private or commercial pur poses in post-war Rabaul. These houses are such an improve ment on the tem porary houses that preceded them, any criticism seems mere quibbling. But on tropical standards, they are compact to the point of being crowded. In the 2bedroom house, the fuel stove in the kitchen (opening off the living-room) is likely to prove a central-heating unit for the whole dwel ling. There is virtu ally no verandah

space. However, each house is to have a septic tank and—pro vided that someone can devise a means of keeping up a water supply during the dry season—that is going to be a decided im-

provement on Rabaul’s present obnoxious sanitary system. The houses—around 19 in number —are' being built by Italian workmen under contract.

Mr. V. H. Long paid a compli ment to Territory drinkers when he returned to Sydney after man aging the Cosmopolitan Hotel at Rabaul for the last six months. He said their drinking was more “civil ised” than in Sydney. The Cosmo politan had no brawls and few drunks.

Notes From Norfolk

p. 76

ISLAND

(From Our Own Correspondent)

NORFOLK IS., June 17.

Although it will be another two years before we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the settlers from Pitcairn, the Administrator has convened a meet ing to plan the celebrations, and com mittees have been formed. A big contingent of V.l.P’s., old residents and tourists is expected in 1956. * * * Casual labour is hard to get these days.

Work on Government House and houses on Quality Row is absorbing the skilled tradesmen, and another gang is busy on fencing-in Queen Elizabeth Avenue in readiness for more tree planting.

It is likely that most residents will pay their public work tax this year instead of doing their work at scrub cutting or on roads. The levy is 10 days’ work or £1 per day in lieu. Last year’s innovation requiring residents over 55 to pay the tax unless they have been living here for 10 years, brought in a welcome £ 250. * * * The Archbishop of Sydney, Dr. Mowll, made a short visit to the Island on his way home from New Zealand. He con firmed a number of parishioners and drew the biggest attendance in years when he preached at St. Barnabas’ Chapel. The Archbishop was interested in the Island’s traditional hymns. The men’s choir, led

by Mr. Carty Christian, sang them at a social in Rawson Hall. * * * Work is proceeding on Kingston Jetty, steel girders being driven as piles to hold the concrete work. An old convict-built building has been restored for use as a Customs and cargo shed. It is now almost the same as it was when the Pitcairners first saw it nearly 100 years ago. * * * Old-timer. Mr. Fred Tattle, returned after a long holiday in New Zealand, but had to go back there in a special plane after an operation.

Mr. W. G. Johnson, chairman of W. R. Carpenter and Co. (Fiji) Ltd., ordered a number of passenger and commercial vehicles while he was in Adelaide early in June, He said some of the vehicles would be used as taxis for the tourist trade in Fiji.

For the first time since before the war, snow capped the peak of Mount Wilhelm in Central New Guinea on June 8. It is the only mountain in P-NG where snow has ever been recorded.

Motor Vehicles;

p. 77

NOUMEA HAS TOO MANY

TOO MANY BAD DRIVERS

Prom Our Own Correspondent

NOUMEA, June 15.

WHEN the Caledonien arrives at the end of June she will bring a near-record cargo of 71 new cars to be added to the 5,600 already in New' Caledonia; and traffic hazards will be increased proportion ately.

If the present rate of importation continues. Noumea streets will soon become impassable. There are daily peak-hour traffic jams now. and the rapid increase in accidents is worrying the authorities. There is at least one accident a day, and nearly every holiday brings a fatality.

Too many cars, and inexpert, speeding and careless drivers are being blamed. Police have been given orders to control traffic more strictly and the number of “tickets” being handed out shows how seri ously they are taking them.

Not the least danger on the road are the Tonkinese drivers. They are a menace to other peoples’ lives and their own. They appear to be devoid of sane reactions and go into a panic at the first sign of a traffic hazard.

No New Hebridean resident will quarrel with the statement that a Tonkinese on a bicycle is bad enough, but that behind a steering wheel he is a public menace. With his increasing prosperity, he is to be found at the wheel of fast, murder ous cars. He is often contemptuous of the law and thinks nothing of driving without a licence.

Economy

p. 77

N. CALEDONIA’S METAL

Prom Our Own Correspondent

NOUMEA. June 15.

NEW CALEDONIA’S trading figures for the first four months of the year emphasise its economic dependence pn .the mining industry. A depression in this in dustry would be disastrous.

In the four months, exports of chrome and refined and unrefined nickel at £3,014,000 approximately were almost equal to the total im ports, £3.041,000.

The total exports were £3,530,000. coffee (£337,000> being the most valuable commodity next to the metals. Miscellaneous exports in order of value were copra, hides and trocas.

Coal from Australia for the nickel smelters at Noamea and

petroleum products from,

and USA formed the bulk of the imports

Tropicalities

pp. 79-80

MAGAZINE SECTION

YOU, TOO, CAN EXPORT

ORANGES

THERE is a native Co-operative in Rotuma which is on the alert for business with the outside world. When the Altair called in May to load copra for Suva it appeared to the man in charge to be an excellent opportunity to de spatch a consignment of their best oranges to the Suva market. Rotuma oranges are sought after there.

Quite a lot of labour was in volved in picking and packing the 200 baskets, each of about two dozen oranges. But the shipment was successfully loaded, and the co-operative’s members sat back and celebrated, while awaiting a cable from Suva announcing the profits of the deal.

Some days later it came: “Pro ceeds of sale, £2B: freight and charges, £4O; send £12.”

LEARNING BY DOING!

IN Vila, New Hebrides, there is an enterprising French war veteran who operates one of the most popular and flourishing bars in town during the week, then at week ends dons flying kit and does a roaring business flying sightseers over the surrounding countryside.

On the young pilot’s own telling, he simply decided that flying could not be so very difficult, bought him self a Tiger Moth in Australia, took it up to Vila, climbed in—and took off After a couple of circuits he was ready for business as a charter-flight operator—JPS (What, no Department of Civil Aviation to insist on A or B Licences?)

PIONEERS WERE KIND TO

PESTS

IN Tonga, Samoa and Fiji the air is abuzz with big brown wasps that are steadily multiplying year by year. Mr. J. D .Whitcombe, old-time resident of Tonga, noting this, tells how they came to the South Pacific. ...

In 1892, Mr. Thomas Rudlmg, later Collector of Customs in Tonga, arrived in the Kingdom together with his Hawaiian wife. With them they brought five or six hives of bees One of these hives had, how ever been invaded by wasps, and so wasps became established in Tonga! later to spread from there t0 Even the I, Nukulalofa pro perty where Mr. Rudling lived is known as Be-kula or red-bee-the name for a wasp.

No less interesting, says Mr.

Whitcombe, was the introduction of the cane-like grass called Johnston Grass which is widely established in Tonga to-day. In about 1900, the German firm of D.H. and P.G. im ported a large consignment of horse collars which were stuffed with Johnston Grass. Eventually, having served their term, the collars were cast aside, their leather linings worn out —and from the linings fell the seeds which intro duced this weed.

COOK ISLANDS SONGS GO ON

THE AIR

LATE last year the members of Ngatangiia settlement, Raro tonga, hit upon a novel idea of raising money to further the activ ities of their Community Centre.

The unique songs and chants of the islands are completely unknown to European and American radio listeners, and a half-hour pro gramme of Rarotongan music was tape recorded and sent off to America by Mr. Ronald Syme.

It was learned later that WMYC. a City of New York Radio Station, had accepted “Songs of Rarotonga” for the “Hands Across the Sea” programme, and proposed to extend it to over 100 stations of the National Association of Educational Broadcasters.

A further programme was given by Police Sergeant Nia Rua’s choir which was also recorded on tape and taken to Britain by Mr.

Syme. It was accepted by the BBC and will be broadcast in the Light Programme and the General Over seas Service.

Arrangements are being made for the Rarotongan Boys’ Brigade touring party to be televised and broadcast for the famous “In Town

To-night” programme.-

W. H.

PERCIVAL.

CULTURE IN NOUMEA?

A note from our correspondent in Noumea, New Caledonia: — For the last month or two Noumea has been in the throes of a cultural wave. Started by a visiting Aus tralian juggler it was continued by a sword swallower. Later we had a classical pianist and his violin playing partner. We have now with us no less than the Baron Von Heiczy and “le mauvais garcon du Catch” Jon Morro. Headlines in the local paper promise their meeting as being sensational. One wonders what else this cultural urge will bring to us. . . .

MORE ADAM AND EVE

Following publication of The

Creation —the story of Adam and Eve in Pidgin in the May

issue of PIM, a mysterious parcel arrived for the Editor from Mr. Joe Bourke, of Wau, New Guinea.

The parcel contained a double sided record of a slightly different Pidgin version of the same story and, at present, it is giving consider able amusement to the Editor’s friends.

No explanation has been forth coming from Mr. Bourke as to the time and circumstances of the re cording—and we should like to hear more.

If the record were available com mercially in New Guinea, Mr. Bourke might make a shilling or two. It is a fact that one has to have a reasonable working knowledge of Pidgin before it is possible to re cognise cleverness in these curios ities, as distinct from mere novelty.

George Hill Retires

p. 79

GEORGE SIDNEY HILL, the

■Rritich Treasurer of the L/on dominium of the ■ N f "oowters of cne of the steadiest supporters oi that much-maligned edifice of ex nprimental government. His jou Mils for impartiality as between the French and British viewpoints which George adds a good deal of q ukeTany n of e "he permanent re sidents, and unlike many the

have been born happily under the two flags of the Condominium.

George Hill first saw Islands ser vice at Nauru in 1920. Five years later he joined Burns, Phfip and went to the New Hebrides. In 1926 he was married in Sydney to Miss Mildred McCoy, of Vila, and went to Salamaua to open a store there for Burns Philp. From there, he ioined the Edie Creek gold-rush, with Jack Edwards, and then staked the first mining leases for the Kaindi Syndicate. By 19 28 he had given up goldmining, and went to Kavieng to work for Ted Bishton, on Ulul None plantation The following year. Mr Hill uas back in the New Hebrides as a trader: but the price of copra was falling fast, and h e. joined the Con dominium service in 1931. He b came Treasurer in 1935, and is aue toTetire this July. He is remaining in the Hebrides, and will live at his home at Black Sand four trJtes along the coast from ViIa— BRETT.

HILDER.

A Scotsman To Fiji

p. 80

1F I could woo my muse aright, To Fiji I’d some lines indite, And lilt her praise wi’ a’ my might That all may ken.

Vouchsafe, Oh Mus-. a little light, And guide my psn!

When sturdy Tasman found Fiji He little thought, in days to be, Here Scots would come their weird to dree— A gift from heaven!

And spread abroad in this braid sea, Their precious leaven.

And teach a race o’ graceless loons, if 1 ' e using porridge spoons, ° towns— m in ClaUh frae Scottish For they’ve nae breeks!

The lassies—they just wore festoons O native leeks!

W hflls m6 ’ nae heather fires N rills S ' PeCkled tr ° Ut Sport in the At gamin’ fa’ nae lapwing shrills a . Aoove the corn: And—worst of a’—nae whisky stills The glens adorn!

But here are shining sapphire spas Soft sunlight and the green of trees’

And, over all. the sea-borne breeze N Croons out its song!

N tlase ’ 1136 Snow - the senses The whole year long.

DRABA VERNA.

Youwiga

pp. 80-81

A CONSPICUOUS visitor to Port Moresby in May was this bearded native, Youwiga (or as Eric Feldt spelt it in his Coast Watchers —Youwika).

Apart from the beard, which is of a luxuriance unusual in a New Guinea native, the first thing you notice about Youwiga is that he has one blue eye, a patch over the other, and an artificial arm with a hook at the end of it. But that is not what makes him conspicu ous: Youwiga has an air of person ality about him; a man in any one’s language.

That is rare, in a country where the tendency seems to be to jump from savagery to par-boiled sophistication.

At the outbreak of war, Youwiga was a Sergeant in the native police force. He was with W. J. Read through the Bougainville-Solomons Campaign of 1942-44. and to this extent his story is told in Feldt’s Coast Watchers. There is a photo graph in that book showing Youwiga—clad in shorts only, his sergeant’s stripes stuck to his bare arm with sticking plaster—receiving the Loyal Services Medallion. He is credited also with DCM and MM.

But in 1944. sometime after he Passed from the pages of Coast Watchers, he was involved in a bomb explosion that cost him his sight and one arm. He was taken to Greenslopes military hospital in Brisbane and there received the first corneal graft that was under taken in Australia. Hence the blue eye, which gave him partial sight.

He was in Moresby in May for a periodic medical check-up. Y 9 uwi g a comes from a village in * „V nai coun try near Yamil, back of Wewak. From this foothill country you can look over the plains that, if you could see far enough, extend to the Sepik River.

It is an area of large native popu lation, and after the war Youwiga encouraged his group of villages to Su 0 £ beach base near Wewak. i here they acquired an old ex-army sawmill and set themselves up in the milling business. Added to that n £ w it a fleet of trucks. Technic ally, the whole thing probably be longs to Youwiga’s group—but You wiga is the boss. He is a man of great influence among his people.

And Simogun . . .

ACTING as guide and friend to Youwiga in Moresby in May was Simogun, native member of the Legislative Council.

Simogun comes from Dagua, a few miles up the coast from Wewak; Wa f t ® er £ ean t in the native police ana had an outstanding record with t* lo Coast Watchers. He was awarded the BEM and the LSM. . Jp m -°su n is the only native mem ber of the P-NG Legislative Coun-

cil who has made any real con tribution to the Council’s delibera tions. When he gets to his feet, everyone listens—there is likely to be a bombshell or two dropped. He says what he wants, how he wants and asks no person’s pardon. His delivery is good and he speaks fluently—too fluently for those whose Pidgin is a bit shaky.

Maybe it is a pity he does not speak straight English. But, if he did, then it would not be Simogun.

It was Simogun’s decision that he should wear a lava-lava to meet the Queen in Canberra during her visit, and not trousers, as had been sug gested. He has his own natural dignity and good commonsense.

That is all he needs to make him equally at home at a Royal Ball or in his own village.

Simogun has been greatly im pressed by Mr. S. Elliott-Smith, a well-known member of the old Papuan service, who recently moved over to “the other side’ and cleaned up the Telefomin murderers in quick fashion.

Mr. Elliott-Smith’s term of duty as District Commissioner, Sepik, was to have been short; but this was not to the liking of Simogun.

The story is that in early May, Moresby headquarters received a radio from him to the effect that the Sepik people wanted Elliot c- Smith to remain—and that if the

YOUWIGA

(From previous page)

Administration had not the money to pay his salary, Simogun and his group were willing to do so.

At the Legislative Council meet ing in mid-May. Simogun renewed his plea that Elliott-Smith should remain for two or three years All the luluais, tultuls, and chiefs of his district desired it, he said.

The plea must have been beard.

Shortly afterwards, Elliott-Smith was posted to Wewak— although he and his family had been packed up and ready to go elsewhere.

The fact that there are men of the calibre of Youwiga and Simo gun in New Guinea is in spite of, rather than because of the vari ous theorists and advisers who have be°n abroad in the country in re cent years. It is useless spending vain regrets on the days when a native was a native, and Judged only as he behaved in a labour line; for good or ill th0 t se n^ a f y o s if® gone. And as things to-day in New Guinea, it is a great pity that there are not 10,000 more Simoguns and Youwigas Insiteadlrf the countless big-headed, take all

and-glve-nothing who

have emerged in the P-Nt» versio.i of the Welfare State. —J-i-

This Month’S New Reading

pp. 81-83

Happy Australian Occasion

Australia’s best-seller of the moment is the official Common wealth compilation Royal Visit —a title that is self-explanatory.

It was written, photographed and designed by the Australian News and Information Bureau of the De partment of the Interior, Canberra, and published by Angus and Robertson, Ltd., of Sydney.

The first printing of 30,000 was completely sold two months before the books were available. The second printing went the same way.

The third printing is now r on sale.

Because the Australian Govern ment subsidised the paper used in the first printing, that was sold at 19 6 per copy. Subsequent print ings have been 21 6 per copy—at all Australian booksellers.

The book covers the tour of Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh from Sydney (arrival February 3) to the farewell scenes at Free mantle, WA, nine weeks and about 13,000 miles later. The book is lavishly illustrated in black and white and some colour photographs and is printed on first-class art paper.

Because it is a Commonwealth job, State politicians are con spicuously absent from photo graphs. All in all, it is a memento of a happy occasion which most people will want on the family bookshelves.

Sins of the Mothers

lITHEN Miss Jane Gillespie pro ? ▼ duced her first novel, The Weir, critics treated her kindly and went so far as to call her “promis ing’. One critic said, of The Weir, that it would leave no parent’s withers unwrung.

We now have her second novel, The Hidden Heart, which has also pleased the critics (it is a Book Society and con tinues with the wringing of parental withers.

Miss Gillespie sets her two novels at the turn of this century. Per haps in writing of this period, she finds that it is easier to capitalise on family inhibition and emotion.

The children of the 1950’s are per haps not so self-sacrificing or will ing to give up their time to pander to the weaknesses or whims of parents.

None the less, the novel is a clever study of character, nor is it the sort of character that was confined to the Edwardian era, although, no doubt, the Edwardian influence had something to do with making the characters so con foundedly highminded. In this day, the people concerned in the storv would have committed their little sins, and have done wuth them, rather than have wasted so much time talking principled non sense about them.

But then, of course, there would have been no story.

Published by Peter Davies, Ltd. Aus tralian price. 15/6.)

Back Street to Royal Bed

THE psychological novel is not Daphne du Maurier’s meat; her stories are down-to-earth, and as stimulating as a good fresh wind, fast-moving and human In Ma r v Anne, she tells the story of her own great - great - grand mother Marv Anne Clarke, one time mistress' of the Duke of York (brother to that Prince of Wales who became George IV), contem norary of Mrs. Fitzherbert. ‘ Of no great classical beauty.

Marv A.nne had that undefinable something that caught the interest of m p n and permitted her to lead them by the nose throughout her lif Fiery, stubborn, she knew what she wanted and went after it with out too fine a scruple. She could be generous, sentimental but con ventionwas not allowed to inter fere in what she wanted or how used the material to her hand to pit herself against society, the Anr.v and the whole Royal Family There were disappoint

ments 7 and triumphs, in about

equal proportion.

In that era that preceded mealy mouthed Victorianism, life was earthy, vigorous, high - coloured.

Miss du Maurier’s story of her ancestor, from the back lane’s brat of London who rose to a position where she could cause cracks in the whole Royal facade, and who eventually died, at an old age, in exile in France, is as fast-moving as any we have had from her.

Mary Anne savoured life. Such a change from our usual run of heroines who spend a life-time fighting their inhibitions. (Published by Angus and Robertson, Ltd., Sydney. Australian price, 16/-.)

ABC of Tonga

GRASPING time by the forelock, Sir Harry Luke, one-time Governor of Fiji, has given us Queen Salote and her Kingdom.

It is written strictly for those Britishers who took Queen Salote to their hearts during her visit to London for the Coronation last year, and whose appetites were further whetted by Queen Eliza beth’s visit to Tonga in December, 1953.

Sir Harry Luke, during his term in Fiji, had Tonga within his over sight, as it were. He was High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, as well as Governor of Fiji, and although Tonga is nominally indipendent, she is guided by Britain from Fiji.

Much of the material that appears in the present volume was contained in From a South Seas Diary by the same author. But the visit of Queen Elizabeth and the Duke to Tonga is also covered, in story and in photographs.

Although it is unlikely to have any great impact on the world of literature, it is a very adequate primer for those who know nothing about Tonga and would like to know something. It has all those things about Tonga which pub lishers believe will create “reader interest”—that is, Falcon Island which comes and goes; Captain Cook’s tortise: Tin Can mailman, etc. It no doubt will be very popu lar amongst Queen Salote fans in Great Britain and elsewhere. (Our copy from the publishers, Putman & Company. Ltd.. 42 Great Russell St..

London WCI. Price In Britain. 9/6.)

For Underwater Enthusiasts

IF you desire to keep tropical marine life in your drawing room. as a hobby, then Marine Tropicals, a small illustrated book by Ed. L. Fisher, published in Florida, USA, will show you how it can be done.

Mr. Fisher has spent the last four years mooching around the sea bottom of the Florida Keys, study ing tropical fish. He was, of course, equipped with an aqua-lung.

(Continued in Col. 3, page 81)

{Continued from page 79)

Although the coloured tropical fish common on Island reefs are well-known to dwellers of the South Pacific, few have gone to the trouble of keeping them in home aquaria. Residents of New Guinea and Bougainville can see small tanks in operation by visiting MV Bulolo and MV Malaita which usually carry consignments of fish to the Taronga Park Zoo in Sydney.

The idea was originated by Captain Bill Wilding formerly of Malaita, now of Bulolo.

The idea of keeping tropical fish for pets seems considerably more complicated than keeping common or-garden gold-fish but if the hobby is to catch on, residents of the Islands should be in a good position to be first in the field.

The book could be of interest to spear-fishermen and aqua-lung addicts in the Islands. Even if you do not want to keep fish for pets, it is nice to know what you are looking at. Well illustrated in black and white and colour. (From Sub-Marine Studios. 918 Lang ford Building. Miami. Florida. Price, $1.50.) According to the National Geo graphic Society, Indonesia leads the world in coconut production. The Philippines, India. Ceylon and the South-west Pacific Islands are next in order of production. There are about one million acres of palms in the American tropics, with some plantation culture in Brazil, Mexico and the West Indies. The chief consumer is the US, with Europe second.

H Dr. A. S. Singh, the new resident medical officer at the Manning River District Hospital, at Taree, NSW was born in Fiji of Indian parents.

He intends to return eventually to Fiji and work among his own people. He went to Australia eight vears ago and graduated in medicme earlier this year. He has been working on a Colonial Development Scholarship.

Charley the Fisherman.

pp. 82-83

THE last great arrowhead of pelicans slid down to their anchorage at the far, western end of the, lakes; the final flush of the setting sun flared and died; and, suddenly, the lake shores were spangled. with the flares of the prawn-fishers.

Our skiff lay anchored fore and ait athwart the current, as is the custom of the Tuggerah Lakes fishermen. Over the lee gunwale dangled a sugar bag containing our days catch—half a dozen flathead, a few bream and blackfish, and a solitary flounder, “Up in New Guinea,” said Charley, uL ?uf coml "8 home with a catch cm un UCky if he Wasn ’‘ ur 'l‘ 1 f hy ?.; saW Mick in mild sur rifl’v’c* .. 18 a hout the average day s catch around here ’’ 8 In New Guinea,” said Charlev eamp n fi° USly ’ m ? n wouldn’t be game to come in with less than n couple of hundred fish, the smallest one twice the size of any of these.” i dunno about that.” said Mirk suspidousiy. “i W as up therefor

during? with the small-ships

during the war and I didn’t «?pp the way of fl sh then, ex sauce®' in tomato sa “?. e ; There was no lack of them ” y use as an audience, hence

Mick’s presence, Mick was shaped like a six-foot pair of dividers, with half a yard of yellow phiz on top. But he was a good listener, and suited Charley.

“Sometimes I’ve brought home over a ton of fish, half of 'em weighing over forty pounds each,’’ continued Charley.

“With a net, maybe," allowed Mick.

“Not with a net,” contradicted Charley.

Mick studied Charley for a while out of the sides of his eyes, then; “What bait did you use?"

“Bait?” answered Charley,

By Bill Gill

evasively. “Why, any old thing.

There’s tons of bait to be had any where by a man of gumption."

Mick said no more, but appeared to be thinking real hard. another thing,” continued Charley, hurriedly, in case Mick nnght think too deeply. “The natives of the Dobu Passage catch thous ands of fish without line, hook or harpoon.”

“®y hand. I suppose?" countered Mick, after a pause.

“No, not by hand; with a wisp of spider’s web swinging on a kite.” ‘Oyer forty pounds each, I sup pose, said Mick with a leer. "Was that how you caught yours?”

“Well, not quite," Charley con

ceded, cautiously: then proceeded at a tangent.

“Most of our fishermen were one armed fellahs. On the wall of the old pub was a picture of Lord Nelson with a patch on his eye and an empty sleeve. Once a visitor asked the barmaid who the picture represented. Search me!’ she re plied. Some mug been dynamiting fish. I daresay.' ”

Charles, as usual, laughed at this ancient jest, but Mick was not amused. Dynamite!” he said coldly, "don’t tell me any man -who shoots fish is a fisherman."

"And why not?” cried Charley, with asperity. “There was Scotty Carr, for one. not only a fishermap but an angler. He had a steel hoolt in place of his missing limb, and to see him fasten that hook in the gills of an opponent during a brawl and play him up and down the length of the bar like a salmon was a sight for sore eyes.”

"Pah!” said Mick, disgustedly, and began to reel in his fine. “I don’t believe there’s a real fisher man in the whole of New Guinea.”

"You don’t know what you’re talking about," replied Charley scornfully. "Why, there’s a native there to this day can drop a line overside at any tick of the clock and haul it in again straight away with a whacking great tuna, trevalli or barracouta. before your very eyes.

“Casey is his name, a big, splay footed, wall-eyed Mamba boy; the

cook on the Coral Belle. Him and the skipper, a white man, are mak ing a fortune out of the racket.

“Like on all the small coastal vessels the skipper of the Coral Belle is also the chief steward, and any profit he makes on the cater ing goes down south. When he dis covered Casey’s genius he took him into partnership and, from that day until this, FISH has been the only item on the menu.

“I remember taking passage on her once and, for the first day or two, the fresh fish was a welcome change from the tinned-dog diet ashore. I had noticed how, half an hour before any meal time, the skipper would holler, ‘Casey! how about a nice bit o’ fish?,—and, sure enough, half an hour later it was on the table. •‘But, after a few days, the ever lasting fish began to pall. ‘Listen,’

I said to the skipper, once, ‘how about an egg for a change? Or a piece of poultry? I see youve got a crate of chooks down aft.’

“ ‘Nothing would please me better, Charley,’ said the skipper, a polite little man, ‘only for two things.

First, no eggs—the chooks are all roosters; and, second, no poultry the roosters are all Caseys.

“Remember, those were the days when there was value in the pound —of tobacco! For a stick and a half you could buy a chook anywhere throughout the Islands. Except from Casey' He wouldn’t sell at any price. So with fish we had to be content. “Towards the end of our cruise I was below in my bunk when I heard the skipper hail Casey for another ‘bit o’ fish’ and presently the cook passed aft along the alleyway. Then I heard a confusion of flapping

wings and screeching fowls and Casey’s voice growling. ‘Quiet, you fool cock-a-roo! What for you sing out alia time?’

“Hopping off the bunk I glanced aft and there was Casey tearing the tapered, yellow-red neck feathers out of one of the roosters. When he’d got a good handful he whipped it to a hook, hove it overside and, bang! he hooked a pike, a fathom and a half long, before his line was clear of our wake.

“That was why he kept the scrawny-necked, choleric collection of chooks. The feathers, sleek with the fowl’s fat, and maybe with the odd spot of blood on the quill, got ’em every time.

“After giving Casey a severe dressing down for cruelty to chooks I had a go at it myself and that’s how I came to be in the position to admit that I’m undoubtedly the most successful fisherman in the Western Pacific.”

“You’re telling me!” said Mick, cryptically.

“Not only have I fished in the Islands,” continued Charley, re morselessly, ignoring the interrup tion, “but I sailed in a whaler when I was a lad, and caught some whoppers then, I can tell you.”

“Now take it easy,” said Mick.

“We’ve got some of the world’s biggest whales on this coast in winter, don’t forget.”

“Only minnows compared with some I’ve seen. Once, on a cruise off Cape Flyaway, we ran foul of a whale which nearly foundered us.

He was a monster! In the end we harpooned, speared and scuttled him after battling for nearly a week. In his maw we found a Greenlandman, with royal yards crossed, and the captain and mate

in the cabin quarrelling about the'

reckoning.”

* * * At that the moon, unmooring from the sandspit at the estuary, came drifting up the tide. Without an other word, we up anchors and pulled for the jetty.

“Well, old fellah,” said Mick, as we parted for the night, “I’ve heard some liars in my time, but that one about catching fish with some spider web and a kite caps them all, A sailor’s farewell to you.” And off he strode.

“Well, what do you know!” said Charley, in an awed voice. “The only true yarn I’ve told him all dav. too!”

“NOT with a net . . .”

“I’ve heard some liars in my time . . ."

Times have Changed in Eden

pp. 84-86

SWAIN'S ISLAND made one of its i rare appearances in the news earlier this year when an American Executive Order decreed that it should have a Village Council with a mayor, a policeman and an annually-appointed Gov earnment representative. This Order denoted the arrival of demo cratic “progress” following de mands by the Tokelau islanders who lived there to work the plan tation, for a stake in the land.

But for nearly a century before this, Swain’s was under the care free ownership of the Jennings family, any interference from bureaucracy and a description of these idyllic years is contained in a 20-year-old letter which has -just come to hand.

The letter was written by Mr. A. ;Schultz, a former resident of Tonga and Samoa w’ho lived on Swain’s for some years. He was a prisoner of-war in an American camp, and died soon after he was repatriated to Hamburg, Germany.

Since Mr. Schultz’s letter was written there have, of course, been radical changes on Swain’s Island, for many, the last “paradise” of the Pacific.

The Island’s present owner, Mr. A. E. Jennings, has a modern motor vessel to keep him in touch with Pago and all modern con veniences is his home. He also has :all the modern troubles. Workers are claiming higher wages, regulated hours and better living conditions— and there have even been strikes.

But civilisation had not intruded when Mr. Schultz wrote the follow ing;— ★ k BOUT 175 sea miles north of ,/T the Samoan Islands is a srpall, lonely island about 18 feet above sea level. It is called Swain’s Island, or sometimes Gente Her mosa or Olosenga. None of the great powers interested in the South Seas and competing for possession of the many thousands ?Q25 iSlandS had annexed it before The island belonged neither to the Samoan Islands in the south nor the Tokelau Islands (the Union Gioup) in the north. It had always been overlooked until in 1924 the owner Mr. A. E. Jennings, who was born there, went to Pago Pago and asked the Governor of American Samoa if he could influence Wash ington to take his island under American protection. He said the island was about 750 acres, without the lagoon. tiS£.fS le . ntly - the Confess of the United States agreed to the annexe non and on May 13, 1925. the Governor of American Samoa ar

rived from Pago Pago and cere moniously raised the American flag on Swain’s Island. (In the follow ing year, the northern Tokelau Islands, only about 100 miles dis tant, were transferred to New Zealand administration.) Once a year, on May 13, the American Governor visits the Island from Pago Pago to celebrate Flag Raising Day.

Swain’s is probably the only fer tile island in the world owned by a man who has never paid a penny for his ownership. It happened like this; IN 1856, the year that the famous old Hamburg firm of J. C.

Godeffroy and Son established its first branch in Apia, Samoa, there was living there a Mr. E.

Jennings, of New York. He was the grandfather of the present owner of Swain’s, and he had arrived at Samoa in one of the old whaling ships.

Jennings heard from the whaling crews about the mysterious island.

As one of the first customers of Godeffroy’s, he bought materials for a wooded house, utensils, pro visions and equipment and sailed for the island with his Samoan wife and their child.

He found there some two dozen Tokelau Islanders on a fishing ex pedition. They told him that the island was only temporarily in habited.

When the islanders witnessed the unpacking of Jennings’s goods and equipment and the wonderful Euro pean manufactures they had never before seen, they offered to stay with him as voluntary workers in his Garden of Eden.

He started to produce coconut oil in giant boilers which are still in existence. Later he planted the whole of his paradise and produced copra. He became a wealthy man and nobody contested his owner ship of the island.

Now t , his grandson drives his motor car on good roads through his plantations. He has named his new bungalow very appropriately

“Eden” or in the language of the island. “Etena”.

Yes, it really is a Garden of Eden, without snakes and tailor’s bills or even mosquitoes; where money means nothing, as it does not buy anthing; where nebody can land without permission irom Mr Jennings.

Nowadays the island, which can be sailed around in two hours, is inhabited by some 100 Tokelau Islanders of whom half are children.

Though they are not all angels, not one of them is missing from the Sunday service in the small church which Mr. Jennings has given them. Judging by the beautiful singing of hymns by these hundred happy human beings, they should be given the best seats in heaven The South Seas are the field of the missionaries, and here on Swain’s a sympathetic old Samoan mission ary of the London Mission preaches to his small community who know no troubles.

Coconuts, bananas, taros, paw paws are abundant. There are also troops of pigs fed with coconuts and of excellent quality, and numerous fowls, all contributing to the islanders’ kitchen. Last, but not least, are the rich fishing grounds which border on the miraculous.

A reef, only 100 yards from the beach, surrounds the whole island and inside the reef where the water is only a yard deep, as well as outside on the high sea, fishing is unlimited the whole year through

and the natives have become expert fishermen. v To witness the interesting fish ing for flying fish we went out with some natives in two high, sea canoes with outriggers of 12 inches diameter, across the reef after dusk.

Each canoe had a few dozen torches of dried palm leaves which were lit to attract the flying fish Standing upright in the canoes wuh nets on long poles like butterfly-nets, the natives caught small fish only one foot long and in one and a half hours both canoes had a catch of 202.

Another time, half a bucket of sardines were caught in a quarter of an hour from the beach. Then one of our brown friends dis covered a turtle track leading from the water across the white sand to the bush. He followed it and reappeared in a minute with 87 turtle eggs. Better still, he joyously told us that he would be able to catch the turtle too, as he knew for sure that it would come in the next 10 or 12 days to the same spot to lay more eggs.

And sure enough, at the given time we received the report that the turtle had been caught and that it weighed 280 pounds alive.

Another time the master ordered his servants to catch lobsters at night, and the next morning 20 lobsters were delivered to the house.

I was now convinced of the un excelled riches in fish round the island.

\|EN and women on the island have to work for the owner , on five week days for three or four hours to cut copra as pay ment for permission to live on the When ordered to do so they re turn to their home islands. do this volun tarily.

W omen “our Tu'Lf th S

women lour shillings worth of

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goods per month for their work.

Right in the centre of the island is a quiet lake about three-quarters of a mile long. It contains fresh water and is up to 40 feet deep, so tl>at a refreshing daily bath can be

eniqyed.

Three, or at the most four, times a year a small steamer of an English firm at Apia calls at the island. She lands goods and mail and takes a load of copra. There is no other connection with the outside world, no radio news dis turbs the peace and quietness. The mighty roar of the surf on the en closing reef supplies eternal music, the only true harmony in this solitude.

When I wandered about in some remote corners of the island I entered the small cemetery and was surprised to decipher on an old moss-grown tombstone the in scription: “Here rests Phoebe Ran b°rn Jennings; born 9th July I 860; died sth September, 1871.”

The young woman was the half caste daughter of the first owner of the island, who had married one of to^Gotr,. 0 ' the Hamburg

Pim Crossquiz No. 53

p. 84

Solution on Page 84.

ACROSS

, J .

I. Which gem has the largest range of lustre and colour? 5 What was the name James Hargreaves gave to the spinning frame he invented? 8. Wnat title of r&nk comes between that of Earl and Baron? 9. —What disciple was known as “the big fisherman”? 10. —What were the universal musical instruments of classical Greece and Rome? 11. —What was the name of the “little” character in “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”? 12. Who composed “La Traviata”? 13. —What is the name of

the Mohammedan religion? 14—What does the “A” stand for in the abbrevia tion A,D. ? 15.—What is the general name for all the woody, climbing and twining plants in tropical forests? 18.—Of, what is the smooth, hard outer cohering of the teeth made? 20. —What do the Chinese celebrate some time between January 21 and February 19? 21. In which Mediter ranean principality is Monte Carlo situated? 22. —What is the imagin ary line on which an object revolves?

DOWN

1-—Where was Dreyfus originally condemned to im prisonment for life? 2. —What country is England’s biggest customer for motor vehicles? 3. —Which American animal is physically unable to retreat when danger threatens and falls over in a dead faint?

4- — By what name is the first part of the Divine Comedy known? g—What short piece of music for the piano was invented by John Field? 7 .—What is the term for a young horse in the seCo nd year of its age? 9.—Who is the most famous Russian uni»-vn y.» P n ba |l en ™ the f wor ; d known? , , 16 - The „ *? uts ° f J blCh ge *i US °l are chewed b y the Malays and make their m ?^ th l rr f ed? 17 - What movable parts of an air craft increase its lift and act as a braking effect in landing? 19.—Who wrote “Das Kapital”?

Island Debs. Make Their Curtsies

p. 85

Filaui’a, daughter of High Chief and Mrs. Taiwanese one of the debutantes at the St. Mary’s Old Girls’ ball at Apia on May 20.

Debutantes and Hierarchy at the Annual Ball of the St.

Mary’s Old Girls’ Association, held at Apia. Western Samoa, on May 20. The debutantes were presented to His Excellency, Archbishop Romolo Carboni. Apostolic Delegate for Australia.

New Zealand and Oceania. He had just officiated at the con secration of Bishop Dieter.

Front Row: Miss M. McDonald (president of the Association), Bishon Foley (Fiji), Hon. Tamasese, Bishop Dieter (newly consecrated Bishop of Samoa and Tokelaus). His Excellency Archbishop Romolo Carboni. Bishop Darnand (recently re-

tired), Mrs. Tamasese and Bishop Joyce (Christchurch, NZ)- Second Row: Misses Catherine Roberts, Enid Thomsen, Tina Fruean. Elizabeth Lam and Agnes Andersen.

Third Row: Misses Agnes Pereira. Roslyn Langkllde, Matilda Betham. Cynthia Godinet, Elvira Gabriel. Marlene Geabauer, Margaret Young, Tafu Levy. Anne Stowers. Elizabeth David.

Sussana Schmidt and Marie Swanney.

Back Row (Obscured): Misses May Levy, Miriam Young.

Alice MacCarthy. Genevieve MacKenzie. Filaui's Tamasese.

Anna Betham Josephine David and Theresa Histake.

Photo Edwards Studio. Apia

Diet And Dental Health

p. 86

, Extracts from talk broadcast from

7 jr ijy the Nutrition Section of fire South Pacific Health Service trom a paper prepared by the

Dental Department).

yfANY people do not realise just how iVi much the diet affects the growth of the teeth and how essential It is to cat the right kinds of foods, every tooth is a living part of the body conte ining nerves, arteries, veins and other tissues, all of which contain cells.

The cells of the body must have certain "basic essentials in order to work properly.

These essentials are obtained from the food eaten and unless the cells have a efficient and adequate supply of each and every nutrient every day, they become starved and eventually sicken and die.

While the teeth are developing within the jaws, it is necessary that they re vive adequate amounts of building materials such as proteins, minerals, and fats and other nutritive elements found n foods. For this reason, it is essential that growing children have plenty of fresh milk to drink each day.

Children should have at least one pint of milk every day until they are 12 years old. and adolescents should have pints of milk every day.

In this way, they will receive sufficient calcium to build strong straight bones and teeth. The enamel of the teeth de clops within the jaws over a long period of time, and if the intake of calcium is inadequate, the enamel will be mottled and pitted.

In pregnancy and lactation, the intake of calcium should be increased as the unborn and newly-born baby draws its supply of calcium for its bones and teeth .om its mother. Sugars and starches which are the carbohydrate foods used by the body in order to obtain energy for muscular activity, should be eaten in the

correct amounts depending on how active a person is, and how hard they work.

Excessive amounts of refined sugars are harmful to the teeth.

Tooth decay is caused by certain bacteria in the mouth which rapidly con verts into lactic acid; this acid eats away the enamel and dentine of which the teeth are formed. Whenever sugary and starchy food clings to the teeth this destructive acid keeps on forming. The more often sugar is eaten, the quicker a tooth is destroyed. When sweet liquids are drunk the sugar clings to the teeth in a film.

The saliva of the average person, with the help of the alkaline foods also eaten with meals, can easily neutralise the small amounts of acids produced during meal times, so that tooth decay does not result. But if cakes, biscuits, sweets and chocolates are eaten five or six times a day, between meals, the amount of acid formed in the mouth is rapidly multiplied and the saliva will be unable to cope with it.

Every time a sweet is eaten, the teeth suffer an attack of acids, especially if the sweets are eaten between meals as they then stick to the teeth for com paratively long periods of time. At meal times sugar is brushed off the teeth by other foods such as vegetables and fruits, but when sweet foods are eaten between meals the particles left in the mouth are not brushed away.

Besides cutting down on sweet things, other good ways to prevent tooth decay and bleeding and infected gums are as follows: Firstly, finish every meal with a tough scrubbing food such as celery, apple, coconut, raw carrot, lettuce or a stick of sugar cane. The concentration of sugar in cane is not sufficient to cause decay and the self cleansing qualities of the fibrous material are excellent for the teeth. It is interesting to note, that a child has to chew a considerable length of sugar cane in order to ingest as much sugar as most people take, as refined sugar, in one cup of tea.

Secondly, good tooth brushing is very important. Teeth and gums should be brushed as soon as possible after every meal and certainly after breakfast and before going to bed. Frequently people clean their teeth when they get up and do not clean them after breakfast. This is wrong; they should be cleaned after breakfast. Teeth and gums should be brushed carefully, making the bristles get in between the teeth. The best way to brush is by brushing round in small circles on all surfaces. It is not the tooth paste which is important—common salt is just as good—it is how and when and how often the teeth are brushed which is important. A tooth brush costs less than a cake of milk chocolate and does a hundred times more good.

If packed lunches or sandwiches are taken by members of the family for a meal away from home, one of the scrubbing foods should be included to chew afterwards to cleanse the mouth— especially if it is impossible to clean the teeth, with a tooth brush after eating.

The following salad recipe is excellent for the teeth:

RAW SALAD

1 small cabbage or China cabbage, shredded (use dark green leaves as well as pale ones). 2 large carrots, grated. 2 Spring onions, chopped. 1 cup grated raw coconut. 2 large tomatoes (sliced). 2 tablespoons grated cheese. 1 tablespoon sultanas.

Vi cup freshly chopped pineapple. 2 tablespoons vinegar.

A few drops of salad oil seasoning.

Toss the cabbage and spring onions in vinegar and salad oil. Place on a flat dish. Arrange other ingredients in an attractive pattern. Place in refrigerator for 10 minutes to chill and make crisp.

Serve with any suitable meat, egg or fish dish. Half an apple can be chopped up and added to the salad when available.

When celery is obtainable, very delicious savouries can be made by taking pieces about 3 inches long and stuffing them with grated cheese or grated raw carrot.

Bible in Marovo

p. 86

A TASK which was started in the Western Solomon Islands over 30 years ago is now being completed in Australia. It is the translation of the Bible into Marovo, a dialect of the Western Solomons group.

Mr. H. B. P. Wicks, a retired Seventh-day Adventist missionary, is now completing the reading of the page proofs. He started the translation when he was in the Islands in 1920. Another missionary, Mr. A. R. Barrett, carried on where Mr. Wicks left off and completed the translation last year.

The work was sent to the British and Foreign Bible Society in London and an agreement made for

its publication. j

Sixteen South Sea Islanders were among 108 members of the New Zealand Boys’ Brigade who arrived in Sydney on the Monowai on June 16. The boys have gone on to Eng land for the international camp of Boys’ Brigades to oe held on the fields of Eton College.

