Pacific Islands Monthly

Vol. XXVI, No.4 (Nov. 1, 1955)
1 November 1955 · uncorrected OCR from NLA scans

Islands

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PACIFIC

monthly

NOVEMBER, 1955

Vol. XXVI. No. 4.

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G.P.0., i

Her Majesty now has another Seaward Defence Motor-launch, and Fiji another "HMS Viti" (“Viti I” was sold to private interests after World War II). The new Viti was commissioned in Auckland in early October, and a few weeks later a shore station ar Bay of Islands, near Suva, and also called "HMS Viti", was officially opend. (see story, this issue). Our photograph shows Able Seaman Euka Nonokibau who obviously is pleased with the whole Navy.

Photo: Fiji Public Relations Office.

Sipping Time-Tables

pp. 5-10

[wllings are approximate and may rary by as much as two weeks.

jrdney-Papua-N. Guinea

iMalaita sails from Sydney for Rabaul, ng, Lombrum, Lorengau, Wewak, bafen, Madang, Lae, Sydney. Next ■ Dec. 12. iMalekula sails from Sydney for rai, Rabaul, Kavieng, Manus, Wewak, hafen, Madang, Lae, Samarai and Ito Sydney. Next sailing Nov. 25, i 3. ißulolo, modern liner, sails about six weeks: Sydney-Brisbane-Moresby al ■ Lae - Madang - Manus - Rabaul -

li-Moresby-Brisbane-Sydney. Next

I mid-Dec. pis from Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd., Igc Street, Sydney.

Bhansi; Sydney - Brisbane - Rabaul ii - Samarai - Lae - Sydney. Sailing [Soochow; Sydney - Brisbane - Port y - Samarai - Sydney. Sailing Dec.

Binkiang; Not yet arranged, b from New Guinea Australia Line pTulll & Co., Ltd., agents), 6 Bridge

pney.

[bound only:

iros: Madang Dec. 9, Lae Dec. 11, pec. 14, Honiara Dec. 17, Vanikoro I then E. Australian ports, ptos. Rabaul Jan 16, Madang Jan. [Jan. 21, then E. Australian ports.

Pelos; Not yet arranged.

Details from Wilh. Wilhelmsen Agencv Pty., Ltd., 63 Pitt St., Sydney.

SS Tuning: Kavieng Dec. 19, Rabaul Dec. 21, Madang Dec. 24, Lae Dec. 26 Port Moresby Dec. 31.

MV Fukien: Kavieng Jan 26, Rabaul Jan 28, Madang Feb. 1, Lae Feb 3 Samara! Feb. 6, Port Moresby Feb. 8. ’

Details from G. S. Yuill & Co. Ltd. 6 Bridge St., Sydney.

SYDNEY-NETHERLANDS NG

Monthly service from E. Australian ports to Hollandla and Sorong (with Biak and/or Manokwari if inducement) thence Borneo Bangkok, Singapore, thence Australia direct.

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

N. Zealand-Fiji-Samoa-Tonga

MV Tofua maintains a service from Auckland to Suva, Nukualofa, Vavau,

Australia - New Zealand - Canada - USA Sailings of Orient Line Passenger Ships, 1955-56.

Niue Pago Pago, Apia, Suva and return to Auckland.

MV Matua maintains a service from Auckland to Suva, Lautoka, Apia, Suva.

Lyttelton, Wellington, and return to Auck land. Each Autumn there is a temporary rearrangement of schedules while the re spective vessels are on annual survey.

Next sailings; MV Tofua Dec. 3; MV Matua Dec. 15.

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

N. Zealand-Cook Is.

The regular passenger vessel Maul Pomare Should resume early in 1956 The 700-ton freighter Viti is meanwhile operating a cargo service from Auckland and occasional limited passenger facilities are available on trans-Pacific freighters SS Waikawa will call Rarotonga about mid-Dec., thence Auckland. SS Waitemata should clear Auckland early December for Rarotonga.

Full details on application to NZ

ORONSAY

ORSOVA

ORION

ORSOVA

ORONSAY ORCADES

SYDNEY

AUCKLAND

SUVA

HONOLULU

VANCOUVER

depart arr/dep arr/dep arr/dep arrive 1955 18 Nov. 21 Nov. 24 Nov. 29 Nov. 6 Dec. 1956 27 Jan. 30 Jan. 2 Feb. 7 Feb. 13 Feb. 1956 2 Apr. 6 Apr, 10 Apr. 16 Apr. 23 Ap^r. 1956 1 June 4 June 7 June 12 June 18 June 1956 13 July 16 July 19 July 24 July 30 July 1956 Prom Panama depart

SAN FRANCISCO arr

6 Dec. 8 Dec. 14 Feb. 16 Feb. 24 Apr. 27 Apr. 19 June 21 June 31 July 2 Aug. 11 Sept. 7 Sept. 8 Sept. 16 Sept. 23 Sept. 26 Sept. 29 Sent.

HONOLULU

SUVA

AUCKLAND

SYDNEY

depart arr/dep arr/dep arr/dep arrive 9 Dec. 13 Dec. 20 Dec. 23 Dec. 26 Dec. 17 Feb. 21 Feb. 28 Feb. 2 Mar. 5 Mar. 28 Apr. 3 May 11 May 14 May 18 May Then to Panama 3 Aug. 7 Aug. 14 Aug. 17 Aug. 20 Aug.

Government Department of Island Terri tories in Wellington, or to any office oi the Union SS Co. of NZ. Ltd.

Sydney-New Hebrides-BSI-

Rabaul, Etc.

MV Tulagi, 10 passengers, leaves Sydney for Norfolk, Vila. Luganville, Honiara, Tenaru, Yandina, Gizo, Bougainville ports, Rabaul, Sydney. Next sailling Dec. 16.

MV Muliama, 8 passengers, leaves Sydney for British Solomons ports about monthly, ports varying with cargoes. Next sailing; Dec. 15.

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

Sydney-N. Caledonia-Tahiti

Vessels of Messageries Maritimes Line, coming irom Marseilles, via West Indies and Panama, call about every six weeks

at Papeete, Vila (New Hebrides), , and Sydney, and return by samm From Sydney: Caledonien, X Tahitien, Feb. 17. From Papoc Sydney: Caledonien. Dec. 13; T Jan. 21.

MV Polynesie (Messageries MaL maintains about monthly passengn ings between Sydney and Noumi the New Hebrides. Next sailing § SS Neo Hebridais-11, 1,266 tomn tains an irregular cargo service s Sydney and Noumea, and four i trips per annum to Wallis Is. w Owners: Soc. Miniere et Maritime Noumea. Sydney agents; H. C.O Ltd., 115 York Street.

Sydney-S. Africa-UK-Ps

Ports-Sydney

Shaw Savill’s new one-class all-i -liner Southern Cross makes foun the-world voyages per year, tvi bound, then two east-bound, c:o Suva every trip, and at Papeete in hurricane season. Next sailing/: bound, calling Suva only, Jan. 1 bound, calling Papeete Mar. 30-0 Apr. 5.

N. America-Fiji-Hebrid©

Pacific Islands Transport J vessels Thorsisle and Thorshasj tain a regular service fronn Coast North American ports, wiUi every 35-40 days. Some ports cb cargoes offering. Next sailing: Honiara Nov. 25. Lae Nov. 29. S cisco arrives Dec. 17. ThorshalUl Dec. 9, Pago Pago Dec. 14, Apiai Suva Dec. 21, Lautoka Dec. 23C!

Dec. 27, Fiji sugar ports, Lae 9 arrives San Francisco Jan. 30.

(Jails from General Steamships Cor don Ltd., 432 California St., San jplsco. U.S.A., and Island Agents.

P.S.-PAPEETE-PAGO PAGO-N.Z.-

AUSTRALIA

Ison-Oceanic Line of San Francisco ites a regular passenger-cargo service ffjos Angeles. Southern terminal ports with cargoes offering. Vessels call at le. Pago Pago, and Suva, depending Igoes.

■ SYDNEY-SUVA-HONOLULU

VANCOUVER

Ific Shipowners, Ltd., of Suva liary of W. R. Carpenter & Co.) te a service three times yearly with ■O,OOO ton, 98-passenger vessel iba along the above route. Accom lon is entirely First Class, two-berth 1 Next sailings from Sydney an and late May, 1956.

Bis from American Trading & Shlp b. Pty., Ltd., Sydney.

HONOLULU-PAPEETE

i242-ton auxiliary schooner Te Vega, san - owned, operates a luxury ger service to a regular schedule, alls at Marquesas and Line Islands hired. To dep. Papeete Dec. 1, arr. llu Dec. 15, dep. Dec. 31, arr. b Jan. 15. Details from Darr Lines, jeo H. Davies & Co., Honolulu, or cements Donald, Papeete.

irays Time-Tables

INS-PACIFIC SERVICES

Australia (or NZ)-Fiji-

Hawaii-N. America

BY PAN-AMERICAN AIRWAYS

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

Mon., Tues., Thur., Sat.; Return same route. * DC4 from Auckland connects, arriving Nadi Tues., Thur., Sun., departing Nadi Wed., Sat., Mon.

BY QANTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS

(Super Constellation Service)

NORTHWARDS

Tues.*, Thur.* and Sat.* Sydney - Nadi

(Fiji) - Canton Is. - Honolulu - San Francisco—with Sat. service terminat- VancouvS* SCrViCe ori S inatin g at

SOUTHWARDS

Wed.*, Fri.*, Sun.* San Francisco - Honolulu - Nadi (Fiji) - Sydney. (No te- Crosses date-line enroute).

TEAL DC6 services between Auckland and Hadi connect at Nadi Tues. and Sat. northwards: Wed. and Sun. southwards.

BY CANADIAN PACIFIC AIRLINES

(With Super DC-6B Aircraft)*

Every Wednesday—Sydney-Auckland-Nadl

( Fiji) -Honolulu-Vancouver-Amsterdam.

Every Sunday leave Vancouver by same route. (Note: Crosses date-line en route). • Tourist Class Services are available on these planes at 20 per cent, les? normal fares.

SECTIONAL SERVICES IN

PACIFIC

2. Sydney-New Guinea

Service by Qantas Empire Airways (Skymasters)

NORTHWARDS

Mon., Tues., Sat., Sun.

Depart: Arrive: Sydney, 8.00 pm Brisbane, 10.45 pm Brisbane, 11.45 pm Moresby, 6.35 am (Tues., Wed., Sun., Mon.) Moresby, 8.05 am Lae, 9.20 am Thurs.

Depart; Arrive: Sydney, 8 pm Brisbane, 10.45 pm Brisbane, 11.45 pm Townsville, 3.30 am (Friday) Townsville, 4.15 am Cairns, 5.25 am Cairns, 6.25 am Port Moresby. 9.15 am Port Moresby, 10.45 am Lae, midday.

SOUTHWARDS

Tues., Wed., Sun., Mon.

Depart; Arrive; Lae, 11.20 am Moresby, 12.35 pm Moresby. 1.45 am Brisbane, 8.20 pm Brisbane, 9.45 pm Sydney, 12.30 am Sat.

Depart: Arrive: Lae. 7.00 am Moresby, 8.15 am

Moresby, 9.45 am Cairns, 12.35 pm Cairns, 3.05 pm Townsville, 4.15 pm Townsville, 5.00 pm Brisbane, 8.45 pm Brisbane, 9.45 pm Sydney, 12.30 am

3. N. Guinea Internal

Services

Operated by Qantas LAE—HOLLANDIA (Dutch New Guinea)

(DCS)

Alternate Wed. (Nov. 30, etc.).

Departs Lae 10.30 am. calls at Madang and Wewak, and arrives at Hollandla 3.0 pm. Every alternate Thursday (Nov. 3, etc.), depart Hollandia at 9.30 am, and, with calls at Wewak and Madang, arrives Lae at 3.40 pm.

LAE-MANUS (DCS)

Every Wednesday.

Dep. Lae, 8.00 am: Finschhafen, Rabaul, Kavieng, arr. Manus 3.00 pm.

Returns Saturdays (dsp. 8 am), via Kavieng, Rabaul and Finschhafen arr.

Lae, 2.55 pm.

MORESBY-DARU (Catalina) Via Yule Is., Kerema, Kikori, L. Kutubu.— Alt. Fri. returning same day (Nov. 25, etc.).

PORT MORESBY-RABAUL

(Catalina) Alt. Tues. (Nov. 29, etc.) Port Moresby - Samarai-Esa’ala-Losuia-Moewe Harb - Talasea-Jacquinot Bay-Rabaul. Return ing via same ports (except Losuia and Esa-ala optional) alt. Thu. (Dec. 1, etc.).

NEW BRITAIN-BOUGAINVILJI

(Catalina) Alt. Wed. Rabaul - Buka - Kielo.

Nov 30, etc.). Returning sameoi

LAE-MADANG-WEWAK-MANTV

KAVIENG-RABAUL SERVIOI

(DCS)

Mon., Thur. Dep. Lae 6.30 am, , arr. 7.35 am Wewak, Mam Kavieng. Rabaul arr. 3.40 pmrc Fri. only Dep. Rabaul 8.00 am Madang. arr.i 10.50 am, Madang, Lae arr. 4.35 pm.

CENTRAL HIGHLANDS «

(DCS)

Fridays—Lae (8.30 am) to Watfi calling at any of; Goroka, Banz, Minj, Mt. Hagen, Basf Wabag, Wabamunda. Return n arriving 6 pm.

LOWER HIGHLANDS

(Beaver) Fridays.—Lae (7.30 am) to Goran ing at any of: Nadzab, Kaiapilc Kainantu, Goroka, Arena. Arrih at Lae depends on stops mabf

LAE-BULOLO-WAU (DC3B

Dep. Lae.—Mon. 7.30 am, Tuess Wed. 11.30 am, Fri. 2.00 pm.n Dep. Wau.—Mon. 9 am, Tues.

Wed. 1 pm, Fri. 3.30 pm. omitted on these flights whicHc minutes, Wau-Lae.

MADANG-GOROKA (DCS8 r

Fridays.—Depart'Madahg 8.25 arr£ Goroka 9.00 am, returning ssa depart Goroka 9.30 am, arrive 10.5 am.

NEW GUINEA-NEW BRITA

(DCS)

Fridays—Depart Lae 12.55 pm, FiKi'

1.45 pm, arrive Rabaul 3.55 pm. turdays—Depart Rabaul 10 am, Madang 1.25 pm, arrive Lae 2.30 pm.

Bays—Depart Lae 12 noon, Finschhafen 1 pm, Rabaul 3.10 pm. todays—!Depart Rabaul 5.45 am, Finsch- Safen 8.10 am, arrive Lae 8.45 am.

JEKVICES BY MANDATED AIRLINES

pheduled Flights with DCS Aircraft n. depart Lae 8 am. Wed. and Fri. (epart 7.30 am, for Goroka, Wau, Port ■oresby, Wau, Goroka, Lae.

I. Aust.-Dutch N. Guinea

I By KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.

B weekly service with Super-Cons, ireen Sydney and Amsterdam with a I at Biak, DNG. and Manila, bpines.

C 3 aircraft link Biak with Hollandla. pg. Merauke, Tenah Merah, and Ikwari.

5. N. Guinea-Solomons

By Qantas with DCS [(Three flights every four weeks) I (Dec. 5, 12, 19) Lae dep. 6 am bschhafen Rabaul Buka Vella pella Yandina Honiara, BSI riving 5.25 pm.

I (Dec. 6, 13, 20) Honiara dep. 7 n - Yandina Vellalavella Buka I Rabaul Lae, arriving 3.35 pm.

5. Indo-China-Brisbane-

N. Caledonia

i By Air France, Fortnightly. bllation aircraft depart Saigon c. 6, for Darwin - Brisbane - Noumea fl return. Depart Noumea, Dec. 9.

. Sydney-Lord Howe Is.

By Ansett Airways Pty., Ltd., rith Sandringham Flying-boats. i flight each Tuesday and Saturday.

8. Sydney-Norfolk Is.

By Qantas, with Skymasters 3at, returning next day after return tit Norfolk-Auckland.

Sydney-New Hebrides

By Qantas with Skymasters (Variable) ig-boats were replaced by Sky s in 1955. Service now terminates itouta (N. Caledonia) until Vlla airflelds ready.

P ar * : Arrive: I Dec. 7, Tontouta. Dec. 8 14. 11.30 pm. Dec. 15, 7 am ta. Dec. 8. Sydney, Dec. 'B, 15. 9.30 am. Dec. 15, 3.20 pm.

Sydney-N. Caledonia-Fiji

By Qantas with Skymaster. (Variable) (Jan. 4) iart: Arrive: Wed., 11.30 Tontouta, Thur., 7 am. a, Thur. 8 Nadi, Thur., 1.30 pm. n., 9.45 am. Tontouta, 1.30 pm. a, Fn., 2.15 Sydney, Fri., 8.20 pm.

11. Auckland-Norfolk Is.

TEAL, by Qantas (charter) (Fortnightly) Each Sun. return flight Norfolk-Auckland- Norfolk (see 8 above).

12. Auckland-Sydney

Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft.

Mon., Thur., Fri.: Dep. Auckland 9 15 am arr. Sydney 1.00 pm.

Tues.: Dep. Auckland 6.00 pm, arr. Sydnev 9.45 pm. J y Wed., Sun.; Dept. Auckland 11 15 am arr Sydney 3.00 pm.

Tue., sat.: Dep. Sydney 10.00 am arr. Auckland 5.15 pm.

Mon., Thur., Fri.: Dep. Sydney 3.00 pm arr. Auckland 10.15 pm Tues.: Dep. Sydney 11.30 pm, arr. Auck land Wed. 6.45 am.

13. Christchurch-Sydney

Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft.

Mon., Fri.; Dep. Christchurch 5.00 pm arr. Sydney 8.40 pm.

Mon., Thurs.: Dep. Sydney 8.00 am arr Christchurch 3.10 pm. »

14. Christchurch-Melbourne

Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft.

Thurs.: Dep. Christchurch 5.00 pm arr Melbourne 9.30 pm.

Fri.: Dep. Melbourne 7.00 am, arr. Christ church 3.00 pm.

15. New Zealand-Fiji

Tasman Empire Airways, with DC6 aircraft.

Tue., Sat.: Dep. Auckland 1.15 am, arr Nandi 6.30 pm.

Wed., Sun.: Dep. Nandi 11.00 am arr Auckland 4.25 pm.

16. Fiji-Tahiti

Tasman Empire Airways, with Solent aircraft.

Service normally fortnightly, with extra flights as required.

Departs Suva Friday 9 am, crosses date line, arrives Satapuala (W. Samoa) Thur. 2 pm, departs Frl. 2 am, arrives Aitutaki 7.30 am, departs 9.30 am arrives Papeete 2 pm. Departs Papeete Sun. 7.30 am, arrives Aitutaki 11 am, departs 1 pm, arrives Satapuala 5.30 pm, departs Mon 7 am, crosses date line, arrives Suva Tues., 9.55 am.

Leaves SUVa DeC ' 9 ’ 23, Papeete Dec. 11.

17. Fiji-Tonga

Tasman Empire Airways, with Solent aircraft.

Irregular Service.

Dep. Suva 6.30 am. Arr. Nukualofa 9 50 am. Dep. Nukualofa 9.50 am. Arr Suva 4.55 pm.

Next flight Dec. 22.

18. E. Samoa Service

Pan American Airways.

Approximately monthly flights, currently shuttling Honolulu-Canton-Tafuna (E Samoa)-Canton-Honolulu, but this may soon be replaced by a Nadi (Fiji)- Tafuna-Nadi monthly shuttle service.

19. Fiji Internal Airways

Fiji Airways. Ltd. Drover and Rapide Aircraft.

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

Suva-Nadi; Tues., Sun. (additional to the above return flight).

Nadi-Suva: Mon., Wed.

Suva-Labasa-Suva: Daily except Sun.

Suva-Taveuni-Labasa-Taveuni-Suva: Mon., Wed., Fri.

Suva - Savusavu - Taveuni - Savusavu - Suva: Mon., Wed.

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

20. N. Caledonia-Loyalty Is.

Internal Service

Societe Caledonienne de Transports Aeriens (TRANSPAC).

Rapid® aircraft.

Noumea (Magenta )-Lifou (Chepenehe)- Noumea: Tues. am.

Noumea-Mare (Tadinel -Noumea : Tues. pm.

Noumea-Mare-Lifou-Noumea. or Noumea- Lifou-Mare-Noumea, alternatively, Thurs. am.

Noumea-Koumac-Noumea (with condi tional call at Plaine des Gaiacs); Fri. am.

Noumea-Poindimie-Noumea (with condi tional call at Houailoui: Fri. pm.

Noumea-Iles des Pins-Noumea: Saturday afternoons, and, if sufficient induce ment, Sundays.

NOTE: Service to Ouvea, Wallis Is. com mencing soon when airfield com pleted.

21. French Oceania Inter-

Island Service

Regie Aerienne Interinsulair (RAI) (Amphibious Catalina) Twice weekly service to the Leeward Group.

Wednesday: Papeete-Raiatea-Bora Bora- Raiatea-Papeete.

Friday: Papeete-Huahlne-Raiatea-Papeete.

Booking agents in Papeete: Messageries Maritimes.

22. Micronesia

Trans Ocean Airlines.

Using Grumman Albatross twin-nra amphibious flying-boats, operates a throughout the American Trust Tea of Micronesia on behalf of the GD ment. Details from Trans-Ocean AA Agana, Guam.

Approximate Airways Fi

Fares quoted are First Class. "

Class at 20 per cent, lower is aw* on trans-Tasman, Auckland-Nadi, SB Nadi, and trans-Pacific services. Fs'-l points east of Nadi include air conic to Suva by Fiji Airways.

FROM SYDNEY (Aust. currency) TT

Single Return Moresby . £48 11 0 £83 16 0 Lae .. 55 7 0 99 13 0 Rabaul .. 64 19 0 116 19 0 Honiara 80 7 0 146 13 0 Noumea 38 15 0 69 15 0 Norfolk Is. 27 10 0 49 10 0 L. Howe 12 15 0 25 10 0 Nadi . .. 58 15 0 105 15 0 Suva . .. 73 5 0 131 15 0 1 Auckland . 47 5 0 85 1 0 Christ’ch . 47 5 0 85 1 0 Honolulu . 243 6 0 437 19 0 S. Fran’co 301 7 0 542 9 0 Vancouver 301 7 0 542 9 0 Nukualofa 92 9 0 165 19 0 Apia . .. 97 7 0 175 3 0 Aitutaki . 119 8 0 214 19 0 Papeete (direct) 139 2 0 250 8 0

FROM AUCKLAND

(NZ curr ency: Single Return Suva . .. 44 8 0 80 19 0 1, If Apia . .. 52 3 0 94 18 0 1. IT Aitutaki . 72 12 0 141 14 0 1. If Papeete . 87 11 0 158 12 0 1, 1 Norfolk .. 19 15 0 35 11 0 H

taff Changes PNG

p. 11

Native Affairs Dept.

■CONFERENCE of Papua-New feuinea District Commissioners bpened in Port Moresby on pber 31 and was expected to Bnue for several days. be following changes in the De bient of Native Affairs have re ;ly been notified: I H. P. Seale has been appointed pg District Commissioner for ■Eastern Highlands. He will lover when the resignation of present DC, Mr. lan Downs, be fc effective on December 9.

I Seale has been on the Native irs staff at Lae since September, land previously was Assistant Bet Officer at Wau. [the same district, Mr. H. W succeeds Mr. F. P. C. Kaad as District Officer. Mr. Kaad is [on recreation leave. Mr. West been stationed in the Eastern lands since 1951. His last post fas ADO at Kainantu.

I R. I. Skinner is to be Acting let Commissioner for the frn Highlands, succeeding Mr.

I Dishon, who will be the Act pistrict Commissioner for the fal District when he returns [recreation leave next May.

Pending Mr. Skinner’s arrival at Mt. Hagen, the duties of DC are be ing carried out by the Assistant District Officer, Mr. J. R. White.

Mr. H. L. Williams has taken up his new appointment as District Commissioner for the Madang Dis trict. In recent years Mr. Williams has been stationed at Goroka and then Lae.

; Mr. L. F. Brodie, an enterprising young Canadian newspaper man who established the South Pacific Post in 1951, is now residing in Sydney as the representative of a large Ameri can corporation, which supplies equipment to printers. After leaving Port Moresby in 1952, Mr. Brodie engaged in journalism in Britain and United States, and he returned to Sydney several months ago. He was married in November to an Australian nursing sister whom he

Contents:

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Editorial: A World Bewildered By Ideological, and Racial Hates 11 Expert Says NG Labour System is “Hopeless” ... 12 Joyita Found Abandoned .. 13 New P-NG Import Duty Will Boost Cost of Living .. .. 13 Placer Interest in BSl’s Gold Ridge 14 UN Mission to Visit Pacific 14 SPC Meets for Important Session 15 Qantas Closes Lae Hostel ’ 16 Liquor Permits for P-NG Natives Must Wait Three Years 17 Graduates of SOPA 17 Editors’ Mailbag ig Most PSA Claims Rejected by P-NG Arbitration Court .. 19 Do You Remember—Extracts from PIM of 20 Years Ago 20 Travel Notes and Comments —by RWR 21 Henderson Airfield, BSIP, to be Reopened 23 Fiji Airways Service to Con tinue 23 Norfolk Island Gets Weekly Link with Sydney and NZ 24 High Cost of Educating Children in P-NG 25 Territories’ Talk-Talk .. .. 27 New Hebrides Troubles—Low Copra Price, Bad Com munications 31 NG Airlines and Recruiters Under Fire 33 New Hebrides “Could Have Alrservice Now” 37 New Caledonia’s New Air service Is Doing Well .. 39 Current News Items from

P-NG 41

Police Bribery Charge in Fiji 49 News of the Smallships .. 51 After 12 months UK Still Considering BSIP Tax Overhaul 57 The MV Tulagi Dispute— Round Two to Owners .. 59 North Africa Looks to New Caledonia 62 P-NG’s First European Apprentice 63

McLeod of Hebrides “No Blackbirder” 55 They Don’t Want BSIP Govt.

Loans 79 Samoa’s Reparation Estates Are Big Business ... 71

MAGAZINE SECTION:

Tropicalities, 77; Are There Taipans in Papua? 79; The Cakaudrove Wars, 80; This Month’s New Reading .. 83 Change of Name and Status for BSIP Trade Scheme 90 BSIP Discusses Cocoa with Levers 94 Major Reference Work on New Caledonia 95 BSIP Making Better Copra 95 TEAL Merger with NAC Suggested 107 American Invention Makes Coffee Processing Easy .. 11l War Against TB in Two Islands Territories 113 “Joyita” Mystery—S earch Abandoned 117 Local Income Tax Approved in Cook Islands 121 More Decorations for Fijians in Malaya 123 Pan American and SPAA Plans for Pacific Services 130 Administration Aid for P-NG Cattle Industry 138 For Pacific Radio Amateurs 141 Is Secret of Polio Immunity to be Found in NG High lands? 142 Plans for NG Copra Planta tion Expansion 143 OBITUARY: The Rev. Fr.

J. M. Oreve; R. H. Phillips; J. H. McDonald; Ben Heape; Sister Mary Zita; Patrol-Officer J. Short; Mrs. E. Hendra, B. H.

Marks: T. E. Peterson 145-148 A Tribute to Mrs. Myra Harrington 149 Modern Installation for Noumea’s Nickel Co 151 No Fun, No Profit In Pine apple Growing for NZ .. 153 Phenomenal Prices for Pacific Shell 156 Fijians Throng Seamanship Classes 159 Commerce, Markets, etc 162

Racial Hates, And Over-Population

p. 15

Cditorial . . .

WORLD BEDEVILLED BY IDEOLOGICAL AND

I a 6-months’ tour, embracing [important sections of Asia and lea. and most of the countries of jern Europe, the editor of the I gained some clear impressions blitico-economic conditions: iThere are far too many people je world to be taken care of by world’s present economic organ in. [The racial hatreds created by are growing, and ng the nations steadily towards

[wars.

Led by idealistic Planners, and i kinds of well-m ean i n g lies, many communities have [ed into an orgy of aggressive nalism and “anti-colonialism,” e they are equipped either ally or materially for self-gov wit. This is adding cruelly to edevilment of a world already sed by the growing struggle en Individualism and Gom an. the Muscovite section of the ; has not abandoned the Cold Moscow’s heart has not ed—only its tactics, cow believes that war is not ary—that it need only sit keep up the subversive re among the non-Communist s. maintain the Iron Curtain the bewildered Western world, or later will suffer complete D-economic collapse.

Muscovite Communists then ke over—they think, he only world-wide institution ig strongly and confidently t Muscovite Reds is the i Catholic Church. Confused ig and inconsistent and nsible argument have weak ill other Christian institut just as they have bedevilled vestern Governments, e is a strong fear in some es that Communism is eating Oman Catholic vitals, also. ie biggest factor of the which are hamstringing the n World in this ideological individualism versus Total sm) is the generally accepted le of adult suffrage (one le-yote). political system of practically vestern nation is deteriorat ause Western administrators tier incapable of seeing the ind abuses in Capitalism, or Uc * apply the necessary • in turn, stems from the fact that the

overwhelming majority of voters are Incapable of understanding the fundamental problems of adminis tration, which have their roots now in the complexities of modern national economics.

There seems no possibility of tak ing the kinks out of the Capitalist (or Private Enterprise) system, and making it keep in line with human justice, while the vote of the drunkard or the illiterate has the same value in the election of a Parliament as that of the intel lectual or the citizen of proved worth. Until there is Parliamentary reform there will be further de terioration of the Western system And there is no sign of reform. • But whether the world staggers along under the Western system or is taken over by some form of Totalitarianism (probably Inter

national Communism), humanity

can save itself from indescribable horrors only if the world enforces some system of birth-control Already, important sections of the world are suffering cruelly from over-population; and over-popula tion inevitably means wars and massacres. • There are four massive, fast moving developments in Asia, each capable of affecting world-wide conditions (and esoecially the South Pacific) in a terrifying degree; 1. The Arab nations of the Middle East are drawing together in a loose sort of anti-European alliance, which is directed primarily against Israel, but ultimately against the West. 2. The Indian nations are trying to establish a “neutralist” Bloc, rankmg between the Western Alliance (NATO) and the Muscovite Reds. But Moscow is boring in on this bloc and, already, has created very strong trade connec tions between the Communist countries and Afghanistan, Burma and Indonesia. 3. The Chinese (600 millions of them—one quarter of the human race?) are definitely on the march, under Red direction and inspiration; and there is nothing in sight to sug gest that, within the next few decades, they will not overwhelm Southeast Asia and the South Pacific. 4. Although Japan formally and officially repudiates expansionist ambitions and accepts regulation of population through birth-control it JfL to expect that this nation of 100 million proud and aggressive people will stay indefinitely at home.

in their comparatively small archi pelago. . .

It may he that the world’s one hope of protection against Asia lies m the apparent inevitahleness of conflict between Asiatic Russia China and Japan. All through history, these three races have sought each other, and are likely to do so again.

(In next issue of PIM, the Editor will give his brief impressions of conditions in the individual nations he visited — namely, Red Penetration of Indonesia and Singapore; Over- Population and Starvation in Italy; C r iti cal Condition of Britain’s National Economy; Sinoism : 600 Million Chinese on the March; Ger mans are Working Like Beavers— and Scaring the Soviets; Why a Ho rrib le Racial Explosion is Threatened in South Africa; etc.) IT Mr. Robert C. Hendrickson, United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Mrs. Hendrickson are to make an island tour in the Tofua in No vember. They will be in Lautoka, Fiji on November 11; Suva on No vember 12; Nukualofa, Tonga, November 14 and 15; Vavau on November 16 and Suva from No yember 22 to 24. On the return visit to Suva, the Ambassador and Mrs.

Hendrickson will stay at Govern ment House.

is “Hopeless”

p. 16

NG Labour System is “Hopeless”

THE world’s biggest tea and

rubber producing companies

would be “into New Guinea like a shot” if the labour position was not so unfavourable.

This is the belief of Dr. H. E.

Young, an Australian rubber expert who has just returned to Australia after six years in Ceylon.

He said that the P-NG system under which a native works under a contract for about two years and then returns to his village, is a hopeless proposition commercially.

In the East, labour was drawn from families that lived for generations on the tea and rubber istates. In this way labourers became experts and were not periodically lost to the planter o the industry.

He -said that several British companies wanted to build native villages on plantation sites mthe same way as was done in Ceylon.

TWs could not be done in New Guinea at the moment because of United Nations restrictions and the fear that natives might be “exploited” because officials believed that the transfer of natives to a plantation village would destroy their culture.

Dr Young said that present methods adopted by the white man tn educate the native peoples would destroy their culture anyway.

British companies .wishing to invpst in New Guinea would undertake to educate and look After the natives under their care, as they already did on plantations in Ceylon.

Dr Young is a native of Brisbane; he has been director of the Rubber Research Institute of Cevlon and a member of the Ceylon Agricultural Society.

Enterprise

p. 16

Activities of Enterprise in New Guinea

A SURVEY party of Enterprise of New Guinea Gold and Development has a base camp on the Upper Angus River (a tributary of the Sep**) about four miles from the Dutch border.

An area of bush country has been cleared and from here the party ex pects to carry out a survey within

the Company’s permit area.

At the end of October, a DC3 aircraft carried out a drop of sup plies for the camp.

indo-China

p. 16

SOP A Chief Goes Bush in indo-China

AN exceedingly interesting tour was completed recently by Mr.

C D. Rowley, Principal of the School of Pacific Administration, Sydney.

Mr. Rowley left Sydney last February to gather data about the peoples of South-East Asia for one of the international organisations.

Between February and May, 1955, he toured extensively in the lesser known parts of Siam, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Java and Sumatra, with incidental visits to Philippines and Hongkong.

Although some of the countries

he visited were being ravages revolution and war, Mr. Roi everywhere was treated by thb digenous people with great kino He lived with them in their villi

News Items Appear also on seven of this issue.

ate their ordinary food—and enn good health. Some of the 9 pressions which he gained of : conditions and problems shorn; of interest to the people o:o South Pacific. fl Miss A. Williams, Fiji’s « British Council Visitor tof United Kingdom, will return t Colony on November 5.

Joyita Found

p. 17

Abandoned

I 70 tons Joyita, which had been missing in the Pacific for five weeks, was found north of i waterlogged and abandoned,

pvember 10.

[full story of Joyita’s mysteri jisappearance appears on page

pis issue.

I was found by a Western c High Commission ship, Hi. about 90 miles due north I Fiji Group, while that vessel on a voyage from Suva to ta. j alu stood by while the Assist jarbour Master of Suva, Captain frames, proceeded to the spot I Degei. Degei took Joyita in nd by the afternoon of Sun- November 13, she had been Bd at Malau, near Labasa, I Levu, Fiji. [November 14, she had been ;d out and righted and will ted to Suva, where a marine w will be held. telue to the fate of the 25 is, known to have been on when the ship left Apia on ir 3 for the two days voyage Ibkelaus, has been discovered. iNZAF flying-boats, based on have been scouring the whole ■or signs of rafts at sea, or [taways on any of the islands in Samoa and the Solomons, kix weeks after the Joyita eported overdue, hopes for t survivors are fading.

Uoyita mystery has become a sensation and in Australasian ipers, speculation about the if her passengers and crew ie events that led up to her Abandoned, have taken the of the Princess Margaret- ITownsend romance, osions, holing, ramming, have all been put forward as B theories, and then scrapped, greatest mystery is why the 'as abandoned at all. Now P has been pumped out, there S to be no real reason why (nplement did not stay with theory of piracy, looting and tig has gained some favour it was known that a large Hhing fleet was engaged in brides waters at the time.

Isewhere this issue). A Jap [fishing vessel may have ‘tally run into the ship after s abandoned—or, of course, she was abandoned. She uso have been looted, after [ abandoned, by Japanese.

However, it is unlikely that this will ever be proved.

RNZAF flying-boats equipped with the latest radar devices searched 100,000 square miles of sea after Joyita was reported missing— proving once again that aerial search for small-ships can fre quently be completely abortive.

They £ ave U P the search in Oc tober but after discovery of the Joyiia on November 10, air search for sur vivors was renewed.

New Mg Import Tax Will Boost

p. 17

Mystery Revenue

COST OF LIVING

Legislation to bring an estimated additional £350.000 to Papua and New Guinea revenue was rushed through the Legisla tive Council during a late night sitting in Port Moresby on October 24. J

Amendments to the existing P-NG Customs Tariff were in troduced at the legislative Council meeting by the Collector of Customs, Mr. T. Grahamslaw, with out warning, although the Admin istrator of P-NG had intimated earlier in the day that the time had come when residents of the Terri tory “must contribute more to in ternal revenue.”

The new increases affect almost all imports into the Territory in cluding textiles, clothes, cars, petrol, sewing machines, printing paper, ships’ chandlery, etc., and trade to bacco. It is estimated that it will raise the cost of living of every per son in the Territory by £3O per annum.

Movies will be more expensive and purchasers of medium-priced cars can expect to pay about £5O extra in import tax.

Duty is increased to 20 per cent, for clocks and watches and for the first time duty will be levied on such things as anchors and anchor chains, sewing machines and textiles.

Tax on flavouring essences will be increased, so will that on spirituous liquors (an extra 5/- per gallon.) Printing paper is taxed for the first time—by 5 per cent.

Some anomalies have been cor rected by the amendments, said Mr.

Grahamslaw. For example, hearing aids and artificial limbs are now duty free.

Residents, however, are not com forted by the fact that they may now order hearing devices and artificial legs ad lib; they are con cerned with the fact that the cost of living, already fantastic, is likely to go higher.

The bill was strongly opposed by unofficial members. Mr. E. A. James, elected member for Papua, protested at repeated statements by official members that Territory residents did not contribute in taxation their just dues. He offered to pay £250 to charity if anyone could prove that Territorians were contributing less in taxation per head than their Australian counterparts.

He described the bill as “un scientific in the realm of finance— merely a means of raising money,”

He asked the Administration what it intended to do with the extra money raised.

Up to the time that the Council meeting closed, no one had taken up Mr. James’ offer—and none of the official members had seen fit to explain the purpose to which the new revenue would be put.

Residents can perhaps take com fort from the belief that while im port duties go up, it is unlikely that direct income taxation will be introduced. Import taxes are the Territories’ chief means of collect ing revenue.

£l2 Million in the Budget

The P-NG budget for 1955-56 provides for a record expendi ture of £12,000,000—£83 million of which is a generous donation from* the Commonwealth Govern ment (see September PIM).

The estimates show that more than £2,000,000 have been provided for the Dept, of Health; £1,000,000 for Civil Affairs; £3,000,000 for cap ital works and services; £1,275,000 for general maintenance and about £1,000,000 for Native Affairs.

The Administration is expected to collect £3,380,000 within the Terri tory:—£l,4so,ooo from import duties, £650,000 from export duties; £45,000 from motor registrations, £85,000 from the sale of stamps; £61,000 in mining royalties; £120,000 from the sale of timber, £224,000 from the sale of electricity and £26,000 from copra produced on Government plantations.

The budget was introduced on the first day of the session by Mr. H.

Reeve, the Treasurer.

Placer Interest In

p. 18

GOLD RIDGE

PLACER Development Ltd. (of which Bulolo Gold Dredging is a subsidiary) has recently shown interest in the gold deposits at Gold Ridge, Guadalcanal, BSIP.

Mr. Alan Blatchford, chief geologist of the company, arrived in Honiara by air in mid-October and almost at once joined the com pany’s mining engineers, Messrs. T.

Yeomans and Niell, at Gold Ridge.

Mr. Yeomans returned to Sydney in early November but would make no comment for publication beyond saying: “It is still at the stage of geological investigation.”

The BSIP Government, aided by its indefatigable geologist, Mr. J. C.

Grover is doing everything possible to prove that there is a goldfield of value in Guadalcanal but so far there is nothing to indicate that there is another Bulolo Valley in the Guadalcanal hills. Gold has been proved—but it still remains for the experts to decide whether there is sufficient to guarantee an adequate reward, taking into consideration the heavy costs of introducing and operating the machinery that would be required.

Police Commissioner

p. 18

IN FIJI WILL RETIRE

MR. E. K. LAWS, Commissioner of Police, Fiji, has decided to retire from the Colonial Service, states a Suva report.

Mr. Laws is at present on leave in the United Kingdom. He will not return to Fiji before retiring, the report adds.

Polynesian Association

p. 18

TO HOLD PICNIC

THE Sydney Polynesian Associa tion plans to hold its first annual picnic at Nielson Park on Sunday, November 27.

Islanders visiting Sydney or ex-Islands residents are invited to go along, but should contact the Association immediately for details.

Each group is expected to provide lunch for itself, but the Association will arrange for ice cream, drinks and sweets for the children.

Persons interested should phone Mrs. A. Griffin (UY8746), Mrs. I Byron (8U5737), or, after 7 pm only, Mr. Len Moran, FW4661.

H Councillor A. D. Leys was unanim ously re-elected Mayor of Suva in early November. It is his second term. Councillor W. E. Goodsir was elected Deputy Mayor.

Visit Pacific

p. 18

It’s’ On Again

UN MISSION TO

BRITAIN, Belgium, Guatemala and India have been chosen to provide members of a Visiting Mission to UN Trusteeship Terri tories early next year.

They will start their Pacific cruise early in the new year and visit the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Western Samoa (administered by New Zealand) and New Guinea and Nauru, which are administered by Australia.

This is the third such visitation these territories have had in recent years and none of them haye achieved anything except in nuisance-value.

The last delegation included the extraordinary Mr. Enrique .de Marchena, of the Dominican Republic, whose visit to New Guinea will long be remembered by residents.

In Sydney

p. 18

Christmas Parties In Sydney

PACIFIC ISLANDS SOCIETY: A

Christmas cocktail party will_ be held by this society in the Feminist Club Rooms, 77 King St., Sydney, on Friday, December 9. All mem bers, their friends and visitors from the Islands are welcome. Details from the president of the Society, Tel. XJ3205.

NEW GUINEA WOMEN’S CLUB

-CHILDREN’S PARTY; The usual treat for P-NG children will be held by the Club in the Rooms, on December 12, from 2 to 4 pm As usual, Father Chustmao will distribute gifts and in order to help pay for these, the Club is now accepting donations from its usual generous friends. All donations, Imall or large, will be acknowledged through the PIM. They should be sent to the Club, through its treasurer or president, c/o Feminist Club, 77 King Street.

ADULTS’ COCKTAIL PARTY:

The NG Women’s Club will hold

its annual Christmas part;! grown-up Territorians and friends on the evening of Deco 16, commencing at 6.30 pm.

The Club is also holding a n night on November 22 a>£ Feminist Club, when coloured!: of the Memorial Gates at H and other NG scenes will be s

Magistrate Appears

p. 18

Defendant in Fiji

PEOPLE in Fiji who maintain in the Colony “anythim happen, and sometimes g have been citing as proof contention a civil action broiu the Crown against a magistral In this case the Commissioi Inland Revenue claimed £3 foo allegedly due and owing Morgan, a magistrate statioo Ba.

Evidence given during the li at the Suva Magistrate’s ; showed that a dispute betwa T . magistrate and the Commk had gone on for several mono revolved round the question w the deduction of residential tas: income tax should apply to ttt in which the income was mr the following year, in whichri nQcpqqpH The hearing was punctual occasional lively interludes If the Acting Crown Solicitor Lewis), who appeared for thri missioner, and the defendan conducted his own case.

Claiming that the actioi vexatious in law, the defends! that, in addition to being from Ba to Suva, he had If humiliation of being server writs by obviously amused! men. He had had to canco proceedings for three days g Government’s expense.

After a day of legal and t argument, the Crown S applied for an adjournment December 1 because of his del: for Lautoka next day on nortant case.

The defendant said that hi apply to have the case strucWc want of prosecution.

Samoan Village Enterprise

p. 18

Led by High Chief Le'iato Tuli, villagers of Fagaitua, American Samoa, have built this handsome school. It was formally opened on October 22, when Acting Governor Alan MacQuarrie drove the last nail and Mrs. Mac- Quarrie cut a ribbon barrier at the doorway.

Fagaitua's enterprise is likely to be followed by other village com munities in Samoa.

Photo by Pan American Prints.

SPC Meets for Important 14th

p. 19

Session at Noumea

E fourteenth seession of the South Pacific Commission began [t headquarters in Noumea on per 24 and lasted about two s. presentatives from all six ber nations attended and man was Senior Commissioner [ranee, M. Lasalle-Sere. beral business to be discussed ie meeting included the report fhe last year and the work amme for 1956. [ following representatives were nt (the name of each is fed by his position at the and then by his position with rui government):

AUSTRALIA

I. Halligan, Senior Commissioner; Special ber to the Minister for Territories,

jerra.

lE. H. Stanner, Second Commissioner; ler in Comparative Social Institutions, falian National University, Canberra.

S. Cumpston, Alternative Commissioner; falian Consul, Noumea.

I. Petherbridge, Alternate Commissioner; rtment of External Affairs, lain. Adviser; Department of Territories, ferra.

FRANCE

i Lassalle-Sere, Senior Commissioner; fctor-General of Overseas France, r. fons. Second Commissioner; Chief of Cabinet of the High Commissioner, lea.

Bonneaud, Adviser; Vice-President of Chamber of Commerce, Noumea.

Dr. F. Bugnicourt, Adviser; Director, French Institute of Oceania, Noumea.

M. J. Guiart, Adviser; Ethnologist, French Institute of Oceania, Noumea.

NETHERLANDS

Dr. H. J. Levelt, Senior Commissioner; Minister Plenipotentiary, Netherlands Consul-General, Sydney.

Mr. J. A. van Beuge, Second Commissioner; New Guinea Division of the Department of Overseas Territories, The Hague.

Dr. A. Loosjes, Alternative Commissioner,- Deputy Government Secretary, Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea.

NEW ZEALAND

Mr. C. G. R. McKay, 1.5.0., Senior Com missioner; Onerahi, Whangarei (formerly Secretary of the Department of Island Territories).

Mr. D. S. Reid, Adviser; Department of Island Territories, Wellington.

UNITED KINGDOM

Mr. A. F. R. Stoddart, C.M.G., Acting Senior Commissioner; Colonial Secretary, Fiji.

Mr. H. H. Vaskess, C.M.G., 0.8. E., Second Commissioner; Suva (formerly Chief Secre tary, Western Pacific High Commission).

UNITED STATES

Dr. F. M. Keesing, Senior Commissioner; Pro fessor of Anthropology, Stanford University Stanford, Cal.

Dean Knowles A. Ryerson, Second Commissioner,- Dean, College of Agriculture, University of California.

Mr. R. S. Hariman, Alternate Commissioner,- Secretary of Guam, Agana, Guam.

Miss E. Barr, Adviser,- Office of Dependent Area Affairs, Department of State, Washing ton.

Mr. D. Montenegro, Adviser; American Consul, Noumea.

of the delegates at the 14th Session of SPC. The top photograph shows the New and United Kingdom delegates. The lower photograph, Australia and Holland's repre -Photos by New Caledonian Information Service.

Officers Resign

p. 19

from S Pacific Commission

A QANTAS plane from New Caledonia, carrying many of the Commissioners and officials of the South Pacific Commission was due in Sydney in the evening of November 11 (after this number of PIM had gone to press).

The important annual session of the Commission, held at head quarters in Noumea, ended on No vember 10, and some far-reaching decisions were taken.

The chief officials of the Social Development Section of the Com mission’s Research Council (which was removed from Noumea to Syd ney in recent years, owing to the inconvenience and comparative in accessibility of Noumea) are to re turn to Noumea, although accom modation for a few officials will be retained in Sydney.

Mr. H. E. Maude, OBE, who was seconded from the British Colonial Service to take charge of that Section when the Commission was established, decided several months ago to retire; and he will leave the service of the Commision on De cember 31. He has become inter nationally famous for his adminis trative and social service in the South Pacific since he was sent to the Gilberts in 1929; and he will not be an easy man to replace.

Miss Helen Shiels, also well known in the Pacific as a social develop ment worker, has resigned, and will leave the service of the Section at the year’s end.

It is reported also that the Com mission’s Publication Section, which was moved to Sydney a couple of years ago, has been under review and that the head of the Section, Mr. Earl Read, if not all his staff, will be located in Noumea, rather than Sydney, in future.

Tentative arrangements for the Third South Pacific Conference, to be held in Suva in April, were ex amined by the Commission, and approved.

As the heads of the Health and the Economic Development Sections will be away on long leave, and the Social Development position cannot be filled before mid-year, there will be no meeting of the Commission’s Research Council in 1956.

Dr. E. M. Ojala, who has been head of the Research Council in re cent years, has resigned. He has been appointed Far East Regional Economic Director of the Food and Agricultural Organisation of UNO, with headquarters in Rome and organisational HQ in Bankok.

Native Enterprise

p. 20

Fund for Financing

P-NG

A FUND from which native groups in Papua and New Guinea may borrow up to £5,000 came into operation at the end of October.

The fund has as a nucleus £57,700, representing profits from trade stores carried on by the Production Control Board under ANGAU during the war.

Loans may be made from the fund to further native economical welfare projects or for any other purpose of a similar nature approved by the P-NG Admini strator. , , .

Loans will not be made to individual natives, only to co operatives, societies or native local Government Councils.

Colin Simpson s

p. 20

New Book

COLIN Simpson’s newest book, Islands of Men, was published in early November and will be reviewed in the December PIM.

It again covers aspects of New Guinea native life, but this time there are also excursions into the New Hebrides and Fiji.

It follows the same format as the Adam books, is lavishly illustrated in colour and black and white and is altogether a very handsome pro duction, Australian price is 25/-.

Sydney Wedding of NG

p. 20

Interest

A WEDDING of particular interest A to old Territorians took place on November 10 in Sydney when Mi’. “Ted” Taylor and Mrs. Marion Nelson were married at St. Canice’s Church, King’s Cross (Sydney), at a somewhat unique ceremony in that the bride’s four children and a couple of grand-children were in attendance and her eldest daughter, Miss Elrae Nelson, was a brides maid. , , Mr. Tom Prince, also an old Tern torian, supported the groom as best-man and after the formalities an Islands get-together was staged at the home of Mrs. Hector Wales, at Rose Bay. .

Ted Taylor has been associated with TNG ever since 1914. After spending a few months in Nauru with the Occupation Force, when that phosphate island was taken over from the Germans, he took up duties in New Guinea and soon made himself a valued officer in the Department of Native Affairs.

For some time he was Director of District Services and will always be remembered for his work in that

department.—GOßDON T.

Passenger Accommodation

p. 20

NEW TRANSIT

SET-UP IN LAE

Air Company Closes Passenger Accommodation

QANTAS has closed its transit passenger accomodation hostel at Lae, New Guinea, and in future, although the company will arrange overnight accommodation at the Hotel Cecil, Lae, passengers will have to pay for this themselves.

Very little warning was given about this and there have been some complaints from travellers in the Territory. Qantas office in Sydney apparently knew nothing of it until the change-over had been made, and the usual spokesman for the company would make no comment in early November.

Qantas transit accommodation in Lae consisted of half a dozen “Bulolo-type” houses each with comfortably furnished single and double rooms and showers and toilets. A central lounge and dining room were provided away from the bungalows and transit passengers—which included those from outports awaiting aircraft for Australia (and vice-versa) —stayed there free of charge. It was all a good publicity-builder for Qantas and much appreciated by customers.

When it was first opened, four or five years ago, travellers were loud in their praise; as time has gone on they have, in the manner of such things, simply accepted these amenities as a right. The question now arises, of course, whether this kind of free accommodation should continue to be provided by the air company, as the reasons for its provision in the first place now seem no longer to exist.

As FIM understands it, the Qantas passenger accommodation was provided because, for a number of years after the war, the only hotel in Lae was conducted in a very old army camp some distance from the township. Since then, Mrs. F. Stewart has built her new hotel on the fiat at Lae and can

provide for the normal flih travellers.

It is probable that one o reasons why Qantas has a closed its transit accommoi is because of pressure broum bear upon the company Ixf hotel interests.

Qantas has taken block boc in the hotel and can thus n for transit passengers; howe9 T is understood that all passa must pay for this themselvev is that point that has causeoo of the complaints.

In other parts of the worlL of night-stops on through jot is included in the ; Apparently Qantas is takini view that as the Sydner Guinea service terminates ii stop-overs at Lae must bid sidered a break-of-journey as a night-stop.