The Tongan heavyweight boxer, Kitione Lave, returned to Sydney from New Zealand early in June to complete a ten-fight contract with the Australian Boxing Club. He found no prospects of suitable fights in NZ.

Don’t Buy—Build!

p. 88

Brain Waves From UNO

India Has Plans for Nauru

LATEST brain-storm in the Trusteeship Council of UN is that Australia should send back loads of soil and manure to Nauru to replace the phosphate taken out over the last 50 years and that which will be removed in the next 40 or so.

The idea came from the Indian delegate. He feels that Australia owes this to the Nauruans whose island is slowly being whittled away. The idea of removing them all to another island is “against the UN Charter.”

The Indian delegate obviously labours under a delusion that enormously rich and fertile soil is being removed from the little island to enrich the British dominions.

Quite the reverse is the case: raw phosphate, of itself, will grow noth ing. Some other points overlooked by the delegate: • The population of Nauru is 1500 and growing; it would now have been considerably more if some hundreds had not died during the Japanese war-time occupation and removal of the natives to the Carolines. It is population pressure, not phosphate, that will force them out. • The part of the island where phosphate has been removed is not fertile. The fertile portion of the island, where the Nauruans live, has not been encroached upon by the phosphate workings. • If there had been no phosphate workings on Nauru, the island would still be largely barren and the Nauruans, instead of being well endowed would have been just an other group of poverty-stricken dry island natives. • Australia administers Nauru on behalf of the British and New Zealand Governments. The three hold it jointly under trusteeship.

Soil-shifting, if any, should not, therefore, be the sole responsibility of Australia. • The purchase of another island has been discussed between Nauruan leaders and the Australian admin istering authority. The fact that the Nauruans have been paid adequate royalties on every ton of phosphate removed will ensure that they will be financially able to do this when and if they deem it necessary. The royalty has been calculated, to pro vide for their present needs—and to set up a community fund which will stake them to something else when phosphate workings finish.

Nauruans are~ regarded as the wealthy natives of the Pacific.

Money

pp. 89-91

They Want More Money to Stay in Fiji Reports of Public Servants', Teachers' Salaries

rE Fiji Government has accepted ‘‘without comment” the report of the Salaries Commissioner 'Mr. Justice Carew) on the salaries of the Colony’s public servants.

It is believed that substantial rises in PS salaries reprospective to January 1, 1954, will result.

According to the report, the only alternative to raising these salaries is to lose some of the most promis ing officers, particularly technical officers. The cost of living in Fiji in 1954 is calculated to be times more than in 1939; and between 1950 and 1954 the cost rose bv about 25 per cent.

Cost of living in Fiji is believed to be higher than in most other British colonies and. at the same time, salaries and allowances are much lower. As a consequence, the Fiji Government is finding it dif ficult to fill senior posts as they become vacant through retirements or transfer of officers to more lucrative posts elsewhere.

TEACHERS’ SALARIES, TOO

Meanwhile a local committee set UP to inquire into the state of school-teachers’ finance has re commended that their salaries should rise substantially «it is estimated that it would cost the Colony £53,000 in the first year) It is the opinion of the Committee tnat the scheme under which New Zealand teachers serve in the Colony for a short period is not altogether to the benefit of Fiji education. Most of the teachers serve only two years—and that,

through no sense of vocation but mostly because Fiji service counts as ‘country service”—of which the NZ teacher has to put in ‘nree years.

Commented the committtee: It is probably this rule that has en sured a supply of teachers to the Colony . . . but a satisfactory’ edu cation service with continuity an not be obtained in this way.”'

HOW IT IS MANAGED IN THE

SOUTH-WEST

Fiji may be interested in the

teacher-training scheme now opera ted by the Administration of Papua- New Guinea. Up to 10 students of matriculation or similar qualifi cation will be chosen each year and trained at the Teachers’ Training College in Sydney. While at the College, they are paid a salary ac cording to their age—between £450 and £l,OOO per annum. On gradua tion they are posted to the Territory as members of the Territory’s Education Department, and must guarantee, under bond, to work for a specified number of years.

These teachers are tied in no way at all to the NSW education system and it is hoped in this way to provide a solid core of European teachers whose allegiance is solely to the Territory.

The only alternative to this is to try to recruit qualified teachers from Australia or New Zealand— with all the difficulties encountered by Fiji with its system of short term secondment from New Zealand service.

A promise that he would see a rare duck took Sir Edward Hallstrom on a visit to the New Guinea High lands mid-June. The duck, a Salvadoris, is believed to be the only one reared in captivity. It was to be brought, for Sir Edward’s in spection, to the Nondugl Experi mental Farm.

fl The Rev. James Aingimea, first missionary from the 1,500 natives of Nauru, passed through Brisbane last month to take up his first appointment at Daru in Western Papua. He was accompanied by his wife and four children. He de cided to become a missionary when he was subjected to Japanese cruelty on Truk during the war. After liberation, he applied to the Con gregational Church of Australia for training, and went to Cromwell College, Brisbane, in 1951.

Tongan Women Missed

pp. 92-93

Their Vote Five New Members in New Parliament

From Our Own Correspondent

NUKUALOFA, June 16.

A TECHNICAL error in legislation passed three years ago to give them the franchise, deprived the Tongan women of a vote at the general Parliamentary election held on May 28.

If the error had not occurred, the Tongan women would have been the first Island women to gain political equality with their men.

However, it seems certain that the distinction is reserved for them.

The error will be rectified and the women will vote at the next election in three years' time.

Tonga’s Parliament meets in the middle of the year. It consists of seven nobles elected by their peers (the hereditary chiefs), seven representatives elected by the people, and the Cabinet Ministers, including the Governors of Ha’apai and Vava’u. The speaker is ap pointed by the Queen, usually from the nobles.

The candidates elected on Mav 28 were:—

REPRESENTATIVES OF*

NOBLES: Lavaka, Kalaniuvalu and

Fusitu’a for Tongatapu; Tuita-and Tu’iha’angana for Ha’apai; Veikune and Tu’ilakepa for Vava’u.

REPRESENTATIVES OF

PEOPLE; M. Finau, S. Tu’akoi and H, Vete for Tongatapu; V. L.

Tu’akihekolo and S. P. Afeaki for Ha’apai; T. Mafua and S. P.

Afuha’amango for Vava’u.

All were sitting members with, the exception of Lavaka, Fusitu’a, Tu’ilakepa, H. Vete and S. P.

Afeaki.

The stormy petrel of Tonga’s Parliament is S.P. Afuha’amango,, whose leftist views have often enlivened the conservative formality of debates.

Parliament usually conducts itself with dignity. The speeches are eloquent, flowery, and full of Imagery, They are an example of the gift of oratory and impromptu speaking possessed by the Tongan and his Polynesian cousins, and their humour is no weak element.

Every Parliament has its “grand old man ’, and Tonga’s is M. Finau, of impressive bulk. He is the King dom’s senior lawyer and an old boy of Newington College, Sydney.

He was a noted athlete in his College days. He was a member of the First Fifteen and First Eleven which dominated the Sydney GFS competitions in 1900. He was also the crack rifleman of the GPS that year.

Clones, Fertilisers, Gratuity

p. 93

THEY’RE FREE IN BWI!

Clones, Fertilisers, Gratuity for Cocoa Planters

COCOA planters in the British West Indies are getting a free distribution of high-yielding clones from the Department of Agriculture, free fertilisers until the trees reach maturity, and a gratuity for every tree as soon as it reaches bearing age.

These handouts are part of a Gov ernment scheme which is expected to triple production of cocoa in that Colony in the next three years.

Mr. D. R. A. Eden, general man ager of the New Zealand Reparation Estates in Western Samoa, ex plained the scheme in the April issue of the South Pacific Com mission Bulletin. He said that no better way to stimulate production had yet been discovered, and that the mechanics of the scheme were not beyond the scope of any of the Agriculture Departments in the cocoa-growing territories of the SPC region.

The BWI Department has set up propagating stations with large nurseries for selected clones. From these are drawn the greenwood cuttings for propagation and distri bution to planters. The station at La Pastora, in Trinidad, is probably the largest of its kind in the world.

It produces 300,000 rooted cuttings a year for the planters, and its pro pagating boxes, hardening facilities and shaded storage sheds cover acres of land.

Some of the clones were originally selected by the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture. In Trinidad and Tobago, varieties ICS (1) and (95) are the most popular. Planta tions of these have yielded as much as 2,000 pounds of cocoa (dry weight) per acre a year.

The Imperial College has, m Trinidad, a new centrifugal humidi fier for rapid propagation. It pro duces a thin fog of water vapour which maintains maximum humidity in a frosted glass house, and regulates the heat generated inside by the sun. Propagation takes from 16 to 20 days. Another seven days

are allowed for the roots to penetrate the bamboo basket con tainers. The cuttings are then given two months’ hardening in slat covered bush houses before distri bution and planting under shade.

Although the machine is regarded as a definite improvement on older methods, it is not u?ed at the La Pastora and other stations in BWI.

These still use the glass-lidded box type propagators for which a sat isfactory routine has been evolved.

Mr. Eden in his article said that, according to reports at the last Lon don cocoa conference, 200,000 tons of cocoa beans are lost annually through pests and diseases. The toll of capsids, swollen shoot, witch’s broom and black pod was

heavy. In the Gold Coast planta tions in 1953, an average of 574,000 trees were cut down every month because of swollen shoot. fl Miss Anne Hendy-Pooley returned home to Sydney on June 26 after working for a year in Noumea. She is making hurried preparations for her wedding in August to Mr. John rWheelock, American Vice-Consul in Noumea. Afterwards the couple will go to America and await Mr.

Wheelock’s new consular appoint ment.

U Dr. Erich Boltze, German Min ister in New Zealand, paid a visit to Western Samoa in May, travelling by air.

Britain Ignores

pp. 95-99

FIJI’S

VITAL PROBLEMS

The following was written for the “Pacific Islands Monthly” by a special correspondent in Lon don. It does not necessarily ex press the opinion of the PIM ; but it does show how deeply some people, who are concerned for the welfare of Fiji and the Fijians, resent the attitude of the British Colonial Office towards Fiji’s population problems.

LONDON, June 11.

THE PIM, expressing doqbt about whether the Colonial Office ever will do anything to accede to the Fiji Government’s request for a formal inquiry into Fiji’s population problem, is absolutely right. From what I have seen and learned here that problem—and others, too, in the Pacific —is in fluenced almost entirely by India; and anything that might offend India is not. even considered.

That is the cornerstone of Britain’s Colonial policy and, I fear, of her Foreign policy, too. She is creating thereby a dangerous situation —more dangerous than need be —but nothing seems to shift her from it.

As we see it here, the best way

of dealing with the menace of Asia is to bring strong outside pressure, if possible from Australia and New Zealand, whose safety and security can be seriously endangered if Asiatic Communism spreads further south.

India’s idea is to tighten her grip on Fiji to such an extent that she presently will be able to turn around and order the Europeans out of the Colony—and the same with other colonial territories around the Indian Ocean.

New Zealand, especially, is very deeply affected by this situation.

She should take over Fiji as soon as possible—inconvenient though it may be —in the interests of her own security. In fact, the only reply to Indian penetration is the with drawal of the Colonial Office in favour of New Zealand and Aus tralia—-and woe betide them both if they do not realise this in time.

Indians from Fiji are clamouring to be allowed to settle in NZ, but are kept out now by NZ’s immigra tion laws —an affront to India which NZ does not mind risking.

For this reason, I hope Britain never gets into the ANZUS Pact.

An historical survey of the South Pacific would reveal the bad record of the British Colonial Office. It would show, too, how this Office is carrying on the old traditions.

Appeasement of Germany was all the rage once. Now it is Asia, par ticularly India.

fl The engagement was announced in Sydney on June 6 of Miss Barbara Payne and Mr. Bruce Blackwell, of New Guinea. Miss Payne is the principal of the Barbara Payne Academy, a finish ing and grooming school for girls.

The couple will live in NG after their marriage.

had penetrated sufficiently into the cotyledons, otherwise super-acid ification produced an acrid bitter flavour in the finished product.

With the equipment available in those days the theory was not put to much practical use.

EQUIPMENT

The equipment used in the fer mentaries of the Reparation Estates is as follows:

• Twenty wooden boxes line each side of the fermentaries. They are 5 ft by 4 ft and 3 ft high. They are constructed of movable planks fitted into slots. Each holds 3,000 lbs of wet cocoa when full. To pre vent overheating in the fermentaries. the roof is constructed of bright aluminium to reflect the sun’s rays and the walls above the boxes are built of slats with 2-inch spacing to allow air to escape. (Over>

Photographs show, from left to right: Some of the 20 wooden boxes which line both sides of the Reparation Estates’ fermentaries.

Beans are taken from the fermenting boxes after 5[?] days and passed through the washing tank.

After washing, the beans are dis charged through a gate at the bottom of the tank into a cement draining pit.

The perforated, rustless cylinder of the McKinnon drying and reconditioning drum revolves on wide, hollow bearings.

• Washing drum and draining pit. • A platform hot-air dryer con sisting of a wooden grating, which holds 12,000 pounds of wet beans.

It is heated by benzine flue pipes leading from a brick furnace lying eight feet below the drying surface.

This dryer has an aluminium roof which can be wound back so that the sun’s rays also assist in this

preliminary drying.

• A McKinnon drying and re conditioning drum which revolves mechanically and which completes the processing of the beans.

METHOD OF PROCESSING

The sequence of processing in Estates fermentaries is as follows; • The beans are placed in the boxes and fermented for 51 days.

Under Samoan conditions it is found that this produces, in the finished product, a bean that is light cinnamon in colour, of good aroma and even break.

After the first 12 hours the cocoa is turned daily—by shovelling each boxful into an adjoining box. Pod cores of placentas, and black in ferior beans are picked out. As soon as a new box is filled, it is covered with banana leaves and sacking. • After days the beans then pass through the washing drum where three changes of water re move the contracted pulp.

• Beans are then discharged into a draining pit. • When drained, they are re moved to the drying platform of the hot-air dryer and here remain for approximately 12 hours before drying is interrupted at a point where all surface moisture has been removed, but where a certain amount of dampness (not free moisture), is present in the cotyle dons. Accuracy in judging this stage comes by experience.

The partly dried beans are then cooled to avoid sweating and are stored until a full load for the McKinnon rotary drier is ready. • The McKinnon rotary drier is never used in the Estates fer mentaries as a complete drier. It was designed as a coffee drier, and the small holes in the surface of the stainless metal drum become easily clogged with the sticky residue

of the freshly washed beans if no pre-drying has been done. • Before the beans are loaded into the McKinnon, they are lightly hosed until they are evenly moist ened. The commencing tempera ture in the drier should be about 200 degrees Fahr., and should be held at this for the first 6 hours.

After this, it should be evenly de creased until the contents of the drum are at room temperature. The fire should be extinct by this stage but the drum should be kept re volving until the cocoa has lost all heat. Ten hours in the McKinnon drum should complete the drying process if the pre-drying on the platform kiln occupied 12 hours and the beans were not soaked too thoroughly during the dampening process. Slow drying in the McKinnon is believed to be the secret of success.

Clarke-Turner Wedding

p. 100

J. C. Gilbert was appointed ildmg inspector at Wewak, New amea, on June 18.

A Ravu a m a Vuniv a lu, senior Fiji a n unofficial member of the Legislative Councd resigned. He enlisted m the Fiji Military Forces a nd h aS joined the First Battalion in the fight .against the Communist terrorists m Mulaya. He also resigned from the Fiji Broadcasting Commission and has been replaced by Livai Volavola.

Mr. Tony Richardson, 27, left Americ a in December to go to Syd ney, and eventu a lly drived on April 16. In Panama he joined Mr.

Pebble Rockefeller, owner of a 40foot yacht, and set out for Tahiti The yacht was becalmed for days on end and reached Galapagos Islands 24 days later. He decided to fly to Sydney from Tahiti,

Phyllis Margaret Clarke and Mr. [?] Barden Turner were married at [?]ul’s Church, Samarai, Papua, on [?] 22. The Rev. A. G. Daw officiated; [?] Betty Cooper was bridesmaid and [?] Susan Daw was flower girl. Mr. [?]man Kidder flew from Port Moresby [?] bestman, and Mr. Beavers, of [?]ato, gave the bride away.

Seventy guests attended the reception at Burns Philp “Bach”. The couple left for a honeymoon at Kwato. —Photo by F. Hoeter.

Bridge

p. 101

Morobe District’s Problem Bridge

The Markham Point bridge construction, about 14 miles from Lae, NG, as it was at mid-May, 1954. Work on the bridge (by Hornibrooks Constructions, Ltd.) began about 15 months ago. but the contractors have been continually held up by bad weather and floods.

About 100 yards below the point shown in these photographs, the company built its married-quarters. They were on the bank of the river then, but subsequently the Markham changed its course, and where those quarters were is now a sweep of the river.

The experts still maintain that they chose the right spot for the bridge. But others of long residence in the district, would ' not be surprised if the Markham lived un to its reputation, changed course again, and left the engineers with a bridge but no river.

Local flooding can be coped with; most of the trouble has been caused by heavy rains in the headwaters of the river.

The piles are carried on an overhead cable which is suspended on two mighty, steel masts, one at either side of the river The butt of one mast can be seen, top right, of the third photograph. Its partner is on the bare patch on the other side of the river—shown in the same photograph.

Photographs one and two show a pile being carried on the overhead cable, and then being juggled into position by Euro peans and Markham natives, operating from a canoe. The river had no flood in it when these photographs were taken —but when there is, spills and long swims are frequent.

The engineers expected to drive piles at the rate of one per day from mid-May.

There will be 17 spans in the bridge.

H Capitaine de Fregate Colas des Francs, after a period of service as Commandant of the Marine m French Oceania, returned to France ner May Tahitien. He has been

succeeded by Capitaine de Fregate

Vauchez.

II His Excellency Governor of French ° ce a ni a. accompanied by

Messrs. Buestel, Chief of

G. Allain, Chef de Cabinet, and Di

Casterene recently made an official

tour of the Tuamotus in the Gov ernment schooner Tamara.

For Pacific Radio Amateurs

pp. 103-104

ONDUCTED BY EX ZK-1-AC/VR-2-AK.

Address notes to P.O. Box 5179, Wellesley Street, Auckland, N.Z.) ISLAND HAMS: Let your Pacific

eighbours know you’re active by

hecking in on your favourite band nth a CQ at 0100/0700 1900 z. Use f a known time will help you—and hem.

"XUR Ham news collecting service has been disrupted by recent travels and lis month’s notes are fragments from II points.

Ere this appears, there should be a fw Fiji station on the air—VR2BD, W’.

McMillan, ex-ZL-l-88, now attached to »e technical staff of the Fiji Broadcast ig Commission’s station ZJV in Suva, t first he’ll be heard on 40 m. CW/phone, >ubling with a 3584 kc/s crystal—7l6B :/s —but later there will be VFO with ►0 watts of carrier-controlled phone. r e’re picking that this will be an active ation.

We hear that Don Franklin—Vß2CU »s departed for ZL.

ZL-l-VI reports that Ray—VR3A on anning is now heard with an excellent 1 m. sig on 3511 kc/s —50 watts input id a long-wire.

From Apia ZM6AS and ZM6AP have >th been heard on 80 m. phone.

From the Cooks, ZK’s 1-BG/BH/BI have 1 been active—the latter with very fine lality phone, but all three using phone id CW. Doug Berry—ZK-l-BG has now iised his 80 m. tally of countries to 19 last reported bein'g PY6FI.

Another phoney seems to have sprung up the form of VR6AH—or is he a phoney? hat goes on at Pitcairn is still a ystery, though certainly some signals e coming out of the island. Incidentally, could be that VR6AH and ZK4AC are ie. The latter says he’s at Tongareva— mrhyn Island in the Northern Cooks, e have it on the best of authority that ere is no ZK-4 station in existence— :cept this illegitimate one with “Paul” the controls.

From Niue, Eddie—ZK-2-AC is now itive on 40 m.—working with his ZL onies. We believe that ZL2HY is build g him another (possibly lower powered!) ansmitter at present. Strangely enough.

when BERS-195 heard him working in April there was not a single DX station in the queue. Maybe the beam points south-west! Listener Eric also reports that French Oceania stations FOBAC FOBAK have been active on 20 m. with good CW sigs in daylight hours.

There is reason to believe that Palmyra Island, long silent, might find itself a voice again. Phil Palmer VR3C on Fanning reports much activity at KP6 with the arrival of a tuna fishing organisation and the reopening of the airfield—and where there are inhabited islands there are radio men, and they usually turn out to be Hams in places like that—so keep a lookout on 20 m.!

Incidentally, in this connection, we hear KG6AEX at Guam is very much alive on 20 m. phone. He was formerly that very active Palmyran KP6AA, well known in the South Pacific 7 or 8 years ago, when the island still had an ionisphere station operating.

A New T Guinea phone sig that finds

its way well down to ZL on 80 m. at times is VKDFN—frequency 3620 ke/s.

A new station up there is VK9EB, K. S.

Mullan, C/O. AWA Aviation Service Depot, Lae—QSL address P.O. Box 13, Lae. Also noted is a change of address from Bulolo to Wau for VK9RM.

What can be made of this YJ-l-AC man, who says he’s a US Navy meteor ologist in the New Hebrides? A quick check with some people just down from that area failed to shed any light. We’d like to hear some details from him.

From Raoul, where it’s always Sunday, in the Kermadecs, we hear ZL-l-AHC patting out a powerful 80 m. phone signal. Not a DX prefix—but an island never-the-lcss.

"There are no licensed amateur stations

The Rarotonga boys (left to right): Nat Bradley—ZK-1-BH, Ron Lowry—ZK-1-B [?]ug Cunnold-ZK-1-AB (local RI and in charge of Rarotonga Radio) Ron Berry- K- 1-BG, and S tuart Kingan-ZK-1-AA, not on the air at present but well known an extreme ly a ctive Ham immedi at ely after World War II. Not in the photo is ny Aldridge—ZK-1-AM, now on from Aitutaki.

ia Tonga, ’ reports Radio Superintendent Simmons in a recent letter. Pity! So if one shows up without warning you’ll know him for what he is.

This month we present a photo of the Rarotongan gang. We cordially invite photos of other groups of Hams— especially from the French territories and New Guinea. W T e believe they’re of general interest. Notes from all quarters are also solicited.

Atoll Research Team

p. 104

fTIHE Pacific Science Board of the .i US National Research Council recently sent a team to Kaping amarangi, Caroline Islands, as part of its coral atoll programme. The ■.earn will study environmental factors affecting life on atolls and will make investigations in anthro pology, botany, etc.

Members of the team are Mr.

U, D. McKee (US Geological Sur vey), Dr. C. Hand (marine inverte brate zoologist), Dr. W. A Niering (land ecologist), Dr. R. R. Harry (ichthyologist), Dr. J. Wiens (geographer), and Mr. W. Jan

Newhouse (algologist).

Jf Mr. Peter Yeomans, son of Mr.

Tom Yeomans, of Sydney and New juiena, is making good as a design ing artist overseas. He has recently been awarded a scholarship to study at the Cranbrook Academy, a unit m a large, non-profit educational centre in Michigan, USA. He studied

industrial designing at East Sydney Technical College. Later he practised store layout and design and set him self up as a freelance designer.

He then went overseas, and in the last two years he has studied sculpture and designing in England, travelled extensively in Italy, and worked and studied in Toronto, Canada. In London he won a com

petition for a design to decorate Australia House during the Corona tion celebrations. He intends to re main overseas, where he considers there are greater opportunities. His father, Mr. Tom Yeomans, is well known in New Guinea through his association with gold mining and. more recently, with the South Pacific Brewery.

News of the Small-Ships

pp. 105-121

DOWN—AND UP:—MV Ralun

dragged her anchor at Namatanai, New Britain, on May 29 and, strik ing a steep reef ledge, pushed the dukes through her hull. She sank in nine fathoms of water with 550 bags of copra but without loss of life.

Encouraged by the success of similar operations, nine Chinese with an interest in the ship decided to salvage it. They are Pang Chun Wai, Pang Chun Cheong, Seeto Wing Cheong, Tong Yuen Ming, Tong Poon Ming, Touly Yan Ming,

Cha Ku Wah, Woo Kong Yip and Tong Chou Ming.

They used six pontoon cubes as camels and 120 44-gallon drums.

Tong Chou Ming and a native dived and attached the drums to the hull and pumped air gave the ship sui ficient buoyancy to drag her into four fathoms. The drums were then released, the cubes lashed on either side and filled with air, and the ship beached. . . 01 The lifting of the ship took 31 working days, a creditable perform ance.

Ralun is valued at £14,000. She has a Gardner BLS engine. Her mast was lost—and the copra—but she is

repairable.

RNVR FOR FIJI:—New Zealand’s Chief of Naval Staff, Commodore Sir Charles Madden, returned frp l ?} Suva early June following a visit in his capacity as adviser to the Fiji Government and announced that a Fiji Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve force is to be established.

Commanding officer pf the reserve would be Lieutenant-Commander G. R. Woods, present naval liaison officer in Fiji. The strength of the Snit would be about 20 officers and 200 ratings by the end of two years.

It was hoped that eventually the unit would be entirely manned by Fijians, but in the early stag s a staff officer and some P etty . instructors would be recruited in New Zealand.

A new post of director pf operations, Fiji, will be established and Lieutenant-Commander J. F.

McKenzie, RNZN, at prssent fhst

lieutenant of HMNZS Pukaki, has been appointed for the first nine months. A building, jetty, motor launch and some smaller craft will be acquired.

SHELLBACKS PLEASE NOTE;

Arthur C. Johnson, aboard the brigantine Yankee, at present in the Islands, appeals to old-timers to give him news of the barquentine Volador which was chartered by Burns Philp & Co. in 1909. Where she was built, how did she end, what was her history? Johnson’s Bookstore, -Springfield, Mass., USA,

will find him, or if the story is worth telling we will tell it here.

MARY WINKLEMAN:— Johnson

also asks for information on the wreck of this vessel as she left Pago Pago harbour in 1933. She is be lieved to have been engaged in gun running or smuggling. He met her earlier owners in Panama recently.

She was a barquentine.

WHAT OFFERS?:—It will be re called that in May, 1953, the 250ton motor vessel El Retiro (formerly Kapiti of NZ) was thrown onto the reef at Million Dollar Point, Santo, shortly after Mr. Donald Gubay had purchased her from Captain E.

Ralun refloated by pontoon cubes.

Savoie for use as a salvage vessel there. She has been hard and fast on the reef ever since. It is now reported that she is for sale “as is, where is*’ for £4OO Australian.

Her machinery is reported still in the ship. She is partly flooded to about the load-water line.

SANTO WHARF:—This wharf can be considered a total loss fol lowing serious damage to the already dilapidated structure by a tanker.

It is understood, however, that a lighterage service will shortly be in operation on a commercial basis, re placing the wharf which, incident ally, was free to all comers to use at no charge—a relic of the military occupation during World War 11.

BOUGHT AT GUAM:—Peter

Throckmorton, of the Reliable Engine Repair Service, Honolulu, who toured South Pacific groups last year looking for ship-sale busi ness, reports that his ex-serviceman organisation has made a purchase in Guam. He and others were leav ing Honolulu in June to bring back a convoy of four vessels —a 450-hp tugboat, one LCT hull, one 250-ton steel barge, and another wooden barge of the same tonnage.

OLD PHOTOS WANTED;—Union

Steam Ship Co. are seeking photos of their former vessels Kakapo (1900), Fijian (1889), Brunner (1900), Snark (1905), Boojum (1887), and Lady Bird (1881). They are prepared to buy them through local Island shipping managers.

MONIQUE LOSS OFFICIAL:

A communique issue by the Mer chant Marine Ministry in France declares the motorship Monique to be officially lost, and her passengers, captain and crew to be dead. The Justice Department has announced that the families of the victims may claim damage whatever may be the result of the inquiry into the disaster, and that both the owners of the ship and the captain may be held responsible.

Monique, of 240 tons, left the island of Mare, in the Loyalty Group, at 4.15 p.m. on July 31 last year to sail the 50 miles to New Caledonia. She was never sighted again. More than 120 people, in cluding 20 Europeans, were on board.

BROTHERS DELAYED: — Seven

Little Brothers and owner Willis, are reported not to have got away on the Pacific drift voyage in May. A mid-June despatch from Callao indicated that the voyage would, however, commence before the end of June. A few other de tails were supplied. The raft has a keel and a steering wheel as well as tiller, to ease the work.

A radio transmitter is being carried but no details of radio plans or frequencies are known. Most probably the set is a Gibson Girl operating on 500 kc/s with kite aerial and hand-turned power gen erator.

A parrot and a cqt have joined the crew. Based on Kon-Tiki ex perience, first possible landfall

would be made about the end of September, but Willis insists that he’s heading for Samoa, not French Oceania, so another month might be added—possibly much more.

FOR SERVICES RENDERED:—

Crowning a life-long career as a master in sail and steam, Captain L. C. Boulton, master of the NZGS Maui Pomare, received the award of OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours last month. He expects to retire soon from the command he has held for many years. He has served in vessels running to all parts of the South Pacific. His present charge has been serving the Cook Islands since World War H,

with occasional calls at Niue and Apia.

MORE DRIFTER SAs the

American Willis set out from Callao, Peru on his expected drift to Samoa, late in June, it was learnt that an other 6-man raft expedition was preparing to drift from California to Hawaii.

LA URABADA FOR SCUTTLING;

' historic 160-ton Papua Admin htration yacht Laurabada, built in 1 14 and handed over to the Port I Moresby Sea Scouts four years ago, if .0 be officially destroyed by fire “a her a fitting ceremony.” Apart Lam her historic associations, . . rabada did some most valuable work in World War II evacuating people from behind the Jap lines, a ;ood many owing their lives to her. For a long time she was skip ped by Mr, Ivan Champion.

CHARLES H. GILBERT RE

PORT:—The US fish and wildlife research vessel Charles H. Gilbert recently cruised Polynesia and re ported favourably on tuna fishing possibilities in the Marquesas on re turning to Honolulu. Large quant ?ties of a sardine-like fish of an real size for tuna bait were found in the many bays there, and the surrounding waters contained numerous tuna schools. As many as 20 large schools were sighted with in an hour, mostly identified as 10-30 lb yellow-fin.

FROM NOUMEA:—Under command of Captain Louis Jego, and with Captain Robert Souprayen . Societe oc?

Loyaute s 260-ton vessel Rosalie came south from Noumea for refit in Auckland late June. With 18 aboard, the Auckland-built ship came down in ballast in 8 days against fresh southerlies.

Chief Officer Souprayen, normally master of the ship on the inter island run, said the company has an 800-ton vessel being built in France „ ■ dU x. m N ! w Caledonia before the end of the year. This will replace their Monique, lost without trace last year, Captain Jego expected to clear

Auckland for Noumea before the end of July.

RABAUL COFFERDAM:—A

cofferdam, capable of taking 300 tonners, was built in Rabaul, NG, in May by local engineer Mike Morgan and confounded the numerous sceptics by successfully raising the

Kulu and allowing her “A” brackets to be repaired. As the photograph shows, it is like a welded-steel tank, in which the stern of the ship sits. Water is pumped out of the tank so that repairs can be made.

For years Rabaul owners and agents have been under the expense of sending ships to Moresby, usually empty, maintaining an idle crew on board, paying daily wharf charges and slipping and rental charges (2/6 a ton), and suffering long de lays. Early in January Steamships Trading Co. advised that tne Moresby slipway would n ot be a vari able for the Kulu job until the end of March. The price Quoted for changing the “A” brackets was £2.000, and this wouid probably have grown to £3,000 with the delays other expenses.

Nothing more need be added to ™S^ the advantages of the new cofferdam. It is believed that Burns Philp will soon use the dam to change the Katika s brackets. a t ATT * NUKALAU LOST:—A no th e r Pacific trader rang the Lutine bell at Lloyds in mid-June when South Pacific Shipping Co.’s Nukalau took the big plunge on her first working voyage for her present owners.

The 400-ton, Italian-built, wooden ship, after months of delay in delivery from Cyprus to Suva and more months in improving and extending the accommodation, left Auckland in May for Australia and was returning to New Zealand with

a cargo of hardwood poles from Goff’s Harbour, NSW, when she foundered. The ship happened to sail from Coffs Harbour on' a Friday, there were thirteen persons aboard, and w was June 13 when she sank.

She had also had her name changed and mis-spelt in the process, and— let’s admit it—ships which her chief engineer and second officer, part owners, have been associated with, have had unfortunate histories.

Karoro, just sold by them, promptly nosed up on to Aitutaki reef, and Alexander, their next purchase, with equal promptitude put herself, by some extraordinary fluke, on the same reef a little later, Nukalau seems to have opened up

Top: Mr. Mike Morgan, inside the cofferdam, at work on the “A” brackets.

Lower: The Kulu with her stern supported by the cofferdam.

when 200 miles off the NSW coast in moderate weather. Her master, Captain D. K. Matheson, an experienced mariner of high professional standing, sent out a distress call on the evening of June 12. Colonial Sugar Refining Co.’s Fiona, 65 miles away, was diverted to the scene, arriving in time to take off all hands in the early hours of the following morning as Nukalau went down.

The crew, including seven Fijians or part-Fijians, was landed on Lord Howe Island and flown back to Sydney.

South Pacific Shipping Co. is registered in Suva, but the vessel was still registered in Famagusta, Cyprus. Shareholders included Mr.

J. Turner, Suva small-ship owner; Captain Jack Mc.K. Arnot, of the Fiji trader Altan; and Mr. Lew Graham, chief engineer, and Mr. C.

Harrison, second officer, both of

Auckland. The vessel was under charter to Hong Kong & Eastern Shipping Co., a subsidiary of Tas man Steamship Co., of Auckland, with headquarters in Sydney, and was reported to be fully insured.

Messrs. Graham and Harrison had put a great deal of hard work into preparing the vessel for service, Ma t e of Nukalau at the time of her sinking was Captain McLeod, we ll known in the Cook Islands as former master of Te Aroa.

TOIL AND TROUBLE;—A few

days before Nukalau foundered. Cap tain E. Savoie s Jacques del Mar ( ex-Holmburn of NZ) put on a per formance seaward from Port Mac quarie, NSW. Following a serious engine breakdown, the Master sent out a call for help and the salvage tug Woona was despatched from Sydney and returned with the 48-

year-old veteran in tow. The motor was described as “a little dicky" when Captain Savoie purchased this and the Colorado del Mar (ex Hokitika ) in New Zealand ports last January.

GONE FISHING:—The 69-ft

trawler Lucy Star, which saw service in the Islands during the war, has

Kokoda, one of the smallships purchased a few months ago by Burns Philp (NG), Ltd., from the P-NG Government Shipping Service.

/ydney for New Zealand’s South Island, where she will be used for Ushing, She is powered by a 160hp diesel.

' lELL-52: —Built by Millers Ltd., , his 75-foot welded steel oil rge was recently delivered to Shell Oil Co. for use on the Suva- Laut-oka run, carrying 84 tons of in four tanks. Full details . .'.’ed in this column last August.

.IN OTHER OPERATION:

tonald Johnson, who last year twice r i Sydney on an island yacht a but each time sold the yacht ■ival at Honiara, was heading v l : from Hongkong in June with ner. This time, however, he tmt his yacht were aboard the Eastern Glory.

Johnson hoped to sell the 32- :. outer en route to Sydney, possibly NG. Freight alone was cost -1; 1500. Completed to his own irements, the craft looked a ‘ ul sort of shallow-draft, centre j-oird fishing boat. /.OMBARD ILL: Frenchman - p Alain Bombard {The Bombard Kiory), who made a darling drift oyage across the Atlantic last year prove his theory that a ship vlocked seaman can survive en ;; y PJ 1 food and drink obtainable om the sea, is reported now to be enously ill of a bone disease The ': J seas f> is believed, is the result '5 ma J n utrition and loss ■ weight caused by his experiment.

NOUMEA R/T RADIO

WATCHES;—Noumea’s radio watch for R/T calls has recently been re vised and the frequencies altered to conform with international require ments. Coast station and ships now use 4100 and 8200 kc/s. Watch is maintained on 4100 kc/s from 2100- 2330 GMT and from 0330-0500 GMT, and on 8200 kc/s from 2200-0400

GMT, service on the two frequencies thus overlapping.

RESHUFFLE; From Nukualofa it is reported that the Government’s 108-ton auxiliary ketch-rigged Hifofua will shortly be offered for sale, and that she will be replaced as a personnel-shifting vessel by the A’oniu, Suva-built 80-ton ketch

at present employed by the Tongan Copra Board. A’oniu in turn will be replaced by a new steel vessel, probably of 600 tons, for the copra Hifofua was built by Chas. Bailey, Auckland, in 1927, and can carry 50 tons of cargo, 10 cabin passengers and 80 deck passengers. She had an extensive refit in Auckland last year.

SOUTHERN CROSS:—The Mel

anesian Mission ship Southern Cross was due to leave Honiara on June 21 on her last voyage for the Mission, with Bishop Hill, new Bishop of Melanesia, on board. She will call at ports in the Eastern Solomons, the Reef Islands, Santa Cruz Utupua, Vanikoro, Tikopia and Espiritu Santo, after which the Bishop will visit the New Hebrides.

Banks and Torres Islands. The Southern Cross will then proceed to Ballina, NSW, and will be sold.

In the course of her 21 years| ser vice to the Mission she has visited most of the islands of Melanesia, including New Britain and Papua, and during the Japanese war she saw service with the: R AN. Her pre sent captain is Lt.-Cdr. °^ eill j *? S S’

RNZN (retired). Her mate, H.

Woods, served more than 50 yeais ago in an earlier Southern Cross and is well known throughout the islands.

The Mission held a farewell service on board on Sunday, June 20. pSSlfv oo^' l . lll Lloyds 1953 Register of Yachts, Southern Cross was built by Cammell Laird & or£>’’ ® irkeia head, i n 19 33 and is 298 gross tons, 143 nett. She is powered by a pair of Gardner diesels. Mission headquarters in have a price ticket of £15,000 Australian on the ship.

Funds are being collected for a new ship for the mission. Meantime, chartered tonnage or regular trading vessels will be employed to move personnel and cargo.

CHANGES COMING:—Suva Post

Office, which operates the coastal and inter-island radio service in Fiji waters, reports that frequency

changes are likely to come into fore? there about August. Instead of using" 6,300 kc/s (4200 kc/s as an altern ative), local shipping will shift to 4073.9 kc/s (8262.3 kc/s) and the Post Office station will reply on 4445 kc/s (7360 kc/s). The latter trans mitters will also be used for inter island communication.

Voice-equipped vessels approach ing Fiji from overseas will still call the Cable and Wireless overseas radio station, which listens on 6280 kc/s at 0400 GMT and 2300 GMT, replying on 5887.5 kc s.

NOW IN TASMAN:—Japanese tuna boats have lately been suc cessfully operating their long-line fishing methods in the central Tas man sea, midway between Aus tralia and New Zealand, and have

taken large catches of albacore this autumn, according to American fish ing interests. It has not been gener ally appreciated in the South Pacific that Japanese fishing vessels — modern 18-knot craft —had extended their operations so far south, though tuna are known to migrate still further south on the Australian coast. The Japanese vessels are operating in pairs, one hauling in while the other re-baits, the line being lifted every 10 to 12 hours.

SPECIAL CHARTER; —To take

Cook Island labourers home from Makatea phosphate island and re turn with a new gang, M/v.

Orohena, largest vessel in the French Oceania inter-island trade (532 gross tons) made a charter voyage in May for Compagnie Francaise Phosphates d’Oceania, owners of Oiseau des lies. The latter vessel also made a voyage to the Cooks a few weeks earlier.

Orohena is owned by Andre Biouin & Cie., Papeete.

ITC VESSEL LOST—The Micro

nesian Island Trading Co.’s AKL vessel Metomkin, was lost on a reef outside Ponape Harbour early this year. Despite efforts by the US Coastguard vessel Planetree, and the Pacific Micronesian Line ships Terry, Baker and Roque, the stranded vessel could not be refloated and became a total loss. The 36 passeng ers and 80 tons of copra aboard at the time were safely landed.

SALVAGE IN MICRONESIA.—

Some time ago we reported that Japanese firms were keen to obtain salvage rights covering wartime wrecks in Micronesia. We learn that the Trust Territory Government has signed a preliminary contract with the San Francisco firm of J. H.

Pomeroy & Co. in which they have been given 120 days to survey and determine whether operations would be technically or economically feasible. That firm will then have the right of carrying out salvage under terms to be decided, if the survey proves favourable.

TO SAIL AGAIN—The Catholic mission schooner Romace, which operates in Micronesia and which went ashore near Truk late last year, now seems likely to sail again.

A US Navy salvage team abandoned efforts to refloat the schooner taut the mission authorities, convinced that the job was not impossible, carried on the salvage work them selves. The vessel was gradually shifted nearly 1,000 feet across the reef, extensively replanked, and was ready to be relaunched in April.

WATCH THAT SHlRT—Marine

authorities have issued a warning that under certain circumstances a nylon shirt worn by the helmsman can cause a deviation of the com pass. A recent case was noted where a man wearing a shirt made

of orlon—one form of nylon—caused the steering compass to oscillate in a peculiar manner. The effect was traced beyond shadow of doubt to the shirt.

H-BOMB EXCITEMENT.—Water

side workers in Australia during May were refusing to work cargo in vessels arriving from the Far East without their first being checked for radio activity. One vessel affected was the Swedish ship Citos, which came from Japan via Hong kong, Borneo and Rabaul to Sydney.

Another was the Chinese vessel Hai Chang, which the ship agents de clared had never been nearer than 2,000 miles to the scene of the H- Bomb tests. Watersiders in Cairns refused to handle the cargo of Jap anese cement until tests were made.

With greater reason, natives of Rongelab and Uterik, in the Marshall Islands, accidentally affected by radio-active dust from the tests, appealed to the UN to have further tests halted.

NUKUALOFA RADIO; Further

to the details given in April PIM, Nukualofa Radio now reports that speaker watch is maintained for Smallcraft on the International dis tress frequencv of 2182 kc/s from 0540-0950 GMT and from 1140-1240 GMT, daily, including Sundays.

Nukualofa is thus the first Islands station to establish an almost con tinuous watch on this frequency.

Furthermore the station, like Suva,

provides a R/T service from ship

to any person ashore in Nukualofa connected to the telephone system.

Conversations are restricted to

ship’s business. The charge is 5/-

for the first three minutes and 16 per minute thereafter. Messages to other parts of Tonga not available on the R/T service are accepted at 4Jd per word. • The former luxury schooner IDALIA was abandoned by an amateur crew 180 miles north of Honolulu mid-June. Navy transport LT. ROBT. CRAIG found her by chance, a drifting derelict, and took off the crew.

Nine men and women amateurs com prised the crew. They spent 25 days trying to take IDALIA to San Pedro, California, without auxiliary power or radio and with a minimum of seaman ship.

The log said the vessel became be calmed in the Molokai Island channel “and was tossed like a cork, causing flimsy mainsail and jib to rip to ribbons’’.

On the third day sails were repaired and a fresh breeze rose, but bad seamanship endangered the vessel. There were days of heavy seas, and the other log entries were:— Fifteenth day: Mainmast broke in two places. Lower half fell in sea and beat against side. Upper half secured to fore mast, but broke and fell into sea. Took water at increasing rate.

Sixteenth day: Hull split under pound-

ing of heavy seas. Three hours a day pumping out bilges.

Nineteenth day: Crew on starvation rations. Pumping difficult.

Twentieth day: Food withheld from crew to make them go back to pumping.

On the twenty-fifth day a light was seen on the horizon, flares were shot off and the LT. ROUT. CRAIG came along side.

Final log entry—“ Rescue accomplished smoothly under difficult conditions. Even saved ship’s cat’’.

The above vessels have put in at Papeete recently Top: CHARLES H. GILBERT, research vessel of the US Fish and Wildlife Service.

Centre: Lieut. Fester’s TERN II, called en route from England to Auckland.

Lower: American yacht NORDLYS.

• The 56-year-old gaff rig ketch CARIAD arrived at Port Moresby on June 6 and left a few days later for South Africa. She has been on a world tour—the second—with her 66-year-old owner, Mr. W. Flitton, a SA business man.

Mr. Flitton expects his hobby will get less of his time in future. He was return ing home the short way, via Cocos and Mauritius, following the death of his business partner, a friend for 40 years.

• PRIMAVERA, American 5-ton sloop, manned by owner Paul Hurst and three companions, arrived in P,p * e ' "” keß from Hilo. Hawaii. The yacht had taken part in the Trans-Pacific and Ensenada raC es last year. Now out on a five-months cruise, she will call at various islands in French Oceania before returning to Honolulu. • SOLACE, a 30-foot, English, Alden designed ketch, cleared Balboa May 3 I course of a circumnavigation The yacht is owned by Commander Victor - RN.Tetd., a y well-known English yachts man, who is accompanied by Stan y Mathurn. Calls were planned at

pagos, Marquesas, Societies and on to Auckland, thence via Torres Strait, the total voyage taking about three years.

En route to Panama from Lymington, England. Commander Clark had a number of different companions for various stages of the voyage. The Commander served in HMS REPULSE at the time of the BISMARCK chase. He received the DSC at Narvik and a bar to it in Malaya. He was a prisoner of war for Ste years in Sumatra. • ARTHUR ROGERS, after a lengthy rest in Auckland, pointed her nose to the Islands again June 6. Aboard the 70-foot Brixham ketch with owners Tom and Diana Hepworth were five young women who had joined, on an expense sharing basis for the present cruise. First port was to be Nukualofa, with a possible

call at Raoul Island, Kermadees. At Tonga. Manase, the Tongan boy who has been with the ship since she cleared there last year will leave. After Nukualofa the cruise will include Vavau, Fiji, New

The attractive Chilean schooner SERVA LA BARI at present at Papeete.

The sloop PRIMAVERA at present in Oceania waters. It is owned by Mr. Paul Hurst, of Lanikai.

Hebrides, Noumea, and back to Auckland by early summer.

The round - trippers are Elizabeth Worley, Auckland, Allison Goodwin, South Island, Marjorie Pannett, a Christchurch nurse, June Cabeena, a nurse from Aus tralia, and Dr. Thelma Johnson, of England—who recently came out as doctor in a Port Line vessel. • LADYBIRD, 31-foot Auckland ketch, with owner Cyril Hill, his wife, and Peter Edmonds who last year sailed his own TAURANGI on a cruise through Polynesia, cleared Auckland early June on a similar cruise. LADYBIRD was expected to head : r French Oceania, then circle back to the westward and return home from Fiji in the early summer. • ARIES, American tobacco baron R. J.

Reynold's 92-foot ketch, is not coming to Tahiti this year. The yacht crossed the Atlantic, then headed back for the Mediterranean. Mr. Reynolds last year acquired a property with its own jetty in Tahiti, and was expected to spend a large part of his time there with ARIES in the future. The new English-built yacht was expected there early this year. m RCC Awards: The Coveted Royal Cruising Club Award this year went to a number of yachtsmen seen in the Pacific last year. The Challenge Cup was awarded to MOONRAKER, 60-year-old 10ton gaff cutter, sailed by Peter and Ann Pye from England to Vancouver via Polynesia.

BEYOND, T. C. Worth’s alloy motor cruiser, drew the Romola Challenge Cup.

This boat sailed out to welcome the Royal Yacht GOTHIC at Direction Island in the Cocos-Keeling Group. It was the only yacht present.

STORTEBECKER 111 Dr Franklen

Ev^nsfEum

awarded the Founders Cup in recognition 3 StoU ' efr ° r ' b 5 * Small ”«■ -

sailing from Auckland to Vancouver via Polynesia. ® awa ™ s are, we believe, made on h 6 ° submitted b y c,ub mem

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Not for years have there been so manv »' bigger Cuss 'ga.Ms

Pacific waters. This month there is news of more. • MAREVA, a 55-ft., hand-designed motor-sailer, built in 1939, cleared Balboa May 8 according to our Canal Zone correspondent. This is the vessel we re ported in February under the name of SEARCH. Now registered in St. Louis, USA, she had Papeete on her transom on clearing Balboa and will be registered there on arrival via Galapagos, and Mar quesas. She is being delivered to Mr.

James McConnaughey, an American who has acquired property in Tahiti. The de livery crew of five is headed by Captain Walter Kupiec, who will remain in the vessel for a while to break in a Tahitian crew. Next year, it is understood, the MAREVA will be engaged on some sort of scientific expedition in the Islands.

Mr. McConnaughey has written several books, mainly historical fiction, among them “Three for the Money’’, a book on the Islands which is said to have caused some adverse criticism by the French in Tahiti. Mrs. McConnaughey is also a writer.

• GLORIA DALTON, an 86-ton

schooner from California, dropped in to Papeete May 18, having cleared from Ensenado, Mexico. She was to return to that port after a short sojourn in French Oceania. The vessel is owned by Charles H. Otterman, who is accompanied by a son and eight other crew members. The yacht was built at Long Beach in 1930. • SERVA LA BARI, 80-ton, 92-foot, two-masted schooner from Quintero, Chile, was another surprise arrival in French Oceania. Chilean deep-water yachts are few in these waters. This attractive clipper-bowed, counter-sterned steel vessel is owned by Jorge de Giorgio, Jr„ and she carried a crew of eight. Calls had been made at Valparaiso, Callao and Rikitea in the Gambiers en route to Papeete, where she arrived May 7. The owner plans a three months’ stay in French Oceania. The yacht was built in Holland in 1938 and has a 90 hp diesel auxiliary. She carries a permanent yard and squaresail on the foremast. de Giorgio is prepared to take six pay ing guests on a voyage back to Chile via Mangareva, Pitcairn, Easter and Juan Fernandez to Valparaiso, price 2,500 dollars each, or its equivalent. Interested parties could contact via cable to Oceanic Papeete. • YANKEE, Capt. Irving M. Johnson’s big brigantine was reported in the New Hebrides in May. In her third post-war circumnavigation YANKEE had so far made calls at a large number of islands with her crew of college students. (See story June PIM.) They will next visit the Solomons, to the north coast of New Guinea. Borneo, Siam, Singapore, Jakarta. Bali, Christmas Island, Cocos Keeling. Mombasa, Zanzibar Capetown, St. Helena. Ascension, the West Indies, Bermuda and back to Gloucester.

Mass., at 2 p.m. Sunday. May 1. ««■ Based on past experience, YANKEE will be right there on time. • RAKOA, 47-foot sturdy motor sailer from Wellington, NZ, received a hammer ing in May on the run south homeward

bound from Suva. This yacht is owned by the three Tomkies brothers with Mr.

Eric Tomkies as skipper. Also aboard when she left Wellington were Messrs.

W. H. Leighton, E. A. Owles, R. T. Wallis and K. E. Niven, all Wellington business men. At Suva, Mr. Wallis became ill and returned to New Zealand per MATUA, Mr. Lloyd Jensen, an employee of Millers.

Ltd.. Suva, gave up his berth in that ship and joined the crew of Rakoa.

Earlier, calls were made at Sunday Is. (Raoul) in the Kermadecs. Nukualofa, Namuka, Lifuka, Vavau, Suva, Lautoka and the Yasawas, the yacht returning thence to Suva to clear for home. On the .. , run south she struck heavy weather and arrived in Whangarei, NZ, after an 8-day passage.

Some of the crew plan to return to Fiji next winter but. to save time taken up in the longer passages, have arranged

for the use of a cruising yacht in Fiji waters. . * NAITAMBA should be heading south from San Francisco for New Zealand by * he J ime thls a PP ears - American owner R> K- Slmth ’ now ,ivin S in Wellington, selected two men in response to an a dvertisement, and they went north in ™J ack ®° bs °" ,f s a passen e er *" and Mr HlUon by air ’ with 4 Ml \ ? mith ; There were 150 a PP ,icants he, P “ !1 the yacht south, the terms bem& that men would pay their Plages to the States. Dimensions heliev'Jd h aFC Q«°f ”° Wn Ut she is believed to be a 36-footer, • Eric and Susan Hiscock, of England, had a tough slug in their WANDERER HI up the Queensland coast with head winds and currents and and poor anchorages. Never again, they say. Make

for Torres Strait from the eastward if you’re heading thataway. • The 40-foot Coronado, Cal., ketch TROPIC BIRD was at Galapagos Islands in May on a special charter delivering films and materials to a Walt Disney unit working there. The yacht was to return to Balboa. Manned by Leo and Pat Miner, this one may be seen in Polynesia some time. • STORTEBECKER 111, Dr. Franklen- Evans’ English yawl, according to Seven Seas Cruising Association, has now about turned, and instead of heading back for New Zealand this year is on her way for a summer cruise in Alaskan waters. • GEMINI, Jack and Leah Wheeler’s 34foot steel welded ketch which last year cruised French Oceania, was still in the Hawaiian Islands early May but about to head for Portland, Oregon, the home port, via Alaskan waters. GEMINI caused a deal of interest for radio amateurs in the South Pacific as Jack is a keen Ham and had permission to operate under a French call-sign while in French Oceania waters but based ashore. • KONA, leaving Papeete April 6, gave her next ports as Raiatea, Bora Bora, Maupiti, then down to Rurutu, Rimatara, and across to Mangaia in the Cooks, thence Rarotonga, Pago Pago. Anyone seen Skipper Blackford and his 40-foot schooner of late? • Tahiti Yacht Club is showing con siderable revival after years in decline.

It will be remembered that the Club was

reorganised last year. Since then there are signs of some racing events develop ing. Latest of these was a race in which 12 small sailboats took part on April 11, the course being from Papeete to Moorea.

The race began at noon and the yachts were escorted by the large visiting American yacht NORDLYS which acted as Commodores ship. The race was com pleted without incident, the contestants being entertained at a native feast with dancing. They returned to Papeete next day, where prizes were presented later by His Excellency Governor Petitbon, Patron of the Club.

Further club races are planned during the July celebrations.

The original Tahiti Yacht Club, formed between the Wars, included in its initial membership the following well-remembered citizens: The late Captain E. Lucas, M.

Walter Asmus, M. Alec Sturgios, Mr.

Eugene Overton, Mr. L. A. Norris, Mr.

“Pop” Wilson, M. Selover, Mr. L. T. Piver, M. Martial lorss (present Commodore), Mr. "Painless” Parker, Mr. Bud Hawks, M. S. Bissell, Mr. O. G. Nordman. and M. Fontana—and possibly others. • SKYLINE, which cleared Auckland last winter for Vancouver, making calls at Rarotonga, Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands, arrived at her destination dur ing May after a very rough 42-day passage from Honolulu. Accompanying owner Denis Ryan on the last leg of the cruise was Rod Helmer, a chemical engineer from Canada. His original two companions left the yacht at Papeete and Honolulu respectively.

“Fixed,” and Repaired

p. 113

An island is “fixed” (above). A sur veyor taking sun signs at Mauke Island in April to fix its position. Similar sights were taken at Atiu.

Below: The ketch SIREN, formerly owned by Captain Grey, which was wrecked at Avarua, Rarotonga, several years ago and since salvaged. She is shown in her cradle at Avarua wharf ready for re-launching.

Papua-New Guinea Census

p. 121

CONCURRENTLY with the Aus tralian census, the Common wealth Statistician ordered a non indigenous census to be taken in Papua-New Guinea on June 30.

Asiatics as well as Europeans were to be included, and forms were to be completed and returned to dis trict commissioners by July 1.

Officials expected the census to reveal a big increase in the total European population due to ex pansion in trade and private build ing in the last three years. Some estimate the European population at 12,000, compared with 2,500 in Papua and 4,000 in New Guinea when the last census was taken in 1948.

Rabaul Could Dispense

p. 122

With Its Water Carts

<T|NLY funds are needed now to Vf give Rabaul a reticulated water supply, said District Commis sioner J. k. McCarthy at a Town Advisory Council meeting shortly before he left for Port Moresby.

Wells that have been tested in the Burma Road area are believed to be ample for supplying the town with permanent water.

The nearest running streams to iUbaul are the Warangoi River and : Kerevat River—both at least 20 ' ! ■ sin a direct line from the town.

It has always been agreed that the cost of reticulating water from these sources would be prohibitive.

The alternative is tank water, supplemented, as soon as the dry a son descends upon the area, by water purchased from coastal wells.

As soon as Rabaul has a few weeks without rain the water carting begins. It was so before cue war and the practice continues.

If all the money that has been spent on carting and buying water l n Rabaul in the past 30 years had keen accumulated in one fund, it would have gone a long way towards paying for any reticulated system.

Private individuals and firms have attempted to solve their water dif ficulties in the post-war years by putting down wells and pumps themselves.

There are two schools of thought as to how the water should be pumped from the wells—the pro windmill group, and those in

favour of electrical or mechanical pumps. The balance of opinion seems in favour of pumps; when most needed to pump water Rabaul’s capricious wind which is blocked effectively in most direc tions by the town’s encircling volcanic mountains, fails to turn the windmills.

More Manganese From

p. 123

FIJI

CONSOLIDATED Manganese and Mining Co. of Fiji reported early June that they have re cently made some important new finds in manganese deposits in the hinterland of Viti Levu near the headwaters of the Sigatoka River.

Work is proceeding quickly in one of these areas and the manganese will be brought out by convoys of trucks. The first convoy brought a large quantity of the ore over 100 miles down the Sigatoka valley and around to Lautoka recently.

Proposals have been made to prin cipals in the United States to finance establishment of a loading berth at Momi, on the south coast of Viti Levu, where overseas vessels could be loaded by conveyor belt from stockpiles ashore. Loading at Momi would avoid the long truck haul to Lautoka.

First big shipment will be made from Lautoka to the United States in July. Although American prin cipals were advised that a shipment would not be ready earlier, they diverted a ship to Fiji in May hop ing that a quantity could be sent.

A serious slip occurred on an access road which was not yet ready for heavy traffic, and it was not aossible to load this vessel, which departed after waiting some days.

By the end of 1954 it is expected ay the company that considerable quantities of manganese will be reaching the loading point.

Sepik Oil Search

p. 123

A PARTY of nine Europeans and 40 or 50 natives will soon be searching for oil in the upper 3epik district of New Oumea. Key aersonnel left Melbourne on June 20.

The party will make an initial survey of the prospecting area 'ranted to Enterprise of New

N*L nea Petroleum Development Services of a Government geologist have been lent to the party, and the Territory Adminis tration has made available a patrol officer and six native constables.

Manager of the company, Mr.

A. B. Kaines, said an aerial survey made in May indicated that there

was little population in the northern and western sections of the area, and that they expected little trouble.

U The engagement was announced in Sydney early last month of Miss Sally Lynch, of Glen Innes, NSW, to Mr. Donald Seton, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Carden Seton, of Choiseul and Guadalcanal, BSIP.

In Papua-New Guinea

pp. 124-129

Current News Items From Our Correspondents In Papua-New Guinea

AERO CLUB GETS ITS

WINGS

After twelve months as an Aero Club in name only, the Aero Club of Papua, in June, took delivery of two aircraft —its first.

They are two Tiger Moths bought from Disposals, NSW, for £250 each.

They arrived at Port Moresby on the Sinkiang and created a lot of interest as they were taken through the streets aboard two of Mr. Vince Sanders’ biggest trailers, with Mr.

Sanders shepherding them along

like a sheep-dog, in a jeep.

He is a club member, and is anxi ous to fly, so he provided transport free and loaned the club money to buy one of the aircraft.

NEW ADO’S

The Papua-New Guinea Gazette in May carried the names of 28 post-war patrol officers who had been promoted to Assistant District officers.

They are the first to be appointed since the war.

The list created interest through

out the Territory, and a certain amount of teeth gnashing. There are likely to be some appeals.

BALL OF THE YEAR

Perhaps because it coincided with Australia election night, Rabaul’s ball of the year, the Frangipanni Ball, was reported to have not been its usual bright self this year. The ball—first held in 1938 to celebrate the first flowering of the frangi panni after the devastation of the 1937 eruption—has become an annual event and symbolises Rabaul’s peculiar faculty for rising above its many vicissitudes.

The attendance was not as large as usual and about 11 o’clock it was announced that Labour was winning the Australian elections. This made everyone feel low—and they re mained feeling low because an hour or two later, when the Liberals made a late run, someone forgot to tell the assembled dancers.

A NEW AND BETTER KONE

CLUB

A special meeting of the Kone Club (Public Service) at Port Moresby early in June discussed plans for a new club building.

The President of the Public Ser vice Association, Mr. R. Brennan, said the club when finished would be the best equipped in the Terri tory. It was expected that finance would be arranged through de bentures taken up by club members.

It is to be erected along the fore shores of the harbour. Plans call for a large, two-storey building, with swimming pool, tennis courts and a large sports area,

ATTACKING P-NG’s COST OF

LIVING SCIENTIFICALLY

The Minister for Territories will be asked to set up a “Cost-of-living” committee following a special con ference held at Port Moresby, in June, between the Secretary of the Territories Department, Mr. C. R.

Lambert, and representatives of the Public Service Association of the Territory.

The PS Assn, believes that a cost-of-living figure should be set every year, and that it should not continue to follow the allowance fixed for Australia. Mr. P. Clarke, on behalf of the Association, said that present cost-of-living in the Territory was a third higher than in Australia.

The cost of living committee could examine and advise on such matters as the amount paid to parents towards the costs of educa tion of children attending secondary schools in Australia. (The present subsidy is £ll5 p.a.) The PSA suggested that the com mittee consist of a Commonwealth officer, a private citizen and a mem ber of the Public Service Associa tion.

Mr. Lambert told the conference that the Minister agreed that a

local basic wage should be deter mined and that the Territory was operating on a basic wage and cost of-living borrowed from Australia.

Mr. Lambert also promised to pass on to the Minister the Association proposal that a Supreme Court judge be appointed as a public ser vice arbitrator in the Territory.

Mr. S. Fox, a Port Moresby accountant, is favoured by the PSA to represent the citizens on any committee. Mr. Fox said that the deliberations of the committee would affect everyone in the Territory be cause salaries paid by private enter prise were influenced to a great extent by Administration salaries.

He added that in the index borrowed from Australia, no allowance was made for the cost of native labour, which was something most people had to make allowances for.

LAE’S OVERDUE HOSPITAL

Lae’s new European hospital will cost £220,000. Mr. S. A. Watkins, who arrived in the Territory at the end of June, will make final arrangements for its completion.

Mr. Watkins is a director of T. J.

Watkins (New Guinea) Limited — the parent firm is in Cairns, Qld.

The new hospital will consist of LI separate buildings. The con tractors will take a large number af specialists up to New Guinea to work on it. Trans-Busu or Bulolo timber will be used wherever pos sible. It is hoped that the job will ae completed before the end of the contract time, stipulated as 80 weeks.

MURDERER ON THE LOOSE

Lae had a day of excitement in June following the escape from the ocal gaol of a native criminal after be had allegedly murdered a fellow prisoner. The native was already serving a sentence for killing a fellow prisoner in the Madang gaol.

When he escaped on the morning jf June 22, he was armed with a large knife and Lae people were warned that he was dangerous.

Police hunted for him all that lay and two native constables re captured him about midnight.

PORT MORESBY SHIVERS

Port* Moresby residents on the light, of June 23 put on more clankets, and complained about the The reason: temperature at 6.00 ajn. was 58 degrees—the lowest reading the Weather Bureau could and on its records, and 15.9 degrees Lower than the average June mmi num for Port Moresby.

SOLDIER-SETTLEMENT AGAIN

The Morobe District Advisory Council feels that it might be the thin edge of a solid wedge of soldier-settlement if they can get the Administration to assist one in view, they P rop at their May meeting of the DAC

to ask that a returned soldier, Mr.

Austin Ireland, be assisted on a £1 for £1 basis to plant up 100 acres of coffee.

Mr. Norman White asked that the DAC take a personal interest on the application in the hope that it would • start something moving.”

Mr. A. Eldred supported the idea, but did not seem to have much faith in its chance of success. He said that when the RSL had first tried to start a settlement scheme he had been asked by the Admin istrator to submit a concrete pro posal.

He had ejected the names of 40 reputable citizens who had desired to participate—some of them with a substantial proportion of their own finance—but nothing had been heard since.

However, th e resolution was carried in regard to Mr. Ireland’s claim, and now the Morobe DAC— and the rest of P-NG—will wait to ree what transpires.

RABAUL’S INADEQUATE

ELECTRICITY SERVICE

Because Rabaul power-house is inadequate for the demands now put upon it, it is unlikely that the new Administration houses being erected in Malaguna Road will be Greeted to the supply. This was stated by District Commissioner McCarthy at the June meeting of the Rabaul Town Advisory Council.

At the same meeting, a motion was passed to the effect that the local regulations relating to prohibition of certain electrical appliances be policed.

At present, alleged council members, some consumers were obeying the regulations while others were using cookers and other prohibited

appliances with the result that peak-hour drain caused some local ities to be almost without light and power at all.

Mr G Kent sueee sted that the

Administration might have powe?

to control the sale of prohibited appliances, which another member of the Council, Mr. J. L. Chipper,

said were on sale in the local stores and therefore presumably bought.

THEY BUILT IN A ROADWAY

If the P-NG Land Board agrees, a street running between Kamarere St. and Malaguna Road, Rabaul, will be cut from its surveyed width of 66 ft to a laneway of 21 ft, to allow two Chinese merchants to re tain the land upon which they have built their’ shops.

Misinformation about survey pegs led Man Kwong and Man Hee, shortly after the war, to build their shops on land that subsequently was shown to be reserved for a road.

WARNING ON RATIONS

District Commissioner F. A.

Bensted caused a mild panic in Port Moresby when he declared that many rations made up by local stores did not contain all the food a native is entitled to for a week under the Native Labour Ordin ance. He said the responsibility was the public’s, that people detected giving* insufficient rations to em ployees could be prosecuted.

Many people have been simply ordering “a ration” from their local stores and handing it, once a week, to their house boy on the assump tion that it was all it should be.

Price for the rations is usually about £l. The latest price set by the Dis trict Office in the Central District for a reasonable ration is 24/6.

Mr. Bensted’s announcement caused many people to check the rations they ordered, and one or two stores began to alter them or to explain that more items should be added.

Possibly the trouble started through price cutting, with stores competing to put up the cheapest ration.

MT. MICHAEL CLIMB

An Administration patrol planned to climb Mt. Michael, in the New Guinea Eastern Highlands in June, to make a geographical fixation of the peak and a general survey.

The peak is about 12,500 feet.

Permanent beacons were to be erected, and mirrors fixed in re lation to the main beac9n to allow distant horizontal bearings to be taken at certain times of the day.

Use of normal beacons for this pur pose is limited by the bulk of the mountain and its sheer slopes. The largest beacon will serve as a con

trol position for aircraft.

The survey was organised by Mr. ran Downs, District Commissioner, LasteVn fifghlands, Leader of the climbers was Patrol c qnrV p Vor rhver Others were Staff -Smveyor Bridges, Chainman M Zachai, of hbp Lands Surveys and Mines De partmentf’ and Cadet Patrol Officer

w. MacGrath.

Previous ascents have been made, mt this was the first with equip ment fo? survey work. Carriers, who "needed ?W0 of Mr. I. F. G. Downs’s

men on the Hagen-Sepik patrol, were given special training. Pre fabricated beacons of sheet iron and sawn timber had to be carried to the peak.

June 24: Party seen at 11,500 feet.

All heavy equipment oh site, beacon for air navigation nearly com pleted. Expected that all objec tives would be accomplished.

MODERN SHOP FOR MORESBY

NATIVES

A new shop built by the Pore porena and Hohodae Co-operative

Soci ety at Hanuabada, Port Moresby. and locked with £3,500 worth of goods, was officially opened by the Administrator, Brigadier Cleland, 0 n June 12. u The shop cost £3 - 000 10 build - rt

fan"

Society was formed in 1947, and in the last five years it had increased its annual turnover from £5,000 to

more than £27,000. It has 308 mem- Ders. Net trading surplus last year was £1,622, a 21 per cent, rebate to members amounting to £785. All Society business is conducted by members without outside help.

TEN NATIVES DROWNED IN

STRICKLAND

Eight native carriers and a native constable were drowned when a :anoe accident occurred near the junction of the Burnett and Stnck and Rivers on June 15. The follow ,ng day another native carrier was Irowned during the crossing of the Murray River.

All were members of an Aus tralasian Petroleum Company sur /ev party which has been operat ng northwest of Tari and south ward through the Strickland Gorge :o Everill Junction during the past few weeks.

The survey party, which was accompanied by Assistant District Officer D. Clancy, comprised two \PC geologists, a field assistant, 13 native police and 163 carriers.

Mr. Clancy conducted a Coroner•’s Enquiry, and Mr, P. J. Mollison of the District Services office at Poit Moresby, flew to Everill Junction to y et first-hand information and dis cuss arrangements for compensa tion payments to the relatives of the natives who were drowned.

June"on Kgtaje

PfP— l0 ° Uin H e e a 5£

t"thodist Mission

n Fiji.

fl The Anglican Bishop of New Guinea, the Rt. Rev. P. N. W.

Strong, returned to Samarai, Papua, on June 8 after attending the con secration of the Bishop of Melanesia at Honiara, BSIP, on May 30. He has since been making a tour of the diocese before attending a con gress of Anglican Bishops in America, after which he will visit England and Holland, and then re turn to America. He will do deputa tion work in England and America.

The islands of Dalakalau and Dalakalonga in Western Florida, BSIP, have been declared a bird sanctuary. These two islands, which are separated by less than half a mile of water, are both known as Pigeon Island, and are situated off Bonavista Island. They are about three hours sail from Tulagi.

Adaptation to Environment

p. 129

Nine years after the war, Rabaul, NG, is still littered with Japanese pill boxes, gun emplace ments and bomb shelters. This par ticular bomb-shelter is next to the Court House and right in the centre of Rabaul’s commercial and business quarter.

Like a hermit-crab seeking a home in a new shell, some enterprising native had set up house in there, in May the place showed every sign of prospective long occupancy and was complete with bush-bed, blankets, cooking tins and whatnot. Built on

one end of it, shown here in part behind the empty drum, was a lean-to made of scraps of paper, tin, etc. Nobody who was asked could say which native (or natives) lived there but one European resident re marked: “Probably an employee of the Administration no private employer would be allowed to provide that sort of accommodation for his native labour."

Sydney

p. 130

Polynesian Ceremonies in Sydney

Fijian Rugby football team in Aus tralia was entertained in June by members of the Polynesian Association representing Fiji, Rotuma, Tonga, Tahiti, Samoa, Hawaii, Nei and Tahiti. Yaqona (kava) was made and ceremonially served.

As a compliment to Fiji, the women mem bers presented Island Dances, wearing dresses of tapa cloth from Bau, the traditional home of the Cakobau family.

Another ceremony took place in June t the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gosnell, at Sydenham, Sydney. Mrs.

U r,ell (Fesaitu) recently lost both her mother and her aunt—Mrs. Caroline Ray > oufoou, aged 88, and Mrs. Jessie Ray Varomue, aged 93. Both these ladies, of Rotuma Chiefly rank, passed away in Suva. They were daughters of a master mariner of the early days, Captain Kenneth Arthur Ray, skipper of the three < ted schooner “Marian Rennie”, well : iOwn when Levuka was the first capital cf Fiji. Club Members gathered at Fesaitu’s residence with customary offer ings of food. Kava was made, and mem bers presented a series of Island songs and dances, as their “sevusevu” to the families of the deceased ladies. ft Popular Monsieur Monty, on com pletion of his term as Post Master, Papeete, returned to France with

Madame Monty by May Caledonien.

f 1 We learn in a note from Dr. W. C.

Klein—who is about to leave The Hague for Central Africa—that he has now completed volumes I and II of his monumental book on New Guinea, He has had thirty col laborators and he, as the editor, has written the chapters on trade and

industry. The book deals with Aus tralian as well as with Dutch New Guinea. Dr. Klein, in tropical Africa, will gather data so that he can deal with a comparison between Central Africa and New Guinea working methods.

100,000 New People

pp. 131-132

Will Enter The P-NG Fold P-NG’s Last Frontier Surveyed From the Air

A USTHALIAN newspapers in May Cx and June had an acute attack of Shangri-laitis following the mnouncement from Port Moresby ;hat an aerial survey party had ocated large groups of hitherto ittle-known people in the Highland ireas of P-NG.

There was a spate of Letters-to he Editor from respectable John Citizens; and the newspapers hemselves beat the editorial chest ind inquired: “Should tve leave hem alone?”

But it was a rhetorical question >nly: nothing will induce any lewspaper to leave F-NG alone if wents there can be twisted to pro luce a sensation.

The representative of one London laily has been inquiring how he ;an hire a plane and fly into one tf these “mysterious” valleys, to be irst in the field with an exclusive nterview with the savages.

Most of the newspaper stories, jased on conjecture and imagina ion, are sheer nonsense.

The facts are these: [N accordance with Administration policy, the Director of District Services, Mr. A. A. Roberts, md the Regional Director of Civil Aviation, Mr. John Arthur, in late \Jl ay began a 10-day aerial survey >f the last large area of unad ninistered country in the Territory.

Phis extends northwest from Tari, n the Southern Highlands District, ,o just beyond the Strickland Gorge. ;t represents some of the most •ugged country in Papua or New 3uinea. , It is predominantly of limestone md jagged peaks rise to over 12,000 ? eet, The inhabited valleys he at >etween 5,000 and 6,000 feet.

It was known that some of these valleys were populated: but basing estimates on the extent of the gardens observed, in the ie^ survey it is now estimated that Drobably 100,000 people live in this intouched area.

The survey showed that tne Vluller and Karius Ranges, which parallel each other, and run N-W Torn south of Tan to the Strick and Gorge, enclose three valleys, rhere is a gap into this valley system at about 7,500 feet but it is £o narrow for aircraft. ' Thes survey Sane used a second and wider gap and rivers in the /allev appear to dram into a.senes D f small lakes, and then into a arger lake. It is thought that the

water then finds an outlet through subterranean channels in the stone formation—there appears to be no other outlet from the valley for it.

Other population groups were located by ,the survey team N-W of Tari, and also near the extinct volcano of Bosavi.

The floors of the valleys appeared

Lexy’s

Birthday

Popular Lexy Seagar, of Port Moresby, with some of her admirers who helped her to cele brate her birthday with a party on June 6. (“Lexy’s” is Moresby’s best known restaurant). —Photo by Papuan Prints.

swampy and it is doubtful if there will be any suitable sites for land ing strips.

With this preliminary aerial survey, many years of hard ground work is eliminated and it is hoped now that patrols will be able to go into the area towards the end of this year.

Tari will be the base from which these ground patrols will operate and these will be supplied, not from the Highlands area, but from Kikori on the Gulf of Papua where a new aerodrome is under construction.

This involves fewer flying hazards, besides being a more direct route.

Rebuilding The Forests

p. 132

OF THE

EASTERN HIGHLANDS

THE bare, grassy hills of the Eastern Highlands District of New Guinea, should one day be a thing of the past.

Already 800,000 seedling trees— mostly of klinki and hoop pine— have been planted out in the District, and by the end of the next wet season, it is hoped that the plantings will pass the 1,000,000 mark.

Forestry belts and plantations can now be seen from some of the Highlands roads. Natives are tak ing a keen interest in the plantings

AS AUSTRALIA SEES IT

THE Fijians doing their war dance before the Rugby Test on Saturday was the 'most fright ening sight I ever saw. They shook their fists, made terrible gestures in the air.

The Australian 15 in their green sweaters looked puny, almost in significant. But they waited patiently, until the Fijians finished their dance, and made no attempt to flee. Then those little green sweatered men went on to defeat the mightly Fijians. It was as tonishing, —A Columnist in the “Courier Mail” after the first test in Brisbane.

and have been known to walk long distances to obtain the seedlings.

Scattered groves of casuarinas were the only trees that broke the monotony of the grassy valley and hills of the Highlands when Europeans first saw the area. But that this general treelessness was man-made was obvious. Over the centuries, the natives destroyed the timber and used these grasslands as their “fighting lands” or for hunting. The villages were higher up in the forest belt.

One of the curses of life in Goroka for Europeans has been the difficulty of obtaining firewood—or such things as fence posts—from close at hand.

Fiji Empire Society’s Dinner

p. 133

Guests at the centre table at the Empire Day dinner of the Royal Empire Society, eld at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Suva. At right. Sir Ronald Garvey, Governor of talks with Mrs. Hyne and Mrs. Roth. At left, Mr. Ragnar Hyne, Chief Justice Fiji, talks with Lady Garvey.

The dinner was the first for some years. It was organised by Mr. Hyne, who is cesponding secretary of the Society in Fiji. About 50 members attended.

Photo by Fiji Public Relations Office.

Agricultural Show

p. 133

Wau to Have Another Agricultural Show

HHE 1954 Wau District Show will be L held on October 3, 1954; an en insiastic committee has been formed to mduct it.

A comprehensive programme has been rawn up which includes sections for griculture, Livestock, Culinary, Needle ork. Floral, Handicrafts and School Ex ibits, with a special for Native Exhibits, rophies will be awarded for various asses of exhibits and to the most iccessful exhibitor in each Section.

A Raspberry For O’Keefe

p. 133

FIJI people who were honoured by a peek at the film His Majesty O’Keefe before Aus tralasian audiences saw it, cannot make out how the picture turned out so hopelessly bad.

Many local people appeared in the film, which was shot in the Colony 2 years ago, in crowd scenes and as individual players.

Most viewers summed up the film simply as “Awful.”

Up— And Up!

pp. 134-135

Cocoa Prices Still Rising

IT was reported in New York early in June that there was unlikely to be any early increase in the production of cocoa in West Africa, even though the disease which has caused recent damage may be over come.

The reason given was that the W Africa cocoa cartel had pre vented native growers from deriving any benefit from the big price in creases in recent times. Growers 'vere receiving only seven cents per pound, a price that gave them no incentive to increase production.

Other points from the New York report: Brazil, which usually produced about 17 per cent, of the world’s cocoa (West Africa normally pro duced half) has a good crop com ng on, but this is unlikely to affect the price or the acute shortage.

Consumer resistance to the high prices is not very evident in the -need States or Europe. US sales dropped only 3 per cent, in the first quarter of 1954 compared with last year and in Europe they have actually increased.

However, there is considerable research going on in the States to produce a cheap cocoa substitute

and some success has been achieved.

SAMOAN PRICE DROPS

After it had reached the record price of £5OO Samoan (equivalent to Stg.) per ton FOB Apia for first grade late May—at which figure a small parcel was sold to New Zealand buyers—the Samoan cocoa

market receded and quotations at mid-June were at £460-£470 Samoan per ton.

Although fair quantities are still being harvested, the current crop is far below expectations because of adverse weather conditions early m the year. (Next Page)

NEW GUINEA AT £590!

Overseas buying, mostly Con tinental with perhaps a little English, has sent the price of New Guinea cocoa up again. The price quoted in Sydney on July 2 was EAS9O per ton, another £3O rise in a, month.

Local chocolate manufacturers were not competing in the market at this price. Quantities available ivere not big, but they were snapped ip for overseas buyers who are no longer able to get immediate de liveries of African beans, the crops :rom there all having been sold late May.

Some New Guinea planters are oelieved to be sending their beans direct to the Continent from Rabaul.

The price being quoted overseas for African beans, forward delivery ,n January-March, 1955, is £475 Stg.

Der ton. It therefore appears that :here will not be any fall in the price of NG beans for some time.

One big Sydney importer received bis biggest single consignment of Slew Guinea cocoa early in July— L5O bags. It was all from the Gazelle Peninsula.

For All

p. 135

Sydney Market Firm For All New Guinea Coffee But Some Buyer-Resistance On Overseas Markets

ACCORDING to a recent New York report, world coffee pro duction is estimated to be only slightly lower this year than last, despite major frost damage m Brazil last year. World prices are likely to move down gradually it :he Brazil crop reaches the expected L 4.4 million bags.

Indonesia is slmwmg a rapid m -3rease in production and this year aopes to ship 2 million bags to the US, putting her in third place on the world production ladder, with Mexico second.

Purchases are easing in the States where all warehouses are said to be bulging with supplies fol lowing heavy March-May buying.

Some consumer resistance to the ligh prices has also become evident.

Coffee was retailing in York recently at $1.20 per pound, roasted

and ground, which is comparable

vith Australian-New Zealand prices.

There is a ready market in Sy tied for all New Guinea coffee and prices remain Arm at 6/6 to 1/ c.m. □er pound for good quality t» ea^s p Dne P big importer has received the first consignment of new season beans, but it was expected that- the price would be something lowe^than the 6 6 because, of fal Jlty The parchment has not been

tirely removed, a definite fault in marketing.

Unless this is removed, it is likely to burn during roasting and taint the bean.

Reports from New Guinea indicate that coffee production will increase appreciably in the next few years, hundreds of native nurseries are be ing established through the Eastern Highlands district under the direc tion of the Agricultural Extension Officer, in co-operation with the District Services Department. They are located near Highlands roads and are under regular supervision.

As well, there is a considerable planting up by Europeans in both Highlands and Wau areas and there would be more if the land were made available.

Telefomin Murderers on Trial

p. 135

THIRTY-FIVE natives are likely to stand trial at Wewak, New Guinea, for the murder of Patrol-Officers Harris and Szarka and two native constables at Tele fomin, at the end of last year.

The trial was set down for July 7. Mr. Justice Gore will preside.

All the accused have been in custody in Wewak since the begin ning of this year. fl Commander W. Burrows, an old and well-known resident of Fiji— he was District Commissioner in the 1930’s —left the Colony on the June Oronsay to make another at tempt to settle in his homeland, England.

Fiji’s Six for the Games

pp. 136-137

FIJI will have six representatives competing at the Empire Games in Canada, one of them, a 17-

years-old school girl, in the women’s broad jump events.

They will leave for Vancouver on

July 14, and will camp at the Uni versity of British Columbia, a few miles from the city. They will re

turn about August 15.

The Colony’s sporting fans are disappointed that Maitaika Tuicakau has been declared medically unfit to make the trip. He is the only Fiji representative to hold a Games title. But hopes are high that this year’s team will return with more honours.

Of the five men, three are javelin throwers, one a discus thrower, and the other a runner.

Members of the team are shown opposite page. Reading left to right, top to bottom, they are: Mesulame Rakuro, 22-year-old head master of a small, village school in the interior of Viti Levu. He is Fiji’s cham pion discus thrower, his best distance being 141 feet. He competed before the Queen last year.

Semi Qio holds the record javelin throw of Fiji, with a distance of 19!) feet 11 inches. He has been the Colony’s leading exponent of the snort for five years. He is a policeman.

Joseva Sadulu. 23, will compete in the 440 and 100 yards races. He set Fiji’s record time of 53 seconds for 440 yards under adverse conditions. He was second in the 100 and 220 yards events at the Fiji championships. He is a cane farmer.

Tito Elo is another policeman and is Fiji’s present javelin champion with a throw of 199 feet 4 inches. He won the javelin event at the Royal Tour meeting with 199 feet.

Viliame Liga, the third javelin thrower, is a 21-year-old student at the Methodist Theological College. He has beaten Elo three times out of six in the past season.

His best distance is 189 feet. He also threw before the Queen.

Sainiana Sorowale (inset), the 17-year old schoolgirl who is Fiji’s woman broad jump champion. Her best distance is 18 feet 4 inches. She will be the first Fijian woman to represent her country in sport overseas.

Mr Arthur Eustace, manager-coach of the team. He is a teacher, and is secre tary of the Fiji Amateur Athletic Asso ciation. For three years he has been organising track and field meetings in Fiji. He coaches the leading senior club.

Nasinu Teachers’ Training College. He was formerly NZ champion and record holder in snrints and hurdle events, and represented NZ at the last Empire Games.

Mrs. Eustace will also make the trip to Canada as chaperone to Sainiana.

The team has been training five days a week under the Association’s coaches, Mr. I Lloyd, Mr. H. M. McMillan and Mr Eustace. The coaches have reported that all competitors have improved m stvle and technique, although there has little effort at maximum times ana distances!* FIJI Public Relations OBce Photos. « contain R. W. Hallam has re sumed duties as master of the MF Polurrian after a holiday m Aus tralia Mr. Charles Balmer has also returned to the ship as second mate It was reported some time a& Captain Hallam had left the Teiu

tory permanently.

V Mr. K. L. Gibson, of Kerr Bros,

r island merchants and

Solomon Islands.

To Her Economy

p. 138

BSI SEEKS SECOND STRING

Mineral Search Extended

THE geological investigation of the British Solomon Islands has been extended for another three years. The work started in 1950 on British Colonial Office funds under the direction of senior geologist Mr.

J. C Grover, who has now been joined by two other geologists.

Past work has been devoted to examining areas of likely economic value and to getting overall picture of the geology. This reconnaissance vork will be continued, but more detailed surveys of mineral-bearing areas will now be made.

The party is operating from head quarters at Honiara, on Guadalcanal.

There has been strong evidence of gold on the island and observers are hoping that the party will at last pinpoint it.

A sizeable goldfield might be all that is wanted to soeed up the de velopment of the BSI. At the moment economy is dependant on the coconut, but the group has rich potentialities.

TI Miss Margaret Champion, younger daughter of Mr. H. W. Champion, former Government Secretary of the Papuan Administration, recently graduated from Sydney University.

She received her BA degree with honours in philosophy.

Barometer

p. 138

CENTRAL PACIFIC

Annual Accounts of Morris Hedstrom Ltd.

IF the annual balance-sheet of Morris Hedstrom, Ltd., is ac cepted as a barometer of trading conditions in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga, the past year there has been good and prosperous. The company in the year ended March 31, 1954. made £110,328 net profit, compared with £107.834 in 1952, and £97,353 in 1953. The company hitherto has paid 10 per cent.; it is hoped in future to pay 12J. Both the com pany, and the Territories in which it operates, appear to be doing very well.

This company, for years, has been embarrassed by lack of oppor tunities in its area for fully em ploying its savings. Among the assets which it holds against its £2,394,000 of liabilities (mostly share capital, reserves and trade creditors) are cash and short-call deposits of £600,000, and about £300,000 in shares and gilt-edged stock. After long hesitation, the company in 1952-53 decided to build a large block in the centre of Suva —mostly the new South Seas Hotel (for which there is urgent need) with some shops and offices. Then came the earthquake of September, 1953; and for that and other reasons it was considered desirable to halt building operations at the first storey, and revise the whole plan. Building has not yet been re sumed.