There was a similar ss argument in Fiji a few when Fiji travellers took thf; that the Nadi airport autll should provide airport accon* tion for transit passengerse matter was eventually solveoa private enterprise took ovv transit accommodation ae airport and ran it as an oo hotel.

New Book Abous

p. 20

Rev . John G .

THE Rev. C. T. J. Luxto; joined the Methodist Mill! the Solomons in 1939 ae stationed mainly at Butoi written a book on the careeie late Rev. John F. Goldie.

Published recently inn Zealand, the title of the Isles of Solomon.

Mr. Goldie was a missionary in the New Group in the early years ? century and lived to att©,; mission’s jubilee in 1952. last 15 years of his wo:o Luxton was one of his lieuu Mr. Luxton, who narrowly \ during the Japanese invasiig one of the mission won. return to the Buka-Bou?L area in 1946.

Mormon Chapel at Rarotonga

p. 20

Elder C. M. Dana, an experienced builder, is leader of a team of Samoan and Cook Islands Mormons who have built this chapel at Avatiu, Rarotonga. A mission house and recreation hall are also to be built. Working from dawn to dusk, the team built the chapel in about a month and hopes to have the building programme completed by the end of the year, Photo by W. H.

Percival.

quor Permits for P-NG Natives

p. 21

WIST RATION COMPROMISE

quor Permits for P-NG Natives Must Wait Three Years

By repealing Section 9 of the Liquor (Native) Bill, the Legislative icil of Papua and New Guinea, on October 24 postponed for at three years, the introduction of the permit system of drinking for es.

[JON 9 of the Liquor Bill lassed earlier this year) would we given the Administrator of power to issue drink-permits icted natives.

Liquor Bill has been the most versial piece of legislation with by the P-NG Council, Ithough the Bill was pushed h in the usual way by the majority, there was such outcry about it, Authority for as persuaded to hold its hand.

Few residents of the Territory are happy about relaxing in any way, the restrictions on drink for natives.

However, the realists know that sections of the natives are already drinking—either stolen liquor, liquor sold to them by unscrupulous mem bers of other communities, or con coctions of spirits that are likely to do great damage to health.

A select committee of Council members was set up some months ago to obtain the views of people

throughout the Territory. The re port of this Committee was read at the recent meeting of the Council.

The report recommended that after three years permits should be issued to selected natives and clubs set up to allow natives to drink under strict supervision. As an in dication of what goes on at present, it is interesting to note that another recommendation of the Committee was that all methylated spirit im ported into the Territory be de natured.

Later, during the debate in the Council, one mission Member, Fr James Dwyer, claimed that if some thing could be added to methylated spirit to turn it into an emetic, 50 per cent, of illegal drinking by natives would be wiped out over night.

lern Moresby Adds New Buildings

p. 21

Few months pass without a new building being added to the grow ing modern town of Port Moresby. Two recent additions were the James Ar cade in Cuthbert son St. (above, top) and the new Par cels Post office (at left). The Arcade houses four shops and several offices.

Photos by Papuan Prints.

Sets New Record

p. 21

FIJI’S TRADE BOOM

FJI’S total trade for the first nine months of 1955 set a record —£19,162,209. Of this, £10,862,022 was for imports and £8,300,187 for exports.

The unfavourable trade balance dropped to £2,562,835 in the third quarter, but this was more than £1,000,000 greater than for the third quarter last year.

The United Kingdom was by far the biggest customer for Fiji’s ex ports as well as the biggest source of imports.

Administration School

p. 21

Graduates of Pacific Administration School

ALTHOUGH the Australian School of Pacific Administration has been considerably disturbed dur ing the year by the change from the longer to the shorter term of instruction, the School this year is expected to produce 25 graduates for the Administration in Papua and New Guinea.

These gentlemen will receive their Diplomas at the hands of the Min ister for Territories Mr. Hasluck, at the School, on December 6. t A national appeal is being organ ised throughout New Zealand for a fund to commemorate the late Sir Peter Buck (Te Rangihiroa). dis tinguished Polynesian anthropologist, who died at Honolulu in 1951 and whose ashes were later interred at Waitara, NZ. It is suggested that the fund might be used to establish a bursary in anthropology at a New r Zealand University college, as well as to make an annual contribution of books to the Anglican Maori Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay, of which Sir Peter was an old boy.

The Editors' Mailbag

pp. 22-23

Urlyin OT riacer,

Cantactlr Mrmou Maker

ranTasnc money-ma Ker

“Would the PIM please settle an argument?” writes a resident of Wau NG “A friend of mine insists that Buloio Gold Dredging Ltd. established Placer. I say that Placer was started by BGD. Who’s right?”

We think you are both wrong— the establishment of the two Bonanzas, some 30 years ago, was almost simultaneous.

In the late 20’s, Mr. W. A. Freeman, who had connections with the Adelaide group which had taken over Cecil Levien’s farsighted Bulolo leases (incorporated as Guinea Gold, NL) went to North America. There he met an old friend, Mr. Charles A. Banks; and they jointly considered the merits of two propositions which had been put up to Banks—one in Alaska and one in Colombia. They turned down the Alaska one, but accepted that in Colombia; and, in that year, 1927, Placer Development was registered in Vancouver by Banks and Freeman. Freeman had an option over shares in Guinea Gold NL and when he returned, he took up those shares on behalf of Placer. At that time, Placer’s $5 shares were quoted in Sydney at 19/-.

Late in 1928, Messrs. L. A. Decoto, L. J. Joubert and Thomas Yeomans, for Placer, tested the Bulolo flats covered by the Guinea Gold option; and thus Bulolo GD, and Guinea Airways, were born.

The Colombia proposition became Asnazu Gold Dredging Ltd.; and Asnazu and Bulolo returned enorm ous profits t 0 P i aC er, and put the latter on top of the financial world, In the following quarter century, Placer obtained a controlling in terest in all kinds of mineral and oil enterprises, in North and South America and in Australia and New Zealand, and some of them gave fantastic returns.

Placer s issued capital never rose beyond 860,000 shares of $1 each and dividends have ranged from 50 per cent to 300 per cent, (last year).

Naturally, investors like the stock the other day, on the Sydney ex change, £l6/5/- was offered for one Placer share, the par value of is the Canadian dollar, or 9/-.

The wild bidding for Placer shares now has induced the Company to split each $1 share into three shares “of no par value ; and as soon as this is given effect to, this month, the new shares probably will go to £A6 or £A7 each.

Although Asnazu now is worked out and is being hqmdated, and Bulolo is within sight of the end, Placer has some very luscious m vestments elsewhere, and looks like paying these fantastic dividends for a long time yet. . , .

Sir Alport Barker S

pm Times

• “Rumour hath it that you have bought control of the ‘Fiji Times.

Congratulations to you anw This should give the Colony o good newspaper service, m nowadays is most necessary a resident of Suva.

Rumour, as usual, is a lyinn There were discussions lattf the subject, initiated while thl of our organisation was in H but before he could return ti ney, and deal with the mattt Alport Barker had completeos plans.

The outcome of the lattt; that Sir Alport retains com the publishing and printings ness he has directed persons! so many years; Mr. Moyle lur placed in charge as man editor; and Sir Alport anor Barker have gone abroad. : been attending an Empire' Union convention in Austm November.

The offices of The FijiW have been removed from the 9 Estate property at the core Victoria Parade and Gordon x to a new storey recently buu the printing and publishing! in Gordon Street. A fine nei storey building, to provide e needed shops and offices, ii erected on the Barker Estas> perty, facing Victoria Paradb Incidentally, Mr. J. K. Stoo was for many years a mene The Fiji Times and Her ah now has joined the joint ♦ staff of Pacific Publications I Sydney and Melbourne Puj Co. Ltd., which produces eig§ known monthly journals, in

PIM.

The "Resignation"

Of lan Downs

A New Guinea “Old-Timeis indignantly: “What is the I ing to say about the retires lan Downs from his pose District Commissioner in thex Highlands of New Guinesj hinted at something like 9 year ago, but no one tookx ously. However, another frt District administrator nco west, and none is saying T are all thinking.”

There now seems to be it that “young” lan Downs isai from the District Commissie of Eastern Highlands in II and will thereafter, in Easteo lands, join the ranks of the 9 (who already include othe:a high officials who left the l tration with a sense of fruai This retirement or resign (which is it, actually?) has 8 ceived with general Under Australian Territoio ister Paul Hasluck the Tern Papua and New Guinea haj3 virtually an outright dicto Under what now passes < mocracy, the world is in x ghastly mess, and there aroi

numbers of people who argue [a benevolent dictatorship is fetter than the average Western fenment, which usually is honey led with Socialism and ham ig by petty bureaucrats. So ie P-NG is lucky!

Itatorships notoriously dislike ndividualistic type of men, who rcheir heads up above the ruck, Hisplay a mind of their own, Depress views which are not in □ with those of the dictators, tors, you see, cannot be wrong, is so likely that it may be [as the rule that individualists jan Downs are sooner or later id out” by the dictators, it was why, a year ago, we ps t the disappearance of bowns when we saw that the I settlement policy of that le young man (which had all armarks of success) was in bt with the settlement policy bberra (which we regard as cavy and unimaginative), berra, of course, will say that b has reached retiring age, and I out at his own wish. But b merely bureaucratic cover ). ms still has the best years of fe in front of him; and if is one thing more than another the Administration of P-NG it is well-balanced, experi i quick-moving men of the type, in whom the civilians confidence. ise Minister would make every le effort to retain the services ti men, in the higher jobs, in of letting them fade away thus getting them out of irship’s hair) just when they their maximum usefulness, ne should prepare for Mr. k a list of officers who have eared in this way, over recent and let him apply the

ere Anyone

a Pre-War I Memory?

t do you know about the lari Hoerler, once a trader r ed by H. A. Markham?

Soerler’s son, H. A. Hoerler, is to trace his history and be glad to hear of anyone new his father or anything his life in the Solomons. In liar, he would like to estab i father’s nationality—at pre here is some doubt as to !r he was of German or stock. ler, Snr., traded in the > Java area and died at ibo, BSIP, on July 7, 1918, result of an accident with ite any old-timer help, either ti the PIM or by writing to loerler direct, at Put Put tion, c/o PO Box 37, Rabaul, ruinea.

End of a Poacher. . .

p. 22

Few will question Japanese rights to fish freely on the high seas, but flagrant poaching seemed the only explanation of the fate of "Mie Maru", ashore in the Ongea Islands of the Lau Group, Fiji, in October. Another of the same fleet later sank in the New Hebrides area after "springing a leak"—presumably from similar hull damage, sustained about the same time.

The Fiji Public Relations Office photo was taken from a RNZAF Sunderland which flew down from Suva to investigate.

by P-NG Arbitration Court

p. 23

Mr. Wood Makes His Decision: Most PSA Claims Rejected by P-NG Arbitration Court

A trial five-days week and a £73 yearly allowance to certain married officers is the total result of the recent claims brought before the Arbitration Court, by the Papua and New Guinea Public Service Association.

PUBLIC servants who crowded into the court-room in Port Moresby, on November 4. to hear the de cision of Public Service Arbitrator Wood were described as being “shocked” at this decision.

The Public Service Association which had brought the case before the Court following what was con sidered unsatisfactory treatment by Canberra early this year, had asked for salary increases, cost-of-living adjustments and a five-days week in the three main centres of the Terri tory.

Mr. Wood spent some time tour ing the Territory before the case began in order to get first-hand knowledge of conditions under which the PS worked. For the last few weeks he has been taking evidence from public servants and others in Port Moresby. Some of the evid ence submitted by some members of the public service was certainly harrowing (see “Territories’ Talk- Talk” this issue) but evidently it did not impress Mr. Wood.

The PS Association claims that the minimum Territory living wage for a family unit of husband and wife should be £1,045 plus a Terri torial allowance of £250.

The history of the P-NG public servants’ battle with the Common wealth Government goes back several years. In 1954 on PSA in stigation, a Conciliation Committee was set up to inquire into the cost-of-living in P-NG and conducted hearings over several months. It presented its report to Canberra in December 1954, but in February, 1955, Canberra refused to grant most of the claims made by the Public Service Association. (See PIM, Feb., 1955).

The Association later decided to take its grievances to the Arbitra tion Court. The results of the hearings before this court have just now been made public—still leaving the Association with most of its claims unsatisfied.

It is obvious from some of the evidence given before Mr. Wood, that the P-NG public service gener ally has some genuine grievances, particularly in the matter of hous ing. This lack has caused more dis content—especially amongst new staff—than any other factor and is the result of the muddled thinking

that began right after the war when Socialist advisers were determined to reform and rebuild New Guinea in a matter of minutes.

Although every Administration Department is working below strength housing has never kept pace with staff demands.

Although there is apparently no appeal to the Wood decision it is unlikely that the more militant of the Association’s members will now forget their grievances and accept the theory that, after all Canberra, “knows best.”

THE SHORT WEEK

Planters will not be pleased about the decision to give the five-days week a trial. They say that plantations cannot be geared to the short week and they fear that once the prin ciple is established for public ser vants, native employees will want to follow suit.

It is unlikely that the five-days week will be abandoned after its six months’ trial. It might be re membered that when the 5-days week was introduced for Common wealth Public Servants in Canberra in the Depression years of the early 30’s, that also was a trial. However, the Commonwealth PS never went back to Saturday work.

Fiji's Goldmines

p. 23

EMPEROR and Loloma, Fiji’s big gold producers, have both declared dividends of 1/- a share, stated a Melbourne report on October 24. Emperor will pay on December 13, and Loloma on December 20. Loloma’s dividend comprises 9d tax-free and 3d taxable. Emperor made a similar payout a year ago and Loloma last July. t The French Oceania Journal Official of September 15 carries an announcement that Mr. Andrew McLachlan, husband of the late former Titaua Marama Brander, of Tahiti, has made a gift of £25,000 Sterling towards the new Papeete hospital. The gift is made in accord ance with the will of the late Mrs.

McLachlan, who died in the United Kingdom where her husband is now apparently resident.

Papua Contributes Most to P-NG’s

p. 24

Unfavourable Trade Balance

SOME interesting angles emerged in the trade figures for the Territory of Papua-New Guinea, realeased in Port Moresby at the end of October.

Papua imported £5,500,000 worth of goods more than she exported last year.

New Guinea imported only £1,100,000 more than she exported.

Goods imported into Papua during the financial year 1954-55 were valued at £8,200,000; goods exported were £2,600,000.

New Guinea’s imports totalled £10,500,000, and her exports £9,300,000.

The figures show a decline of

just under £500,000 in the value of copra exports (due to drought and lower prices) and a drop in gold exports, but there were compen satory rises in the export of rubber, cocoa and coffee. Plywood shipped out of the Territory was valued at £680,000. i n imports, the largest outlay was 0 n machinery and general metal manufactures. These ac counted for £5,750,000 of the total £18,750,000 spent on imports. Food ranked next with an expenditure of more than £5,000,000.

Excess of imports over exports was nearly £6,750,000, compared with £4,000,000 in 1953-54.

Do You Remember ?

p. 24

From PIM of 20 Years Ago.

rDAY, when sea travel in the South Pacific often involves the

preliminary exasperation of

long-range applications and

waiting-lists before applicants are

promoted to the passenger-lists,

many people travel by plane as a matter of course. Yet only 20 years ago PIM was cautiously discussing the first tentative inter national plans for Pacific airlines.

Here are extracts from the issue for November, 1935: PIM pointed out editorially that Britain was watching American activities in the Pacific “not with hostilty, but wi*h a certain amount of uneasiness”. Imperial Airways (now British Overseas Airways Corporation) was operating throughout the Empire except for the difficult links to Canada and New Zealand, and New Zea land had consulted London about the advisability of permitting Pan American Airways to link Honolulu and Auckland.

“A service embracing hops of 2,000 miles over empty ocean is not an easy thing to visualise or plan”, commented PIM. (In the end things were sorted out by American agreement to a New Zealand stipulation covering reciprocal rights for British and American Pacific services). sf! ❖ * Western Samoa was still simmering with speculation over the expected ap pointment of an Administrator to succeed the recently-retired Sir Herbert Hart. A dozen names had been suggested, including that of the Acting Administrator, Mr. A.

C. Turnbull. An Apia correspondent com menced that Mr. (later Sir Alfred) Turn bull was doing remarkably well in his difficult post. (Sir Alfred continued as Acting Adminstrator for many years before becoming Administrator). * * * Tulagi reported that a converted life boat, the “Chance”, had drifted into the Kai Passage, Ysabel, with the corpse of an elderly American aboard. The man was Captain John Dow, of New York, who died after a bout of malaria while he was making a lone voyage among the Islands.

Solomon Islanders at Ysabel had sighted the boat and reported the tragedy.

The Government of Fiji, determined to check wild share-speculation which had serious iy prejudiced the proper establish ment of the gold industry, had introduced drastic legislation. Any company which proposed to undertake goldmining in Fiji and to sell shares to the public had first to submit its prospectus to the Governor and obtain his formal aPProval * * * Denominational friction in outlying parts of New Guinea had revived suggestions that each mission denomination should be allotted a se p arate sphere of activity to a void overlapping and “competition”.

The system had been operated successfully jn Papua (untn one sect disre g ar ded the restrictions in certain areas), but the “freedom of conscience” clause in the Terms of Mandate provided a hitch in New GUjnea in the wishful-thinking department was a Suva report that a rich silver lode had been discovered four miles from Fiji’s capital.

A Tahiti’s new Aero Club had an ambitious plan to link the scattered archipelagoes of French Oceania. “No doubt it will take a long time to reach fruition”, said a Papeete correspondent. (The note of caution appears to have been justified).

East Samoa Governor

p. 24

Wins Suit

FIDERAL Judge Jon Wiig, of US Circuit Court of Hawaii, on Sep tember 28, dismissed the damage suit filed against Richard Barrett Lowe, Governor of American Samoa, by Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Ketner. (See Sept. PIM, page 147).

The court held that Ketner had no cause of action as the Governor had acted in his official capacity when he ordered the couple out of Samoa. Governor Lowe was repre sented by US Attorney Louis B.

Blissard and Peter T. CG Attorney-General of Am es Samoa. Attorney O. P. Soars resented the Ketners.

Manganese-And A

p. 24

Red Face Department

DECIMAL P(S

FTIHOSE people who, basing £ J. estimates upon the t published on page 119, OC PIM, have decided to get intr manganese mining business, s go into reverse immediately.

We stated that approxc export values per ton oflc manganese ore were; £121,, £lBO, £153, and £l3B for 19500 1952, 1953 and 1954, respective These figures are obviouslyy ridiculous and they shouldb £12.1, £16.3, £lB, £15.3 and £l3i ton for the respective years...

It was a matter of a mis--decimal noint. One of oun working out the average prir ton from a mass of figuresae government report, placed; point just one place too far right. It made a difference o £lOO per ton.

We apologise.

The mistake, of course, : amusing, and a serious vie T 9 been taken of it by the Editoic tries to have its facts about . products and commodity correct, knowing that these o important to the isolated reas the Islands.

Ingredients for a Big E

p. 24

There was consternation in Papeete October when Chief of Police Waksmou a warning that there was danger o[?] plosion from a dump of petrol drunken above) on the waterfront.

The dump of 20,000 empty petrel had been built up some weeks preces arrival of the "Thorshall" which wa[?] them. Drums with a trace of petrolled to be more dangerous than fulfill especially when stacked in the blab shine.

A police guard was posted day [?] round the dump to keep smokers a[?] drums were eventually loaded on O[?] and Papeete relaxed.

Photo by Oscar

Avel Notes And Comments

pp. 25-141

By R. W.

ROBSON

i Kinds of English

lEREVER I went—lndonesia or [Switzerland, Kruger National Park or Mayfair, Cairo or hnesburg or Johore—l heard American accent, and saw the iss. good-natured, old American sts tracking down the local b, and dealing vociferously with peal rates of exchange.

Would be interesting to know [many Americans are touring world at any given moment, ding the mighty American ‘s and the less welcome English iage across all international laries. 1 can get around the world quite comfortably with no age other than English. The if the United States to world •ship since World War I has ht that about. *came interested in accents. I know whether the American t has mellowed and improved, lether the nations have got to it; but most people now ; it without protest, whereas 40 years ago the “superior” 5 sneered at it. r adays, in the travel world, sneers are directed mainly it the Australian accent; and, i extraordinary number of d persons from Down-Under i the move, Australia’s rather le jangle of vowels is heard ny countries. ny ear, however, the most in )le accent in the English ige is that now produced by English “Public” Schools—in words, the Oxford accent. I the best and clearest and English is that used by the and a large section of the the language so admirably en by the Queen and her le last couple of decades, the 1 accent has been so overlaid affectation and bleat that, noisy conditions, men speak are as difficult to follow as itrians or Northumbrians, icreasing number of educated in the United Kingdom and mwealth countries—Aus- Prime Minister Menzies is iding in this respect—speak clear and pleasant English, i free of anything that can 3d an accent. That, I hope, Itimately become standard [. i and again, while travelling, :ted a quick reprimand from tig people whom I had as to be Americans: I was told that they were Canadians, at there is a big difference i the American and Canadian But a trained ear is needed nguish it.

There very definitely is a South African accent—something not un like the “Chichi” pronunciation of English you hear in certain quarters of India, and yet different. There are two official languages in South Africa, English and Afrikaans; and the accent apparently arose, origin ally, when English was spoken by those who, while completely con versant with English, habitually used the bastard tongue called Afrikaans “I put my car in the park” becomes, in the South African accent, “I put my cor in the pork.”

The SA accent will tend to in crease because the Afrikaans folk are now in command of the Gov ernment, and are doing everything possible to stimulate the use of Afrikaans, and discourage English.

Fiji’s Twin in The Indian Ocean IN the course of that long Qantas flight across the Indian Ocean, we spelled for a few hours on

Mauritius. The place looks like Fiji, smells like Fiji, grows sugar like Fiji and, to keep the Colonial Office boys on their toes, it has an Indian community problem very like that of Fiji.

The Indians were brought in to work the sugar industry, and they naturally have settled there, to make the most of life in a pleasant tropical island. We motored for 15 miles through a section of the country where the Indian villages, the swarming Indian children, the vegetation and the mountainous background could have been those of northwestern Viti Levu.

The main difference between Fiji and Mauritius is that, in Mauritius, there is no indigenous race—only a strange mixture of non-Indian folk from around the Indian Ocean* while there is a very confident and arrogant race of Europeans, descend ants of the French settlers who were there when Britain took over 150 years ago, who considerbly out number the British. English is the official language; but more French than English is spoken.

More, anon, of Fiji’s twin sugar colony.

(Continued on page 133)

n Alliance with P-NG INOTHER stop on the Johannes jburg-Sydney air route is Cocos Keeling atoll, just south of ra. To assist the new Qantas erprise, the Australian Depart lit of Territories has taken over [administration of the atoll from gapore and the British Colonial ce.

Ir. Hasluck’s myrmidons are ut to be established on the same t that carries the airfield —the it is h-Malayan community at ae islet, across the lagoon, will be in the care of No. 5 of the ious Clunies Ross family, much t has been for a hundred years, he Clunies Ross people derive r wealth from a little copra, : from the rich phosphate de ts on the nearby Christmas nd atoll, now beng worked by British Phosphate Commission, tiis Cocos Keeling atoll is now :lose alliance with Papua, New nea, and Nauru, which are all er Australian administration. ; a Government House reception lingapore in May, I noticed an active young woman in the re of a vivacious group, and d who she was. She was the ling Mrs. Clunies Ross, of Cocos ling—an English girl of good i and education, remembered, with horror, a ion report which we published le PIM in 1948, suggesting that e had been a sad muddle in the lies Ross succession, and that heir to the atoll’s throne (now lies Ross V) was “missing.” ■e was even reference to some ; marriage to “a teashop girl.” is all completely untrue —typical ish from London’s golden

w journalism. . . The pretty

in the Singapore Governor’s Ingroom showed up so nicely ist Singapore’s upper crust that p tempted to go over and re our published apology of 1948.

it An Economic

:bone Means

[AT a lucky country Australia s! had spent an hour in a Lon reading-room, studying the )mic set-up of the United King analysing official statistics i show, with tragic clarity, that s UK maintains a high average 1 and volume of exports, the >h standard of living must )se. They show, also, that that is not being maintained, ly because so many of both )yer and employed classes have off on an orgy of pleasure

ling.

Conditioned during two centuries to an enormous income from over seas investments, which became the backbone of their politico-social set up, they cannot understand now that those investments were dis sipated in war, and that their national economy no longer has a solid backbone within it.

And, there and then, I picked up a bulletin which reported that Aus tralia’s wool-clip (annually equal to nearly 4 million bales, worth about £lOO per bale) for the 11 months to May 31 was valued at £325,000,000 There, by contrast was Australia’s permanent economic backbone, which enables that country to wallow in luxury, despite a 40-hours’ week, endless strikes, administrative inefficiency and a public service swollen to the point of absurdity.

If some lunatic released a virus that would kill sheep like myxa matosis kills rabbits, Australia over night would find herself approxi mately in the same economic posi tion as Britain is in to-day.

Ex-Fijians In London

THERE was an old Fiji flavour about a small dinner party I arranged in London. Guests in cluded Mr. and Mrs. Hinchey (spending long leave in London) and Mr. and Mrs. Pennington Richards.

John Hinchey now is Treasurer of the Crown Colony of Mauritius, and therefore is next in authority under the Governor. He was for years a prominent officer in the Government of Fiji, and it was in Suva that he met and married a member of the well-known Beddows family; and she, now, as the Treasurer’s wife, is a popular young matron in that “other” sugar Colony.

Mrs. Pennington Richards, form erly was “Beau” Hennings, one of the three attractive daughters of Mrs. Elizabeth and the late Mr. Gus Hennings, of Naitauba, Lau Archi pelago. After notable service in World War 11, she married Penning

ton Richards; and if you watchl title section of the next first— English film you patronise you haps will see that the Dirr thereof was Pennington Richau he is high up in the picture w/ He was the only one of the n who did not personally knowv Fiji people and places under e discussion; but he says he is g to remedy that very soon.

This “White” Australia

AFTER seeing so many Eng§ speaking countries—inclu England itself! —wherein ans and Asians are prominem w 7 as refreshing to land again in tralia and be free of inter-rr quarrels.

I have heard the “White tralia” policy attacked many t —I myself have sometimes critical of it. But one travelss learns.

Several times, abroad, people “Cannot you see that a large i portion of cheap coloured laboi( Australia would substantially re your living costs and assist country’s development?”

Well, I examined ordinary I costs in every country visited,J some had a large communilt coloured workers. In South A/ for example, there are over 8,0(M negroes, 1,000,000 “Coloureds”' 400,000 Indians in a total of 12,000 But in not one country visit; and certainly not in South Afn were living costs any lower tha Australia.

Australia has some lively struggles—a Iwa y s “willing,” ' bitter at times —but they are diversions compared withr quarrels and hatreds in the ma,t of countries where there are communities of different races; Some day, perhaps, the peon* all races—blacks and whitess yellows—will live together peao in one community, and grao, coalesce into one race. But thr little sign of it, yet. There an many fundamental difference? temper and temperament bei£ racial types.

Words for the

Unwary

BEWARE of Johannesburg, a for unwary tourists! SS South Pacific folk, goin Europe via Southwest Asia, ann wishing to return through ’

America, may decide to travel I Europe via Africa and the service across the Indian O They go from Europe to Johas burg by BOAC or South A i Airways planes, and there trn to Qantas.

This is a word of warnim those who may plan to spend! than 24 hours in Jo’burg. The itself is an unattractive big

ropean town, built around a series [vast mine dumps in the centre an empty, tree-less veldt; and — art from the swarming native life jhere is little to interest the teller, either in the city or with hundreds of miles of it. tertain hotels charge no less than [■ Stg. for room and breakfast; 8 they are mostly notable for ir ingenuity in charging also for ry little thing from a phone call k newspaper—and for an over-all Ibbiness, the result of the all vading dust. revellers should plan a minimum ie among these dumps. But, using lurg as a centre, they can visit ie delightful areas—the great ural game reserves in Transvaal I Zululand, the Portuguese town torenzo Marques and the colourful kindly city of Durban, where re is Australian-type surfing, and |e of the world’s best hotels, l Durban, where English is pre linant, the Indian and African rants and shop assistants seem py to see you. In Jo’burg, where Afrikaans’ influence is strong, almost aggressive rudeness is imon in stores, hotels and in the ets, and one departs from the leasant place with a strong sense •elief. tie trans-Africa traveller should

stay a day or two at Livingstone, at the Victoria Falls Hotel, within sound of the Zambesi’s great Falls.

There is little to do beyond inspect ing the Falls, and taking a launch trip up the Zambesi (watching elephants, baboons, hippopotami, etc., playing around) but the hotel is one of the best holiday resorts in Africa, and the jaded traveller can lie up there in great content.

r> * rLdKOQ iVlieicne Ketums r n 10 tne * acillc A LONG the way—in Italy, in Sep tember—l came upon the tracks Hakon Mielche, a famous Danish writer with whom we of the PIM hobnobbed in Sydney over 20 years ago, when he got shipwrecked

I the Solomons, and wrote and istrated some excellent books and iny articles about the Pacific kinds.

SVith his attractive young Mexican risian wife, he arrived in Sydney a w days after I returned, and already ;h have had a lot of newspaper ft radio publicity.

Jowadays, he wanders the world, jting illustrated articles for an bortant group of Scandinavian gazines, and producing numerous vel-books. Many of the latter re gone into English editions, and |n warmly praised by reviewers. accompanied by Madame, he plans [renew his acquaintance with ynesia, and will be seen soon in [ and Tonga.

Fiji's Guest From Pakistan ....

p. 25

Fiji's Guest From Pakistan ...

The Governor of Fiji, Sir Ronald Gravry, and Lady Garvey , with the Pakistan High Com missioner for Australia Mr. H. Rahman, who was visiting Fiji at the invitation of the Fiji Muslim League, in October. —Photo by Fiji Public Relations Office.

Be Reopened

p. 27

ANDERSON AIFIELD

NDERSON Airfield, made

amous during the US Marines’

upation of Guadalcanal, BSIP,

g the Pacific war, will eventually opened for civil air traffic, s has been decided because the at airfield at Kukum, near tra, cannot be developed to the safety standards required nternational Civil Aviation ments. the same time, Barakoma air m Vella Lavella will be closed Vlunda, on New Georgia, re d instead. Barakoma does not up to international standards present the only airline using airfields regularly is Qantas e Airways on its regular Syd ew Guinea-Solomons service, ing the war, dozens of airstrips mt down by the Americans all he Solomons group; most of have fallen into disrepair.

BSIP Government will use from the Colonial Welfare evelopment Fund to cover the stages of development of the ‘-opened airfields. :e have been various rumours

about Henderson in recent years: that it was to be reopened and de veloped as a military aerodrome, or as a refuelling point on an inter national route; or as a base for an airservice to Nauru and the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.

To Continue

p. 27

FIJI AIRWAYS

SERVICE

FIJI Airways will continue to operate Fiji’s internal airlines.

The application by Katafaga Estates, Ltd., to operate the service under the name of Fiji Airways was approved by the Licensing Authority in October.

Applications turned down came from Fiji National Air Services, Ltd., of Wellington, New Zealand, and Mr. R. Myhill (Overseas Aviation, Ltd., Channel Islands).

If Messrs. J. B. Turner and R. A.

Derrick have been elected to the Suva City Council for the Suva and Muanikau Wards respectively, and Messrs. S. Narain and B. K.

Bhindi have been elected for two of the Indian seats.

Liquor

p. 27

BACK TO HOME BREW?

W. Samoa’s Legal Liquor Now is Dearer

r[E IMPLEMENTATION of the

new Western Samoa customs tariff has caused a disturbance amongst that Territory’s drinkers.

When the new tariff came into force on October 1 there was a sham rise in liquor costs. Scotch whisky is now 25/- per 26 oz bottle; or 37/- per 40 oz bottle, with Australian whisky 19/- per 26 oz. Jamaican rum, 26 ozs, is 25/-, and English gin £1. French brandy is 25/- and champagne £2.

There is a sharp criticism of the increases which vary from 25 per cent to 100 per cent above the former prices. A substantial in crease in the output of illegal home-brew is forecast. if Mr. A. J. Birtles, deputy-head master of the Newington Methodist College, Sydney, has been appointed principal of the Brisbane Boys’

College. Mr. Birtles at one time was headmaster of the Methodist Mission’s teachers’ training college in Fiji.

Air Link

p. 28

NI GETS WEEKLY

WITH SYDNEY, NZ

ANEW weekly air service between Sydney, Norfolk Island and NZ was inaugurated on November 6, by Qantas Empire Airways Ltd.

The first flight carried the Aus tralian Minister for Territories (Mr. Paul Hasluck) and a party of press and travel-agency represent atives to NI.

By arrangement between the Australian and NZ Governments and the air companies, the Sydney - NI section is run wholly by QEA, but the NI-Auckland leg and re turn, run by the same com pany with the same aircraft, is made under charter to Tasman Empire Airways Ltd., as a replace ment of the NZ-NI service by National Airways Corporation which recently ceased.

A four-engined Skymaster, seat ing 40 passengers, now leaves Syd ney every Saturday at 11.30 pm, lands at NI at 6.15 am on Sunday and then departs for NZ, reaching Auckland at 11.45 am. Two hours later, the DC4 takes off for NI, arriving at 4.15 pm. Departing from Norfolk at 5.30 pm, it lands in Syd ney at 9.30 pm.

Fare from Sydney to Norfolk is £27/10/- single and £49/10/- return.

Air freight rate for general cargo is 4/5 per kilo (approximately 2/per lb).

MINISTER’S BRIEF VISIT

Mr, Hasluck (Territories Minister), who was accompanied by Mr. J. E.

Willoughby, Assistant Secretary of

the Territories Department, spent the day with the NI Administrator, Brigadier H. Boyd Norman. They discussed Island affairs with mem bers of the Advisory Council and attended a meeting of the Commit tee which is planning the celebra tions next June to mark the centenary of the Pitcairners’ land ing on NI Press and travel representatives made a sight-seeing tour of the Island, arranged by the Tourist Bureau, sampling meals .at the two main guest-houses, “Lincoln Lodge” and “Oceanside.” They met members of the public at the RSL Hall and later were entertained by the Administrator at Government House.

Main purpose of the party’s visit was to acquaint Australian travel agents with Norfolk’s charm and facilities —the Islanders hope the new weekly service will mean that a larger number of Australian tourists will visit their little island.

In recent years, the tourist traffic has been one of Norfolk’s mainstay “industries,” but customers were mainly New Zealanders seeking warmth and the attractive Aus tralian exchange rate that works to their advantage. With a wealth of natural scenic attractions and a de lightful climate, NI could lure yearly, at least 1,000 Australians seek ing a semi-tropical holiday, if the Island were publicised and “sold” by travel agencies.

NEED FOR HOTEL

Practically all Norfolk residents are unanimous about the need for a first-class hotel to provide increased, good class accommodation for tourists. Australians, especially, seek something a little more lavish in the way of amenities and enter

tainment than what the pq guest-houses provide.

The Commonwealth Govern rightly inclines to the view thri provision of a hotel is a jot private enterprise. It is bee* however, that if a group of islsli could provide the hard coo finance and the promise of fim backing from Australian infix then Canberra would view thd posal favourably—but the firsts must come from the Islanders g selves.

The establishment of a i would have repercussions in r directions, not the least beim present set-up for the sale off through the Government Bone substantial part of the Admiii tion’s local revenue is deriveoe the monopoly sale of liquor, an advent of a licensed hotel pre ably would mean that the A istration would be forced tfi elsewhere for at least part : revenue.

Just where it would looMt question that causes some fun brows among NI Councillol view of the hubbub of protc the beginning of this yean Canberra proposed to raise adefij finance by increased import b t A New Zealand despatch! lished in August PIM, page ported that an officer of the!

Zealand Meteorological Servih been elected first vice-presid) the World Meteorological Orgi tion. The name of this off Dr. M. A. F. Barnett, mr.

Marsden, as stated. Both am ing figures in New Zealand sco; circles.

Calculating

p. 29

GH COST OF

NG CHILDREN

IRLY November was examina tion time for many school fchildren in Papua and New Sea. lopean, Asian and mixed race |ren sat for what are called teidy” examinations on October and November 1. Native |o lars h i p examinations for Idary education in Australia medical and nursing courses in I Fiji, were held on November dB. There were 135 candidates the 20 scholarships for Aus i; 55 candidates for the Suva les. is year Asian and mixed-race fen will have the opportunity [lalifying for the same subsidy [is available to European ren who must continue their [dary education in Australia, subsidy paid by the Admini ion for each child is £145 pne return air-fare per year, len the announcement was [about Asian children a few hs ago, it was stated that the ae would be reviewed at the of 1957 as “it was hoped by that a secondary school would fctablished in the Territory.” r as not clear whether the hfor school would be for all or only for Asian and mixed bhildren. kell as the ordinary subsidy, and mixed-race children may year sit for scholarships—3o jtelan children and 10 for brace, up to a value of £345 depending upon the means of

liild’s parents.

-present over 1800 European en are attending schools in territory and an extra 266 are f correspondence lessons ?h the P-NG Department of fion. The number studying condary schools in Australia receiving the Administration y is 320. There are 36 * students attending secondary s in Australia,

New Caledonia

p. 29

SPRINGS RESORT FOR

1 Caledonia’s first thermal B ?rt. in the beautiful Canala Sion of the East Coast, will 7 be opened to the public.

I Canala hot springs have been recognised for their •eutic properties, but only re the springs being developed baths established bv the nment.

Territories Talk-Talk

pp. 31-33

By Tolala

ted Parentage

Rights

E Bougainville District Advisory Council is to be commended for liscussing publicly the question conferring “full citizenship ts” on people of mixed race. ie half-caste question has in ably been a curly one, especially British officialdom which usually ►steps the issue as being not [nice. But in these days, with [l prejudices going into the dis- I it is up to government to get king and formulate some de [ policy so that these people [know where they stand in the tot-day scheme of things. [the TNG, during the German [ male progeny of a European ;r and a native mother was >le for European status provid !a) he lived as a European and served the prescribed period as tiscript in the Germany Navy Lrmy. In those days, many jsses in the top social bracket — s of government officials and nercial executives —were of fl parentage and most graciously fhey carry out their duties, e question has become more ilex now. “Full citizenship s” in Papua could mean Aus in citizenship; but in TNG the status of a “protected per [ And then again; European 5 at one time indicated being smber of the privileged class, that distinction still exist? Or lot, rather, the native become frivileged member of the com ty?

Eruptions—

I Soil ie soil near Rabaul was fabul productive, and in no other of the world do cocoa trees so heavily.” Thus the state made by Dr. John Andrews, of ;y University, where he is ’ lecturer in geology. He read er before the A & NZ Associa or Advancement of Science in urne in October and gave lltural pursuits in the Terri , definite boost.

J Britain’s wonderful soil is, übt, due to the 1937 eruption great extent. The same re i were made some years ago, J the German regime, that produced the finest cocoa in orld and this was due to the lie soil.

Nature supplies her compen ' measures aPer all, as can be tned by planters whose areas Inundated after the 1937 erup on the Gazelle Peninsula.

After a few years, production on these estates was phenomenal.

Parenthetically, I remember in regard to planting up Arigua planta tion, down in Bougainville in 1914, on which Mount Balbi had spewed out its insides years previously, that subsequent production figures proved most favourable and to-day this is one of the most prolific bearing estates on the island.

Vale, James Benson

If ever a man deserved the eulogy: “Well done, thou true and faithful servant” it was Padre Benson, who went to his rest on October 1 while in England.

I met him in the RC internment camp at Ramale, near Rabaul, in September, 1945, though earlier I had heard of him as an inmate of the Jap prison in Rabaul, engaged on the most menial tasks.

He had had more than his share of sorrow during his 68 years: The tragic death of his wife and children in NSW; and then the massacre of his fellow-workers at Gona; but throughout he was always devout and sincere with that wonderful gift of the Common Touch. In War I he was a Padre with the AIF.

During the last year he had written some stirring articles in Church periodicals.

A fine worker and a man who has won a well-earned rest.

Don’t Put Your Son in the PS, Mrs. Worthington Witnesses before the Territory Arbitration Court now deliberating in Moresby do not appear to be giving the P-NG Public Service a particularly good build-up if one can judge by reports in the local Press.

A Medical Officer painted a grim picture of health conditions in the Territory, with various fevers, skin complaints and mental ill-health that led officers to commit suicide.

Other witnesses stressed the dif ficulties under which they worked, and an Agricultural Officer gave an alarming description of staff short ages in his department owing to the unattractiveness of the Service.

Other department officers corrobor ated his opinion.

Witnesses certainly built up a good case for “danger money” and, after reading the evidence, I was surprised that any officers remained in the Territory at all. Intending applicants will certainly shy off seeking jobs if they accept the evidence as being a true pic f ure of conditions.

On the other hand, I met during my recent visit to P-NG, a number

of officers who obviously wer©' tent with their lot.

P-NG—A “Stepping Stone”

An aspect of the evidence strikes me as disturbing is tMJ tiude of temporariness toward Territory adopted by so mae the officers which is at least ; them their bread and butter as occasional bit of jam. There < a general lack of Territorials riotism amongst officials. ThT is merely a job; only a stel stone to a superannuated)' eventually in some Australian s to browse in the Afternoon ole In pre-war years officials sz to be imbued with a spirit of II to the Territory itself; its pn< and development meant somio more to them than merely piq shillings and pence in thein pockets.

On the other hand, why is it so many of the best of govern servants are doffing their role office to become private citizenn —and one cannot but face thei of long-range visionists —the e pect of becoming aliens in a country where national indef ence may mean the expulsig the European. Faith in NG ■ lacking here; nor do they lea\e service with the prospect of nn quick fortunes—rather becau frustration within the service £ desire to take an active pq developing the country.

Surely it is a short-sighted f that prompts the government 11 elude its own officers from as ing land-holdings in the Ten What better fitted settler ■ there be than the experience;: official who had been the leas others in the past?

No Representation in Canti

No direct representation i Commonwealth Parliahient : P-NG, said Minister Hasluqk.j that’s that.

Elaborating on the positioi said: “Any electoral roll t there at present would inclucfc a few thousand Europeansr Asiatics. At least 11 million i indigenous people would at tht sent time be unable to parti' in and exercise a franchise.”'.

Another hurdle, which he do! mention, is that New Guinea Trusteeship Territory and o legally, come into the picture'* result of the merger of tM; Territories. Somehow I havr idea that some people are reg:§ the fact that the two Tern were merged, despite the ; mendations of previous im against such a step.

What happens now if reaches the period when it independence, and Papua sirs mains an Australian territory

ere is P-NG Publicity?

ING last month just didn’t exist, far as Sydney newspapers were lerned. And, if it had not been [a few items over the ABC, hgs New Guinea would have I unknown. And this seems to pate that P-NG and Publicity

jmiles apart.

■was the ABC which informed of the findings of the Liquor pry (permits to be deferred for b years); of the big drought in pazelle Peninsula, New Ireland E. Bougainville (even as it was [914 just prior to War I) ; of F. Bunting’s fight for soldier bments in P-NG and Dr. bg’s comments concerning er and British companies being pant to take up properties E to adverse labour conditions le Territory. fiat’s happened to the Terri s PRO? Is there nothing to ft?

py Coincidence

e naming of the Camilla Jwood school at Goroka has a with the Owen Stanley range tiich many may not be aware. i Stanley was a midshipman the “Beagle” with Charles

Darwin, and the latter was a grand son, on his mother’s side, of Josiah Wedgwood, the most famous of English potters.

A Pidgin Paper

I was inclined to be cynical, at first, in my judgment of Rabaul News, the Pidgin-English roneo-ed publication turned out by the De partment of Education for native consumption.

But now, after regular perusal of the weekly sheet, I realise it has a definite value for the Tolai population—always providing the hotch-potch phonetic spelling can be deciphered. In a recent issue there was a useful appeal to natives for producing a better standard of copra amongst the co-operatives.

Figures showed that during the months of May, June and July of 5,600 bags produced 1,159 bags were “no gud,” and methods of overcom ing this waste were enumerated.

Other items of general interest in cluded warnings o n unexploded bombs and ammunition; advice to natives applying for War Damage (“Wo Demis”) ; an appeal for trans port drivers for the Administration and the Development of Co-op eratives in the Manus district.

Santo Fishing?

p. 33

Second Thoughts on Santo Fishing?

RUMOURS were freely circulat ing in the New Hebrides in October-November that the planned tuna industry, which was to have been based on Santo, has been abandoned due to pressure from Canberra through Whitehall.

The industry was to be backed by an American Import-Export Bank loan to a Japanese firm, as well as local New Hebrides capital. The fishing was to be done by Japanese.

According to the plan, the com pany should now have been ready to commence operations. There was opposition from a section of the British residents of NH to any in dustry involving Japanese labour or finance, and it is assumed that if the industry has been still-born their protests must have won the day.

Earlier this year the then British Resident Commissioner of NH said that every aspect of the proposed industry had been considered by the Administration and discussed with overseas authorities. The official view then was that this appeared to be a valuable and badly needed alternative industry for NH

Poor Communications

p. 35

■ebrides Troubles if Copra Prices and Poor Communications

W Hebrides is currently quali fing for the Cinderella title igst territories in the South ic. b Condominium —being half th—is not included in the UK jtry of Food agreement with h Pacific copra producing terri a consequence, while planters ighbouring territories are still ing almost £7O per ton for copra, the price paid to »rs in the Hebrides is around ■delivered Vila or Santo, liters complain that although rice has fallen so much, taxes )ther imposts have risen and has been a 10 per cent, in- I in shipping freight charges ance. se who rent plantations from ;e French plantation company a particularly bad position as lease agreement stipulates that I cent, of their production goes s company, and, in addition, issee is expected to plant up ,reas in coconuts.

Condominium is now more id than it has been for years.

There have been no air services since June; the Bums Philp motor vessel Tulagi, which carries only 10 passengers, has taken over the ser vice formerly performed by Malaita, which could carry anything up to 50 on the Sydney-Norfolk Island- Solomons-Hebrides-New Guinea ser vice; and the Messageries Maritime vessel Polynesia has only a few berths available for New Hebrides passengers.

Most pressing worry of New Hebrides residents at present is how their children at school in Noumea and Australia are going to get home for the long Christmas holidays.

at Makogai

p. 35

More than 1,200 Total Cores at Makogai

TOTAL cures at the Fiji Leprosy Hospital, Makogai, number 1,275, including 51 cases dis charged as cured in 1954, reports Mr. P. J. Twomey, field officer of the Lepers’ Trust Board, Christ church, New Zealand.

The board’s current plans include the building of three leprosy relief vessels and a proposed cottage hospital, t The MV Van Noort has now re placed the MV Figli on the Aus tralia-Netherlands-New Guinea- Singapore service of Royal Inter ocean Lines.

Atom Bombs?

p. 36

THAT WEATHER!

WHILE Suva, Fiji, was having the wettest September on record (see elsewhere this issue), other parts of the South Pacific were having record dry weather. By November, however, the drought had broken in many places.

New Britain, New Ireland, parts of the Cook Group all reported droughts. In South-east Papua less than one-third the average rainfall had been received up to October; and Wau, NG, was having its driest spell ever—the rainfall for the previous four months was four inches down on the average.

By mid-October heavy rain had broken the unprecedented drought in the NG Highlands at Goroka — rainfall for the first nine months of the year was 14 inches below normal. , In the first two weeks of October, Madang, about 90 miles away on the coast, had had 6J inches of rain.

By October the bushfire danger had , become serious in New Caledonia and the Noumea fire service was busy throughout the month.

Documentaries To Be

p. 36

MADE IN P NG

r[E senior producer of the Films Division of the Depart ment of the Interior, Mr.

Maslyn Williams is now in New Guinea on peliminary work for a series of official films to be made about Australian and native pro

gress in Papua and New Guiil.

Mr. Williams plans to spe:s next two or three months gath material for the film scriptc will depend on what he sees e Territory as to the number oo that will be produced.

Mr. Williams thinks thsj actual filming will start earlt' year and take up to 9 mon complete.

Exploited?

pp. 37-40

IRLINES AND RECRUITERS

DEMANDER FIRE

Who Are The

Exploited?

S the Federal Parliament in Can berra in early October, Mr. J. F.

Fitzgerald, a Labour MP, had a eat deal to say about the condi ms under which New Guinea itives were recruited and worked; ■ said that these conditions ordered on slavery”

Mr. Fitzgerald had made his serrations when he was a member a Parliamentary party visiting i Territory. During that visit he I travelled by Mandated Airlines what is known locally (so he Id) as the “boong run.” His Actions to that trip were pub ied in the October issue of the dfic Islands Monthly, fir. Fitzgerald’s sweeping general tions have been condemned by ny old-established planters and ders in the Territory and in the lowing letter, Mr. Lance H. \kinson, of Bubuleta, via Samarai, pua, expresses his views.

Regarding Mr. Fitzgerald’s scath- I remarks about recruiters, I ild like this gentleman to listen a few of my remarks about ficians who exploit the Aus lian taxpayers in their holiday rs round the Islands.

'ery few of these tourists ever get the beaten paths of comfort and hce to see Papua or New Guinea they should see it. I have in id, and still invite, any of these pie to spend three months with [on a plantation and in pro

lonal recruiting.

s a planter, I have improved the Ith of the native communities in )in:ng villages by treating their land giving them free transport hospital in bad cases. I have [acted as their adviser in agri ural pursuits; and have assisted n in ironing out many of their ibles. his can be said of all the plant- I have met in Papua. There are gold passes for this work and expense is borne by the planter self.

Misequently, the natives trust respect us more than they the round-tripping politician talks a lot of eye-wash his return to Canberra, to to justify the trip. The natives ■rd him with suspicion. • the majority of cases they don’t \ why he is here and of what he is; This view is shared by y of the European settlers. 16 labourers on plantations re -5 the stipulated Government

)n > which has been scientifically

>ed out by expert dietitians. This

ration costs far more than 1/6 per diem.

To keep the wolf from the door, I also do quite a lot of professional recruiting. I would welcome one of Mr. Fitzgerald’s union represent atives to accompany me on any of my trips. In fact, he could take my boat and go on his own, if he liked.

It is regarded as the lowest form of life in the Islands, as a skipper is subservient to a lot of betel-nut chewmg natives who, after eventu ally getting on his boat and receiv ing rations, and giving promises are just as likely to walk off at th° next anchorage, or refuse to work on reaching their destination. This, after having been carried round and fed for sometimes a month.

As far as their meals are con cerned, the village natives concen trate mainly on a big meal at night and a small one about ten o’clock m the morning. It is only the ones who have come in contact with Europeans who are developing the

three-meals-a-day habit.

Travelling on a launch, I very seldom bother about a midday meal myself, as it is usually too uncom fortable.

In my experience as a recruiter, I have never heard a native com plain on a vessel about being hungry as a result of missing a mid day meal. I understand their language fairly well, and would hear if it should be mentioned.

The pioneers of Australia are re

arded as glorious nation-builders Ithough in this pioneering they Kctically wiped out the indigenous ice. So why does not someone in ■berra get up and offer a little redit to the pioneers of this land, ho have hewn their homes from ie jungle and done so much to im rove the lot of natives and Euro ;ans alike.

The ball is in your court, Mr. itzgerald. Bring your represent aves, and come up and see us inetime.

I am, etc.,

LANCE H. WILKINSON.

Editorial Note

ft should be pointed out that ■Mandated Airlines so-c ailed |“Boong-run” is in the same tegory as the run performed by mtas. Both are a round-the ands flight, Lae-Madang-Wewak anus-Kavieng-Rabaul, lasting any ing up to 10 hours and under eeri in an extreme of bodily dis nfort.

Intending European passengers I usually warned that it is fcarily a service for the trans lation of native recruits—or per ps we should say that Europeans re warned once upon a time, be ise these days any traveller is parently likely to get onto this vice. n the South Pacific Post of tober 12, a visiting Dutch New iliea official is reported at length sr he had travelled from Madang

to Rabaul in a Qantas native special, He described it as 11 hours of torture, during which he nearly broke his back while sitting in un comfortable bucket-seats down one side of the aircraft, faced by 30 natives sitting down the centre of the plane. The Europeans had been served box lunches but he could not eat it because the atmosphere “could be cut with a knife.”

He said that KLM has three DC3’s in Dutch New Guinea but they all had “proper seats” and he felt that it was time the operators in Aus i£ alia £* ] ? ew Guinea S ave a little thought to passenger comfort.

He said be was on business, just wanted to get to Rabaul quickly, and WaS not a tourist OUt to 566 the sights. He did not know why he was not put on a direct service.