The company also engaged in a building programme at Lautoka— primarily a large garage. This operation also had to be halted— due to an unanticipated difficulty in dealing with storm water drain age.

NOTABLE PENSIONS FUND

One of the most remarkable things about this company’s annual accounts is its statement of its Pensions Fund. It has an accumu lated fund of just on £250,000, all invested, and the income from which is some £14,000 pa. The com pany contributes some £20,000 pa, and the staff contributions total £lO,OOO pa. That is, the Fund re ceives about £44,000 pa, and pays out in pensions only £3,000 pa. "if this goes on much longer, positions on the staff of MH, Ltd., carrying full pension rights, could be put up for sale by public auction! It is the juciest pensions scheme in the South Seas.

The French Oceania inter-island air service will be expanded in Papeete, with a Catalina aircraft, which Monsieur Pierre Widlund, a pilot employed by the local airways organisation, has flown to Papeete from France.

Training

p. 139

Tongan Army Soon in Training

EQUIPMENT for the new Tongan military forces has been arriv ing in the Kingdom from New Zealand by air and sea. The RNZAF, in two Bristol freighters flew in some of the gear at the end of June. Other supplies etc, arrived in HMNZS Lachlan.

Captain A. M. J. Milliar of the NZ Army has been in Tonga for the past year supervising the erection of a training camp near Nukualofa.

Initially the force will be of Com pany strength. Training will be along infantry lines.

Soft Pedal Urged for Raluana Affair

p. 141

Raluana Affair

rOSE people who hoped for fire works or spectacular Admini stration action to bring the Raluana and other dissentient groups into the fold of Native Village Councils in the Gazelle peninsula area of New Britain, are

apt to be disappointed.

The Raluanas and a few other minority groups of the total 35,000 Tolai people have consistently re fused, on one pretext or another, to join a Village Council. The Ad ministration has alternately threat ened and cajoled them and, finally, the matter was to have been settled once and for all as soon as the Administrator, Brigadier D. M.

Cleland, returned to the Territory after leave at end of April.

It was believed that the Ad ministration would insist that the Raluanas and the other dissentient groups get into some Village Council—or else the Administration would lose face or antagonise those Tolais who are already operating Councils and helping to pay for their own social services.

But it seems that it may now be otherwise. Shortly before he left Rabaul on transfer, District Com missioner J. K. McCarthy—who a year ago was at the receiving end of a crutch wielded by one irate Raluana —had this to say: In the last three years there have been five Native Village Councils set up in Kokopo and Rabaul which cover some 30,000 Tolais. A proportion of these people numbering approximately 1,500 have not joined the Councils and have opposed being included in them.

Information from themselves regarding their opposition is not clear.

The Village Council system, as estab lished in Kokopo and Rabaul, has met with some very fine results, especially in the fields of health and responsibility. There is no doubt that the native people of the Tolai have shown themselves willing to shoulder responsibility. Last year the people of the Councils here paid £39,000 towards the upkeep of their schools, Aid Posts, Hospitals and roads.

But the minorities consider that by going into Councils they are going to lose some element of their native rights.

They fear they will be overruled by others. The groups that oppose the Councils are not financially well off. They do not own much land.

My advise to my successor is that these people should be given the opportunity of forming their own groups and small Councils. This has been objected to by some people, who have studied Native Village Councils and it has been tree y said that it is impracticable to form small Council groups. But that is a small price to pay for the sake of good native administration.

The Village Council system was initially described as voluntary, in

which event the Raluanas were only exercising their privilege in refusing to join the movement. Subsequently, there was a considerable amount of Administration pressure and, unfortunately, the whole affair, which should have been one of domestic politics, received a great deal of publicity. Today every shade of opinion exists among the residents of New Britain as to who is right is wrong about the Raluana affair — but most agree that the Administration could have handled fv, p niptfpv hpftpv me matier oeiier.

Ripe Oranges—£6,000 Loss

p. 141

NEW ZEALAND taxpayers prob ably lost £6,000 on 6,000 cases of oranges which arrived in Auckland by the Waihemo in June from Rarotonga.

There had been difficulty in estimating the vessel’s time of arrival, holidays intervened during the loading, consequently the oranges were over-ripe when unloaded. They were sold at special auction for about half normal prices, the tax payer standing the loss because pro ducers received the guaranteed price once the oranges were on the water.

Waihemo is not equipped to carry fruit in cooler space, but she usually lands her cargo in good condition if it is not too ripe when shipped, and there are no delays.

In Holiday Mood at Nadi

p. 142

if Mr. W. C. Groves, P-NG Director of Education, returned to Port Moresby on June 16 after attend ing the sixth meeting of the Re search Council of the South Pacific Commission in Noumea.

Visitors to Nadi during the Queen’s Birthday holiday week-end included the above happy group photographed here on the patio of the Nadi Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Patterson are seated in front.

At rear, standing from left to right, are Messrs. Maurice Scott, Henry Major, Grahame Wallace, Mrs. Olive Haŕicks, Mr. Len Usher, Mrs. Harricks, Sr., Mr.

Paul Harricks, Mrs. Pamela Scott, Mr.

Max Lovell, and Mr. Jim Foster.

Photo by Fiji Public Relations Office.

Deaths Of Islands People

pp. 143-145

MR. THOMAS L. SEFTON

Mr. Thomas Leslie Sefton, one of he pioneers of the rubber industry n Papua, died at his home at Ela Beach, Port Moresby, on June 9, ifter a long illness. He was 70.

Mr. Sefton arrived in Papua from 'JSW in 1909. He was employed in 3 ort Moresby by the Bank of LS.W., but the following year be :ame manager of the Koitaki Estate it Sogeri—in those days there was 10 road and the climb over the Bluff to Sogeri Valley was ac :omplished on foot or with the aid >f a good horse.

He was manager of Koitaki for ilmost 40 years until his illness ibout 5 years ago, after which his on. Mr. Colin Sefton, succeeded lim as manager.

Mr. Sefton was a foundation nember of the Papua Planters’ As iociation. He was president on nany occassions.

In" his lifetime as a planter, he nade an outstanding contribution to he rubber industry, both in prac ical development, and in his work or the Association; he played a comment part in overcoming nany economic problems of the larly days.

The present president of the As ;ociation, Mr. E. Fairfax-Ross, ;aid of him; “As his memorial, here stands the thousands of >lanted acres in the Sogeri valley md the deep respect of his fellow fianters.”

Mr. Sefton leaves a widow, a laughter, (Mrs Phil Oakley), and iis son Colin. All are living in >ort Moresby.

MR. ARTHUR JOSKE

Mr. Arthur Joske, probably the ast of the European pioneers of Suva, died in Sydney m May. He vas more than 80. He went to Fiji vith his parents in 1870, his father aking up land at Suva from the

Polynesian Company.

He was educated in Australia and oined the firm of Brown and Joske now W. R. Carpenter and Co.).

Later he founded his own business is commission agent and banana myer and shipper. He made his iome in Sydney when he retired.

MR. J. P. MOLLOY

An old and well known Fijian ■esid Q nt Mr. J. P. Molloy, died in Suva on May 28, at the age of • He was born and educated at l,evuka. He later joined the firm >f Henry Marks & Co., and then hr many years was in charge of the

Suva municipal market.

COLONEI# F. W. VOELCKER

a former Administrator and High 3 omSoner of Western Samoa, Lieutenant-Colonel F. W vow, :BE, DSO, MC, died on May 22 at !is home in Auckland. He was 58.

After a distinguished military career during the First and Second World Wars (he commanded the Third Battalion, Fiji Regiment, in the Solomons campaign), Colonel Voelcker was appointed Adminis trator of Western Samoa. In 1948 he raised the new Samoan flag and became the first High Commissioner of the Territory.' He also represented New Zealand at the South Pacific Commission.

Relinquishing his position as High Commissioner in 1949, he returned to NZ and later served in Korea with the United Nations Korean Reconstruction Agency. He was in valided from Korea in 1953.

Colonel Voelcker initiated many development schemes in the Terri tory, particularly roads, water sup plies and the new broadcasting scheme from Station 2 AP.

A requiem service was held on May 26 at Apia Anglican Chaplaincy.

The service was conducted by the Rev. C. Whonsbon-Aston; the Chief

Judge, Mr. C. C. Marsack, deliver ing a memorial address.

SIR FREDERICK DOIDGE

The High Commissioner for New Zealand in London, Sir Frederick Doidge, died there recently at the age of 70. He was formerly Min ister for External Affairs and Min ister of Island Territories, and in the latter capacity visited Western Samoa in 1950.

REV. J. F. GOLDIE

The “father” of the Methodist Mission in the British Solomon Islands, Rev. John Francis Goldie, died at his home in Melbourne on June 29. He was 84. (Over)

Mr. Goldie was born in Tasmania, but at the turn of the century he was a Methodist Minister in Queensland.

When a contingent of Melanesian sugar workers was being returned from there to the Islands, he volun teered for service with the Methodist Mission Society and subsequently, in 1902, started nearly 50 years of mission work on an islet in the Roviana lagoon. His first assist ants were a handful of teachers from Fiji, Tonga and Samoa, and from his early work has developed the virile Methodist Mission throughout the BSI Protectorate and in Bougainville.

Mr. Goldie founded the mission on sound principles which have been acceptable to his colleagues.

He believed that education and re ligion were complementary.

His wife, Helena, went to New Georgia as a bride and was one of the first white women to live in the Group. She died in Melbourne in 1949.

In 1951, Mr. Goldie retired after leading the mission for 49 years, and made his home in Melbourne.

The Methodist Church in New Zealand had, in the intervening years, taken over the responsibility of the missions in the Western Solomons, Bougainville and Buka, so that later in the year of his re tirement Mr. Goldie toured New Zealand as guest of honour at many church gatherings.

Following the translation of smaller religious works, Mr. Goldie completed the translation of the complete New Testament into Roviana during his retirement. He also supervised the publication of other mission books.

He is survived by three married daughters.

MR. ERIC WEINE

The death, following an accident, of Mr. Eric Weine occurred at the Base Hospital, Dubbo, on June 21.

He was 62.

Mr. Weine was a well-known re sident of Wau, New Guinea, from the early 30’s to the time of the evacuation. He had a dental practice there. He did not return to the Territory after the war, and for some years has been practising j in Wellington, NSW.

The accident which caused his death occurred when he was re- J turning home after a day’s clay pigeon shooting. His car left the road and hit a tree.

He is survived by his daughter Margot (Mrs. John Lyall).

MR. WALTER H. LUCAS

(See Talk-Talk, this issue ) Mr. Walter H. Lucas, one of the outstanding personalities of the South Pacific at the time of the First World War, and first chair man of the NG ♦Expropiation Board, died in Canberra recently at the age of 85. He had been in ill-health for some time.

Mr. Lucas had many years with Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd. before he

ccepted several official appoint ments. He joined the company in le New Hebrides, but later went > Sydney to supervise the com any’s interests in the South-West During World War I he left the rnipany to become technical ad iser to the Federal Government u Pacific Islands matters.

He, Judge (later Sir Hubert) lurray and Atlee Hunt constituted Board of Inquiry at the end of le war to consider the desirability f the amalgamation of Papua and ae newly-acquired German New ruinea. In a majority report, Lucas nd Hunt opposed the union.

Later, Mr. Lucas was anpointed tiairman of the “Expro” Board to quidate the German commercial iterests in New Guinea.

After his retirement, Mr. Lucas stained an interest in one or two lantations and was still a director f them at the time of his death.

Mr. Lucas is survived by one son, rnest. Mrs. Lucas died some years go. Mr. Ernest Lucas is now in ngland, having been on board ship r hen his father died. He is an ngineer with the British Phosphate 0., which has new ships under con duction in England.

Another son was an engineer at arliament House, Canberra. He ied several years ago.

MR. E. P. WOOD

The death occurred on March 23 t the Concord Repatriation Hos ital. Sydney, of Mr. Eric Percy 7ood.

He will be remembered as having Dent some time in Rarotonga in he 1920’s before going to New ruinea w T here he managed Neinduk nd Lilinikai plantations in the lainings for W. R. Carpenter & Co. efore World War 11.

MRS. MARGARET WRIGHT

A well-known identity of Wau, few Guinea, Mrs. Margaret Wright, ied suddenly at the European Hos ital. Wau, on June 25.

She was one of the early pioneers f the Morobe District having rrived in the Territory in 1923 and i Salamaua in 1927. .

Before the war, Mrs. Wright pent much of her time at Rabaul. [avieng, Manus, and, in the later ears resided at Golden Ridges iea r Wau and after the war re amed there.

She took a keen interest m all ivic affairs and was a staunch sup iorter of all local charities.

Mrs. Wright is survived by her tusband, Mr. James Wright.

BROTHER DAVID

Brother David, the oldest Marist Brother in New Zealand and ormerly stationed in Fiji, died in

Vellington recently.

Brother David, who 1™“ n Sydney 62 years ago seived eaching missionary foi 33 years m going there first about 1900.

CAPTAIN H. S. COLLIER

Captain H. S. Collier, perhaps best known as Master of the four-masted barque Pamir during the latter days of her service under the New Zealand flag, collapsed and died in an Auckland street recently.

He served in many Union Steam Ship Co. Island vessels.

If The engagement was announced recently of Miss Patricia Margaret Wood, of Auckland, to Mr. David Cowell Boys, of Masterton, NZ, both of whom have been residing in Rarotonga for the past year. Mr.

Boys was born in Rabaul in 1933 and lived in the Bainings for the first 10 years of his life. He has just completed a term on Raro tonga Radio staff.

9,000,000 Francs

p. 145

TAHITI CHINESE OWE THE

TAXGATHERER

CHINESE traders who fail to pay their taxes, will be discussed in Papeete at the next session of the Assemblee Territoriale of French Oceania.

Our correspondent there reports that Chinese tax defaulters at pre sent owe some nine million francs in overdue taxes.

A section of the community is in favour of deportation of these Chinese.

The Chinese traders, of course, insist that they are having a hard time, with the French Government making it as difficult as possible for them.

Discourtesy’ To Tahiti’S

p. 146

GOVERNOR

Letter to the Editor AFTER allowing for the freedom of the Press, and the right of every man to express his views, nearly all European residents of Samoa feel that it savours of unfair play when a person in high position is criticised, and because of his standing cannot defend himself.

The attack on our Queens’s rep resentative in Western Samoa, as printed in NZ Truth and reprinted m the May issue of PIM, had this element of unfairness.

Only those who reside in Apia know of the generous hospitality of "Vailima,” a hospitality which ex tends beyond duty, and therefore beyond official allowance for enter tainment purposes.

In the matter of the so-called discourtesy to the visiting Governor of Tahiti, it was surely Tahiti’s busi ness, and no more than ordinary politeness, to give natification of the impending overnight stay of its Governor in Samoa. In Apia we think far too highly of our High Commissioner to allow such critic ism to be published without protest.

I am, etc.,

“VAIALA”

EDITORIAL NOTE

We express regret that we caused the High Commissioner any embarrassment by publishing a report taken from a source which we now know to be irresponsible and unreliable.

We are aware that it is the usual pro cedure that a high official, such as Governor Petitbon. if he wishes formal recognition in a place he proposes to visit, shall give some prior advice of his arrival. We learned that in this case Governor Petitbon gave no such advice; and the first that the High Commissioner (Mr. G. R. Powles) knew of his arrival was a telephone message at 2 p.m. from the French Consular Agent (Mr. F. E.

Paul), saying that the French Governor was in Apia, and would Mr. Powles care to join them at a cocktail party later in the day. Mr. Powles naturally assumed that M. Petitbon wanted no formalities; and M. Petitbon and Mr. Powles had a happy, and informal meeting at the cock tail party. That evening, the High Com missioner gave an official dinner party at Vailima, and M. Petitbon was among his guests. A few weeks later, Madame Petitbon, on her way through, stayed overnight in Apia, as the guest of the High Commissioner.

Mr. Powles, naturally, was amazed at the attack which appeared in the New Zealand newspaper, and which obviously was unjustified and irresponsible.

Saying that he could see no

mitigating circumstances, Mr. Justice

Gore, in the Supreme Court at Port Moresby, on June 9, sentenced a Sepik District native to death for

having raped a European woman.

The defence pleaded consent, but the judge accepted the contention that the native had overpowered the woman. The Executive Council will decide whether the death sentence will be carried out.

Bulolo Passengers

p. 147

r Dr. Alfred Wood has been appointed secretary-general of the Methodist Conference in Australia.

He was a missionary in Tonga for some years until 1948 and taught the sons of Queen Salote. tl CIMP Manea Tamarua, superintendent, Rarotonga Sanatorium, is taking a special course at Tamavua

Sanatorium, Fiji. Staff Nurses Tekura and Teroro, of Cook Islands, are also taking special courses in Suva. ti Miss R. M. Wilde returned to Bris bane by July Bulolo. Miss Wilde has been visiting her sister, Mrs.

Doris Booth, of Wau, for the past a months.

Passengers on the Bulolo from Sydney

on June 23, included -Top: Miss E.

Lampard and Miss B. R. Lehmann were off to work at Rabaul. Miss Lehmann's parents live there. Centre: Mr. and Mrs.

G. L. Platten returned to Tabar, New Ireland, after four months' leave. Lower: Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Matthews, formerly of Samarai, were going to Saiho. He is with the Department of Public Health, and is the son of the late Rev. and Mrs.

Matthews, of Port Moresby, With them are their daughters Margaret and Sue- Ellen. They were in Sydney for nine months, and were farewelled by Mrs. E.

Martin, of Sydney.

New Samarai

Church

The new church built by the Catholic Mission at Samarai, Papua. Cardinal Gilroy consecrated the church during his visit to the island on May 25.

Photo by F. Hoeter.

Medals For Two Natives

p. 150

TWO natives who rescued a third from drowning at Nauru last December have received awards ii om the Royal Humane Society of Australasia. First-Class Police Con stable Lipine received the silver medal, and Ellice Islander Tanielu brother of the rescued native,’

Matiava, received the bronze medal.

The three were in a working party trying to secure a laree moor ing buoy in a high sea with a full gale blowing.

They were working on a life-line when Matiava lost his grip and was carried out by the undertow It was impossible to put a boat oyer the reef, and Tanielu and Lipine were washed back by the surf when they attempted several times to swim out.

When Matiava’s position appeared hopeless, Lipine waited his op pprtunity, gripped the reef with his fingers and toes and allowed the surf to break over him, let go when the surf began to recede and was carried over the reef by the under tow. He swam to Matiava and brought him in.

Treatment of Vanikoro

p. 150

Timber Worker

Letter to the Editor IWAS astounded to read in January PIM an article headed, “Treatment of a Vanikoro Timber Worker.” The charge that this in jured man was treated with cruelty and deprived of his sick pay is absolutely untrue.

Lowney (the man mentioned) when he met with the accident, was driven from the job to the river, by motor lorry, and then was taken to hospital by launch. He was not at any time given morphia, and was quite well and back to work in seven days. He was also paid com pensation for the time he was off work.

The treatment of European labour on the island of Vanikoro differs very little from that in Australia— with the exception of wages, which are twice as much as Australian awards, and three times that of Fiji.

I believe the article originated with a person who was unsuited for tropical life, and who became disgruntled with everything con nected with it. Probably to try and alleviate his feelings, he wrote an article absolutely without founda tion, to which he did not have the courage to sign his name.

I am, etc.,

A. E. HALING.

Vanikoro, BSI.

U Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Jones will leave Sydney in July to make their home in La?, New Guinea.

Land for Soldier Settlement in New Britain

p. 151

Some of the land n the Gazelle Peninsula area of Vew Britain upon vhich returned servicemen and jthers have fixed ;heir eyes—and have jeen told that it is lative - owned and mavailable for Euro »ean settlement. The op photograph .hows part of the •iver flats bordering he Wanangoi River, vhich have now been deared of timber by I. L. Chipper and :©. This is only a iny fraction of the and in the valley vhich is estimated to »e 20 miles long by [0 miles wide.

At right, Mr. Frank Holland (in hat) vho has been re ■ ponsible for the

■oads put in to the Vanangol for J. L. Chipper and Co He s standing on the bank of a tributary of he Wanangoi, over which the Company vill build a bridge to open up more imber. They Intend to erect their brid-e ,n hollow logs, one of which can be een in the centre of the stream. The heory is that hollow logs will offer ess resistance to flood waters.

BHow— a portion of the country viewed

from the Catholic Mission near Vanadidir.

Mt. Varzen is on the left and behind it a range of mountains beyond which is the headwaters of the Wanangoi. The country in the immediate foreground is native settled but beyond Varzen there Is no sign of settlement.

The whole area is ideal for cocoa growing.

Big Development Plan

p. 151

For Dutch NG But Parliament Must Approve

A FTER two years’ work, a special commission of the Netherlands Government has produced a 10year development plan for Dutch- New Guinea.

The plan has yet to be debated by the Netherlands Parliament. If approved, it will indicate a signific ant change of Netherlands policy, because the plan is based on close co-operation between Government and private enterprise. Such co operation has not been encouraged since the war by Netherlands officialdom.

The plan provides tentatively that the Government will set up agri cultural, forestry and cattle-breed ing stations at Bird Head, north west and south-west coastal plains and the inland regions of Mem brano, Klamono and Moturi; provide prospectors for nickel, chrome, cobalt and coal; encourage planters to extend rice and cocoa growing areas; hasten education to bring more natives into the civil service; and increase oil production from Klamono and Moturi.

Government and private enter prise finance for the scheme is pro posed, the Government to encour age investment and development with tax relief and subsidies, and the building of roads and ports.

Livestock Experiments

p. 151

IN CENTRAL N. GUINEA

A MEETING of the members of the Hallstrom Trust was held late in June at Nondugl, in the Central Highlands of New Guinea.

This is the likestock experimental station -established soon after the war by Sir Edward Hallstrom, the Sydney philanthropist, and liberally endowed by him.

It is mainly concerned with the acclimatisation of sheep, and the instruction of the native people in the care of sheep and the effective use of their wool. The Trust has met some problems in the suscepi bility of the sheep to certain tropical diseases under certain conditions.

On returning from Nondugl, the Administrator (Brigadier D. M.

Cleland), who is a member of the Trust, expressed the belief that the establishment now is making satis factory progress and should show some good results within the next year or two.

With effect from April 1, the Crown Agents for the Colonies are to be known as the Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administrations. The word "Colony has now been classified along with the word "native” —it is Tabu.

Site For Memorial

p. 152

TO LATE

SIR HUBERT MURRAY

WE are informed by Judge R. T.

Gore, of Port Moresby, who is at the head of the Committee responsible for the Memorial to the late Sir Hubert Murray, that there has been a certain amount of delay in completing the plan because the site for the Memorial is not vet ready.

The site finally approved is at the Port Moresby end of a large area of lowlying ground, on the harbour foreshore between the port and Konedobu. This area is being filled in to make a large playing ground and gardens.

Good progress has been made with this work and the Administration now is preparing the place where the IVlemorial will be erected. The Memorial is to be a fountain, with a suitable inscription thereon. As soon as the. site is suitably com pleted and the ground settled down, the Committee will proceed with the erection of the fountain. It has in hand, for this work, a sum of £3,211.

Club Helps New Britain

p. 152

Women

THE New Britain Women’s Club, at Rabaul, New Guinea, was being redecorated in June. Part of it was being undertaken by club members who were giving their own time to go along to wield a paint brush.

The club performs a great service to out-of-town New Britain women, as well as in providing a cheerful and restful meeting place for the towns women. A small bedroom wing provides sleeping accommoda tion for women and their children who have to come into town to await hospitalisation or for other reasons.

The club hopes to expand this residental part of the building shortly.

A full-time caterer is now at the club and morning and afternoon teas and lunches are provided for Rabaul business people, men or women.

President of the club this year is Mrs. Nell Long,

Production

p. 152

N. Guinea Goldfields Production

a a> d M C m CD F* CD r- <V

5 T3 QD

S 2 S c ?oS go o g s ££ 1954 oz oz oz sup. ft.

January 950 118 87 152,028 February 1.004 165 66 66,333 March . . 1,177 453 130 153,358 April 1,085 130 164 121,552 May 1,186 686 109 187.045 June . . 1,134 394 111 186,920

Pacific

p. 153

NZ TRADE MISSION TO

i SIX-MAN delegation of the V New Zealand Manufacturers’

Association and a represen itive of the Industries and Com terce Department will visit Western Samoa, Fiji and Tonga in aly on a combined goodwill and usiness tour. It is the strongest •ade mission of its kind to leave Z.

The party will go first to Fiji and ill arrive at Nadi on July 14, and uva July 16. From July 18 to 22 will be in Apia. It will return ) Suva on July 24 for one week, aring which a one-day visit will 5 paid to Tonga, on July 28. It ill be back in NZ on August 2.

Everybody Welcome

p. 153

t LL Islands people visiting Sydney V have an open invitation to call at ie All Nations Club at 50 Bayswater sad. Kings Cross, and make full use of 5 facilities.

Mr. D. de Graaff, an agricultural ficer at Port Moresby, was one of the test visitors to spend many pleasant enings at the Club, participating in ch activities as billiards, chess, bridge, id the regular Sunday night dance, mnis and golf outings are also arranged.

Other recent visitors at the Club were ro members of the staff of William reckwoldt’s —Mr. W. Schwartz on his iy to Honiara and Mr. Schabarth re ming from Rabaul. Membership Is 50 :r cent, Australian, 50 per cent. New istralian.

Visitors from Dutch New Guinea will id a special friend in Mr. Peter Bekker, id those from French Pacific Territories ill have their language problem solved Mr. Francis Wheener, the Club’s iblic Relations Officer.

of Sydney

p. 153

New Guinea Women’s Club of Sydney

The annual general meeting of the New uinea Women’s Club of Sydney will be *ld in the Feminist Club rooms, 77 King reel, Sydney, on July 22. Members wUI eet first for morning tea at 10.30 a m ’

Members gathered at the Cenotaph on inday. June 27, to pay homage to the en who were lost in the Montevideo Maru. short service was conducted by the Ke\. r. Spencer, of the Methodist Church, be NG Ex-Servicemen’s Club was repre nted by Mr. Pagett. Later members ithered for afternoon tea at the Hunter A*"picture evening was held at the Club oms on the night of June H id commentary were provided by Mr. in.

Daring June, Mrs. A Gregory of the G Women’s Assn., Melbourne, paid the ub a visit.

Mr. P. L. James and Mr. Jaekscm

eeto were elected to the Rabaul

uilding Board at the June meeting

f the Rabaul TAG.

II Monsieur Banner, Inspector of French Colonies, arrived in Tahiti in May per naval sloop La Perouse to spend some months on inspection.

If Dr. F. Bainbridge. formerly of Cairns, arrived in Port Moresby late May to take up duty with the De partment of Health.

Leung-Seeto Wedding

p. 153

Two members of well-known New Guinea Chinese families were married in St.

Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney, on June 12. The wedding party is shown on the steps of the Cathedral after the ceremony. The bride was Miss Dorothy Leung, of Kavieng, and the bridegroom Mr. Timothy Seeto, ot Kabaul. Both were educated in Australia.

Their future home will be in Rabaul.

Photo by C. H. Meen.

Radio-Active!

p. 154

NOW THE COPRA IS

MICRONESIAN free-market copra has suffered a considerable fluctuation in prices over the past few months, because the Japs fear it might be radio-active.

A heavy fall in price in Japan, where most of Micronesia’s copra is marketed, followed the hydro gen-bomb explosion on March 1.

Buying was halted pending assur ances that all copra would be certi fied non-radio active by competent authorities at Guam before ship ment. All copra has consequently been tested since then —though none has been found radio-active.

The GIF price US Pacific Coast in mid-April was $187.50 per ton.

By the end of the month, immedi ately preceding the hydrogen-bomb blast, the price was down to $175 due to heavy supplies of copra entering the market from the Philippines. Following a complete hold-up of exports for some time, there was a further falling tend ency as a' result of increasing sup plies of Indonesian copra reaching the Japanese market which Is the most accessible to Micronesia from the shipping point of view.

More Fiji Tourists

p. 154

A TRAVEL Association has been formed in Fiji to co-ordinate the handling of the growing tourist trade.

It comprises representatives of the Visitors’ Bureau, air services, shipping companies, hotel groups, travel agents and transport com panies. Mr. W. G. Johnson, chair man of the Visitors’ Bureau, is pre sident.

Another indication that the tourist trade is increasing is the opening of an office at Lautoka, north-west coast of Viti Levu, by Whites Travel Service, of New Zea land. The office is in the Australia and New Zealand Bank building.

Whites are responsible for con siderable traffic to Fiji with special rate tours and individual itineraries (the business has nearly doubled this year) and the purpose of the new office is to co-ordinate local handling.

At the annual meeting in Papua of the Samarai Amateur Fisher men’s Association on June 29, Mr, Neville Chester was elected pre sident; Mr. Vernon Gabriel, secre tary; Mr, Neville French treasurer, and Mr. Tony Kelly club captain.

Retiring president, Mr, Alec Barker scooped the trophy pool by win ning all events. An outing to the Doomlins two days earlier concluded the 1953-54 season. Mr. Gabriel got the biggest catch—a 15-lb blue cod.

Of Pacific Islands People

pp. 155-156

PLANS FOR THE WELFARE

EIGHTEEN senior specialists in agricultural sciences, education and health concluded, early in June, ten days’ study in Noumea of :he problems of development in the Pacific islands. They assembled at :he headquarters of the South Pacific Commission for the sixth mnual meeting of the Commission’s scientific advisory body, the Re search Council. They came from Diaces as far afield as Netherlands 'Tew Guinea, Guam and Samoa.

Dr. E. M. Ojala, Deputy Chair nan of the Council, said: “We meet lere as scientists, covering many iisciplines. The factor which unites is is the Commission’s objective: ro encourage and strengthen in ernational co-operation in promot ng the economic and social welfare ind advancement of the people of he region.

“The Council’s task is two-fold; r 0 recommend and define the re ;earch which the Commission itself hould undertake to heighten its ;onsultative and advisory role; and o define progressively the patterns rf research needs in economic, social md health fields, for the guidance >f governments and institutions in erested in research in the region.”

DURING its June meeting, the Council reviewed the arrange ments made for carrying out esearch studies and technical ervices approved by the Com tiission, following recommenda ions made by the Council at its aeeting in 1953.

The meeting reaffirmed the con ent of long-range work already iefined; and formulated additional iroposals for work in the subjects elected by the Commission for con entrated attention at the present ime. These subjects include— e The coconut, rice and fisheries adustries in the Pacific islands. e The introduction of economic

ilants for improved agriculture.

o The control of pests and

[iseases in agriculture, especially

he rhinoceros beetle. • The assessment and improve lent of nutritional standards. The control of filariasis and lalaria. • Co-operative societies, a The promotion of literature for

slands people.

• The use of visual aids m lealth and educational work.

The technical content of the urrent work programme of the Jommisiosn has been worked out by he Research Council course f its meetings during the last five the last twelve 7 technical specialists had been ngaged in field work in the South

and Central Pacific region under Commission projects.

Mr. W. V. D. Pieris (Technical Officer, Copra) has completed his field studies of the coconut industry, in the course of which he made his experience available to admin istration officials, planters and villagers. The Council examined his recommendations for future organ isation of research in this, the most important crop of the region.

The problems and potentialities of rice-growing in the South Pacific have been investigated by Mr. R.

Watson, an officer of the Food and Agriculture Organisation.

The first regional programme of research on the most serious pest of the South Pacific, the rhinoceros beetle, has been successfully launched by Mr. L. J. Dumbleton (Plant and Animal Quarantine Officer) and two entomologists are now working on this problem for the Commis sion, one in Western Samoa and another in South-East Asia.

The study by an agriculturalist, Monsieur J. Barrau, of the subsist ence production patterns of the in digenous people is proceeding well.

Mr. H. van Pel, formerly Director of Fisheries in East Indonesia, has been appointed as Fisheries Officer and takes up duty in July. This appointment will equip the Com mission to follow up the Noumea Fisheries Conference of 1952 with more active steps, in conjunction with the Territories, to promote the further study and utilisation of the region’s fishery resources.

During the year, Mr. V. D. Stace, whose services were made available by the Reserve Bank of New Zea

land, undertook an economic stock taking in Western Samoa for the Commission, the Western Samoan Government paying two-thirds of the cost.

The Commission has obtained the services, since November, 1953, of Dr. M. O. T. Iyengar, a specialist of world repute in mosquito-borne diseases. He is paying particular at tention to filariasis.

The South Pacific Literature Bureau, operated by the Com mission, reports 5 new publications specially adapted to the require ments of Pacific people; 4 others are in the press: 11 manuscripts are being prepared for publication; and 40 others are in hand.

The Council’s further recom mendations will be considered by the Commission at its next Session in October.

EDITORIAL NOTE

But What Really is Being

Accomplished?

WITHIN its prescribed field, the f? Research Council of the South Pacific Commission appears to be doing, most conscientiously, an excellent job of work. Highly skilled men from many countries have been all over the South Pacific countries, examining, diagnosing and recom mending. Their findings, supported by masses of data, come in an in creasing stream of books, pamphlets and reports from the Commission’s Publicity Bureau.

But what actually is being accom plished in the realm of practical ad ministration, in the South Pacifie s 14 or more Territories, as a result of this costly set-up called the South Pacific Commission? That is

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the question that earth-bound com mentators ask, and the Commission should try to answer it.

An impressive corps of experts re ports to the Research Council: the Council reports and recommends to the Commisison; the Commission, presumably, sends on recommenda tions to the six nations (Australia, New Zealand, France, Britain, United States and Netherlands) which created it.

And then what happens? How many of these expensively-wrought recommendations have been given actual shape in the field of Islands government? That is what the humble taxpayer should be told.

Is the South Pacific Commission really changing and improving the texture of Islands life? Or it is just a pleasant and very expensive toy for the diversion of a group of well endowed Commissioners If only a section of the Commission’s im pressive spate of publicity could describe the accomplishments of the Commission, instead of the recom mendations of its instrumentalities, one or two hard-working com mentators really would be grateful.

Fijian Chiefs Prefer Tradition to Democracy

p. 157

From Our Own Correspondent

SUVA, June 25.

PE Council of Chiefs, the parlia ment of the indigenous Fijian people, at its 1954 meeting re ommended the following proposals or the economic development of ’ijian land: (1) The economic development f Fijian land should normally be ased on the proprietary landown ig unit (the larger the better); (2) 'rogrammes for the economic de elopment of Fijian land should be rawn up in consultation with the uthorities responsible for drawing p programmes of social services, be maximum use being made of 3-operative societies; (3) Suitable ersons should be appointed to rganise the economic development rogrammes and see that thev are arried out; (4) A levy should be nposed on the proceeds obtained :om sales of certain produce and sed for the improvement of the Dcial and economic conditions of lose on whom it is imposed; (5) he building and repairing of houses lould be done outside the economic evelopment programme.

On the subject of alterations to le system of Fijian representation i the Legislative Council, the ouncil of Chiefs dug its toes in rmly.

The Governor had suggested as possibility “some form of direct presentation” for the Fijian 3ople on the same basis as that rovided for Europeans and Indians.

The Council of Chiefs, however, ated in a resolution: “This Council ;spectfully recommends the main mance unamended of the existing 'stem of representing Fijian linion through the Council of

Chiefs and the panel of Fijians that it elects, from whom are selected the Native Members of the Legislative Council”.

Furthermore, the Council of Chiefs, “having carefully considered the desirability of appointing a Standing Committee of the Council to represent it during the intervals between one meeting and the next, respectfully submits that the traditional form of representation of Fijian public opinion by the full Council is the one that the Council feels should be retained”.

DESPITE the Council’s willingness to adopt measures to ensure the economic development of Fijian land, nothing could better illustrate its innate conservatism than its firm treatment of the pro posals for a tentative move towards Fijian democracy.

When opening the 1954 session last month, the Governor said that “the Chiefly system, on which so much depends/ should march with the times and not ignore, for too long, the modern trends of demo cracy”.

It is clear enough that, sooner or later, the representatives of the Fijian people will be in the firing line of inter-racial politics, and it may be wondered whether the con servatism of the Council of Chiefs is not somewhat overdone.

A publican’s licence was granted by the Licensing Court on June 10 to Mr. E. C. N. Helton for his Wewak, New Guinea, hotel. The hotel will be known as the Wewak Point Hotel.

Noumea’s

New Store

The new store of the avraise Societe in oumea which was [?]cently opened for basiness. It cost many [?]illions of francs [?]d took many [?]onths to build. [?] store is in the cart of Noumea’s [?]opping centre, on [?] corner of Rue Alma and Rue corges Clemenceau. [?]th the Ventrillion

[?]d Pentecoste build

ings opposite, it akes this street tersection impos [?]g. The Havralse ciete is a big im [?]rting and export [?]g firm with

cadquarters at Le

avre, France.

Photo by F. Dunn.

Islands Produce

p. 158

(Unless otherwise stated, quotations are in Australian currency)

COPRA

The official price paid by the British Ministry of Food for copra produced in British Territories in the South Pacific (Papua, New Guinea. Solomons, Gilbert and Ellice, Fiji, Tonga. Samoa, Cook Islands) for the year as from January 1. 1954, is approximately £7O Sterling ‘per ton, f.0.b., chief Territories ports. Each Governmental authority, handlihg and shipping the copra, makes deductions from the £7O Stg., such charges being different in each Territory. The following

are the prices now 7 being paid, per ton, to growers in different Territories:—

PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA

SOLOMON IS. AND G. AND E. COLONY: —No details—producers should receive about £A66/8/- delivered at main ports.

Currency Note; Compared with Sterling.

Aust. £ is worth 15/-; Fiji £ is 17/6; NZ £ is 20/-.

COCOA.—lslands prices are usually based on rate for Accra cocoa (W.

Africa), quotation (from Colyer Watson, Ltd., Sydney) fpr which on July 2 was £Stg.s3B/10/- (£ A673/2 '6 approx.) c.i.f., ton. Cont. ports.

N.G.— £5BO-£590 approx, per ton, in store, Sydney.

Samoa.—Sydney agents in July quoted Samoa cocoa at £5495 (£A6IB/15/approx.), f.o.b. per ton, first grade.

COFFEE.—P.-N.G. Recent overseas market increases have brought Territories coffee to 6/6 -7/- per lb. All supplies assured of quick sale. MANGAIA (Cook Islands). —Robusta, green. unprocessed 1 - -2/- per lb. on plantation.

PEANUTS.—P.-N.G.:—Little change from last month. Stiff opposition from superior grade Australian nuts has made it in creasingly difficult to dispose of P.-N.G. nuts. Price; Kernels, 1/5: in shell, nominal, lOd - 1/-.

RUBBER.—Papua - New Guinea: Price based on Singapore figure -which fluctuates from day to day. Quotation on July 2 was 25y 2 d Aust. lb. Singapore rate July 2 No. 1 grade RSS (sellers) spot 67 7 /sc lb. c.i.f. (approx. 23V4d Aust. lb.».

VANILLA BEANS.—Sydney quotations by (Victor Karp, Tulk & Co.i: Tahiti.—Early season’s stocks now 7 available. White 72/-, Yellow 72/-. Green 68/-.

RICE.—New season’s (1954-1955) price is: P.-N.G.—Dry brown and dressed £B3 f.o.b. per ton. Other Pacific Islands, in cluding N.Z. dependencies, £9O.

PEARL SHELL. —Prices fixed between Torres Strait producers and Otto Gerdau Co. (USA) for 1954: AA/A/B grades, 85c lb. (£ABSO approx, per long ton); C, 80c lb. ( £ A 800) ; D, 55c lb. ( £ A 550); E, 40c lb. (£ A 400); EE, 30c lb. (£A3OO) all c.i.f., New York. No change from last season. Manihiki.—£NZ2so (£ A312/10/per long ton, f.0.b., Rarotonga.

TROCHUS SHELL.—N.G.: £2BO nominal.

Market quiet. Fiji, £FI7O per ton f.0.b., Suva.

GREEN SNAIL SHELL.—Market dull in Sydney at present. N.G., Ist grade £2lO per ton less rejects; Spotted £7O-£BO both ex-wharf, Sydney. N.H., No interest in Sydney. 8.5.1., No. 1 grade £175- £l9O, Spotted £BO ex-wharf.

LONDON PRiCES

LONDON, May 21.

Copra, c.i.f., Continental Ports, ton: — New Hebrides . . . 77,500 Metrop. francs (£AIOO approx.) FM Straits, June-July £Stg.7l (£ABB/15/- approx.) Philippines, June-July $187.50 i £ AB3/3/- apnro <. i Coconut Oil, c.i.f., Continental Ports, ton;— FM Straits, bulk, V - FFA . .. £Stg.lll i £ Al3B/15/- approx.) Ceylon, bulk, 3Yz% FFA .. .. £Stg.loS (£AI3S approx.) Cocoa, per 50 kilos, c.i.f., Nth. Con tinental Ports:— Accra. May-July £Stg.24/15/- (£ A6lB/15/- approx, per long ton)

ISLANDS MINING SHARES

At Main Crushers, Ex- Ports ship Sydney Hot Air . £A75 0 0 £ A97 0 0

PMS . . .

£ A74 5 0 £ A97 0 0 Smoke dried . £ A71 10 0 £ A96 0 0

FIJI

Pltn. . .. £F70 15 6 (60 pts. & over)

FMS . ..

£ F70 10 0 (45-57% pts.) W. SAMOA:—No details- -producers expect about £ NZ58 in 1954.

FIJI

Aug..1939 June 1 July 1 Emperor . . b9/ll bl7 3 bl7/9 Loloma . . .

S25/6 b27/b27/-

PAPUA-NEW

GUINEA

Bulolo . . . bl24/s68/s60/- Mandated All. . b3/8 s2/bl/- N.G.G. Ltd. . bl/10 bl/8 bl/ll 1 -^ Oil Search , S3/11 b22/b32/- Oriomo Oil . b5/b9/2 S15/6 Papuan Apin. b4/ll b4/4 b7/2 Placer Dev. . b68 6 S282/6 b260/- Sandy Creek . bl/5 b4d s6d

Exchange Rates

p. 158

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/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-Fiji, basis £lOO NZ: B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3.

SAMOA.—Through BANK OF NZ. Aus tralia on Samoa, basis £lOO Samoa: B. £ A123/12/6; S. £AI24/10/9. Samoa- London, basis £lOO London; B. £lOO/7/6: S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £lOO NZ: B. £100: S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-Fiji, basis £lOO Samoa: B. £111: S. £llO.

PAPUA - NG.—COMMONWEALTH BANK

(Port Moresby. Lae, Rabaul. Kavieng, Madang), BANK OF NSW (branches: Pt, Moresby, Lae, Bulolo, Rabaul. Madang, Samarai; agency: Waui and ANZ BANK (Port Moresby) quote exchange rate Australia-Papua-NG: 10/- per £lOO.

BSI.—COMMONWEALTH BANK (branch

at Honiara) quotes exchange rate Aus tralia-BSI: 10 - per £lOO.

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific francs, most valuable of the. three franc groups in French Union, are used in New Cale donia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Oceania.

FRENCH BANK (Comptoir National D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney quotes (nominally): 145.78 Pac. fr. to £Aust.: 176.72 Pac. fr. to £Stg.; 64.70 Pac. fr. to US $.

Secrets

p. 159

Air Bigwigs Talk Secrets In Melbourne

DELEGATES from the five British countries that form the South Pacific Air Transport Council net in Melbourne from June 23 to fuly 1.

The press hand-out, issued shortly ifter the session ended, said that it las been impossible to reach innanimity on the issue of whether he future development of Nadi Air >ort, Fiji, “should proceed on the >asis of the two existing runways »r whether it would be better to instruct an entirely new runway.”

We, naively, had imagined that he matter of Nadi’s third runway tad been resolved at the 1953 meet ng of the same organisation, at east 12 months ago. It has been liscussed for at least three years.

Thirty-one top-flight bureaucrats ,nd Ministers from UK, Australia.

IZ, Canada and Fiji attended the onference. As well, there were six ,ir-company delegates who at ended certain sessions; and eight ecretaries, typists, “document fficers” and whatnot.

Apart from Nadi’s runway, the est of their deliberations are ap parently to be regarded as top ecret. The press officer informs us ,e is not permitted to go beyond the ress hand-out. The public is there o pay, and ask no questions, pparently.

One of the objects of SPATC according to its book-of-wordsi is d “keep under review and to pro late the progress and development f Commonwealth civil air com zunications in the South Pacific Its first meeting was in 1946, in hat era when the British Socialist Governments felt that they had to et into the air-transport business, ’he inevitable happened, and in ecent months we have witnessed a eorganisation of all South Pacific ir services—which, amongst other hings, has effectively organised uva (the most important city in he S. Pacific) out of any sort of iternational air service at all.

We hope that this was one of he aspects of aviation discussed ehind the closed doors of the con srence lately ended in Melbourne.

Fijian members of the Catholic Mothers in Fiji are being formed ato their own native communi ;ies to be known as the Native Mothers’ Congregation. The first as been established at the Tunu

>a Mission, Cakaudroye, under

irother Saverio Ratu Saha. It will o saw-milling and farming as pait f the self-supporting activities oi ae Mission. Previously, the Fijian nd European Brothers worked to ether.

Tuna Fishing Boom

p. 159

THEY ALL WANT TO BE IN THE

spectacular success of the Van Camp-Japanese tuna-fishing X experiment off America Samoa, has started a tuna boom everywhere . th r e Pwfir. from Palmyra to the Nth. Queensland coast. Elsewhere in this issue is a note to the effect that Tonga is also interested And Japanese craft are known to fish regularly round NG and BSI waters.

Enormous quantities of tuna are known to be in the Pacific, and these fish can be caught provided the correct technique is used and the equipment is available.

This gratifying fact has emerged from widespread surveys of the area in the last couple of years, particularly by the US Fish and Wildlife Service research vessels, and the Japanese.

A late June “Fish and Wildlife” report from Honolulu indicated that one vessel, John R. Manning, just back from a cruise in the Line Islands, fouiid great quantities of tuna in the vicinity of Fanning Island and also Jarvis Island. Near Fanning, catches of 14 fish per 100 hooks laid out where made—a very good take. The Manning used the long-line technique with a stain less steel main line.

Also used was a “mid-water” trawl, towed at between 300 and 400 feet deep, in a region where the best of the big yellowfin tuna are believed to cruise and feed. The purpose was to catch samples of the food-fish of the tuna.

Perhaps the most successful ex ploratory voyage was that made by two vessels, the Alrita and the North American, on the technical advice of the US Fish and Wildlife Ser vice, which considered that an up welling of waters near Christmas Island indicated a favourable fish ing ground for tuna.

This proved to be the case and the two vessels, using Japanese long-line methods, with herrings as bait, landed an average of two tons of tuna per vessel per day, bring ing back to Honolulu early in March 220,000 lbs of fish, mainly yellowfin tuna but including skip jack, albacore, marlin and ono.

The yellowfin ranged from 14 to 150 lbs each, averaging 85 to 90 lbs.

The vessels worked the Christmas Island area for 30 days. They used 1,700-feet lines, buoyed at each end. each with eleven, three-fathom drop-lines fastened at intervals along the main line. Each 1,700ft. line thus sagged so that the middle hooks were 300 feet or more below the surface. A series of these lines was made fast, end to end, to extend over many miles of ocean.

About 850 hooks could be laid out each day by each vessel Hauling was done with mechanical aid.

Following the successful American cruises around F aiming and Christmas Islands, it is reported that considerable interest is being shown in the area by US mainland

and Hawaii-based tuna clippers. It is likely to become a major winter fishing area for the mainland boats.

The present activity at Palmyra is. no doubt, associated with this de velopment.

AS reported in PIM earlier this year, representatives of hotel interests in Honolulu flew there by chartered aircraft late last year to investigate the possibility of establishing a hotel at the now un inhabited atoll, with the idea of en couraging big-game fishermen to holiday there.

Late April, Captain Miller, owner of the small vessel Joyita, who operates a fishing enterprise at Canton Island, was recruiting labour in the Phoenix Group to take to Palmyra to rehabilitate the airfield there, on behalf of some American interests. At the same time a large tuna fishing organisation was re ported to be setting up head quarters at Palmyra.

Whether the planned air opera tions are to supply this tuna organ isation, or whether they are con nected with the Honolulu hotel owners’ plans, is not clear at the moment.

Whatever the explanation, it is certain that Palmyra is again com ing to life—the island, it will be recalled, is owned mainly by the Fullard-Leo family of Hawaii, ex cept for one islet that is under other Hawaii ownership. The Fullard- Leo interests have been taken care of for the past several years, since American forces withdrew from the former war-time air-staging base, by a caretaker, a retired Honolulu photographer, with, for a time, an assistant. They had been the only men on the atoll, apart from visitors from an occasional tuna boat from Honolulu who drop in from time to time to operate in the surrounding waters.

Members of the Fijian Rugby Union team, touring Australia, were visitors to the Australasian Methodist Conference in Brisbane in May.

The Methodists probably are the dominant religious body rn Fiji and Tonga. Two of the footballers, Samuela Domoni and Wame Sala bongi, preached in Brisbane churches. The Conference passed resolutions insisting that the primary and most important task of the Administration in Pa p u a-N e w Guinea is to raise the natives standard of lif*.

Index to Vol. XXIV.

pp. 160-162

AUG., 1953, TO JUL, 1954, INCLUSIVE

(First numeral indicates number of issue, second numeral gives page.)

VOLUME XXIV IS INDEXED UNDER

THE FOLLOWING HEADINGS:

Agriculture Asia Aviation Book Reviews Canton Is.

Copra (inc. edible oils) Cocoa Deaths Easter Is. 5. J 1 ..

II V, •

Marshall, Marianas \fUc Car ° me IS> Missions Nauru -V Caledonia Guinea (Dutch) V Hebrides

r,U, S .

Organisations Pacific (general) Palmyra Papua-N. Guinea Pearling. Shell Fishing, Fishing Personalities Pitcairn Rhinoceros Beetle Samoa, Eastern Samoa. Western Ships Solomons South Pacific Com mission Stamp Collecting Tahiti Tonga Trading, Planting, Business Firms Trusteeship Cel.

"iLl'ef Te ”'-

A AGRICULTURE (See also under In dividual Territories).—Sheep Raising 1-16 4-143; Rice, 1-29, 7-143. 9-59; Cocoa.’ 1-61,’ 4-58. 6-20, 7-70; Coffee, 1-61, 12-133- Citrus, 1-64; Bananas. 1-87, 3-111; Papain w Paws, 2-105, 8-90; Peanuts, 3- 149; Canna Fibre, 4-136; Rubber, 5-16- Kenaf, 6-29, 8-12; Promecotheca, 8-120 11-36; Macadamia Nuts, 9-45; Galip 9- 49: 9 ‘ 137; Stick Beetle, 12-15; World Market Prospects. 12-59.

ASIA AND ASIATIC AFFAlRS.—lndo

nesia, 3-11, 4-153, 5-21. 6-153, 7-21 10- J 9. 11-13; Philippines, 6-153; India, 7-21 • China, 7-21; Japan. 7-21, 12-14; Indo china, 11-13.

AVIATION.—Q.E.A., 1-18, 3-109, 4 46, 5-

449 ’ 41 ‘ 15, 12 - 34 ’’ Woman Pilot Down in NG Bush, 1-20; Kingsford-Smith in Fiji, South Pacific Airlines, 2-17, 3-45, te AL. 2-35, 3-109, 4-16, 5-19, 7-59, a°ioo 9 ’ A 1 ; 15 ’ n ‘ 43; PiJi Airways, 3-86, J.% 199 ’ 5 - 121 . 10-27; BCPA, 3-109, 5-137; NZNAC, 3-109; Govt. Airlines Reorganisa -3'10 - 4 ‘ 16 . 8-16, 9-18, 10-17, 10-51, 11-153 ’ 12-29; Tourist Fares, 9-61, 10-38; Air Cruises to Islands, 8-127, 10- 12 51 Sam ° an Airlines Limited, 11-147, B BOOK reviews.— Face of Australia (Laseron), 1-73; With the Sun on My Back (Ewers), 1-73; Australia and the Towards an Australian 1 ' 79 1* The South Seas in 7^ s tl °n „ 0 1 Stanner) , 1 -98; Unbroken (Mars), 2-78; Dark Moon iHeney), 2-78- P-NG Agricultural Gazette, 2-127; Dog Watch iVic. Shiplovers’ Soc. i 3-80- Beyond Blue Hills (Meredith), 3-80; Social Ant hr op°i°g y in Polynesia (Keesing), 3- .Eikinf 00 '! Ant j ir °P° l ogy in Melanesia sJ?) ’a 3 oo 104 ’ Adam Wlth Arrows (Simp - 4,'82:' 82: Australian Round-up modern*, 4-82: High Valley (JohnstoS 4 t if 1 *? 11 ° Ur Selection (Rudd), 4-83. The Mortal Sin of Father Grossarri i‘ 83; Fightin S Ships ot Australia B?r d H , Zealand I Norton), 5-83; Frigate 77- 3 ay !? rl ’ 5 " 145: The Bombard Story M urder Must Wait (Upfield), 6-78 ; Sahan n f Pa Gh^° St ,Stivensl > 6 -78; Aus- Legendary Tales (Parker), 6-78- Greece, Crete and Syria (Long) 7.77’

Smugglers’ Paradise (Were), 7-77- Most ovmg Mere Folly (Pargeten, 7-78; Dane

ing Town (Foyle), 7-78; Fijian Way of Life (Roth), 8-121; The Warm People (Thorne), 9-77; The Refuge (Mackenzie), 9-77; White Coolies (Jeffrey), 9-77; Nine Days to Mukalla (Prokosch), 9-78; Case of the Lazy Lover (Gardner), 9-85; Journal of the Polynesian Soc., 9-113; The Vermilion Gate (Lin Yutang), 10-76; The Cavalier’s Cap (Dickson), 10-76; The Venetian Bride (King-Hall), 10-76: When You Go to Tonga, 11-107; Royal Visit to Australia. 12-79; The Hidden Heart (Gilles pie), 12-79; Mary Anne (du Maurier), 12- 79; Queen Salote and Her Kingdom (Luke), 12-79; Marine Tropicals (Fisher), 12-79.

C

CANTON ISLAND.—3-47, 6-106, 11-61.

COPRA (Including Oil. Whaling and Margarine, etc.).—l-29, 1-33, 1-37, 2-139, 3-13, 4-17, 4-42, 5-18, 5-20, 6-11, 7-15. 8-15 9-14. 9-19, 9-66, 10-41, 10-103, 11-15; Mechanical Cutters, 2-69, 7-91, 10-35, 11- 41; Automatic Coconut Pickup, 3-11.

COCOA.—I-6, 4-58, 6-20, 7-70, 8-15, 9-21,

11-61, 12-91, 12-94, 12-132.

COOK ISLANDS.—NZ Fruit Trade, 1- 65, 2-45, 3-119, 4-47, 8-159; Makea Ariki, 3-47; Administration, 3-50, 5-37, 5-95, 8- 147, 12-65; Pearling, 3-119, 7-100; Popu lation, 4-43; Settlement of Nassau, 4-97; Infant Mortality, 4-119; Queen’s Visit Delegations, 5-15, 6-119, 7-30; Idle Land 5-47; Broadcasting, 5-62, 11-39, 11-66; New Judge. 6-115: Aitutaki Water Supply, 7-47; Shipping, 7-116; Cool Store, 8-143; Taxa tion, 8-155, 10-100, 11-55; New Official Secretary, 9-66; Makatea Workers, 11-35.

D DEATHS.—Mrs. Isobel Field, 1-26; Francis Griffen, 1-137; Rev. Bro. Cuthbert, 1-137; Miss E. B. Inchboard, 1-137; Mrs.

Jane Macnair, 1-137; Babulal, 1-139; Henry Lovett Cameron, 1-139; J. B. McKenna, 1-139; F. M, Campbell, 1-140; Fr. Bock, 1-140, 2-136; Ted Nielsen, 1-140; R. L.

Corney, 1-140; Dr. E. T. Brennan, 2-133; E. P. Monckton. 2-133: Mrs. Kathleen Devany. 2-135; Frank Macdonnell, 2-135; J. W. Bambridge, 2-136; Charles David son, 2-136: T. M. Nelson, 2-137; Mrs. J. W.

Burton, 2-137; F. Barton, 2-137; Rev. W.

Anderson, 2-137; W. T. Maltby, 2-137; Capt. W. Reiher, 2-137; Ratu Finau, 2- 139; Mrs. Elizabeth Hicks, 2-139; Mrs.

Ella Beckett, 3-143; L. Dietrich, 3-143; Mrs. I. E. Booth, 3-143; J. T. Kenny, 3- 143: C. R. W. Doyle, 3-143; Seeto On, 3-143; Madame Rosina Coulon, 3-144; Mrs.

Esma Reay, 3-144; Durocher Francis. 3- 144; Emmanuel Rougier, 3-144; Capt.

Frank A. Johnson, 3-145; Commandant Brault, 3-145; Adi Tovika Drodro, 3- C. W. Tucker. 3-145; W.

Lyons, 3-145; W. M. Caldwell, 4-151; Madame H. Ceran-Jerusalemy, 4-151; Charles Gifford, 4-151; Joseph Gibson, 4- 151; Madame Lagarde, 4-151; P. W. Clark, 4- Sister B. Devenish-Meares, 4-151; Mrs. John Grant, 4-151; Mrs. A. Irvine, 4- Homer L. Baker, 4-151; Mrs, J. C.

Collins, 4-151; E. C. Skelly, 5-125; Arch bishop de Boismenu, 5-125; Henry George Schuster, 5-125; Frank Homes, 5-125; Tunganc Savage, 5-126; Arthur Williams, 5- Hon. Tuala Tulo, 5-126; Ah Kuoi, 5- Mrs. Ann Oelricks, 5-126; Henri Spitz, 5-127; Arthur Lorraine, 6-145: Mrs.

L. B. Langdale, 6-145; Mrs. W. Gibbins, 6- L. T. Tudor, 6-145; William Mac- Gowan, 6-145; Lewis Hirshon, 6-144; Daniel Joseph Flood, 6-145; Emile Terii Martin, Jr., 6-146; Capt. Fletcher Quintal,

6- C. D. Bates, 6-146, 11-65; Colin Mclntosh, 6-147; Mrs. A. B. Edwards, 6- 149; Miss Bertie Hilton, 6-149; Frederick Carr, 6-149; Sir Walter Carpenter, 7-39; Capt. D. H. Cambridge, 7-136; Vaevae Ngatae, 7-136; Alex Wilson, 7-136; A. P.

Small, 7-136; Major J. M. Cauty, 7-136; Miss S. Ramsamu, 7-137; N. C. Blagey, 7- Rev. Fr. J. Verbays, 7-137; M.

Wright, Jr., 7-137; Mrs. Iris Thomas, 7- 137; S. A. Greenland, 7-142; H. A. Mark ham, 7-142; Pandit Ami Chandra, 8-16; Capt. J. L. Rawson, 8-145; Sister E.

McMillan, 8-145; W/C J. Bray, 8-145; Robt. Davidson, 8-145; Ratu E. Tuate, 8- 145; Ratu Kinijioji, 8-145; William G.

Garnett, 8-145; Mrs. C. B. Tilney, 8-145; Douglas Glayle, 8-145; Rev. Fr. Wilhelm Schmidt, 9-55; D. Quail, 9-132; W. J.

Roberts, 9-132; D. A. Rutherford, 9-132; J. J. Davis, 9-132; Tagaloa, 9-133; Rev.

Fr. P. Brady, 9-133; Mrs. Elsie Holland, 9-133; Mrs. Forrest-Sale, 9-133; D. Freyer, 9- Archdeacon S. R. Gill, 9-133; Sir Murchison Fletcher, 10-133; O. P. Blanden, 10- Maurice Leenhardt, 10-133; Loui Ting, 10-133; Madame Badot, 10-133; Mrs.

Polly Jones, 10-133; Albert Morris, 10-133; Vincent Ashley, 10-133; T. H. Terry, 10- 133; W. G. Chapman, 10-133; R. P. Frank, 10- A. P. Khunkhun, 10-134; Edward Grant, 10-134; John Andrews, 10-134; Mrs.

A. E. Pearce, 10-134; O. Bieri, 10-134; Charles Booth, 11-136; Sir Charles Rosen thal, 11-138; J. a’Costa, 11-138; Albert Paquier, 11-138; Georges Jerusalesmy, 11- 138; Colin Mclntosh, 11-138; A. V. Guy, 11- Thomas L. Sefton, 12-141; Arthur Joske, 12-141; T. P. Molloy, 12-141; Col.

F. W. Voelcker, 12-141; Sir Frederick Doidge, 12-141; Rev. J. F. Goldie, 12-142; Eric Weine, 12-142; Walter H. Lucas, 12- 142; E. P. Woods. 12-143; Mrs. Margaret Wright. 12-143; Brother David, 12-143; Capt. H. S. Collier, 12-143.

E

EASTER ISLAND.—B-81.

F FlJl.—Royal Visit, 1-5, 2-18, 4-15, 5-15, 6-12, 6-13, 8-98, 6-18, 6-19, 6-45. 6-133, 6- 6-151; Central Plateau Survey, 1-11, 3-30; Taxation. 1-13, 7-17, 10-26, 12-21; Lautoka Mayoral Squabble, 1-21; Leg.

Council Elections. 1-25, 2-16, 3-19; South Seas Hotel, 1-28, 5-17; Posts and Tele graph, 1-59; Firewalkers for Auckland, 1- 67; Broadcasting, 1-83, 1-99, 4-47, 9-33, 10- 11-16; Papeete’s Mayor incident, 1- 99, 3-61; Floods, 1-101; Fijians in Malaya, 1- 1-127, 2-16, 4-63; Manganese In dustry, 1-111, 2-110, 3-113, 12-121; Gold Industry, 2-19, 9-19; Co-operatives, 2-51; Literary, 2-54; Starlings, 2-69, 3-37, 8-125; Nukulau, 2-69; Labour Relations, 2-95; 5- 9. 6-45, 9-67; Exchange Rate, 2-97; Twin Calf Experiment, 2-98: Geological Survey, 2- Gatty Pishing Enterprise, 2-114, 8- 69; Population Problem, 3-9, 3-23, 3-117, 7- 7-19, 7-139, 8-36, 10-112, 12-93; Suva Now a City, 3-11, 4-57; Earthquake, 3-12, 3- 4-34. 4-56, 9-57; Sugar, 3-21, 6-19; Wharves, 3-34, 4-51, 5-16, 7-14, 9-65; Liquor Laws, 3-69, 11-115, 12-17; Indian Firewalkers, 3-85; Air Services, 3-86, 5- 120, 10-27; Fruit Case Sawmill, 3-96; Bananas, 3-111, 6-59, 7-113, 9-93, 10-131, 11- Button Industry, 3-116, 12-50; Fijian Communal System, 3-117, 9-109, 11- 95; Aerial Survey, 3-141, 9-61; Public Service Salaries, 3-145, 12-87; Indian Com missioner, 4-14, 6-11, 6-99, 7-134; Rabi Is., 4-17; Cession Day, 4-33; Currency, 4- 71; City Council Elections, 4-147, 5-15;

Indian Workmen Invited to New Cale donia, 5-16, 6-12, 6-53. 8-41; Budget, 5-30; Beach Hotel. 5-32, Rice Surplus, 5-43; Fijian Land. 5-47, 10-9. Hurricanes. 5-ll3; Director of Education Appointed. 5-116- Credit Unions. 5-117, 8-134. 9-93; Whales’

Teeth. 5-118; Fiji’s New Mayoral Chain, 5- Bravery Award to Indian, 5-132: Local Government. 5-139; Banking. 5-140, 9-17; Fijian Victim of NZ Rail Disaster. 6- Central Medical School, 6-59; Anti- TB Campaign, 6-87. 8-153, 10-96, 12-47; Cost of Living, 7-120; Footballers in Aus tralia, 8-21, 9-71, 10-15. 11-119, 12-41- Iron Deposits. 8-91: Levuka Man they Could Not Hang, 8-93; Vanua Levu Pine apple Experiment. 8-135; Tourism, 8-151, 9- 11-102; Soil Conservation. 8-152: Visas for Americans Waived. 9-33; Praise for CSR Farms. 9-42; Ami Chandra’s Death, 9-43, 10-67: Postal Delays. 9-56: Milk Waterers, 9-89, Savu Savu, 10-90; Copra, 10-93; Trade Balance, 10-101; Suva Building Projects, 11-49; Suva Slums, 11- 71: Red Prawns of Vutulele. 11-79; Hos pital Payment, 11-91; Ramakrishma Library, 11-150; Stick Beetle. 12-58; Nadi Chamber of Commerce. 12-58; Empire Games Representatives, 12-134.

H

HAWAII.—S-86, 6-121, 7-57, 7-93. 9-43,

10- HEALTH.—Malaria. 3-30. 4-107, 10-55, 11-14, 12-43; Leprosy. 5-113; Lectures in Ironical Medicine. 10-151: Coral Ulcers, 11-123; Yaws. 11-159.

M

MARSHALL. MARIANA AND CAROLINE

[S.—3-47. 5-61. 8-54. 8-87. 12-152.

MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES.—Bishop

4-73; S.D.A.. 4-145; Natives for Priesthood. 5-35. 6-155, 7-51: Bishop Ihomas Wade, 5-76; Misuse of Mission influence. 7-55; Bishop John Dieter, 7-142. 1-65. 11-29; Little Sisters of Jesus. 8-133: Swiss Evangelic Brotherhood. 9-134. Rt. 3ev. Adolnh Noser. 2-83; Rev. J. F.

Goldie. 2-90; Helena Goldie Hospital, 2-99; Bishop John Rogers of Tonga, 3-12, 8-65: 3amu River Mission. 3-35: Presbyterian D/seas. Mission, 3-70; Dr. C. E. Fox, 3-74; Alfred Thomas Hill Bishon of Melanesia, 1-147, 7-47, 8-65, 11-24; Bishon Vesters, 1-44: Cardinal Gilroy in NG. 11-15, 11-23; 3akobau’s Conversion. 11-143.

N

NAURU.—6-12. 6-18. 6-43. 7-16, 9-26. 10-

i 4. 12-16. 12-86. 12-148.

NEW CALEDONIA.—IOOth Anniversary, -15. 3-153: Brewery, 3-71; Proposed Air Service, 6-12. 7-17; History. 11-73: 3oat Base. 11-78: Motor Traffic, 12-75; lining, 12-75.

NEW GUINEA. DUTCH.—S-31, 7-62, 10-

.9. 11-155. 12-149.

NEW HEBRIDES.—History. 1-41; Ton kinese. 4-64; Santo. 4-79; BSI Talks. 6- .0. 7-20, 8-23, 9-53; Sail Fish, 7-58; Million Dollar Point Scrap, 8-102.

NIUE. —Murder of R.C , 2-15. 3-121 4- ;32, 5-38. 6-126. 7-56, 8-17, 11-121; New Appointment, 4-17. „ „ „

NORFOLK ISLAND.—I-30, 2-14. 2-50. 2-

06 4-119. 5-120. 6-12. 6-127. 7-16. 8-133. i-135, 10-67, 11-133, 12-74. o ne^’ G Afsn SA 2-?27 S ‘Ne P w Guinea Peters’

Assn., 2-131: New Guinea C üb, 2-131, New Guinea Memorial Scholarship Fund Old.), 3-82, 9-125: New Guinea Women s flub. Sydney. 3-83. 4-14. 5-113. 6 -20’ 6 - 63 - 0-127, 12-151; Polynesian Assn.. 1U

93, 12-128; Pacific Islands Society, 6-20. 9-151, 10-28; New Guinea Women’s Assn Melb., 6-20; BSIP Red Cross. 7-101• Guadalcanal Club. 8-41; Fiji Muslim League, 8-135; P-NG Branch of RSSAILA, 9-15; Port Moresby Aero Club, 12-122- Kone Club, 12-122; New Britain Women’s Club, 12-150; All Nations Club. 12-151.

P PACIFIC (GENERAL).—Volcanic Activity, I- Lack of Navigational Lights, 2-15; Round or Tapered Cans for Meat?, 2-17; Chinese Communities, 2-41; Fate of Ben Boyd, 2-107; Spearfishing, 3-30; Radio Transmissions, 3-71, 3-87, 4-61; Shell Money, 3-95; Native Telepathy, 4-55, 11- 83; Mutton Birds. 4-109; Coconut Pearls, 6-73, 11-77; Hurricanes, 6-129; Mana, 7-35; Sun-fish, 7-73, 9-51, 10-16, 11-77; NZ Governor-General to Visit Islands, 8-119, II- 12-19; Collecting Historical Data, 9- Auckland Islands, 9-51; Colonialism. 10- 11-38.

PALMYRA.—S-57.

PAPUA-NEW GUINEA.—OiI Search, 1-5,

1-103, 1-108, 2-16, 6-11, 7-111, 10-123, 10- 128, 11-13, 11-62, 12-121; Dutch-Australian Co-operation, 1-9; Rhinoceros Beetle Pest, 1-11, 4-100; Desiccated Coconut Industry, I- 2-17, 2-149, 4-155, 7-25, 12-55; Giant Snails, 1-13; Lae-Wau Road. 1-13, 6-66. 10-125; Memorial to H. Page & Son, 1-14; Trusteeship Council Visit, 1-16; Sheep Raising, 1-16, 4-143. 5-132, 12-149; Air Services 1-18, 2-16. 11-18; Status of Ad ministrator, 1-19, 5-27; Lawrence Wall Case. 1-27; Rice, 1-29, 2-39, 5-66, 9-58, II- Copra and Copra Stabilisation Fund. 1.33, 5-18, 5,20, 7-119, 8-15, 11-63: Banking. 1-34, 3-147, 4-31, 5-14, 5-41, 6- 33, 6-116; School of Pacific Administration, 1-36, 4-14. 10-123 Dr. Mead, 1-54; Native Labour. 1-55, 1-131, 1-143. 4-20, 6-149; Coast Watchers Memorial, 1-64, 3-85, 4- 50. 6-45, 8-123, 11-155; Samarai. 1-71; Mission Roadbuilding, 1-81; Hospitals, 1- 105, 11-105; Wau High School. 1-105: Native Co-operatives, 1-106, 2-63, 6-31; Development, 1-107, 10-85; War Scrap, 1- 12-49; Permits to Enter, 1-109; Ascent of Mt. Victoria, 1-128; Raluana Affair, 1-129, 5-139, 7-119. 8-33, 9-21, 10- 42, 12-139; Pidgin English, 1-135, 2-55, 7- 151, 10-47, 12-14; Highlands, 1-147, 2-110; Annexation of NG, 2-13; Taxation of P.S.

Pensions. 2-20; Queen Elizabeth Park.

Rabaul 2-27; Rabaul Building Block Allo cations. 2-34, 4-137; Mrs. Staunton’s Drift Voyage, 2-49; Coastal and Inter-island Shipping, 2-53, 4-106; Gold, 2-63, 3-41, 5- 127 9-17, 10-141, 11-39. 12-150: Broad casting. 2-91; Public Service Commissioner. 2- Wharves, 2-113, 5-130; DC’s Confer, 2-10; Employers’ Obligation for Fares, 3-12; Chinese Community, 3- Rabaul Oil Mill, 3-14; Govt. Grants, 3- Extension of Controlled Areas, 3-20. 6- 9-134, 12-129; Plywood Factory. 3- 28 3-90, 5-32, 7-17; Roads, 3-28. 4-135, 5-51 6-135 7-15; War Memorial Un veilings. 3-29. 4-18. 5-137. Assistant Ad ministratorship, 3-40, 6-18, 12-14 12-20 Town Advisory Councils. 3-69; Crayfish Tails 3-70" Sport. 3-101; Agricultural Shows. 3-105. P 6-33, Titles to Mining Claims. 3-119; Housing Loans 3 -!20.

ApHal Survey 3-141; Peanuts. 3-149, 5-bt>. *45 ».,29 10-137. 11-134: Telefomln Murders 4-14, 5-21. 5-77, 7-131, 8-17.

Trout, 4-31, 10-45; South Pacific Brewery 4- 8-37. 11-70; Water Supply 4-49.

Trade 4-51; Rubber Industry. 4 * 69 - 5 ‘ 53 ' 7- 10-29. 12-15: Trans-Busu Timber Tpase 4-74 7-131; Archbold Expedition, 4-93 5-114; Ascent of Mt. Wilhelm. 4-130; Public Works. 4-109: Secondary Education Grants, 4-110; Registration of Aliens. 4- 154 6-32; Queen’s Visit Delegations 5- ’c io 7.16 7-142. 8-18, 8-51, 9-16, 9-17; p-NG Budget, 5-29: Village Council to Pay. 5-33; Legislative Ccl„ 5-39. 5-45. 9

21. 11-31. 11-75, 11-131, 12-16. 12-39: Land and Land Policy, 5-49, 6-122, 10-18. 10-117, 10-123. 11-21; Public Service. 5-59. 7-26, 8-23; Historical Society, 5-129; ALP Investigation. 5-133; Native Education. 5- 141, 6-9. 6-132, 7-18, 8-117, 9-149: Fall of Rabaul Anniversary, 6-12, 7-14; Statistical Officer. 6-25; Kenaf Fibre, 6-29, 8-21, 8-28, 9- 9-37; Police Officers Perjury Charge. 6- 7-131; Hasluck Policy for Field Officers, 6-116; Cocoa, 7-70, 8-15, 11-16, 12-132; Wau Holiday Cottages, 7-124; Lonely Graves, 7-145; Lae Hotel, 8-15: Sydney-Samarai Radio Phone, 8-15; Minj Malaria School, 8-27; Promecotheca, 8- 120, 11-30; Waste Alleged at Manus, 9-16; War Scrap Profits Not Taxable, 9-17; Murray Rd„ 9-54; Cattle Raising, 9-136. 10- “Murray Policy”. 9-145; Rebuilding Rabaul, 10-9, 11-126; Director of Posts and Telegraphs, 10-31; Coronation Trust Fund. 10-95; Bride Price, 10-97; Liquor Laws, 10-115. 12-17: Cuthberts’ Misima Creditors, 10-147; Rouna Falls Hydro Scheme, 11-20; Local Government, 11-25; Cutch Industry, 11-34; Loyal Service Medals, 11-35; Publicity in Australia, 11- 93; Timber Industry, 11-118; Passionfruit Industry. 11-119; Rafferty Film Unit, 11- 121; Mt. Langlia, 11-125; Tea Factory, 11- 147; Town Noise, 12-20; Markham Pt.

Bridge. 12-99; Rabaul Water Supply. 12- 120; Ascent of Mt. Michael. 12-125: Native Drowning Fatalities, 12-127; Coffee. 12- 133; Sir H. Murray Memorial. 12-150,

PEARLING AND FISHING.—I-19, l-115 r

3-42, 3-49, 3-118, 4-53. 4-59 5-113, 6-93, 7- 7-31, 7-100, 8-15, 9-27. 9-117, 10-69, 11-

PERSONALITIES.—J. M. Joyes. 1-70; E.

W. Darling, 1-75, 4-78; Mother Agnes. 1-85.

Sir Alport Barker, 1-95; Sir Edward Hall strom, 2-14; Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Kinney, 2-71; Norman C. Sandford, 2-76; S. Elliott - Smith, 4-38; Sir Henry Scott. 4-109: A.

A. Roberts. 5-43; Ratu Edward Cakobau. 5- R. R. Hibbert, GM, 5-116: T. P.

Drury. 5-116; G. R. Powles, CMG, 6-26, Dr. J. Gunther, OBE, 6-26; Capt. R. Mc- Nicoll, OBE, 6-26; Mr. J. H. Luxford, CMG. 6-26; Mr. Harvey Turner, CBE, 6- Mr. Paul J. Hintz, MBE. 6-27, Sir Robert Stanley, 6-143; Dr. C. J. Austin, OBE. 6-143; G. K. Roth, OBE, 6-143; Miss H. M. Cleaver, MBE, 6-143. Josaia Navoka. 6- Mrs. Lily Warren, MBE, 6-143: Sir John Rankine, KCMG. 7-14; C. E. Leem bruggen, 7-14; Ho Man, 7-74; Dr. J.

Mclnerney, 7-115; Capt. F. J. Williams, 7- C. B. Dupertuls, 8-78; V. Fryer, 8- Mrs. Ruth Kempthorne, 9-29; Major D. G. Kennedy, 9-35; K. H. D. Hay. 9-74: William Alister Macdonald 9-79: Com mander Eric Feldt, 10-17; H. R. Wahlen. 10- Alfred Poroi, 10-54, Drummond Thomson, 10-73; Diane Cilento, 10-74: H.

S. Newton. 11-30; J. K. McCarthy, 11-33; J. R. Foldi, 11-33; R. E. Vernon. 11-61: Bro. Gautier. 11-67; T. Elkington. 11-83; R. V. Robertson. 11-85, Matron J. Hanlon. 11- F. C. Exon, OBE, 12-15; Mrs. J. M.

Jardine, MBE. 12-15; G. R. Wilson. MBE. 12- Supt. H. Halstead. 12-15: Ratu Epeli Vakalalabure, 12-15; Youwiga. 12-78 Simogun, 12-78.

PITCAIRN IS.—l-102, 5-15: 7-147

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2-29 2-43. 10-61; Fiji. 1-38, 2-51. 4-14 d. 9- Tonga. 1-39. 8-53; New Guinea. 4- 100, 9-34: Micronesia, 4-102 S SAMOA. EASTERN. -Governors. 1-85. 2- 86, 3-11, 5-21: Swain’s Island. 2-43. 4 8-71. 12-82; Radio and Broadcasting. 3*l. 6- Cannery and Tuna J^ ing . n 7- 8-67, 9-62. 9-143. 10-20, Antl-TO Campaign. 6-18; Trainee Nurses for US.

■7-55; Veteran Nurses, 8-73; Visit of Governor of N. Caledonia, 11-17; US Navy Recruitment. 11-127.

SAMOA. WESTERN.—Coronation Awards, I- Bananas. 1-86. 7-113: Shipping Service, 3-16, 6-43; Queen’s Visit Dele gation, 3-49, 5-15, 6-119, 7-30; Labour Unions and Arbitration, 3-52; Hotel Accommodation, 3-65; Liquor Law r s, 4-19, 6-58; Legislative Assembly, 4-67, 11-18; Education, 4-75: University Survey, 4-99, 5- Landing Jetty, 4-101; Local Govern jnent, 4-118; Self- Government, 5-99, 6- 117, 11-117; Currency and Exchange, 5- 131, 6-114; Preferential Tariff, 5-135, 7-15, 8-39, 9-15, 10-17; ‘‘Return to Paradise”, 6- Criticism by R. Raven-Hart, 6-48: Cocoa, 6-118. 7-35, 8-119, 11-16, 12-94; Road Accidents, 6-139, 10-28: Snakes, 7- 82; Hurricane, 7-142; Electricity Supply, 8- Hurricane of 1889, 8-140; Prosperity, 9- Fishing Industry, 9-147; Matai System, 10-19: Tahiti’s Governor ‘lgnored”, 10-122, 12-144; French Consul, II-

SHIPS AND SHIPPING.—Tiare, 1-117;

Maui Pomare, 1-117, 3-127, 8-71, 9-95, 10- 20; Tagimaucia, 1-117, 2-115; Nukalau, 1- 117, 3-134, 4-125, 6-109. 7-109, 9-95. 9-99, 12-107: Ada (Vasu), 1-118, 3-134, 5-103, 7- 110; Rannah, 1-118, 2-118, 4-103. 6-109: John Williams VI. 1-119, 7-108; Purau, 1-119; Manua Tele, 1-119; Moqueuse, 1- 120; Kia Kia, 1-130, 3-126. 3-134, 8-109; Mifofua, 1-121, 12-110; Yatu Lau, 1-121; Kurimarau, 1-121, 2-118. 3-129, 4-121, 5- 11. 7-108: Scot, 1-122: Monique, 1-122, 2- 141, 3-12, 6-109, 12-105; Peer Gynt, 1-112; Bounty, 1-123, 2-124, 3-137, 5-109; Sun dance, 1-123, 2-126. 3-139: Philante 11, 1-125. 9-106: Te Rapunga, 1-123, 6-111, 7- 111: Skyline, 1-125, 3-137. 4-126, 5-108. 12-119: Viking, 1-125; Sobrina. 1-126; Wanderer 111, 1-126. 2-124, 3-137, 4-127, 5-109. 12-119; Wakaya, 1-126, 2-125. 3-137- Purple Sea, 1-126, 3-139. 5-109; Mariposa’. 1- Alsirat, 2-37; Te Matapula, 2-116, 3- Miena, 2-116, 7-104; Altair, 2-117; Tui Kauvaro, 2-117; Margery, 2-117; Matai, 2-118; Lautoka, 2-118; Manuriki, 2- Corsair, 2-121; Makogai, 2-122- Inspire, 2-122, 7-108, 11-98; Benecia, 2- 122: Cariad I, 2-123, 3-139, 6-111, 11-101, 12-115; Leda, 2-124; Arthur Rogers, 2-124 3- 5-109, 9-105, 12-115; Pleiades, 2-124, 8- Ramona, 2-125: Viking, 2-125- Waltzing Matilda. 2-127; Moonraker, 2- 127, 5-109, 12-116; Ghost, 2-127, 3-139 4- 127; Wanderer 11, 2-127, 3-139; Tern II 2-127. 3-139, 4-127, 5-107. 8-114, 10-137-’

Beyond, 2-127, 3-139, 4-129, 8-115, 12-116- White Squall, 2-127, 3-137; Taurangi, 2- 127, 3-137, 4-127, 12-116; Tropic Seas, 2- 127, 4-131; Cheng-Ho. 3-97; Yanawai 3- 126: Raft Voyage, 3-126; Tumuhau. 3-129; Fetu-Ao, 3-129; Manua Tele, 3-131- Vuniwai, 3-130: Cagi-Mai-Ra, 3-130; Ranui. 3-134: Kona, 3-137, 5-104, 7-113, 11- Dwyn Wen. 3-137, 5-105; Ladv Stirling, 3-137, 5-105, 8-105, 9-105; Blue Water, 3-139; Sydney-Noumea Race, 3-139- Mariner, 3-139. 5-108, 7-113, 9-107' Novia B ' ll4 ’ 10-144; Temptress, 3- 3 :,^ 4 - 31 , 5-104; Stanley Angwin, 4- 5-103, 6-102; Matai, 4-123; Southern 9 r . 0 0 s , s Y, 111 ’ 4-123; Venus, 4-123; Humber, 4- Foremost 11, 4-123; Alemeda, 4-125- Tamani Tahiti, 4-125; Koitaki Numu, 4- 126: Stortebecker 111, 4-126, 6-110 8-114 12- 12-119; Little Bear, 4-126,’ 5-109-’

New Silver Gull, 4-126; Silhouette II 4- 5 ' 108: Anna Elizabeth, 4-127, 5-108. 9- 10-146; Venturer, 4-127, 7-113- Leda, 4-127, 5-105, 8-114; Flamingo. 4-127- Trans-Tasman Race, 4-129; Ho Ho II 4I H l ' ml 07; Blue Wa ter, 4-131: Matua! 5- 70. Tofua, 5-70; Karamu, 5-70; Non magnetic HI, 5-101: Princess Waimai, 5- 101 Manmo, 5-104; Moonbeam, 5-104- Idaha 5-104, 12-113; Flamingo, 5-105, 7- 112, 8-115: Gemini, 5-107, 12-119- La Corrigan, 5-107; Aries. 5-107, 12-116- Fitheach Ban, 5-107, 8-115; Beatrix, 5I

107, 7-112; 8-115; Miru, 5-107; Yankee, 5- 9-107. 11-51, 12-117; Mandalay, 5- 108, 10-145; Mistress, 5-108; Tovata, 5-108; Pampero, 5-109, 7-110, 8-115, 10-144; California, 5-109; Nellie Brush, 5-109, 6- 111; Trans-Tasman Race, 5-128; Wongala, 6- 7-105; New Guinea Australia Line, 6- 19, 11-15; Orient Line in Pacific, 6-20, 7- 15, 8-17, 10-37; New Guinea Govt. Shipping Line, 6-44, 6-103, 10-15; Gaualofa, 6-101. 8-111: Le Phoque (Adi Keva), 6-101. 7- 107, 11-97; GEIC Shipping, 6-102, 6-105: Santa Teretia, 6-105; Nareau, 6-105; Navua, 6-106; Moutuana, 6-109; Coongoola, 6-111, 7-113; Xarifa, 6-110, 11-99; Imatra, 6-110, 9-105: Calypso, 6-110, 8-114; Chela, 6- Landfall 11. 6-111, 11-99; Talei, 6- 111; Gesture, 6-111, 7-112; Tonga for Tonka), 6-111; Naitamba, 6-111, 7-111, 12-117; Kereru, 6-113, 7-113, 8-115; Aus tralian Oriental Line, 7-14; Polurrian, 7-38, 10- Ninisa, 7-104; Hokitika, 7-105; Sprightly, 7-104; Vega. 7-107; Ai Sukula, 7- 8-106; Oliver Mao, 7-107, 8-106; Komaiwai, 7-107; Tuvalu, 7-107; Tungaru, 7-107: Tohu-Bohu, 7-111; Kaimiloa, 7-111; Viator, 7-112; Search, 7-113; Viking Ohoy, 7-113; Lahara. 7-113; Colorado Dal Mar, 7- Jacques Dal Mar, 7-135, 12-109; Madonna, 8-103; Adi Maopa. 8-105; Chum, 8-105; Myrtle, 8-109; Mariposa (Homeric), 8-109: Southern Cross VIII, 8- 12-111: C-Gull, 8-110; Pearlin, 8- 110, 9-98: A’oniu. 8-110, 12-110; Wind jammer, 8-113; Atom, 8-113; Seven Seas IT. 8-114: Primavera. 8-115, 12-115; Mahurangi, 8-149, 9-99; Royal Interocean Lines 9-21: van Kinsbergen. 9-95; Maria Del Mar, 9-96: Airco, 9-96, 10-142; Naruta, 9- Calmar, 9-104; Tahitien. 9-105: Tungaru, 9-105; Les 4 Vents, 9-105, 10-146, 11- Onrust. 9-105; ladybird 9-105. 12- 116: Seven Seas. 9-107; Nordlys, 9-108; Tahiti, 9-108: Matson Co.. 10-31; Meklong, 10- Kalaua. 10-135; Santa Teretia 11. 10-143; Tina Two. 10-144; Polynesie. 10- 144: Neo Hebridais, 10-145; White Hart, 10- Pagan, 10-144: Rorengana, 10-144: Charles H. Gilbert. 11-97. 12-106; Channel Star, 11-47: Chiquita, 11-99: Vania, 11-99: Feaoua, 11-99: Rakoa, 11-101. 12-117; Felicity Ann, 11-101; P. & O. Cruise. 12- 17; Malua, 12-55: Ralun. 12-103; Marv Winkleman. 12-103; El Retiro. 12-103- Seven Little Brothers, 12-105; Photos of Old USS Co. Ships, 12-105; Laurabada. 12- 106: Kulu, 12-107: Katika, 12-107; Lucy Star, 12-109: Shell 52, 12-110; Eastern Glory. 12-110; Bombard, 12-110; Orahena, 12- Metomkin, 12-112; Romace. 12- 112; Solace. 12-115; Mareva, 12-117; Gloria Dalton, 12-117; Serva la Bari, 12-117; Gemini. 2-119.