Why Mr. Fitzgerald was put on a “boong run” is also a mystery.

Parliamentarians are usually afforded full VIP treatment and guarded from the harsher facts of life in the New Guinea territories, a few days after Mr. Fitzgerald’s statements in Canberra, a very reasonable letter from a reader appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald more or less substantiating the MP’s statements as regards lack of eating facilities for native travellers. It is obvious that little is done to feed these recruits before or during their flight, and although it is not suggested that stewards be employed to dish out boiled rice in the air, it might be possible—in the interests of our happy relations with UN—to per

form this service at some stop place along the way.

That the recruits should go ( less in flight is not the natjs calamity that the Mr. Fitzge? would have us believe, hov( Most of these people are a hop ahead of the Stone Age,9 are taking their first flight am positively struck into immobilil the stupendous nature of it. if Qantas turned on full Superr stellation Connoisseur free champagne, free cigarettes five-course meals, it is doubti* they would become sufficient!;!, stuck to partake.

This writer has done mom travelling about New Guineas native people than Mr. Fitzjs is ever likely to do and has ses; unkindness to them. They travel in slightly less comforts Europeans, but the differences slight as to be virtually nil.

Papua-New Guinea is stili most air minded country hi world and the number of ail vices in proportion to the popuj is staggering—but the degri discomfort in which one is exp to travel is also staggering.? attempt is made to provide whri Dutch official called “propen ing.” You sit in a sort of site tin dish facing into the cenn the plane, while odd projej along the unlined fusilages holes in your back. On some ; your knees also bore into odd i of cargo; or as Mr. Fitzgerald J your eyes bore into the eyes oo native opposite-number, evv your knees are not actually ’ ing his.

It says something for the o of the milk of human kindnes? flows through Mr. Fitzgerald) after seven or eight hours o sort of thing he was able to c a blow for the down-trodden i Most people are fully taken ugi ing themselves.

However, it should be notes it is not the resident of New 0 who complains, but the visito;o outside. From the very beginn 1927 or thereabouts —air traw been like this in the Territon is now simply the accepted tras' Originally, air transport alternative to walking—and in many places. No one wlft ever spent days or weeks, cl:I; in the mud and the rain ovv mountains will ever complain hard seat or lack of a meas plane. At least now you M seat, of a sort; and a safets Not so long ago you sat on ther and took your chance.

There is another reason ft complaining, too. As the aiii panics are fond of telling services just don’t pay, and I are going to start demandiii. cabin-service, well then, nas fares will have to go up. M most NG residents throw up. hands and say, “Anything butL

Have an Air-Service Now'’

pp. 41-43

WHO WILL TAKE THE INITIATIVE?

New Hebrides “Could Have an Air-Service Now'’

I If the traffic is offering, there is no reason why the New Hebrides hould not have an interim flying-boat service pending the establishment of irfields and commencement of land-plane services.

HIS was stated in October by Captain Middlemiss, officer in Icharge of Ansett Airways Pty. j.’s Flying Boat Division, dl that is required, said Captain fldlemiss, is that some live agent ange the bookings and freight.

I company will make a charter ht at the usual charter rates, at r time, with a flying boat. |antas withdrew flying-boats from Islands services in June this year, isince then the New Hebrides I been without an air-service, is has caused a great deal of in venience to residents of the Hides, and PIM has received ny letters of complaint. [any Hebrides residents appear jelieve that Qantas is at fault — le have gone so far as to state I this airline withdrew its fly boats out of “spite” or “in retali m.” This is plainly ridiculous — ■Condominium government had Die warning that flying-boats e to be withdrawn on a certain i, and it did little or nothing to the disused war-time airstrips order for land-planes. Latest >rts indicate that the chosen trips at Vila and Santo are still within measurable distance of ig up to Civil Aviation require its. )me Hebrides residents believe ; Australian Department of Civil ition experts chose the wrong trips for reconditioning; others k that as the demands of the tralian department carry so h weight, the Department itself lid go ahead and recondition the ;rips. is, in fact, true that in the ids around Australia, where air ices are vital, the Department mes an importance rarely rded a government instrument- I It is a fact, also, that some the high-handed methods of s of the servants of the Depart t have not always been popular I the Islands public. However, ar as the disputed airstrips in New Hebrides are concerned, Department is morally and

Uy right.

1 pointed out in October PIM, 5 is a distinct difference between qualifications necessary for an drome used for scheduled, in ational passenger services, and used for charter flights which ate only as and when circum ces permit.

The job of providing suitable aero dromes in the New Hebrides is the responsibility of the Condominium government—and no one else.

Another charge against Qantas is that they ran all other competition out of the skies and then abandoned the Condominium to its fate. In view of the Ansett offer, however, it now appears that there is an alternative to the present state of stalemate. The planes are avail

i—but the initiative will have to ne from the Hebrides.

INSETT’S PACIFIC CRUISES

[R GORDON TAYLOR will soon have a rival in running air Itours to the Islands and NZ. inset t Airways will commence ing-boat tours to New Zealand [summer, and expect to be makair tours in 1956.

I December, 1955, the company ■make two charter flights from lington to the Chatham Islands ■the New Zealand Government. ■ Chathams have been without [air service since TEAL disposed (best of its flying-boats.

■ EXCITEMENT AT VILA

IE somewhat unexpected arrival of a French Leo-45 twin-engined photographic survey aircraft fed excitement at Vila on Oc ;r 8. dvice was received of the air :t’s approach from Noumea only pinutes in advance of its arrival.

Public Works Department team [rushed from town four miles [to Bauer Airfield, long unused, Bear it of various obstructions, Iding a boundary fence which ses the strip dividing two local lations. le aircraft, which landed safely, commanded by M. Louis Fabre, lhad arrived to continue Gov bent aerial survey work.

Is Doing Well

pp. 43-44

N. Caledonia Air Service Is Doing Well

From Our Own Correspondent NOUMEA, October 31 NEW CALEDONIA’S internal air line Transpac, operating with a de Havilland Dragon Rapide, has got off to a good start. In the first two weeks, using one plane and one pilot, the line carried 120 paying passengers.

Most of these passengers have been carried between Noumea and the Loyalty Islands.

The plane also carries freight and mail. For the first time in history the outer islands have been able

to receive mail from France less than 48 hours after it arrived in Noumea. Formerly the mail took any thing from two to five weeks to arrive, being at the mercy of the irregular sea transport. Transpac is carrying fresh meat to the islands, an item that used to be rare outside the mainland of New Caledonia.

The outlook is so promising that the company plans to buy more planes, another Dragon Rapide and if possible, a Heron, if this latter machine can be procured, a service to the New Hebrides is proposed, with a stop-over at Lifou Island on the way over.

The company has called for more capital with this end in view.

The service is carried out strictly under control of the Civil Aviation

Dept. The air ground radio com m unication is handled by the organisation a t Tontouta aero drome. The Dragon Rapide uses the former USA fighter aero drome at Magenta beach, a couple of miles out of Noumea.

The company plans a trip to the Hebrides within

The de Havilland Dragon now in service by Transpac in New Caledonia.

the next few days. Calls will be made at both Vila and Santo carry ing mail. It is understood that no passengers will be carried.

AIR-FRANCE HANDS OVER TO

PRIVATE COMPANY

The local Air France agency an nounces that from January 1, 1956, the bi-monthly Saigon-Noumea air service will be carried out by the “Compagnie des Transports Aeriens Internationaux” (TAD a private company. Air France will continue the service until the end of the present year. Negotiations for an extension of the service to New Zealand are still taking place.

Jap Ship Lost Near

p. 44

New Hebrides

IN the News of Smallships, this issue, there is a report of one Japanese fishing vessel strand ing in the Lau Group, Fiji, and of another being in trouble some days earlier.

Later advice from Vila reports that this latter vessel sank on October 8, after being abandoned.

A message was received in Vila via Suva on October 7 from the Japanese mother-ship requesting permission for Kuaei Maru, 83

tons, and Seizy Maru, 150 tons, to put in to Havannah Harbour, north of Vila, for shelter. The smaller vessel was in tow with a broken crankcraft and was leaking. A more powerful towing vessel was expected.

Permission was granted but before the French Commandant of Police had arrived on the scene the ships proceeded to sea after being at anchor for only a few hours.

Next day Suva advised Vila that

advice had been received Kuaei Maru had been abann in rough weather and was s slowly sinking. Mariners warned, and there the into ended. 11 Members of the Fiji Copra for the next two years are M W. G. Johnson, R. N. Caldww G. Archibald, L. R. Martin, Hedstrom, Inosi Vatucicila, Simpson, Ulaiasi Vosabalavu.

Recurrent News Items From Our Correspondents

pp. 45-133

In Papua-New Guinea

MISSION JUBILEE

HE Mission of the Sacred Heart [this month celebrated the Golden [jubilee of its establishment in I Fuiji district of Papua, lore than 2,000 Fuiji and Goilala lives took part in the four days celebrations.

Ifty years ago, when the Sacred irt Missionaries went into the I the Fuiji people were among [fiercest warriors in Papua. In L a Catholic Mission Station was iblished in the area at Nambu, the Reverend Father Fastre. ather Fastre died only three jths ago. He was noted, apart m establishing the Mission iion, for introducing coffee and bona to the area, tiis year’s celebrations were con ;ed by Bishop Sorin, of Papua.

FREAK ACCIDENT

1,000 to 1 chance accident in [ Moresby in late September Ited in a Dept, of Civil |ion typist spending a day in Ital. The typist—Miss Majella ftbe —was knocked down and in- I by a car while she was work si her office at the DCA build ie accident occurred when the es of a DCA vehicle failed and :ar crashed through the wall of [ McCabe’s office. She was ed for cuts and bruises.

PAPUAN GIRL SITS FOR

LEAVING

[ the first time, candidates for year’s Leaving certificate in ralia will include a Papuan— Maniana, of Kwato. ss Maniana hopes to study nurs tfter she has matriculated. She present at the Firbank Church hgland Girls’ School in Vic

TO PROVIDE UNI.

EDUCATION FOR PAPUANS

was announced in late Sep sr that the first two scholar > for Papuans, provided by the )r Walter Strong, will be avail in 1959. i scholarships will pay for the ;rsity education of Papuan nts for 5 years.

Strong died shortly after the far and left more than £250,000 pdney University in a Trust • the interest from which will ?d for the University education igible Papuan students. (Dr. g was a former Chief Medical r in Papua; he retired in the

PAPUANS AS RIVALS OF THE

JAPS

Coastal natives in the Western districts of Papua are reported to be anxious to work in the Thursday Island pearling fleets.

A new member of the Western District Advisory Council, the Rev.

Mr. Price, of the LMS, told the Sep tember meeting of the Council that a delegation of local natives had asked that their request be con sidered.

The Council decided that the Minister for Territories, Mr. Paul Hasluck, be asked to make a de cision on the matter.

SALVATIONISTS FOR THE

TERRITORY?

The familiar uniform of the Salva tion Army was seen in Papua-New Guinea late September.

Two senior officers of the Army’s Headquarters in Australia toured the Territory to look into the oos sibility of extending the Army’s Mission Work to Papua and New Guinea.

The Officers were the Army’s Field Secretary for New South Wales and Queensland, Lieutenant Colonel Scotney, and a New South Wales

ith Director, Captain Carpenter, ir tour lasted about 10 days, efore returning to Australia, tain Carpenter said that the de

cision whether or not to include the Territory in the Salvation Army’s Mission Field would probably be made at an international level.

He and Colonel Scotney would prepare a written report for sub mission to the Australian Head quarters. (It was always said in pre-war New Guinea that if the Salvation Army—with its uniforms brass-bands and bright music—ever entered the NG mission field the rest of the missions would have a tough time keeping their adherents It was understood that the Army

Modernising New Caledonia's Capital . . .

This fine new building has recently been completed in Noumea, New Caledonia. It will e th e automatic exchange which is expected to be in operation in the early [?]hs of 1956. Equipment is at present being installed. Photo by F. E Dunn

was officially discouraged from estab lishing itself in the Territory, although it functions in Asian countries to Australia’s north. But there are so many different brands of Christianity being hawked in P-NG these days, one might well ask: Why not the Army, too?)

REAL TERRITORIAN ADMITTED

TO P-NG BAR

The son of a former Port Moresby business man was admitted to the Bar of the Territory Supreme Court at a short ceremony in Port Moresby late September.

The Barrister and Solicitor is Peter Jefferson Clay, a son of the late Mr. J. R. Clay. Mr. Peter Clay, who was born in the Territory, will be associated with Mr. J. I. Cromie.

LABOUR SHORTAGE IN

HIGHLANDS NOW

Concern is growing in the New Guinea Highlands over the number of natives leaving the area for work on the Coast.

The Chairman of the District Advisory Council, Mr. lan Downs, told a recent meeting that about 8,000 natives were away from their villages in the Highlands. The majority of them came from the Chimbu Valley which had a popula tion of about 80,000.

Mr. Downs suggested that recruit ment from the Highlands could be reduced if employers on the Coast

got natives to offer for work on a day-to-day basis, particularly where the natives lived close to the planta tions which were now using High land labour. Mr. George Greathead said that the time was fast approach ing when the labour demand within the Highlands would exceed the availability. This applied to the

Western Highlands as well asaj Eastern Highlands.

He pointed out that coffee gro in the area had had consider trouble in the past few monthsa ting sufficient labour to carry < Later in the discussions, the CIC man told the Council that the n lem of effectively encouraging coo

abour was vital to the Territory. le suggested that the Administra tor! should liberalise the employ ment of natives not under indenture.

Mr. Downs also suggested that he minimum wage of 6/- a day for lay-labourers be reduced to 4/- or Employers should then offer lore work to day labourers.

ADMINISTRATION SATISFIED

I WITH RABAUL ROADS

A direct appeal to the Admin itrator was made by Mr. Don larrett this week for funds to seal ie town roads in Rabaul. He said e believed much of the current ickness in Rabaul was due to the locking state of the town roads, mst was the main problem.

The Administrator replied some hat tersely to Mr. Barrett the same ay. He said that it was a pity Mr. arrett did not ascertain the facts jfore making public statements, lat funds were in fact available, id the Department of Works had sen asked to prepare estimates for ,e work to be done with the money.

He went on to say that there ipeared to be a lot of confused linking in the Territory as to what instituted the Territory’s Three- Bar Plan (of Development). It is, he explained, the collation of e most pressing needs of the Terri fy for balanced development which was considered could be under ken over a period of three years.

It was obviously impracticable to itiate in the first year all the rious works included in the Three jars Programme.

The Administrator said, however, at a selection had been made of i work to be undertaken this year, id meanwhile, the necessary in stigations, surveys and designs

Maned Pr se P cond vear" 0 * t 0 be srartea me secona year w^ r nr? a^H«fi^H Pll6 i>V. la^ r was not satisfied with the answer, and would take up the matter again at the next meeting of the Rabaul Town Advisory Council y

APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME IN

OPERATION

it is expected that more than 100 Territory natives will be engaged in the first year of the P-NG Native

Apprenticeship Scheme. This num ber should increase to 500 within five years, and about half of the apprentices will be indentured to private employers.

The Chairman of the Native Apprenticeship Board, Mr. J. Hohnen. said in October that the natives were showing a particular prefer ence for the building and general construction trades, fitting and turning, motor-mechanics and boat

he wedding of Miss Maxine Beck, resident [?]ort Moresby for some years, and Mr. Kevin gleaner took place at the St. John's Church England, Port Moresby, on October 14 Gallaher is on the staff of the Department Works PHOTO: Papuan Prints.

lilding. There was also a consider-- He interest in mining, printing id in qualifying as driver fechanics and marine engine erators.

Mr. Hohnen added that about 50

suitable applications had so far been received from employers.

After attending a meeting of the Board this week, the P-NG Admin istrator, Brigadier D. M. Cleland, said he was extremely pleased with

the progress that had been made.

The way was now clear, he said, for the full implementation of the apprenticeship scheme. The Admin istration regards the Scheme as a matter of high priority both for the

I The Public Service Institute was officially opened in Port Moresby on October 18 by the administrator Brigadier D. M. Cleland. Professor E. C. Ringrose, of the University of Queensland, edited Moresby for the occasion. In the photograph (left to right) are: Mr. Brian Essai (in [?]uctor), Mr. T. Huxley, Professor Ringrose, Brigadier Cleland, Mr. D. Glastonbury (principal), [?]L. Butler (Chief Public Service Inspector) and Mr. F. A. Negri. [?]The Institute was established in the Territory about a year ago and has built up a library over 3,000 books, pamphlets and documents. Its purpose is to afford public servants the means improving their professional status. Subjects available for study include Law, Arts, Economics general education.

Photo: Papuan Prints.

progress of the native peoples and the development of the Territory.

SEPIK ROAD STIMULATES

RICE PLANTING

Mrs. S. Elliott-Srnith, wife of the Sepik District Commissioner, be came in October the first woman to have travelled by motor vehicle over the new Wewak-Maprik Road.

She accompanied her husband on a trip from Wewak to Yangoru, a distance of 73 road miles.

The DC made the trip to test the road for rapid transit under the pre sent dry weather conditions in the area. He also inspected the im provements that have been carried out on the road since it was opened last April by the then DC, Mr. J. B.

White, who took a party through to Maprik during the wet season.

The road, constructed by natives under Administraton supervision, is now being improved by heavy equip ment.

Mr. and Mrs. Elliott-Smith left Wewak by Land Rover at 6 am and reached Yangoru Patrol Post, 73 miles away at 4 pm. They flew back to Wewak the same evening.

Later, the DC said he was pleased wth the considerable progress that had been made on the road and also on the extensive native rice plant ing which had appeared along the route since its opening.

LAE-GOROKA BY ROAD

BECOMES COMMONPLACE

The Morobe District Officer, Mr.

H. P. Seale, this week pulled up outside the District Office at Lae after an 11-hour drive from Goroka.

Several passengers accompanied him on the 370-mile drive to the

coast from the New Guinea HI lands.

Mr. Seale said later that the r was good most of the way and i he had little difficulty fording i Umi River, the widest of sew rivers that had to be crossed.

Mr. Seale made the trip in a Lai rover. (Continued on page

)NOUR FOR GILMORES AND

MADANG

legacy has honoured Madang by iding a representative from Aus ilia to its Sepik headquarters to rsonally congratulate Mr. and s. Jack Gilmore on their efforts

in raising money for Legacy.

Their contributions have made possible the adoption of two Legacy orphans. The Gilmores have been the driving force behind raising money in Madang.

Madang and Bulolo have collected

more money for Legacy than any other town in Australia or its Terri tories.

In thanking the Legacy represent ative (Dr. Brown), Mrs. Gilmore said Madang people had been most generous, and she felt sure they could be counted on for continued support.

MR. McCOLM SAYS YES,

MR. HASLUCK SAYS NO

A Liberal Member of the House of Representatives suggested in October that the time had come to appoint a Lieutenant-Governor for Papua and New Guinea.

The member, Mr. Malcolm, McColm, Queensland, said that the position of Lieutenant-Governor should be separate from that of Administrator, and that such an appointment would free the Admin istrator for the real work of admin istration.

The proposal to elevate the head of the P-NG administration to a Governor has been made several times—most recently by Mr. E. A.

James, MLC, in the Legislative Council. The proposal has been frowned upon by Territories Min ister Hasluck, who says no to a P-NG representative in Canberra, also. He says that Territorians will have to show more interest in P-NG Legco before they can hope to have a representative in Canberra.

Officers of the Pacific Islands Regiment formed a guard-of-honour when Miss Heather McKay [?]ied Captain E. Boyd, at Taurama Barracks Chapel, Port Moresby, on October 1.

Photo: Papuan Prints.

NOT GUILTY OF

MANSLAUGH'I

The Supreme Court in Rabau.

October acquitted a native d:f charged with manslaughter.

The native, Rayman Martin,, charged following a fatal accii; on Kokopo Road on August 18young European schoolboy returr from a picnic on the truck Ms] was driving was killed instantl; the accident.

Mr, Justice Kelly, in summinf after evidence, said that althu Martin was driving slightly om wrong side of the road, he was< isfied it was an error in judgrn There was not sufficient evidence a conviction.

PAPUA TURF CLUB BACK

BUSINESS

The first move was taken in .

Moresby in October towards e juvenating the Papua Turf < which went out of business 25 : ago.

A meeting of seven member the old-time Club resolved that Papua Turf Club resume its as ities.”

The Club has never been j banded although its last : meeting was conducted in 193 S what is now Jackson’s Ain Moresby international airport..

A provisional committee appointed at the meeting to: • Plan future activities. • Prepare and recommend! amendments to the constitute • Admit members. • When thought another meeting.

The provisional committee sists of the President of the Mr. P. J. McDonald (Chairn Mrs. Ruth Sefton, Mr. E. J. F:' i Mr. E. A. James, Mr. E, T. and Mr. L. A. Willis.

NEW GUINEA WELCOMES

CITIZEN

A large crowd attended a mony at Kokopo in Octobex which Mrs. Ilsa Randmae, wit Dr. George Randmae, becan.

British subject.

The naturalisation ceremony held at the Kokopo Court H and conducted by the ADO. Mr. Flower.

Dr. Randmae later entertr about 50 guests at the Kokopo c

MORESBY SPORTSMEN

“Shocking” was an apt woro this week by the Secretary o Port Moresby Cricket Assoo (Mr. Don McCauley) to descrilx condition of Moresby’s main ing Oval, the Ela Beach Ovali He said that its condition axs sent gave little encouragem©j sporting organisations to tJ publicise the town’s progress 1 viting outside sporting team visit Port Moresby.

Mr. McCauley added:

fears to be no excuse for the liner in which the Authorities berned (a committee of the lesby Town Advisory Council) e allowed the Oval to de- Drate. If no action is taken 1 representations will be made ave control of the Oval vested in bmmittee of the various sport

[organisations.”

DWA AT WORK IN P-NG

r ork started in October on the itruction of a Country Women’s iciation Rest-house for Mothers Children at Sohano, on Bougain inber for the building arrived titly from Mabiri. [ correspondent at Bougainville [Chinese women on the Island now beginning to take an in (t in the CWA there, le Chinese woman is on the tnittee at Sohano, while the i Sub-branch recently received donation from Mrs. Leslie Lep.

TRAINING PARENTS IN

MORESBY

I unique offer was made at a School conference in Port ;sby recently. Mr. Stan Pearsall, he Boroka Committee, offered rganise a “Father’s Night’’ for nale parents of children attend ee Moresby Centres. ■. Pearsall said he felt that ;rs were not closely enough titled with the work of pre- Dl. They worked on committees irery few had seen a pre-school peration.

'. Pearsall said he thought there Id be some form of parent ing, and if this were done, he

believed that parents would take more interest in these centres.

Mr. E. A. James, MLC. in his opening address at the Third Annual conference of the Associations in Port Moresby, also mentioned the matter of parent-participation in pre-school activities. He believed that the training of parents was even more important than the training of the children.

P-NG DELEGATES TO SPC

CONFERENCE IN SUVA

Approval has been given by the Minister for Territories for the Papua and New Guinea delegation to the forthcoming 3rd South Pacific Conference in Suva, to con sist of 8 delegates and 3 advisers.

The conference will take place about March, 1956.

Selection of the P-NG delegates and advisers is expected to be final ised before the end of this year.

HELICOPTER OPERATORS DO

WELL

World Wide Air Services—the

Company operating commercial

helicopters in P-NG—in October announced a £125,000 expansion programme.

The company will purchase two Catalina flying-boats which will be used mainly for work for Austral asian Petroleum Company but will also be available for a limited amount of private charter work.

The Managing Director of World

and Mrs. P. Powell, who were married Roman Catholic Church, Port Moresby, October 8. The bride was formerly Miss Dade.

Photo: Papuan Prints.

[de, Mr. Arni L. Sumarlidason, [ American resident of Port Iresby, said this week that the st of the Catalinas would arrive ! the Territory from the United ites in December. The second me would follow a few months er.

TVorld Wide Air Service’s four licopters are now logging 3,500 ing hours a year in P-NG. The mpany started two years ago der the name of Bahama Heli >ters with a 100 per cent. Ameri i staff. To-day, 80 per cent, of i staff are Australians.

ABAUL-KOKOPO SHAKE-UP

[ severe earth tremor—the most ere for years—rocked the Rabaul kopo area shortly before 7 pm October 10. ’he tremor in Rabaul was of ength 5 and lasted about one lute. At Kokopo, it was more ere. ater, Mr. Arthur Cresswell, of haul, reported the stra n g e inomena of water running into, bead of out of, Sulphur Creek, said that this occurred also in 7 (the year of the disastrous laul eruptions) and indicated t the activity was centred out sea. femors of lesser intensity were » recorded in the Rabaul and :opo areas during the early rs of October 11. he Administration announced r that the tremors originated ; of Rabaul at an estimated ance of 40 to 50 miles. Land es blocked the Rabaul-Kokopo

BUILDINGS FOR LAE

;w people in Lae were sorry hear the announcement in iber by the Morobe District imissioner (Mr. H. Niall) that had asked for a new Post ;e, Courthouse and Police ion for Lae. r. Niall told a District Ad ry Council meeting that Ad istration policy had been that 1 the new Lae Hospital was other buildings would have vait. »r that reason, they were de l from the estimates each

WILL THIS HELP?

Another small step apparently directed towards improving Port Moresby’s hopelessly poor water supply was announced in the Government Gazette recently.

It is a new by-law written into the Moresby Water Supply Ordin ance providing £2O fine for anyone (unauthorised) deliberately inter fering with the water supply.

Some people who go without water for days on end in the cap ital of Papua-New Guinea, say they would willingly give £2O for the chance to get a little water. t Mr. George Newman, a Brisbane man, has been appointed one of the two Government directors of Commonwealth New Guinea Timbers Ltd. He had been assistant manager of Gibbs, Bright & Co. managing director of Oxley Ply wood Co. Ltd., and deputy chairman of the Queensland Plywood Board.

CNGT is owned jointly by the Commonwealth Government and Bulolo Gold Dredging. t The largest single shipment of bananas ever sent from Fiji to New Zealand was loaded on October 27, when the Navua took 26,000 cases (previous record 22,000 cases last December). On the same day the Matua loaded another 1,000 cases.

t Forty-three European artisans who have been on the “temporary” staff of the P-NG Department of Works for a number of years were rewarded for long service in Oc tober by permanent appointment to Department. It is the first time . e Minister for Territories has given approval for the permanent appointment of artisans.

New Insurance

Co. for P-NG

Mr. David Killeen, who has been appointed manager of The United Insurance Co., Ltd., P NG Branch, which has recently opened at Lae.

He previously was manager of the com pany's branch at Rockhampton.

Bribery Charge

p. 53

INQUIRY IN FIJI

Bribery Charge Against Police

IHE setting up of a public com- Imis s i o n of inquiry into egations of bribery in the Fiji lice Force was announced at Suva ■October 14 and sittings began in va on November 2.

Messrs. A. M. Duncan, CMG, d D. M. N. McFarlane have been pointed commissioners, with Mr. mean as chairman.

Hr. Duncan, formerly Chief Com pßioner of Police in Victoria, s a member of the com ssion set up earlier this year Inquire into the methods of in tigation of crime by the Fiji ice.

Ir. McFarlane is a well-known m lawyer and a former Mayor Suva.

Tie Commission will sit in itoka as v/ell as Suva, targes against the Police De tment, especially with regard to alleged bribing of traffic officers, e made by Mr. W. G. Johnson, ominated member of the Legis ts Council, when speaking on [Council’s adjournment motion September 8. [r. Johnson said: “I have had le before me a sufficient number ndividuals who have stated that 1 themselves have given sums of ley to police officers for the pur \ of gaining certain advantages, se people have made it clear I some members of the police e, particularly in the Traffic De ment, have raised improper iers and have then let it be sometimes directly and etimes through intermediaries, by cash payments to support ications the chances of the lications —to put it mildly—are meed.” r. Johnson alleged that driving ices had been issued without l and, in some cases, to minors, enger vehicles, he said, had been ved to undertake journeys over (above those on scheduled ser- I “for the payment of sums like -3 and £2 for each journey.” ■ter in his speech, Mr. Johnson i “All that I have been told and i stated has been said by people have come voluntarily before n, Indian and European mem of this Council within the last [lays. We members have pledged Jives not to disclose the names lese informants.” lEN asking the Government to up a commission or com- ■ mttee of inquiry, Mr. Johnson I cannot resume my seat >ut castigating the police force whole. It is apparent to me « includes unprincipled officers

and some who could not see and did not know what was going on under their noses. . .

“Magistrates are frequently dis posed to blame a person offering a bribe more than an officer receiv ing one. In some cases this may be justifiable, but where an atmos phere is created amongst the public that, unless a bribe or some con sideration is offered, the applicant is wasting his time, then the blame must rest much more heavily on the receiver than on the person who offers the bribe.” t With the help of the World Health Organisation, a yaws campaign and leprosy survey will be undertaken m the BSIP in 1956.

POLIOMYELITIS cases, j including

p. 53

Fatal Polio Case At Suva Hospital

one death, were causing concern in Fiji in Oct.-Nov, By November 2, nine cases had been reported, six of them in the Suva area.

The seventh case to be admitted to hospital at Suva was Mrs. Netta Tickle, aged 28, wife of Corporal Harry Tickle, RNZAF, Laucala Bay.

Mrs. Tickle, the mother of a young child, died on October 19. t The people of Gardner Island, Phoenix Group, have built a 1,800 ft. bridge across the lagoon entrance to connect two islands.

News Of The Small-Ships

pp. 55-110

I YEARS AGO:

■ night of November 22, 1913, lan unfortunate one for the ns Philp Line —though it was ps before head-office received the s. The steamer Muniara, of it 1,000 tons, purchased early in [ as the Volunteer, out on a nal voyage from Sydney to ert, Ellice, and Marshall Islands, wrecked on Ebon, Marshalls.

Hnmanded by Captain I. R. dley. with Mr. C. V. Wood as b, the ship was in control of Second Mate when she went up he Ebon reef at about 10.30 pm. esh north-east trade was blow and the ship was soon pound leavily. The boats were cleared r but all hands remained with ship meanwhile. By morning had swung broadside and as it clear that she was doomed a Ing was made at the settle e ship’s launch was then de fied with four men under the id Mate to obtain assistance Jaluit. A week later the

lania, from Hongkong, arrived

[ Jaluit and all hands were i off and eventually arrived in Sydney with first news of rreck.

An Inquiry found that the Second Mate had made an error in naviga tion. Years later, during World War 11, he was Second Mate in Zealandia when that ship was bombed at Darwin. The crew were being brought south by road in trucks when, crossing a severe bump, the Second Mate was thrown to the road and killed.

At about the same time, Captain Handley was murdered by the Jap anese at Tarawa. Muniara’s Mate, now Captain C. V. Wood, is to-day ’ in charge of Dymock’s nautical book and chart-correcting agency in Syd ney: and her Third Engineer, Mr.

R. L. Waddell, is now Burns Philp’s Engineering Superintendent.

SUVA R/T SERVICE:—The mari

time radio-telephone service in Suva has always been somewhat confused. Instead of a single Suva coast station providing all shipping services, there are two stations. The Suva Post Office maintains contact with all small craft within the Group, and, on another set of fre quencies, the Cable and Wireless station near Lauthala Bay serves vessels outside local waters—wand ering yachts, the odd small Pacific tramp-freighter, etc.

In October, Cable and Wireless

|" lno ™ ced ? Change in frequencies lor this service as from November 1 The station will continue to lister £ or shi P s on 6,280 kc/s at 0400 and 2300 GMT for short periods but will now answer on 4379 3 kc/s at the 0400 GMT schedule, and on 8811.5 kc/s at the 2300 GMT schedule

The changes comply with an in ternational frequency reshuffle which has been proceeding over the past several years, and which seems to have created even greater pande monium in the Pacific R/T service than formerly.

AGAIN THE GIBSON GIRL;

The disappearance without trace of Joyita, reported elsewhere, provides another unhappy opportunity to stress in this column that very few Pacific ship-owners are availing themselves of at least one inex pensive safety measure that is to hand —the war-surplus Gibson Girl aircraft-dinghy distress transmitter.

Considering that these fool-proof, water-proof, compact sets are avail able for under £lO in Australia, and that they could save the taxpayer a fortune in air-search bills, it is dif ficult indeed to understand why local shipping authorities in the main Island ports do not insist that every small craft on an open sea voyage, carry one.

Here are the facts on the Gibson Girl: In size it is rather smaller than a 4-gallon petrol can, but moulded in on two sides to form a waist —hence the name. In use, the operator sits in his dinghy with the transmitter between his thighs. A heavy webbing strap passes round to secure the set in this position, thus holding it firmly so that one hand can be left free to wind the

handle which provides the power, and the other hand to adjust the set, and hand-key if desired.

Engraved on the case are the in structions. The set is kept in the wheel-house where it can, if neces sary, be immediately tossed over

board in a sudden emergency..' completely water-tight and i Its bright orange colour maM/ readily seen and recovered. I quires no batteries, all power ' provided by the hand-t u r generator. (Continued on Pae'

On the front is a small door that opens revealing a spool like a fish ing reel, containing the long braided aerial wire. In another container which should be kept fastened to the transmitter, is a silk kite which will fly in a very light breeze. It is attached to the aerial and paid out.

The operator, who requires no knowledge whatever of radio, merely winds the generator handle up to a speed at which a small indicator lamp lights, and he knows that he is “on the air,” automatically mak ing distress signals on which an air craft or ship may “home.”

Following a yachting disaster in New Zealand waters several years ago, the virtues of the Gibson Girl

were clearly demonstrated to yachts men.

Some previously considered the sets over-rated. The Radio In spector and the Royal Akarana Yacht Club of Auckland therefore arranged a special test from the Hauraki Gulf. The results, published in a New Zealand yachting maga zine, showed just how valuable the Gibson Girl could be. In broad day light vessels hundreds of miles away picked up the signals—and at night performance would have been vastly better. As a result, all cruis ing yachts belonging to the main yacht clubs in New Zealand are now required to carry a Gibson Girl

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news (top to bottom); "Lorraine", Reuters Noumea 209-tonner. (Photo Thornton). "Happy Return" bound Zealand. A late message from Papeete that some crew members had walked and caught the aircraft to their n. "A'oniu", of Tonga, which headed for repairs following an engine break- Niuafou. (Photo by Jack Thornton).

when cruising off shore. The clubs have purchased their own sets— and they are hired out, at a small fee, to the users as and when re quired.

They could, and we believe, should be widely used in the Islands. There are later models, operating on high frequency as well as on 500 kc/s.

These are, no doubt, expensive to purchase new— all airlines and air forces use them.

But the obsolete models, transmit ting on 500 kc/s only, are highly effective with the kite aerial, and are readily avail able from disposal stores. We know' of one Wellington, NZ, firm which sold many at £NZS each, com plete, in new con dition. They may

still be available there. Sydney nrms advertise them at from £A3 to £AB, less the kites, which are an essential part. Sydney dealers found that there was more money to be made from selling the ex cellent aluminium-framed box-kites to school-boys than there was to be made from the transmitters which no one seemed to want.

Government sales of other sets are constantly taking place in Aus tralia, in lots of a dozen or so. They are an item to which every Island ship-owner should give some serious thought.

The New Zealand yacht clubs obtained their supplies by an approach to the Government dis posal agency, it would seem to be m the interests of the various South Pacific Administrations to similarly arrange that supplies be available to local ship-owners. The RAAF and the RNZAF are vitally in terested in this subject, and there

[?]aki trader John D. Harrington's aquisition, the ex-Dutch yacht Seas", hauled out for conversion to cargo carrying. The use shown has just been added.

Photo by Mrs. Nancy Phelan.

fore would probably be fullll operative in any such schemox

SAFETY REGULATIONS:

are indications of a general tigi ing up of safety regulatiom small-craft navigation in the Isl Certain regulations are exx to come into force in New O waters soon. In the Cooks ; concerning small-craft navih was on the agenda of the s Legislative Council meetiJ October. Our Solomons c o spondent reports some develop}' there. In future all native cutters in the Central Admiii tive District which includes G£ canal, the Florida, and I Groups, must be registered wiiv District Commissioner.

They will be classified and I with permits to carry only stin. quantities of cargo and numlfr persons, on specified routes. . proceeding away from the coc any island, each craft mustr« water and food for all handsa least twice the estimated dif of the passage, and powered i must be similarly supplied wir oil.

TlMBER:—Latest victim French Oceania ree f-po)« marathon is the 241 GT, years-old MV Vaihinano, rei a total loss—to the insurant, pany—when she went ashri Rimatara, Australs, at 3.30 i October 11, Captain Arthur i

presiding.

This vessel was built at A California, was powered withl hp Enterprise motor, and ow Societe Commerciale du Pacm Papeete. Crew, passengem cargo were saved.

The loss was attributed interpretation of the toe signal from the bridge engineer on watch, while thn was under manoeuvre closes, reef.

JAPS IN TROUBLE:— Alffi.

manoeuvre close to the re: with less apparent legal was a Japanese fishing vessee finished up on one of thoi islands in the southern Lam Fiji, on the night of OctoWx The vessel, of about 150 ttj the Mei Maru. But somethrl also happened to anothri Kuaei Maru, five days earln sprang a leak—perhaps fn: other reef—and sank in tij area, her crew of 20 beinn transferred to another crafli Maru.

The Ongea stranding j ported to Suva by the mot ft Kovo Maru, which also repao two other craft, Zuiyoh Mt 1 Azuvna Maru, were process the rescue.

A RNZAF Sunderland with r Harbourmaster aboard, fleve survey the situation. Thth possibly vessels of the Pas*

(Continued on Page 9TC

na fleet, though a Japanese tuna at skipper indicated in Brisbane I October that other fleets are erating in the Coral Sea, lomons, and Gilbert and Ellice sas from Japan. (See photo else iere this issue).

rHEY ONLY SEEM BIG:—A New

aland oceanographic researcher, :k from studies overseas, de cked sea-sick travellers’ tales of gantic waves” of upwards of 100 from trough to crest.

Vork carried out by the research p Discovery 11, equipped with pate measuring devices, showed gently that in very heavy Atlantic ather the highest waves recorded re 42 ft. Estimates of their height re always much greater than ual, and the research showed p waves of 50 ft are extremely e.

RESUMING PATROL:—The

tish Solomon Islands Protect te’s 110-ton patrol craft Betua, apleting a refit at Sariba, Milne f, Papua, returned to Honiara in ober to resume duty. The vessel i under command of Captain VI. Thorsen, Port Officer, Honiara.

ELPING HAND:—To assist the flican Melanesian Mission in its

fund-raising drive to finance a new 100-tons, Southern Cross VIII and another smaller craft, Shaw Savill Co. agreed to throw open their new passenger liner Southern Cross for inspection by the public at Mel bourne in October. A fee of 1/-

per person was charged. Southern Cross VII, Idle for the past 15 months, still lies in Sydney for sale.

SCHEDULES MAINTAINED:

Since the handsome luxury passenger schooner Te Vega entered

he Honolulu-Papeete service (August PIM ), Captain Omer Darr has strictly maintained the published schedule, and is confident that the tervice will prove a business success ind fill a need for the travellers.

Etablissements Donald Tahiti iandle bookings at the Tahiti end — ind in Auckland.

[STILL IN TROUBLE:—The Lord

Jowe-owned HDML Flying Cloud kas had a bad year. Commissioned f year ago to carry her owner’s hrgo from Sydney, engine trouble yas experienced on the several byages made. Then there was udder trouble, and the vessel was brown on the beach in a heavy low in March, with more damage. [By September, Flying Cloud was pady to be relaunched, when nother blow came up, heavy seas weeping in and throwing the lunch off her blocks.. Result: hull gain stove in.

FLORENCE IN DISGRACE:

Tie 95-ton schooner Florence lobinson, idle and for sale in apeete for a long time past, has Ben removed from her berth, stern > the waterfront road, and moored l “rotten row,” at least until she an find a buyer.

NOUMEA VISITORS: —Refitting i Suva recently were two Noumea essels—possibly the last two to go lere from NC as the new 1,000-ton oumea slipway will soon be in srvice. First to arrive in Sep imber was Lorraine, Agence euter’s latest acquisition, 209 GT, L. 4 ft x 22 ft x 7.8 ft.

Built in Cornwall in 1944 as a andard-type trawler and named r aid of Pinto, she was acquired in alta by the present owners in 1953. he was one of a very large number ! trawlers built in England during le war for the dual purpose of ine-sweeping and other war duties, id as replacements for the de eted fishing fleets. The type was inerally unpopular with fishermen id many are still for sale in Eng nd.

The other vessel is Orsom 111 hich Institut Francais d’Oceanie cently purchased for oceano aphic research work. She is also iw to be used as a training vessel r New Caledonia boys. Of 75 ft erall she was built in Australia as purse-seiner, then acquired by r. Gubbay, of Santo, as Bateman’s iy. He sold her in November, 54. Her refit should be completed ’ late December.

TIME FOR PARTING: —T h e

Jll-remembered ex-naval GPV pe vessel, Ruena, one of the first mmercial craft to return to the ►lomons trade after the war, ould be washing the last of icific waters from her hull soon, impletely transformed into a hos- ; al vessel for the Andaman Islands Iministration, she should leave the id of Storey & Keers, Sydney, late >vember, and will be delivered by

Captain Max Stanton, one of Sydney’s—and the Western Pacific’s —best known “de livery” specialists.

Ruena was acquired by the Common wealth Government from Fairy mead Sugar Co. early 1955, and is being

Mr. Marcel Marinacce's floating trade-store "Deutgan", which has been undergoing a very extensive refit in Sydney.

presented to the Indian Goveie ment as a gift under the Colorri Plan. The Andamans, in t western Indian Ocean, are Indii territory.

CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP'

Ta-i-Natoba, well known 44-to 4-years-old auxiliary ketch in Fiji trade, has been sold by ownr builder Captain A. R. Smith Kadavu buyers. Captain Smith plsJ to settle at Tabuta, Vanua Lo on a plantation formerly owned J Captain “Wal” Wilson, ex-harboc master at Levuka.

Ta-i-Natoba, 48.7 ft x 18.5 ft x: ft, was built at Kadavu by Capti Smith and “Skipper Harry” Willia* who pitsawed the timber. T ketch, which is powered with a hp Gardner diesel, was ba b damaged by the seismic wave wlr struck Suva Harbour on Septemr 14, 1953, but was repaired and rigged.

“POM POM” STRIPPED:—H

dictions made in the Cook Isla* press that Maui Pomare should sume service before Christrn appear to have been uno optimistic. A great deal of acco; modation had to be stripped ouu give access to some 40 deck plae two hull plates, and sundry ot< replacements. Auckland tipsters i predict February—which will pr ably mean April—as resumpc date.

ANOTHER NAME-CHANGE

September we reported that Johi.

Harrington, the Cooks’ most ahead trader, had purchased visiting Dutch yacht Seven Seasi use in running his own cargo fi Rarotonga to headquartersa Aitutaki. The yacht is now hai out at Aitutaki, and the worM stripping out below to make room for cargo, and the construes of deck accommodation is neae completion. The yacht left HoD as Scaldis, was somewhere renae Seven Seas, and will now enter o merce under a Maori name withr English translation, Bird I Aitutaki. Dutchman Boun Mee; will retain the command.

HMS VITI COMMISSIONED

HMS Viti, ex-RNZN’s ML-3555,, safely delivered to Fiji’s new in establishment at Bay of Isis Suva, in October, in time fon commissioning of the base. Esco north by HMNZS Kaniere, SDML was commanded by Lit Commander S. B. Brown, with I Lieut. C. A. Stinson and six o ranks, and will be the base’s stSv ship.

The new Volunteer Reserve also known as HMS Viti, was od ally commissioned by His ExcelU the Governor of Fiji, Sir Rc>

Garvey, KCMG, CVO, MBE.S

October 21 In attendance was Rear-AdnJ J. E. H. Mcßeath, DSO, DSC,, Chief of Naval Staff in New

land, within whose area of respon sibility Fiji lies.

' BEARINGS OF TIDINGS:—The

lea gave up two battles with in presting messages in October, The irst appeared to be a prank by a Japanese cadet aboard the Taisei \[aru. [William Muller, of Yepoon, near lockhampton, Queensland, finder of he bottle, had the Japanese message ranslated to read, “SOS, Taisea ffaru. Help Us. Taisei Maru is ship i Hell.’’ [Queensland Customs Department, xamining the message, said that hey had no record of a Taisei Maru n local waters —but only a few [eeks earlier the Japanese training hip Taisei Maru had paid a good rill visit to Sydney and sailed for fepan, so this seemed the likely iurce of the message. i The next was even more interest ig. Found by a school-boy on 'angimoana Beach, south of Wan anui, NZ, this bottle contained a lessage indicating that it had been lunched together with 195 others, n April 1, 1903, near Kerguelen sland, south Indian Ocean, by a terman Hydrographic Institute ex- Bdition lead by Erich von Drygalski.

None could say how long this Dttle may have lain on the beach, >vered by sand, or how many mnd-the-world voyages in the Soaring Forties’ it may have made jfore its discovery, but the 52-years :d card was despatched to Ger iany, and schoolboy Roy Bould re vived the thanks of the German Bgation in Wellington.

NEW PILOT BOAT: —N am e d llote-11, Papeete port authorities ive taken delivery of a new 14ns, 12-knot pilot launch. Built at Westminster, BC, by John Manly & a., the craft is a standard-type w-boat, powered with a 200-hp M diesel, and measures 46 ft x ;ft x 8 ft deck to keel. It is iderstood that the launch was de rered as deck cargo.

MANGANESE LOADER:— Lau

ka may soon have a conveyor belt stem for loading manganese ioard overseas ships. Lautoka )wn Council has given approval r Metal Traders Inc. of New )rk, a firm with the largest in rest in this mining in Fiji, to tablish the 800-yards long loader, would be made up of independent ctions, each driven by electric otor from power supplied by a rtable generator. Each unit would portable and readily removed 5m the site when not in use.

Loading time for a 10,000-ton ssel would, it is estimated, be re iced from the present three weeks about ten days. The loader would st about £20,000.

WRONG BROKER:—Ship-brok

lis keen in Sydney. The same ssels are often in the hands of a imoer of brokers. We recently

credited Captain Kennedy with the sale of Norman Flare to Mr. Oscar Newman, of the New Hebrides. That transaction, we are now advised, was completed by another equally well known broker, Don Reed, to whom our pardons. Captain Kennedy sold Babinda to South Pacific Shipping Co.

BJARNE HALVORSEN EXPAND

ING ; —The well-known Sydney boat-builder Bjarne Halvorsen Ltd, has acquired the nearby old-estab lished yard of W. L. Holmes & Co, McMahon’s Point, as a result of ex panding business. The Holmes yard has recently been turning out sturdy fishing launches and harbour launches, as well as smaller launches for Island clients.

On October 28, another 56-ft copra scow, named Kaia, was de spatched from the Bjarne Halvorsen Berry’s Bay yard to Steamships Trading Co., Port Moresby. Mr.

Halvorsen flew to New Guinea on a business visit several days later.

IMPROVEMENTS AT TAIOHAE:

—The residents of the Marquesas are pressing to have the Messageries Maritimes liners load and discharge overseas cargoes at Taiohae, as in pre-war days. About 18 months ago a fine concrete warehouse capable of storing 700-800 tons of copra was completed at the inner end of the small concrete wharf.

Recently further funds were voted in Papeete to lengthen the wharf so that the larger schooners can lie

longside. Lighters will also be able ) handle cargoes between wharf id overseas ships at the anchorage.

GOING. . . GOING. . . Months ago we referred to a convoy of little ships which would shortly head for

the New Hebrides. Each month a check has confirmed that they are still on point of sailing—but early in November the fleet still lay in Sydney Harbour.

The vessels are Mr. Marcel Marinacce’s 211-ton Deutgan, which came south for refit last March, a 56 ft x 16 ft twin-screw steel barge owned also by Mr. Marinacce, and

Fiji's new Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve station, "HMS Viti", at Bay of Islands on Suva Barbour was officially commissioned by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Ronald Garvey on October 21.

This Public Relations Office photo shows Commander S. B. Brown, officer in charge of the [?]ation, reading the Commissioning Warrant.

a 48 ft x 18 ft single-screw woodeJ barge owned by Mr. Georges Rolam of Emae Island, and name Anaconda.

Full details of Anaconda appearr in July PIM. Mr. Marinacce’s uii named barge is of a standard formerly in military use but rebui to suit the copra trade. Powero by a pair of 32-hp V 8 Thornycro diesels, she should carry 60 tons copra. There is a house aft accommodate five.

Both barges have rather low fre board. It is understood that ti) delay in sailing has been due to td marine authorities viewing the lot open-sea voyage for this type vessel with some disfavoi< Obviously, with the hurricane seasE now here, this disfavour is likely harden. Only alternative would the costly deck-freighting to Vili KETCH OVERDUE: Australia newspapers reported on October that a RAAF bomber was o searching for the 11-ton kett Holy dream, eight days overdue a 72-mile passage from “Longdo Island in the Admiralties to anotll unnamed island. The report pt sumably meant Longan Island the Ninigos. The ketch had twes persons aboard, including two Euj peans. (Later located by RAAF)..

MADANG EVENT:—For the fr time since the war, a foreign sit is currently undergoing refit in Australian-New Guinea port. T vessel is the 90-ton steel Netherlas New Guinea vessel Cycloop. Mads Marine Workshops Ltd., one Madang’s two slipways, is handlf the job. Pending completion ol< slipway being built at Hollano other Dutch vessels may also coc to Madang and other Territd slipways.

News of Cruising Yachts

• AUCKLAND-SUVA YACHT RACE: Mootedb

several years past, the Royal Akarana YV Club of Auckland has now completed pq for the first Auckland-Suva yacht race,,: commence next May 12.

The race, which should prove a popq event, will be raced under International YV Racing Union Rules, plus a comprehensives of rules and safety regulations set out by\ Club. It is understood that every yacht n carry two-way radio.

Equipment may be loaned where not aim installed, and the fleet will be escortedb a mother-ship, possibly a RNZN vessel, race will have no time limit. Full detailsa available from the Secretary of the Cludi Auckland.

Eleven yachts have signified their inten; to enter at present, but there will probf be many changes by May. If successful,, race is likely to become a biennial eventt • SOLACE, whose story was told last mor was successfully refloated at Palmerston Is! on October 1, prepared for sea, and arn at Rarotonga October 12. Commander C planned to sail for New Zealand a few later —and return to the Cooks next May \ • SKOAL, wrecked at Haave Bay, UaHf Marquesas, on August 9, is now the pro|c of the local people. Yachtsmen's friend, , McKittrick supplies the full story: The Tel type ketch had a new 10 hp Coventry o installed prior to leaving Panama. She del

aiohae for Papeete via islands on August 7, leeting strong headwinds. A few miles off ahuka Is. next day, a chain tie which held oth peak and throat blocks of the mainsail ave way, whereupon it was decided to run I to Haave Bay for shelter and repairs, iding to 60 fathoms of chain and rope, ivner Shakely and companion Linvill went shore to stretch their legs. Shortly there fter the rope parted and the yacht quickly rounded on a lee shore, but was undamaged.

A kedge was run out and progress was sing made in hauling off when the kedge lie parted and the yacht again went ashore, now being nightfall. By morning the yacht as broadside on, and a rock had penetrated le hull.

By chance Madame Bazin, wife of the Ad inistrator, accompanied by other people, just en arrived over from Vaepae to collect birds' igs, and sighted the yacht from the plateau tove the bay. Madame Bazin thereupon sent message to the Administrator and a big mg of men soon arrived.

SKOAL was refloated with the aid of drums, it only after further damage had occurred, le Government cutter towed her round to lepae, where John Shakely, surveying the image, wrote the yacht off by presenting her the people, who will no doubt repair and e her.