SOLOMON ISLANDS.—See W.P.H.C.

Territories.

SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION. 1-57,

2-109, 3-148, 4-113, 5-34, 10-109, 10-147, 11- 12-153.

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T TAHITI (including French Oceania).— New Secretary-General, 1-97; Hotel Les Tropiques, 1-99; Governor Petitbon, 2-71, 7- 8-147; Mountaineering, 4-33, 10-79; Nordman Hotel, 4-35; Political Develop ment, 4-159; Films, 5-123; British Consul ate, 5-136; Old Buildings Condemned, 6- 116; Sultan and Concubines, 7-15. 8-80. 8- Powell Case, 8-55; Tourist Bureau, 8-150: Makatea, 9-75, 11-35; Legality of Vivish Marriage, 10-139; Barnes Damage Claim, 11-39, 12-17; Chinese Community, 12- TONGA.—Queen Salote, 1-19, 2-151, 3- 35, 4-20, 10-70; General, 1-37, 9-77; Falcon Is., 1-72; Royal Visit, 2-18, 3-11, 3-67. 4-14, 4-15, 6-12, 6-13, 6-17, 6-18; Military Training, 2-21: Scouting, 3-103; Whaling, 4-101; Kitione Lave, 4-119, 6-98, 8-139, 9-

83, 10-27; Kauffmann, 5-73; Dynamite Ex plosion, 5-114; Answer to Criticism, 6-49, 9-55; New Judge, 7-15; Vanilla Culture, 8-49; Trade 70 Years Ago, 8-62; New British Consul, 8-142; Shirley Baker, 10- 148; Tongan Girls Dance in London, 11- 122; Tuna Fishing, 11-151; Nukualofa Hotel, 12-51; Parliament, 12-90.

TRADING, PLANTING AND BUSINESS

FlRMS.—Nelson & Robertson, Ltd., 2-15; Steamships Trading Co., 3-148; W. R.

Carpenter (Fiji), Ltd., 5-18; Etablissements Donald, Tahiti, 5-35; Loloma Gold Mines, 5-114; Colyer Watson (NG), Ltd., 6-29; New Guinea Goldfields, Ltd., 8-75; Burns Philp (SS), Ltd., 10-54; Burns Philp & Co.. Ltd., 11-141; G. G. Smith & Co., 11- 149: Morris Hedstrom, Ltd., 12-136.

TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL.—I-16, 9-143.

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MISSION TERRITORIES.—Shipping, 1-14;

Indian Migration to BSI, 1-21; Honiara Power-Plant, 1-24; Native Agriculture (BSIP), 1-35; New School for Tarawa, 1- 87: Overpopulation on Tikopia, 3-11; Rice Rationing in BSI, 3-64; BSI Bird Life. 3- •124: Tax Challenge Appeal, 4-25; War Scrap, 4-43: Landing Bond, 4-49; Broad casting, 4-62, 12-59; Wm. Reiher of the Gilberts, 4-81; Jap. Reparations to BSIP, 5-20, 6-57, 12-46; Budget for BSI, 5-31; Bomb Disposal in BSI. 6-67; G. & E.

Colony (General), 6-99; BSIP Native Councils. 6-115; Vanikoro, 6-136, 7-61, 12- 148; BSI Advisory Council, 6-143, 7-14; Pelope Shoal, 7-56; BSI Economy, 7-114, 8-129: Gilbertese Population, 7-141; •Marching Rule” in BSIP, 8-59; Destruc tion of Segi, 8-82; No Representatives See Queen, 8-119; Troubles of G. & E. Ad ministration, 9-138; High Commissioner’s Visit to G. & E„ 11-21.

Queen Salote opened the 1954 sesison of Tongan Legislative As sembly at Nukualofa, on June 24.

T Mrs. H. J. Sabben left Suva at the end of May for the United States, where she will be joined by Mr. Sabben, on their way to British Honduras, where Mr. Sabben has been appointed Collector of Cus toms. Mr. Sabben has been in the Customs Department in Fiji since 1936.

The Pre-School Advisory Board of Papua-New Guinea held its inaugural meeting in Port Moresby on June 21. It has completed arrangements for the consolidation and extension of pre-school work in the Territory. Mrs. D. M. Cleland is chairman, and other members are Dr. J. J. B. Refshauge, Miss B. A. McLachlan (deputy Miss J.

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(and it's specially built for Export) As smart as those in leading Australian City stores, and built by a firm that has been making fine store and office fittings for over forty years.

Moreover, it is specially built for export, so that it can be readily securely packed, and assembled by anyone, from simple directions, in an hour, with no tools other than a screwdriver. Retailers all over the world have learned the selling value of modern display equipment, and this “silent salesman” will soon pay for itself in increased sales.

BRAY & HOLLIDAY

PTY. LTD.

Makers of Fine Store and Office Fittings for over forty years.

Brahol House, 66-74 McLachlan Ave.,

Rushcufter Bay, Sydney.

Telephone: FA 4121 Cable and Telegraphic Address: Brahol

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Dancar, Gedye & Malloch Ltd.

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IRRIGATION

EQUIPMENT

LESS WORK-LESS WATER

LARGER CROPS

With AMES A.8.C.-coupled aluminium pipe your lines are set up in a matter of minutes. Push, click, the pipe is coupled, then automatically locked and sealed by water pressure. Ah easy, twisting pull and it's apart. No locks, hooks or gadgets. Saves hours of time and labour.

Make the most of your water with an

AMES

IRRIGATION SYSTEM

Tailored to your needs by

Dancar, Gedye & Malloch Ltd.

10-14 Young Street, Circular Quay, Sydney p.O. Box 509, Phone BU 5095.

Telgrams “DANGARS” Sydney 0D35/2.

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Morris Hedstrom Limited

General Merchants, Importers and Exporters,

Shipowners, Plantation Owners,

Commission and Insurance Agents

HEAD OFFICE

SUVA, FIJI

Established 1868

SERVICE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

TERRITORIES

THROUGH our Large Establishments in Suva and our Numerous Branches, we distribute a wide and comprehensive range of General Merchandise and provide almost every kind of service. Our departments and associated businesses include:

DRAPERY TIMBER AND HARDWARE

MOTOR SALES BUILDING ELECTRICAL

AND SERVICE GROCERY LIQUORS

TOBACCO CONFECTIONERY DRUGS

branches Throughout Fiji, Samoa and Tonga

There is a Branch or Agent of Morris Hedstrom Limited in every Town in the Three Territories. We are Sole Agents in these Territories for British Drug Houses Ltd.

"Chula" Copra Dryers.

Electrolux Ltd.

Ford Motor Co.

General Electric Co. Ltd.

Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co.

B. A. Hjorth & Co. (Primus Products).

Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd.

International Harvester Export Co.

Matson Navigation Company.

Max Factor and Co. Inc.

Pacific Islands Transport Line.

Ransomes, Sims Gr Jefferies Ltd.

Vacuum Oil Co. Pty. Ltd.

Yorkshire Copper Works Ltd.

Morris Hedstrom Limited are LLOYD'S AGENTS in Fiji and Samoa.

IN AUSTRALIA:

Morris Hedstrom Limited,

(Incorporated in FIJI.) Asbestos House, 65 York Street, SYDNEY

IN GREAT BRITAIN:

Morris Hedstrom Limited,

Barclay's Bonk Buildings, 73 Cheapside, LONDON, E.C.2

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PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLT-JDLY, 1954

P jV/TERCHANTS, Accoun-

p tants, Secretaries, Bankers and Business Managers ... all hold responsible positions with commensurate salaries.

You, too, can enhance your prospects in the ever-expanding commercial field, which yields abundant returns to those with adequate qualifications. Since 1897, the Hemingway Robertson Institute has been preparing ambitious men and women for all business positions, from junior to senior executive.

Our tuition is practical authoritative up-to-date

time-saving . . . and certain

in Its successful results. it Fill in and post coupon below further information and literature will he sent free.

H.R.I. Career

Training Covers:

Accountancy and Commerce- Accountancy. Secretaryship Oort Accountancy Bankers’ Institute Exams.

Insurance Examinations Local Government Exams.

Bookkeeping (all grades) Effective Correspondence Psychology Industrial Psychology Economics, Money & Exchange All Business Subjects Distribution- Selling and Sales Management Marketing and Advertising Retail Practice and Selling Wholesale Softgoods Selling Ticket and Showcard Writing Hardware Distributors’ Course Business Admlnstratlon— Business Administration Merchandising Management Foremanshlpand Industrial Man’g’t Under H.R.I.

You Make No Experiment I .Yarns Address Interested in.. .Age..

Hemingway llobertson

Institute

ruxl>< and b» Hwwegw, S USJ Accountants ■ . . Professional Tutors

• 126 BANK HOUSE,

H BANK PLACE, MELBOURNE

SjL Offices in all Capital Cities, jy Newcastle and lAiunoeston.

Spjsbo

quiries are Invited from

STOREKEEPERS AND TRADERS

A. B. O'Doherty

151 GEORGE STREET, SYDNEY.

BW 4296 BW 4296

Wholesale Distributor for Fishing Tackle, indoor Games.

Spear Fishing Gear.

Sea Toys.

Fish & Prawn Nets, Sporting Goods.

Swim Flippers.

Rifles & Guns.

ASK FOR OUR PRICE LIST AND CATALOGUE Bankers: Bank of N.S.W., Drummoyne.

/•uce u

SPJSBO

&oui* '/fait*

SPRUSO LIQUID, SPRUSO LIQUIDSHEEN, and SPRUSO

CRYSTALLISED SHEEN.

SPRUSO is the best selling Hairdressing in Australia TRADERS • write for samples.

RUSO COMPANY. Redfern, New South Wales, Australia

TREATMENT FOR

First Used by Medical Superintendent

of One of Australia's Largest Hospitals

T HE patient should at once go to bed, and stay there for at least four days after temperature and symptoms have subsided, otherwise the disease may be complicated by pneumonia setting in.

Isolation should be practised as much as possible in order to avoid risk of Infection to others.

The patient should be carefully fed and nursed. The diet should consist of milk and milk puddings, and bread and butter, with frequent cooling drinks. The bowels should be opened at once by a saline aperient—preferably salts, or seidlitz powder. A warm bath is helpful in relieving the pains, but the patient should at once return tc a warmed bed and be given a hot lemon drink. To reduce the fever and relieve the pains and headache, and shorten the course of the disease, the most effective treatment is provided by genuine Vincent’s a.p.c. One Vincent’s a.p.c Powder or two Tablets taken every four hours, according to directions, will produce marked relief, and will lessen the virulence of the attack.

Genuine Vincent’s a.p.c is the most efficacious of all medicinal treatments in dealing with an attack of Influenza.

How to Relieve

SORE THROAT!

One Vincent’s a.p.c Powder or two Tablets (crushed) mixed with i glass warm water makes an excellent gargle for the effective treatment of Sore Throat. Gargle frequently.

A

PROVED FOR OVER

30 YEARS!

The medical profession has had confidence in Vincent’s a.p.c for over 30 years ! Get Vincent’s to-day and get quick relief from the very first dose! Vincent’s is the best that science can produce!

VINCENT’S A R C

POWDERS AND TABLETS

N.B/2.8

Doctors

Prove

Palmolive

Can Bring You

IBS

W

in 14 Days

You

too

LOOK

COMPLEXION

THESE

FOR

DAYS

14

IMPROVEMENTS

Fresher, brighter complexion!

Less oiliness!

Added softness and smoothness!

Fewer tiny blemishes and incipient blackheads!

Complexion clearer, more radiant!

THIS IS ALL YOU DO!

Wash your face with Palmolive soap. Then for 60 seconds massage your clean face with Palmolive’s soft lovely lather. Rinse!

Do this twice a day for 14 days. This cleansing massage will bring your skin Palmolive’s beautifying effect.

PALMOLIVE.

BY FAR THE BIGGEST

SELLING TOILET SOAP IN AUSTRALIA

MANAGER FOR BANANA SHIPPING BUSINESS IN FIJI A Manager is required for a Fiji banana exporting business. Duties will include organising the purchasing, packing, river and coastal transport of bananas to Suva and supervision of Company’s launch and punts. Duties to commence in Suva end of September. Good remuneration offered to the right man and passage paid to Fiji.

Good character essential.

Apply in writing only in the first instance, stating full details of experience, age, whether married or single, with recommendations and credentials, etc., to: “Fiji Position”, C/- Turner & Growers Ltd., P.O. Box 56, Auckland, New Zealand.

All applications will be treated as strictly confidential.

Hytest Axes

Keep Your

Island Sawmills

i

Humming!

Wherever there’s timber to be cut, there’s a growing demand for Hytest and Fern Axes.

Hytest Green Axes (31, 4 lb. Heads, 32-inch American Hickory Handles) are proving particularly valuable in big timber stands. Timber gangs find “Fern Economy-Finish Axes, Red and Bright Three-Quarter Axes, and Tomahawks equally indispensable.

Your local merchants and traders distribute Hytest Axes and Tools. Or you can obtain an illustrated list of all Hytest products by writing to: —

Hytest Axe 6l Tool Pty. Ltd.

Collins Street, Alexandria, N.S.W., Australia

BARKER COLLEGE

HORNSBY (N.S.W.)

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY

Church of England Owing to extensive building operations, it is now possible to accommodate more Boarders in 1955 and

subsequent years.

Early application is essential.

Prospectus from W. S. Leslie, M.A., Headmaster.

pBVILS

DRUGS

ocT ORS >r Ml a rs !

PRACTICAL MEDICAL BOOKS

PARENTS ONLY, by Nicholas Gillett. — A charming recipe for growing up happily with your child giving in a series of informal letters, practical advice and help in understanding its growing needs from year to year up to and including 11 years. 5/6 (post 5d.) RELEASE FROM NERVOUS TENSION, by David Harold Fink.— A famous practising neuro-psychiatrist has here developed a new method for ending nervousness and emotional conflict. By his system of relaxation, nervous tension disappears, helping to build a sound basis for mental and physical health. A wise and friendly guide. 12/- (post 7d.) DEVILS, DRUGS & DOCTORS, by Howard W. Haggard, M.D.— The fascinating history of the science of healing from medicine man to modern doctor garnered from a wealth of authentic material. It’s a thrilling story, and a vivid picture of personalities and ideas in the evolution of modern medicine.

Illustrated. 25/- (post 1/1) CHILDBIRTH WITHOUT FEAR, by Grantly Dick Read, M.A., M.D., the famous exponent of the theory of natural childbirth. This is a book for all potential mothers, invaluable both as a practical manual of preparation and a source of reassurance and hope. It gives simple detailed instructions on the technique of relaxation and the prevention of fear during pregnancy.

Contains 6 plates and tables of exercises, relaxation and diet. 17/6 (post 9d.)

ANGUS & ROBERTSON LTD.

89-95 CASTLEREAGH ST. SYDNEY.

66-68 ELIZABETH ST. MELBOURNE, C.l.

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PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY - J U L Y , 1954

Mackay Kerry Pty. Ltd.

QUEENSLAND

INSURANCE

CO. LTD.

(Incorporated 1886 In Australia).

Assets Exceed £7,000,000 Head Office:

QUEENSLAND INSURANCE

BUILDING, 80-82 PITT STREET,

SYDNEY.

Specialists in South Sea Fire, Marine & Accident Insurances Apply to:— FlJl.—Branch Office; J. F. Drury, Manager.

Burns Philp (South Sea) Co. Ltd.

VlLA.—Bums Philp (N.H.) Ltd.

Comptoirs Prancais Des Nouvelles Hebrides.

NOUMEA.—L. &. W. Johnston.

NEW GUlNEA.—Manager of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, W. A. Anderson.

Resident officer at Lae, B. Bembrick.

PORT MORESBY—SAMARAI—LAE

—MADANG—KAVIENG—RABAUL.

Burns Philp (New Guinea) Ltd.

PAGO PAGO

Burns Philp (South Sea) Co. Ltd.

G. H. C. Reid & Co.

OTHER SOUTH SEA ISLANDS

Burns Philp (South Sea) Co. Ltd.

Also to any of the Company’s Offices in Australia or N.Z.

Let Us Bring

"City Liv

to Your

Island Home ...

Whatever you want, wherever you are, Mackay Kerry’s Buying Service can supply you with all the goods and services to make “City Living” a reality on your Plantation Home. Send us an order for your requirements now!

MACKAY KERRY PTY. LTD.

Island Traders, Merchants and Shipping Agents

215 CLARENCE STREET, SYDNEY, N.S.W.

Cables: “Marnikay”, Sydney.

Our Papua-New Guinea Branch (Mr. Ralph Albrecht, Manager), Lae. N.G., is at your service.

For highest returns from your Islands Produce, consign all your Cocoa, Coffee, Peanuts, Shell, etc., to Mackay Kerry (our shipping mark: M/K)

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THE MIGHTY NEW OC-18

EASIEST OPERATING BIG TRACTOR IN THE FIELD! 0 ,LIVER had the owner, the operator, the mechanic all in mind in designing the BIG new “OC-18”.

Operators like the Air Steering, Quick Starting, Over-Centre Clutch, Friction Throttle all features that make for easv operating.

Mechanics like the “OC-18" because it’s easy to service adjustments can be made quickly, simply.

Owners like the “OC-18”, because it stays on the job longer. There’s less “down-time” more working time, bigger profits. ull 133 Drawbar HP The Oliver “OC-18” pulls 31,030 lbs. in Ist. gear. Combine this Dig NEW Oliver tractor with specially tw ßntstand Equipment: Bulldozers, Trailbmlders, Rooters, Scrapers, Logging Winches, Power Control Units. They’re to- 3 S , best value "for-money in earthmoving and logging. See your Oliver Distributor Two of The OC-18's Many Fine Features an Air steering is standard equipment. You con steer the "OC-18” with just twe fingers of one hand.

Over-center clutch hand-operated leve runs full width of dashboard, can hi reached from any position, even Hu fenders.

OLIVER

AUTHORIZED

CRAWLER TRACTORS AND EQUIPMENT

WHEEL TRACTORS. FARM MACHINERY

Distributors: NEW lJri.H^ EA: rr N f W Guinea Company Ltd.. Rabaul, Lae Bsi - w o g ' I 1 ® 71611 ®: p ort Moresby: Island Products Ltc ’ * Tulagi Carpenter & Co - (Solomon Islands) Pty., Ltd NEW C C ar“nto N & : co! SSI"* 7 & °°' <agentS W- E FRENCH OCEANIA: Magasin Roy. Papeete, Tahiti.

Day-Old Chicks

l;

■ HATCWV

=r ■ WICKS ==

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A WMIOI

0» QUALITY

Crossbreeds Rhode Is. Reds Blk. Australorps White Leghorns 25 All £3 19/6

4IuV>IIK LL S famous

DAY-OLD CHICKS

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the ideal birds for the Tropics.

We can supply CROSSBREEDS, RHODE ISLAND REDS, BLACK AUSTRALORPS and WHITE LEGHORNS, packed in special boxes for air travel, at the following prices; Pullets Cockerels d T 7 100 25 50 100 25 50

„,s. «. s. mif ill ““

100 All £7/15/- Prices are plus the actual Airfreight Charge - Packing and Boxes are FREE.

All our stock are guaranteed Blood-Tested -. a Government Health Certificate Ml our stock are gua accompanies each consignment.

SEND US YOUR ORDER TO-DAY—We specialise in Island Orders and give Efficient Service and Prompt Attention to your

GAMBLE'S CHICK II ATI HE 111

4« PARRAMATTA RD., SYDNEY. HJW.

UJ49W Banke^Ba“ C o£ B New Soulh Wales. Strathfleld.

CADBURY’S

BOURNVILLE COCOA

STAYS FRESH

especially packed for tropical conditions

Cadbury’s BournviUe Cocoa is packed in hermetically sealed half-pound tins, incorporating a convenient lever lid. Replaced straight after using, the air-tight lid keeps Cadbury’s BournviUe Cocoa fresh to the

last spoonful.

FOR

REPLACEABLE

LID

Cadbury’s BournviUe Cocoa is the most economical food drink you buy, with 120 cups of delicious cocoa from every pound. It’s more than just a beverage ; Cadbury’s BournviUe Cocoa is a sustaining food drink, choc-full of nourishment. Cocoa is delicious hot or as an iced drink , and is equally flavoursome made with fresh or powdered milk.

COOKING

Cadbury s BournviUe Cocoa forms the basis tor all successful chocolate cookery. You can be sure all your recipes have a real chocolaty avour and an appetising colour and aroma that is hard to resist.

Wholesale supplies may he obtained from

CADBURY-FRY-PASCALL PTY. LTD.

212-218 YORK STREET NORTH SYDNEY

An orc^er placed with your usual buying agent will receive our prompt attention 4

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NET

829/FP

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BETTER PICTURES...

with the FLEXARET NIB

A smart twin-lens reflex camera that will help you make better pictures . . . reflex viewfinder —ensures sharper focus and better composition —you see the picture before you shoot. It has a critical Mirar 80 mm. f/3.5 coated lens, flash synchronised Prontor-S shutter to 1 /300 sec., automatic film wind, magnifying focusing lens, D/V viewfinder and self timer.

and KODAK FILM-it the picture

Crisp, clear, brilliant snapshots are a certainty when you use Kodak Film. It s made in Australia to suit Australian and Pacific Islands' conditions. Never miss a snapshot opportunity, take along an extra roll of Kodak Film — available from The Store with the Kodak Sign

KODAK DEALERS THROUGHOUT THE ISLANDS

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YOU'LL MAKE

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C4Moqlin

A New Antimalarial Highly Effective Treatment for all Types of Malaria.

Available from all Suppliers of Parke-Davis Products.

Full Technical Information on Request from

PARKE, DAVIS Cr CO., LTD.,

Box 4198, G.P.0., Sydney.

DON! Be Without Normal 240 Volt A.C. Power!

1,500 WATT DIRECT COUPLED DIESEL

DRIVEN GENERATING SET, COMPLETE

READY TO RUN £260 F.O.W. SYDNEY.

For all Household Appliances, Drills & Grinders, Lighting, Film Projectors and for Driving Electric Motors up to 1 /3 horsepower —Starting on full load. Compact & Portable. 8 Hours Running on 1 Gallon of Diesel Fuel

A Bray bon Quality Product

WE HAVE A GENERATING SET TO SUIT

YOUR REQUIREMENTS

Send Your Enquiries & Electrical Problems To:

BRAYBON BROS., PTY., LTD.

27-33 WASHINGTON ST., SYDNEY

Electrical & Mechanical Engineers, Manufacturers & Contractors.

Distributors of all types of Electrical Machinery.

r

grade

Talking of Copra

CHULA Dryers did

me three good turns'

“I found the answer to my

production problems when I in-

stalled CHULA Copra Dryers on my plantation. Ever since, I’ve had constant production in all weathers, higher copra and my costs have been reduced.”

CHULA Copra dryers can do just as much for you whatever the size of your plantation. Let us tell you about our range of Copra Dryers and other coconut processing machinery.

And if you grow Rubber...

. . . we will be pleased to explain how the latest Huttenbach Rubber Machinery can help you to improve quality and increase output.

TYNESIDE FOUNDRY &

Patentees and Sole Manufacturers.

ENGINEERING CO. LTD.

Established 1898.

Elswick • Newcastle upon Tyne * England Cables: "Foundry, Newcastle-on-Tyne.' Codes: ABC sth and 6th Editions.

Xgents • Papua: The B N.C.Trading Co. Ltd. Port Moresby.

Guinea: Burn. Phiip (New Guinea) c amoa Tonga: Morris Hedstrom, Ltd. Suva, Fiji. ■olomon Island,: K.H.Datrympl, Hay Pty. Ltd. Honiara

Cooking Without Tears in

QUIRK’S

r Cook hot meals, anywhere—anytime with Quirk's Kitchen Kook. ?Ng Z^ K 2 f E » N A E operated, and burn. • Pour full sized saucepans fit on two large burners. dinner™ 1 r °° m “ spacious oven for a full family ' °r u »r p U - r d e o e w a n Sil d y cJ. e r ad tr ° m the tem P erature one d umt° SP6Cial 6Xtra flttings •• • complete as QUIRKS pumpless petrol iron O e V trol so lron a is °i( e C ° n ± ant USe ' the Quirk ’ s

S& taterruptiom °Spare

Benzine or Kerosene Operated

STOVES

© E

QUIRKS

FKONOMEE kooka

Reaches Cooking Heat in 5 Minutes GRILL, ROAST, BAKE, FRY, BOIL IN JUST A

MATTER OF MINUTES. USE AT MAXIMUM

PRESSURE FOR 6 HOURS ON ONLY PINTS OF

KEROSENE OR PETROL.

• Steel constructed throughout, with high baked cream or green finish. • Even temperature, heat sealing door, and heat indicator ensure perfect baking. • Big enough to cook for four adults. • Three adjustable self cleaning burners. • Armour plate glass window in oven door. • Odourless Silent Smokeless. • Overall measurements; 15iin. wide; 12in. deep; 16lin. high. • Spare parts always available. • Aluminium grilling plate FREE with each unit.

Available from

QUIRK’S VICTORY LIGHT COMPANY

229 CASTLEREAGH STREET, SYDNEY. M 3114

Factory at 19 Rosebery Avenue, Rosebery. FF1467.

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Holman Bros.

THE

YORKSHIRE

INSURANCE

CO. LTD.

(Incorporated in England)

ALL CLASSES OF

INSURANCE

Including Fire Accident Guarantee Motor Workers Marine Island Representatives: PORT MORESBY . . E. A. James RABAUL G. B. Black LAE . New Guinea Industries Ltd.

MADANG R. Macgregor MANUS , . Edgell & Whiteley Ltd.

HONIARA, 8.5.1. P. . F. V. Lawson SUVA . Williams & Gosling Ltd.

NOUMEA Y. Mortensen

NORFOLK ISLAND . A. E. Martin

HOLMAN BROS.

(AUST.) PTY. LTD.

ANNOUNCE THAT

NEW GUINEA GOLDFIELDS LIMITED,

OF WAU, T.N.G.

have been appointed representatives for all

HOLMAN

Machinery, including Rock Drilling Equipment, Pneumatic Tools, Air Compressors, and Allied Equipment, for

NEW GUINEA, PAPUA, NEW BRITAIN

and Adjoining Areas HOLMAN BROS. (AUST.) PTY. LTD., 360 Collins Street, Melbourne,

Prominent Suva Residents

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis-Jones. Mr. Lewis- Jones is Fiji’s newly appointed Director of Education. Mrs. Lewis-Jones is Guides Island Commissioner. —Photo by Fiji Public Relations Office.

Island Merchants

COLE'S QUALITY CHICKS

Bred in the Tropics.

Suitable for any climate.

For that HYBRID VIGOUR which is giving outstanding results everywhere, try one of my EASY-TO-REAR Crossbreds

RHODE ISLAND RED x WHITE LEGHORN

AUSTRALORP x WHITE LEGHORN

NEW HAMPSHIRE x WHITE LEGHORN

Also for those who prefer purebreds, there are High Grade WHITE

LEGHORNS, AUSTRALORPS and NEW HAMPSHIRES

Write for List which will give further details, including actual airfreight, etc., to your nearest airport.

Necessaiy documents for Customs and Health Authorities prepared and Rearing Instruction Pamphlet sent with Chickens. Hundreds of satisfied Customers all over New Guinea.

ED. COLE, Enmore Poultry Farm,

CAIRNS, NORTH QUEENSLAND

VENTURA TRADING CO. PTY. LTD.

26 BRIDGE STREET, SYDNEY.

ISLAND MERCHANTS

All Classes of Merchandise Purchased at Lowest Wholesale Prices.

Original Invoices Supplied to Island Clients.

Island Produce Sold on Commission. • Suppliers of "Goodyear" Tyres, Batteries and Automotive Products. • Island Distributors for Armstrong- Siddeley Diesel Engines. Mercedes- Benz Diesel Marine Engines. your inquiries for goods of all description—Prompt and careful attention given to all orders and inquiries.

CABLES;—"VENTURA," SYDNEY.

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ICE-CREAM MAKING UNITS

FOR THE ISLANDS

KASPER Ice Cream Making Machines, specially designed for tropical conditions, feature new stainless steel welded surfaces and chrome-plated fittings. They’ll last a lifetime. For appearance, for convenience and dependability, for low operating costs, and for profit-making power, Kasper Units stand supreme in the Islands today.

C "Kasper'’ units for the Islands are made in 8- Hole Models (illustrated) or 4~Hole Models.

ISLANDS STOREKEEPERS AND TRADERS! Increase your sales

rSSsw saris?

SSSSr MS y^T"wer W supp. y K Contact us direct for full particulars

KASPER REFRIGERATORS PTY. LTD.

77 Roilway Erskineville, N.S.W., Australia Parade, Erskineville, Telephone: LA 1326

ontrodents

with

aluminium rat guards

Now is the time to protect your coconut trees by installing 2S Aluminium Rat Guards.

These Aluminium Strips can he placed around trees at convenient heights from the ground to prevent attacks on coconuts by rats.

These guards are easy to install, do not involve much cost or labour, are a deterrent to the rat population and can save valuable coconut crops from destruction.

Further details about Aluminium Rat Guards can be obtained from

our Agents;

SALES AGENTS:

Au c kla Z n e d a . ia ch;i s t ß c l h^ch ßDSoN , McCABE & CO. LTD., Wellington.

S F uva. Yiii tern samoa and MORRIS HEDSTROM LIMITED

mmmm ram inn

D • . . „, . , (Incorporated in Canada) Principal British Commonwealth Distributor of Aluminium Ocean House. 34 Martin Place. Sydney. N.S.W.

An ALUMINIUM LIMITED Company

Cook Islands: A. B. DONALD LTD., Raratonga, Cook Islands.

French Oceania: ETABLISSEMENTS DONALD TAHITI, Papeete Tahiti.

New Caledonia and New Hebrides: ASENCE ALMA. Noumea, New Caledonia.

LONDON

of Papua—New Guinea—BUßNS PHILP (NEW GUINEA) LIMITED. Port Moresby.

Montreal

CALCUTTA

SYDNEY

KARACHI

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Wholesale Merchants

The 'Minor' solution to a

major problem ...

In a third of the time that it takes with a hand mower, the Minor will cut and roll a lawn to perfection.

It starts instantly, no more than finger pressure is needed for guiding, and the only control is the single lever on the handle.

A cupful of petrol is sufficient for 1,000 square yards.

Made in 12 in., 14 in. and 18 in. sizes.

In addition to the Minor, we manufacture numerous other hand and motor lawn mowers, electric lawn mowers and gang mowers. * Write for illustrated literature and all information. .v .v.: . ■ L .vi 'n£ r 0t —■ Morris Hedstrom Ltd., Suva, Lautoka & Ba.

Levuka, Nuku’alofa, Apia.

RANSOMES SIMS &

JEFFERIES LTD., IPSWICH,

ENGLAND

oto*

TA

B mm M m mm V tv

WHOLESALE MERCHANTS

VA*S

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GENERALAGENTS

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Llua

LAMPS

AND

IRONS

*E6D.

Illustrated is the TILLEY Storm Lantern Model X 246. Finished in highly polished Speculum plate, it is a lamp of superb quality and appearance. Built to last a lifetime it will give 12 hours brilliant 300 candle-power light on only l| pints of Kerosene. It is absolutely stormproof and reliable. Below is illustrated the new TILLEY Domestic Iron Model DN2SO. Here is the Iron we’ve all been waiting for! No wires—no flexes! Can be used in or out of doors. It is an independent unit and will give 4 hours perfect ironing for only I/3rd pint of Kerosene. Finger tip heat control enables you to iron your daintiest garment or heaviest cloth.

Left or right-handed thumb rest. Beautifully finished.

Perfect balance.

• QUALITY

• 100% BRITISH

MADE

• RELIABILITY

• BUILT TO LAST

• MADE ONLY BY

The Tilley Lamp Co. of Hendon

STORM LANTERN

MODEL X 246

DOMESTIC IRON

MODEL DN2SO

i. I If you have any difficulty in obtaining TILLEY Lamps f please contact our Representatives (addresses below) for illustrated leaflet and name of your nearest Stockist.

REPRESENTATIVES:

Australia and New Guinea: T. H. Bentley, Ltd., 123 William Street, Melbourne, C.l.

FIJI: Mr. K. Wltherlngton, 2 Burns Philp Buildings, Suva.

$ ' m r H® The pleasant refreshing a

45

PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHL Y-JULY. 1954

“Panfir S>tar’

CYCLES

AND ALL ACCESSORIES

A complete range of bicycles, precision built, and incorporating only the finest of British parts and accessories. Available in over 12 attractive finishes including the popular translucent colours contrasting with lining and scrolling.

By arrangement trade cycles can be manufactured to individual specifications and incorporating your own trade name.

Write to your Agent or direct for our illustrated cycle brochure and price Designed, monufaetured and Guaranteed for life by

SMITH, SONS & REES LTD,

30-32 Wentworth Avenue, Sydney, M.S.W., Australia.

Cable Address: “Speedomet,” Sydney.

...The Latest 800K5...

REACH FOR THE SKY, by Paul BrickhiH.

The story of Douglas Bader, who after losing both legs in an air crash, fought his way back to become one of the great heroes of the Battle of Britain. 21/-, Post 1/1.

LONDON AFTER DARK, by “Fabian of the Yard.”

Few men know the Underworld better than the author, and here he gives vivid descriptions of all that goes with London After Dark 18/9, Post lid.

TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY, by Winston S. Churchill.

Being the sixth and final volume of “The Second World War ” 37/3 Post 1/7.

LADY INTO WOMAN, by Vera Brittain.

A history of women from Victoria to Elizabeth 11. 22/6, Post 1/1.

TROPICAL PLANTING AND GARDENING, by H. F. Macmillan.

Profusely illustrated. 49/9, Post 2/1.

For all your technical and general books . .

GRAHAME BOOK COMPANY

39-49 Martin Place, Sydney, N.S.W.

Experience Counts

in the Purchase or

Disposal of Your

Goods and Produce!

W. S. Tait Gr Co. Pty. Ltd., with over 60 years' experience dealing with the requirements of the South Sea Islands, buy and sell your goods at the best prices!

Established in 1890, W. S. Tait £r Co. Pty. Ltd. have built their name on honest trading as General Importers, Exporters, Indent, Buying and Selling Agents.

Their Textile Department specialises in Cottons and Rayons of attractive Island designs.

Write Sydney Office for all enquiries.

8 SPRING ST., SYDNEY, N.S.W.

Cable & Telegraphic Address; "SUCCESS” SYDNEY. Codes Used: A.B.C. (4th, sth & 6th Ed.), Bentley’s, Duo. Al, Acme, Private Codes.

Associate Co.: W. S. TAIT (Hongkong) Co.

47

psclf ,G ISLANDS MONTHLY-JOLT.

Hardex

The Proved Paint for the Tropics .. .

Spartan

gloss t»irrr

HARDEX

Enamelised High Gloss

PAINT

A really drag free paint for all exterior wood and metal surfaces. Toughest, yet the longest lasting, a great advancement in the paint field.

Other Spartan products include — SPARTAN "Plastic" PAINT

VELOX GLOSS ENAMELS

SPARTAN ROOFING PAINTS

ALUMINIUM PAINTS

SPARTAN PAINTS PTY. LIMITED

Cnr. Kavanagh and Ireland Streets, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

The fitted fmilif Food

B “i xP Go ~S> S« b &« The most delicious fruit cake ever baked.

Rich with the choicest ingredients, "Big Sister' Fruit Cake, packed to stay fresh longer. Sealed in moisture-proof cellophane to preserve its full fruity flavour.

In 3 lb- and 6 lb. cartons The very heart of the Wheat Grain in its most delicious, easily digested form. Nourishi n g, vit a m i n-r ic h Wheatola the ideal food for infants, invalids and growing children.

Packed to stay sweet and fresh the choicest raisins, sultanas, currants, citrus peels and red cherries. Big Sister Fruit Mix for cakes, puddings, pies, tarts and desserts. In 12 oz. packets. to

Pfi/Z£ • REC/PE PPODUCPS

MADE BY LILLIS & CO. LIMITED

SYDNEY. AUSTRALIA

4 v> T

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„ . s .A N D S MONTHLY JULY. 1» 5 * PACIFIC islands

Gordon's

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 fourth Thursday of each month, at 8 p.m.

Address for correspondence:—

THE PACIFIC ISLANDS SOCIETY,

Box 2434, G.P.0., Sydney. (The President may be contacted by telephone at XJ 3205.)

83 By Appointment Oln Distillers to the late King George VI Gordon & Co. Ltd

Gordon's

StCrtidS S

Baker’S Flour

Perfectly balanced

specially milled for Pacific Islands requirements in our own FLOUR MILLS. Combined capacity of over 3 million bushels of wheat per annum at Albury and Murrumburrah

(N.S.W.)

Heritage Brand Warwick (Qld.) and Ballarat (Victoria)

BUNGE (AUSTRALIA)

LTD.

Cable Address: “Bnngeco, Sydney. 45 Market Street,

SYDNEY.

& CO. PTY. LTD.

307-309 QUEEN STREET, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA.

G.P.O. Box 908. Cable Address: “BRUCECO,” Brisbane.

IMPORTERS - EXPORTERS

MANUFACTURERS' REPRESENTATIVES

Diei.ibutors for Leading Australian and Overseas Manufacturers.

Sole Agents : Papua-New Guinea and Solomon Islands for — Hatchets°‘AvI eme ? (C . ardock Bush Knives, Palm Brilliantine.

Lines)?* 8 ’ S ’ etC ” Trade Ashby Bicycles.

“Geo” Snani«h Webster’s Biscuits.

Dominion “Columbia” Canned Fish.

Sunnvside WJwatmeal. North gate Axe and Hammer Handles, unnyside Canned Fruit. Inner spring Mattresses, Pillows, etc.

Specialising in Piecegoods and Mosquito Nets for Native Issue.

TRADE enquiries INVITED—ALL TYPES OF MERCHANDISE SUPPLIED.

OVERSEAS INDENTS ARRANGED.

51

ACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY, 1954

Mam’ Margarine

Improved New

Is an Island Product for Everyone

MANUFACTURED BY

ISLAND INDUSTRIES LIMITED

I Delano has a delightful / dairy product flavour. < The price has been re- ( duced and now Delana is \ really economical. ) • ) New improved Delana is \ sold in i lb. pats and in \ 1 lb. waxed punnets like \ a butter dish, which keeps \ it in beautiful condition ) in hot weather. /

EXPORT ENQUIRIES WELCOMED

ISLAND INDUSTRIES LIMITED

P.O. BOX 299 SUVA, FIJI

For the bicj jobs...

m m ■■m Caterpillar D-6 excavating with angle dozer.

CATERPILLAR Di€S€C

Registered Trade Mark TRACK-TYPE TRACTORS e EARTH MOVING EQUIPMENT e INDUSTRIAL ENGINES The leadership of "Caterpillar" track-type Tractors is continually evidenced by the constant demand for these machines by tractor users the world over. This leadership is maintained by "Caterpillar's" constant search for perfection in design, materials and manufacture.

The success of this programme assures you of unexcelled tractor values- Serial No. lNe P v?G T^ N V I J E ? PI , LLAR owners ' P ,eose forward to Hastings Diesels INew Guinea) Lmuted. Lae. the following Information:- Your CATERPILLAR Model Immediate and future parts needed Details of work being performed Other equipment in use

YOUR NAME

YOUR ADDRESS

HASTINGS DIESELS (NEW GUINEA) LIMITED

MILFORD HAVEN ROAD. LAE. Service ar

GENUINE

CATERPILLAR PARTS

Available from stock. A comprehensive range of all parts is carried at the Hastings Diesels Sales and Service Branch at Milford Haven Road, Lae.

HKHRCMSELS

C 053

53

ISLANDS MONTHLY JULY

PACIFIC ISLANDS

coMslrcam Refrigerators

STAMPS

And All

Philatelic Requirements

STAMPS.—British Empire and Foreign—Mint and Used —Current and Obsolete. Large stocks. Competitive prices.

NEW ISSUE SERVICE.—Mint new

issues of all British Empire countries, Including printing varieties of perforation and shade, also some foreign countries, supplied against prepaid standing orders at concession rates. Send for particulars and application form.

ALBUMS, CATALOGUES,

ACCESSORIES.—Wide selection always in stock. Price list sent on request.

BUYING.—We are always in the market to buy stamps, particularly used Pacific Islands on or off paper. Offers invited.

ERSKINE STAMP

SERVICE

P.O. Box 9, Beecroft, N.S.W.

coMslrcam Refrigerators

N.S.W. Representatives : Refrigerator Installation and Service Co, Pty. Ltd. 8 Bridge Road, Glebe, Sydney.

Cables and Telegrams “Colstrim,” Sydney.

EAW ALL EQUIPMENT ENGINEERED SPECIFICALLY FOR wimw unci Mai*

< TROPICAL CONDITIONS. w

HAT to* S HUH*

We specialise in the follon^- ar J Ce A n r types of^ood^storageiCabinets and “f an A d U D e?u%ment available JSJnfiuw for precooling cl water tor aerated drinks.

A „ enquiries through your Island Trader will receive our prompt M 1 H attention.

G/Jibfa

r.

Ipl

Give it a special shine with

BRASSO

The quality Metal Polish

Innouncinq Hie

NEW

G/Jibfa

nylon tfost/'c GIRDLE with Special Reinforcing Elastic Inset

55

v x U I V-JDLY, 1954

pacific islands month I.

CoW atlS

F\Nt

SUP^

Do«2£i-!2:

r *sfy

natural..

e\N \o» For a complexion that doesn’t look made-up . . . ior the perfect \ powder foundation and skin protector use greaseless Charmosan Vanishing c , r . e a P 1; Misty, Ilg, n t Charmosan Vanishing Cream kee P® Protects it against winter always.

charmosan

because

it's VACUUM PACKED

W: mm 1 9 u i 5 v SH sN O H w»tm»

StRIHGtH

V-A* 6 ; ) VACUUM PACKED, your Capstan fine cut obacco is always fresh in the new Vacuum Sealed Tin.

' i j TW,ST COIN. The patented sealed lid is easily opened by merely inserting a , . com and twisting. ... ftS agendabk

CAPSTAN

fIAKE FINE CUT & NAVY CUT—FRAGRANT VIRGINIA

TOBACCO

C. Sullivan (Export) Pty. Ltd.

Specialising in Pacific Island Insurances.

FIRE—MOTOR VEHICLE—MARINE

—HULLS AND CARGO-

EMPLOYER’S LIABILITY.

BONDS—In accordance with Administration Ordinances—COPßA Insured from drier to buyer—and all other classes arranged at lowest current rates.

Established Agencies throughout the Territory of Papua and New Oulnea.

RABAUL, T.N.O.

Managing Agents: New Oulnea Co., Ltd.

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

SUVA, FIJI

Colony of Fiji Branch Office; W. R. Carpenter & Co. (FIJI), Ltd- Bldg., Suva.

Branch Manager: R. W. Connolly.

Southern Pacific Insurance

CO., LTD.

Head Office; 60 Hunter St., Sydney.

C. Sullivan (Export) Pty. Ltd.

head office

379 KENT STREET, SYDNEY, N.S.W.

Telegrams and Cables: “CHASULL," Sydney. Telephone: 8X6381 (6 lime) And at Melbourne, Victoria —Brisbane, Queensland.

Associated Companies : C. SULLIVAN (PACIFIC ISLANDS) LTD., Suvo, Fiji.

C. SULLIVAN INC., 230 California Street, San Francisco, U.S.A.

Over 30 Years' Pacific Island Experience

Expert Buying Service

Original Invoices Furnished

Overseas Indents Arranged JEST PRICES FOR COPRA, COCOA, SHELLS AMD GENERAL ISLAND PRODUCE

Qmotts Biscuits

W* sKr

CORDON VALE

DAY-OLD CHICKS

From Blood Tested Stock:

RHODE ISLAND REDS—AUSTRALORPS—WHITE LEGHORNS.

BOXES OF 50: Pallets, £7/15/-; Mixed (Pullets & Cockerels), £4/5/-; Cockerels, £3/5/-. Air freight extra.

Special hatchings of Chickens for the Islands are arranged to time with plane departures to ensure the shortest time from Incubator to Customer. All consignments accompanied by Government Health Certificate.

For farther particulars and special prices for larger orders, write or cable:

GORDON VALE STUD FARM & HATCHERY

Epping Road, North Ryde, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.

Phone: Ryde 30. BANKERS—Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia, Epping, N.S.W.

Qmotts Biscuits

There is no Substitute for Quality .

We wish to announce that Arnett's famous Cabin Biscuits are again available for the Island Trade.

These biscuits are of the same quality as the Cabin Biscuits supplied to the Royal Australian Navy.

Packed in hermetically sealed tins in cartons containing approximately 30 lbs. nett weight of biscuits.

WILLIAM ARNOTT PTY. LIMITED,

HOMEBUSH, N.S.W.

59

pacific islands M o n th ly —Ju L Y .

Nelson And Robertson Pty. Ltd,

Established 1895.

P.O. Box 982, G.P.0., Sydney.

Address: 12 SPRING STREET, SYDNEY

ISLANDS MERCHANTS, IMPORTERS

AND EXPORTERS

Merchandise purchased for Clients from any part of* the World at best factory and wholesale prices.

Cocoa Beans, Coffee Beans, Trocas Shell and all Island produce sold on commission.

Representing throughout the Pacific Islands

GENERAL MERCHANDISE

E. WHITEAWAY & CO.,

England.

KUNST & ALBERS, Germany.

AGIMER & COMPANY, Italy.

INCOVER COMPANY, Italy.

CALVERT & COMPANY,

Sweden.

KANEMATSU & CO., Japan.

SKANDIA DIESEL ENGINES.

ARCHIMEDES OUTBOA RD

ENGINES.

FAMOUS EL TRUST SHOT

GUNS.

NANDR QUALITY PRODUCTS.

ASTER CANNED FISH.

* s&rasa

SOUTH BRISBANE. Cables: “Ivan”, Brisbane, ew Guinea Buying & Trading Branch: RABAUL HOTEL LIMITED.

Park Street, RABAUL. Cables: “Ivan”. Rabaul.

ePH* *

SWEET

A

SOLERO

fcvohij. Occasion

SEPPELTS WINES...

from all retail stores throughout the Pacific Islands.

Wholesale supplies through B. Seppelt 8C Sons Ltd.

Box 163, G.P.0., Sydney

PRODUCT OF THE HOUSE OF SEPPELT

EST. 1851

Asihmacou6Hers

Give Thanks For

Uicky Discovert

Yes, thousands who coughed and coughed, sneezed, gasped and wheezed with Asthma and Bronchitis give thanks for their lucky discovery of Mendaco.

Mendaco, a famous new American scientific medicine, starts immediately to circulate through the blood, quickly curbing the attacks; The very first day the thick phlegm is dissolved, thus giving free, easy breathing and letting you sleep the night through in peace and comfort. Get Mendaco from your chemist or store to-day under positive guarantee to return your money if not entirely satisfied.

“PREMO” CUB

BENCH TYPE

MOTORISED CROSS CUTTING AND TRENCHING MACHINE

THE ANSWER TO THE BUILDER'S

CONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS.

Being both portable and powerful, this machine has a stroke of 24 in. and depth cut of 3 in. Motorised head mounted on heavy ram runs on large dimensioned ball bearing rollers.

The head will swing to any angle in a horizontal plane and cant to any angle in a vertical plane. Expanding trenching heads to cut i in. to 2i in. x i m. deep, can be supplied at extra cost.

Machine fitted with 2 h.p. high speedmotor.

Weight 2i cwt. May also be supplied with petrol engine. c— - * "* """* GOODALL b CO. PTY. LTD. 301-305 Kent Street, Sydney. . . jo d no RHsbane.

Queensland Branch: 43 Bowen Street, Brisbane.

Millers Ltd.

SUVA and LAUTOKA, FIJI.

Every Branch of Engineering and Building

Construction

Sawmillers and Timber Merchants; Shipwrights and Saiimakers; Joinery and Furniture Manufacturers; Upholsterers; Plumbers; Electricians; Hardware Merchants; Motor Dealers.

Agencies : Chevrolet, Bedford, Vauxhall, Nash Motors, Land Rovers and Rover Cars.

Firestone Tyres. Frigidaire Refrigerators. G.E.C. Radio Sets. Priestman Excavators. British Australian Lead Manufacturers Pty. Ltd. Atlas Assurance Co. Ltd.

There is no need to send to Australia or New Zealand for Repairs or Replacements. We can give you a sound Quotation and guarantee First-Class Workmanship.

ill

miiiiii

W. & A. GILBEY LIMITED

Cnr. Pyrmont Street and Pyrmont Bridge Road, Pyrmont, N.S.W.

CN/1450 J

Inquiries Are Invited

Concerning the Distribution and

Sale of All Types of

Merchandise in the

Pacific Islands

WE ARE AUSTRALIAN AGENTS FOR—

MILLERS LTD., Fiji.

8.5.1. P. GOVERNMENT TRADE SCHEME, Honiara.

G. & E.I.C. WHOLESALE SOCIETY, Tarawa.

MAX HALECK, Pago Pago, American Samoa.

Original Invoices Supplied. Quotations on Request. ★

MORRIS HEDSTROM LIMITED

(Incorporated in Fiji)

ISLAND MERCHANTS

tsbestos House, 65 York St., Sydney. —— ■• MOBSTROM ’'' S,4, ■ e, ■

BANKERS: BANK OP NEW ZEALAND. SYDNEY.

i/vur (j/uimuUee o/Oua&fy

mu V.*: % ? ■V

CORNED Btt p

•CALISBURY" canned meats, SPECIALLY PACKED for the PACIFIC ISLANDS ARE the popular choice, ALWAYS.

CORNED BEEF SAUSAGES & TOMATO SHEEP TONGUES CORNED MUTTON STEAK & KIDNEY PUDDING OXTONGUES MEATREAT LAMB & GREEN PEAS SANDWICH PASTE MIDGET (Cocktail) SAUSAGES Also "WESTFIELD" Brand

CORNED BEEF CORNED MUTTON

CORNED BEEF WITH CEREAL CORNED MUTTON WITH CEREAL

KEGGED MEATS DRIPPING AND LARD

WESTFIELD FREEZING CO. LTD.

Postal Address: Private Bag, C.P.0., Auckland, N.Z. Cable Address: FUalora, Auckland.

Red Mag

“OUR HANDS MAKE GOOD ARMS.”

For your Fishing: and Shooting Wants Consult Cs.

Llthgow .22 Cal. Repeating Rifle .. .. £l5 19 6 I Post Lithgow .22 Cal. Single Shot £8 19 6 (Extra. (Prices Subject to Change Without Notice.) SI L ROH U, 143 ELIZABETH STREET, SYDNEY.

Red Mag

The can t-be-copied flavour of Hein* Tomato Sauce makes a magical difference to stewi/ gravies and countless other dishes. It s made from Hein* famous "Aristocrat" tomatoes.

Buy today! s 2/j yd* \

HEINZ Tomato Sauce

H. J. HEINZ CO. PTY. LTD.

479 Boarke Street. Sydney.

A Self Contained Sanitary System

Approved by the N.S.W. Board of Health

THE HYGEIA DISSOLVENATOR

Established 1927.

No Water Supply Required

The Sewage matter is chemically transformed into a sterile solution which is absorbed by the surrounding soil.

NO FLIES—NO GERMS—NO

SMELLS—NO EMPTYING-

AUTOMATIC.

Any handy man can install.

Correspondence Invited.

HYGEIA SANITARY CO. PTY. LTD.

26-30 BRIDGE STREET, SYDNEY, N.S.W.

Phone: BU 2521 Cables: “Berbl,” Sydney ■ %

GILLESPIES

7 Gillespie’s Anchor Flour is milled from selected high quality Australian wheats and is enfolded for purity. Its consistent high quality has made it the best-known, most asked-for brand of flour in the Islands. (Entolelion is a special new purifying process which reduces the risk of insect infestation).

NCHOR

FLOUR

GILLESPIE BROS. PTY. LID., ANCHOR FLOUR MILLS, SYDNEY G. 1.97

&tsr ro Oman

Simple to maintain

and a pleasure to use!

PUMPLESS

PETROL

Another HANOI

product the

famous

HANOI

Kero-Pet

LANTERN

Australia's Favourite

non -electric Iron!

This is the iron you have always wanted ... an iron that is simplicity itself to operate and maintain .. . an iron that is absolutely safe ... a pleasure to use !

You operate the Handi Iron without pumping and it is impossible to overfill the fuel tank.

One filling of petrol does from U to 2 hours of effortless ironing.

Maintenance too is so simple that any housewife can do it herself, and very few parts ever need replacing.

Attractively finished in gleaming nickel plate, the Handi Pumpless Iron will give you a lifetime of trouble-free service. Ask to see it are your local store: parts always available Compo Road. Rocklea, Brisbane, Queensland

For better cooking...

i ■& i All types of kerosene stoves, whether wick feed or pressure, operate better and give more satisfactory results when fuelled with Laurel Kerosene. The absence of smoke, soot and disagreeable odours is your assurance . that foodstuffs, when served, retain their appetising savour-untainted. When ordering next time, don't just say kerosene-Ask for LAUREL

VACUUM

ouauir product

Allen Taylor & Co. Ltd.

COMMERCIAL ROAD, ROZELLE, SYDNEY.

Sawmillecs and Wholesale Suppliers of Hardwoods for Constructional Purposes GIRDERS . . . PILES . . . POLES . . SLEEPERS, Etc.

Exporting to the Pacific 1893.

BRAND

All Types of Canned Meats

Packed To Order

Address All Inquiries to

SYDNEY MEAT PRESERVING CO. (LID.)

(ESTABLISHED 1870)

j a kim NS W P.O. Box 40, Auburn Parramatto Road, Aubu , * • CaWe AddreS s “Meatwalk,” Sydney.

Phone : YX 1211.

ETABLISSEMENTS DONALD TAHITI

ITCAH nETTnci ATI . w TXT, „ „

HEAD OFFICE—QUAI DU COMMERCE—PAPEETE,

Telegraphic Address: "BONALD, PAPEETE.”

General Merchants (Wholesale Retail) b Shipowners

Importers Cr Exporters

Branches Throughout the Marquesas Islands ASSOCIATE BOUSES: A. B. Donald, Ltd., Auckland. N.Z.; A. B. Donald, Ltd Rarotonga, Cook Is.; Dominion Pm It Co., Suva. Fiji.

Lloyd’s Agents. Booking and Handling Agents for Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd.

Agents and Distributors for :

FRANCE: Hennessy Cognacs; Marie Brlzard & Roger Liqueurs; Charles Heldsleck Champagnes; Gruber Beer.

NEW ZEALAND: Vacuum OH Co.

<NiZ.), Ltd., Petroleum Products.

SWEDEN: HJorth <te Co.. Primus Stoves; Elektrolux Refrigerators & Motors.

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

U.S.A.' General Steamship Corp.; Radio Corp. of America; Brown A Williamson. Ltd.; Cigarettes: Lucky Strike, Wings; Champion Spark Plug Co.; Steelcote Paints & Lacquers; Remington Rand Inc.

ENGLAND: Reckltt & Colman .Overseas I, Ltd.; Hercules Bicycles The Bank Line. Ltd. entB: BURNS - PHILP & CO., LTD. San Francisco Agents: BURNS- CO ’ OP SAN FRANCISCO. INC. London Agents: BURNS, PHILP & CO LTD. Agents in France: HARTH & CIE, PARIS: A. BICKART, MARSEILLES.

CHOSEN GIFT OF

FAMOUS PEOPLE EVERYWHERE

new

The most beautiful and prac- Hcal of gifts, far advanced in design and technical achievement! Give the new Parker 51 Pen. At all good dealers. 7 m y Quint er 51 Distributors to the Trade-

BR ° DUREAU “MIXED

"" bane, 8.15, Queensland. (Also Repair Service Station) And at Port Moresby and Rabaui. p^4/ For best results in this and all other pens, use Parker Quink with SOLV-X.

, V%y & m p ,/.S

ous

Sto«-cx* Kt |Mt ewTAi -1

THE TIME TO

BUILD

U<r inc in 'J.t

PLAN No. 244

FREE

Write »• WUNDERLICH

LIMITED, Bo* 474,

C.P.0., Sydney, for FREE copy of HOME DESIGN

BOOKLET.

But to get down to bedrock cost, you must adopt timber frame construction with walls— exterior and interior— and ceilings of sturdy

"DU RABESTOS." A

"DURABESTOS" Home

is so su ita ble for Australian conditions and so attractive when

painted in the delightful

pastel shades popular to-day.

IURABESTOS

m man rsikir CUCCTC

ASBESTOS-CEMENT BUILDING SHEETS

READILY AVAILABLE FROM LOCAL

DISTRIBUTORS

CONDENSE

ILK

lib Riff

IS* ’uilaMs.

TitMwC

The Famous “ANCHOR MILK" Family includes . . .

• ANCHOR UNSWEETENED (EVAPORATED)

CONDENSED MILK

• ANCHOR FULL CREAM MILK POWDER

• ANCHOR SKIM MILK POWDER

• ANCHOR PAT BUTTER

• ANCHOR CHEDDAR CHEESE

Also ACORN BUTTER (in tins) and SNOWFLAKE

UNSWEETENED CONDENSED MILK

r SOLE DISTRIBUTORS; AMALGAMATED DAIRIES LTD., AUCKLAND, H.Z,

68

JULY 1 9 5 4 - P A C 1 F 1 C ISLANDS MONTHLY

Foot Itch

Helped IsiDay

Do your feet itch so badly that they nearly drive you crazy? Does the skin crack and peel? Are there blisters between your toes and on the soles of your feet? If you suffer from these foot troubles the real cause is a germ or fungus which you must kill to get rid of the trouble. Fortunately it is at last possible to end these foot troubles, Tinea and stubborn cases of Eczema, Ringworm, etc., with an American Hospital Discovery called Nixoderm. Nixoderm stops the itch in 7 minutes, kills germs and fungus and in 24 hours the skin begins to heal clear and smooth. Get Nixoderm from your chemist to-day under positive guarantee to return your money if not satisfied

5 PlJi * &J* «• Smty- M

BNZ

To simplify

EXPORT and

IMPORT TRADE

with the Islands-

use

B.N.Z. facilities!

With the Bank of New Zealand handling your protected and dozens of different contacts which would otherwise nee attention can be profitably channelled through the B.N.Z.

Any B.N.Z. Manager can explain the services to you : fully, wuh out obligation. You are invited to enquire at any B.N.Z. Bran Brand*. at SUVA, LAUTOKA, LABASA. NAOi ana BA. (FIJI), and a. jS*;u A «°N*USO«I, LAUCALA BAY AIRPORT and MARKS

STREET. Suva

Established throughout the Islands

Aktavite

HART’S PACIFIC AGENCIES

Island Merchants, Importers, Exporters P.O. Box 1416. 27 Queen Street, Auckland. C. 1., New Zealand.

Shippers of all First Class New Zealand Products for Island Traders and Merchants.

Trade enquiries invited. Original Invoices Supplied.

Current prices for Island Produce.

Cables “HARTSEAS, AUCKLAND.”

He palatable vitervun supplement W all The Ramify ■ e&?> "foan 4 pop ds« pap Each average dose (two teaspoonfuls) contains :

'qbssS

i Vitamin A ... ... 2000 International Units Vitamin B* ... ... 300 International Units Vitamin C ... 300 International Units Vitamin D 1000 International Units Combined ( with calcium and phosphorus in tasty chocolate-malt flavoured granules.

AKTA-VITE can -taken

£ Mixed with hot or chilled milk to make a delicious drink. Sprinkled on (not cooked with) cereals, desserts, fruit dishes, junkets, etc. £ Sprinkled on icecream. $ Asa sandwich filling Direct from the jar cm

ipD&

AKTAVITE

trade mark

NUTRITIVE FOOD TONIC

D,Wsion NICHOLAS PROPRIETARY LIMITED

eoURNE SYDNEY BRISBANE ADELAIDE • PERTH

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Columbine

WHY ARE

COLUMBINES

"Y SO

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'CAUSE

THEY'RE

RICH IN

GLUCOSE

AND

butter/.

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goodness

—-often f

. v /s ANYNME-enm

COLUMBINE

-the tastiest caramel of all

COLUMBINE

CARAMELS

Made by

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GOODS

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am i —Photo; Studio Mackenzie, Tahiti.

Unloading “AMPOL KEROSINE” at Papeete, Tahiti.

Sole Exporters of all "Ampol" Products:

nirex pty. ltd.

545 GEORGE STREET, SYDNEY

Cables: “Nirex, Sydney.” xclusive Distributors for E.F.0.: MORGAN-VERNEX CIE, PAPEETE, TAHITI, E.F.O. ut °rs Throughout Western Samoa: GOLD STAR TRANSPORT CO. LTD., APIA.

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PACIFIC I S L A N v

Solution to Crossquiz from Page 82

Page 82

85

PACIF .o

Burns Philp (New Guinea) Limited

General Merchants, Shipping, Customs and General Agents

HEAD OFFICE: PORT MORESBY, PAPUA.

Code Address: Burphil.

Bentley’s Complete Phrase Code, Branches

NEW GUINEA: PAPUA:

Rabaul (Kavieng, Kokopo) Port Moresby Lae (Wau, Bulolo) Samarai Madang Associated Pacific Island Companies Burns Philp (South Sea) Co. Ltd. Burns Philp (New Hebrides) Ltd.

Australian Agents; Bums, Philp & Co. Ltd.

ALL STATES

London Agents: Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd., London House, 35 Crutched Friars, E.C.3.

San Francisco Agents: Burns Philp Coy. of San Francisco Inc., 510 Matson Bldg.

LLOYD S AGENTS

Agents for: THE SHELL COMPANY OF AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Representatives for:

QUEENSLAND INSURANCE CO. LTD. BURNS PHILP TRUST CO LTD buyers and exporters of all territory produce, trocas,

GREEN SNAIL SHELL

Distributors of:

Motor Vehicles, Tractors and Machinery

Desiccated Coconut, Rubber, Coffee, R«ce,

Production, Sawmilling and General

for: Copra/

Cocoa, Peanut

Farming

Somebody

Ought

to

nuzzle

r

Her

WHY PO YOU SNARL

AND SNAP AT ME ALL

THE TIME, JUPY, WHAT,

HAVE/PONE?

YOON PENT/ST CAN TELL

YOU WHAT YOU HAVE

NOT PONE/ TT'S SO

HAH P FOP ME

TO EXPLAIN

TO YOU ABOUT

BREATH

TO STOP SAP BREATH /

RECOMMENP COLGATE

cental cream bpushing

TEETH P/GHT AFTER

EAT/NG WITH COLGATES

MAKES YOUR MOUTH

Wheel cleaner longer,

G/VES YOU A

CLEANFR£SH a

MOUTH AU

PAY LONGi

US A SAP TALE

( /WOULPHT KNOW

t\BUTTOAPOOCH

' Ifl1 fl THAT SURE

LOOKS L/KEA

Vl COLGATE SMOOCH

Tests Published in Authoritative Dental Literature Show That Brushing Teeth Right After Eating with

COLGATE DENTAL

CREAM STOPS TOOTH

DECAY BEST

Most thoroughly proved and occ opted home method of oral hygiene known today.

Yes, and 2 years’ research showed the Col gate way stopped more decay for more people than ever before reported in dentifrice history! No other den tifrice offers such proof the most conclusive proof ever reported for a dentifrice of anv type. .

AUSTRALIA'S LARGEST,

THE WORLD S LARGEST SELLING RENTAL CREAM 1/

OS£ COLGATE DE/VTAL CREAM

TO CLEAN YOUR BREATH

WHILE YOU CLEAN YOUR TEETH

'S AND HELP STOP TOOTH

DECAY BEST

Buy the Big

Family

Dominion

! BURNS PHILP (New Hebrides) LTD.

Registered Office: VILA, NEW HEBRIDES.

Branch Office at SANTO.

Exporters, Importers and General Merchants,

Commission, Shipping and Customs Agents.

Representatives for BURNS PHILP TRUST CO. LTD. QUEENS- LAND INSURANCE CO. LTD., and LLOYD’S OF LONDON Agents for SOCIETE DES PETROLES SHELL DES ILES FRANCAISES DU PACIFIQUE, and numerous overseas manufacturers of all classes of merchandise.

Sydney Agents: BURNS. PHILP & CO., LTD.. 7 Bridge St.

San Francisco Agents: BURNS-PHILP CO. OP SAN FRANCISCO INC 215 Market St.

London Agents: BURNS, PHILP & CO.. LTD., 35 Crutched Friars, E.C 3.

SEAFOAM

DOMINION

SILVER SPRAY

TOPIC (Gluten Rich)

Flours

MILLED FROM PRIME SELECTED QUEENSLAND WHEATS.

QUALITY ENSURED BY CAREFUL BLENDING AND TESTING IN OUR MODERN

LABORATORY.

ENTOLETED FOR PURITY AND KEEPING QUALITY.

FLOUR, MEALS AND SHARPS IN ALL PACKS, INC. TINS AND DRUMS.

THE QUEENSLAND CO-OPERATIVE MILLING ASSOC. LTD , Sth. Brisbane

r ), Ha 1 N uuiillll |M‘ t SO

NETT

ozs ; \

*JIA

oes

rente”tin!

U Sheep s Tongues, Braised Steak and Onions, Boiled and Roast Beef, beet Steak Pudding, Mutton and Peas, Steak and Onions, Chili Con Curried Mutton, Curried Beef, Irish Stew available in 12 oz. and o oz. cans. Also Corned Beef in 12 oz., 16 oz., and 6 lb. packs.

Products of THE COLONIAL WHOLESALE MEAT CO. PTY., LTD.

Canning Factory; State Abattoirs, Homebush, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.

Phone: UM 8436. Cables: Wootmlli, Sydney, Australia.

Fiji’s New Museum

The Fiji museum nearing completion in the Suva Botanical Gardens. Transfer of exhibits from the Carnegie Library build ing will start at the end of July. —Photo: Jack Thornton.

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A. H. Bunting Ltd.

fgf

SAMARAI PAPUA

Branches at: ORO BAY AND POPONDETTA.

SOLE AGENTS IN PAFUA/NEW GUINEA FOR:

SAMARAI AGENTS FOR:—

Vacuum Oil Co. Pty., Ltd.

South British Insurance Co.

National Mutual Life Association Polarizers (U.K.), Ltd.—Polaroid Sun Glasses.* C.S.A. Industries, Eng.—Dual Freeze Refrigerators.

Webley & Scott, Ltd.—Shot Guns, Air Pistols, etc.

E. K. Cole, Ltd., London.— “Ekco” Radio Receivers.

“Getula.” Nylon Monofilament Fish Lines.

Davison Paints, Ltd.. N.S.W.-Paint for Tropical Conditions. •Trade mark patented in U.S.A.. Great Britain, and other countries. npn it ad SUPPLIES OF EASTERN GOODS

WHOLESALE MERCHANTS - IMPORTERS - PLANTERS

fife &/

TURNERS & GROWERS LTD.

AUCTIONEERS FRUIT & PRODUCE MERCHANTS

AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND

WE SPECIALISE IN THE EXPORT TO THE TROPICS

OF NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE, POTATOES, ONIONS,

APPLES AND FRUITS IN SEASON

All Inquiries to our Export Organisation:

Turners Supply Company Limited

Box 1370, Cables: Auckland, N.Z. “Tusco,” Auckland

fife &/

' . than There s no nh a tropical thirst than

r .l" ZZIiW. refreshing

” snn alike■ 1 with a gloss of spnrWmg womeß »..»■ j —o firm favourite with

TOOTH’S

brewed AND

BOTTLED Bt

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.vwiAato... fz

SWVi

W\TH

i s“3r<tr„»

\ too. > ne ' 1 . orange. \ distinctive deep

MSS4IBJ

NILE ATHLETIC AND T

Available in all sizes (men and boys), in white, of bright, attractive colours.

SHIRTS

navy and a large rang*

NILE SLEEKS & TRUNKS

Masculine comfort calls for the "freedom fit” of Nile sleeks and trunks.

Fashioned from the finest Egyptian yarns, Nile underwear withstands constant laundering . , . gives lasting satisfaction.

LADIES 9 BRIEFS AND SINGLETS

Nile offers a particularly fine range of ladies’ and children’s cotton and rayon cotton briefs, pantees and singlets.

BUY

NIL 6

PROBUCTS

FROM YOUR

SYUNEY AGENT

Nile Distributors Pty. Ltd.. 125 York St Sydney, N.S.W.

NILE HANDKERCHIEFS

Nil# products include a beautifully varied range of ladies’ and men'* handkerchiefs, including printed bandana in assorted designs and colours.

Erin^jrfrt*

7\ 1 Towels

UsBDHSBiSafEE

PURE UNEN FINISH

SHEETS

NILE SHEETS, PILLOW CASES AND TOWELS

An attractive range of Erin-Art sheets and pillow cases in all sizes; tea towels and brightly coloured bungalow cloths are offered by Nile. Furthermore, there are cotton prints suitable for lap laps or cotton frocks, as well as all sizes and colours in Nile jacquard towels, Nile beach towels and bach towels. NL2A-52

WdrkToo Often

when Kidneys

Are you embarrassed and bothered by too frequent elimination during the day and night? These symptoms, as well as Bladder Irritation, Backache, Swollen Ankles, Leg Pains, Nervousness, Dizziness, Lumbago, Interrupted Sleep, Circles Under the Eyes and a generally rundown feeling, are usually due to germ-caused kidney and bladder troubles. The very first dose of Cystex, the scientifically compounded medicine, goes right to work overcoming these troubles in 3 ways. 1. Quickly kills germs causing troubles. 2. Gets rid of poisonous acids. 3. Strengthens and reinvigorates the kidneys and bladder. Gel Cystex from your chemist to-day under the guarantee of complete satisfaction or money back

MORGAN VERNEX CIE

PAPEETE, E.F.O.

Commission Import

REPRESENTANT ET AGENTS EXCLUSIFS POUR LES E.F.O. de NIREX PTY LTD., Australia—WAßßEN COY., U S A -HAAS BROS, US A - THE ENFIELD CYCLES CO., England-JOHN MeINTOSH & SONS, England-

CARLSBERG BRYGGERIERNE, Denmark-PER LUSTUCRU, France-ITRACO, Su.sse

Beurre "Waratah"

Petrole "Ampol"

Savon "Waratah Margarine ''Meadow-Lea"

Confiserie Mclntosh, chocolat "Caley"

Refrigeroteurs "Quicfrez"

Motccyclettes "Royo!

Enfield"

Bombes Insecticides "Eston"

MONTRES: “Itra,” “Sicura” “I Conserve "Trupok"

Biere Carlsberg Pates aux oeufs frais Old Bell's Scotch Whisky

Western Samoas Method of

THE discovery that cocoa improves in flavour when the process of fermentation is interrupted was made by chance when a Samoan grower of cocoa asked Reparation Estates for assistance— a parcel of his beans had been rejected for export because they were mouldy, under-fermented and badly dried.

The condemned beans were washe and redried in one of the rotar hot air driers at the Estates fer mentary, and were improved t such a degree that it was believe tnat some new principle in process mg had been discovered.

Successful Cocoa Processing

An “interrupted” kiln-dried method of processing cocoa beans has been evolved in Western Samoa, and is said to give the maximum flavour to the finished product. This and other aspects of processing beans in that Territory were contained in a paper read by Mr.

D. R. A. Eden, of NZ Reparation Estates, Western Samoa, to a Cocoa Conference in London last year. The paper is summarised here from the April issue of the South Pacific Commission “Quarterly Bulletin.”

However, research showed that a German scientist had made a similar discovery as long ago as 1908 —it is based on the theory that fermentation of cocoa beans can be divided into an alcoholic and acetic acid fermentation and a subsequent oxidation. The German scientist maintained that fermentation should be interrupted when the acetic acid

HYGIENIC m HIGH-CLASS • HEALTHFUL

AERATED WATERS

Manufactured by the

RABAUL CORDIAL FACTORY

Malagiina Read, RABAUL, NEW BRITAIN

OUTSTATION ORDERS WILL RECEIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION.

proprietors: GABRIEL ACHUN & CO. LTD. Telegrams: "GABRIEL ACHUN,” RABAUL.

H f w * m m m

GARDENING'S FUN!

«ca

OUTDOORS OR INDOORS, wofk

seems easier and more enjoyable when you relax with refreshingly different Wrigley s Juicy Fruit. Juicy Fruit Chewing Gum eases tension and strain at any time. Sweetens the breath at all times. Chew some every day.

.•3“

BUILT FOR

EFFICIENCY

Just What You’ve

Wanted . . .

Built-in wall-to-wall

Ice-making & Frozen

Storage Compart-

ment clear across

the top.

CAPACITY: 7.1 cu. ft.

SHELF AREA: 13 sq. ft. • Redesigned Interior gives easier access. • Removable rust - proof grid-type shelves. • One-piece porcelain interior lining glistening ■white and food-acid resistant. • Easy-release ice trays. • Exterior in gleaming oven - baked cream enamel. • Lower running cost with a new freezing unit designed for even greater efficiency. • Kerosene or electrically operated, It can be easily converted from one medium to another. • Precision-built freezing unit with no moving parts, trouble - free and guaranteed for five (5) years.

EARLY DELIVERY.

Ask your local Electrolux agent for further particulars now.

PAPUA:

ISLAND PRODUCTS

LTD., Port Moresby.

T.NG.:

NEW GUINEA CO. LTD.

Sit#

MM ■■ ■ -•• r- ■ Si-.

Model LT 701

ELECTROLUX IS ALWAYS SILENT

-Or write to the Distributors:

W. R. CARPENTER & CO. LTD.

16 O'CONNELL STREET, SYDNEY.

TYRES! TYRES! TYRES!

Guaranteed Highest Quality Stock Retreads, All sizes for prompt shipment.

Write for price list to: — CURTIS BROS. RETREADS, DOUGLAS FRASER & CO., 60 Parramatta Rd., GLEBE, or GPO. BOX 2354,

N.S.W. SYDNEY.

SIMPLEX

LIGHTING SETS

32 Volt, 1500 watt 32 Volt, 1000 watt

J.A.P. ENGINES

2/S Model, li H.P., 4stroke, air-cooled. £39/17/6. 4/3 Model, 3 H.P., 4stroke, air-cooled, £75.

J.A.P. Spares stocked.

SIMPLEX

CENTRIFUGAL GOVERNORS

For the accurate speed contrri of internal combustion en g m .®f- Flyweight type precision built Can be mounted either vertical or horizontal position Can be supplied with Vee belt pulleys and belts to your specification.

Price . . . £B/10/-, plus Sales Tax.

300 WATT,

TAP li H.P. air-cooled, 4-stroke petroi engine. Vee belt coupled to DC. Generator. Battery start. Complete self-contained set.

Easily portabie. A sturdy reliable unit.

Weight 76 lb.

PRICE £75

Also available: 32-volt, same price.

WICO MAGNETOS

For original or replacement equipment on engines. Clockwise rotation, all coupling Prices: 4 Cyl., Twin, £lO/6/8. . Single Cyl. £lO/15/6. 6* to. Flywheel type, £6/17/6. £255 £165

VOLT

plus Sales Tax. ‘ Vertical. £22/ * /- - . Austra l ia .

.u'T'lfil «0"- HEWTOWN ’

HARDMAN & HALL stdhey, austral,*.

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PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLV - J H L Y ,

Typewriters

Hi

B. WENTWORTH JACKSON

A.S.T.C., F. 1.0., (Syd.)

Optometrist and Optician

Now has a Fully Equipped Consulting Room and Workshop in the

LIBRARY INSTITUTE, DOUGLAS ST., PORT MORESBY,

PAPUA

Have your present prescription recorded in case of loss or damage to your glasses ’Phone; Mor. 446. Postal Address: Box 151, P. 0., Pt. Moresby.

Telegraphic Address: “WENTJACK, PT. MORESBY.”

TYPEWRITERS

EVERY MAKE Repaired, Sold, Bought, Exchanged

WE OFFER UNPARALLELED SERVICE TO THE ISLANDS

CONSUL

If it’s about a typewriter—consign

your typewriter and enquiries to us.

WE REPAIR Ever y known make of typewriter sundry repairs, overhauling, re-conditioning or complete re-fits. OUR CHEMICAL CLEANING DEPT, is especially equipped for efficient treatment of typewriters from tropical areas.

OUR REPAIR FACTORY is the best equipped in the Southern Hemisphere—Our “Know How” backed by 30 years of practical experience and kept up to the minute by Overseas visits to the plants of the world’s typewriter manufacturers places us in a position to offer the FINEST attention your typewriter can receive. NO JOB TOO SMALL, NONE TOO LARGE OR TOO DIFFICULT. Our charges are very reasonable our work is guaranteed. Service and replacements to all typewriters.

WE SELL ALL THE LEADING MAKES of the finest reconditioned typewriters both portable and desk models. All carry two years guarantee at prices from £2O. We are sole agents for the world famous “Consul” portable office typewriter. This machine has all the features of a full office machine, is built for heavy duty typing and will do all the work that any larger machine will do. Price £39/15/- FOB Sydney.

Supplied in a carrying case and most suitable for tropical conditions.

WE BUY AND EXCHANGE All typewriters in any condition.

TYPEWRITER efficiency service

7th Floor - 3, 0 George St., SYDNEY, (Opp. Wynyord) 8LJ164 8W7060. Established 3« years. Cable Address: “Typeserv,

Sydney.

For Quality and Flavour

be sure its

ip

MEATS

Famous in the Pacific

for over 50 years

PUAKATORO

API NG A Ti KAI

PISUPO LOLOLO

TELE

BU LAMA KAU

VINAKA SARA

PUAATORO

lUW MELLABY LTD.

AUCKLAND

NEW ZEALAND

You all know it!

It has Pacific Island Fame!

A It’s the FAMOUS

CRAMMOND

TROPIC EAGLE

Y ★ The Set to give unequalled Service ★ The Set to last a lifetime The most famous tropic-proofed and completely sealec receiver you could own. Range is unlimited and yoi are assured of perfect reception at all times and unde] any weather conditions. It has a built-in moistun absorber and is available in vibrator A.C. or all dr\ cell models. The cabinet is similar to the famous CRAMMOND FALCON built to last a lifetime.

WRITE YOUR ENQUIRY NOW FOR SPECIAL DETAILS ♦to 3 C

Jeton* GUARANTEED 12 MONTHS

CRAM MON D

MANUFACTURING CO. PTY. LTD.

No. 8-10 Queen Street, Brisbane.

Enquire about the

CRAMMOND

FALCON—a low power Transmitter and Receiver.

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acific ISLANDS MONTHLT-JULY. 1054

U.R.D. Radio Equipment!

ATTENTION

All Musical and

Radio Dealers . . .

COOKE BROS.

(Q’LAND PTT, LTD.)

(Completely owned and controlled by Queensland interests) Est. 25 Years,

SUPPLIERS TO THE

TRADE ONLY

Capitol Records—Peter Pan Radios —Hohner Accordions—Borslnl Piano Accordions—Social Piano Accordions—Cooksiea Portable Gramophones—Cooksiea Mandolin Banjos —Violins—AßC Sapphire Needles— Songster Gramo and Pick Up- Nylon Radiogram Needles. Hawaiian and Hill Billy Guitars. A complete range of instrument strings and all accessories.

COOKE BROS. (Q’LD.)

PTY., LTD.

454 George St., Brisbane.

U.R.D. Radio Equipment!

Communication Networks!

Short Wave Listeners! £ Radio Amateurs!

Just a few of the lines stocked by U.R.D.

Dry Batteries Accumulators Condensers Valves Electric Fans Domestic Appliances Transformers Record Changers Radio Receivers Loudspeakers Tape Recorders Transmitting Equipment.

Wt are familiar with tropical requirements—Let us advise youl

UNITED RADIO DISTRIBUTORS PTY. LTD.

Showrooms; 175 Phillip Street, Sydney.

Telegrams & Cables; U.R.D., Sydney. Box 3456, Sydney. b.

Robert Gillespie (I) Ltd.

Warnock Bros. Limited

AUCKLAND, N.Z.

Manufacturers of well known brands of Laundry Soap

“KIA ORA” AND “NATURU”

★ Obtainable from Auckland and Island Merchants

*Masse

cgaHerij

Buy a Masse battery and enjoy carefree motoring. There’s no better battery made than Masse.

Sturdy, husky plates, supercol separators, hard rubber containers, all made in the Masse factory ensure you the utmost in battery life.

You can recommend Masse with complete confidence.

SERVICE STATION

T r- Masse Batteries are Tigers for Work'

AGENTS for NEW GUINEA AND PAPUA:

ROBERT GILLESPIE (i) LTD.

LAE AND

RABAUL

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PACIFIC ISLANDS MONXHLt - J O L T ,

Wynne S. Brcden

CAPTAIN W. L. KENNEDY

(Established 1931.)

SHIPBROKERS, BUSINESS Cr REAL ESTATE

63 Pitt Street Sydney.

’Phone: BW 6461. Cables: “CAPKEN,” Sydney.

LISTING:

DIESEL CARGO VESSEL.—I7O ft. x 35 ft. xll ft. 6 in., dwt. 820 tons, built 1937, Lloyd’s Class, 2 holds, 2 large hatches, about 4,500 cu. ft. refrigerated cargo space, well maintained. £BO,OOO Aust.

TWIN DIESEL CARGO VESSEL.—I 26 ft. x 25 ft. x 9 ft. 7 in., steel construction, powered by twin 150 H.P. H.D. diesels. Auxiliaries; 2 Southern Cross driving generators; electric bilge pumps; steering hydraulic electric; 3 d A winches lifting 4 tons, 2 petrol 1 ton, 1 petrol Vi a ton. Large refrigerator.

Dwt cargo 380 tons, 115,000 ft. super timber. Vessel out of s u rve >’ Est *™ cost renewal Commonwealth Certificate. £8,500. Price as she lays, £>».25 . 50 FT WORK LAUNCH.—6S HP.. Caterpillar Marine diesel 3/1 reduction, copper’ sheathed, vessel built 1946, engine new 195! £3,675 STEEL BARGE.—44 ft., powered by 2 Morris marine diesels each 60 H P., diesel winch and grab, in Survey and working. £3,500. WORK LAUNCH.—24 ft. x 8 ft. 6 in., solidly built coach-house type. 8 H.P., T.istpr diesel 2/1 reduction. £9OO.

WE ARE ALSO AGENTS FOR MOST MAKES OF MARINE DIESELS.

Inquiries Invited.

WYNNE S. BRCDEN

PTY.

LTD.

PHOENIX SHIPYARDS NEWCASTLE, N.S.W.

Ocean-Going F“ Aux Ketch. 25 ton gross. 60 H.P. Diesel.

Speed 8i

Knots. 770 cu. ft. in Hold. 350 cu. ft. in Aft. Cabin This and other types of vessels always under construction.

cuiPWRirHTS BOAT BUILDERS. MARINE ENGINEERS.

SHIPWRIGHTS, boa )0 Workb ,.t. „iw SHIPWRIGHTS, BUA W orkbo»t. Of 180 B.» BQ,, c d :;’.X ‘ir oir.r r.," — - s * city »nu (•■A Good Boat is a Lasting Asset and °°t LlabUlty”)

LOW OPERATING WEIGHT!

“Z E P H Y RT'

Coventry VICTOR

iiir-Cooled Diesel

ADI — 3 to 5 H.p. AD2—4 to 7 h.p.

Totally enclosed Overhead Valve Gear, Rockers and Push Rods Easily Accessible.

Wide Range of Speeds (800 to 2,000 r.p.m.) The

"ZEPHYR"

Only

250 lbs

WEIGHT

A complete Marine

Auxiliary

Coventry VICTOR

GENERATING & BATTERY

CHARGING SETS

1 K.W. to K.W. Capacities GeneratinglLS 1 ?? 1a complete range of A.C. and D.C. or 6 AC Sunnlv tS Pni ron i u to kilowa tts Capacity, for D.C.

Vic to? Engines Powered Air or Water Cooled Coventry-

HAWLEYS p„. Ltd.

52 BOWEN STREET, BRISBANE

Dlese, Li ? h,in ? Plants.

VICTOR

> Pressure Lubrication to all bearings by Gear Type Oil Pump. ► Bearings of Large Diameter and of Ample Size..

Coventry VICTOR

complete

MARINE AUXILIARY

We make up any complete Marine Auxiliary set to suit any engine room layout or particular requirements. Low overall heights under 26 in., easily in any engine room.

Sets embody engine, generator and/or general service and air compressors, all mounted on a common, bedplate.