The yachtsmen arrived in Papeete aboard hooner VAITERE on September 26, where ey expressed their keen appreciation of the ndness and assistance given them by the irquesans, and especially by the Administrator. • RAROTONGA SAILING CLUB held a well pported annual meeting in October, in eparation for what promises to be a keen ason. Office bearers are: Patron, Resident mmissioner Mr. G. Nevill; Commodore, Official cretary Dare; Vice-Presidents, Mr. McKenzie d Mr. M. Baker; Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. iDonald. Sailing was to commence in vember on Ngatangiia lagoon. • VARUA, William A. Robinson's handsome peete-based yacht, cleared there September

19 for Honolulu, arriving safely on October 5 after a record passage. Mr. ( Robinson was reported bound for the US to complete work on another book. • PHOENIX of Honolulu, reached Suva from Pago Pago in October and was to clear for New Zealand. • MOANA, of France, visited Rarotonga and Aitutaki in September, clearing from the latter island on September 28 and arriving at Niue October 4 en route to Nukualofa. The five keen spear-fishermen forming her crew caused excitement at Aitutaki when they landed a 450-lb, 8-ft long, girth groper with the aid of the local people who shared the catch. • LITTLE BEAR, of San Francisco, clearing Suva early October met very bad weather on the run to New Zealand, and arrived at Russell 19 days later. Buzz and June Champion hope to remain in New Zealand. • NORDLYS, of San Francisico, after a 7days stay at Rarotonga, cleared there Septem ber 25 for Pago Pago via Aitutaki and Penrhyn.

The big schooner carried a special consignment of stores to Penrhyn. • RICHARD & JOHN, bound for Gisborne, NZ, via Papeete, cleared Balboa October 8 after repairing hurricane damage suffered between Kingston and Panama.

• HAPPY RETURN, ex ELSIE (RNLI-648),

which cleared Balboa August 24 for Hokitika, NZ, via Papeete and Auckland, arrived at Papeete October 8 after an uneventful passage. • NEW SILVER GULL, of Sydney, is at present at Balboa. This 43£ ft ketch left Sydney December, 1947, visiting New Zealand, Rarotonga, Papeete, Samoa, Hawaii, British Columbia, and recently coastwise south to the Canal. Mrs. Scott, a registered nurse, and Mr. Scott, an engineer, have employment at the Canal at present, and will later sail for the West Indies. Mr. Scott will also be re membered at Lord Howe, Norfolk, Tonga, Samoa, Fiji and Tasmania, by some old-timers. He

cruised to those places in the yacht UTIEKAH in 1927. • NAUTILUS, a 110 ft motor sailer, other details unknown, cleared Balboa early September for Guam via Micronesian ports. • WANDERER 111, in which Eric and Susan Hiscock completed a three-year circum navigation last July, is to be on display at the National Boat Show, London, in December. • WINDJAMMER'S loss on Easter Island, reported earlier in the year, will be recalled.

Owner Peggy Poor, now back in the US, had an interesting article in the July 30 "Saturday Evening Post".

[?]Ore Frustration In Solomons

pp. 61-62

Still Considering Tax Overhaul

I The British Solomons Islands Five Years Development Plan drawn » last year, and to cost £ A 1,433,204, has been pruned of over :A300,000. (Early in its career the Plan was labelled an “If” plan by ic member of the Protectorate’s Advisory Council—lf the necessary nds were forthcoming).

fHEN the Plan was drawn up, it ■was hoped that £A595,279 [would be forthcoming from the onial Development and Welfare id. This amount was reduced to 87,500 in spite of the personal resentations of the former High ■pissioner of the Western ific, Sir Robert Stanley, tie Protectorate’s Five Years l has therefore had to be re lated—s om e projects to be need in a different manner and irs to be postponed. [was on matters connected with I finance that Sir Robert Uey made a flying visit to Lon at the end of 1954. Interviewed Sydney last December, on his back to Honiara, he said that proposals for the development le Protectorate had had a very )athetic reception from the Btary of State for the Colonies.

While in London, Sir Robert also discussed BSIP income-tax and sur tax and it was hoped that, as a result, the whole tax structure would be overhauled, and encourage ment thus given to the establish ment of new private enterprise.

In his address to the Advisory Council at Honiara on October 21 the new HCWP, Mr. John Gutch,’

tha d t : t hj* R ° bert Stanley had hoped that the outcome of the discussions would be available in time for him to maxe an announcement before his departure (on pre-retirement leave) • • . inat was not possible and T regret that I am still not In a posi tion to add to his previous state- Svflhnt 0 ? Sl^ject ’ except to say that I will continue to press for an early decision.”

Editorial Note

IT has been abundantly clear for a decade that the Pacific colonies are of small interest to the Colonial Office, and that the un fortunate Cinderella islands of the Western Pacific High Commission are °| virtually no interest at all. the discovery there of on, gold or uranium in spectacular quantities there is likely to be little change in the UK attitude in the next decade. From London only the

glamour colonies of East and West Africa are discernible to the naked eye of Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Sir Robert Stanley brought amaz ing enthusiasm and industry to the thankless job of administering his scattered territory, and, in particular, to giving the BSIP a reason for be ing Considering the material avail able to him, his administration per formed miracles in restoring the Protectorate to working order after total destruction during the war.

But in material advancement —the introduction of new money and new blood and new enterprise—all his efforts came to nothing. If he did not retire with a broken heart in June this year it is only because top ranking officers of the Colonial' Service have developed hearts that are not easily broken.

The task in front of his successm’ may in some respects be easier in that the post-war foundations have been laid; but if in the future, Mr.

Gutch’s administration is to be known as the Golden Age of Solomons’ enterprise, he is going to require a large measure of luck; he can be reasonably certain that the establishment of the Secretary of State for Colonies will afford him very little help in attaining that end.

In spite of hopes and plans to

the contrary, the BSIP still has a one commodity economy—that is, coconuts. And the bulk of that in dustry is in the hands of one com

pany which in the past has 8 the largest factor in controllim world price of copra to the um. of private planters everywhere'

ROUND two goes

p. 63

MV TVLAGI BATTLE

TO THE OWNERS

ImEN Burns Philp’s new Tulagi fi arrived in Sydney on her v maiden voyage some months go PIM reported (July, p. 127) hat the Merchant Service Officers’ mild raised strong objections to the jy-out of officers’ accommodation.

Main points of contention were he radical provision of equivalent ccommodation for Chief Engineer nd Master, on the bridge deck, both pening into the sacred chart room; nd also the placement of deck (Beers’ accommodation down below Uhe working alleyway.

The Guild pointed out that it had yen the owners full details of Hections while the ship was being lilt and in response to a request pcomment on the accommodation ans made by the owners. The mers had not acknowledged receipt these objections, and the ship was pipleted according to the original ans, After negotiations in Sydney, daqi sailed on Island Voyage No. under a temporary truce which volved the housing of certain Beers in accommodation intended ' the owners for passengers.

Since then further Court hearings ive proceeded and have ended in owners winning the case. The pceedings were not in public, but t case will undoubtedly be one wide interest in nautical circles.

Ihe deck officers appear unhappy out the decision.

Fijians' Land Board

p. 63

[?]uccessful Year for Fijians' Land Board

IJI’S Native Land Trust Board continues to expand and at the same time maintains a small ;ess of income over expenditure.

This is as it should be,” states i annual report. “Our respon ility is to use our income in the !t interests of the management, dntenance and development of ian land and not to make a large >fit from our poundage.” increased income in 1954 was due the fact that several large leases i been renewed, with a consider e rise in rental in each case, and it a large number of expired ses in areas where reserves were 1 yet known had been inspected 1 the occupiers given letters of |ancy at enhanced rentals, me report points out that this 1 facilitate the issue of new irovals when it is possible again Jive leases in the areas concerned, also ensured that the owners of > land received a fair rent at ■to-date values.

Ex-Suva Residents

p. 63

For Pakistan

DISTANT places are again beckon ing Mr. and Mrs. Frank Exon, who until 1954, were well-known residents of Suva, Fiji.

In mid-November they are off to Karachi, where they will live for two years while Mr. Exon super vises the installation of equipment for complete overseas telecom munications, internal radio network and coastal radio service being sup plied to Pakistan by Australia under the Colombo Plan.

Mr. Exon was in charge of the activities of Amalgamated Wireless (A’sia) Ltd. in Fiji for many years But when British Commonwealth radio communication was nation alised after the war, and when the Fiji Broadcasting Commission took over radio broadcasting in that Colony, AWA’s enterprises in Fiji came to an end. Mr. Exon was transferred to Sydney last year

Of Dynamite-Fishing

p. 63

Yet Another Victim Of Dynamite-Fishing

YET another death has been caused by the disastrous practice of fishing with the aid of dynamite, reports PlM’s Noumea correspondent.

The victim was a Banks Islander who was a member of the crew of the Santo (New Hebrides) ketch Le Gratteur.

The man is reported to have taken a dynamite cartridge and detonator ashore for fishing. Soon afterwards he lost both his hands in a prema ture explosion, and died at the Santo Hospital. t The Rev. R. P. Garrity, attached to the Anglican Melanesian Mission in the Solomons for the past 20 years, has now been trans ferred to London. Mr. Garrity Mrs. Garrity, and son Robert,’ departed from Honiara per Tulagi in October.

Travelled North on MV Bulolo

p. 65

flost Reverend Paul Maze, SSCC, :ar Apostolic of French Oceania, urned to Papeete in September er a visit to Rome. i son was born to Mr. and Mrs. [ton Nordman of Papeete on tober 12, and has been named Iton.

fi Captain Jack Treacy, veteran Queensland aviator and founder of Queensland Air Navigation Co. in 1930, has gone to New Guinea to establish a coffee and tobacco plantation in the Wahgi Valley, in association with Sydney importer, Mr. Peter Turnbull.

Amongst Papua residents who travelled from Australia to Port Moresby on the September lolo were (left) Mr. and Mrs. Denny O'Connor and family; and (right) Mr. and Mrs. W [?]ris and their two children. —Photo by Papuan Prints.

Three Bibles Replace

p. 65

ONE LOST OVERBOARD

THREE Fijian Bibles to replace that lost during the now famous canoe voyage by three young boys from Moce Island to Lakeba (September PIM) have been delivered to Suka, Titoko and Veikauyaki.

The Bibles are a gift from a mission worker at Auckland, NZ. t By promptly noting a car-number, the native caretaker at the Lae golf links enabled the police to arrest a European alleged to have broken into the clubhouse.

Looking

p. 66

NORTH AFRICANS ARE

TO NEW CALEDONIA

Thousands of letters—most of them from North Africans— asking about the possibility of settlement in New Caledonia have been arriving at Noumea, reported PlM’s Noumea correspondent in late October.

A single Air France plane brought 2,000 such letters.

Cause of the excitement was an article in the Paris newspaper he Figaro, which stated that workers of all kinds were needed in New Caledonia, and gave the Labour In spector’s office at Noumea as the place to which applications were to be addressed.

Soon after the appearance of this statement the avalanche started to descend on Noumea, an early air mail bringing some 1,200 applica tions. Most of these came from the politically stormy regions of Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.

The New Caledonian authorities have taken steps to correct the mis leading character of the published article.

This development has come on top of the recent controversies over rumoured proposals to transfer

20,000 troops from Indo-China to New Caledonia and to resettle thousands of displaced Eurasians in the Pacific Colony. t Mr. Basil Brown, who was a primary school teacher in Rarotonga some years ago, has recently been appointed inspector of schools in

the Gilbert and Ellice Is] Colony. t TEAL recently disposed o last idle Solent flying-boat.J will be broken up for scrs: Auckland. Only the two S€ on the Coral Route Services remain.

Apprentice

p. 67

Letter to the Editor

P-NG’s First Apprentice

Iplease permit me to correct the itatement made in the block title m page 31 of PIM September issue, thereby Mr. Allan Heath “thus be ;omes the first European apprentice n Papua-New Guinea.”

Your old friend, the Common wealth Department of Works, has teen training European apprentices hroughout the Territory since De ember 29, 1948, when 15-years-old tony Jefford signed his indentures, P commence a 5 years period of pprenticeship in accordance with he conditions prescribed in The ipprentices and Minors Act 1929/45 Q’ld.). Correspondence courses re re and still are arranged through tie Brisbane Technical College.

Since December, 1948, many young erritorians have either commenced, ompleted or transferred on in enture to the Territory, therefore is hard to understand why Can berra had to pass a special amendment to the law in young Mr.

Heath’s case.

I am, etc.,

KEN McCANCE

Port Moresby, October 10, 1955. (NOTE: The information referred t was supplied to our reporter by r. S. Heath, father of the appren se. Mr. Heath, Snr., is now him- If a resident of Moresby. It is >ssible that none of the post-war ntenders for the title are the “first iropean apprentice in P-NG” — uinea Airways appear to have had iprentices at their workshops in ic in the 1930’5).

lae, but

p. 67

uninhabited Isle For lae, but rice Not Mentioned

PIEN potential lotus-eaters in the Northern Hemisphere send wistful letters across the [Uator asking about the chances of quiring a South Sea Island, the iction in the south is usually a al of merry laughter.

But one such inquirer, Sergeant T. wney, of Bovington, Dorsetshire, s been offered an uninhabited Han island by an Indian, Mr. Ram

’ Chaudhary, of Suva.

Not long ago Sergeant Downey ote to the British Council repre itative in Fiji (Mr. C. Miller) King the sale or lease of an un bolted island where he and his f wife > and a friend and his new could settle in about a year’s

In response to the appeal, Mr Ram Jit Chaudhary has offered an island of about 200 acres, “situated in a very beautiful spot which pro vides a luxurious fishing resort and is only about an hour’s run by launch from Suva.”

The climate, it is added, is like Suva’s —some people might regard this as a not unalloyed recommenda tion—and the island is summed up as “just the thing required by the English couples.”

In conclusion, the potential vendor mentions: “I am not quoting any price, but shall be glad to receive an offer for the purchase of the island.”

v M. Jean Vidal, late head of the Public Works Department in French Oceania, recently arrived in Vila to take up a new appointment as Superintendent of Public Works New Hebrides. Mr. W. M. Terry!

Acting Superintendent, has now gone to New Zealand on furlough.

Mr. R. C. Macpherson, chief of staff of the Daily Mercury, Mackay Queensland, and formerly of Fiji! was a member of a party of five* Australian Press and radio men who toured the South Island of New Zealand in November and December as guests of the New Zealand De partment of Tourists and Publicity.

No Black-Birder

pp. 69-71

Ledtter to the Editor

McLEOD OF THE

N. HEBRIDES

NO BLACK-BIRDER

T was good to see Mr. H. E. L.

Ipriday’s article in your Sep tember issue denouncing Neil obinson’s unfounded remarks on maid McLeod. My brother, raham, wrote protesting to Hodder id Stoughton Ltd., the publishers Robinson’s book, Lion of Scot ad, and also to Wilson and irton Ltd., of Auckland, New aland (by whom, I understand, ibinson is employed).

Ihere were polite replies, but they ild only refer us to Robinson, d a letter to him, written on June last year, brought no reply. [he facts are much as stated by Friday. The McLeod family, luding my mother—then Flora Leod, aged 18—and Donald Mc )d, about 14, arrived in Auckland the Bredalbane, in 1858. Donald Leod was of seafaring stock, and •ut 1870 he went to the Islands, L became the main pioneer of the r Hebrides.

In a dangerous age, and faced with all sorts of difficulties, he estab hshed a great name for himself with both Europeans and natives Robinson, however, comes out with a fantastic story of black-birdine carried out by McLeod for Queens land. My brother and I know Donald McLeod had no part in black-birding; certainly he recruited labour for his own plantations but m a proper, legitimate way * n McLeod’s day in the New Hebrides, there was no settlfed —only supervision bv British and French warships which visited the Islands regularly There was no encouragement whatever for British settlement, and the Presbv tenan missionaries were against anything but Mission work- they aid everything possible to retard British settlement.

The French, on the other hand,

encouraged P'rench settlement, and New Caledonia was close by In these circumstances, Donald McLeod was practically forced to sell out to French interests. A French Com ply was formed in Noumea by John Higgmson, and included the Morgan family (Sir William Morgan, and his two sons—Sir William had been Premier of South Australia).

Now this may have been where a di’ift in his remarks.

What the French Company did in the way of black-birding, if any I do not know, but they could easily use the great name of Donald McLeod with natives, as I know they did in buying up great areas of land in the New Hebrides.

Donald McLeod for a time acted as their business manager at Hayannah Harbour, but he was not satisfied with the conduct of the

Company, and he started on his own again, this time at Vila, which was at that time of no importance, Havannah Harbour being the main business centre on Efate.

Business followed him to such an extent that Vila became the main centre, and eventually the capital of New Hebrides.

He died at Noumea in his 49th year. He left his estate to his brothers and sisters. The estate was distributed to all the brothers and sisters of Donald McLeod, and notwithstanding the stupid assertion of Robinson in his book that some of the family refused to participate, they all took their share.

Who ever heard of a Scot refus ing good money? Robinson should know better as he says in his book that he married a Campbell.

I know the facts as I was in New Zealand at that time, not hav ing gone to New Hebrides until 1900. I know that my uncles and aunts in New Zealand were able to spend the remaining years of their lives in comfort.

My eldest brother, who died many years ago, was with Donald McLeod at Havannah Harbour about 1886 for two years before he re turned to New Zealand suffering from very severe malaria. He did not see or hear of any of those terrible deeds which Robinson accuses McLeod of performing.

My brother Graham went to Vila about 1896 to carry on the trading

there, in the store left by McLeod; he was shortly after joined by the elder brother, James Walter; and I joined them in 1900. The business was carried on in the name of McLeod for a number of years, and as the name was so popular with both Europeans and natives alike, it was of great advantage to us be fore starting the company of Kerr

Brothers Ltd., later. .

Robinson, before writing his □ could have found out the character of Donald McLeod! reading Julian Thomas’s Carnu and Convicts; also by contao, responsible persons who knew Tom Johnston, who for rn years was British Consul at Noui told me that he had been in 1

less partnership with McLeod, and poke highly of his integrity. William pmston, a son of Tom Johnston, as been British Consul there ever nee his father’s death a number of ears ago, and he no doubt would ave been able to give some valu ble information.

All the French, British and Itives I met during my stay in le Islands of over 30 years had Bthing but good to say about Cap in McLeod; these people all nn personally, and many had inefited by his good deeds.

There was Lizzie Facio, whose irents both died when she was a lung child at Havannah Harbour, cLeod sent this girl, the child of nbrym parents, to Noumea to re ive a good education. When she ew up she married George Facio, id with McLeod’s help they estab hed a good trading business and antation at Ringdove £ay, Epi. e were associated in th this same Lizzie Facio after r husband’s death, and later she pried Zeitler, the uncle of Tibby igeh, when the firm of Zeitler and igen took over the business. [here was also the case o£» Annie d Gus Petersen. The father, a ede, left McLeod as guardian, i when Petersen died McLeod'sent t two young children to Sydney, i had them placed in good homes 9 receive education. Later, after Leod’s death, these children were >ught to New Zealand, and •ught up with our family. They it to school there, and after leav school Gus was apprenticed to a penter and learnt the trade so 1 that he became foreman on ie big building jobs at Auckland, gave his life in World War I, Png a wife and daughter in New Jand. nnie is still living with my sister Pennant Hills, she was very loyed at hearing of the slander ' remarks of Robinson about whom she remembers well pace would not permit me to 1 details of the many good deeds e by McLeod, which have been . t° nie by those who knew him the Islands. The great native etion for McLeod is happily *n throughout the New Heb an chapters of Julian Thomas’s am writing this letter on be ‘ °f the McLeod family, and Icularly for the family of Flora who married my father, es Walter Kerr, well-known in mgarei, NZ, where he was for y years Chairman of the County S H e arrived in Melbourne and managed to get a age from there to New Zealand

he Bredalhane.

' joined in the Maori war, then . up teaching, farming and keeping. When they died, my ler on a visit to Scotland in 1 a nd my father in New Zea

land in 1912, they passed on to their ten children—of whom only five re main, one in Auckland, three in Sydney and one in Noumea, re spect for Donald McLeod as a man and a pioneer.

It is a shameful thing that a New Zealander of a newer generation a man who on the face of it has never come nearer a smell of the New Hebrides than the city of Auckland should be allowed to traduce such a i (grand man as we of a former generation know McLeod to have been. The least Robinson can do is to correct his unjustified remarks and apologise for his meanness.

I am, etc.,

DONALD HUGH KERR.

Hornsby, NSW.

October 17, 1955.

t His Lordship Bishop Francis Xavier Gsell, MSC, DD, QBE, well known as a Catholic missionary in Papua in the early years of this century, celebrated his diamond jubilee in Sydney in October in retirement since 1949, he is now aged 83. fl While Mr. P. G. Roberts, District Officer at lonely Christmas Island, Line Islands, is on leave in New Zealand for three months, Mr.

H. R. R. L. Cooper, recently on furffiugh in England, has gone to Christmas Island in a relieving capacity. He was picked up at Canton by RCS Nareau in October Mr. Roberts was to return to Canton by the same vessel then fly to New Zealand.

Some Recent Guests of Sydney's Polynesian Association

p. 73

The Assembly in Papeete recently 3ted funds for a large new hospital t Taiohae, Marquesas. Work is ex ited to commence some time in

1956. This is the latest move in a development plan which has been proceeding in a small way in the Marquesas for some time past.

Among those present at the October gather [?]ig of the Sydney Polynesian Association were, [?]ft to right: Mr. Andre Juventin, of Tahiti, [?]iss Irma Spitz, well known in Papeete and [?]va, Mr. Herman Reymond, formerly of

Butaritari (Gilberts), Mrs. Lucille Cross, formerly of Raiatea, Mr. Peter Ball, of England, who had just completed an Islands tour, and Miss Ruth Framheim, of Rarotonga.

Photo by Parker Studios, Sydney.

They Don’t Want Loans

p. 74

From RSI Govt.

ALTHOUGH the Agricultural and

Industrial Loans Board was set up in the Solomons last January, to date only two people have taken advantage of the loans available.

Five other applications are under consideration.

The BSIP Government has ex pressed disappointment at the lack of response from the public.

The regulation governing the Agricultural and Industrial Loans gave the Board power to make loans for development, maintenance and improvement of lands; and the prorhotion and development of crafts and industries.

The High Commissioners’ approval is necessary if the loan is over £2,000 or the repayment period is Over 15 years.

The Board has the power to fix such rate of interest as it thinks ht; or to waive interest wholly or in part. : The whole scheme is designed to encourage private enterprise.

I i Mr. Barry Philp, proprietor of the Mocambo Hotel, Nadi Airport, Fiji, paid a brief visit to Sydney in October.

Cooks

p. 74

Near-Drought in the Cooks

ONLY 4J inches of rain fell in the Cook Islands during the period July to September, inclusive— instead of the average 16 inches.

In the outer islands, where tank catchments are relied upon, the

people were compelled to use wau from the caves and swamps.

Thousands of tomato plants d:l from lack of water at the peak : the season. if Mr. Glassie Strickland, Jun., H succeeded his father as managers of the Rarotongan branch of Jag;? and Harveys.

Reparation Estates

p. 75

WEST SAMOA'S

ARE BIG BUSINESS

JOME interesting details of New B Zealand Reparation Estates of f Western Samoa are given in the .954-55 Island Territories Report ecently published.

Consisting of Ger m a n-owned ilantations taken over in World Vav I, the original area was 113,560 lores, but because of population ressure and for other reasons, 0,315 acres have been since dis osed of. The Estates now consist f 11,519 acres under cultivation, 5,363 acres of unimproved bush md, mostly valueless, and 5,363 cres under lease to individual snants. through the years all profits •541,000) have been expended upon bnomic and social development I the territory. This money nanced Samoa College construc on, other educational buildings, jspital buildings, X-ray plant, fadings, the rhinoceros beetle cam lign, the establishment of the badcasting station, and the pro sion of scholarships for the educa )n of Samoans overseas.

The Estates’ assets total about ,000,000; they are the largest in vidual employers of labour, with regular pay roll of 1,600 Samoans id 600 more on casual employment.

Production in the last financial ar included 2,063 tons of copra »rth £126,391; 450 tons of cocoa ans worth £142,752; 94,468 super it of timber worth £7,128; and 24 cattle worth £29,748. The tates showed an overall profit of 1,000 as compared with £101,506 the previous year.

Big plantings of coconuts, cocoa, d coffee are under way. There )uld be 130 acres under coffee by i end of 1955. About 38 acres of )enan coffee are expected to ne into bearing next year. Ten ; es of Arabian coffee has been abhshed. Processing machinery now on order.

experimental cross-breeding of

)u-Hereford cattle is continuing.

Jsent herds consist of 2,000 r f£ orc ?. and cross-bred stock the 3 000 acres of grazing land tg at the 1,000-2,000-ft level and wn as the Aleisa Cattle Estate, facilitate the droving of cattle pi Aleisa to Mulifanua across untamous country, as required seasonal climatic conditions, a is being surveyed, f Mulifanua, a secondary in- S ° a ! ed on coir fibre is being rrS ed - ® esides fibre, ?* al ' and coconut-shell flour, h ‘ n the manufacture of plastics, DroH^° dU^ d u p °tash-rich dust Products will be used as fertiliser.

Improving Fiji Radio

p. 75

News Service

EARLY in August, Fiji Broadcast ing Commission instituted an improved local-news service, re placing the weekly Newsletter with three shorter broadcasts of more current news during the week.

As from October 1. this service was further extended to every night at 9.10 pm, with the exception of Saturday and Sunday nights. The programmes are repeated on the fol lowing days at 1.25 pm.

The ultimate aim is to introduce a daily ten-minute broadcast of local news.

t Fisheries Newsletter, of Sydney leports that the Japanese tuna fish ing fleet based on Pago Pago re ceives 9 cents per lb for tuna de livered to the cannery, which is nearly twice as much as Australian fishermen receive from the canneries.

Mr. John Cloke, Senior Superin tendent of African Affairs and Senior Welfare Officer at Broken Hill, East Africa, has been appointed administrative functional officer of the British Council in Fiji. t The Rev. N. C. Deck of the South Sea Evangelical Mission returned to Australia in October after some months in the Solomons inspecting the Mission’s various stations.

Suva's Women Bowlers Begin Season

p. 77

[Canadian musician, Mr. Cecil lead, gave a piano recital and roadcast at Suva while visiting iji in October in the course of a orld tour.

t After two months making copra on Takutea Island a party of work ers returned to their home island of Atiu, Cooks, at the end of Sep tember.

t A Tonkinese bride at Noumea had to postpone her honeymoon when her parents and other relatives, as well as many of the 120 guests at the wedding feast, became seriously ill. Ptomaine poisoning is assumed to have been the cause of the trouble.

These were the playing Associate Members of Suva Bowling Club, at the Opening Dav September 8. From left to right (back row): Mesdames D. Dellar, M. Trieliving M.Abrahams, [?]. Smith, M. Willa, M. Williams, J. Charlton, D. Costello. Front row: Mesdames C. McGowan, [?].Montague, E. Bish (Captain), N. Stevenson, J. Mayze, V. Haren, J. Hayes.

Photo: Caine's Studio.

Rarotonga

p. 78

Legco in Session at Rarotonga

THE Legislative Council of the Cook Islands opened for busi ness on October 10 at Avarua, Rarotonga. The NZ Government was well represented—Mr. F. L. A.

Gotz, Member of Parliament for Manukau, along with the Island Territories Department’s Assistant Secretary. C. E. Quin, and Mr. D.

Say well. Professor Belshaw also attended.

On the second day of the session the Council unanimously approved the recommendation that Maoris be appointed to judicial positions, as a means of increasing the participa tion of Cook Islanders in the Gov ernment.

Under this scheme senior mem bers of the Maori race, who hold the confidence and respect of their people, will be given the power to deal with certain minor offences.

High Court procedure will be fol lowed throughout, and the judicial powers of the Maori justices would be precisely defined.

Several amendments to the Cook Islands’ Act, 1915, were passed by the Council. The proposal that Public Servants be allowed to stand on Island Councils was also

approved.

Other matters to be discussed are proposed amendments in New Zea land to the Cook Islands Pearl Shell Fisheries Regulations, and the Small Boats Travelling Bill.— Special Correspondent.

If Mr. Harry Lorimer, officer i/c Rarotonga’s Power Scheme, left there in late September, on the Meadowbank, for furlough in New Zealand.

H Mr. Bob Schmidt, Ministry Works Engineer, and acting co sultant to Rarotonga’s PWD, i turned to New Zealand per TEAL t Aitutaki on October 14. t The special visit of MV Matua j Rarotonga in November was t occasion of a major exodus of les ing Cook Islands residents f 1 hurricane-season furlough in N> Zealand.

Three Cakes at this Wedding

p. 79

Three wedding feasts with a wedding cake [?]or each were part of the festivities when two [?]f Eastern Samoa's oldest families were [?]nited with the recent marriage of Miss [?]aloifl Ripley to Mr. Herman Scanlan.

The bride is the daughter of the late High hillwalking Chief Leoso. The bridegroom is the on of Mr. Sam Scanlan, well-known merchant [?]f Pago Pago.

One of the feasts took place at the Scanlan [?]ome; one at the home of the bride's family; [?]nd the third at the Reception Hall, Fagatogo. [?]ne of the three cakes was given by Mr. and [?]rs. Eugene Paul of Apia, Western Samoa, [?] whom the bride is related.

Photo: Pan American Prints.

Penrhyn Airstrip is Still

p. 79

Serviceable

)URING late September, it was demonstrated that the war time airstrip, built by the merican Air Force during their ccupation of Penrhyn atoll, Cook slands, is still serviceable.

On September 27, two four-engined nackelton aircraft of the Royal ir Force made a photographic flight •°fti Canton Island to Penrhyn.

'ne of these heavy machines made landing and take-off •om the old strip, which has been Bused for the last ten years.

Tropicalities

pp. 81-82

MAGAZINE SECTION

IN THE WAKE OF KON-TIKI

r" [OR HEYERDAHL, of Kon-Tiki fame, with his wife, son aged 16, daughter aged 2, and twelve ther researchers, cleared Panama I October 16 in the ex-fishing jssel Christian Bjelland, bound rst for Easter Island.

Since Heyerdahl (and companions) lade the famous Kon-Tiki drift om Peru to the Tuamotu, he has intinued research in South America id the Galapagos in his efforts to •ove that some, if not all, ancient flynesian stock originated in South merica.

The present expedition, which was ganised in Norway, will make filings and excavations at Eatser land in search of early artifacts, b completion of work there the rty will move on to Pitcairn, angareva, and other islands of ench Oceania.

It is not yet known how long e party expects to spend at Easter land.

LITTLE SWEETNESS IN THE

GROG

¥ the Rarotonga High Court in September, the presiding Com missioner remarked on the very w “bush-beer” cases before the urt on that day.

Tt is a pity,” said the Bench, lat this sugar shortage cannot t longer.”

Fo which the Police Prosecutor )lied, “It may be, Sir, that the ivemment might consider re icting the importation of sugar.”

Perhaps. But the Court should ow that bush-beer, Rarotonga le, is by no means dependent on sugar. Canned fruit, dried at, golden syrup, molasses, or ai candy is called into use when lessity strikes; and when the rst comes to the worst the Jeteners are omitted entirely, ere may be some wry faces round I bucket—but the potency is still

re.-

JPS.

SCOTSMAN WROTE OF FIJI

IN 1808-09 HE story of William Lockerby, master-mariner and man of action, who spent nine turbulent pths m Fiji in 1808-09, is re ™Jy C. R. Rowson in the utical Magazine.

Lockerby, who was born in Scot land in 1782, but became a Liver pool man, was chief officer in the Jenny, a full-rigged ship, when he landed in hot water at Sydney. It came to the sensitive ears of Gov ernor William Bligh (formerly of the Bounty) that, when dealing with soldier cargo-broachers, Lockerby had used the injudicious phrase: “Damn you and the Governor, too!”

After being fined 20 guineas and given a month to cool down in the local gaol, Lockerby rejoined his ship, which sailed in ballast from Port Jackson, in March, 1803, hoping to pick up sandalwood somewhere in the Islands.

Arriving eventually in Fiji (pre sumably at Bua, in Vanua Levu, scene of tragic

Incidents in the days of the sandalwood racket), Lockerby landed with a few sailors to arrange for the collection of the wood. But long-standing dis agreements with the master of the Jenny came to a head, and the ship ultimately sailed without Lockerby and several other men.

In his journal, the young Scots man tells how he and his com panions lived for nine months among warring Fijian tribes, add ing: “Eight months thereof I lived quite naked.”

Throughout their stay the Britons were entirely de pendent for sust e n a nee on friendly local chiefs.

Presumably life had its compen sations, because when the ship Favourite arrived, Lockerby helped to collect sandal wood but elected

to stay with the Fijians.

Later, however, he left in the General Wellesley and, after a period in China, he returned to his wife and child at Liverpool after an absence of 3h years.

Lockerby’s journal, containing an extremely valuable account of Fiji as it was a century and a half ago, was published by the Hakluyt So ciety, London, before World War 11.

RAISING THE BANNER OF

FREEDOM

THE sheet music of The Banner Of Freedom is now on sale in Western Samoa at 2/6 per copy.

Samoans and Americans in E Samoa might well object to the title on the two-coloured cover, for above the red and blue flag of W. Samoa are the following words in big print:

THE BANNER OF FREEDOM—

SAMOAN NATIONAL ANTHEM.

There are also Europeans and others in Apia who, since publica tion of the sheet music, have stated that there can be only one National Anthem in W. Samoa— God Save The Queen.

The cover of the sheet music of The Banner Of Freedom describes

Two-Gallon Papuan . . .

Photograph by Dr. K. W. Todd, Port Moresby.

it as an anthem selected by the council of a committee set up to choose an anthem to be played at the raising of the flag of the Samoan Government. It was com posed for the flag-raising at which W. Samoa’s flag was first hoisted beside that of NZ.

Words and music are by Sauni I’iga Kuresa, a Samoan music teacher in Apia.

Although the music has been played at all public ceremonies at tended by the High Commissioner since 1948, and Samoans know the Samoan words (reputed to have a more forceful meaning than the English translation) the English translation is not generally known, so it may be of interest to quote the entire translation as published in the bi-lingual verses of the sheet music: Samoa, arise and raise your banner that is your crown.

Oh! see and behold the stars on the waving banner, They are a sign that Samoa is able to lead. Oh!

Samoa hold fast Your freedom for ever; Do not be afraid, ne’er again your crown shall be taken; Our treasured precious liberty.

Samoa, arise and wave your banner that is your crown.

Samoans have told me that they are disappointed that the verses contain no reference to religious ideals.

“The Banner of Freedom” has been approved by Government, and is performed after God Save The

Queen on official occasions.

THORNTON.

JACK

EDITORIAL NOTE: Although there is only one National Anthem in British Commonwealth countries —that is, God Save The Queen —there appears to be no valid reason why individual countries should not indulge in the harm

less pastime of anthem seek ing. For example, there is Australia’s unofficial anthem, Advance Aus tralia Fair ; and NZ’s God Bless New Zealand. The sentiment expressed in Western Samoa’s Anthem might seem slightly exaggerated; the im plication that the Samoans must keep on striking a blow, lest free dom be snatched from them, seems to be more fitting for an oppressed Balkan State than for a small Territory in the South Seas. Un fortunately, these days the word “freedom” has lost most of its original meaning and is more frequently used as a synonym for nationalism.

ANOTHER ISLAND CAT STORY

IN September PIM there was reference to Tetiaroa atoll near Tahiti which American news papers had named Cat Island, alleging, in a colourful story, that it was completely over-run with savage cats, and that whoever conquered the cats might take possession of the island.

Now we have a Cat Island of another sort. Mrs. Jane Robertson, formerly of Fiji, and now of Tome win, NSW, wrote a series of articles for a country newspaper after a

recent cruise which she made to Line Islands in BP’s Tulagi. S reports as follows: “A breed of cat has developed!

Washington Island which has see toes. These cats present a most « appearance, but are greatly prr by the natives.”

The seven-toed cats are th without doubt —but we can scan*; wait to see in what new guise tt reappear after some further “h cessing” by the American nr editors. t Appeals have been mad e 5 Noumea families to provide accc modation for the “caravan” ol< Australian students, led by Hudson (Newington College), wr will visit New Caledonia in cember. The French families have the right to send children visit Australian families under • successful exchange scheme initii by Mr. Hudson in 1953. t Mr. C. F. C. Macaskie, C' British Judge of the Joint Com: the New Hebrides, left for . tralia in late September due to health.

Sauni l[?]iga Kuresa.

Pim Crossquiz No. 69

pp. 82-95

Solution Page?

ACROSS

1. —Where was Lady Jane Grey beheaded? 8. —in which mental condition is a patient under the delusion that he is a person of the highest importance? 9. —what is the fibre and outer husk of

the coconut called? 10. —What type of balloon was used during the Great War for scouting purposes? 13. —what is a "Borzoi"? 15. —Which French revolu tionary leader was assasinated in his bath? 16. —Who is famous for his "Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases"? 19. —What is the secret society which has sprung up amongst Kikuyu tribesmen and is terrorising Kenya? 20. What is the froth of malt liquors during fermenta tation? 22. —What is the surname of the actor who played "Oxford Charlie" in Damon Runyon's "The Lemon Drop Kid"? 23. —What does the German word "bitte" mean? 24. —What type of tree is a feature of London parks?

DOWN

I.—What drink of hot rum and eggs has the same name as a well-known screen team?

2. —Which composer ot the 19th century revolutionised operatic methods doing away with set ballads and choruses? 3. — Who is credited with having introduced the potato and tobacco to England? 4. —-"The temple of . . . the shortest passage to riches and preferment"? 5. —Eugene O'Neill's daughter is married to Charlie Chaplin—What is her name? 6. —What is the hardest of all minerals?

7. —What is the largest republic of 0 America? 11. —who is the holder of the v record score of 452 not out in firs cricket? 12. —During the reign of which kim Portugal become the leading maritimtr

commercial power in Europe? 14. —What adjective means "related I father's side"? 17. —which Roman Emperor broughlr the capture and destruction of Jerusas, 18—Of which of the United Stt, Augusta the capital? 21.—1 n what part of the body woo find the humerus bone?

Does 0. Scutellatus Live In Papua?

p. 83

There Have Been Reports, but

These notes on the deadly Taipan come from ex-Papuan, Sydney H. Chance

IT behoves every resident of Papua and New Guinea, particularly Fapu a to know something of of S f r is obvious

Svp

Scc ofiri H be^ dlff l ren i v ° ne Si-icf a n s^f pent “ xr by aS that of one of the New Guinea varieties of carpet snake which abound up there. in 1867, a German named Peters, described under the name Pseudechis Scutellatus, a large snake from “South Eastern New Guinea.” Subsequently, other specimens were obtained from Northern Australia but because of its rarity, the snake has never become well known, and there appears to be some confusion concerning its identity.

The writer first heard of this Giant or King Brown Snake over 40 years ago from his father on the latter’s return from the Spencer- Gillen Anthropological Expedition. rm, i * tt /-.i- r The late Harry Chance was one of those bushmen who knew that the browns were worse than the blacks.

To this day many bushmen say that it is the other way round but that is not so, for (and here I quote D. F. Thomson, M.Sc.) the taipan, “now known as Oxyuranus scutellatus, is undoubtedly the largest and probably the most dangerous, venomous snake found in Australia.”

A seven-footer in Dr. Thomson's FarcTon? W&S not considered a very ge The taipan’s present name O. scutellatus was given to it by Dr.

Thomson and its most un-Australian vernacular name of Taipan is what

the aborigines of Western Cape York Peninsula call it.

Every Territorian knows how most Australians have difficulty with the « ai „ sound and the pau * ity of its use on the mainland There is no doubt in my mind that some Eastern “influence” caused the adoption of the word “taipan,” for freely trans lated - i 1: means Big Boss or Big Shot, j n Far East! More than a coincidence, surely, J A The Cape York and Arn h e ru land natives hold the taipan in great dread (the Arnhemlanders call it Obarko). When annoyed and about to attack, the taipan does not flatten its body dorsa-ventrally but draws in its sides, making its hack bone like a keel. It also has the habit of raising one or two coils of its body several inches clear of the ground and at the same time it erects its tall in the air and waves jf o to c .^ d t i ro behaviour giving a slnls *' er appeal ance.

Unlike most snakes which seize and chew their victims, the taipan snaps three or four times before taking hold, snapping again at in tervals wr i^ er doe * not know of any survivor from a taipan bite. Does anyooay.

I have never seen (or heard of) a taipan in thousands of miles of foot “patrolling in Papua.” I would welcome any correspondence on the matter and would willingly pay all expenses for a preserved-in-formalin been around? There is no mistak mg the wicked leer and the reddish eye of the deadly snake. The head drawing is a copy from Donald Thomson’s treatise on O. scutellatus.

The taipan lays eggs.

Vouza, of the Solomons

VOUZA, of the Solomon Islands, is an almost gendary character, but he feels very solid [?]host. He was, indeed, once left for [?]ad during the war, but now, 12 years later, appears to be stronger and healthier, both mentally and physically, than any other native the same age.

He was probably born in 1900, although it not sure, as he joined the Native Police in 16. His career had extended over 21 years [?]en he retired on April 1, 1937, with the [?]k of Sergeant-Major in the Armed Native constabulary Something of his career is des bed in the book "Vouza and the Solomon ands" by Hector MacQuarrie published in 45.

Vouza received the King George VI Coro tion Medal in 1938, and this was intended mark the end of his public career.

When the Japanese brought war to the Scio [?]ns, Vouza was enlisted in the Solomon ands Defence Force, as Sergeant-Major, and many patrols behind and into the Japanese es on Guadalcanal, which was Vouza's own entry These patrols were used by the American forces which landed on Guadalcanal, During one infiltration Vouza was captured the Japs and tortured, but refused to [?]lge the whereabouts of his superior officers, was finally tied to a tree and used for coronet practice. He received many wounds, was left for dead. He later escaped, and n Uncle Sam he received the Silver Star Gallantry, and the Legion of Merit, From Britain he received the George Medal, settled down after the war to a very [?]ve public life in his village of Roroni, a miles from Tetere on the Guadalcanal coast, is Headman of the village, District Head [?] of Tasimboko, Native Member of the derisory Council, and recently, President of Guadalcanal Council. e was commissioned as an Honorary Sub [?]ector of the BSIP Police, so he would have uniform for State occasions, and in 1953 [?]e the highlight of his life. Vouza was [?]sen as official representative for the Solo [?]s at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth 11. [?]the Native Police he left a tradition of [?]t and faithful service, but not perhaps of [?]lmess. His service since then, in what might call local public service is of much [?]ter value in the development of his race people. Although he must be 55 years now, he shows little trace of being beyond dle age. Vouza is a credit to the British [?]nial tradition and to his Melanesian race.

BRETT HILDER.

—Drawing of a taipan, after D. F. Thomson, M.Sc.

The Cakaudrove Wars

pp. 84-85

When Tonga Shaped Fiji History

IT began long ago when a young chief of Verata (one of the pre- European Fijian kingdoms and situated on the Tailevu coast of Viti Levu) developed a bad case of wanderlust and desired to travel about and see the islands of the Fijian group for himself.

His father consented and put at his disposal a large sea-going canoe and a picked body of followers, as was the chiefly custom. On reach ing the Koro Sea, the wind took them to Waikava, on Vanua Levu.

They chanced on a passage through the main reef, but went aground on a small island inside the harbour. This island is called Cakaudrove i Wai.

They remained on this Island for some time but when food supplies ran short they went to Waikava and gradually made friends with those people and the surrounding villages.

Although the Verata people were very peaceful, the warlike spirit of the Waikava influenced the young Verata, and when a strong local force was built up for an attack on Taveuni, the young chief was per suaded to lend the support of him self, his canoe and his followers.

They landed at Wairiki in a very hostile manner, a pitched battle was fought and resulted in the in vaders conquering Wairiki. Buoyed up by this success, they set out to subdue the rest of North Taveuni.

During this period, the Verata contingent made a trip to Tunaloa, which is situated on Vanua Levu, Natewa Bay, and here the young chief fell violently in love with the daughter of the local chief.

The girl’s father consented to the marriage, a great presentation of native food and goods followed and the young man took his bride back to Wairiki, Taveuni.

After due time a son was born to them, and thus the Verata people became Vasu to Tunaloa, and Verata and Cakaudrove people were united.

Vasu (literally nephew) in those days was a powerful thing, paving the way to great privileges. It is still in vogue, but, perhaps, to a less degree. By way of a better explanation as to the meaning, it may be said that a person may go into any district or town to which he is Vasua, and demand and take anything that he fancies; nothing can be denied to a Vasu.

The title of Tui Cakau now came into use; this was created by the Cakaudrove people who were noted for their fighting. They would not wait for their enemies to land, but on seeing them approach would at once launch their canoes and put to sea at intercept the enemy and

fight them on the water by board ing their canoes.

THE first Tui Cakau contracted leprosy and died of it. On his death, his brother (afterwards also called Bale-ne-matau ) suc ceeded to the title. As Vasu to Tunoloa, he raised

an army of warriors there and sailed up to Loma Loma Lau, and conquered some of the sur rounding islands, before he returned to Wairiki.

The North Taveuni and Lau cala Island people were jealous of this Chief, and a trap was laid for him by the latter.

He was waylaid and struck down by an axe, hi s body was cut up, the Laucala people’s share be ing the head, which was cooked on the point of the island of Qamea, known as Mau-ni-ute.

The next Chief to succeed to the title of T u i Cakau was Ratu

Golea. He had a younger half brother named Ratu Mana Korovou, who was a very powerful warrior and who was personally known to Mr. Beddows.

About this time Tongans under a Chief named Wainiqolo landed at Loma Loma, Lau Islands, and hearing about the exploits and deeds of Tui Cakau, collected an army from the Windward Islands (Lau Group), and especially from Mango, Naitauba, and Kanacea.

He tried also to enlist the aid of the people of Yacata, but they refused to fight against their own Chief. Wainiqolo, in anger, pro mised that when he had finished with Tui Cakau he would go back to Yacata and “wipe your island with your people’s blood.”

Wainiqolo then sailed to Laucala Island (later owned by Mr. and Mrs.

Gordon McGowan), where he had more success in recruiting, the Laucala people, being enemies of Tui Cakau, willingly joining up.

Qamea Island fell into line also,

as did the people of Boma, on t northern tip of Taveuni. Wainiqol< army was now of considerac strength, and as he proceeded doc the Taveuni coast, taking every toe en route, more and more fightid men were forced to join him. ’

Meantime, Ratu Goiea c: Cakau), hearing of the Tong invasions under the leaders!* of Wainiqolo, sent to Tualoa, Natewa Bay, and using his pov of Vasu gathered all the Tuai warriors to him.

The following history of the Cakaudrove warsi during the mid-19th century in Fiji has comes to us through the South Pacific Commission,, Social Development Section, to whom it wasz sent as a manuscript for micro - filming, by\ Mrs. L. A. R. Howell, elder daughter of the late.i Mr. W. Beddows, of Vuni Vasa, Taveuni, Fiji.

In 1937, the manuscript was compiled by Mr: P. R. Whysall from Mr. Beddows ’ dictation andt in a note made at that time, Mr. Whysall saysi that although Mr. Beddows was only a childl at the time of the wars, his recollection oA events was extraordinarily clear.

It seems certain that in his story, thes narrator has somewhat over-simplified the ex tremely complicated series of events that in Fiji history preceded the advent of Europeans to the a Fiji group.

Again, some of his statements may be opem to challenge. For example, Mr. Beddows statesi that Ratu Goiea was Tui Cakau and that the 3 Tongan warrior, Wainiqolo, was killed by Ratm Mana Korovou, a brother of Goiea. R. A..

Derrick, in his History of Fiji, says that Goleas was a younger brother of Tui Cakau, and that, it was Goiea who met Wainiqolo on the beach at Wairiki and shot him dead with a musket.

However, whichever version is correct, Mr - Beddows ’ account of events in Fiji a centum ago will be of considerable interest.

Wainiqolo and his victorious ai. also began to converge on Wain but on coming to a creek nan.

Nailutau, Wainiqolo saw a Is number of pigs running about, being a Tongan, and very fono roast pig, ordered his army to them and to look around for local yam gardens.

During this diversion, an Wairiki native sighted Wainio and was able to give the als Quickly, while Wainiqolo’s army cooking the pigs and the yams, Cakau’s forces were split into tw one part under Ratu Golea defe ing the road; and the other, un Ratu Mana Korovou, defending 5 beach. Later, the two sections again at the mouth of Nailv.

Creek.

It was while the two section!

Tui Cakau’s army were rejoin that Golea was shot in the arm one of Wainiqolo’s sentries, was posted behind a tree 30 y\ from the road and armed withJ old flintlock musket, known loot as a “Russia/’ These muzzle-IoJ

ers could fire a large round lead bullet, or if no bullets were avail able, a round stone was substituted.

A European, named William Coxon, who was known to the natives as Ratu Koli (he got the name because he followed Ratu Golea everywhere —Koli in Fijian means dog), saw Ratu Golea stagger and about to fall; he at once led him away to the town. [(During Fiji’s cotton boom, Tui Cakau gave Mr. Coxon a tract of land named Soqulo, which later be same a large coconut plantation Dwned by the estate of the late A. Cobrough. After the cotton Doom burst, Coxon sold Soqulu to a lew settler named Hulton, who was ifterwards murdered by his Tokelau abourer. Mr. Coxon died in Suva D the 1930’s at a great age).

Iwith the retirement of the founded Golea, Mana Korovou irdered the army to advance. In he early stages of the encounter, liana Korovou saw Wainiqolo com ng towards him, whereupon he ushed right up to him, fired point lank and shot him dead. Then he pversed his musket, and in a state f frenzy, used it as a club.

A pitched battle was fought where tie armies met at Nailutua Creek, nd many were killed on both sides, t great pit was dug on the Wairiki roperty (later owned by the latholic Mission) and the bodies tirown in and buried.* After Wainiqolo was shot, all the laveunl army that he had recruited V force ran away, only the Laucala fcople standing their ground for a hile. Ratu Golea’s wound healed ithin a few weeks. i YEAR or two later Ratu Golea 1 took his army to Loma Loma and ransacked all the islands lat had joined Wainiqolo in the ittle at Wariki, At this time Mr. Beddows’ father as a settler on a block of land wned Kavula, at Loma Loma—Mr eddows being a child of 6.

He was taken care of in a speci fy built nursery and was attended f a native nurse girl. The nursery as a separate building and the nld was kept here for safety.

One of Ratu Golea’s warriors, a ttnoloa man, went to the nursery K)r and looked in. The nurse re .nt£d and told him to go away. ? this the man became very angry id thrust his spear in at the door ay. The nurse told the child to

run to his father and tell him that there was a man in the nursery who wanted to kill him.

At this time Beddows, Snr., was talking in another house to one of the Wariki warriors, a man called Ratu Samate, of short build but fearless and greatly respected in Cakaudrove.

In the meantime a crowd of Tunoloa people had collected on the beach in front of the house The crowd rushed at Beddows, Snr., as soon as he appeared, knocked him down and would have killed him had not Ratu Samate jumped to his assistance. This act on Ratu Samate’s part undoubtedly saved Beddows’ life.

Infuriated by the whole business, Beddows thereupon took his son to the house occupied by Golea, say ing, "Kill this boy, my son, whom your men wanted to kill to-day!”

Ratu Golea was so taken aback by this challenge, he was at a loss. He took the child and sat it upon his lap, saying and doing nothing.

From this event sprang a great friendship between Mr. Beddows and Ratu Golea, a friendship that strengthened as time went on. Be fore Ratu Golea took his departure from Loma Loma on that first occasion, he gave Laucala Island as a present to Beddows. Golea cleared Laucala of its indigenous natives, granting them land on the island of Qamea. The descendents of the Laucala people are still on this land—the name of their town being Dreketi.

Very shortly after this grant to Beddows, Ratu Golea sold the island of Naitauba, which is to-day owned by the Hennings family. The

descendants of the people of this island are now living at Kocoma, also on the island of Qamea Then following the sale of the islands of Kanacea and Mango, the natives of Kanacea were banished to Korovou, on the South end of Taveuni.

After the Beddows had been on Laucala Island for three or four years, Ratu Mana Korovou became seriously ill at Wairiki, so Beddows Snr., had him brought to Laucala to try and cure him, as in those days no medical assistance was avail able.

Ratu Mana Korovou stayed at Laucala for about a year, and was frequently visited by Ratu Golea. who, seeing that there was no hope of recovery, took him back to his own people at Wairiki, where he shortly after died. So thus ended the life of a great Fijian Chief.

After the Tongan War, Ratu Golea confiscated all the land held by the natives who joined the Tongans. Most of this land was sold to Europeans for cotton planting, and the native owners were sent to" those parts of Taveuni which the Europeans did not want.

I 1 Miss R. D. Griffiths, BA, formerly headmistress of the Dudley House Girls’ School, Suva, has been appointed headmistress of a new Methodist secondary school for girls which will be opened on February 6 at the Jasper Williams Girls’

School, Lautoka. Miss Griffiths, who is expected to return to Fiji in April, is at present on the staff of the Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow, India.

?afu S tho a x in 186 u 2 -' r A S cording t 0 Derrick, afu the Tongan chief of Royal blood, who, fll Laem . a . in 1848 ' had mada him er h $ L° f . a ' . Lau Wlthm five y® ars and I awVv n x d the * s u u P remac V of Cakobau, ifiiMcf y " J° nga at the time Wainqolo made In to F - f? tac f on Tui Cakau - 0n his S .iLn+L 11 '- h ! hastened t 0 declare the rTJ a r d made amer, ds for it.

N before. d Ma afu became closer a,,ies

Mikado Performed in Western Samoa

p. 85

Pupils of the Latter Day saints School in Western Samoa recently presented the "Mikado" in a two-nights season in their school auditorium ar Pesga. The players were very well received.

Our picture shows the stars of the show (left to righ): Ati So'o, Ta'aloga toelupe, john Larai, Eru Talafu, Letupa Tuiati, Olataga Masi, Ma'aala Lam Sam, Mupu Palepai.

Photo by R. F. Rankin.

Barbara 's Story

pp. 86-95

WOMJIMJIM WAS THE HERO, BUT

THIS WAS-

By PETER ENGLAND

•IJERE’S that woman again!” said 11 Barbara, coming in through the front door of our New Guinea bungalow, followed by two dogs and Dunhill, the parrot, who spends most of his time hanging around on the verandah waiting for someone to let him in. “Where’s Sally?”

“I think she’s having a shpwer or something; she’ll be here in a minute. Come on in; take a pew.

Have a whisky.” (This, of course, is only my joke; Barbara does not ■drink whisky.) I put down my book and poured out one for myself.

Barbara seated herself.

“Oh, Peter, I’ve got a good story for you. You write native stories, don’t you? This is one that my cook-boy told me, and it’s all about a mary who had three piccaninnies and she got cross with a man who burnt the grass, in her garden, and so he skun her . . .”

“Skun her?”

“Yes, you loiow, skinned her. And then he put the skin on and pre tended to be her and he went to her house and tried to get her piccaninnies, but they were a wake up, and so they ran away to an other man, and —oh, it goes on and on and they do all sort of things.

Do you think it will make a good story?”

“Well, I don’t know; but I do like that bit where the cove skun her. . .”

“i’ll write it out for you if you like, if you can understand my pidgin. . .” , , T ,„ “You do that, Barbara, and 111 see what I can make out of it.”

Then Sally came in and the talk turned to woman-talk and I went back to my book and my whisky. * * * The next day Barbara showed me her story. . .

“One fella mary got three pikanini mary, two, fella i big-fella finish, one fella i baby yet. . .

I said, “Look, Barbara, 111 tell you what. I’ll translate it into Eng lish as I go, and you tell me if I get it wrong.”

Well, then; There once lived a widow-woman who had three girl children; one of them was still a baby, but the other two were big enough to look after themselves.

It was the custom of the woman to go fishing in a nearby lagoon and on these occasions she would leave the baby in the care of the two older children. She would walk down the track through the kunai

grass to the bank of the lagoon, and then she would sit in the shade of a tree and catch fish with her line of twisted fibre.

Now, one day a certain man came and set fire to the kunai; the woman looked up and saw 7 the smoke and the fire approaching, and then she saw the man.

She was very cross that he should have burnt the kunai, and she spoke to him in anger. This made the man ashamed and he went away, but soon he came upon the carcass of a pig w r ho had been caught in the fire.

Because he was still ashamed he crawled into the belly of the pig and hid.

Presently the woman returned along the track and also found the pig; she put it into her bilum (net bag) and hoisted it on to her back.

Now the man (in the pig) had a knife made from the sharpened bone of a fish, and with this he pricked the woman in the shoulder.

She, naturally, cried out in pain, and threw her burden to the ground.

She examined her shoulder to see what had bitten her, but, finding nothing, again picked up the bilum and continued on her way.

Agan the man pricked her with his bone knife, and again she cried out and dropped the bilum and its contents. This time the man crawled out of the pig’s belly and revealed himself. He asked the woman if she was still cross with him. She was, and she told him so, so he killed her with his bone knife, and skinned her, and then he put her skin on himself (just like clothes).

Then the man went up to the woman’s house and he called to the two older children to bring the baby to him. But, in spite of the skin he wore, the girls knew by his voice that it was not their mother: they said to one another, “This man has killed our mother.” So they took the baby and ran away to the house of another man.

“Look, Barbara, haven’t these people got any names? It’s getting a bit confusing. . .”

“Yes, you’ll come to that in a minute; that’s the way the boy told it.”

“Oh. . .!”

Well, the girls told this other man that the first man had killed their mother, so he (the other man) hid them in his house, and when the first man came looking for them, he (the goodie) killed him (the baddie). The name of the man who

protected the girls was Guzbal.

“This is where the names co: ( in,” said Barbara.

“Well, that’s good .” . . . and the names of the git: were Yeoma, the elder, and Moil* the younger.

When Guzbal killed the bado the eyes of the dead man fell o and started to roll away. Yeomai once ran forward and picked one eye and held it fast; she call to her sister to catch the other oc but Morla was afraid, and so t eye got away and flew up into coconut palm, where it sat on frond and watched everything tt went on. Guzbal and the two sisti then cut up the dead man s cooked him and ate him. N Yeoma was pregnant. . .

“How the dickens did tW happen.”

“Well, I don’t know,” sz Barbara, i{ but that’s how it is in story.” ... so Guzbal said to Moid “To-morrow you two must cut fibres of the sago palm and mu a pul-pul (grass skirt) for the cM that Yeoma is about to carry.”

Now the eye sitting in the cocox palm heard all this, so the next » when Yeoma and Morla went do to the sago swamp, it changed J form into that of a man, and 1 lowed them, and caught Morla, s carried her off and put her in canoe and paddled up the rii away, away, long-way too mu until he came to a place where tW was a little hut on the bank of river. Here he lit a fire, and wfr it was burning brightly he Morla down on top of it (just libi piece of firewood). Morla cried in great pain, but the eye-rn made her stop there, and she ci; out, sitting on top of the fire, many moons.

Now, back in her village, Yeo carried her child, and he waa man-child ond his name was We’ jimjim. As the years passed—M»] was still sitting on top of the flu Womjimjim grew big and stn and he played with the other H of the village.

One day he fought with anoh boy and the other boy was cn and said: “You are too strong. V don’t you go and rescue your as Morla from the fire on which has been sitting for many moon Womjimjim had never heard) Morla, so he went to his motf Yeoma, and asked her if it was tt Yeoma said, yes, alas, it was T true. So Womjimjim went into ( bush and cut down a garamut and carved the log in the shape a pigeon and got inside, but wood was too heavy and it wt\ not fly. So he found a piece; driftwood from the river and do it and carved it and this time w* (Continued on Page 91)

I got inside it rose and flew away lily.

He steered his wooden bird up ong the course of the great river, id flew on until he came close to ; e hut where Morla still burned on ie fire. When he got close he ickened speed and approached utlously until at last he saw his int sitting on the fire outside the it.

He called out to her, “Aunt Drla, is that you?” and she replied, tes, Womjimjim, this is me!” So [lifted her off the fire, and since |r legs were badly charred, due to rning for so many years, he took me wet clay and plastered it on em, where it soon grew into good althy fresh.

Just then the man (the eye-man) turned from the bush where he jd been hunting. When he saw I fire was out and that Womjim ji and Morla were sitting comfort ly on the little platform outside b hut, he became very cross, iwever, before he could speak, wnjimjim killed him with one rust of his black-palm spear. fhen Womjimjim made ready the aoe and Morla gathered together

r belongings. . .

'Where did she get the belong

)s from?”

'Well. . .” said Barbara.

What’s the way it is in the story?’

[Yes.”

>o that’s what happened. Worn ijim made ready the canoe and >rla gathered up her belongings d they embarked and paddled mi the river until they came once

again to their own village. There they found Yeoma, who now had three more children, and they all stopped there and nobody went away any more. ♦ * * “Do you think it’s a good story?” asked Barbara.

“Well, it’s certainly an extra ordinary story. It’s probably—er— symbolic.”

“What do you mean — symbolic?”

“Well, to tell the truth, I don’t quite know. But it’s a nice word, don’t you think? By the way, I hope you don’t mind me changing your name to Barbara?”

“Of course not,” said Barbara.

t A bounteous season brought a glut of superb vegetables and fruit to the Noumea market in October — and famine prices to the growers.

The producers were not encouraged by the news that the ship Thorshall in October brought fro m the United States, among other goods, 1,390 cases of tinned vegetables. ’ A set of identity discs have been found in the stomach contents of a crocodile caught in the Warangoi river area of New Britain recently.

Owing to the action of stomach juices, the discs were very worn, but they contained enough in formation to indicate that they belonged to an American airman.

This Month’S New Reading

pp. 87-91

“MORE THINGS IN

HEAVEN AND EARTH . . ”

THE spate of religious books con tinues. Mostly American in origin and usually Roman Catholic: obviously designed as a counter-blast to Communism.

I This month’s offerings (both pub lished by World Work (1913) Ltd.) are Stop, Look and Live A Christopher Thought For Every Bay of the Year, by James Keller; and Fatima, Pilgrimage to Peace, by kpril Oursler Armstrong and Martin

I. Armstrong.

[ About 10 million people are being reached by the Christopher Move ment in the USA—through books, magazines, movies, radio and tele vision: how many of these are practising “Christophers” it would >e hard to calculate as there are 10 clubs, dues, meetings or organ sation. There is a headquarters in ¥e\v York —a distribution point for literature, etc. —but essentially the novement is one for the individual vho, in his own way, by prayer and vork. strives to bring the Christian jrinciples into the fields that touch he lives of all people. This seems air enough, in an over-organised lorld. [ The book consists of 365 snippets ■f present-day human behaviour, jointing a moral—one snippet for ach day of the year—plus a Bible ext and two lines of prayer. It is Bitten in modern idiom and does lot bear any resemblance to Texts or To-day, beloved of our great [randmothers. (Australian price. 2/3). n|7HILE Christopher is unlikely to |T offend even the most rabid non [' conformist, although presented y the Roman Catholic Church, it ! perhaps unfortunate that Fatima hould be reviewed by a congenital if unpractising) Presbyterian.

Visitations, visions, visits of angels, liracles and un-natural phenomena ivolving the sun and other celestial odies are something best believed y those who have been brought Pin the Faith. Outsiders—even [lose most disposed towards admira ion of the great Roman church— nd these divine manifestations a amewhat unswallowable potion.

P you have been puzzled by the Hgrimages of recent years, when Te statue of the Lady of Fatima as been carried from Portugal to le , far corners of the world, this ook will supply some background, fv. 1916 ’ at a time when hitherto atholic Portugal was going through phase of anti-clericalism, three midren, Lucy, aged nine, and her ousins Francisco, eight, and

Jacinta, six, were tending the family sheep on the rocky slope behind Adjusrtel, a small hamlet in the parish of Fatima.

Suddenly the form of a young man, “transparent and as brilliant as crystal,” appeared to them. He said that he was the Angel of Peace and told them to pray with him.

He appeared to them three times in the following year and on May 13, 1917, preceded by flashes of lightning from a clear sky, the Lady made her first visit to the children —standing on top of a thorn husb and promised to return in each of the next five months.

The last of the appearances was made on October 13, 1917, by which time the story of the manifestations had spread widely and 70,000 people from all over Portugal had joined the children on the rocky slopes of Aljustrel. They saw nothing of the vision—but they saw the children speak with her and they also saw the miracle that had been pro mised. . . “The sun in the mid-day sky began to tremble and spin, whirling in a frenzy of fire. From it spun a thousand colours. . . It turned on itself, thrilling and twist ing, dancing in the sky.”

During her visits the Lady gave into the keeping of the children, three secrets—the first, a vision of hell; the second, a prediction of World War II and the rise of Russia The children did not tell their secrets. Within two years the two younger children had died as a re sult of the world influenza epidemic.

Lucy, in 1919, entered a religious order. Not until the thirties was the prediction about the coming war made public, by which time events were already shaping themselves and the revelation caused little sur prise.

A third prophesy still remains secret. Lucy has written it in a letter which is in the keeping of the Bishop of Leiria. It will be opened in the event of Lucy’s death

(she is a member of the Carmelite Order in the ancient town of Coimbra) or in 1960, whichever comes first.

Apart from the story of Fatima, the book is an account of the journey to Aljustreal of two Ameri cans. There are incidental close ups of life in present-day Portugal and a great deal about Aljustrel as it is during the pilgrimage and re ligious ceremonies that take place there now each year on October 13.

Stripped of its trimmings, the message of Fatima is a crusade for peace and for the Reconversion of Russia. (Australian price, 13/3).

IDRIESS IN AUSTRALIA

AND NEW GUINEA

ALTHOUGH there is nothing alarmingly profound in The Vanished People, by lon L.

Idriess, there is true fascination in the way the author deals with the unsolved, and perhaps unsolvable mystery of the unknown people who left curious rock-paintings in the caves of northern Australia—the sort of thing that the late Sir H. Rider Haggard used to delight in.

There is a peculiar eeriness about places which have known human habitation but have long been desolate, and this spirit pervades those parts of the book dealing with the Kimberleys of north-w r est Aus tralia.

In the course of adventurous wanderings, the book ranges from the Cape York Peninsula to the swamps of the Fly and Sepik Rivers m New Guinea, and the author’s survey of the indigenous peoples of all the areas traversed is at once analytical and sympathetic.

His most vivid travel-pictures con cern a journey of 1,000 miles through the “Sea of Swamps” in New Guinea, where his powers of obser vation and of description are given free rein.

Incidentally, the book is in a sense a pointed retort to those who take the easy line that the mental ities of “primitive” and of “civilised”

All that is Left

This former land-mark is almost gone from Apia waterfront. It is all that remains now of the German warship "Adler" which broke her back on the inner reef 200 yards offshore in the famous hurricane of 1889, Photo: Jack Thornton.

people are invariably to be-found in separate, watertight compartments. (Published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney.

Australian price, 18/-.)

SENTIMENT AND VIVID

FORMS OF CRIME

MARY DEASY’S The Corioli Affair is listed as a Choice of the Literary Guild of America.

This is interesting, if only because it gives rise to some wonder about what literary standards are applied by the Guild when making its selec tion.

As a story, The Corioli Affair is absorbing enough. Laid in the 1880’s and set in river-towns of the United States—not the South, but getting down that way—the tale is con cerned with Lacey Dereen, an Irish girl who sets up as a schoolteacher and falls in love with the unhappily married Captain Jed Dayton forth with.

There seems to be a faint echo of Jane Eyre here, but Miss Dereen, not being an uncompromising little Puritan like Miss Eyre, becomes in volved in a romance with a tragic ending.

Captain Dayton did not polish off his insufferable wife, but most people thought he did, and the Dayton murder became a cause celebre which, to British eyes at least, provides a truly frightening picture of some aspects of Ameri can justice in certain circumstances.

Although the author’s style is not distinguished, she knows how to tell an emotional story without getting bogged in sentimentality. Whether that warrants a Choice by a Literary Guild is another pair of shoes. (Published by William Heinemann, London.

Australian price, 15/6.)

BEDTIME STORY

BY way of sharp contrast with the Religious works aforesaid, there is little uplift in the next offering ( The Sleeping Tiger, by Maurice Moiseiwitsch), a study in plain and fancy psychology among the bodgies and widgies of London.

Clive, a successful psychologist, takes into his home a 17-year-old delinquent, Frank, who specialises in robbery, thuggery and has, according to the doctor, a predis position to murder. The doctor, of course, wishes to prove his theory that no one is naturally vicious— simply the product of early en vironment and bad handling.

To prove his point, he makes Frank free with his house, his bank account and his beautiful wife, Glenda.

All might have gone according to the rules, had not Glenda had more than her fair share of Biological Urge, and, obviously, been much more in need of psychiatry than Frank.

The climax is decidedly anti; Dr.

Clive works a cure in Frank (he

had a mother fixation and a father antipathy—or was it the reverse?) but almost succumbs to primordial feelings in himself.

The story has its merits, as a matter of entertainment and if not taken seriously—particularly if you can relish the love passages between the 31-years-old woman and the 17-years-old apprentice. (Published by William Heinemann, Ltd. Aus tralian price, 15/6.)

HALF ROUND THE WORLD

IN A JEEP

‘TTOW stupid can you get?” was Xi the reaction of 400 of the 500 American servicemen stationed on Tereira, in the Azores, when the Carlins waddled ashore there in their amphibious jeep in October, 1950. They were in the process of crossing the Atlantic, on their way around the world.

Although they put up with violent seasickness, incredible discomfort, danger, and frustration all with angelic patience, indifference to their venture, or the injudicious question from a simple realist, “But why are you doing this?” was calcu

lated to drive the Carlins to fur Neither does Ben, in his boo Half-Safe —Across the Atlantic ] Jeep, get any nearer to explainiii it than a quotation from H. - Wells: . . man is not made simn to go about being safe and comfon able and well-fed and amused.”

In 1946, in process of gettiii discharged from war service, he sas in a car park in West Bengal, : amphibious jeep. He was struck the thought that “with a bit titivating” one could go round tf world in such a machine.

He knew that militarily the vehicles had been a complete failui but was undeterred. Although West Australian, he asked to sent to America instead and thee in January, 1947, he managed buy a war surplus amphibious jet; His took more thr three years, during which tiii there were many false starts, alarr and excursions, weekly battles the doorstep with the financa Wolf, and a marriage between BE and Elinore.

Elinone came from Massachuses and her only experience with tt sea before she met Ben was on (Continued on Page 86)

ocean liner, where she was seasick. This should have wa£ her. On Half-Safe she was almost continually, a pint-pot which to heave was her cons, companion.

In fact, Elinore is the most sistently sea-sick sailor we have; heard of; when the jeep had era to the other side of the AtlsJ and had taken to terra Elinore was even sea-sick v crossing the Sahara desert.

Yet, in spite of this, she was< to take her turn at the whe© keep a diary, to frequently gj? top, stripped, to keep the aeriaj in the middle of a full Atlantic: while Ben tried to use the radii to fend off the towed auxiliary tank when they were transfer petrol supplies. And alwr according to the photographs—«up with a big smile on appropq occasions and even after week sea, bathless, battered and virti foodless, land at some port, heir de vivre undimmed, and reach cope with any amount of the exhausting hospitality. Even who at any time has been renoj limp and unusable after two of mal de vner will take their • off to Elinore. Quite a girl.

When Half-Safe was acquin was a standard amphibious if that is. it had an open cockpitd virtually no freeboard. Carlin j a square sheet-metal and pes hen-coop on top of it, install! toilet under the co-driver’s strapped a belly-tank underr and towed another auxiliary i tank behind. The finished pn was about 18 ft over-all; and) a 5 ft 3 in. beam. Inside, was only a little more room in a standard sedan. The one which corresponded to the back in a car, was five feet long, t meant sleeping with legs curl© Knees tended to sieze-up after three hours of this, although: did not present any great prr as neither voyager got much oc tunity to sleep longer than thi one stretch.

Preparation of food was easy); sisting usually of heating up on the engine. Elinore, for ■ of the time was distinctly terested in any solids with thej sible exception of a passing ; at a biscuit.

The jeep fell victim to s every mishap in the man. blocked feed lines, burnt-out v burst gaskets, wrecked bes fouled-up propellor —and altJ none of them would have be major catastrophe on land, f middle of the heaving oceam mean hours and sometimes d;f super-misery while hove-to fd pairs.

lln this wise did the couple pro jess for 32 days across the Atlantic letween Halifax, Nova Scotia, and lores in the Azores; some months [awdling through this group and the rim stretch of 23 days of storm and nrricane between San Miguel and ladeira, finally touching land on tie other side of the Atlantic at lap Juby, Spanish Sahara, to rards the end of February, 1951.

Thereupon began the land journey rhich. while being less lethal in tiaracter, still had plenty of roblems. Taking a route through pain and France, with a detour to weden, they finally came to anchor I the Strand, London, on August L 1951, first portion of the round le-world operation complete.

Although there is, in truth, small »nse in this crazy adventure it )es, at the hands of Ben Carlin, ake a good book. He has a breezy, fctural style that is easy to read id. by the very nature of things, stion does not drag. Interpolations ! fractions of Elinore’s diary made i interesting variation. (Published in Australia by Collins and in Won by Andre Deutsch, Ltd. Australian price, October visitors to Fiji included

e Sheikh Mohammad A 1 Khalifah,

icle of the Ruler of Bahrain, who ade a four days’ stay.

r M. Rene Hoffherr, Governor of New Caledonia and High Commissioner for France in the Pacific, returned to Noumea in October after visiting New Zealand at the invitation of the Dominion Government At Wellington. M. Hoffherr was the guest of the Governor-General (Sir Willoughby Norrie). Commenting on the goodwill aspect of the visit a Noumea correspondent says that

throughout New Zealand M Hoffherr was given “a royal reception ” , co if P ra £ ucal demonstration of

? Raro

s?m Sa , established —and

ColleeeelfiL^

0 f 500 cases*©? tomatop? tn Zealand from f their l plot by the end of thennSSS season. a 01 tne P resent

A French Oceania Church with a History

p. 88

iron roofing came around Cape Horn England.

"Most of the timber was found, when church was recently taken apart, to be as as the day it was put into the building; when the iron roofing was removed, the u[?] side of the thick, heavy English sheets, w[?] had been laid on redwood shingles, shone the midday sun. This roofing will go back the new church, as will the old ceiling redwood. While Captain Higgins built church under contract, the actual work done by the native carpenters of that gone day.

"The last Service was held by the Tahitian Pastor Tetuao, who announced the 2,000,000 francs required for the bull of the new church was 'safe in the be

SEVENTY-SEVEN years ago the corner-stone of this French Protestant church was laid at Uturoa, Raiatea, French Oceania. On August 8, this year, while this photograph was being taken, it was removed and will eventually become the corner-stone of a new church soon to be built on the same spot.

Writing about the old church, Mr. Charles Brown, Jr., of Uturoa, says: "The old church, after the laying of the corner-stone on August 30, 1878, was com pleted, under a contract held by my wife's father, the late Captain Stephen Higgins, of Uturoa, on May 13, 1880, and opened May 30, 1880.

"Captain Higgins, a trader, shipping man, and plantation owner, imported the redwood timber for this church from California; the

Pacific Businessmen Meet

p. 93

Mr. and Mrs. E. White and family, ter four years with the Cook ands Education Department at rotonga, returned to New Zealand [the special voyage of Matua in Member.

t A New Hebridean patient of the Ducos Leprosy Hospital, Noumea, was drowned in October when a fishing-boat capsized in Noumea Harbour. Two other patients in the boat managed to swim ashore.

Visiting Fiji businessman, Mr. S. Pratap, recently gave a cocktail party for his business associates in Apia, Western Samoa. Pictured above in conversation with Mr. Pratap (second [?]m right), are some well-known W. Samoa personalities (left to right): Mr. A. M. Gurau, A, Mr. Fonoti Brown, MLA, Mr. S. Meredith, Mr. H. W. Moors, MLA.

Photo by R. F. Rankin.

Company

p. 93

New Cook Islands Company

SOME well-known Rarotonga residents are named as share holders in a new company.

Island Merchants, Ltd., Rarotonga, registered in Auckland in October.

Capital is £12,000 in £1 shares, and shareholders are Mr. D. C. Brown, 4,000 shares; his wife. Mrs. Mata Brown; his brother, A. Brown, and Elsie Hall, 2,000 shares each; Mr.

Piri Maoate, 200 shares; Moeroa Maoate, 1,000 shares, and V. Maoate, 800 shares.

Objects are given as: trading and general storekeeping.

Change of Name,

p. 94

Status for BSI Trade Scheme

THE BSIP Government announced on October 21 that on Sep tember 29 the Government Trade Scheme had become incorporated, and will in future be known as the BSI Trading Corporation.

The main effects of the change are that the Corporation is now a legal entity which can sue and be sued, hold land and property, enter into contracts and borrow money in its own name.

The Trade Scheme (known un kindly by local residents as the “Trade Shame”) was set up by the Government of BSIP after the war when private enterprise decided not to go back to business in the BSIP under the discouraging conditions then prevailing.

The Trade Scheme provided residents of the Protectorate with their only European retail store, but in the last few years repeated efforts have been made by the Gov ernment to sell it —to date without success. li Mr. A. Moyle, formerly an admin istrative officer with the British Council at Suva, has been appointed managing editor of the Fiji Times.

r Ratu Dr. J. A. R. Dovi, MBE, MB, Chß, Deputy Secretary for Fijian Affairs since May, 1954, who re quested that he be permitted to re turn to medical work, resumed duty with the Fiji Medical Department on November 1. Ratu Dovi, who is the first Fijian to become a fully

qualified doctor, has been succeeo by Mr. A. C. Reid, forme Registrar of Co-operative Societj Dr. Dovi was for several stationed in BSIP as a medi. officer. He is a brother of Sir Lala Sukuna.

Another Successful Tennis Season Concluded in Apia

p. 97

' Noumea’s new automatic tele ihone system, which is costing 3,000,000 Pacific francs (£A300,000), rill probably be in operation in the arly months of 1956.

Mr. Harry Lorimer, officer in barge of Rarotonga power station, 5 at present on furlough in New ealand.

t Fiji’s imports of radio receivers in the first eight months of 1955 totalled 5,903. The year’s total is likely to exceed 8,000 —equalling the total imports for the last four years. t With a rainfall total of 22.50 in., September. 1955, was Suva’s wettest September since records were started in 1884 (average 8.33 in).

Tennis players enjoyed another season this ear in Apia, Western Samoa. Eight teams wrere entered in the inter-club competition which was divided into A and B grades, pictured at left is the White Horse A team, winners of the A grade competition. Left to

right (back row): R. Keil, J. Irvine, R. Banks (Capt.), G. Keil; (front) Miss V MacDonald, Mrs. J. Davis, Mrs. S. Irvine. Also in the team but not pictured, Mrs. E. McLean.

Apia B team (shown right) won the B grade competition. Back row: M. Westerlund (Capt.),

A. Lam Sam, Malia Luka, J. Belford, Alesana.

Front row; Misses C. King, M. Ah Kuei, F.

MacDonald, S. Bryce. Also in the team, but not shown in the picture, were Mr. L. Reed, Mr Lemisie Laupa, Mrs. P. Reid and Miss.

R. Pouesi.

Photo: R. F. Rankin.

BSI Govt. Discusses

p. 98

Cocoa With Levers

LEVERS Pacific Plantations have agreed in principle to participate with the BSIP Government in a cocoa-growing scheme.

However, details of organisation and siting of the project have yet to be settled. Representatives of the company and the BSIP Govern ment will meet this month for further discussions.

The fact that Levers and the BSIP government might co-operate in this way was announced about a year ago.

Influenza Epidemic

p. 98

Tikopia Had an Influenza Epidemic

THE severe epidemic that broke out in remote Tikopia (see Octo b e r PIM) has been diagnosed as influenza.

When the Acting High Com missioner visited Tikopia (which is one of the Polynesian outliers of the Solomons) in early September, he

found that 124 of the inhabitants had died in an epidemic. It was not certain whether the disease was malaria or influenza.

Immediate medical aid and other relief was provided. On October 21, the new High Commissioner, Mr.

John Gutch, said that the resettle ment of part of the island’s ov© crowded population elsewhere BSIP is being considered; so aL is a plan to provide the island wii radio communication to enable the to obtain assistance in case of new

Major Reference Work

p. 99

on N. Caledonia

Father Patrick O’Reilly, who has ilready done a great deal of into Pacific literature, -ecently had published in Paris by he Societe des Oceanistes of the ifusee de I’Homme, a 361-page dbliography of New Caledonia. Its omewhat cumbersome French title s “Bibliographic Methodique, tnalytique et Critique de la fouvelle Caledonia.”

A review of this work has been upplied to us by C. W. Newbury, f the Department of Pacific Hstory, Australian National Jniversity, Canberra.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES, by their very ]J nature, are generally subject to ; qualifications: indispensable but ry compilations with compre ensiveness and exactness for their nlv virtues.

To trace down and classify over ,000 references to New Caledonia, ;s geography, resources and in abitants, from earliest discovery to tie present day, would have pro ided a worthy supplement to the lio-Bibliography produced two years go. O’Reilly and his many associ tes have gone further and added short analysis to nearly all works Bted.

The result is more than a pioneer ig work in Pacific bibliography as le author claims. The com lentaries to the sections on Admin [tration, the penal settlement or arly newspapers, for example, form n excellent and entertaining precis f the historical (growth of the [)lony.

The whole work is divided into lirteen sections comprising a useful st of general reference biblio raphhies, voyages, physical sciences, thnology, history, economic life, ledical science, literature, periodicals nd newspapers and a list of carto raphical sources. Two tables of ames and subject matter and a it of all periodical publications are P pended.

There are not many stones that ave been left unturned in Paris, ondon, Rome, Sydney or Noumea, istorians and anthropoliogists will i grateful.

Work on the new hospital for bniara, BSIP, is progressing satis ictorily. Isolation block, laundry, ftpatients department, dispensary, Moratory, X-ray and dental dept, •e finished and in use. Work is i. progress on the operating theatre ad kitchen and these should be nished this year. European staff farters have been completed or *e under construction. Foundations ,r the main wards have been laid.

Better Copra

p. 99

BSIP is Making Better Copra

BSIP copra planters are now pro ducing about nine times as much first grade copra than they were in 1954.

In 1954, only 2 per cent, of the crop subject to Government inspec tion was first-grade; 45 per cent, was second-grade: and 94 per cent, third-grade. For the July-Sep tember period this year, 19.3 per cent, was first-grade; 9.7 per cent, second-grade; and 71 per cent, third-grade.

Since early this year, there has been a £9 differential in the price

paid by the BSIP Copra Board for first and third grades. Price paid for second-grade copra is £4/1/under first-grade. It is vital that the Solomons, which has only one important export, namely, copra, should acquire and maintain a reputation for a good quality product.

The unpopular decision to make a substantial difference in the price between first and third-grades apparently is achieving that pur pose. However, with 77 per cent, of copra still classed as third-grade there is yet room for improvement. t Monsieur Marcel Krainer of Papeete has been appointed Consul for Austria in French Oceania.

First Gilbertese Settlers

p. 110

in Solomons

IMPLEMENTING a Western Pacific High Commission plan for resettlement of population from the overcrowded Gilbert atolls, the first party of settlers arrived at Gizo on September 26, aboard the ketch Te Matapula.

These people were from Sydney Island (Phoenix Group) and the Southern Gilberts.

In charge of the new settlement is Mr. R. G. Roberts, who joined Te Matapula at Canton Island following furlough in England. Mr.

Roberts has now transferred from GEIC Government employment to BSIP Government.

The resettlement is being made under a Colonial Development and Welfare Scheme financial grant.

Gizo Island was selected after a

Pacific-wide search for a suitable and available island, taking into consideration communication and other problems. The island now selected, a high island, is very different to the dry, comparatively infertile, Gilbert atolls. Repre sentatives of the people who visited Gizo many months ago reported

favourably. There will be certaii health problems not present in ttt; Gilberts —Gizo is in a malarii area.

Results of the first year at Gii will no doubt decide whether tic Gilbertese transfer in larp numbers, and the project is belli watched with great interest.

Suggested

p. 111

hat Next for

CAL?

MERGER WITH NAC

SUGGESTED

IREELANCE aviation experts are still re-organising New Zealand’s airways set-up. [t was suggested in Australia by ; Sydney Morning Herald iation Correspondent recently it in order to continue to exist jfitably, TEAL will have to irge its business with that of ; New Zealand Government’s ite-elephant National Airways rporation. bailing this it is suggested that !AL’s Tasman services might be d to private interests—namely, stralian National Airways Pty. 3.

'lew Zealand’s National Airways rporation was formed by a cialist government right after j war, and has the monopoly of ssenger air services in the minion. Since the National /eminent gained power, efforts ve been made to unload the n-profit-making NAC but on >ry occasion that it has been ered for sale, the Labour position has stated that when it ain achieves political power, NZ ernal airlines will again be imptly nationalised. Naturally s has had the necessary couraging effect on would-be rchasers.

HEAL for the first time this year )wed a profit—of about £75,000 >n the Tasman service. This is ributed to the change-over last ir from flying-boats to DC6’s. rhe DC6’s were formerly owned the now defunct BCPA and when ntas took over this airline, they re sold cheaply to TEAL. Next ir they are due for modification i renewal of air-worthiness tificates—all of which is likely be an expensive operation.

Vhen the time comes for TEAL replace its Tasman aircraft, the lited range of possibilities is ely to make operations unprofi le unless they are combined with 1 internal services, which in turn poses a problem of airports— rticularly for Wellington which at :sent has nothing suitable nearer in 60 miles away. It has been culated, for example, that H itannias would carry all the nlable traffic moving between stralia and New Zealand —but it it is considered unprofitable ■ any airline to own less than •ee aircraft of this type.

Vlr. J. W. W. Graham has igned his position as Resident ent, Mangaia Island, Cooks, s. Graham has recently been in Dr health.

Lautoka Broadcast

p. 111

STATION IN 1956

A 2-KILOWATT, £15,000 broad casting station should be in operation at Lautoka, Fiji, “well before the end of next year,” according to a Fiji Broadcasting Commission announcement. Inten tion to establish the station was announced over a year ago.

The transmitter will be primarily a relay station, programmed from Suva. The connecting link will be by a chain of a very-high-frequency transmitter across Viti Levu’s back bone. “VHP” waves behave like light waves, and, like a searchlight

beam, may be accurately directed in any desired direction in the form of a sharp beam. A “VHP” link has certain advantages over a land line, which is subject to damage in bad weather and other weaknesses. Such a link between Suva and Lautoka has been in operation for some years as a Post Office telephone circuit. Equip ment is being supplied by Pye Radio of England. f, Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Cole have re turned to Brisbane after 30 years in Fiji. Mr. Cole recently retired from the post of Director of Lands. Their son, Mr. Rodney Cole, is in the Gov ernment service in Fiji.

102 Years in New Caledonia

p. 113

number of new government cials have recently arrived in i Solomons. They include Mr.

M. Wi 11 ki e , Development iretary, WPHC; Mr. F. H. Sims, lior Auditor; Mr. C. G. Cox, nmissioner of Works; Mr. R. G. ichell, Administrative Office.

t TEAL are operating additional flying-boat flights from Suva to Western Samoa and return on December 13, December 23 and February 1, 1956, to cope with h.6civy booking’s cit those times.

PerSo . n ! to make the short round-trip should contact TEAL Agencies.

The 102nd anniversary of the arrival of the French in New Caledonia, and the 15th anni sary of the rallying of the Colony to Free France in the darkest days of World War II celebrated at Noumea on September 24.

During the festivities, M. Rene Hoffherr, High Commissioner for France in the Pacific [?]mpanied by Colonel Fray, reviewed officers of the garrison stationed in New Caledonia! photo above). —New Caledonia Information Service Photo.

Fijian Triplets Are

p. 113

NO LONGER A RARITY

FJIAN triplets, not long ago re garded as an extreme rarity, are becoming almost a habit. The third set within a comparatively few months arrived on October 14 at Koromumu Hospital, in the Nodroga Province of Viti Levu.

Each of the two girls and boy weighed between 7 lb and 8 lb.

The father is Napolioni Nakibo and the mother Adi Ema, of Koron asagara, Nadroga.

Processing Coffee

pp. 114-115

AMERICAN INVENTION

Processing Coffee The Easy Way

PROCESSING coffee beans for market is likely to be made easier by a simple and recent American invention.

It is called a Cafepro and was developed by two US Government officials, Merriam A. Jones and Edgar de L. Davies, while engaged in Guatemala in an agricultural co operation project.

They have given the invention to the US Government free of Royalty fees and, it would appear, free to whoever cares to follow the plans and build one for themselves.

PIM has written to the State De partment for fuller details.

Meanwhile the device and its functions are described as follows: The Cafepro simplifies the pro cess of separating the coffee berry’s outer pulp or mucilage from the inner beans by eliminating a long fermentation period. Under present methods, the berry’s skin is removed by a pulping machine and the mucilage is left to ferment 15 to 50 hours in concrete bins.

The beans are then dried in the sun or in a dryer. Apart from the time factor, there is a danger of over-fermentation which can ruin the beans, since there is no way to separate the partially ripe beans and the overweight and underweight beans, all of which require different fermentation periods.

The Cafepro is a mounted an compartmented trough in which 8 alkaline solution of wood-ash an. lime is used. After three minutl of washing in this, the beans com out clean and clear of mucilag Weight loss is three to six per cen less with the Cafepro than with tld fermentation process—an importa/E

Dint where payment is by weight.

The statement says that Cafepros. lass-produced in the US, would >st about 120 to 171 dollars !A67 to £A7B) each. Many, in vidually built, are already in use Id have cost about twice the above jure.

It is expected that the Cafepros U be mass-produced for the Latin herican countries with which the fe has technical co-operation pro timmes.

fORLD COFFEE PRODUCTION

WILL RISE IN 1955

t RECENT United States Depart |l ment of Agriculture Bulletin f gives the figures on world coffee bduction in 1954 as compared with b previous year. The figures for irld exports are, of course, short world production by the amounts nsumed in the producer countries.

Quantities given are in bags, each 60 kilos or 132 lb. —See table, top :ht. decline in total exports was at buted to consumer resistance to ;h prices. South America’s high ced coffees were worst hit, con ners turning to the lower priced fees from other areas which lefitted accordingly. [he US Department of Agricul e estimates world output in 1955at a record level of not less than million bags—ll per cent, above t year, and 8 per cent, above irage pre-war level.

Sstimates include: Brazil, 21 Hion bags; Colombia, 7.2 million; xico, 1.75 million; French West •ica, 1.62 million, El Salvador. 1.1 [lion; Guatemela 1.1 million, and lonesia, 1.08 million bags, ii Uganda the season opened this ir with a Government guaranteed ce of 1/3 per lb for unhulled usta, but after £4,500,000 had been iwn from the Coffee Price Assist ;e Fund to meet payments fol ring a drop in world prices, the vernment was forced to reduce guarantee to 9d per lb, which low being paid.

'he Uganda crop this year is imated to reach 63,500 tons, all \ 7,000 tons of which will be ive produced.

Colombia has concluded a series big coffee barter deals in recent nths. These include six 7,500ships, four to be built in Ger ny and two in Spain. Germany 1 also exchange coffee for a fleet buses. Belgium will give barbed e and agricultural implements: tain, fertilisers: Switzerland, elec > machinery. tolombia, which exported 5.7 lion bags last year, is making an •out drive against a parasite, the L& ga ant, which has done serious oage in certain areas this year. 2 ant strips every leaf from the

i, killing it.

f The marriage of Mrs. May Shields to Mr. Don Mackenzie will take place at the Church of England, Madang, New Guinea, on December 24, 1955. Mrs. Shields is a pre-war Territorial!, and daughter of Mrs.

Lucy Brodie, who also is well-known u 1 6 rs - Shields first husband died in Madang in 1951; there are two small children of that marriage. After the wedding, on December 24, a reception will be given the newly married pair by

Mr. and Mrs. J. Gilmore of the Madang Hotel, : a new central radio communica tions station building has been erected alongside the disused air strip a t Betio Islet, Tarawa.

Contact with the outside world should be improved from the new site, with its four 60 ft. aerial towers well clear of screening from coconut palms. The new station should be operating early in 1956.

WHERE THE WORLD’S COFFEE IS PRODUCED

Total World Production (in bags) .. .. 34,7(M) 3 000 29,100 000 South American total 23,400,000 17,500^000 African total .. . 5,400,000 5,750,000 North American total 5.200,000 4 800 000 Asia-Oceania total 688,000 948!()00

War Against Tuberculosis

pp. 117-118

[?]ported Scourge

IN TWO ISLANDS TERRITORIES

IKE Papua-New Guinea, the r Cook Islands are making a [ strong effort to fight tuber osis, the worst killer of all the pases introduced in the last cen y or so.

•ike all Polynesians, Fijians,

lanesians and Micronesians, the )k Islanders are tragically sus tible to tuberculosis, which ac nts for at least 30 pc of the Cook mds’ mortality rate, fntil recently, reports a Karo va correspondent, there has been reasonably complete picture of prevalence of TB in the Cooks, i it has not been possible to get 'accurate survey in the outer nds. 0 overcome this problem and ease the people’s resistance to disease, every person in the up will be X-rayed in the near ire. At the same time they will given the Mantoux test. All ons— at least up to the age of whose Mantoux test proves itive will then be vaccinated

1 BCG.

kNY problems have had to be overcome in bringing the ■ mass-miniature X-ray to the

Cook Group. It has been necessary to design an X-ray machine which can be taken to pieces and packed into watertight duralumin con tainers for safe transport over the reefs. One way and another, the equipment will have to withstand some rough treatment.

A generator which produces enough electricity to run the X-ray plant, and at the same time is light enough for easy handling has been designed and built.

Dr. M. Laing, director of the mass-miniature radiography unit at Wellington, will arrive at Raro tonga in November. Since Dr Wogan’s death last April, Dr. Laing has supervised the assembling of the special equipment, and she will stay in Rarotonga for several weeks to see the launching of the campaign With her will be Mr. Mahoney, who has been appointed radio grapher for the first year of the work.

It will not be possible for the team to visit the outer islands until after the hurricane season, and it is hoped to complete the Rarotonga survey in the interim, A new ward has been opened at

the Rarotonga TB sanatorium and a total of 64 patients will be ac commodated by the end of 1955.

I N Fiji, the annual report of the War Memorial Anti-Tuber culosis Fund states that an average of more than 50 chest S c3 Was ken each day in 1954 S £ va ’ Tamavua, Lautoka and Labasa Hospitals and by the mobile Hrvn Y „ a Unl ' Mantoux testing and B r? V in C / n ma fi. ons were continued. in 1949 the people of Fiii (notably the indigenous Fijians) contributed £60,000 to the War Memorial Fund, to which the S,°H V 0 £2o ’°°o- At the was *£62,646. the Unexpended c^?g endi i Ure durin £ 1954 totalled £J,219 and commitments amount ing to £1,369 were outstanding at the end of the year. Items of ex penditure included the building and equipping of TB annexes, improve ment and maintenance of mobile X-ray vehicles, expenditure on J amavua Hospital and amenities for TB wards.

The Trust Fund Board’s report states thsit the trustees “have told the Government that they are willing to contribute towards the cost of a new tuberculosis hospital in the Colony. The offer has been gratefully accepted, but because financial considerations make the Government’s general hospital policy uncertain, it has been agreed that for the present no further

public appeals will be mad! supplement the War Mem Anti-Tuberculosis Fund.”

The report continues: “In a recent letter the Cole Secretary said that the desiras of moving the Central Tubercc Hospital from Tamavua to Lau had been appreciated for time. The converted Army ho;c buildings at Tamavua were ne the end of their useful life,,; the drier climate of Lautokas more favourable to the treat, of tuberculosis.

“The 1955-60 development gramme therefore included J provision of a new TB hospitj Lautoka. The finance for thr tended development progras however, would come from su sources, including, it was M grants under the new United ! dom Colonial Development ; Welfare Act”.

Air Force May Ea

p. 118

Suva House Short

SOME easing of Suva’s acute ! ing shortage is hoped fon result of the New Zealand! ernment’s decision to £1,000,000 on the improvemenr extension of the Royal New\ land Air Force station at Lsi Bay, a Suva suburb.

The planned expenditure inr £llO,OOO on houses at the statl accommodate married personij It has become clear that rm men are reluctant to move fro Dominion to Fiji without families, and without ad! accommodation at the station,] airmen have to live outside.

At the present time abo families are living in flats or in the Suva area. This has no, increased the housing shortag according to common belief, affected the level of rents. H 3 the Air Force pays half thr in these cases, the Air Force : are in a position to pay high© than most local people—a sitJ made to order for some Indisi European landlords.

If The Rev. S. G. Andrews, fo of Fiji and now general see of overseas missions fo' Methodist Church in New Z 3 recently visited mission statd New Guinea and the Solomoi Tari, in the NG Highlano.

Andrews was entertained 1 Rev. C. J. and Mrs. KeighU baptised Barbara Jean, the j second daughter of Mr. am Keightley, who is the firstf pean child born at Tari.

H Sub-Inspector Krishna NP Indian member of the Fiji i has gone to London for six r training at Hendon Police to be followed by four moic New Scotland Yard.

[?]Antas Goes

p. 119

FORWARD

IANTAS Empire Airways major I fleet of aircraft now consists of 110 Super Constellations —with b more on order to arrive in 1956 bpported by six Skymasters and ler smaller units for New Guinea fernal services.

Santas route mileage—with ser es to the UK, USA, Africa, Hong ng. Japan, and Pacific Islands— cunts to a grand total of 62,000.

B company employs a staff of hit 5,000 —and for every £ re ired in revenue only 6d is profit, mess and other statistics are set [in a beautifully produced book idoing duty as an annual re t, just issued for the year end [ December, 1954—but with some I facts and figures interpolated. |antas has come a long way ;e its bush beginnings in 1920tact clearly emphasised by the rent report.

Tahiti Has Some

p. 119

BIG PLANS

EW Public Works schemes for I Tahiti include the construction [an international airport at eete, lengthening and widening [wharves at that port; and a ro electricity scheme involving [of the water of Lake Vaihiria he mountains behind Mataiea. jws of these proposals was ight back to Tahiti recently by 1 pollticans Jean Ceran isalemy, and L. Legarde, who fbeen visiting Paris.

Jseryers, noting the time that (taking for the Government of [Condominium of the New ■ides to recondition two airstrips e, are sceptical of Papeete Bvmg an international airport fi early date.

Janwhile it is reported from )lulu that the Matson Co. has n an option on two sites near lete and is “exploring the pos ty of building a modern tourist 1 there.

Randolph Servier, Matson’s dent, was then in Paris discuss- Bertam aspects. It is reported that Governor Francois Toby of ch Oceania, in Honolulu ’en ’ Papeete from Paris, was in lr developing the tourist in -7 in every possible way, due to R resent unhappy aspects of ceama ’ s ec °nomy, and the f*mg end of the valuable «ea phosphate exports.

Hff rumo ur is that “in all ibihty” the Orient Line will re- S® c. lts servic e to include ete soon.

At least one of the new Matson trans-Pacific liners will be on the run in time for the Olympic Games traffic to Australia late in 1956.

J James A. Michener, American best-seller author, was married in October to Miss Yoriko Sabusawa, American-born Japanese. They arrived in Sydney by air on Novem ber 9, in the course of a world honeymoon tour. Michener’s first and best-known novel is Tales of the South Pacific; his last, Sayonara which was based on the romantic entanglements of US soldiers with Japanese girls. This is Michener’s third marriage.

Build New Ship

p. 119

French Company to Build New Ship

THE aged Messageries Martime liner Eridan will be retired after her current voyage from France to New Caledonia.

She will eventually be replaced by a ship of the same type as the company’s Caledonien, but in the meantime a chartered ship will take oyer. The temporary replace ment is the 8,000-tons Resurgent ex Chang Chow, which has pre viously seen service with MM.

Eridan has been in the MM Pacific service since before the war.

Search Abandoned for Missing Vessel

pp. 121-123

[?]OYITA MYSTERY

Six weeks after she disappeared on a 280 miles voyage from Apia to the Tokelaus, it seems that Joyita , 70 tons, 75 feet, has gone to join the many unsolved mysteries of the sea. No trace of the vessel has been sighted although the sea was calm at the time and although most systematic air searches have been made.

S is usual in these cases there [ were many conflicting news- I paper despatches regarding her. [ to three weeks after the vessel led from Apia, on the evening iSunday, October 2, it was un tain whether there was 24 or 25 sons on board. Confusion was led in the earlier stages by re ling to the number of passengers, en persons, including crew, was jnded. report from Apia 19 days after I vessel was overdue, and two ks after the air search had been lituted on October 6, stated that ita had left Apia towing a freight ge—and added that “many sea i believed that she may have li dragged under by the sinking ter, in heavy seas.” 3 far as is known, this was the F mention of a barge, and it was fly a very significant feature in 1 puzzle. Apart from an assur- I by the RNZAF searchers that weather was, in the main, per ' for the search for at least a k —and that there could have i no “heavy seas”—it would ly be more likely for Joyita to [ the barge under, than vice a. But late October another ► report said there had been no :e. le greatest riddle is the complete nee of wreckage or of oil slicks he sea. Pending an inquiry, the idest theory seems to be a len and severe engine or cargo 3sion, which, blasting downwards, i the vessel so badly that she : almost instantly, complete her lashed deck cargo of drums, the hatches still battened i, and dragging the barge, if with her. ing-Commander R. K. Walker ie RNZAF said that his Sunder , flying-boats, based first on puala, W. Samoa, and later on ithala Bay, Fiji, “searched Highly twice, every possible re mile of sea and island where : a might have drifted, or been ked, or foundered.” At the it flown, he said, the radar )ment of the searching aircraft capable of detecting objects as 1 as two inches in diameter on *ea. Over 100,000 square miles a were scanned, weyer it has been frequently , a that air searches are not in •le A slight error in navigation, fitting one vital “strip” of ocean

in the methodical search would cause the speck of evidence to be missed.

EVEN in a sudden explosion some discharge of oil might be expected, and should have been sighted in the reported flying conditions.

But there again there was con fusion in the re ports. Our Apia c or r e s p ondent gave the cargo as general, plus 60 full drums of diesel fuel and a number (un stated) of empty drums.

A NZ Press Association de spatched from Apia, on Oc tober 2, gave the cargo as 80

empty, sealed, 45-gallon drums, 30 on deck, and 50 in the hold.

In addition, the ship was re ported to be fuelled for a 3,000-mile voyage. Whether all of this was in the ship’s tanks, or some of it in drums, is not clear..

Admiralty life-boat charts show the general drift of a vessel disabled in this area to be westward with'a slight southerly tendency. This should mean that if Joyita was still afloat and missed in the air search, she should finish up in Fiji, the Ellice, or New Hebrides.

In addition to the RNZAF search, a TEAL flying-boat, bound from Fiji to Samoa diverted to Horne Island on October 15, flying the

A photograph of "Joyita" which appeared in August PIM.

route at low altitude, and a H Shackleton long-range reconnaiss; aircraft which was in the area had good radar gear, made a sea: on the Fiji-Canton route. I aircraft on this route also ken sharp look-out, and one report©, light 200 miles from Nadi one nn Next day the RNZAF traced thij a Japanese fishing vessel.

Joyita was delayed at Apia bo she left with clutch trouble air was suggested that this had I immobilised her, but as she twin-screw vessel this would sumably not be the case unless I clutches failed.

Though carrying radio, the tn mitter was reported out of ao, on sailing. One report said Captain Miller had refused assist! by the Samoa Radio Departrr but as there was to be a n technician of that Depart! aboard and bound for the Toke: to service the equipment in ft islands, it can be assumed thas should have been able to get sig out of Joyita’s transmitter ifl necessity had arisen, and the had been available to make ren With this hope, Apia Radio( other island stations maints radio watch on the ship’s kr frequencies, and also broadcast structions regarding signals ti made.

On October 12, a searching’ craft picked up a suspected si; but there was no firm evidences it was from the ship and not some overseas source. No( further was heard.

This suggests that the dis was sudden and that there ws time for radio tinkering.

IN all, there seems now to been seven Europeans or Europeans and 18 Gilbo Swains Islanders, and TokeLJ aboard.

The ship’s company consistd Captain T. H. Miller, of Englai, Wales; Mr. “Chuck” Simpson American-Indian, mate; two re crew-men named Tekoka and T respectively; two Swains Islan and eight Tokelauans —rnakin crew in all.

The passengers were the; Tokelau Officer, Mr. R. D. Pe:; of NZ; Dr. A. D. Parsons, of Ir©' Mr. H. T. Hodgkinson, of NZS J. Pereira, of Apia, radio mecH; Mr. J. Wallwork and Mr. ♦ Williams, of E. A. Coxon and] Apia staff, and a Mr. McCartd whom no details are known.

Other passengers Tokelau men and one woman another report mentioned als three-year-old girls and an child of eleven.

JOYITA’S principal shares

was a well known I Museum researcher, Miss « Luomala of Honolulu, anp registered in that port. Thu

bd undergone a strict US Coast- Eard safety survey in April, 1954. [lt is understood that Capt. Miller iras, at one time, engaged to Miss

Eomala.