Write to Hawleys for full details! w ... , . Woodworking and Metal Working Machinery.

Sole Distributors for the Territory of NEW

GUINEA

COLYER WATSON

(NEW GUINEA) LTD.

Rabaul, Madang, Kavieng, Lae.

SMALL SHIPS

for

ISLAND TRADE

William E. Reed

Consulting Marine Brokers, offer the largest range of vessels for work or pleasure.

Consult us for new construction; expert supervision arranged.

Write or call in when South.

145 a George St., Sydney

Cables; “Wilreed Sydney”.

Phone: 8U3505 (3 lines).

LIGHT AND SPEEDY

CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.

32 FT. ALLOY CUTTERS

Ideal for island use. Fairmile 32 ft. LigM Alloy Cutters have these principal features: • LENGTH OVERALL. 32 FT. BEAM, * 8 FT. 4 INS. • DEPTH. 3 FT. 4* INS. • DRAUGHT, LOADED, 2 FT. 3 INS. • SHELL PLATING, i IN. ENGINE, 4-CYLINDER GARDNER. • POWER. 48 H.P. AT 1200 R.P.M. • FUtL CAPACITY. 15 GALLONS. LIFTING WEIGHT. 2.7 TONS. • SPEED. 10 KNOTS.

REPRESENTED in AUSTRALIA BYi

aluminium ALLOY 'BIRMABRIGHT

}ther FAIRMILE craft—Barges, tugs, landing craft, pontoons, fishing boats, etc.

HARFLEET & WEIGHT LTD.

KOCKHART ST.. ABBOTSFORD N. 9. VICTORIA J 82721 AND AT 250 PITT ST., SY ONEY,, N S.W .. . MJ472.

SERVING ALL PARTS OF FIJI.

Carrying Passengers and Cargo

S.S. "Al SOKULA"

Motor Vessels: "KOMAIWAI," "TOVATA" (t/s) All equipped with Radio telephone. Operating to time-tables published in the Press and announced from ZJV Broadcasting Station.

ISLAND TRANSPORT LIMITED.

Managing Agents: W. R. CARPENTER & CO. (Fiji) LTD.

SUVA, FIJI.

Telephone: 114—4 lines. P.O. Box 299.

NOW AVAILABLE FOR EARLY DELIVERY

SKANDIA

Full Diesel Marine and Stationary Engines

Range from 5 HP.—45O HP.

World renowned for dependable service and economical running. Instant starting and running on lowest grade fuel oil.

Most competitive prices

ARCHIMEDES

The Aristocrat of Outboard Motors The World’s most popular and reliable outboards. No other outboard motor approaches Archimedes for quality of materials and craftsmanship.

Power Range 2 HP., SHP., 10-12 HP.

Our prompt attention to your requirements assured.

NELSON & ROBERTSON PTY. LTD

12 SPRING STREET, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

Application for Sub-Agencies invited. Cable Address: “IVAN”. SYDNEY.

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With its low revolution rate (1.400 r.p.m. only) and its large, slow-running 3-bladed propeller (14 3/16". 700 r.p.m. only) it has a unique propelling power for heavy boats combined with small fuel consumption.

U-21 is a really ro- . bu «t quality motor with 1. a. bronze in exposed underwater parts to resist salt water, blows and shocks, and has gained a world wide renown for its reliability and resistance to wear. Ask for catalogue.

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Specialists in Island vessels.

All kinds of boat-building and repairing.

New and used boats and engines for sale.

Quotations and estimates free Australian Distributors for Gray Marine Engines and Spare Parts

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PTY., LTD. (In-

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Earth Moving and Logging Equipment.

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International Trucks, “““ OVERLAND EXPORT CORPORATION. McCormick-Deering Farming Machinery.

VILLYS- OVERLAND Defender Refrigerators.

Jeep cars, etc. ullman motor cars, ROBERTSON PTY. LTD., 12 SPRING STREET.

SYDNEY AGENTS: NELSON &

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ENGINEERING PRODUCTS

Engineered for heavy sustained operation with minimum upkeep, “8.R.” products are ideal for Island service.

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355 a GEORGE ST., SYDNEY.

Box 3838, G.P.O. Cables: "Carefulness”, Sydney.

EERIER & DICKINSON

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Marine Engines

tar every typr of craft!

CHRYSLER

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Powerful 8 cylinder, 55/ I 32 h.p. petrol operated motor.

Rel C

CROWN"

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VEDETTE'

MORRIS "NAVIGATOR 1

••Vedette”—4 Cylinder 8/20 h.p. petrol or kerosene.

"Navigator'' 4 cylinder 12/30 h.p. petrol or kero- ★ Also 6 cylinder "Commodore" 25/50 h.p.

"ENFIELD"

Single cylinder aircooled marine diesel engine.

Spare parts era available also tor

AMERICAN

STERLING and

SUPERIOR

DIESELS.

• Large range ot boat fittings.

LARS HALVORSEN SONS PTY. LTD.

builders

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On all forms of

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Pacific Island Traders

Sole Distributors of Bradford Commercial Vehicles, Jowett Javelin Cars and Uniporn Diesel Engines—(Franchises available in certain Pacific Groups.) * Sellers on Commission of all kinds of Island produce—Cocoa Beans, Green Snail, Copra, Fungus, M.O.P. SheU, Trochus Shell, etc.

Agents in London and Manchester for the Disposal and Supply of Produce and Special Requirementa EVERY ATTENTION GIVEN TO ORDERS IRRESPECTIVE OF SIZE Make use of our 30 years’ personal experience and direct your inquiries to:

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Cables: “SUNRISE,” SYDNEY.

IMPORTS PTY. LTD.

Telephone: BU 6581-2-3.

Paatal Addre««: Box MIT, G.P.0..

Sydney.

KETCH FOR SALE

AUX. KETCH "QUEST IV"

William Atkin design. 6 fIUSh deCked ’ gaff ' rig S ed ’ double ender . of fn Sydney Cu S mm UnC b h ui i r "* ” AUStraUa ' foVr a n S r“ff lf U ”. h “emainlr e 2 I ’i„ C ° PPer throughout ' Decks - Lycoming 4 cyl. 25 H.P. petrol aux. resent condition perfect, being as new. Inventory very complete. £4 000 ,e8i ThTs NO J, I0 ’ and SUrVeyed at 13 - 73 tons - Pri “d asked: reasons owle be ‘° W U ° yd s insured value - However, for private be Tcash or .r™ se " and wi " consid « reasonable offer, for return expense ange ' ® wner prepared to deliver any world port ior reiurn expenses crew of two.

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Write to: Quest IV", C/- PIM, Box 3408, G.P.0., Sydney, N.S.W.

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Size 10 by 8 Inches—7/6 (N.Z.) ea., plus 1/- pack & post. Enquiries Invited for colour or larger sizes.

WHITES AVIATION LTD.

P.O. Box 2040, Auckland, New Zealand.

CUE,

"FISHERMAN SIX"

6 HP MARINE ENGINE

w*.

“Fisherman 6”, with Reverse Gear.

The “Fisherman Six” is undoubtedly the most popular marine engine of 5/6 HP with professional fishermen and pleasure-boat men alike.

The fact that it is used by 90 per cent, of Australian fishermen is testimonial enough.

Famous for solid construction, amazing fuel economy, low idling speed, ease of maintenance, the “Fisherman Six” engine is available in four models —direct drive, one-way clutch, reverse gear, or with reverse and reduction gear. Other CLAE models to suit boats to 35 ft.

Write or cable for catalogue.

C.L.A.E. ENGINE PTY. LTD.

31-35 Hoskins Avenue, Bonkstown, NSW Telephone: UY 3445 “Precision Built Since 1918”

STEEL MOTOR COASTERS

540 , T o« NS f „S / 5t C I^ CII 7 152 x 24 x 10 - Ll °y ds Classified, built 1943, two 200 HF diesels Price: £NZ 20,000 420 CAPACITY 135 X 24 X 8, B.V. Classified, built 1938, 300 HP diesel, speed 10 knots Price: £NZ 28,000 250 TONS D/W CAPACITY 119 x 22 x 8, brand new ship, will classify Lloyds +IOOAI, Huston Hornsby motors, speed 9i knots ‘ Price: £NZ 42,000 COLIN ARCHER KETCH, built best NZ kauri, 36 x Hi x 6, approx. 13 tons, 11 HF diesel auxiliary. Ideal one man boat Price: £NZ 1,950 Many others, both trade and pleasure vessels, available for quotation. Make your requirements known to the oldest firm of Shipbrokers in New Zealand.

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Code Address: “BURNSOUTH”

GENERAL MERCHANTS AND SHIPOWNERS

BRANCHES:

Fiji:-

Suva.

Levuka.

Lautoka.

Labasa.

Apia.

Pago Pago.

Tonga:-

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Haapai.

Vavau.

Samoa :

Ba.

Sigatoka.

Tavua.

Rotuma Island.

Norfolk Island. Niue Island.

Agents for;— Queensland Insurance Co. Ltd. • Burns Phllp Trust Co.

• Shell Company (P. 1.) Ltd.

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Ltd.

Ardath Tobacco Co.

Associated British Oil Engines (Exp.) Ltd.

Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd.

Ferguson Tractors (Exp.) Ltd.

Hercules Cycle Gr Motor Co. Ltd.

A. J. Caley Gr Sons (Confectionery) .

Charles Hope Ltd.-Cold Flame Refrigerators.

Huntley Gr Palmers Ltd. (Biscuits) .

International Harvester Co.

Jantzen (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.

Joseph Lucas (Exp.) Ltd.

McAlpine Refrigeration Ltd.

McLeay Duff Gr Co. (Whisky).

S. Maw Son Gr Sons (Surgical Dressings).

Mullard (Overseas) Ltd. (Radios).

O'Cedar Ltd. (Oils Gr Mops).

Reckitt Gr Colman Ltd.

S.F. Appliances Ltd.

Slazengers (Aust.) Pty. Ltd.

Standard Motor Co.

Stewarts Gr Lloyds (Aust.) Pty.

Ltd.

Shipping, Customs and Forwarding Agents

Shipping Agents for

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PANAMA).

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MARITIMES

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BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION

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VESSELS FOR SALE

'- , M I The ketch rigged Brixham Trawler “ARTHUR ROGERS’’, length 70 ft., beam 16 ft., draft 8 ft. 6 in., and powered by a 6-cylinder Grey Marine Diesel Engine is on an Island cruise of approximately five months’ duration and will arrive at Fiji about July 20.

New Hebrides about September 1, and New Caledonia about October 1.

The owner, Mr T. Hepworth, will be on board and will be pleased to show this vessel to bona fide buyers, as he intends to sell this craft either during or Immediately after the cruise.

'Vxi heathed and in excellent condition throughout. instructed and in first class condition.

Full particulars covering the abov vessels and many

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Reed

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CANNED FRUITS

HOT PACKS

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COLD MEATS

12-02. Trim (Pork and Beef). 12-oz. Meatreat. 12-02. Hampe. 12-02. Camp Pie. 12-oz. Corned Beef W/C. 12-oz. Taper Corned Beef. 6-lb. Taper Corned Beef W/C. 6-lb. Taper Corned Beef. ★

CONDENSED MILK

14-oz. Sweetened Condensed Milk. 12-oz. Unsweetened Evaporated Milk. ★

CANNED FISH

8-02. Flair Fish Cutlets. 12-oz. Flair Fish Cutlets. ★ 16-oz. Tins Dripping. ★

SWEET PUDDINGS

12-oz. Chocolate Pudding.

TOMATO PRODUCTS

8-oz. Tomato Soup. 16-oz. Tomato Soup. 10-oz. Tomato Sauce. 13-oz., Tomato Sauce. 28-oz. Peeled Tomatoes. ★

SAUSAGES

16-oz. Beef Sausages. 16-oz. Oxford Sausages. 16-oz. Cambridge Sausages. 16-oz. Pork Sausages. 10-oz. Vienna Sausages. ★

TONGUES

12-oz. Sheep Tongues. 12-oz. Lamb Tongues. 12-oz. Calves' Tongues. 12-oz. Lunch Tongues. 2-lb. Ox Tongues. ★

MARGARINE

56-lb. boxes Cake Margarine. 56-lb. boxes Pastry Margarine. ★

"RIVERMEDE" BUTTER

56-lb. boxes Bulk Butter. 16-oz. pats Butter. 2-lb. pats Butter. 12-oz. tins Butter. 16-oz. tins Butter. 16-oz. Grapes. 30-oz. Peaches. 30-oz. Pears. 30-oz. Apricots. 16-oz. Raspberries. 30-oz. Raspberries. 16-oz. Loganberries. 30-02. Loganberries. 16-02. Gooseberries. 30-02. Gooseberries. 16-02. Cherries. 16-oz. Fruit Cocktail. ★

CANNED JAMS

12-oz. & 24-oz. Gooseberry. 12-oz. & 24-oz. Blackcurrant. 12-oz. & 24-oz. Loganberry. 12-oz, & 24-oz, Plum, 12-oz. & 24-oz. Raspberry. 12-oz. & 24-oz. Apple Jelly. 12-oz. & 24-oz. Quince. 24-oz. Quince Jelly. 12-oz. & 24-oz. Marmalade. 12-oz. & 24-oz. Sweet Orange. 12-oz. & 24-oz. Strawberry. 24-oz. Redcurrant Jelly.

FUh asar T<,sma " ia "»• 1 'Flair 11 Canned Fish.

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Gartside Canned Vegetables.

Tongala Milk Company. Victoria. .Jersey Cow 11 and "Mont Blanc- Condensed Milk.

AGENCIES

Mildura Co-op. Fruit Co. Ltd., N.S.W, "Mildura" Canned Orange and Grapefruit Juices.

Port Huon Fruitgrowers* Co-op. Association Ltd., Tasmania.

"Haonery” Canned Fruits and Jams.

Maize Products Ltd., N.S.W.

"Krooni 11 Cornflour.

"Acme" Starch. * •Cameo" Custard Powder.

Peek Frean (Aust.) Pty. Ltd., Biscuit Manufacturers.

RIVERSTONE MEAT CO. PTY. LTD

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Mungo Scott Pty. Ltd.

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15 K.V.A. Diesel Alternator 240-415 Volts, Comprising 18 H.P. “National” Diesel Engine Governed 1,000 R.P.M., in Good Second-Hand Condition, and Newly Rewound Alternator, New Exciter and Switchboard.

Price: £525

Write to:

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18 Hotham Parade. Artarmon, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia.

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THE GARRICK HOTEL

SUVA, FIJI

5* I; Hi! m If / v tJ J rhis well-kn«“n sa—,£?«£r"' ’•"■ s, ‘''"

VINCE COSTELLO. Proprietor. ’elephone: 80.

Successful men

use Gillette

ci » * * In social life or business, success depends on a good appearance. For that you must have first and foremost a smooth clean shave. Successful men know that it always pays to buy the best. So they choose Blue Gillette Blades, the sharpest in the world and, because they last so long, the most economical.

Blue Gillette Blades

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Eve Ready

20% MORE

POWER

in the new

EVE READY

TRAOE-MAPK

30^

NINE^LIVES'

FLASHLIGHT

BATTERIES

t£TW£[o Just as an active cat takes a catnap-then BOUNCES BACK into new life, so the new “Eveready” Flashlight Battery recovers power in between uses and bounces back with extra life.

ECHNICAL EXPLANATION: “Ever-

iady" (No. 950) “Nine Lives jatteries have 20% more power lue to the new formula. Power ecovery between uses is due to he electro-chemical regeneration >f the depolariser. ‘tvereedy" “NiM Lives" tie

suar;; a#,#®

»ty. Ltd., Rosebery, N S W.

NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE AT US FINEST:

POTATOES ONIONS APPLES FRESH FRUITS

VEGETABLES

in season, and especially prepared and packed for tropical conditions.

PRESERVED MEATS—GROCERY AND MERCHANDISE

LINES

Original Invoices Supplied Where Desired

A. M. DOULL & CO.

Notional Chambers, 22 Swanson St., Auckland N.Z. - Solomons.

Correspondents sought in New NSW AuC kland.

Bankers : Bank ** W A AnctUnd . N.Z Cables: “ROWALLAN,” Auckland. <'-*

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Attention Diesel Operators

Burns Philp (South Sea) Co. Ltd. have installed in Fiji the most modern precision equipment, and have highly trained technicians to undertake all servicing, overhauls and testing of C.A.V. Fuel Injection Pumps and Injectors. A most comprehensive range of C.A.V. and Lucas replacement spares and equipment is also stocked.

Any work or requirements can be handed to any of Bums Philp (South Sea) Co. Limited’s Branches—the Agents in Fiji for Lucas and C.A.V. equipment.

Definitely the ' No. 1

Tennis Shoe

for men and women Self ventilated

COOLNESS

with the open weave uppers Action . B r 'P herringbone tread super-sole Chlorophyll treated

DUNLOPILLO

insoles— destroy foot L odours A DUNLOP RUBBER AUSTRALIA LIMITED (l„c, in Vic)

DUNLOP

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9 Sole)

AISO

AVAILABLE

WITH A NON-HARKING

SOLE FOR INDOOR

SPORTS & YACHTING.

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PACIFIC ISLANDS

Obert Gillespie Pty. Ltd.

/"4

AVAILABLE IN

3 PHASE i TO 10 H.P.

SINGLE PHASE I TO 1 H.P.

TOTALLY ENCLOSED.

FAN-COOLED.

TROPIC PROOFED.

*PRECISION BUILT.

PRECISION CHECKED.

GUARANTEED 12 MONTHS.

Prices and Specifications on Application

OBERT GILLESPIE PTY. LTD.

q4n Pin Street, Sydney.

:>/f I -A

m FRESHER! Pint, Bath*. Ther ehak« Cashmere Bouquet Talcum ol ever th body. How fresh It leavei you. And cool I Divinely cool.

FEEL SMOOTHER! Pamper th* senslttv* spot, with extra Cashmen * qU « T ° lcum - Its silken sheet •! protection Intures you against chafing

STAY DAINTIER! p .„ tlv<

luxury to use Cashmere Bouquet Talcum lavishly and often. Giver pur person the froprewc* men y 0 v*. m

Cashmere

Bouquet

Talcum

with the fragrance men love

tASHMERI BOUQUET COSMETICS INCL9DI

MCE POWDER, POWDER RASE LIPSTICK.

... .wh, . .um U a

135

..c.r.o

Scottish

131 years

Is a long time-

The knowledge and experi-

ence gained, during the years since 1823, in the distillation and blending of the finest Scotch Whiskies is presented to the discriminating consumer of today in the form

of SCOTTISH CREAM

SCOTCH WHISKY.

(The man who knows whisky is aware of the fact that Scotch Whisky is different and superior to all other whiskies, because it is a blend of the product of many Scotch Distilleries, the secrets of distillation being, in most cases, handed down from father to son for generations. The blending of these whiskies is entrusted only to men of many years experience.)

Scottish

Crc0m...

SCOTCH WHISKY

(Since 1823) Sole Distributors in Australia and South Pacific Islands:

AUSTRALIAN, MERCANTILE. LAND &

FINANCE COY. LTD.

3SA York Street, Sydney 5C8.82

Kerr Bros.

Stewarts and Lloyds (Australia) Pty. Ltd.

"S&L" PIPES and FITTINGS

!■ j, WATER, STEAM and other purposes.

AND Distributors of:

GALVANISED IRON; BOLTS and NUTS; ELECTRODES

and WELDING EQUIPMENT.

tewarts and Lloyds (Australia) pt y . Ltd.

Fiji Agents:

BURNS PHILP (S.S.) Co. Ltd., SUVA

Agents for New Guinea Territory:

BURNS PHILP (N.G.) Ltd.

KERR BROS.

PO. Bor 8838. G.P.0., Sydney. -

PTY.

LTD.

255 a George Street, Sydney.

ISLAND MERCHANTS AND BUYING AGENTS SINCE 1895 Cocoa Beans Ponro a .. . . wi,v» nuLiuj Oini.lL Cocoa Be^ s -Copra Coffee and all Island Produce sold on commission ah merchandise purchased at best wholesale prices

AGENTS FOR:

BlnndJjf Sp* nce^ a palnts^ n Varn'l h“ d £ hapman Engines and Launches.

Clyde Batteries r’ Varnishes, Enamels, etc.

S.°ns«^“F'"'- 'AST l, ' h,,nt ssr&L&r G “ r H d ”^ es ' ,nd LUh “" Pl,nts ' and Hlgh g Fly ei Holsts. nd Wcldine Co - Ltd -» Tubular Steel Tank Stands and Co., Barford “Atom” Garden Tractor and Tillage Equipment.

DISTRIBUTORS FOR- Etc., Etc., Etc.

Co - Aro weld! “ff Equipment. Etc., Etc., Etc.

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Fiji’s Taxation Problem

(Continued from Page 21)

W. C. Douglass Limited

1 FOUNTAIN food products are famous throughout the South Pacific for their consistent quality and suitability of packing for tropical conditions.' You are assured satisfaction when you specify FOUNTAIN brand.

Trade inquiries are welcome and all orders are promptly despatched.

I as m m

BRAND

W. C. DOUGLASS LIMITED

Box 512 G.P.0., Sydney, Australia

f o SB V oeirr? r**croßs

onsider the squirrel..

AGENTS FOR:

New Guinea Australia Line of the China Navigation Co. Ltd.

Lombard Insurance Company Ltd.

Union Assurance Society Ltd.

Aust. T. & G. Mutual Life Society Ltd.

New Britain Shipping & Docking Co. Ltd. the enterprise of this little fellow in "looking ahead" provides a sound moral.

Fortunately one that does not to-day affect you, as we at Colyer Watson provide the storehouse for your supplies where and when you want them. If it's humanly possible we'll get it for you. C.W. stands for service . . . use us.

COLYER WATSON (oSSE*) LTD.

• RABAUL • MADANG • KAVIENG • LAE Associated with: COLYER WATSON PTY. LTD.. COLYER WATSON & CO. LTD..

Sydney. Melbourne. Brisbane. Wellington. Auckland. Christchurch.

MULLARD RADIOS

PENTAI SOAP

OESTROI

SANITATION SYSTEMS

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in24Hours

fiiAND Discovery

Restores Youth

Sufferers from loss of vigour, nervousness, weak body, impure blood, failing memory, and who are old and worn-out before their time will be delighted to learn of a new gland discovery by an American doctor.

This new discovery makes it possible to quickly and easily restore vigour to your glands and body, to build rich, pure blood, to strengthen your mind and memory and feel like a new man in only 8 days. In fact, this discovery, which is a home medicine in pleasant, easyto-take tablet form, does away with gland operations and begins to build new vigour and energy in 24 hours, yet it is absolutely harmless in action.

The success of this amazing discovery, called VT-STIM, has been so great that it is now being distributed by all chemists here under a guarantee of complete satisfaction or money back.

In other words, VI-STIM must make you feel full of vigour and energy and from 10 to 20 years younger, or return the empty package and get your money back.

VI-STIM costs little, and the v - yuu Restores Manhood and Vitality

Vl-Stim

guarantee protects ’you.

WILLIAM FARRER PTY. LTD

(formerly Jacketts Pty. Ltd.)

Flour Millers

1 BERESFORD RD., STRATHFIELD, N.S.W,

Cable Address: “Butterfly”

i finest

USTRAUa

-tree:

SHARPS

••IBEX” BRAND.

FIG TREE” BRAND.

Hi Representatives: OCEANIA AGENCIES CO., P O. Box 284, Suva.

Mcilrath's

202 PITT STREET, SYDNEY

NEW SEASON’S DRIED PEACHES,

1 lb. Dried Peaches equal to 5 lb. of Fresh Fruit

IX L. PEELED TOMATOES!

28 oz. tins “ Let S a ” STRINGLESS GREEN BEANS, 16 oz. tins GREEN PEAS. 16 oz. tins

Falcon’’ SLICED BEETROOT

16 oz. tins ..

“I-X.L.” BAKED BEANS! 4 0z..Y : 9 doz., 8 oz., 12/- doz.; 16 oz.

I.XX.” SPAGHETTI, 4 oz., 7/9 doz'.;

8 oz., 12 - doz.; 16 oz.

Letona” SWEET CORN, 8 oz., ' 11/9 doz.; 16 oz P IV crJ^i> T ?I IVIATO or VEGETABLE SOUP, 16 oz. tins 2/li lb. 26/6 doz. 17/6 doz. 23/6 doz. 11/9 doz. 21 - doz. 21 - doz. 19/6 doz. 17/6 doz.

For Groceries and Provisions at

MONEY SAVING PRICES

“Nestle’s” PURE CREAM, 4 oz. tins 10 6 doz.

“VEGEMITE”, 4 oz., 33/- doz.; 8 oz., 56/6 doz.; 16 oz 8/3 jar

“Bronte” BRAISED BEEF STEW,

16 oz. tins 25/6 doz.

“Imperial” PORK SAUSAGES, 16 oz. tins 37/6 doz.

“Bronte” LAMB or SHEEP TONGUES,

12 oz. tins 55/6 doz.

“Raleigh” TOMATO SAUCE, 10 oz. bots 17/6 doz.

Choice APRICOT CONSERVE,

24 oz. tins 27 - doz.

Choice PLUM JAM, 24 oz. tins .. .. 22/6 doz.

Choice TASMANIAN GOOSEBERRY

CONSERVE, 24 oz. tins 25/6 doz. other leadtmr groceries available at lowest rates, together with full supplies of Penfold’s. Lindeman’s and available at competitive in^ond^r’ WinCS; also leadin S brands of Scotch Whisky, Rum. Gin. Brandy and Liqueurs pack^n'g 65 fob ' Sydney - and subject to Stocks and Market fluctuations—no additional charges for ordinary cases and S h kflch lenwfr 1 enwfre y 0 re ,™ e ™ ber our SERVICE DEPARTMENT will purchase, at lowest rates, any other goods such the service. ’ ’ c *othmg, medical supplies, etc., that you may require and charge you nothing extra for

McILRATH'S PTY. LTD.

202 Pitt St., Sydney, Australia

Cable Address “Rotunda” Sydney.

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PACIPIC ISLANDS MONXHL.-aDLV, ...

1 S/Stematists

ART POSTCARDS OF TONGA

Per Dozen (Including a Tin-Can Mail Cover), Postage Paid: 6/- (or one US Dollar).

TONG AN PHOTOS BUREAU,

Nukualofa, Tonga

YOUR PERSONAL PAPERS

'/rag YQm a

Under Lock

And Key

are safe from termites and prying eyes.

Fitted with strong lock and 25 Vetromobile folders. Size 13 in. long x 16i in. x 1 1 in. high.

PRICE: £B/-/-

WC PE NFOLD tC P L

PRINTERS.STATIONERS

1 S/STEMATISTS

88 PITT STREET SYDNEY -

815211

For Accurate

Adding—

Anywhere

the

dependable

hand operated / 7 j

mimMii

r : ; 4 / ■* m

O/Patumai

ADDING MACHINE

most invlinah p n y f d ffi i prevent you from having one of the a ninir f T?JKf helps 7"an adding machine. Here is the SSSSvpSw £ Hand-operated Model-a machine you can n Shil?in^ n^ h o e - Tt will add and either diflflcnil ties’ tn invSL ? d Pence -? r m Decimal Currencies. No mSe of hnm learning its operation. Let us tell you S your adTanSle ° Ughly dependable machine can be used *- / / r e o

VICTORIA PARADE, SUVA

and twelve branches in New Zealand.

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, AC IFIC ISLANDS MONTHLi

Pickles

BOOKS OF ISLAND INTEREST

Primitive Heritage.—Writings in Anthropology collected and edited by Margaret Mead and Nicolas Galas. This work comprises: Funeral Ceremonies in Australia; Ceremonies by Natives Converted to Christianity; Precautions during Pregnancy in New Guinea.

Marriage in Borneo; Aztec Human Sacrifice; Self-Mutilation: the Hebridean as an Artist, etc., etc. Available Soon—Orders Booked. £l/9/9, post, 1/6.

Fijian Way of Life (G. K. Roth).—A first hand account of the Fijians at home that will serve as a valuable source of information for inquirers. Illustrated. £l/1/-, post, lid.

Social Anthropology in Polynesia (F. M. Keesing).—A survey covering not only the Polynesian region of the Central and Eastern Pacific, but also Fiji and certain adjacent Micronesian areas, the Gilberts and Nauru. Map end-papers. £l/7/6, post. lid.

FREE LISTS of Australiana and Pacific items, new and secondhand Thousands of books in stock. Also Microscopes from £2 to £ls °-.. f urv , e K r mf TUPLES'Biography Magnifiers, etc. Lists on application. Write for our lists of lUN^series.' Crime, Fiction, Plays, Travel, World Affairs, etc.; also famous KING PENGUIN series.

N. H. SEWARD PTY. LTD., 457 Bourke St., Melbourne, Aust.

MU 6129.

PICKLES

GHERKINS, OLIVES, CAPERS

WHITE & COLOURED COCKTAIL ONIONS

W w

& MUSTARD PICKLES

DUILH

Many now available in the new

DIAMOND

shaped jar

AND A “HOST” OF GOOD THINGS

HI3 4 2

DAMPNESS AND HUMIDITY CAN

RUIN YOUR FLOORS!

4 By Appointment Suppliers of Wax Polishes to His Ljte Majesty King George VI. • • • And there are no other wax polishes in the world that can beautify and protect lino and floors as thoroughly as Johnson’s.

REMEMBER! Johnson’s Wax contains a greater percentage of genuine Brazilian Carnauba Wax, yet the cost per oz. is cheaper than most other wax polishes sold.

Johnsons

WAX

ME*

POUND

Johnson*

JOHNSOH)

v^

utifl

J OhM<sONS

glocoat

a Cleans i S^itWaxeS; ALL PRODUCTS OF S. C. JOHNSON & SON PTY. LTD.

Established 1886 WORLD’S LARGEST AND ONLY WORLD-WIDE MAKERS OF WAX POLISHES

THERE MUST BE REASON!

Island Distributors ex Sydney Burns. Phllp & Co. Lid. Morris, Hedstrom (Ausl.) Ply. Lid.

Nelson & Robertson Pty. Ltd.

Maurice Pelletier Pty. Ltd.

P. E. Scrivener & Co. Ltd.

C. Sullivan (Export) Pty. Ltd.

W. S. Tait & Co. Pty. Ltd.

Tallerman & Co.

W. R. Carpenter & Co. Ltd.

Colyer Watson (N.G.) Ltd.

Fiji Trading Co. Pty. Ltd.

Robert Gillespie Pty. Ltd.

International Trading Co.

Kerr Bros. Pty. Ltd.

J. C. Merrillees Pty. Ltd.

Nirex Pty. Ltd.

Cwm

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.•IT'S TIME YOU HAD A

Sole Agents for Papua & New Guinea

GABRIEL ACHUN & CO. LTD,

P.O. Box 96 Malaguno Road, Rabaul

Telegrams: “GABRIEL ACHUN," RABAUL

PLAIN AND

SELF RAISING

F LO U R.

CUk *<&■&/

ESTABLISHED 1868

Agenis for Fiji, Tonga and Samoa: C. SULLIVAN (PACIFIC ISLANDS) LTD.. Suva, Fiji.

TkeEasu

auto

POLISH

CLEANS

4 POLISHES

IN ONE

operation!

FOB THAT M/fi/lOR-UK E FINISH

Ensures a fine lustrous finish and imparts a lasting freshness.

Removes Road Stains.

Prevents Staining.

Easily and quickly applied.

Spartan Paints Pty. Ltd.

Cnr. Kavanagh and Ireland Streets, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Features that make

better home baking

in the tropics certain

i T M

CAKES KEEP LONGER

MARYS,

IAKINfi

AIRTIGHT CONTAINER

CONSTANT FULL STRENGTH

To give your cakes and pastries extra freshness and lightness you must be confident that the ingredients you use are fresh.

That™ why you can be sure of first-rate results with Aunt Mary’s Cream of Tartar Baking Powder. It never deteriorates and is always dependable. You also cook with the added advantage of adding the rising agent when you do your mixing—that is the right time—the best lime for sure results.

CUml WaUjJ.

Cream of Tartar

baking powder

ALWAYS ASK FOR AUNT MAR

From Barnes Milling Limited

comes the perfect

FLOUR

■ •S|

qNWE ALT/y

* o \ o QO 6^ tfD tA\U B*

COMMONWEALTH

FLOUR!

Milled from selected, hard Queensland Wheat, Commonwealth Flour Is carefully blended, to give High Protein Content (12% min.).

Strength, Yield and Consistency.

BARNES MILLING LIMITED

344 Stanley Street. South Brisbane. Queensland Manufacturers also of Bakers Wheatmeal Flour and Marvel ” Gluten-rich Flour.

Commentary

146

JULY, 1954 PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY

Commentary (Continued from Page 14)

149

PACIFIC ISLANDS MON FHLV- JULY,

fast

easy

painfing

with BLUNDELL'S

PAMMEL

This enamelised paint ■is not only tough and long-lasting —it is by far the easiest to apply, especially in the tropics. Pammel brushes on smoothly, dries to a tile-like gloss.

On exterior surfaces, it’s highly weather-resistant; inside, it’s washable, stands up to heat and moisture.

essusst

n

?iUN DELL’S

£mmg

BtUNDE

*. v Ss, bluEJ ■fi S£ ‘- y haroanos B '*';.

Ju- 0 * M^sCor, SyoN£ Y iW .s.«r-

Cashable matt finish

for interiors

PAMMAI

™ E MAir i i iH [?£^Rl«R<ss{

l^ssassss

Obtain Pammel and Pammatt from your local storekeeper, or write for details and colour cards to the Agent for Pacific Islands:

KERR BROS. Pty. Ltd,

255 a George Street,

Sydney, N.S.W.

PAM MAT

If you want a matt finish that won’t be ruined by ordinary marks and spots PAMMATT is the paint to buy. You really can wash PAMMATT without marring its smart “velvet” surface. Glorious range of colours, styled for modern interiors.

You can depend on Blundell’s Paints — they’re made by a British company that has a 143years’ reputation to uphold.

BLUNDELL

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: gfeaWSSa’Rar-

A Suggestion For Congestion

and discomfort of Influenza, Head Cold", Phlegmy (flemmy) and Sore Throats, Loss of Voice (and of course the old A.H.C. Asthma, Hayfever, Catarrh) is to use atomised inhalant Aspaxadrene as soon as possible.

Live to-day—yesterday is but a dream, to-morrow a vision Buy Aspaxadrene now, it’s a good buy and you say “goodbye” to the fear of Asthma within seconds.

Time tested safe proven second acting.

Yours for life and living Aspaxadrene.

Atomised Inhalant

aspaxaii hexe

• Relieves in five seconds (not five years) because it “Touches the Spot

: gfeaWSSa’Rar-

asar-ara ” v ' : ' : A. H. CRUNDALL, Box 58, Prahran, Victoria, Aust.

NO MORE TUGGING AT LEVERS

WITH THE NEW

fully patented

• YOU SIMPLY

WIND TO OPEN

• WIND TO

FIRMLY CLOSE

The GEARBOX drive— that is the secret of this newest, most outstanding Louvre window.

A simple handle—unique to the Agco Supaluvre—enables you to easily and quickly wind your louvres to any desired opening or to draught-proof closure.

LOOK A T

THESE NEW

FEATURES

EXCLUSIVE

TO AGCO.

if Cream Baked Enamel finish. if Gearbox drive— so easy to open and close. ★ Absolutely rattleproof and weatherproof. ★ Improved glass holders.

WHY YOU SHOULD FIT AGCO SUPALUVRES

IN YOUR HOME!

•To control oir— the amount of fresh air can be controlled to a nicety. Moreover, and this is most important, you can cause that air to be deflected upwards toward fhe ceiling so that direct draught Is eliminated. • For safety Even when fully open there is only a 5" aperture too small to enable a prowler to crawl in; too small for children to fall out. • No interference with Curtains or Blinds—Because Agco Supaluvre blades are swung from fheir edges, blinds and curtains—and fly screens, too—can be fitted without unsightly boxing out or other makeshift. • Ease of Fitting —Any handy man can fit Agco Supauvres. Full Instructions are given with every set supplied— labour charges are eliminated.

Sole Agents Southwest Pacific:

ROBERT GILLESPIE PTY. LTD.

540 Pitt Street, Sydney. Cables: "Robergill."

Local Distributors for Fiji: FIJI BUILDERS LTD., G.F.0., Box No. 3, Suva.

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Foscote R.S.T.

vT

foscote :::

M Reost

ELIMINATES RUST PROBLEMS

FOSCOTE R.S.t.

(Regd. Trade Mark)

COLD PHOSPHATING TREATMENT

, Che Sly converts rust Into an Iron phosphate, the best possible rust . rre™Lmlca. P and' b °a n .rs brush or spray and prolongs paint life from 3 to 5 times c cover an area of metal surface of about eng A lanS OD SSw manS™ctured E In SA a T ustoal?a LTD ■

CKUyUU UNDER LICENCE.

All enquiries to the Australian Concessionaires:

INTERTRADE PTY. LTD.

Reiby Chambers, Reiby Place, Sydne>, NS.W. * Phone: BC 2259 Tables: “PIBKITRADE”, Sydney.

(late Wentworth) Drive Yourself, 77 Wentworth Ave., or 196 Elizabeth St., City.

MA 9204 (after hours. FM3113).

DRIVE YOURSELF CARS.—At your service In Brisbane. Lloyd-De Laurier Pty.

Ltd., Rowes Cafe Lane, Edward Bt., Brisbane, Queensland. Phone; B 3375.

Enquiries invited.

PENFRIENDS

DON’T BE LONELY.—Men and women all over Australia are finding happiness through my Friendship & Matrimonial Correspondence Club. Someone wants to be YOUR friend. Select and confidential.

Write TO-DAY. No obligation. Locker P, Dorothy Pope Friendship Club (regd.), Box 182, Haymarket P. 0., Sydney, N.S.W.

ACCOMMODATION

OR. AND MRS. 11. I. ZIELE, New Zealanders, wish to announce they have opened their home, centrally situated in peaceful surroundings at Double Bay. for Pacific Islands and Interstate guests, for bed and breakfast. Laundry facilities: adjacent to excellent restaurants at Double Bay; 10 minutes from City.

Under the personal supervision of Mrs.

Zlele. 37 Manning Rd., Double Bay.

Sydney. Phone: PM 2761.

FLAT AT MANLY, Sydney, Aust.—s min. surf, ferry, pool, shops, overlooks Manly, Ocean. Heads. LUXURY furn.. w./w. carpets, refrig., hot water, ’phone, garden & lawns. Accommodation: Dbl. B„ 2 SB' Day B. IMPORTANT: Due to difficulty experienced in arranging date of arrival with vacant accommodation, I am inviting applications and ALTERNATIVE DATES for after Dec. 4; also state period required.

“Manly Holiday”, G.P.O. Box 417, Sydney.

STOP, when in Sydney, at the French Pension beautifully situated in Double Bay. within walking distance of the Cross: 10 minutes to the city.

ENJOY the large pleasant rooms, the convenience of having both breakfast and dinner, the cosmopolitan atmosphere and an opportunity to speak French as well as English.

WRITE or phone for reservations to: Mrs. M. Laigle. 6 South Ave., Double Bay. Sydney. Telephone. FB 3549.

IF you are planning to settle in New Zealand, and Intend to buy property, consult Stacey & Wass, Ltd., Real Estate Agents. P.R.E.1.N.Z., 138 Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand, who can offer you a wide selection.

NORFOLK ISLAND, “Burnt Pine” Real Estate Agency. Cable Address: “Adage, Norfolk Island”. Properties for sale in peaceful surroundings and beautiful climate of Norfolk Island. All enquiries promptly attended to.

ETTALONG.—Visit beautiful Ettalong for your next holidays; 2 hrs. from Sydney.

Cottages For Sale or To Let; moderate rates. R. Lundie, L.E.A., Ettalong Beach, N.S.W. ’Phone: Woy Woy 259.

BOOKS

ANY NEW BOOK (English), which is in print now. posted to you in a few days.

I also find rare and out-of-print books to order. Large Pacific clientele. Write; Philip R. Boulton, Bookseller. Westbury, Wilts, England.

Classified Advertisements Per line, 1/9; Minimum, 6 lines.

FOR SALE

FOR SALE.—Desiccated Coconut Mill located at Aroa, Papua. Capacity approx. 1,000 tons per annum.

Establishment includes:— Buildings.—Factory, steel frame, iron walls and roof 15,000 sq. ft.; 3 residences, 11 native labour houses of timber and iron construction.

Machinery.—Blackstone 135 HP and Blackstone 80 HP, both with vee-belt drives to 80 K.V.A. A.S.E.A. Alternators 3-phase 415 V., Ruston Hornsby 16 HP single cylinder horizontal with vee-belt drive to 13.5 K.V.A. 415 V. 3-phase alternator, together with switchboard and quantity of electrical equipment.

Plant.—4 Harvey desiccated coconut driers, 3 exhaust driers, 2 hammer mills, 2 Izod parers, 1 sifter, 1 washer, together with quantity of spares.

Tools.—3 chain winches. 6 in. lathe (needs repair), 10 in. grinder, power hacksaw, heavy duty drill, together with quantity of assorted engineer’s tools.

Vehicles.—l Ford V 8 Utility 1948, 1 Bedford KC 1950.

Furniture.—Quantity of lounge, dining, bedroom and kitchen furniture.

Any or all of the foregoing offered for sale.

Purchasers will be required to arrange removal within a reasonable time.

Please address inquiries to: Messrs. Harrisons Ramsay Pty. Ltd., Box No. 4307.

G.P.0.. Melbourne, Victoria.

WANTED TO PURCHASE

GUEST HOUSE or similar.—Middle - aged English couple, seeking semi-retirement within next 12 months, desire purchase Guest House, or any proposition giving small income with easy life: sub-tropics.

Norfolk Island or similar climate. R.M.G.. 151 Sea St., Herne Bay. Kent. England.

ISLAND STAMPS WANTED —sl U S pel 200 paid for used British Pacific Islanc Stamps on pieces of envelopes undamaged Double this price for stamps of 6d and over, and even higher rates for 2/- up bend any amount. On lots of 500 and Pay all P° sta g e W. P. Strauss, US r ° rningsi( t e Dr - New York 27, N.Y., ahiv ßA P ANTATION ’ in S.W.P.A.. prefer ably m Territory of New Guinea. De tails m confidence to: R. v. Pratt V grange Street, Swanbourne, Western Aus'

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The natives had built a fire to boil sea water to procure the salt for trading. The fireplace consisted of brass shell cases standing' upright in the sand, and a drum of sea water was supported by what appeared to be a number of iron bars found in a nearby dump.

The bars were actually cylinders filled with explosive which the Jap anese used on barbed-wire en tanglements. They exploded in the fire.

Another native heard the ex plosion five miles away. He in vestigated and found only a small crater where the fireplace had been and mutilated bodies scattered in the vicinity.

The Assistant District Officer at Aitape, Mr. John Williams, has asked the Army bomb disposal section to remove the “torpedo” dump. if On return from the round trip on the Tofua to Samoa, Mr. and Mrs.

Eric Weir, a Sydney couple who had been in Suva about a year, left Fiji in April for Canada, where Mr.

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