IFor technical reasons, the Mate, b American citizen, was registered s skipper in the ship’s papers. oyita was not licensed to carry any jissengers and had no accommoda on for any. There was bunk accom lodation for nine crew. [The Mate, Charles (or Chuck) hnpson, has been described as an stremely strong man physically; inerous and kind-hearted but a Irmidable opponent in a fight.

The vessel had lain idle in Apia )r some months since making a bkelau voyage in April this year.

Voyita was the first fishing sssel to be registered in Apia and kptain Miller had hoped to make [success of tuna fishing in that •ea. but yyas in some financial dif julties. For several years past, iptain Miller has operated a fish g business at Canton but this too id met some difficulties and legal bceedings with the Western Pacific igh Commission had been in pro ess since operations ceased there It year.

Miller is believed to have been at ti since a youth, mostly in the erchant Navy, although he served ring World War II in the Royal ivy. People who have sailed with m describe him as a splendid sea m and expert navigator.

Fhe vessel carried a 16-ft work at with outboard motor, two life fts —one 10-man and one 16-man 3n the vessel’s upper deck, and Ecient life-jackets for this number • persons, so in this respect was asiderably better found than the ijority of Island vessels. Full de ls of the vessel, which had three karate refrigerated holds, appeared [August PIM, page 109. fhe vessel was reported to be tier charter to the Apia firm of A.. Coxon and Co., who apparently ve some arrangement whereby !y handle the Tokelau copra and >ply trade goods in exchange, ler the supervision of the Tokelau leer. is the vessel is American-owned, is assumed that the Honolulu

horities will instigate an inquiry,

litional to any inquiry made by i Western Samoan Government.

Aid for P-NG Mining

p. 123

BILL passed by the Papua-New . Guinea Legislative Council in October will assist the mining lustry of the Territory. •he bill makes provision for ranees for developmental mining a £1 for £1 basis. Borrowers y repay the advances over a g period.

Inter-Island Brawl

p. 123

In Noumea Streets

ANCIENT antagonisms involving

New Caledonia’s Melanesians and the people of Lifou, in the nearby Loyalty Islands, boiled up in a serious melee in Noumea streets in October.

One or two skirmishes had occurred during the festivities on September 24 (the anniversary of the French establishment in New

Caledonia). Subsequently what was

almost a pitched battle broke out in front of a Noumea cinema.

The police were inadequate to stop the fighting, which ranged up and down the streets, the combatants paying little attention to the traffic

Gendarmerie and troops were called out and gained control before any serious injuries were indicted.

Nobody knows when this antagon ism originated. It probably stems from ancient raids made by the islanders on the New Caledonia mainland.

After the latest outbreak the authorities called a meeting of chiefs and other responsible persons, and a declaration of peace was signed and witnessed.

In a similar conflict several years ago a combatant suffered fatal in juries. t Mr. Ron Bosley and Mr. Bruce Harding of Lae, NG, shared a £6,000 prize in the NSW State Lottery drawn on November 1.

Approved

pp. 125-126

LOCAL INCOME TAX

[?]N COOK ISLANDS

rE Cook Islands Legislative Council decided on October 19 that New Zealand income tax lould be replaced by local income ,x of a simple nature and with wer rates.

The Treasurer (Mr. Pitt) said lat objections to the present stem were based on the points at the tax was imposed from New jaland without consideration for cal conditions, and that the ob btors did not favour income tax a form of taxation.

The second contention, said Mr. tt. was based largely on ignorance the operation of income tax. r en Maori Councillors did not Uy understand it.

Professor H. Belshaw, one of the b economic advisers to the Cook ands Administration, said that it mid not be wise to omit income k from any local system of ration, which would have to be a simplified form and operated a low rate. Future Councils would ve the power to make adjustments the system when the need arose, added. \ clear programme to educate the tori people in the workings of cation, and particularly income c was needed, said Professor Ishaw.

rE Resident Commissioner (Mr.

G. Nevill) said it was good common sense for the people of the Cook Islands to impose their own system of taxation. He added that the report made by Professor Belshaw and Mr. V. D. Stace con tained nothing that was not for the good of the Maori people.

During the debate the Maori members from the outer islands relinquished their earlier objections to income tax and joined other members of the Council in approv ing the Belshaw-Stace report.

Other recommendations approved were: • That a schedule of local cus toms duties be instituted to replace the New Zealand customs tariff; • That export duties remain as at present, but that some con sideration be given to using the pro ceeds of export duties for direct development of the export indus tries concerned, or for the develop ment of the individual islands producing the exports.

The New Zealand Parliamentary representative, Mr. F. Goetz, MP for Manukau, congratulated the Council on its action. He said that the Dominion Government would not have been happy to see income tax omitted from any local system of taxation. The Prime Minister (Mr.

S. G. Holland) had expressed the hope that the Legislative Council would accept the recommendations, and now that this had been done he (Mr. Goetz) thought there would be little difficulty in securing the

Government’s adoption of the Coun cil’s decision.

EARLIER the Council had un animously approved a Select Committee’s report on public utilities.

The report recommended that the Island Councils be responsible for the control of water, roads and im provements to harbours and reef passages. Funds are to be raised by the Councils, supplemented by voluntary labour. If outside aid is needed, funds allocated by the Legislative Council from locally raised taxes may be used.

To Serve P-NG's Two Million Natives

p. 125

umbrellas were in order when Brigadier D.

Leeland Administrator of Papua-New Guinea, [?]ed Port Moresby's new £lO,OOO Bible House October 15. The House will serve as a contribution centre for the 2,000,000 native [?]le of the Territory, who speak 500 known [?]cts. It is the first institution of its kind [?]he SW Pacific. Our photograph shows

Canon Arrowsmith, general secretary of the Bible Society, speaking into the microphone, centre, with Brigadier Cleland on his right and the Rev. F. Ure, of the London Missionary Society, on his left. The Rt. Rev. Philip Strong, Bishop of New Guinea, is on the right of the Administrator, and Mrs. Cleland is at the ex treme right of the photograph.

Photo: Papuan Prints.

N. Caledonian

p. 126

Trochus is Valuable

THE 1955 New Caledonia trochus fishing season closed on October 31 To the end of September, 520 tons worth 28 million francs (£A 144,000) had been exported, and the price recently has been 53,000 Pacific francs per metric ton (about

EASSO). .

This season a marine biologist has been working with the 300-odd

boats of the fishing fleet, studying the life cycle, marking certain shells and putting them back in the sea, in a project to ensure the conserva tion of present resources. Special

funds are likely to be allocated this work by the Government.

The total trochus harvest in l!i was over 800 tons, worth 33 mill:I francs.

For Fijian

p. 127

More Decorations For Fijian Frooops in Malaya

lURTHER high awards to men E of the Fiji Military Forces in I Malaya were announced in Sober. They include: Military Cross.—Lieutenant Livai

feilivata.

Military Medal.—Corporal Alipate kau.

British Empire Medal. —WO (II) ißetham.

Mentioned in Dispatches—Major W. R. Petersen, Staff Sergeant la Vakaciwa, Sergeant Penijamini ;ku Matelevuka, Corporal Apisai evo. fhe Military Cross citation re red to Lieutenant Livai’s brave, rressive leadership when his itoon was ambushed by Com inist terrorists in Johore last ly. It added that his leadership s a factor in the success of the ian battalion in Malaya. i New Zealand report on Oc >er 25 stated that Lieutenant lonel H. J. G. Low, who relin ked command of the Fijian ops to Lieutenant-Colonel Ratu aaia Ganilau on October 1, has in appointed Brigade Major of Ist Infantry Brigade, Auckland, lonel Low, who served with the i Military Forces on loan from : New Zealand Army, visited Fiji October with his wife and their ee children. n Malaya the Fijian Rugby team itinued its astonishing run of cesses in October. The Fijians it South Johore 70-3, Royal Air •ce Seletar and Changi 69-6, pal Electrical Mechanical Sn eers 49-3 and, starting a northern r, Kedah State 44-6.

Va City Council's

p. 127

SECOND THOUGHTS

AVING turned down an applica tion for a bus service through Toorak (Suva’s most populous a), the Suva City Council in late aber had second thoughts and ctioned the proposal. t first the Council had held that Toorak streets were too narrow accommodate big buses comfort s', but then it was realised that if 5 rule was to apply, many other licences ought to be cancelled. >es have long been running ough narrower streets than those roorak, which, whatever may be 1 of its living conditions, is by means the worst maze in ill oned Suza.

h“' e d"To n. to Ihl

p. 127

NZ Scholarships for Island! Children

THE New Zealand Scholarship Scheme introduced for tv>P

Dominion, of native students from NZ’s Island Territories, is reviewed in tho 1954-55 Territories Dpnnrt ment Report Just published. ' In all, 156 students have been despatched—lo2 from Western Samoa, 41 from the Cooks, and 13 from Niue. Of these, 67 are still studying, 41 have successfully com pleted their school courses but are now receiving higher training in

New Zealand, and 31 have actually returned to take up suitable posi tions in their respective Island Groups. The remaining 17 students ve f^ n !. n the wa yside, some thr ough health reasons, some be not make the grade ea ucationally consi d e is that results are very satisfactory.

*AU stodentsTe pfed^^to^retorn

to Island employment for a certain minimum period on completion of studies, and the Government is naturally hopeful that the maioritv will remain despite the much greater financial attractions of New Zealand employment

Paa And Spaa Pla[?]

pp. 134-135

Eastern Samoa Air Service

WHEN Pan American Airw some time ago announced f intention to operate an appn mately monthly non-scheduled J service through Tafuna Airp Tutuila, Eastern Samoa, it understood that the service w<\ be a diversion from the non trans-Pacific route, Tafuna be substituted for Canton Island! these particular flights.

According to an October nouncement from Honolulu it seems likely that the company instead operate a shuttle Skymss service from Nadi, just as they operate a shuttle service to Auckd from Nadi.

The Honolulu report says that!

US Civil Aeronautics Board authorised the company to ope a scheduled monthly service • DC4’s.

It appears also that when ! originally applied for rights to into Tafuna, South Pacific Air!-] of Honolulu, preparing to o mence operations to Tahiti, lo<c an appeal with the USCAB thsi PAA’s application be granted, they should no longer be permi to also serve Canton Island.

From this is would appear South Pacific Airlines perhaps tended flying from Papeete to 0 ton to land and pick up passen bound to and from Australia New Zealand. The CAB rejei this restraining order but will ro PAA’s operations after one yean also rejected a SPAL application service to Tafuna and favoured J of PAA on the grounds that “already held condition authorii serve Samoa and could provide, service at little or no cost too US Government in the form mail subsidy.”

PAA’s Sydney office was unafcf confirm these reports, but said i they were outside the Sydney of jurisdiction. They were abd state, however, that in so far af November flight to Tafuna concerned, it was to be a slrl flight, Honolulu-C a n t o n-Tafj Canton-Honolulu - Canton - Tab Canton-Honolulu.

There has been no recent of South Pacific Airlines iii tions. No agent has yet appointed in Papeete. On advice several months ago, whe:s service was to have commenceoi two flying-boats were still at land, California, undergoing fuj modifications in readiness foie Honolulu-Christmas Island-T service. A landing craft was ? also being prepared at Honoluli use at the Christmas Island 1 It seems unlikely that the Pas service will commence at this a of the year—the cooler, drier me

April to September are the Irmal tourist season for South icific areas, with the Hawaii Sirist season in the other half of B year.

The Late R. L. Gaskell

p. 135

IR. Richard Luke Gaskell, whose death in Sydney in late July f was reported in the Septem t issue of PIM was not, as stated, bt a resident of Kieta, Bougain le. His son, Mr. G. W. Gaskell, Iting from Iwi Plantation, ugainville, says that all his life the islands was spent in BSIP.

Mr. Gaskell was born in Liver dl, England, and served at sea sail. In 1908 he was engaged by rns Philp & Co. in Sydney to set a marine slipway at ►kambo, Solomons. )n completion of that job he pur ged a 40-acre property known [Tete on Gela Island, in the adfly Passage at a point shown ; the charts as Gaskell Point. 1914, Mr. GaskeM married in Iney, his wife returning with i. ibout 1927, still retailing Tete ntation, the Gaskells shifted oss the Passage to Buena Vista ind, acquiring there the 100e Vatalau Plantation and an er, Valula, of 25 acres, previ ly owned by Burns Philp & Co., laining on those properties until luary, 1943, when the Pacific r forced the family to leave. [r. and Mrs. Gaskell, Snr., did return after the war and lived Sydney, but their two sons are the Solomons—Jack having a jwright business at Honiara, and )ffrey, now managing Iwi Planta i near Kieta, Bougainville, for J. W. Joyce, brty years ago, Jack, as an in t, was one of the first white dren to be seen in the Florida i of the Solomons, and he was jreat curiosity to the natives.

Live Shells Still Hazard

p. 135

war-time shells and bombs continue to create a hazard in several Island terri es. i New Caledonia, three men :ing for straying cattle in a re re near the Dumbea River, ten ;s from Noumea, recently found ;e shells, r e li c s of a war-time ip. wnebody had the brilliant idea exploding the shells by lighting re round them and, in the sub lent commotion, shrapnel flew all directions, some fragments rowly missing workers in a

rby property.

he only casualty was one of the ;e experimenters. When the ipnel started to whistle he flung iself on the ground. The ipnel missed him but a sharp ed stick penetrated his groin.

t The Reverend Fathers P. Tamatas, A Tamuka, and W. P. Fingleton, of the Catholic Mission staff, Bougain ville, N . Solomons, were visiting Sydney in October.

t Radio Suva has introduced a new weekly news broadcast in Fijian.

The programme is from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm each Thursday from VRH2 on 840 kc/s and VRH4 on 5980 kc/s.

and the United States.

p. 135

Bulolo Passengers on Way North

Among passengers on the north-bound September "Bulolo" were (left to right)- Mr and M rs. Burford, for Port Moresby; Mr. McDougal Clarke, of the Administration works Deparment, who had been pn Australian leave; and Mr. H. Triggs, who had been holidaying in Australia

—Photo by Papuan Prints.

Returning After Overseas Leave

p. 139

Passengers per BP's "Malekula" in October included (left to right): Mr. and Mrs. G. Carter returning to Port Moresby after 12 months in the Far East, the UK and the Continent. Sub- Inspector and Mrs. M. T. Duff, late of Sohano, returning to Lae after leave.

Producers Meet

p. 141

frican Coffee Producers Meet

IE London Public Ledger reports that at a conference of African coffee producers at Brussels in [-September there was a move an African federation, he conference was convened at suggestion of the Belgian >nial Ministry, and countries re lented were France, Portugal, iopia, Spain, Liberia, and Bel li. There were observers from ain, the Colombian Coffee Pro jrs’ Federation, the Federation Central American, Mexican, and ibbean Coffee Planters, and the American Coffee Office. lere was general support for the of an African producers’ ration, but there were dif aces of opinion about the powers i a body should have over keting. epresenting the United King , a Colonial Office official said his country would not support deration which handled market but his Government was ha sted in proposals now being ied by the UN Food and cultural Organisation (FAO) some other international es, for an International Coffee •ciation which would include umers as well as producers. lose who supported the idea of irely African federation felt that r ould give African producers a er production and distribution nisation, allow them to face ket fluctuations better, and bine their sales campaigns, re would also be collaboration i the three South American ee Producers’ Federations. ie French delegate, supporting deration, was, like the United ?dom delegate, opposed to its ng any control of marketing.

Sydney And Brisbane

p. 141

BISHOP KEMPTHORNE AT

r[E Bishop in Polynesia (the Rt.

Rev. L. S. Kempthorne of Suva) preached the synod sermon at the opening of the Queensland Provincial Synod of the Church of England, at Brisbane, on October 18.

Visitors from New Guinea and Fiji attended the opening of the synod, which meets every three years.

On October 9, when preaching at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney Bishop Kempthorne said that education was in the forefront of Church work in the diocese of Polynesia.

Speaking of Fiji, he said that the Indians now exceeded the Fijians in numbers and only about 2 per cent of the Indians were Christians.

“The Church is bringing Indians to Fiji to help in the evangelical work,” he said, and continued; “The French colony of Tahiti has a large Chinese population, and the French authorities are faced with the same problem as we have in Fiji. The future is largely in the hands of the Christians, and the extension of Christianity has been marked by the number of picturesque village churches built in the Islands.”

The Bishop said that in Fiji the

Indians regarded Christianity as a Western idea.”

Bishop Kempthorne has been Bishop in Polynesia since 1923.

IF Mr. E. W. Barltrop, Labour Ad viser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, is scheduled to arrive in Fiji on November 26. He will visit industrial centres, inspect labour conditions and meet union leaders.

P-NG Cattle Indus

p. 142

THIS PLAN IS

REALISTIC

Administration Aid For P-NG Cattle Indus

A BOOST to the Papua— Guinea cattle industry shr follow the announcement m in Port Moresby, in early Oct«d that the Administration will up to £55 subsidy on impo bulls, £4O for mature female c£ and £3O for young beasts.

The subsidy is designed to o freight charges from Australia the Territory.

Prospective importers have as six weeks in which to make their minds as to their reqq ments. All persons wishing to advantage of the subsidy offer ! to lodge their applications the Department of Agriculture, Moresby, by November 19.

There are a number of condi’i attached to the payment of : subsidies.

Cattle must be of suitable fcl for territory conditions and purchase price must be £lOO im case of mature bulls, £5O for ynj bulls, £3O for mature cows and) for heifers. Prospective impoc must show that they can runr cattle efficiently and undertake do so on one property.

In addition; • Subsidies will be paid onl;I lots of 50 or more breeding fern of beef breeds: 20 or more bree females of the dairy breeds; on one or more registered where the breeding herd for wi they are required is no less the above basic numbers. Miniii importations must be intended pasturing on one property onl;I • But subsidies will be paioi smaller lots where the impc already has herds of, or abov<\ or 20 minimum numbers seti above, and pastured on one projc only. • Subsidies will be restrict© stock which has passed the r veterinary test required fori Territory importations of cic and be inspected and approves an Administration officer, or s of the Administration, prioic embarkation in Australia.

Importers mav bring their o in by air if they wish, but! subsidy paid will be the same the beasts were imported by S 3 Papua and New Guinea large areas suitable for cattle— beef and dairying. Since the £ however, the initial cost ofi beasts plus very high freight chr. has made it possible for om few private individuals to goc the industry. Under the scheme, with an outlay of less i £2,000, a man should be ahc establish a satisfactory bre-s herd.

henchmen Girl Painted

p. 143

i Tahiti [?]r American Pin-Up

tolf Armstrong, reports a Papeete respondent, is in Tahiti after [ absence of three years. (A rcograph of Mr. Armstrong, plus pin - up, plus Papeete model )u-Chou Kerimarec in slightly ped state, decorated PlM’s cover November, 1951). he correspondent states : though tne latest Armstrong hup represents an ‘American \ of beauty’, the model for the ating is one of the most utiful French girls in Tahtii.

Mr. Armstrong also plans to ;e and illustrate a book about dti as seen through an artist’s I 99 I. he current internationally lired pin-up will be published he United States next year. iss Elspeth James of Port esby was married to LAC ham Douglas, RAAF, at Ann Presbyterian Church, Brisbane, Dctober 29.

October Travellers to Papua and New Guinea

p. 143

Bound for New Guinea in October were (left to right): Rev. Father K. Murphy, MSC, return ing to Rossel Island, Papua, per "Malekula". Mr. F. Balchin, of Department of Civil Aviation returning to Madang following furlough in Australia. Mr. J. W. Ryan, representative for Vincents ARC, on a business visit to New Guinea, went north by "Bulolo".

Koitaki Dividend Back To

p. 143

30 PER CENT

INCREASED world prices for natural rubber are reflected in the Koitaki Para Rubber Estates dividend announced in October. At 30 per cent, on ordinary shares, it is double that of the previous •year when th« rubber industry went through a lean time, but about the same as in the years before that.

Profit to June 30, 1955, was £27,609.

In 1953-54 it was only £1,896. In 1952- 53 it was £14,250. t A dispensary, which will be staffed by an AMP, has been erected at Oni-I-Lau, Fiji. The first AMP to take up duty there is Uraia Naqasima, who has recently com pleted a post-graduate course at the Colonial War Memorial Hospital.

Or Pacific Radio Amateurs

p. 145

Conducted by Ex ZK-1-AC/VR-2-AK

anyone happens to hear a weak and waver ng phone or CW signal with the call-sign HL appended, listen again, for it will be ing from the Carlin's amphibious jeep "Half ". The call is self-allocated and only used I the jeep is beyond the three-mile limit, results are achieved then only when Elinore lationed at her post diligently drying the nna lead-through insulator as each sheet pray comes over. ie story of the Carlin voyage from the >d States to England, just published, is iwed elsewhere in this issue, e jeep arrived in Melbourne early in mber, but only to keep a promise of I home for Christmas. Early in the New they will head back by ship to rejoin the led route in India. From there they will I mainly by land skirting the Asiatic con t, then to Japan, the Kuriles, etc., to ;a during 1956, and so back to New York whence the voyage officially commenced, n Carlin had scheds with various Hams on marine section of the route, with very results once he realised that early troubles due to a damp deck insulator, notice that Bud Devine, HCBGI, in the agos, is active on 20-metre phone, mainly ien 2300-0100 Z. An American, we believe the only HCB active at the present time, other lone-handers in French Oceania are active—Georges, FOBAK, down on Rapa 15 and 14,160 kc/s) and FOBAL on Tubuai i Australs (14,039 kc/s and also 7 mc/s). from November 1, the 50-54 mc/s band ieen closed to VK Hams and replaced by 6-60 mc/s band. It was also announced I October than VK Hams would soon be tted to establish experimental TV stations a maximum aerial power of 100 watts, ercial TV is now expected to be operat i Sydney and Melbourne by late 1956.

I month RIM reported the opening of new Bringelly Receiving Station near y. As might be expected, there are a ir of Hams on the staff, including at least x-lslanders—VK2AVW ex-New Guinea, and ex-Suva. Another non-Ham ex-New i man is Mr. W. Day. Other Hams are IW, VK2PO, and VK2WJ, officer in charge ■ station who is a keen 6-metre man. the past four years this column has at being a clearing house for news con g, and of interest to. Pacific Islands' Each month a good many letters go out g information, but unfortunately sur |ly few replies come back. Even more singly French Pacific Hams have often the most co-operative, New Guinea, with notable exceptions, the least! ugh the primary interest is undoubtedly was felt that Pacific Hams would still lerested in knowing something of their neighbours and would have taken the unity accorded in sending along group of local Hams. Not so. So in future olumn will appear only as and when sting items are available.

ie High Commissioner for

;ern Samoa, the Hon. G. R.

les, CMG, accompanied by Mrs.

les, passed through Sydney in

October on his way home to

from South Africa. During

thy leave, Mr. Powles was in

United States (where he met

toers of the Trusteeship

icil of UNO); in Europe; and

outh Africa,

tween Port Moresby and the Tro briand Islands once weekly.

The Managing Director of Car sair, Mr. R. G. Carswell, is a Bris bane aircraft engineer. He said his planes would operate direct from Port Moresby to Goroka, and on the flight to the Trobriands, would call at Milne Bay and Goodenough Island.

Is Secret of Polio Immunity

p. 146

to be Found in Highlands?

If scientists could find why natives of the New Guinea Highlands have such a high immunity to poliomyelitis, the battle against this child killer might be shortened.

IN a recent survey amongst natives in the Wabag sub district results showed that 50 per cent, of these people had anti bodies that gave protection against all three types of polio virus.

About 80 per cent, had protection against Type 3 virus, the most prevalent in Australia.

Only about 15 per cent, of inhabitants in Australian capital cities have natural protection against polio.

The survey was undertaken by Dr. Mclntosh, Professor of Anatomy at Sydney University and Dr. N.

G. Stanley, chief of the Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at Prince Henry Hospital, Sydney. The research was done on sera from the blood of Wabag natives. The survey was made possible by a Nuffield Foundation Grant.

The natives surveyed have had little contact with Europeans: the

scientists believe that their diet or living habits may give them their immunity. Dr. Stanley said in

Sydney in mid-October that wv these natives did have polio it not in as virulent a form j Europeans suffered.

He said that the results w important but not at this st£ considered in relation to development of a polio vaccinea It has been suggested, howe that a team of scientists go to c NG Highlands to try to find why so high a proportion off inhabitants are immune to disease.

And Now-Png’S Copra

pp. 147-148

[?]e Minister Has Plans

Papua and New Guinea has another plan—to maintain and develop the coconut planting industry in the Territory. The plan was announced in mid-October from Canberra.

|AIN points of the plan were I outlined by the Minister for Territories in a press state nt. The points are; I Establishment of new coconut areas on suitable land; the ex pansion of existing coconut plantations where unplanted 1 land is still available on exist ing leases; i Replanting of old and declin ing areas on existing planta -1 tions where land is suitable for ' coconuts; The interplanting of coconuts with cocoa on suitable land where the practice would be advantageous; ) The use of livestock on planta tions where suitable; ) Intensified research, experi mental and investigational activities.

'o encourage new plantings and replanting of declining stands coconuts, the Territory Depart it of Agriculture will establish cted seed gardens at strategic its for distribution of seed nuts planters and native growers, o encourage improved methods plantation maintenance, demon ition plots will be established to w the value of cover cropping to carry out tests on mechanical 5s control, surface and deep ivation, control of pests, fertil s, and grazing for grass control, estigations will be undertaken mechanical dehuskers and on lous types of copra driers. he Department of Agriculture intensify investigations into the ctice of intercropping with )a. he extension services of the lartment of Agriculture will en rage native coconut producers to pt a high standard of plantation iene to reduce the dangers of in infestation and to use cover >s to build up soil fertility. The ives will be encouraged to plant e palms for both food and as :ash crop. Planting distances be selected so as to enable er management to be under in and in suitable areas to enable rplanting with cocoa later, atives will be taught the most able methods of preparing copra market and other aspects of mut production by means of ares, simple pamphlets, films,

filmstrips, demonstration plots and demonstration driers.

Selected natives will be trained in coconut production techniques such as lining, nursery work, planting out, establishment of cover crops and in the construction and opera

tion of copra driers. These natives will be employed by the Territory Department of Agriculture as Ex tension Assistants.

Copra inspection staff will be trained in drying methods in order to advise planters on driers and methods of copra drying. Copra grades and the standards required in other countries, particularly con sumer countries, will be constantly studied to keep up the quality of Papua and New Guinea copra.

Editorial Note

The plan is a good one and long overdue—the coconut industry upon which the P-NG Territory depends for largest part of its income has

been officially the most negleo?

Income from copra in 1954-55 about £7,000,000. However, it plan that requires manpow* trained manpower—to implement and that is something that, acca ing to Mr. F. C. Henderson, a ! official of the P-NG Department Agriculture, the Department not got.

At the time that Mr. Hasluck: making his announcement in 0 berra, Mr. Henderson was gi; evidence before the Arbitrs Court in Port Moresby. Accon to Mr. Henderson, it was noti for new and graduate techu officers of the Dept, to arrive hr Territory, take one look at co: tions under which they were posed to work and live and dea immediately again for Australis: Mr. Henderson gave a dozen: stances of officers who had rece quit the department because ccc tions did not please them. H© timated that the Dept, could J even keep its typists—they left! cause there were better ind; ments outside in private emg ment.

Plans without men to carry tt out are useless. The Territon stiff with plans—all competing the men and materials with wa to put them into effect. We w like to know what Canberra g to do about that —the great fundamental problem: men.

Proposed RSL for P-NG Nath

p. 148

P-NG Nath

AN ex-servicemen’s organise for natives of Papua and .

Guinea was urged by H delegates to the annual Retu Soldiers, Sailo r s and Airr Imperial League congress; Brisbane in late October.

Sponsors of the idea werea R. F. Bunting, MLC, presides? the P-NG branch, and Mr.

Knight, secretary of the branch who attended the ference.

Mr. Knight said that thoui of P-NG native ex-servio proudly wore their camr ribbons but felt that they hadt forgotten by the Europeans..; believed that an ex-servicea organisation of their own * strengthen the ties between and European settlers in j Territory.

Mrs. Myra Harrington

p. 153

4 Tribute

addition to being well known n the Cooks, Mrs. Myra Harring on, whose death was reported in October PIM, will also be re ibered by the thousands of air ellers who have passed through id to and from Rarotonga and eete in recent years. ith her assistants, Mrs. Harring was host to air travellers during r stay ashore on Akaiami islet, Xi’S flying-boat base. a recent Cook Islands news t this tribute was paid to Mrs. •ington; rs. Harrington’s father was i McCulloch, who first landed he Cook Islands at Mangaia i the wrecked ship Saragossa later married Akaiti Wiramu elia Williams). They settled i in Mauke, where Myra was iring his life in the Cook Islands, McCulloch held several Admin tion positions as Resident Agent' several in commercial life as ader. During this period he ned to the sea and was Cap of the Doris Crane, a ship h ran between the Gilbert ds and San Francisco. His last Lon was Resident Agent, Mani where he died.. the age of 7 years, Myra was to the United States, where she fed her Primary school educa- During this time her mother and she returned to the Islands bout 18 months. Subsequently, went to secondary school in Zealand, after which she ed and graduated as a nurse, rning to the Cook Islands she Employed by the local Admin ;ion and was highly regarded ier efficient work as District J in Rarotonga. 1941, she was placed in charge e hospital at Atiu where there 10 CIMP, and in 1942, she was ferred to Aitutaki, where she took charge of the hospital; it was there that she met and ied John Harrington. lugh her mother was widely :d to many prominent families ie Cook Group, including the hem family, Rahui Orometua rukua Cameron, and a host of s. She will be remembered by le circle of friends for her un fed hospitality and her intel conversation, as well as by mothers whose babies she red. is survived by her husband, and five children, John (NZ), (Tereora), Mary, Jimmie and

t Two Americans, Mr. and Mrs.

L. F. Champion, arrived in Auck land in the 37-ft ketch Little Bear on November 7. They left San Francisco in 1949 and have been gradually working their way south and west since then. Their route lay via Panama, Hawaii and Fiji.

Bottin—Pujol Wedding

M. Paul Bottin and his bride, formerly Mile.

Odette Pujol of Vila. Couple journeyed from Noumea to Vila for their wedding on October 22 and returned by "Polynesia" to Noumea.

Photo by Fung Kuei.

Vila Defeats Noumea at Tennis

p. 155

cent matches between tennis teams from ea and Vila, played in Vila, resulted in [?] for Vila, 8 points to 7. [?] two teams which took part are (left [?]ht): M. P. Lutgen (V), Mrs. Jamieson (V),

Mile. Bousquet (N), Mile. B. Briat (V), M.

Chapuis (N), Mme. Morault (N), M. Begaud (N), Mr. 0. Richards (V), M. Berge (N), M. Stein metz (N).

Photo by Fung Kuei.

[?]kel Company

p. 155

modern Installations [?]r Noumea [?]kel Company

'rom Our Noumea Correspondent [E new smelting installations of the Nickel Co. at Noumea, New Caledonia, are well under ley will be carried out in 4 ions. Section one will be the truction of mechanical devices :h will permit the mineral to ;arried directly from the ships’ s to the stocking points, and i there direct to the furnaces, le second section will be in lection with the pre-fusion aration of the ore. Three ;, revolving cylinders of the used in the cement industry be installed. In these cylinders ore will be dried and roasted, le third section is the most >rtant. It will be composed of electric furnaces for ting. Each will consume 10,000 vatts of electricity. These aces will receive the already ed ore direct from the

Iving cylinders.

ie fourth section comprises a ing installation. Electric arc aces and Robert converters rid the ferro nickel from the ting furnaces of sulphur and on impurities. le construction of this installa is well under way and actually be the first section terminated, being pushed ahead as it will ised in conjunction with the ait plant, is hoped to have the four

sections completed in three years, by which time it is anticipated that the new Yate dam and hydro electric scheme, which are being constructed to supply current to the new installations at the smelters, will also be in opera tion.

Ngg Output Sept.-Oct.

pp. 155-156

New guinea goldfields, ltd.. report that in September, the results of their various operations in New Guinea were as follows: From Golden Ridges mill, 1,192 fine oz gold and 1,658 oz of silver. From Golden Ridges alluvials, 79 oz fine gold; Koranga alluvials, 1,050 oz fine gold. From Tributes, 194 oz of fine gold. In the same period the company’s timber mill produced 319,925 super feet of timber.

In October the results were: Golden Ridges mill, 1,317 fine oz gold; 1,782 oz silver; Golden Ridges alluvials, nil; Koranga alluvials, 438 oz fine gold; Tributes, 76 oz fine gold; timber, 277,210 super feet.

t At the annual meeting of the Lautoka Town Council (Fiji) on November 2, a Fijian was elected Deputy Mayor. He is the Rev.

Kolinio Saukuru, and is the first Fijian to hold office as a Councillor and Deputy Mayor under the Local Government (Towms) Ordinance of 1947.

Drastic Comment

p. 156

on Cooks' Copra

ALTHOUGH copra is the largest source of Cook Islands’ income and is capable of expansion at much lower cost than that of citrus production, copra production has been allowed to fall below that of 1930, and “the industry is in a vary bad condition indeed”, states the report of Professor S. Belshaw and Mr. V. D. Stace, the economic experts advising the Cook Islands Administration.

Important reforms are needed, states the report, which lists major defects in the industry and adds that the quality of Cook Islands copra “is among the poorest in the Pacific.”

The report states that copra processing is inefficient, purchasing and marketing are poorly organised, plantations are in poor condition, the collection of nuts is far short of potentialities, storage is bad and the copra regulations have not been enforced.

The report recommends, among many other improvements, that a copra marketing board should be established to deal with marketing, while the Agriculture Department should retain the supervision of production and processing.

The experts urge the encourage ment of co-operative organisations

while allowing traders to nr reasonable, but not excess profits.

The system they propose ii modification of that in fore© various British and other Isle territories where copra boards M a monopoly in buying and seh copra. It does not eliminate If traders, but the report gives a o warning: “Should the reorgani tion prove unsuccessful, the alternative, in view, is a comp official marketing agency.”

Lorry Smash

p. 156

Two Men Killed in Makog Lorry Smash

TWO Fijians suffered fatal juries when a lorry drivem H. E. Harman, Public W foreman at the Fiji Leprosy H pital, Makogai, swerved from road and rolled over the two n Osea Drikidau and Kolinio BoI( Harman was said to be drri at about 15 miles an hour when fainted at the wheel.

At a preliminary inquiry Levuka on October 11, the Msb trate (Ratu Kamisese Mara) fo that there was not enough evid«l to support a case.

If Mrs. Ruth Kempthorne, wifil the Bishop in Polynesia, return© Suva in the Orient liner Orca on November 8.

winnowing Pineapples

pp. 157-159

[?]FUN,

[?] PROFIT IN

winnowing Pineapples [?]r NZ Market

LL reports affirm that there is increasing antagonism of the Administration, at Mangaia, »k Islands. his is based largely on the idling of the island’s economy— it —and what the Mangaians, itly or wrongly, consider to be ninistration—or New Zealand /eminent—connivance at “ex itation” of the pineapple growers the sole New Zealand firm idling the marketing. ’egotiations reached a climax in form of a pineapple strike in tember. This followed a visit by Minister of Island Territories in y, when an assurance was given t the matter in question would investigated. he pineapple dispute centres on it is claimed to be a completely air price, fixed by Fruit Dis utors Ltd. with Government iroval, on the current season’s ?• i 1950-51, growers received a ss payment of 17/4 per lh bushel ?. From this the Administration ucted 3/6 for the case, 6d. for jking, 3d. for inspection, and 7d labour and lighterage in the ling operations at Mangaia— ring 12/6 net to the growers, dw, in 1955, when costs have in ised, the price was to remain un nged at 17/4 gross, but deduc ts now are as follows: case 5/10, iking Bd, inspection 6d, labour [ lighterage 8d and a new local of 3d., making 7/11 in all —and /ing the growers only 9/5 per a he Mangaia loading operations notoriously tricky. The reef is igerous at the best of times, and he weather comes up much fruit / be left behind. Such fruit, or it arriving in New Zealand in r condition, is a loss to the wer—unlike citrus and bananas which all loss is accepted by the /eminent. The growers are de ted 6/- per case for unmarket i fruit arriving in New Zealand, sumably to cover freight and idling charges there, ast April, the Mangaians asked 15/- net. No reply to this de id had been received when the lister arrived in July, and for i and other reasons he was Drded a chilly reception. The lister returned to Wellington and months went by, with the crop reaching the harvest. When tiing had been heard on the sub ■ by September, in response to

further requests, some residents broke the story to the New Zealand press. The response from New Zea land was immediate —a cold and unqualified “No” to the request for any change in price.

The Mangaians thereupon de clared a strike. No ship would be worked. No pineapples would be de livered.

Though it was obvious that it would mean a grievous financial loss, still the people were prepared to face it.

However, by October, when the grimness of the situation was apparent, some of the people were

prepared to listen to a new proposi tion from New Zealand. This was that Fruit Distributors Ltd. would market the pineapples on consign ment for open sale without any guarantee of price. Under this scheme the growers still might lose —or they might, if the fruit arrived in good condition, do considerably better than even the 15/- net. With this offer, however, came the in timation that the Matua would call at the island on her November Cooks trip, only if a guarantee of 10,000 cases were on hand for ship ment.

Debate on this was continuing

e in October but it seemed that h belts already tight on the md, the Matua opportunity would accepted. Much will depend on I results of that transaction.

'ruit Distributors Ltd., the Well ton organisation handling Cook aids fruit, is a company formed all the fruit auctioneers in New land. There is a New Zealand Fernment representative on the rd of management, and the Min r of Island Territories represents [ growers in the annual price otiations. s a marketing system, it is gener [ more satisfactory than the ner system of many individual ipers and importers, but the lister of Island Territories seems jly the best person to represent producers, even though the pie have no choice as regards ■seas markets.

ngaia Goes a “Feudin”

p. 159

YHEM OR BASKETBALL?

)WIN GOLD reports some tension on the playing fields of Mangaia, Cook Islands: le prophesied outcome of the oduction of basketball here has e to pass. Critics said that the e could only create bitter inter ge rivalry and not the sporting it of clean competition expected, i has proved only too correct, was the ambition of the Cliff ige team to beat the Tavaenga ch) team for the Mangaia » donated by our Resident it. The decision of the admini tor to let a tie remain the sive game, and place both is’ names on the Cup, is worse i unpopular. However, there is no doubt it was a wise move, urther games must have ended i free-fight, so bitter was the

•village rivalry.

ingaians are an isolated people, still retain much of the bitter mg of pre-Missionary tribal With them, games are tribal les, and triumph ostentatious unseemly. It does not anpear this outlook will be altered another century at least, mce, the RA’s decision to hold prize play at a draw; but )ugh this assures honour to teams, the inlanders have rmined not to play any further es at all—i.e., have abandoned sport. lis dismal end has come to all sh sports introduced here. : Islanders are bad losers and ?ant winners, and the sooner * facts of Cl life are faced, better for all concerned. 10th polio victim was admitted ospital in Suva in November, case was a 2-years-old Fijian from Samabula, near Suva.

Problem of

p. 159

Housing is Main Problem of Islanders in NZ

Unscrupulous landlords who allowed Islanders to crowd into small, old houses were respon sible for much of the trouble over Islanders’ health and housing problems in the Auckland area, said the Newmarket sanitary inspector (Mr. D. J. Lyons) on October 20.

Local bodies in New Zealand should have more control over the question of where Islanders live, he added.

Two Islands children had died from infectious diseases in over crowded conditions, said Mr. Lyons, who commended the Dominion Gov ernment’s move to restrict the entry of Pacific Islanders unless they have arranged for adequate accommodation.

There are 1,625 Islanders, includ ing 576 children, in the Auckland City area alone.

On October 25 the owner of a five-roomed Newmarket house, with a floor area of 900 sq. ft, was con victed and fined £l5 for permitting the building to be so overcrowded as to be dangerous to the health of its occupants. It was stated that six adult Rarotongans and eight children were living in the house. t There are now 118 Credit Unions with a total membership of 14,521 in Fiji. Savings total £50,085 and loans totalling £92,000 have been made.

Fiji Bowling Trophy

p. 159

The handsome shield shown above has been presented to the Suva Bowling Club by Mr.

M. M. Brodie, Vice-Patron of the Club, and for many years a very generous supporter.

Underneath the name "Malcolm Brodie", on a silver scroll, is a miniature half bowl, and in the centre are the figures of six bowlers standing around the mat. Twenty-five silver shields are provided to carry the names of the winners each year. The inscription reads, "Presented to the Suva Bowling Club for Rinks Championship competition between clubs affiliated with the Fiji Bowling Association".

Phenomenal Prices

p. 160

for Pacific SA

A FEW years ago, when the anese re-entered the shell ing business, there were prc tions that the shell market wk be ruined from the point of of Islands producers. Japanese ] cutting was feared.

This has not been so and pq now are fantastically high, cerhd higher than at any time sinces fore the war.

One parcel of New Guinea troo changed hands recently for a ] in the vicinity of £ASOO per toi< store, Sydney. Supplies of troo are very short.

The announcement by the * Islands Administration that M/ hiki lagoon would be closed ft rest period of one year, and sibly longer, caused a sudden demand for what was describes the last pearl-shell consignmen come out of the lagoon. There reports in Sydney that this pc of black-lip mother-of-pearl chat hands at £ABOO per ton, c.i.f. Syc Manihiki will close on Deceie 31, so undoubtedly there will, a little more shell to come there. There will be keen msj interest in Penrhyn lagoon now.; question is whether the shell! prove clean, in the main, or whej there will be much wormy shes might be expected after a period of little diving. The Penc exporters will be well advisee closely watch the quality of shipments, grading if neces especially in the early stages, ot< wise the reputation of this lac may be established as unfavotu in comparison with Manihiki, There should be plenty ofl centive for a well sumption of diving operationr Suwarrow lagoon, to deten whether MOP is available then payable quantities. With the isj at present uninhabited it is posi for Japanese poachers to slip i that navigable lagoon.

Cook Islands law permits only ' Islanders, or Europeans resides the Cook Islands, to hold ot( diving licenses. The lagoons e divided into areas, and licenses? allocated on a yearly basis tm different areas, some of which j be closed for rest periods. Tht the first time that the entire W. hiki lagoon has been declared ca since the war. It has been a $ mine to the Cooks economy. fi The High Commissioner fom Western Pacific, Mr. J. G£ accompanied by Mrs. Gutch anr ADC, Captain W. Curtis, Honiara, BSIP. in the MV KtZ on October 25 for a visit to Gisi the Western Solomons, Mundae the Russell Islands.

Chocolate Manufac

p. 161

turers Tour NG

r[REE representatives of Cad bury-Fry-Pascall Pty., Ltd., I toured cocoa-growing areas in few Guinea in October, i They were cocoa expert D. H. rquhart, Mr. S. L. Hale and the ompany’s chairman of directors, It. J. P. D. Lloyd.

On their return to Tasmania, [r. Lloyd said that some of the Koa grown in the Gazelle Penin ila area of New Britain was of rcellent quality—although some Beded improvement. He said that ; many plantations were just ining into bearing there it was kportant to improve the average lality of the product so that New uinea would build a reputation r good quality cocoa.

He said that fixed standards of lality for NG cocoa should be arked out as in other producing untries.

His party was impressed with the peral enthusiasm shown in cocoa fitters in the Territory, by the ird work being done by the P-NG [partment of Agriculture and by e way in which the natives were ing encouraged to plant and pro ice their cocoa along the correct las.

Correct fermentation was the crucial aspect of cocoa preparation so far as the manufacturer was concerned and NG was having its difficulties in this direction, just as did other producing countries.

Cadbury’s were always willing lo examine samples of cocoa and give an opinion.

Improvements to Bananas,

p. 161

Cocoa and Sugar

WEST Indies experts are seeking to produce better bananas, cocoa and sugar.

Banana research is designed to produce suitable export varieties which are resistant to fungus diseases. The susceptible high quality cultivated trees are being crossed with disease-resistant wild varieties.

Chocolate flavour in cocoa beans depends on a fermentation process.

The problem of the changes during fermentation is being studied by a bio-chemist.

The use of sugar by-products is another big question. A new cheap process has been developed by making fructose, which is much cheaper than common sugar and can be safely eaten by diabetics.

Patrolling In Papua-Ng

p. 161

IMPORTANT patrols are still going on in remoter areas of Papua-New Guinea.

Recently, in the Kainantu sub district, Eastern Highlands, an extensive patrol to the Lamari river was concluded by ADO H, W. West and Patrol Officer John Colman.

This patrol took over eight weeks, and was through uncontrolled areas. Two main tributaries of the Lamari and Vialala rivers were discovered. The people who live in this area had never previously been contacted.

The N-NG Patrol Officer at Kiunga, Mr. Jack Baker, in October ended a 71-day patrol into the rugged Awin area of the Western District (Papua).

The area he patrolled lies to the north of Kiunga, which itself is only a few miles from the Dutch border and about 500 miles up the Fly River. t Dudley Church, Suva, the central church of the Indian Methodist Church in Fiji, celebrated its 21st anniversary on November 6. The church is named after Miss Hannah Dudley, who was appointed 58 years ago to work among the Indians in Fiji.

Can Understand

p. 162

“Even a Ratepayer Can Understand Suva Finances Now”

SUVA’S former Mayor, Mr. D. M. N.

McFarlane, had done good work in putting the city’s affairs in order, and this process had been continued by Mr. A. D. Leys in his first term as Mayor, said a retiring Councillor, Mr. W. G. Johnson, at a Council meeting in October.

Mr. Johnson added that nowadays the Council’s financial situation was stated so clearly every month that “even a ratepayer is able to under stand it.”

Besides being managing-director of W. R. Carpenter and Co. (Fiji) Ltd., Mr. Johnson is a member of the Legislative Council and chair man of the Suva Chamber of Com merce. He has been a City Coun cillor for several years.

First Fijian member of the Suva City Council is Ratu Anare Rai walui, a Government nominee appointed to succeed Mr. R. A.

Derrick.

The appointment has been warmly approved by those who have long urged that the Suva Fijians, who include an increasing number of ratepayers, should be brought more closely into touch with civic life.

The new member, who is still a

young man, is well known as o ductor of the famous Centen Church Choir. His book of Fii idioms, Na i Vosavosa e So, published last year by the Ojo University Press for the So.

Pacific Commission’s Literati Bureau.

G&E Co-op. Conferein

p. 162

EIGHTEEN Co-operative Sociea managers and five other s members met in conference: Tarawa recently, to discuss operative affairs and to underg three weeks training course.

The conference was opened! the Acting Resident Commissioo Mr. F. N. Pusinelli, MC, the I ceedings being recorded and II broadcast by the local rr station.

The training course wb followed the opening inclu lectures on such subjects as operative history, principles present-day practice, co-operas and Colony law. Films and strips supplied by the South Pa* Commission formed an interesa and useful part of the course..

Native co-operatives are probe better established in the Gill and Ellice Islands Colony than any other Pacific area, thco actual trade involved would equal that of the rapidly expamj New Guinea co-operative socies

Fijians Throng to Seamanship Classes

p. 163

Seamanship Classes

HO the end of 1954, 199 students — f 183 Fijians and 16 Europeans— f had passed through the Re tbilitation Nautical Classes con- Icted by Captain J. Mullins, at Eva, states the annual report of ie Fiji Rehabilitation Board. The jpularity of these classes was un feted.

Doans approved by the Board nee 1945, totalled £326,554; 40,713 had been repaid together fell £24,497 interest. Houses built [bought with rehabilitation funds Bnbered 174.

During 1954, 407 applications for lancial assistance were received, [which 309 were approved and 45 her withdrawn or deferred. Nearly If the total consisted of the free ue of agricultural tools for Fijian idiers returned from Malaya.

Hie report states that applica ns, mainly from Fijian ex-service m. for admission to the Nautical asses showed no sign of diminish and further expenditure from Dlic funds on this popular form of nabilitation was well justified, lere appeared to be a constant de md by local employers for trained imen who passed the subsequent lard of Trade examinations.

New Caledonia Needs

p. 163

More Police

AS in Australia and New Zealand, the New Caledonia police department is having trouble in keeping up its establish ments to full strength.

Our correspondent reports that the normal strength has in the past been about 70 men, but that this is now quite inadequate. The hydro-electric centre of Yate, where a big dam project is under way, will soon have a population of 600 to 800 persons, and various nickel mining centres of population are also increasing rapidly.

There is also an urgent need for a mobile police establishment to control road traffic.

The problem is at present receiving the attention of the Metropolitan government in Paris.

Saunders-Blumer Wedding

p. 163

Mr. Peter F. V. Saunders, of Kavieng, New Guinea, married Miss Anne Blumer, of Eastwood, Sydney, at King’s School Chapel, Parra matta, on November 9. They will leave for Kavieng by air on November 26, after a short holiday on the Blue Mountains, NSW. New Guinea people at the wedding included Mrs. F. V. Saunders (mother of the bridegroom), Mr. and Mrs. Tony Edgell (Pak Plantation, Manus), and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schultz (late of Kavieng, now of Goulburn, NSW).

Contract Signed For

p. 164

SANTO WHARF

THE New Hebrides Joint Admr stration signed a contract; September 12 with the Fres firm Societe Nationale des Traw Publics, for the construction oc new wharf at Santo. Work commence next March.

The new wharf will cost estimated £Stg.4oo,ooo, and calls i the demolition of the existing I No. 3 and its replacement by a • ft wharf, the main supports which will be 18 steel caissons fir: with coral rubble. The west: end of this structure will join remaining arm of the prej; wharf, and the eastern end terminate in a stone-faced embaa ment which will curve back: shore at an angle of 60 degi forming a breakwater and deflector. The approaches will' dredged to a minimum 30 ft des Mooring dolphins will be driven; each end of the wharf. The wl 1 deck will be of reinforced cones 80 ft wide, and will be about above high water level. The t range is about 5 ft.

The area enclosed by the wharf, its approaches, and the; wharf, will be filled in. The I includes a copra store of a! 12,500 square feet, and four oc cargo sheds totalling about 10 square feet, located at approaches to the wharf.

The contractors have recea been engaged on big jobs in !

Zealand and Australia.

Fiji-lndian and Family G[?]

p. 164

to England

A FIJI-BORN Indian, aged! who was married at Mao Queensland, in 1953 and subsequently deported, returned; Australia in September authority to land for transhipn to the United Kingdom, postponed his sailing from Syo 1 in order to visit his wifee Mackay, and in Goober charged at Mackay with beim

prohibited migrant.

The man, whose name was ga as Jhoney Sharman (also km as Ram Prasad), was cleareo the charge after legal argunr and is to go to England withr wife and a child whom he hadE seen until his return to Macks t Mr. W. G. Bryce, Solicitor-O eral of Fiji, who has been ao as Attorney-General, has acces a transfer on promotion to post of Attorney-General. Gibras It is expected he will leave Fi;i December to take up his new pq

Index to Advertisers

p. 165

E.l 27 [ & R. Ltd. . . 40 Iba Co 5

M.L. & F. . . 135

ita-Vite . . . 109 luminium Ltd. . 92 hetco Pty. Ltd. 105 Haig. Dairies . 146 & N.Z. Bank . 120 instrong & Sp. 118 nott, Wm. . .132 pro 74 Btralian Cotton 47 hk of NSW . . 45 pk of NZ . , . 148 Ihell, Gwyn . . 3 eri, 0. . . . 133 |xland-Rae ... 99 pidell-Spence . 28 fthwicks . . .145 idford Mills . 38 ybon Bros. . . 26 ickwoldt ... 61 •den, W. S. . . 52 Stol Myers . . 37 ladway Motors . 3 inton & Co. . 142 ige Pty. ... 106 iting, A. H. . 93 [ 85, 87, 108, 115 Bricorn Charters 97 penter Ltd. . 96 ysler ... 8 gate . . . . 114 man's Mustard 145 >nial Meat . . 112 yer W's'n. 66, 150 ke Bros. . .141 al Co. . . . 49 mmond Co. . 140 ndall, A. H. . 159 tex ... 129 gar, G. &M. 100, 161 is, S. W. . . 99 aid Ltd. ... 70 glass, W. C. . 63 lop Rubber . . 39 Donald ... 94 ready ... 86 er, Wm. . . 137 Society . . . 61 ke & Hiedecke 158 ate Rum . .105 iner Eng. . . 98 ett, D. & M. 162 ick Hotel . . 6 ey, W. & A. . 69 sspie Bros. . . 94 sspie, R. . . i, i, 62, 110, 153 ftte Ltd. . . 36 lon's Gin . . 87 lame Books . 23 H. (Suva) . . 7 e Ltd. . 44, 157 orsen, B. . . 55 orsen Sons . 53 pton Court . 151 lie & Spear . 97 Iman Hall . 149 ey Trinder . 130 's Agencies . 74 ings Diesels . 64 Jby Ltd. . . 67 rooks Ltd. . 129 vood Bros. . 43 sia Co. . . . 44 I R. ... 155 st Co. . . 152 42 ndustries . .111 ransport . .101 son's Wax . 126 4 iedy, Capt. . 101

Kerr Bros. ... 122 Kiwi Polish ... 90 Kodak . . . .125 Kopsen & Co. . . 54 Lillis & Co. ... 88 MacQuarie Boundy . . .136 Mac. Robertson's . 75 Madang Slipways 10 Marine Spares . 55 McCallum's ... 95 Mcllrath's ... 29 McNiven Bros. . . 46 Mears Earphone . 147 Meggitt Ltd. . . 66 Mendaco . . . .137 Millers Ltd. ... 40 M. H. Ltd. . 22, 41 Morgan Vernex . 57 Mungo Scott . .117 National In. Co. 102 N. & R. . . 51, 119 Needham & Co. . 58 Nestle's ... 76 NG Aust. line . . ii Nile Products . . 68 Nixoderm . . . 152 Oliver ... 104 Pacific Cons'l'd. 69 P. I. Line ... 2 Papuan Prints . 147 Picaninnq Wax . 138 Qld. Insurance . 7 Qld. Milling . . 90 Ransomes Co. . . 35 Refrig. Inst. Co. . 70 Riverstone Co. . 116 Rohu, Sil . . .65 Rozema Bros. . . 56 Royal Interocean . 5 Sails & Covers . 51 Seppelt & Son . 128 Seward Ltd. . . 133 Shaw Savill ... 1 Shell Co 107 Shri Vivekananda 158 Sleepmakers Ltd. 103 Smith Sons & Rees 48 Spruso Co. . . . 24

S.T.C. Co. . . . 73

Stapleton, J. . . 103 Stewarts-Lloyds . 58 S. P. Brewery . 35 Sthn. Pac. Ins. . 151 Sullivan Ltd. . . 33, 89, 106 Suva Motors . . 113 Tait, W. S. ... 142 Taylor & Co. . . 57 Thornburgh College ... 48 Thornycroft Co. . 52 Tilley Lamps . . 91 Ti I lock & Co. . 156 Tongala Milk 154 Tongan Photos 93 Tooheys Ltd. . . 60 Tooth & Co. . . 65 Turners Supply . t>2 Tyneside Eng. . . 71 Vacuum Oil . . 124 Vincent Bros. . 50 Ventura . . 43, 162 Vi-Stim ... 149 Vincent's APC . . 25 Warnock . . 110 Warringah Marine 159 Westfield Meats . 30 Wilhelmsen, W. , 2 White Rose ... 122 Wills Ltd. ... 72 Wilson, F. E. . . 47 Wrigley's ... 59 Wunderlich Co. . 123 Yorkshire Ins. . . 73

Islands Produce

p. 166

L Cn An:tr“.l^ W i 5 0 %etc‘ y ed 'AST a £ approximately 16/- Stg., NZ, or W.

Samoa; 18/- Fiji; 30/- Tonga, Solomons & WPHC areas; 140 Pac. Francs; $U52.23.)

COPRA

Price negotiated between British Ministry of Food and British South Pacific Territories for 1955 is £Stg.6s, FOB main ports—a reduction of 7.14% on the 1054 price. Stabilisation funds and other charges reduce the actual prices to pro ducers to those given below, per ton:

PAPUA - NEW GUINEA:—Hot Air

£69/15/-; FM (Sun) £69; Smoked £66/15/-.

FlJl;—Plantation £F63/5/6; FM £F63; moister grades to £FS9/15/- minimum.

W. SAMOA:— £S42/6/-, £B4l/18/-, and £S4I/12/- tor the three gradings in use.

E. SAMOA:—Adjusted with free-market fluctuations. Currently $88.60 (£ A4O approx.) per long ton. Periodic bonus if average proceeds exceed Government buy ing price.

SOLOMONS:—Honiara / Gizo: Hot Air £ A6B/10/-; Mixed HA/FM £ A 64; FM £AS9/10/-; Yandina; 5/- higher.

NEW HEBRIDES:—Nov. 1: Merchants paying 6,150 Pac. francs (£A43/1/-) de livered Vila/Santo.

FRENCH OCEANIA:—Latest quotation 7.00 Pac. francs per kilo (£A49/5/approx., per long ton) delivered in bulk, Papeete, for top grade.

TONGA;—£AS9 and £AS3 per ton for the two gradings in use.

COOK IS.:—Growers receive £Stg.37 to £Stg.3o depending on quality and freight rates from particular island to Rarotonga.

COCOA:—lslands prices are based on the rate for Accra cocoa which, on Nov. 7, was £Stg.2s6/5/- f.o.b. p.-N.G.: £A3IS. delivered Sydney.

W. SAMOA; Nov. 4: £Stg.26o, f.o.b.

Apia.

COFFEE:—P.-N.G.: Top grades 5/3 lb.

PEANUTS: —P.-N.G.: Market only for Virginia Bunch, in shell, large, well cleaned, 1/4 per lb. delivered Sydney.

RUBBER:—P.-N.G. price is based on Singapore, which quoted Nov. 4, No. 1 RSS, spot 107 Vz cents (30.3 d Aust.).

VANILLA BEANS: Victor Karp, Tuik & Co.. Sydney, quoted Nov. 7. Buying price, c.i.f. Sydney, Tahiti White and Yellow label, processed, standard packs, 45/3, Green, 43/-.

RICE (Australian):—Price adjusted May 1 each year. P.-N.G.: Dry brown and dressed £65 per ton, f.o.b. To other Territories £7B per ton, f.o.b.

PEARL SHELL.—Prices fixed between Torres Strait producers and Otto Gerdau

Co. (USA) for 1955: Sound grades, £A* D, £A39O; E, £A3OO; EE. £A225, , f.o.b. Australian port. Manihiki: Lag. closing throughout 1956. Last shipm £ ABOO c.i.f. Sydney. Divers transfer! to Penrhyn. Tuamotu; £A725, long on beach, or £A1,015 f.o.b. Papeete. .

TROCHUS:—Nov. 7. in store Sydfc subject to rejects. P.-N.G. to £490. .

New Caledonia: 52,000 Pac. francs < metric ton (£A37O approx.) in s Noumea. Season closed Oct. 31.

GREEN SNAIL:—P.-N.G., in s

Sydney, to £420, subject to rejects.

LONDON AND U.S. PRICES

Copra:—London. Nov. 3: Straits, o £Stg.6s Philippines SUSI 77, del. wei|i Cont. Ports; N. Hebrides, afloat, OctJ 69,250 Metro. francs per long ( £ AB9/6/-).

Cocoa: —London, Oct. 14: Gold CC new season, Nov.-Jan. delivery, c.i.f. T £Stg.27o per long ton; New York, 6 33% cents; Futures: Dec. 32.06; Mar. 32.55; May. 32.69 cents lb.

Coffee:—London, Oct. 14: Uganda nr robusta, unwashed, f.a.q., prompt del;! £Stg.292/10-. Nov.-Dec. £Stg.3Bl fl Santos, £Stg.49l/10/- in bond, Londo Trochus:—London, Oct. 14: Singaf early delivery, £Stg.49s; Singan Macassar, £Stg.46s c.i.f.

Greensnail: Singapore £Stg.36o c.t Rubber;—London, Nov. 4: Spot, bic 32%d Stg.; Apr.-June, 1956, 31%d; 32V4d c.i.f.

Islands Mining Shai

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FIJI

Aug..1939 July, ’54 No Emperor . • b9/ll bl7/9 sl*J Loloma . . .

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Bulolo . . . bl24/s60/b4* N.G.G. Ltd. . bl/10 bl/HVa s2,S Oil Search .

S3/11 b32/s7J Ent. of N.G. . s2,£ Oriomo Oil . b5/- S15/6 s4,l Papuan Apln, , b4/ll b7/2 s3,f Placer Dev. . b68/6 b260/s3*{ Sandy Creek . bl/5 s6d s2S

Exchange Rates

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FIJI. —Through BANK OF NSW,

BANK and BANK OF NZ. Australia on basis £lOO FIJI; Buying. £Alll/2/6; S»i £ All 3. Fiji-London, basis £lOO Lob B. £llO/12/6; S. £ll2. NZ-Fljl, basis?

NZ: B. £lll/11/9; S. £llO/4/3.

SAMOA.—Through BANK OF NZ.

tralia on Samoa, basis £lOO Stl

B. £ A123/12/6; S. £AI24/10/9. Sti

London, basis £lOO London: B. £lOO S. £lOl/10/-. Samoa-NZ, basis £ 10<C B. £100; S. £lOO/10/-. Samoa-Fiji,, £lOO Samoa: B. £111; S. £llO.

PAPUA - NG.—COMMONWEALTH 1

(Port Moresby, Lae, Rabaul, Kae Madang), BANK OF NSW (branches Moresby, Lae, Bulolo, Rabaul. Ms] Samarai, Goroka: agencies: Wau, B 3 Kokopo) and ANZ BANK (Port Moo quote exchange rate Australia-Papuu 10/- per £lOO.

BSI.—COMMONWEALTH BANK (W

at Honiara) quotes exchange rates tralia-BSI: 10/- per £lOO.

FR. PACIFIC COLONIES.—Pacific £

most valuable of the three franc j in French Union, are used in New v donia, New Hebrides, and Fr. Oo< FRENCH BANK (Comptolr N«1 D’Escompte de Paris) in Sydney <p Selling 140 Pac. fr. to £Aust.: 18M fr. to £Stg.; 63 Pac. fr. to US $.

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Incorporated in the Netherlands as KJCPL, NV. 255 George St., Sydney. Phone: BU 6771

PUBLICATIONS OF

PACIFIC ISLANDS

INTEREST

Pacific Islands Year Book. —Seventh Edition (1956) now being prepared. Publication: January, 1956. Price, 35 - (plus 1/6 posted within British Empire; 3/- Foreign) or $4.50 US (Including Postage).

Handbook of Papua and New Guinea. —Complete Compendium of Data relating to the Dual Territory. 320 pages. Includes Directory of all European residents, and of the leading Chinese residents; and full List of all Companies and Trading Firms.

Price, 15/- (plus 1/- posted) or $2.00 US.

Hands Off Pidgin English!—A defence of the “Commercial Lingua Franca” of New Guinea, and a Plea for its Official Use and Control; by Professor Robert A. Hall, of Cornell University, USA. Describes the Character and Value of Pidgin. Price 15/- (plus 1/- posted) or $2.00 US.

Pacific Islands Monthly.—The well known News-Review of the South Pacific Islands, now in its 26th Year of Publication. “The most readable News-Magazine published South of the Line.” Per annum, 24/-; French Pacific Territories, 27/-; United States, $3.50 US.

Quotations in Australian Currency.

Any of the above Publications may be obtained through Established Booksellers and Islands Stores, or directly from

PACIFIC PUBLICATIONS

PTY. LTD.

Technipress House,

27-29 Alberta Street,

SYDNEY.

Tel.: MA 9197, 9198. (Ten yards from Intersection of Goulburn Street and Wentworth Avenue.)

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OTHER SOUTH SEA ISLANDS

Burns Philp (South Sea) Co. Ltd.

Also to any of the Company’s Offices in Australia or N.Z.

LATE NEWS

Bougainville Planters’ Association 1 ship “Polurrian” within four days in mid-November pulled two small vessels off a reef in north-east Bougainville. They were the Administration trawler “Nivani” and a trading vessel, “Horn’’, owned by Mr. Wong You, a merchant of Buka Passage. “Nivani” had gone to the aid of “Horn” which was on the reef, and got into difficulties herself.

“Polurrian” sailed 35 miles to their assistance. Neither small vessel was badly damaged.

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wing PACIFIC ISLANDS:

Australian Territories: Papua. ; Norfolk Is. Cocos Is. lAnst. Trust Territories: New Guinea. Nauru British Crown Colonies: Fiji Gilbert & Ellice. fetish Protectorate: Solomon Is. fcitish Protected State; Tonga. ff.Z. Territories: Cook Is. Niue.

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Business Manager:

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|.P.O. BOX 3408, SYDNEY.

pered Address for Telegrams, Igrams. and Cables: “Pacpub ”

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A Product of Pacific Publications Pty. Ltd., Technipress

House, 29 Alberta Street, Sydney. (29 Alberta Street Is 10 yards from the Intersection of Gonlbnrn Street and Wentworth Avenue.)

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Marine Repairs

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★ We can handle all classes of Marine and General Engineering work, including oxy and arc welding, metal spraying, fitting and turning.

Our slip is certified to cater for all vessels up to 450 tons and is under supervision of a certified marine arcchitect.

We also cater for all building contract work. * * w m IrS 411 ton M.V. "MEKLONG" on slip Particulars on request.

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P.O. Box 47, MADANG, T.N.G.,

A Further Stage in the

Cold War

On July 22, the "Summit Conference" of the heads of the world's four Great Powers (Britain, United States, France Russia) ended in Geneva.

On July 23, practically every newspaper in the world carried enthusiastic banner headlines, describing "the end of the Cold War," and an orgy of back-slapping at Geneva by the four Summit" gentlemen Eden, Eisenhower, Faure and Bulganin On July 24, after having spent a week close to the "Summit", and studied every newspaper I could see m London, I wrote a summary for the PIM, where I argued that, as West and East were still hopelessly split on the subject of the unification of Germany the conference had been a waste of time. I concluded; "Except that it brought the world's four leaders together in an atmosphere of great conviviality, the Geneva Summit Conference achieved nothing "

That was published in the PIM in August.

On November 9, all newspapers and news agencies carry the statement that as the Geneva Conference of Foreign Ministers (arranged by the Summiteers • n July) is now deadlocked on the guestion of German unification, the Geneva Summit Conference in July was of no use at all.

On this date (November 9, 1955) it would appear that the Cold War (the attempt by the Moscow dictators to force International Communism upon the world) will go on.—R.W.R.

What Every Young Patrol Officer Should Know

Artis t Bill Gill thinks that this practical course should be added to the curricu Australian school of Pacific Administration next yeat.

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Morris Hedstrom Limited

Head Office: SUVA, FIJI :: Established 1868

General Merchants, Importers and Exporters,

Shipowners, Plantation Owners,

Commission and Insurance Agents

BX 2678

SERVICE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND:

Through our Large Establishments in Suva and our Numerous Branche we distribute a wide and comprehensive range of General Merchandw and provide almost every kind of service. Our departments air associated businesses include:

DRAPERY

MOTOR SALES

AND SERVICE

TOBACCO

TIMBER AND HARDWARE

BUILDING ELECTRIC/^

GROCERY LIQUORS

CONFECTIONERY DRUGS

Branches Throughout Fiji, Samoa and Tong ♦ 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 and 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 & 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 Bank Buildings, 73 Cheapside, LONDON, E.C.2

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iood Books for Boys and Girls

IE RIVER OF ADVENTURE, by Enid Blyton A new Enid Blyton book is a major event in the junior world and this one is well up to standard. The adventures of Jack, Philip, Dinah and Lucy-Ann make exciting reading. 14/3 plus lid postage.

IE OPEN GATE, by Kate Seredy

Another of Kate Seredy’s beautiful books—this time about the Preston family who find themselves the unwitting owners of a farm. The story is full of interest and the illustrations are excellent. 10/9 plus lid postage.

)SINA COPPER, by Kitty Barne

This is the true story of a beautiful copper coloured pony and the people who befriended her, bringing her from a half starved, riding school hack to a prize winning mare. 12/- plus lid postage.

GGLES' CHINESE PUZZLE, by Capt. W. E. Johns Here again is the redoubtable Biggies. This is the latest collection of these popular adventure stories Well illustrated. 9/6 plus 9d postage.

OUTCAST, by Rosemary Sutcliffe

A magnificent historical novel, telling of the adventures of Beric. a Roman boy in Britain. The setting of the story Britain in Roman times is brilliantly reconstructed and rings true from the first page. 13/3 plus 1/1 postage.

ANIMAL LEGENDS, by Maurice Burton

A fascinating book about animals and their behaviour.

Dr. Burton presents his facts in a most entertaining way, and leaves his reader to form his own opinion regarding the curiosities and wonders of the animal kingdom. 22/6 plus 9d postage.

ALL DAY LONG—An Anthology of Poetry for

Children. Compiled by Pamela Whitlock.

All the poems in this attractive book will have a strong appeal to children. The book should be a treasured addition to a child’s library. 26/- plus 1/1 postage. these books would make admirable filling in a Christmas stocking. For further suggestions, we will r ward our Christmas catalogue or complete Children’s Book list on applications. For all your book requirements, write to —

GRAHAME BOOK COMPANY PTY. LTD.

39 - 49 MARTIN PLACE, SYDNEY.

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M. Rene Guy de Galliande and formerly Mile. Christiane Baysset, of photographed after their wedding New Hebrides, on September 26.

Photo by R

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*l/0 up Hair

pnuee up on

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SPRUSO LIQUID, SPRUSO LIQUIDSHEEN, and SPRUSO

CRYSTALLISED SHEEN.

SPRUSO is the best selling Hairdressing in Australia TRADERS', write lor samples.

SPRUSO COMPANY, Redfern, New South Wales, Australia.

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Vince

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The famous prescription of genuine Vincent's a.p.c has stood the test of over 30 years’ experience as a safe and effective treatment for Headache and all nerve and muscular pain!

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Quality Diesel Sets

1\ Kw. Dual Purpose

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This Braybon electric start unit is designer to satisfy the needs of those requiring single plant for supplying 240 volt AA power for domestic appliances and electnJ motors for pumping units, saw benches, etd up to 1 HP and at the same time chargiii 32 volt batteries for domestic lighting, whidj eliminates the necessity of running a plae during the evening for only a few lights.

PRICE: £395/0/0 F. 0.8. Sydn©

We Manufacture Plants from 1 KVA to 60 KVA: Your Engine fitted if Preferred t

H KVA 240 VOLT A.C.

or 110 VOLT A.C. SET

This low priced economical to operate 1,500 watt A.C. diesel plant will power 25-60 watt lamps and operate movie projectors, irons, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, etc.

Also pumping machines, electric drills and workshop equipment with motors not exceeding 1/3 HP.

Available as electric remote start/stop if required.

Price: £267/10/0 F. 0.8. Sydney li KVA Set

BRAYBON BROS. PTY. LTD.

27-33 WASHINGTON STREET, SYDNEY

Cables; “Braybonian”, Sydney.

Write for further particulars on the “All Australian Plants”

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ttotpaint

You want

GOOD VALUE

you want a

GOOD WASHER

then

ttotpaint

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tyyipoi For complete satisfaction through a lifetime of use, buy Hotpoint—thorough yet gentle in its action; actually gentler than hand washing. Economical to buy and to own, costs only 84 gns. and NO costly servicing afterwards. Choose from 6 different models including the Standard, "the Heat-a-wash" the Petrol-Driven model, and the De-Luxe English model Manufactured and guaranteed by

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Formerly known as Australian General Electric Pty. Ltd.

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Here’s the paint for people who value their time. Goes on with the greatest of ease. Stays looking beautiful —for years and years. Perfect for plaster, wallboards, bricks, cement. Inside or outside, paint with Pammastic.

Obtainable from your local storekeeper, or write for details and colour cards to

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Mcilrath's

ALWAYS SEND YOUR GROCERY ORDERS TO

SYDNEY S Leading Grocers for Qualify, Price and Service Mcllrath’s Celebrated “Yoga” Brand

FIRST GRADE CEYLON TEA 7/1 lb.

(Export Levy Now Discontinued)

AUSTRALIAN I.A. SUGAR, 70 lb.

’ Single Bags, 43/6 per Bag; 70 lb.

Double Bags, 45/6 per Bag; 35 lb. tins 24/- ea. (Tins Extra, 7/6 ea.)

‘Bmntons” ROYAL PLAIN FLOUR,

50 lb. Bags, 20/6 each. 150 lb.

Sacks, 54/- each. 25 lb Tins .. .. 11/3 ea. (Tins Extra, 7/6 ea.) Mcllrath’s “Rosa” Brand SELF RAISING FLOUR, 2 lb. Cartons, 18/6 doz. 4 lb Cartons, 36/- doz. 25 lb Bags, 17/6 each. 25 lb. Tins 17/6 ea. (Tins Extra, 7/6 ea.)

SEST BEEF DRIPPING, 1 lb.

tins, 23/6 doz. Case lots of 4 doz. 22/6 doz. 71/6 doz.

“1.X.L.” BEST ASSORTED JAMS,

8 oz. tins, Cartons of 4 doz.- 14/3 d° z - 24 oz - tins ’ Cartons of 3 doz. 29/- doz.

“Meadowlea” TABLE MARGARINE 2 lb tins ’

Mcllrath’s “Rosa” Brand PURE HOUSEHOLD SOAP, 24 oz bars, 22/6 doz. Cartons of 3 doz 21/6 doz “Crown” Brand MIXED SOAP, Cases each 50 x 2 lb. bars per case, 95/-. 5 Case lots 92/6 Case

“Laurel” LIGHTING KEROSENE,

4 Gal. Drums, 16/3 per Drum. 44 Gal Drum 2/6 per Gal. (Drum Extra, 40/- each)

AUSTRALIAN WHITE POLISHED

RICE, 56 lb. Bags £73/10/- per ton

AUSTRALIAN DRIED BROWN RICE,

112 lb. Bags £6B/-/- per ton /9 fI Mr ra bottle f Also b [eadi o ne t! together with fading brands of Australian Wines priced from *rice P s U A 1 leadmg brands of Scotch Whisky, Rum. Gin. Brandy. Liqueurs available at competitive in Bond U » rd ’ v, La J in £ ash ’ L t ymg Pellets - Potatoes and Onions at lowest rates resh Vegetables, Fresh Fruit, Eggs. Cheese for shipment as refrigerator cargo ill Prices f.o.b. Sydney and Subject to Stocks and Market Fluctuations. [ revised issue of our “Suggested Order List” now available and will be airmailed on request Fresh Meats, Fresh Butter, Mfll PAiy C DTV ITh 202 Pltt Sydney, Australia 11l «# ■ 111 LI !#• Cable Address “Rotunda”, Sydney.

Look for this

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SALISBURY" conned meats, SPECIALLY PACKED for the PACIFIC ISLANDS at the popular choice, ALWAYS.

SAUSAGES Cr TOMATO

STEAK & KIDNEY PUDDING

LAMB & GREEN PEAS

MIDGET (Cocktail) SAUSAGES Also "WESTFIELD" Brand

CORNED BEEF

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OX TONGUES

SANDWICH PASTES

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CORNED BEEF WITH CEREAL

KEGGED MEATS

CORNED MUTTON

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DRIPPING AND LARD

WESTFIELD FREEZING CO. LTD.

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

Cable Address: Filalora, Auckland.

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We United Insurance Co. Ltd.

TYPEWRITERS

NEW AND RECONDITIONED

DESK & PORTABLE MODELS

Late models with standard keyboard and operating features.

£l5, £l7, £2O, £25 to £4O

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Every machine has been thoroughly serviced in our old-established and wellequipped mechanical department and is positively free from defects.

They stand the closest inspection and severest test.

Buy with the utmost confidence

TWO YEARS' GUARANTEE

Special attention to Island inquiries.

We pack and despatch anyhere.

If writing please state the purpose for which the typewriter will be used and the price range.

J. C. WOOLF TYPEWRITERS

PTY. LTD.

Typewriter Engineers

310 GEORGE ST., SYDNEY

WE UNITED INSURANCE CO. LTD.

(Incorporated in New South Wales) Head Office: c/r GEORGE & HUNTER STREETS, SYDNEY

FIRE, MARINE & ACCIDENT INSURANCE

has pleasure in announcing the

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)r nearly a century this purely Australian Company has played a great part in the development id protection of our Country's resources. Our T.P.N.G. Branch has been opened to extend the Dmpany's service to residents of the Territories, and the new Branch will be managed by Mr. David illeen, who will gladly give expert advice on all your insurance problems. Please do not hesitate i consult him—Our motto is SECURITY AND SERVICE. 3u will feel safer knowing your insurances are with one of the oldest, strongest and most proressive AUSTRALIAN Companies.

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Philip Morris

TELEPHONE CABL

£6'to'o

PER REEL

Run your telephone II between homesg and manages quarters. Put outll points in touch T your headquan Each reel carries one-mile lengths! insulated esc consisting otc strands of galvara wire with a cojc conductor core, lb. per reel, condition . . . i to rig.

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Philip Morris, introduced to Australia in March, 1955, has been an overwhelming success. And now Philip Morris of Australia is assisting the parent United States company in covering many export territories throughout the Pacific area.

Orders or enquiries should be placed with your usual source of supply, or direct to Sales Director, Philip Morris Aust. Ltd., P.O. Box 35, Moorabbin, Victoria.

IMPORTANT

Philip Morris makes this guarantee on every pack; "The cigarettes contained herein are made under exactly the same method and formula as the world-famous Philip Morris cigarettes made in our factories in the U.S.A." ■w

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Descriptive Literature and Prices from Sole Pacific Island Agents:

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In addition to the Ace, we manufacture numerous other hand and motor lawn mowers and gang mowers. Write for illustrated literature and all information. m e by Ransomes Sims & Jefferies Ltd., Ipswich, England.

tnbutor: MORRIS HEDSTROM LTD., Suva,

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G kotf 3 You save money when you buy Blue Gillette Blades. As sharp and long lasting as you can buy.

At their sharpest in their own Gillette razor.

Blue Gillette Blades

p. 7 Available in packets or Dispensers of 10 Blades

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Fight decay the best-tasting way

an£ 4 WD-9 is an active anti-enzyme and destroys bacteria in the mouth.

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WARDEN lasts longer !

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FOR TROPIC PROTECTION

specify WARDk M

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Tennis Shoe

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Construction

Sawmillers and Timber Merchants; Shipwrights and Sailmakers; Joineis Furniture Manufacturers; Upholsterers; Plumbers; Electricians; Haiß Merchants; Motor Dealers.

Agencies: Chevrolet, Bedford, Vauxhall, Nash Motors, Land Rovers and Rover* Firestone Tyres. Frigidaire Refrigerators. G.E.C. Radio Sets. Priir Excavators. British Australian Lead Manufacturers Pty. Ltd. Atlas Assn Co. Ltd. ■ There Is no need to send to Australia * Zealand for Repairs or Replacements. V give you a sound Quotation and gnu First-Class Workmanship.

Books for Christmas...

Books are the best and most lasting gifts, and you’ll find a wonderful selection in our Christmas catalogue, which we’ll be glad to airmail to you on application. The titles below are just a few of the hundreds from which you can choose.

MAN OF EVEREST, by James Ramsey Ullman —Tenzing’s own story—the greatest biography of the year. 22/6 (post 1/3).

DOCTOR AT LARGE, by Richard Gordon.—A hilarious successor to Doctor in the House and Doctor at Sea. 13/3 (post 9d).

PINK FLANNEL, by Ruth Park.—A gay, light-hearted novel by the author of Harp in the South. 16/- (post 7di.

NOT AS A STRANGER, by Morton Thompson.—A powerful novel about the American medical profession 22/6 (post 1/3) CLOCHEMERLE BABYLON, by Gabriel Chevallier.—Another entertaining visit to the wine-growing village of Clochemerle. 15/6 (post 9d).

SOMETHING OF VALUE, by Robert Ruark. The Mau Mau in Kenya is the theme of this frank and convincing novel. 22/6 (post 1/3).

TRIAL by Don M. Mankiewicz.—The story of a boy of Mexican extraction, charged with the murder of a white girl. 15/6 (post lid).

ANGUS & ROBERTSON LTD.

89-93 CASTLEREAGH ST. SYDNEY.

66-68 ELIZABETH ST. MELBOURNE, C.I.

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Mill

Inquiries Are Invited

Concerning the Distribution and

Sale of All Typ es of

Merchandise in the

Pacific Islands

WE ARE_ AUSTR_ALL4N_ ACENTS_ FOR—

MILLERS LTD., Fiji.

8.5.1. P. GOVERNMENT TRADE SCHEME, Honiara

G. & E.I.C. WHOLESALE SOCIETY, Ta rawa.

MAX HALECK, Pago Pago, American Samoa.

Original Invoices Supplied. Quotations on Request. ★

MORRIS HEDSTROM LIMITED

(Incorporated in Fiji)

ISLAND MERCHANTS

Asbestos House, 65 York St., Sydney.

Box No. 2512, G.P.0., Sydney. Cable Address; “MORSTROM”, Sydney.

BANKERS: BANK OF NEW ZEALAND, SYDNEY.

GRAOTPPgC\

• C JUCTWBCES 1

Asl) Vo *& d . (®)

ffl “GRfINDC

PRIX

5 3 hi §| A general - puc |ij pose cartridob ideal ft v shooting birni s m a s game. < 4 i

DUXBAC

x.

X ■*3 Select from the wide

1.C.1. AMMUNITION RANGE

Famous for duck shooting.

Developed for the shooter who prefers to use a 1\" shell but likes the efficiency of a 2%" load with 1* oz. shoo “Duxbac" are loaded into crimson star-crimped, wateie resistant shells.

Shooting wild game can be an even greater thrill when you use the best

ammunition procurable.

Accurate, hard-hitting I.CI. shells are the choice of champions the world over.

Load with 1.C.1. shells whenever you shoot.

Select from the wide 1.C.1. range illustrated here. Ask your local dealer about supplies. 410.

Gives excelleie all round pes< formance in tH + field. L o a d e e with ly oz. shot “Maximum" iii corporates a rcn crimp and oves shot wad for thlt shooter who prefers this type of loadinen

“FOURTEN”

.410 x 2"

Available in shot sizes 2 to 10.

Obtain your requirements from your local ammunition dealer, or, if you should have any difficulty in obtaining supplies, contact: X m 6 25 ¥ few*

SPECIAL

ICIL

ICI

“MAXIMUIW

I

“ICIL

A 2J" crimson-lined case with deep bn head. Contains 1* oz. shot. Star-crimps SPECIAL” * or P a,,erns anc * lacquered for moistit; resistance ideal for tropics.

IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND LTD.

AM.981

ROLYT HOUSE, 4-6 WENTWORTH AVENUE, SYDNEY

To Bakers and

Pastrycooks

ALL KINDS OF OVENS

ERECTED - - - - -

Scotch, Vienna, and Pastrycooks’ Brick Ovens; Coke and Hot Air Chambered Ovens.

Plans drawn and Bakehouses and Ovens erected under personal supervision.

All kinds of OVEN REPAIRS at shortest notice.

Tiles and Fire Lumps, Fire Bars, Pyrometers and Steam Boxes always on hand.

Recommendations from Leading Master Bakers.

HOPWOOD BROS.

OVEN BUILDERS

28 Oswell Street, Rockdale, N.S.W.

Phone: LX 5031

WEEOOHE

AGRICULTURAL

WEEDKILLERS

WEEDONE'

A GUARANTEED KILL

FOR

NEW CALEDONIA: Lantana, Sensitive Grass.

NEW HEBRIDES: False Peanut, Sensitive Grass and Blue Grass.

NORFOLK ISLAND: Lantana.

T. NEW GUINEA-PAPUA: Kunai, Sen-

sitive Plant.

SOLOMON ISLANDS: Kunai, Sensitive Plant.

TRIED AND PROVED BY NEW HEBRIDES PLANTERS. CONSULT US WITH YOUR WEED

AND UNDERGROWTH PROBLEMS. WRITE FOR LITERATURE.

Ventura Trading Co. Pty. ltd. 26 B, cr“v“l!’ d “ v Sole Agents for Abovementione Island Groups i A EE m Ot*T cQ 5° otO

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

W. H. GROVE & SONS LTD.

Established 1896.

Islond Merchonts

16-18 FANSHAWEST., AUCKLAND.

Telegraphic and Cable Address: “Grove,” Auckland. P.O. Box 490, Auckland, New Zealand.

Entrust your requirements to the firm with more than 60 years practical experience in the Island trade.

REPRESENTING MANUFACTURERS

THROUGHOUT FIJI, SAMOA, TONGA, NEW HEBRIDES, NEW CALEDONIA, SOLOMON ISLANDS. SOCIETY ISLANDS, COOK ISLANDS, NIUE, PAPUA,

NEW GUINEA, ETC.

SHIPPERS OF ALL CLASSES OF NEW ZEALAND MANUFACTURES AND PRODUCTS SPECIALLY PREPARED FOR THE ISLAND TRADE WE HANDLE ALL KINDS OF ISLAND PRODUCE IN FIJI as : W. H. GROVE & SONS (FIJI) LIMITED.

Office and Sample Room: Bank of New South Wales Chambers, Suva, Fiji.

Going places?

Your trip will be much happier if you know that every detail has been settled in advance but there is no need to do it yourself. Much time and trouble can be saved by letting the Bank of New South Wales Travel Department assist you.

What the 4 ‘\V ales” Travel Department offers you Whether your journey is in Australia or overseas, the “Wales” will gladly plan itineraries, make transport bookings and hotel reservations, arrange travel finance, and, for trips overseas, advise on passport, visa, and taxation clearance procedure.

Travel finance The modern way to carry money safely is by Bank of New South Wales Travellers' Cheques, which are readily accepted by all banks and by principal tourist bureaux, transport offices, hotels, restaurants, and stores.

Ho* : These services are available through all branches of the

BANK OF

NEW SOUTH WALES

FIRST AND LARGEST TRADING BANK OPERATING IN AUSTRALIA.

NEW ZEALAND, FIJI. PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA (INCORPORATED IN NIW BOOTH WALES WITH LIMITED LIABILITY) A5447a

M-NIVENS

: ;.ICE CUE ADI

Now airfreighted by QANTAS to

the PACIFIC

Write to-day for particulars of this new air service. McNiven's famous Ice Cream forwarded to you in special airfreight containers including disposable cans for bulk Ice Cream. • ROCKETS ON A STICK • BRICKS • FRESH FRUIT SLICES • COMETS ON A STICK

« BUCKETS • BOOMERS (ICE BLOCKS)

mmiivENs

"BEAUTY CONES AND WAFERS"

The largest selling Ice Cream cones in the Southern Hemisphere

IJCillllCU’C RAINBOW OR PLAIN DRINKING

WrIUTEU STRAWS"

Quality Drinking straws in gay, attractive colours.

Thoroughly tested to withstand a lengthy immersion in hot water, fruit juices or aerated drinks.

Ask your Store for supplies or write to your agent

McNIVEN BROS. LTD.

47-51 Salisbury Rood, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia Telephone LA 3781-8

Optical Service

V/ f

REPAIRS & PRESCRIPTIONS

PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO

BY MAIL

Special Attention to the requirements of Islands visitors . . . Call upon us during your visit to the mainlaind.

W. E. WILSON, M. 1.0.

F. E. WILSON, F. 1.0.

Optometrists

National Mutual Buildings, 350 George St., Sydney.

Phone: BL 2640.

Established 1910

COTTON

WASTE

STOCKINETTE

INDUSTRIAL

CLEANING

CLOTHS

& BEDDING MATERIALS

Quality raw materials, improved techniques and the modern equipment of a large factory combine to make AUSTRALIAN COTTON products the first choice of Australian industry. When you require Cotton Waste, Stockinette, Industrial Cleaning Cloths and Upholstery & Bedding Materials, always specify

AUSTRALIAN COTTON.

Service is prompt and efficient.

AUSTRALIAN COTTON

MANUFACTURING CO. LTD

any. uaaitED 90 O'Riordan Street, Alexandria, N.S.W.

PRESBYTERIAN AND METHODIST SCHOOLS* ASSOCIATION i

THORNBURGH

AND

BIACRHEATH COLIEGES

CHARTERS TOWERS, NORTH QUEENSLAND

For BOYS AND GIRLS, from Grade 1 to University Courses available:—ACADEMlC COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, HOME SCIENCE, ART, MUSIC AND SPEECH to Diploma, A.M.E.B. or Trinity College.

AGRICULTURAL COURSE FOR BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS TO JUNIOR. Animal Husbandry, Farm Engineering, Tropical Agriculture and Horticulture.

Good Climate for ISLAND CHILDREN; Excellent Sporting facilities. .

Enrol far 1956

Prosepectus from the Principal, Rev. C. D. Alcorn 8.A., 8.D., or Secretary, 309 Queen Street, Brisbane, Queensland.

CENTURY'S

New

HOME LIGHTING

BATTERY

with these WONDERFUL FEATURES

CLEAR POLYSTYRENE CONTAINER

You can see the acid level at a glance.

SILVIUM

The magical new additive giving longer plate life and increased efficiency. 2. 4.

GRAVITY INDICATORS

State of charge visible at all times.

No need for hydrometer.

GLASS INSULATION

ensures longer life and GREATER POWER.

CENTURY'S NEW Glass Insulated ww Silvium Home Lighting Battery. TyT

CFG 227.

A Glass Insulated with

SILVIUM

HOME LIGHTING BATTERY GUARANTEED 3 YEARS

Distributed by SMITH SONS & REES LTD. 30-32 Wentworth Avenue, Sydney, N.S.W. Phone MA 6551 These inbuilt visual ball indicahte show clearly and instantly the stitc of charge of the battery at all timm

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Coral "Starch

THE PERFECT STARCH

FOR TROPICAL CONDITIONS

Coral Starch does not stick to the iron.

Coral Starched clothes keep their crispness all day long even in the most humid weather.

Coral never lumps or spots—won’t streak even dark colours.

Coral starch saves 15 minutes work in every ironing hour.

CORAL "STARCH

Manufacturers :—

CORAL MANUFACTURING PTY. LTD.

26 Clarence Street, Sydney. BX 3508.

S 3 0 o m. m m

VINCO LAUNCHES & WORKBOAT!

FOR THE ISLAND!

One of order for 10 Half Cabin Launches being shipptq Andrews and Roberts, Port Moresby, P.-N.G.

Standard models (all types) or built to detail, any size 20 ft. raised deck model (mast extra) 12 ft. to 30 ft.

Fitting any make or type of engine. zsz **?

Inspection of

work by your

Sydney represen-

tative invited. m mm mmm Vincent Bros. Modern Factory 16 ft. open type (coamed and decked) standard model.

Literature with prices, illustrations and particulars by return airmail.

INSTALL A VINCO ENGINE

IN YOUR BOAT

We also manufacture well-known Vinco Engines (3 port, 2 cycle petrol marine, inboard), 2f H.P., 4 H.P., 8-10 H.P. (twin).

• STURDY

• DEPENDABLE

• EFFICIENT

VINCENT BROS

18 ft. Sedan Cabin Standard Model.

947 Victorio Rd., West Ryde, Sydne

Australia.

Cable: —Vincoproducts.

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Skandia

SAILS & COVERS

LTD.

Box 415, Auckland, New Zealand Largest Sail Loft in Australasia.

We also stock all widths and weights of canvas.

Tarpaulins supplied at short notice.

SKANDIA

DIESEL MARINE AND STATIONARY ENGINES

’ower Range 3 H.P.—425 H.P by hundreds of satisfied owners. deal for Island use. luilt to last. ole Agents:

FOR:

• Faithful Service. • Low fuel consumption.

Easy starting.

NELSON & ROBERTSON PTV. LTD.

L

12 SPRING STREET, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

Cables: “IVAN”, SYDNEY.

WYNNE S. BREDEN S

PHOENIX SHIPYARDS NEWCASTLE, N.S.W.

SHIPWRIGHTS, BOAT BUILDERS, MARINE ENGINEERS..*

Builders of Island Vessels up to 150 tons gross. 40 ft. Workboats of 180 Capacity and Other Commercial Craft. Complete and Ready for Sea. . (“A Good Boat is a Lasting Asset and not a Liability”) Aux Ketch. 60 H.P. Diesel.

Speed 8s Knots. .. This and ottt types of vess£ always umr construction:! 350 cu. ft.

Aft. Cabira.

MARINE ENGINES

We introduce the new RJD2 16

H.P. MARINE DIESEL ENGINE

designed to replace the "Handy

Billy" which has been so successful in the Pacific Islands for the past 25 years. Of exact dimensions as the "Handy Billy" the new diesel retains its famous characteristics, also it includes freshwater cooling and all the features desirable in an efficient propulsion unit for use in the Pacific Islands.

ACCESSIBLE © EASY operation

EASY STARTING • ECONOMICAL

PROVED DESIGN e RUGGEDLY BUILT

SMOOTH RUNNING.

Accepted by Lloyds and M-O.T.

Full specifications available on application to:

THORNYCROFT (Aust.) Pty. Ltd

Telephone; FF4224. Cables “Thornmotor "

Box Sydney.

2622, G.P.OC

Sydney

40 ft. Workboats

This boat is giving good service to the Australasian Petroleum Co. Pty. Ltd., Port Moresby. It’s a new Halvorsen-designed modification of the army-type work boat. The new raised deck gives maximum space and it’s more seaworthy.

Engine installation will be planned to give the most reliable and economical service for your particular job.

EARLY DELIVERIES

• Maintenance costs are always at a minimum. • Precision engineering and first-class equipment are guaranteed with every Halvorsen boat.

Send for specifications and full details of this 40-ft. work boat and of the standard 30-ft. work boat with 5-ton carrying capacity . . . it’s proved itself in performance for 30 years.

LARS HALVORSEN SONS PTY. LTD.

BUILDING YARD: Waterview Street, Ryde, SYDNEY. WY 3248.

BOAT SHEDS: Bobbin Head. JJ 2489. (Tel.: "Halvorsens Sydney-).

BUILDERS OF HALVORSEN BOATS

LH.IB.9PM

SIMPLEX MARINE ENGINES

Simplex 5 H.P.

Simplex are built for the tropics and for continuous daily use in all climatic conditions. The 5 and 10/12 H.P. engines as illustrated are heavy duty engines most suitable for work boats or for

pleasure" boats. Very economical, rugged and

powerful. Several thousand Simplex engines are

in use in the Pacific. Simplex engines are guaranteed to give you complete satisfaction. Also available in 3 H.P. and 20 H.P. sizes. Ask for catalogue.

Simplex 10/12 HR

PIONEER" ASH BOAT OARS

Made in our own Mill. All sizes from 6’ to 18 long. The strongest oars made in the world. Ash stands hard service in work boats.

KOPSEN MOTOR CRUISERS

te*

DEKOL

For wood or canvas. A sz copper napthenate sole which prevents dry rot, f J dew or insects. Easily agf by brush or spray and anently protects. Delol used by most Govern Departments and is appq for general use.

MORGAN FIBREGLASS BOATT

14 ft. open, 18 ft., 20 ft. and 22 ft. cabin. Carvel or clinker planking, built for sea work and tor cargo carrying if necessary. Delivery six weeks.

PENTA MARINE DIESEL

fcA- Jl,

m 8? 100 H.P. 6 Cylinder Revese Gear 2/1 Reduction Electric Starter Electric Generator 8 ft., 10 ft. and lOi ft. for rowing or ouj motor. Fibreglass is the ideal material fon use. Over 400 now in use in the Pacific.

SHIPCHANDLERY

Swedens high quality diesel for commercial or pleasure boats up to 50 ft. long. This is one of the finest marine diesels made in the world.

Immediate delivery. Export price £1,409.

Navigation Lamps C.Q.R. Anchors Koplastic Antifouling Nonskid Deck Paint Petrol Tanks Copper Roves Brass Screws Chain Swivels Prop Shafting Anchor Winches Aldis Lamps Rylard Varnish FW Engine Enamel Seamflex Putty Copper Tacks Brass Bolts Shackles Steel Blocks Bearings Port Lights Ash Oars Lagoline Hull Paint Minter Marine Glue Petrol Fittings Copper Rod Copper Stvrl Thimbles Wood Blocac Steering W Compassesaj Dulux Yao.e Copper NsV Steering CD Brass Rodbc Wire Ropeq Turnbucklli Propellers a- ASK FOR NEW BOAT & ENGINE CATALOGUE OR SHIPCHANDLERY CATALOGUE ASK tUK nzw dvsii tv

W. KOPSEN & CO. PTY.LT

w w Cables —Kopsen, ! 376-382 Kent Street, Sydney

MARINE SPARES

Suppliers of all marine equipment, spare parts for diesels, benzine, outboards, etc., new and secondhand.

Prompt service. Marine Spares, 57 Railway Parade, Marrickville, N.S.W.

6 FEET

COPRA SCOWS

Mi * Photo shows 56 ft. Gardner Diesel powered K class Copra Scow built by us for Steamships Trading Co. Ltd. of Port

Moresby. Hold capacity is

2,000 cubic feet—2s tons of copra below decks on approx. 5 ft. 6 ins. draft. • These vessels and also 40 ft. Army Workboats are in regular production in our Yards with choice of engine. • We also build PEARLING

LUGGERS.

For further particulars please write to:

BJARNE HALVORSEN LTD.

John Street Berry's Boy, North Sydney, N.S.W. . Cable Address: BERRYSBOAT, Sydney.

40 FT. FAST WORKBOAT

m

DETAILS:

LENGTH 0.A.;—40 ft. 0 in.

BEAM: 13 ft. 0 in.

DRAFT: 3 ft. 6 in.

SPEED: Powered by Suitable engine 11.5 knots.

CONSTRUCTION: Hull all Steel welded; deck and wheelhouse wooden construction. Entirely wooden construction also available.

As ballast cargo for delivery journeys we can supply beautiful Tasmanian timbers. These timber? make the finest furniture that is possible.

PRICES AND PLANS READILY AVAILABLE

MERSEY SHIPYARDS

DEVON PORT, TASMANIA

Cables: Shipyards Telephone DTorf. 1119

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Commission Import Export

Allen Taylor & Co. Ltd.

COMMERCIAL ROAD, ROZELLE, SYDNEY.

Sowmillers and Wholesale Suppliers of Hardwoods for Constructional Purposes GIRDERS . . . PILES . . . POLES . . . SLEEPERS, Etc Exporting to the Pacific Islands Since 1893.

MORGAN VERNEX CIE

PAPEETE, E.F.O.

Commission Import Export

REPRESENTANT ET AGENTS EXCLUSIFS POUR LES E.F.O. de NIREX PTY. LTD., Australie— WAßßEN COY., U S A —HAAS BROS, USA THE ENFIELD CYCLES CO., England— JOHN McINTOSH & SONS, England— CARLSBERG BRYGGERIERNE, Denmark— PEß LUSTUCRU, France— lTßACO, Suisse Beurre "Waratah"

Petrole "Ampol"

Savon "Waratah"

Margarine "Meadow-Lea"

Confiserie Mclntosh, chocolat "Caley"

Refrigerateurs "Quicfrez"

Motocyclettes "Royal Enfield"

Bombes Insecticides "Eston"

MONTRES: “lira” “Sicura,” "I Conserve "Trupak"

Biere Carlsberg Fates oux oeufs frais Old Bell's Scotch Whisky

* STEWARTS

and LLOYDS

(AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD.

Manufacturers for 40 years of tough, reliable *’S. & L." PIPES and FIT- TINGS specially made for GAS, WATER. STEAM and other purposes.

Distributors, also, of GALVANISED IRON, plain or corrugated. NUTS

and BOLTS, ELECTRODES and ALL

WELDING EQUIPMENT.

NEEDHAM & CO. PTY. LTD.

307-309 QUEEN STREET, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA.

G.P.O. Box 908. Cable Address: “BRUCECO,” Brisbane.

IMPORTERS - EXPORTERS

MANUFACTURERS' REPRESENTATIVES

Distributors for Leading Australian and Overseas Manufacturers.

Sole Agents : Papua-New Guinea and Solomon Islands jor- Docke & Co.. Bremen (Cardock Bush Knives, Hatchets, Axes, etc., including All Trade Lines). „ “Geo” Spanish Shot Guns.

Dominion Flour and Wheatmeal.

Sunnyside Canned Fruit.

Issue Blankets Palm Brilliantine.

Ashby Bicycles.

Webster’s Biscuits.

“Columbia” Canned Fish.

Northgate Axe and Hammer Handles.

Inner Spring Mattresses, Pillows, etc.

Specialising in Piecegoods and Mosquito Nets for Native Issue.

FRADE ENQUIRIES INVITED—ALL TYPES OF MERCHANDISE SUPPLIE

OVERSEAS INDENTS ARRANGED.

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Enioy What You’Re Doing!

A J)

* o** F. 20

FEEL SATISFIED

Chew Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum.

Helps relieve monotony, boredom.

Makes time pass pleasantly.

You feel better do better.

Health

Refreshing-

Delicious

f f n biaiwjitww r :

yQ(/P^/

*4 * ***

iOHE

PkG/1 The pleasan t refreshing

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Breckwoldt &

FIJI SOCIETY

Transactions and

Proceedings

(Papers on anthropology, botany, geology, history, zoology, etc.) Volumes 2, 3 and 4 (1940-50) now available. Price, 21/- per volume —post free, Fijian currency.

Volume 1 (1938-40) to be reprinted in near future.

Volume 5 (1951-53) in preparation.

Address orders to: Treasurer, Fiji Society, Box 358, Suva, Fiji.

WM.

RABAUL,

New Guinea.

P.O. Box 22.

BRECKWOLDT &

CABLES: "BREWO"

SUVA, HONIARA,

Fiji Islands. Brit. Solomon Is, P.O. Box 369. P.O. Box 42.

CO.

APIA,

Western Samoa.

P.O. Box 47

VOLKSWAGEN

Cars—Pick-ups

GRUNDIG

Radios Olympia Typewriters—NSU Motor Cycles—Continental Tyres and Tubes—HMG Diesel Marine Engines—Taifun Bicycles—Rolleiflex and Rolleicord Cameras—Petromax Pressure Lamps—Feuerhand Hurricane Lanterns— “Two Lions” Butcher Knives—Becks’ Beer— BREWO Canned Fish—Cigarettes—Provisions—Trade Beads—Cotton Piecegoods—Copra Sacks—Mosquito Nets and Blankets for native issue—BßEWO Brand Perlon Fishing Lines —BREWO Brand Briar Tobacco Pipes and a variety of other trade goods.

REPRESENTING

Breckwoldt & Co., Hamburg, Germany.

Brewo-Italia 5.r.1., Milano, Italy.

Konishi & Co., Ltd., Osaka, Japan.

India & East Asia Exp. Co. S.A., Antwerp.

MERCEDES BENZ

Cars and Trucks

BAYER

Medicines

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Masse

TURNERS & GROWERS LTD.

AUCTIONEERS FRUIT & PRODUCE MERCHANT

AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND

WE SPECIALISE IN THE EXPORT TO THE TROPI\

OF NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE, POTATOES, ONIOL

APPLES AND FRUITS IN SEASON

All Inquiries to our Export Organisation:

Turners Supply

Limited!

Box 1370, Auckland, N.Z.

Cables: "Tusco," Auckland

The MASSE TIBER BATTERY

has always Seen I

of punch

NOW /TS

TERR/F/C

Masse

WFm

Sl* U V

BATTERIES

m yL "'T/GERS FOR WORM'

Distributors for Pacific Islands

ROBERT GILLESPIE PTY. LTD

54A PITT STREET, SYDNEY. Tel.: BU 2221

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Fountain

"" i* .

X r <•

KITCHEN TESTED

tor finer flavor 2ibs

Hour Cakesc,Scoms net

SPECIALLY

PACKED FOR

THE ISLANDS!

Fountain Brand Self-Raising Flour is triple-sealed for protection against tropical conditions! So you can always be sure that Fountain Brand is Fresh whenever you buy a packet!

ROYAL SHOW

COOKING AWARD!

First prize in the scone making section of the 1955 Royal Easter Show was won by Mrs. McLelland of Greville Street, Clovelly, who used only Fountain Brand Self-Raising Flour! You, too, should use only Fountain Brand Self- Raising Flour and make scones and cakes of prizewinning quality! Fountain Brand Self-Raising Flour for lighter cakes! Finer texture!

More delicious flavour!

W. C. DOUGLASS LIMITED

BOX 512 G.P.O. SYDNEY,

AUSTRALIA

m Regd. Trade Mark

CATERPILLAR

Only when the lush but useless jungle is cleared can the rich soil of New Guinea and the Pacific Islands be used to produce money crops of cocoa and coconuts.

The mighty 191 horsepower D 8 Caterpillar Bulldozer pictured here is at work clearing the 1.000-acre estate of Mac Robertsons Ltd. This plantation, situated on the fertile silt of the Markham Valley, is covered with thick rain forest, but the Big Cat pushes, pulls and stacks in windrows all the trees, roots and brush at the rate of U acres per day.

And behind the inbuilt strength and performance of this mighty Cat stands the Hastings Deering Organisation, with engineers, mechanics and a parts service second to none.

Not all clearing jobs justify a DB, but from the D 2 with 43 h.p. to the D 9 with 286 h.p. you can be sure there is a Cat to meet your clearing needs cheaper than any other method.

HASTINGS DEERING

(NEW GUINEA) PTY.

LIMITED

Milford Haven Rd., Lae, Konedobu, Port Moresby

SERVICE AND PARTS

By a staff si 15 devoting their energies exclusively to tractor*

November, 1,55-Pacific Islands Month

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Lager

“OUR HANDS MAKE GOOD ARMS.”

S I L R 0 H U For your Flsh.ng and Shooting Wants Consult Us.

Llthgow .22 Cal. Repeating Rifle .. £i B 19 « i Lithgovv .22 Cal. Single Shot .. .. £9 jj J [ (Prices Subject to Change Without Notice.)

, 143 ELIZABETH STREET, SYDNEY

Post Extra,

SB'S

How refreshing to sit at ease with a glass of sparkling cool K.B. Lager . . . truly "lager as you like it ... truly the favourite of men and women everywhere!

Tooth's

Lager

BREWED AND BOTTLED BY TOOTH & CO.

LIMITED

K8.155.HP

CiNSttooasoF

Jk'm

& r ,-r-\ \5«- «.v^ »v Manufactured by MEGGITT LT .

HEAD OFFICE: 67 York St.. Sydney.

Box 1555. G.P.0.. Sydney.

MILLS at: Parramatta. N.S.W..

Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane.

There's a "MEGGITT

LTD.” or "BLUNDELL

SPENCE" Linseed Oii l for every Painting ok Manufacturing purpose Wherever first quality linseed oils are requirecb specify either of thesK long - established ann uniformly reliabl I brands, "MEGGIT

LTD." or "BLUNDEU

SPENCE."

ental soap

a tough soap with a gentle act Yes, tough with dirt, but mighty gentle with dainty washables.

It's the all-purpose economical soap with husky dirt-chasing suds that give you the cleanest wash possible.

Costs less, too—check the price.

Ati

•I ~"1 ' • ■ ■ ; i /(

For Quality

be sure its

vour

MEATS

Famous in the Pacific

for over 50 years

PUAKATORO

APINGA TIKAI

If

PISUPO LOLOLO

TELE

H& W HEUABY LTD

AUCKLAND

NEW 2EALANO

BU LAMAKA U

VINAKA SARA

RA

PRODUCTS

FROM YOUR

SYDNEY AGENT

NILE ATHLETIC AND T SHIRTS

Available in all sizes (men and boys), in white, navy and a large ran •f bright, attractive colours.

Vi

NILE SLEEKS & TRUNKS

Masculine comfort calls for the "freedom fit" of Nile sleeks and trun Fashioned from the finest Egyptian yarns, Nile underwear withstaj constant laundering . . . gives lasting satisfaction.

LADIES’ BRIEFS AND SINGLETS

Nile offers a particularly fine range of ladies' and children s cotton rayon cotton briefs, pantees and singlets.

NILE HANDKERCHIEFS

Nile products include a beautifully varied range of ladies’ and mi handkerchiefs, including printed bandana in assorted designs and coio n^t 7\ NltN PilAt TtNill

SHEETS

NILE SHEETS, PILLOW CASES AND TOWELS

Nile Distributors Pty. Ltd., 125 York Street, Sydney, N.S.W. BX 6041

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November, 1955 Pacific Islands Mont

Giibev’S Gin

Place Your Orders with

PACIFIC CONSOLIDATED

BUYERS

154 Castlereagh St., Sydney.

All the signs point to

bigger sales of

GIIBEV’S GIN

this year I Yes, the Gilbey Zodiac for Wise Drinkers is making new customers for you through Metropolitan Daily newspapers in the

most unusual advertising drive

in years. Ask your Gilbey representative for full details and be sure you are ready with good stocks of Gilhey’s in the bar md ready to wrap in your

oottle Department.

Whatever your sign, don’t sell gin ,

sell GILBEY’S

PISCES

SAGITTARIUS

CANCER

VIRGO

|IF I C ISLANDS MONTHLY —NO

ARIES

SCORPIO

CAPRICORN

VEM B E R

AQUARIUS

19 5 5

-q c r pacific islands month

NOVEMBER, 1955 P A C i * i

Coldstream Relrlqeralors

A. B. DONALD

LTD.

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

ISLAND TRADERS AND GENERAL

MERCHANTS

P.O. Box 1509. Cables and Telegrams: “Kingdom,” Aucklano

Coldstream Relrlqeralors

N.S.W. Representatives: Refrigerator Installation and Service Co. Pty. Ltd. 8 Bridge Road, Glebe, Sydney.

Cables and Telegrams ‘'Colstrlm,” Sydney.

EAM ALL equipment engineered specifically for

-•w» TROPICAL CONDITIONS

EAM<

We specialise in the following: Ice Cream Cabinets for transportation, hardening and storing of Ice Cream. All types of food storage Refrigerated Glass Display Showcases, Milk Bars, Deep Freeze, Coolers and Domestic Refrigerators. Prefabricated Coolrooms and Free* * Rooms. All mechanical equipment available tor electric (all voltage) engine driven operation.

All enquiries through your Islond Trader will receive our prompt attention.

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Sfll[| TIME

re

AND^ONEY

with CHU LA” Cof>m Dryers

Jia C /*" ge ° f *j Ch u la ’ Copra Dryers includes models to suit any sized plantation, and the machines which operate continuously in all weat hers need virtually no maintenance. Labour costs are cut by at least 40 and one man can keep four machines in full operation, unly the highest grade copra is produced.

Write to us for full details of the range of 4 Chula ’ Copra Dryers and other coconut processing machinery.

And if you grow rubber . . . . ..we will be pleased to show you how the latest Huttenbach Rubber Machinery can help you to improve quality and increase output

TYNESIDE FOUNDRY

& ENGINEERING CO. LTD

Patentees and Sole Manufacturers Established 1898 Elswick • Newcastle upon Tyne • England Cables: “Foundry, Newcastle-on-Tyne." Codes: ABC sth and 6th Editions.

Agents: Papua: The B.N.G. Trading Co Ltd. Port Moresby.

New Guinea ßurns Philp (New Guinea) Ltd. Rabaul, Lae, Madang and Kavieng.

Fiji, Samoa, Tonga: Morris Hedstrom, Ltd. Suva. Fiji.

Solomon Islands : K. H. Dalrymple Hay Esq.. Honiara.

because

its VACUUM PACKED

» <? o lA I S \, \N w o a ■^n H

ST&W

»V 4

hoT'l

VA

ST TT €.

f\NE f VACUUM PACKED, your Capstan fine cut Tobacco is always fresh in the new Vacuum Sealed Tin.

TO OPEN, TWIST A COIN. The patented sealed lid is easily opened by merely inserting a coin and twisting.

it's dependable

CAPSTAN

FLUKE FINE CUT i «A»Y CUT —FRAGRANT VIRDINIA

TOBACCO

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Yorkshire

THE

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 . Pearce &Co <N.G.) Ltd.

LAE . New Guinea Industries Ltd.

MADANQ R. Macgregor MANUS . . Edgell & Whlteley Ltd.

HONIARA, 8.5.1. P. . E. V. Lawson SUVA . Williams & Gosling Ltd.

NOUMEA Y. Mortensen

NORFOLK ISLAND . A. E. Martin

STEAMSHIPS TRADING COMPANY LTD.

PORT MORESBY AND SAMARAI PAPUA

ftiolesole & Retail Merchants, Shipowners, Planters, Sawmillers, Engineers, Slip Proprietors,

Shipping, Customs and Insurance Agents.

ANAGING AGENTS for:

&WMILLERS & TRADERS LTD.

DCOALANDS LTD.

3ME BAKERY COMPANY.

ariboi RUBBER LTD.

[Jbberlands ltd.

erema rubber plantations ltd.

AGENCIES;

NEW GUINEA AUSTRALIA LINE OF THE CHINA

NAVIGATION CO. LTD.

ROYAL INTEROCEAN LINE.

KOKE BAGU PTY., LTD.

LOLORUA RUBBER ESTATES LTD.

HARVEY TRINDER (N.S.W.) PTY., LTD. (In-

surances effected at Lloyd’s.)

DISTRIBUTORS IN PAPUA for:

tMSTRONG-HOLLAND PTY LTD

Earth Moving and Logging Equipment. see Y caS V etc LAND EXPORT CORPORATION.

LLMAN MOTOR CARS.

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CO. OF AUST. LTD.

International Trucks, McCormick-Deering Farming Machinery, Defender Refrigerators.

SYDNEY AGENTS: NELSON & ROBERTSON PTY. LTD., 12 SPRING STREET.

November. 1955-Pacific Islands Month

SOOTHE away

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.”

SOOTHE away

TROPIC TROUBLES

■_ / There is no need to suffer many tropic health troubles and discomforts when •ASPRO' tablets are here, ready to help you. 'ASPRO* is a most valuable med.cme AorKvJ taoiets are nere, reauy .u ..c r ™ - in the tropics because it has so many uses—for fevenshness. the pangs of rheumatism, heat and humidity headaches, lassitude, nerve pains and nervmess. sleeplessness, colds and 'flu, ’ASPRO' is equally effective. Take two ’ASPRO' tablets with * your favourite drink to overcome heat enervation.

Another feature which makes 'ASPRO the desirable method of treating tropic troubles Is its SOOTHING action. Irritability accompanies so many discomforts that 'ASPRO,' in addition to giving swift relief, has a soothing, calming effect. There are NO unpleasant after-effects to disturb you.

TWO IMPORTANT POINTS:-

The purity of ‘ASPRO’ conforms to the standards laid down by the British Pharmacopoeia—a guiding authority of the Medical Profession. ‘ASPRO’ tablets can be taken as often as necessary without FEAR of harm to heart or stomach.

V • NS m

REC . TRADE MARK

‘ASPRO’ IS SWIFT. CERTAIN and SAFE for—HeadachH rheumatism, all nerve pains, irritability, neuritis, lumbagg earache, sciatica, toothache, sleeplessness feverishness sore throat, periodic pains, cold* and 'flu, mornimr after." Even a child can safely take 'ASPRO direction on every packet.

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Columbine

Ps==l

■ COLUMBINES

SO GOOD

VC - J FOR. US ?

——a&sc . V ,A

W^Mm. 'CAUSE

THEY'RE

RICH IN

GLUCOSE

AND

BUTTER /

WHY ARE

COLUMBINES

:a >' y 1 j=*i W

Enjoy their

goodness

—often f -7" v' as 777777*""

W

WCH IN

.owcose

•BUTTSK

.HMOO*!

ANWME-eniosi

COLUMBINE

—the tastiest caramelofall

COLUMBINE

CARAMELS

Made by The Great Name in Confectionery.

NESTLE'S

CREAM

THIC»

j&EDOCED CSIEA^

Costs so little . . . tastes so nice ... on all your sweets and cereals.

LACTOGEN

Next best to natural feeding for baby.

NESTLE'S

MILK CHOCOLATE

A favourite with everyone, everw where—rich milk chocolate ac only Nestle's can make it.

SUNSHINE

SUNSHIN*

m/A

POWDERED

MILK

eA* 'll I* •* Rich country milk with only the moisture extracted —a tin in your pantry means a constant supply of fresh milk.

NESTLE'S

SWEETENED

CONDENSED

MILK

SOEMSBP 'iM

sweeteNSS§§s ft Always pure, always safe ... the essential household milk.

You can always

depend on

NESTLE’S

If it’s Nestle’s

it’s good . . .very good!

\D . c»- Yes, always ask fGrand make sure you ge> Nestle’s product;: Remember, Nestle’s an makers of foods worlo famous for taste . . purity . . . and goodnes<

IDEAL MILK

Fresh milk concentrated —id© wherever milk is required, wn cereals, for ice cream and all yo cooking.

NC.2.PP

*** & r

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Popping

(URNS PHILP (NEW GUINEA) LTD.

OF THE

territory

OF

PAPUA AND NEW GUINEA

Genera^ Me rchaHis, dipping. Custom qyj General J^ntsW

KAVIENC^

COPRA /

RA6AU

COPRA Vsf

COCOA

MADANGi 0

Q

COPRA

LAE

COPRA

JIM 8&

BUiOLO

LYWO

GOLD

w

'COFFEE

peanuts

P.T.MORESBY

Q «D

RUBBER

RICE

COPR

OKOPO

COPRA (J

inches throughout Papua-New Guinea

Head Office: Port Moresby & /< m m f §

SAMAR Ai

TROCHUS

COP RA

Associated Pacific Isl.

Companies: Burns Philp (South Sea) Co.

Ltd.

Burns Philp (New Hebrides) Ltd.

Australian Agents:

Burns. Philp & Co. Ltd.

ALL STATES.

Agents for

The Shell Company of Australia Ltd.

San Francisco Agents: Burns-Philp Coy. San Francisco Inc., 510 Matson Building.

London Agents: Burns, Philp & Co. Ltd.

London House, 35 Crutched Friars, E.C.3.

Representatives for:

Queensland Insurance Co. Ltd.

Burns Philp Trust Co. Ltd.

LLOYDS

AGENTS

DISTRIBUTORS OF

lOR VEHICLES, TRACTORS. AND MACHINERY FOR; COPRA. RUBBER. COFFEE. RICE, COCOA, PEANUT PRODUCTION, SAWMILLING AND GENERAL FARMING.

Everyone needs an

of your

one

you

Have

M 33T1 m. the Surprise ■ snake bet surprises Every kitchen needs one for emergencies. before m Ah! that s what it was.

Fishermen, campers need one. terror Change baby s nappy without fuss. spiders mice fowl* lITWf 1 ’

But make sure you ask for “Eveready” brand flashlights and batteries the one brand that has proved absolutely reliable under tropical conditions . . . u

EVEREADY"

BRAND

FLASHLIGHTS

& BATTERIES

“Eveready”, “Nine Lives” and the Cat Symbol are registered trade-marks "MIME of Eveready (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Rosebery, N.S.W.

LIVES

TBAOI-MARK

BURNS PHILP (New Hebrides) LTD.

Registered Office: VILA, NEW HEBRIDES.

Branch Office at SANTO.

Exporters, Importers and General Merchants,

Commission. Shipping and Customs Agents.

PHILP TRUST CO. LTD., QUEENS-

L AN ° INSURANCE CO LTD., and LLOYD’S OP LONDON, Agents

r?rr PETROLES SHELL DES ILES FRANCAISES

DU PACIFTQUE, and numerous overseas manufactures of all classes of merchandise.

Sydney Agents: BURNS. PHILP & CO.* LTD., 7 Bridge St San Francisco Agents: BURNB-PHILP CO. OP SAN FRANCISCO INC 21S Market St.

London Agents: BURNS, PHILP & CO.. LTD., 35 Crutched Friars EC3

RYGi

n Gi <n 0 '** •■:?

SPORTED FROM LONDON, ENGLAND

★ Because ot the superb quality, drinks never taste thin with Gordon's Gin.

The secret of masterly distilling, maintained through the years, is the reason why to-day, as ever, Gordon’s Gin stands supreme. 6507

Tkc futeit Familij Food

fe & % .»• &

■sss

£ »N M L*t

lie

't The very heart of the Wheat Grain in its most delicious, easily digested form. Nourishi n g, vitamin-rich Wheatola the ideal food for infants, invalids and growing children.

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 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. 4

yft

m

PP/ZE I REC/PE PRODUCTS

MADE BY LILLIS & CO. LIMITED

SYDNEY. AUSTRALIA

This Month's New Read)

(Continued from Pa§?e 84)

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C. Sullivan (Export) Pty. Ltd

PACIFIC ISLANDS

AIR PHOTOGRAPHS

Norfolk Is., Lord Howe, Noumea, Suva, Lautoka, Nukualofa, Apia, Aitutaki, Rarotonga, Papeete, Moorea, Kermadecs. Also Rabaul, Port Moresby, Lae.

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.

i /74 * /woman's most essential

garment

Trade Enquiries to Sole Pacific Islands Agents :

C. SULLIVAN (Export) PTY. LTD

„ 379 KENT STREET, SYDNEY

Cable: “Chasull”, Sydney phone: 8X6381 (6 lines)

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Dominion

All over the world Smart people —

START the day right

with a Kiwi Shine

/ From New York to Timbuctoo— From Birmingham to Hawaii— From London to Papua Smart people shine daily with Kiwi.

Kiwi puts a gleam on your shoes that lasts all day.

“They’re well worn, but they’ve • worn well, thanks to

KIWI

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.

Barbara's Story

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Barbara's Story (Continued from Page 84)

Solution to Crossquiz from page 78

lamps

burn

brighter

longer!

★ 100% BRITISH.

★ SOLID BRASS CONTAINER.

★ HIGHLY-POLISHED PLATED FINISH.

★ BURNS 12 HOURS ON |i PINTS OF KEROSENE.

★ 300 BRILLIANT CANDLEPOWER.

★ FEW SPARES NEEDED.

If you have any difficulty in obtaining TILLEY Products, please contact your nearest representative for further information.

FIJI:

REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. K. WITHERINGTON, 2 Burns Philp Buildings, SUVA

* AUSTRALIA & NEW GUINEA:

T. H. BENTLEY Pty. LTD. 123-125 William St., MELBOURNE, C.l

m

Build

■ 1

roofs that

last a lifetime

with Rogerstone Aluminium Alloy Building Sheet

First cost is last cost when you roof or build garages, sheds and other outbuildings with these light, strong Moral Alloy Building Sheets. They are weather-proof right through. Unpainted, uncared for, these versatile corrugated sheets will look after themselves for a lifetime. Rogerstone building sheets are exceptionally easy to assemble and are punched ready for bolting. The sheets will span up to 10 ft. without extra support.

Construction is simple and fast.

Rogerstone building sheet is produced in two standard widths and a range of lengths. The standard lengths of joining and trimming sections are also

given below:—

Commodify Lengths Full-width sheet (30 ins.) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,9, 10, 1), 12 Half-width sheet (15 ins.) .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,9, 10, 11, 12 Standard angle .

Corner piece Roof end section Rafter angle Ridge capping Ridge angle

tmwmm mm nn

(Incorporated in Canada) Principal British Commonwealth Distributor of Aluminium Ocean House. 34 Martin Place, Sydney, N.S.W.

ALUMINIUM LIMITED Company

A n New E Zea?and! S RICHARDSON. McCABE & CO. LTD., Wellington, Samoa and Tonga: MORRIS HEDSTROM LIMITED, Suva, Fiji, Cook Islands: A. B. DONALD LTD., Rarotonga. Cook Isiel French Oceania: ETABLISSEMEMTS DONALD TAHITI. Pap« Tahiti.

New Caledonia and New Het.ides: AGENCE ALMA, Nouiu New Caledonia.

LONDON

Territory of Papua—New Guinea—BUßNS PHILP (NEW GUINEA) LIMITED, Po.t Moresby.

DNE Y *

MONTREAL

CALCUTTA

S Y

KAR A C

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A. H. Bunting Ltd.

ART POSTCARDS OF TONGA

Per Dozen (Including: a Tin-Can Mail Cover), Postage Paid: 6/- (or one US Dollar).

TONGAN PHOTOS BUREAU,

Nukualofa, Tonga

A. H. BUNTING LTD.

SAMARAI PAPUA

Branches at: ORO BAY AND POPONDETTA.

SOLE AGENTS IN PAPUA/NEW GUINEA FOR:

SAMARAI AGENTS FOR:—

Vacuum Oil Co. Pty„ Ltd.

South British Insurance Co.

Natonal 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.

REGULAR SUPPLIES OF EASTERN GOODS

WHOLESALE & RETAIL MERCHANTS IMPORTERS PLANTERS

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Nchor

ETABLISSEMENTS DONALD TAHITI

HEAD OFFICE QUAI DU COMMERCE PAPEETE.

Telegraphic Address: “DONALD, PAPEETE”.

General Merchants (Wholesale & Retail) & Shipowners;

Importers & Exporters

Brances Throughout the Marquesas Islands ASSOCIATE HOUSES: A. B. Donald, Ltd., Auckland. N.Z.; A. B, Donald, Ltd., , Rarotonga, Cook Is.; Dominion Fruit Co.. Suva, Fiji.

Lloyd’s Agents.

Booking and Handling Agents for Tasman Empire Airways, Ltd.

Agents and Distributors for:

FRANCE: Hennessy Cognacs; Marie Brizard & Roger Liqueurs; Charles Hiedsieck Champagnes; Gruber Beer.

NEW ZEALAND: Vacuum Oil Co. (N.Z.i, Ltd., Petroleum Products.

SWEDEN: Hjorth & Co., Primus Stoves; Elektrolux Refrigerators & Motors.

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

Sydney Agents: BURNS, PHILP & CO.

PHILP CO. OF SAN FRANCISCO, INC.

U.S.A.: General Steamship Corp.;; Radio Corp. of America; Brown &s Williamson, Ltd.; Cigarettes; Strike. Wings; Champion Spark Plug?

Co.; Steelcote Paints & Lacquers;; Remington Rand Ihc.

ENGLAND: Reckitt & Coleman (Overseas), Ltd.; Hercules Bicycles; Thea Bank Line, Ltd.; The Shaw Savill &S Albion Company, Ltd.

LTD. San Francisco Agents: BURNS-- London Agents: BURNS, PHILP & C 0.,, LTD. Agents in France: HARTH & CIE, PARIS; A. BICKART, MARSEILLESE

fOK oven zs ***

" host

noun BZAND in T " e

p M !»C

LLESPIE S

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 purify • ing process which reduces the risk of insect infestation).

NCHOR

FLOUR

GILLESPIE BROS. PT Y. LTD.. ANCHOR FLOUR MILLS. SYDNEY G. 1.97

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OrCollums

but for closest V friends and 50 special occasions a> only 9 eto will do

/rH m

Scots (Uhislcy

DISTILLED AND BLENDED IN SCOTLAND.

NEW GUINEA CO. LIMITED

RABAUL, LAE, KAVIENG, MADANG, KOKOPO

(g,Vtfi(3)

Tbe\so3

ELECTROLUX

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 particu-

lars now.

PAPUA:

ISLAND PRODUCTS

LTD., Port Moresby.

TNG.:

NEW GUINEA CO. LTD.

r ’V an M. ifliS Model LT 701

ELECTROLUX IS ALWAYS SILENT

—Or write to the Distributors :

W. R. CARPENTER & CO. LTD,

16 O'CONNELL STREET, SYDNEY.

THE IDEAL REFRIGERATOR

MODEL 225

FOR SMALL SHIPS!

“Hardie & Spear” refrigerators are ideal for smallships. caravan or any type of mobile use.

The specially designed Mobile Kerosene Tank eliminates all danger of spilled kerosene or of fluctuation or instability of flame.

AVAILABLE IN THREE

SIZES

There is a “Hardie & Spear” refrigerator for your home too.

Write for full particulars to the Sole Pacific Agents:—

KERR BROS. PTY. LTD.

Box 3838, G.P.0., Sydney.

IPRICORN CHARTERS

NOW AT

MARYBOROUGH, OLD.

.apricorn Charters, est. over 20 ears, announce the purchasing

f Maryborough Slipway, and

he transferring of their busiess from Gladstone to Mary-

orough, Queensland.

Specialists in Island vessels I and work boats.

Estimates prepared. * Deliveries by our own crews. ) Ships Joiners. > Marine Brokers.

> MODERN PATENT SLIP.

Capacity to 500 tons. * All classes of repair work undertaken. Early delivery of all stock vessels.

APRICORN

c: . - ‘MAGI” Recently delivered to Port Moresby. Our Standard 45 ftr.

Powered 6 L.W. 72 H.P. Gardner Diesel.

CHARTERS. Maryborough, old.

MARINE DIESEL

ENGINES

FOR DEPENDABILITY, ECONOMY

AND LONG LIFE

Tried and Proved for over 20 the Islands

LW SERIES

GARDNER MARINE

36 BMP at 1,200 RPM

WITH

REVERSING &

REDUCING GEARS.

ALL SIZES,

24, 36, 48, 60, 72 BHP,

AVAILABLE FROM

STOCK & SHORT

DELIVERY.

1 i 1717/1 Sales , Service and Spare Parts , Catalogues From

FERRIER & DICKINSON PTY. LTD.

SOLE AGENTS FOR PAPUA-NEW GUINEA & SOUTH WEST PACIFIC ISLANDS Herbert St., St. Leonords, N.S.W.

Telephone: JF 1215 Telegrams: “FERREOUS”, Sydney

BLAXLAND - CHAPMAN

MARINE ENGINES • WONDER LAUNCHES • PUMPING UNITS

• ENGINEERING PRODUCTS

T Whatever your requirements In this field—you can be SURE of Blaxland Rae Products.

Contact the Sole Pacific Distributors.

KERR BROS, ffi

4 O’CONNELL ST., SYDNEY, N.S.W.

Box 3838, G.P.O.

Cables: “Carefulness”, Sydney.

S. W. DAVIDS & SONS

Cleveland Foundry

TOWNSVILLE, NTH. QUEENSLAND

• GENERAL ENGINEERS • FOUNDERS

• BLACKSMITHS • BOILERMAKERS

• SLIP PROPRIETORS

2 Patent Slips—l,2oo ton, 100 ton

• BOAT BUILDERS & SHIPWRIGHTS

Box 417 Telephone: 4067, 4068.

,3=

No. 2 IN THE SERIES

ANOTHER REASON WHY YOU NEED A

mmm

DURABILITY

& ECONOMY

Cylinder liners treated by the Listard Chrome Hardening Process ensure high compression and low lubricating on consumption over long periods Pistons of low expansion alloy, oval turned to give long life, are anodised at all ring grooves. features that make

LISTER FAMOUS:

if Durability and Economy. if Rigidity and Silence. if Corrosion-Resistant Sea Water and Bilge Pumps. if Enclosed Fuel System. if Built-in Reverse Gears. if Optional Reduction Ratios.

British BU'^l I m N.S.W. Distributors:

DANGAR, GEDYE Cr

MALLOCH LIMITED

Local Agents: R. Gillespie (N.G.) Ltd., RABAUL.

Century Motors, LAE. Pacific Island Motors, PORT MORESBY. A. H. Bunting Ltd., SAMARA). F. L. Kwock Cheong, RABAUL. Madang Slipways Ltd.,

MADANG. J. H. Ellis, GOROKA.

The Lister "Freedom" range of Marine Diesel Engines comprises single, twin, three, four and six cylinder models, all cold starting and developing 9 h.p. per cylinder at 1,800 r.p.m.

marine diesels

Please send me details of the Lister Marine Diesel Range.

NAME

ADDRESS-

DMVI6.B4

P.I.M

CAPTAIN W. L. KENNEDY

(Established 1031.)

SHIPBROKERS, BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE

63 Pitt Street, Sydney.

’Phone: BU 3797. Cables: “CAPKEN,” Sydney.

LISTING:

STEEL CARGO VESSEL.—CIass 8.C., machinery aft, 660 tons dwt. f i';JL large ha tches. good lifting gear. £30,000 Sterling.

TWIN DIESEL CARGO VESSEL.—About 380 tons dwt. on 8 ft. 6 in draft.

Commonwealth Class. £15,000 Australian THREE-MASTED SCHOONER.-107 ft. x 24 ft. x 8 ft., twin diesel, about 170 tons dwt. Owners will consider about £lO,OOO.

NEW.—SO ft. x 16 ft. 6 in. x 4 ft. 6in cargo hull, accommodation aft, mast derrick etc., ready for installation of engine. £6,500 or builders will quote to finish to clients’ requirements.

NEW WORKBOAT —5O ft. x 15 ft. x 5 ft., knots, launched ready delivery. £9,500. w P R J iBOAT - —About 38 ft. x 11 ft. 6 in., (jaraner dlw Marine engine with paction, engine aft, copper sheathed, in first class condition, good buying. ft ‘ x 11 30 Hp - Lister diesel. 2/1 reduction, professionally built 1953. £2,550.

WORKBOAT,—26 ft. x 9 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. 6 in., 60 H.P. diesel, 4»/ 2 /l reduction professionally built 1953. £1,850. 4 cyl. G.M. Marine diesel, speed 9 Gardner SLW Marine engine with We shall be pleased to obtain independent Surveys of any craft we offer and subsequently arrange delivery either on ship’s deck or sea as desired.

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 VRH Broadcasting Station.

ISLAND TRANSPORT LIMITED.

Managing Agents: W. R. CARPENTER & CO. (Fiji) LTD.

SUVA, FIJI.

Telephone: 114—6 lines. P.O. Box 299.

UNRIVALLED ON THE SEVEN SEAS

NATIONAL INSTRUMENT CO. PTY. LTD.

ANNOUNCE THEIR APPOINTMENT AS

Sole Australian Agents for the World-Famous

ELAC-ECHO SOUNDERS

ISotv available for Immediate Delivery

BLAC-BCHOCRAPH

I JUNIOR

[LA C

ECHOMETE R

EL AC

ECHOSCOPE

% Convincing proof of the capabilities of the Elac-Echograph Junior has been received from Fishermen already using this equipment in Australia. % Mr. Cyril Slephens, leading Cray-Fisherman of Port Welshpool, Victoria, reports outstanding results from the Echograph Junior installed in the “VALDA S.”— . . Positive identification of all types of sea bottom . . . Reefs only three feet high clearly shown on chart . . . crayfish pots shot accurately and quickly . . . time only 15 minutes using the Echography Junior , compared with 2 hours using old-fashioned hand line . . .!

THERE IS AN ELAC ECHO SOUNDER TO SUIT YOUR BOAT AND TYPE OF FISHING. Contact the National Instrument Company in your Slate for further information.

Sole Australian Agents:

NATIONAL INSTRUMENT CO. PTY. LTD.

Head Office and Works: Aerodrome, Essendon, Vic. Phone FX 1528 Sales Office: 390 Flinders Street, Melbourne. Phone MB 5281 Branches at Adelaide; LA 0461 - Perth; ML 453 - Sydney: B 0229 - Brisbane: M 5015

ECHOGRAPH

SENIOR

ECHOGRAPH

JUNIOR

ELAC

FISCHLUPE

YOUR NEXT

LEAVE

Modern up to the minute homes between Dee Why and Palm Beach available to Island Residents for Holidays.

Write for information to:—

J. T. STAPLETON

PTY. LTD.,

ESTATE AGENTS,

133 PITT STREET, SYDNEY.

BU 3420, BL 1737.

or any of the Branch Offices located at Dee Why, Narrabeen, Mona Vale, Avalon or Palm Beach.

Correct Sleeping Posture

for a Lifetime!

—yours with the latest American-styled

MATTRESS ■

9 m Here is the PERMANENT NON-SAG CONSTRUCTION of a famous American name in sleeping comfort ... a special tempered steel wire spring unit reinforced at every point by a flexible steel edgeband that can never sag! . . . Keeps your mattress new! On this mattress correct Famous sleeping posture will always be yours.

It’s like downy nothingness to sleep on, does wonderful things for your health, vitality and looks not for years but for a lifetime! Invest in “Sleepmaker” rest.

SLEEPMAKER GIVES YOU A

10-YEAR WRITTEN GUARANTEE

Sleepmaker" Innersprings available

IN ALL PACIFIC ISLANDS

If unable to obtain—contact our Agents for the Pacific Islands: All Branches of BURNS PHILP (N.G.) LTD., BURNS PHILP (S.S.) CO. LTD., BURNS PHILP (N.H.) LTD.

“Sleepmaker” Mattresses are made by Sleepmakers Pty. Ltd., 74 Wilson St., Newtown, Sydney.

BRAND-NEW! THE OLIVER SUPER 55

HERE'S BIG TRACTOR POWER IN A SMALL DIESEL!

Read these facts , then see the Super 55 yourself. 30 DRAWBAR H.P.! Has the EXTRA power you’ve always wanted in a small tractor. including NEW SUPER LOW, only li miles an hour. Road speed too, of course.

THREE POINT HITCH:

Standard equipment. Takes a complete line of implements of standard make.

DIRECT DRIVE P.T.O. allows

tractor to start and stop without interrupting P.T.O. drive to implement.

HYDRAULICS BUILT IN with

constant Draft AS WELL AS Implement position control.

SIX FORWARD SPEEDS

MANY OTHER EXCLUSIVE

FEATURES Call your Oliver State distributor NOW, for a demonstration.

OLIVER

OLIVER

Distributors:

AUTHORIZED

NEW GUINEA: New Guinea Company Ltd., Rabaul, Lae, Madang, Kavieng; Port Moresby; Island Products Ltd. 8.5.1.: W. R. Carpenter & Co. (Solomon Islands) Pty., Ltd., Tulagi.

NEW CALEDONIA: de Rouvray & Co. (agents for W. R.

Carpenter & Co., Ltd.).

FRENCH OCEANIA: Magasin Roy, Papeete, Tahiti.

SEND THIS COUPON FOR FREE FOLDER

OLIVER DISTRIBUTORS,

Box 4726, G.P.0., Sydney.

Please send me FREE and POST FREE, full details of the Oliver Super 55

NAME

ADDRESS

PIM 11

»*«■ "V"

Mint!

AMETCO

2-12 Carrington St., Sydney.

Telephone: BX 3695 ( D. M. KAMERLING, Manager.)

WE ARE

(AUST.)

PTY. LTD.

Cables: Ametco, Sydney Codes: ACME

MANUFACTURERS' REPRESENTATIVES

and sell only those lines for which we have the sole agency in the South Pacific, such as:

FLOUR/SHARPS/WHEATMEAL

CANNED FISH (Dutch, Sth. African)

WALLACE’S SCOTCH WHISKY (Bottled in

Scotland)

LEXINGTON CIGARETTES

CEYLON TEA

DANISH MEATS

ESSENCES

ESSENTIAL OILS

CHEMICALS

STRUCTURAL STEEL

CASTIRON PIPES

ASBESTOS CEMENT PIPES

WIRENETTING

FENCING WIRE

GALVANISED CORRUGATED IRON

CORRUGATED ALUMINIUM SHEETS

ETC., ETC.

Your enquiries, preferably through your Buying Agents in Australia, about general merchandise, building materials, technical and semi-technical articles will have our most careful and prompt attention.

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(Continued from Page 56)

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C Sullivan (Export) Pty. Ltd.

Perfectly balanced

BAKER’S FLOUR

Willow Tree Brand 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.)

Warwick (Qld.) and Ballarat (Victoria) Heritage Brand

BUNGE (AUSTRALIA)

PTY., 45 Market Street,

LTD. SYDNEY.

Cable Address: “Bungeco, Sydney.”

C Sullivan (Export) Pty. Ltd.

379 KENT STREET, SYDNEY, N.S.W.

Y’clegrams and Cables: “CHASULL” Sydney. Telephone: BX 6381 (6 lines).

And at Melbourne, and Brisbane.

Associated Companies: C. SULLIVAN (Q'LAND) PTY. LTD., 318 Adelaide Street, Brisbane.

C. SULLIVAN (PACIFIC ISLANDS) Ltd., Suva, Fiji.

C. SULLIVAN (NEW GUINEA) Ltd., Rabaul, T.N.G.

C. SULLIVAN (N.Z.) Ltd., 22 Swanson Street, Auckland, N.Z.

C. SULLIVAN (EXPORT) Pty. Ltd., 66 Victoria St., London, S.W.I. England.

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

BEST PRICES FOR COPRA, COCOA, SHELLS AND GENERAL ISLAND PRODUCE.

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Osej

More energy... more power per gallon makes

of difference between SHELL with I

and any other petrol...

Specially refined SHELL has a higher energy content than any other motor spirit. Each and every drop gives out more heat . . . more energy. This is a scientific fact! When you drive on SHELL you feel this extra energy in greater power and better road performance.

You get more miles from every gallon.

Themcst

Powerful

Petrolyou

can buy!

u v»

MSS42BJ

WITH

OSEj

BORNS PHILf (SOUTH SEA) CO. LTD.

Registered Office: SUVA, Fiji.

Code Address; “BURNSOUTH.”

GENERAL MERCHANTS AND SHIPOWNERS

BRANCHES;

Fiji

Suva.

Levuka.

Lautoka.

Labasa.

Samoa

Ba. Apia.

Sigatoka, Pago Pago.

Tavua.

Rotuma Island.

Norfolk Island. Niue Island.

Tonga:-

Nukualofa.

Haapai.

Vavau.

Agents for:— * Queensland Insurance Go. Ltd. • Burns Philp Trust Co. Ltd.

• Shell Company (P. 1.) Ltd.

ALSO AGENTS AND REPRESENTATIVES FOR:

• Ardath Tobacco Co. • Associated British Oil Engines (Exp.) Ltd. • Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd. • Ferguson Tractors (Exp.) Ltd. • Hercules Cycle £r Motor Co. Ltd. • A. J. Caley £r Sons (Confectionery) . • Charles Hope Ltd.-Cold Flame Refrigerators. • Huntley & Palmers Ltd. (Biscuits) . • International Harvester Co. • Jantzen (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. • Joseph Lucas (Exp.) Ltd. • McAlpine Refrigeration Ltd. • McLeay Duff & Co. (Whisky). • S. Maw Son Cr Sons (Surgical Dressings). • Mullard (Overseas) Ltd. (Radios). • O'Cedar Ltd. (Oils & Mops). • Reckitt & Colman Ltd. • S.F. Appliances Ltd. • Slazengers (Aust.) Pty. Ltd. • Standard Motor Co. • Stewarts & Lloyds (Aust.) Pty.

Ltd.

Shipping, Customs and

Shipping

THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO.

LTD.

(Regular First Class, One Class and Tourist Class Passenger Services from NEW ZEALAND

PORTS to UNITED KINGDOM, via PANAMA.)

SHAW SAVILL & ALBION CO. LTD.

(Regular First Class, One Class and Tourist Class Passenger Services from NEW ZEALAND PORTS to the UNITED KINGDOM, via PANAMA; and

via AUSTRALIAN PORTS and SOUTH AFRICA.)

Agents for

PORT LINE LTD.

(One Class Passenger Services from NEW ZEA-

LAND PORTS TO UNITED KINGDOM, via

PANAMA.)

COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES

MARITIMES

(Regular First Class and Tourist Class Passenger Services from FRENCH OCEANIA to MAR-

SEILLES. via PANAMA.)

BANK LINE LIMITED

BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION

CO. LTD.

Also INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES for

QANTAS EMPIRE AIRWAYS LTD.

TASMAN EMPIRE AIRWAYS LTD.

Agents Throughout the World.

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tropics ?

The Pacific Islands Society

(Founded 1937) Visitors from the Pacific Isldnds 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 XJ3205.)

Energetic in the

tropics ?

OF COURSE i

What a wonderful difference daily ‘AKTA-vite* makes to the whole family ! And it costs so little !

Delicious ‘AKTA-VITE’ contains the vitamins you need for bounding health—A, 815B l5 C, D —with calcium and phosphorus for turdy growth. Chocolate and malt flavoured, VKTA-viTE’ can be taken in ot or cold milk, on fruits, asserts and ice-cream, in indwiches or straight from lejar. ‘AKTA-vite* makes Ee in the tropics a daily joy. r ade by Nicholas Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia.

Z. 9, o

AEIS/2048

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Warnock Bros. Limited

AUCKLAND, N.Z.

Manufacturers of well known brands of Laundry Soap

“KIA ORA” AND “NATURU”

★ Obtainable from Auckland and Island Merchants

Buying Agents for all Pacific Territories

and Authorised Agents for

"AGCO" SUPALUVRES • "POPE" PRODUCTS

BLACK & WHITE SCOTCH WHISKY • MASSE BATTERIES

• "COLEMAN" LANTERNS AND STOVES

• "LOTUS LAND" INNER SPRING MATTRESSES

Island Produce Sold on Commission

ROBERT GILLESPIE PTY. LIMITED

540 Pitt Street, Sydney Cables: ROBERGILL G.P.O. Box 7011

Uniform With International Standard

"DELANA" MARJARINE

An Island Product for Everyone!

MADE BY

ISLAND INDUSTRIES LIMITED

) Delana has a Delightful ( ) Dairy Product Flavour f ) and is Really Economical. (

< "DELANA" IS SOLD IN >

i lb. Pats—l lb. Waxed / \ Punnets, which keep in ? ) beautiful condition in hot f ) weather, and also 1 lb. f

) tins. (

EXPORT ENQUIRIES WELCOMED

ISLAND INDUSTRIES LIMITED

P.O. BOX 299, SUVA, FIJI

B K

COLONIAL

N So T E m & vO- C& jv® < m ' u. or gT

CORNED MW

FRO OUC T OF *&}■

„ « : }A •"■ u

BRONTE" & "COLONIAL" BRANC

SPECIALLY PACKED FOR THE ISLANDS

CORNED BEEF CORNED MUTTON

CORNED BEEF with CEREAL. ROAST MUTTON

MINCED BEEF LOAF CURRIED MUTTON

ROAST BEEF

CURRIED BEEF

Available in 16-oz, and 2-lh. cans.

SHEEP TONO

ox tongue; Products of THE COLONIAL WHOLESALE MEAT CO. PTY. LTD.

Canning Factory:

STATE ABATTOIRS, HOMEBUSH, SYDNEY

N. S. W. , AUSTRALIA

TELEPHONE: UM 8436. CABLES: "WOOLMILL," SYDNEY

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Motors

SUVA MOTORS LIMITED

VICTORIA PARADE, SUVA-NAVITI STREET, LAUTOKA

Gem Rotary Hoes Distributors in Fiji for • Greens Motor Mowers • Enfield Air-Cooled Diesel Engines Penta Outboard Motors . C emaster Kerosene Refrigerators • Allen Motor Scythes and Attachments Armstrong Shock Absorbers • Michelin Tyre and Tubes Chrysler Australia Limited: Plymouth and Chrysler Cars Fargo Utilities Trucks, Genuine Mo-Par Replacement Parts and Accessories.

Caterpillar Tractor Co.: Farm Tractors, Earthmoving Equipment Tool-Bars Implements, Motor Graders, Genuine Caterpillar Replacement Parts.

Write for Further Details and Illustrated Literature

SUVA

MOTORS

Box 250, Suva, Fiji

LIMITED

c*

JUST ONE BRUSHING WITH

Colgate

Dental Cream

CLEANS

YOUR

BREATH

WHILE IT

Sss

CLEANS

YOUR

TEETH

f and stops tooth decay BEST!

Every time you brush your teeth with Colgate Dental Cream, you can actually feel how smooth and clean they are. Your teeth are whiter . . • brighter ... and you are assured of round-theclock protection against decay-causing enzymes.

That’s why Colgate Dental Cream is Australia’s largest— America’s largest-the world’s largest selling dental cream.

Get the family economy size and save 1/8 fiT

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Burns Philp Trust

HANDS

THAT

Ntvta.

THE

WHEEL

TAKE THIS WEIGHT

OFF VOUIt

MINI)

Everyone who agrees to act as an Executor has every reason for ScSom^an'd 8 flrpc EXeCUtor ’ yo H, face unfamiliar problems, awkward decisions and tiresome responsibilities. No one can blame you for to 2SSS d ° Ubt with certainty. Simply ask your Mend or Limited. * transfer your Burden to Burns Philp Trust Company man CUt hnT hi Sf b ! com f s the fulltime responsibility, not of one f l ble directors and experienced officers. 111-health, accidents, or absence cannot interfere with efficient and tireless “ H ? nds That Never Leave The Wheel" fully explains the advantages of professional Executorship. This 20-page booklet RnrnfpS a L all ° ffices of Burns Phil P ( South Sea) Company, Burns Phdp (New Guinea) Limited, Burns Philp (New Hebrides) Limited, or from the Trust Company.

James Burns P.T.W. Black

DIRECTORS

Joseph Mitchell Eric Priestley Lee MANAGER: L. S. Parker.

SECRETARY: E. R. Overton, F.A.S.A.

BURNS PHILP TRUST

COMPANY LIMITED

Executor • Trustee • Attorney

Head Office: 7 Bridge Street, Sydney.

Telegraphic Address: “BURNSTRUST”. Box 543, G.P.O.

Also Registered Offices at Melbourne, Brisbane, Port Moresby {Papua), and Vila (New Hebrides).

$ Q w

Imperial

CANNED

MEATS

Order NOW from your Nearest Supplier

HOT PACKS

16-oz. Braised Beef Steak Stew. 16-oz. Steak and Kidney Pudding. 16-oz. Steak and Tomato. 16-oz. Irish Stew. 16-oz. Beef Steak Pudding. 12-oz. Steak and Onions.

TOMATO

PRODUCTS

8-oz. Tomato Soup. 16-oz. Tomato Soup. 28-oz. Peeled Tomatoes.

CANNED FRUITS

16-oz. Grapes. 30-oz. Peaches. 30-oz. Pears. 30-oz. Apricots. 16-oz. Raspberries. 30-oz. Raspberries. 16-oz. Loganberries. 30-oz. Loganberries. 16-oz. Gooseberries. 30-oz. Gooseberries. 16-oz. Cherries. 16-oz. Fruit Cocktail.

COLD MEATS

12-oz. Trim (Pork and Beef). 12-oz, Meatreat. 12-oz. Hampe. 12-oz. 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. 12-oz. Taper Corned Beef W/C.

SAUSAGES

16-oz. Beef Sausages. 16-oz. Oxford Sausages. 16-oz. Cambridge Sausages. 16-oz. Pork Sausages. 10-oz. Vienna Sausages. 16-oz. Vienna Sausages. 4-oz. Vienna Sausages.

TONGUES

12-oz. Sheep Tongues. 12-oz. Lamb Tongues. 12-oz. Calves’ Tongues. 12-oz. Lunch Tongues. 2-lb. Ox Tongues.

CONDENSED MILK

14-oz. Sweetened Condensed Milk. 12-oz. Unsweetened Evaporated Milk. 12-oz. Chocream. 8-oz. Reduced Cream.

CANNED FISH

12-oz. Flair Fish Cutlets. 16-oz. Tins Dripping. 37-lb. Tins Dripping.

MARGARINE

56-lb. boxes Cake Margarine. 56-lb. boxes Pastry Margarine.

"RIVERMEDE"

BUTTER

56-lb. boxes Bulk Butter. 16-oz. pats Butter.

Vi-lb. pats Butter. 12-oz. tins Butter. 16-oz. tins Butter.

CANNED JAMS

12-oz. & 24-oz. Fig. 12-oz. & 24-oz. Plum. 12-oz. & 24-oz. Raspberry. 12-oz. & 24-oz. Quince. 12-oz. & 24-oz. Marmalade. 12-oz. & 24-oz. Apricot. 12-oz. & 24-oz. Peach. 12-oz. & 24-oz. Melon &.

Ginger. 12-oz. & 24-oz. Melon & Lemon. 12-oz. & 24-oz. Melon & Pineapple.

AGENCIES

ptsih rANNFRIFS OF TASMANIA PTY. LTD., Tasmania. (“Flair” Canned Fish). r ARTmnF PRODUCTS PTY LTD., Victoria. (“Gartside” Canned Vegetables).

A MIT K COMPANY Victoria (“Jersey Cow” and “Mont Blanc”

Sfsed co-op. association ltd.,

5^^ n (“kream”'cornflour nl ‘^Acme" l PEEK

FREAN (AUST.) PTY. LTD., (Biscuit Manufacturers).

W. ANGLISS fir CO. (Aust.) PTY. LTD.,

255 A George Street, Sydney, N.S.W.

Branches. —N.S.W.: Riverstone Meat Co Pty. Ltd 255 A Oeorje.Street .Sydney. QLD.: Redbank Meat Works Pty. Ltd.. Stanley Street, Sth. Bnsoane.

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Mungo Scott Pty. Ltd.

Established 1894

AUSTRALIAN

U 4 mm

SYDNEY

AUSTRALIA

FLOUR MILLERS

SUMMER HILL, NEW SOUTH WALES

Cable & Telegraphic Address:: SUPERB, Sydney

Why do so many

Journalists choose an

IMPERIAL

"GOOD COMPANION”?

r -w, Z* typer i Because it is the most durable of all portable typewriters. The ability of the "Good Companion" to 'take a beating'—day after day, year after year—is proverbial among professional writers. If you live in an area where typewriter servicing or repairs are difficult to obtain, then this is the only portable for you.

Because it is impervious to climatic changes. Blow hot, blow cold, come rain, come fine, this little gem of a typewriter will work as smoothly and efficiently as ever—and keep its handsome appearance, too! No wonder it's the world's best-known portable typewriter!

Every “Good Companio carries the

famous Imperial Guarantee

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE

ARMSTRONG & SPRINGHALL LTD.

VICTORIA PARADE - SUVA

and twelve branches in New Zealand.

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Nelson And Robertson Pty. Ltd.

Established 1895.

P.O Box 5316, 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 OUTBOARD

ENGINES.

FAMOUS EL TRUST SHOT

GUNS.

NANDR QUALITY PRODUCTS.

ASTER CANNED FISK.

For your New South Wales and Victorian Requirements: Communicate with our HEAD OFFICE. Cables: “Ivan”, Sydney.

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Current Items from Our Correspondents in PNG (Continued from page 48)

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Botanical

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New Airline Begins

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ANEW airline, Carsair, began operations in Papua-New Guinea at the end of October and will provide services to some of the lessserviced points.

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of 8 Spring Street, Sydney, N

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HEATHS OF ISLANDS PEOPLE

EtE REV. FATHER J. M. OREVE

The Rev. Father John M. Oreve, lose death occurred at Sydney ter a long illness, was born in lance in 1882 and went to Fiji ter his ordination as a priest in )7. He was at Suva for much of i 37 years of missionary work.

The late Bishop Nicholas

pointed Father Oreve his Pro par, and, when the Bishop died 1941, Father Oreve was respon se for the administration of the iman Catholic mission in Fiji til the elevation of Bishop Foley, bsequently, Father Oreve was for time at Ba and was temporarily aplain at Makogai. From there i Superiors of the Society of iry called him to a post at Syd f, a post which illness prevented n from taking up effectively.

MR. R. H. PHILLIPS

Jr. Richard Henry Phillips, whose ith occurred at Sydney on October in his 90th year, went to Fiji m Australia in 1902 and joined 5 Customs Department. He was tioned at Lautoka for many years, i for the last 17 years had been ng in retirement at Mosman.

L keen naturalist, Mr. Phillips s responsible for the fact that ! British Museum has the largest Dwn collection of Fijian Lepi

doptera. He presented his private collection of moths to the Australian Museum at Sydney, He is survived by his wife two sons and two married daughters

MR. J. H. MCDONALD

r™,,. , , ln Burwo ° d . Sydney 6 on o?tober°“*

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long illness. He was 67.' He had a notable military career in War I with the 20th Bn. AIF.

He was discharged with the rank of major, a DSO and an MC He first went to New Guinea in the early twenties for the Expropriation SS

P, lned the AtoMstationl“AM

Officer. outstanding qualifications as an organiser and leader gained him ra P ld promotion and during the years prior to War II he was DO at Manus, Kavieng and o a ther centres on r ? lievm g duties. He °° Kavieng , when the Japs arrived there but managed to escape with his party to Australia by schooner. For some time after the War he wa s Assistant Director of District Services in Moresby before retiring to Sydney. He is sur-

id by his second wife and a son his first marriage.

MR. BEN HEAPS

he death occurred suddenly in t Moresby at the end of Sep iber of Mr. Ben Heape, a popular nber of the community and a 7 keen and active member of the uting movement. ; was largely through his efforts t Scouting was reorganised so i in the Territory after the war , it was he who led the Papuan ut Contingent to Canberra and sr Australian cities during the t of the Queen and the Duke of nburgh. Over 1,000 attended his eral, where European and native uts acted as pall-bearers, e is survived by his wife and ' daughters, as well as by the dren of his brother (a New md planter who died a few years ) who were in his care.

SISTER MARY ZITA

ister Mary Zita, of the order of Sacred Heart, died at Yule nd, Papua, in October, tie arrived in the Territory in [ and spent almost all of her ice in the Mekeo area. She 72.

A.TROL-OFFICER J. SHORT

atrol Officer John Short died in : Moresby Hospital on October 3, r a desperate battle by doctors ave his life. e became ill about three weeks dously while escorting a New nea Resources Survey Team in :ukuku country about 200 miles :h-east of Port Moresby. He laged to walk for about a week the trek back to the coast, but i collapsed and had to be ied to the Tauri River. •om there, a raft took him to apo, and he was flown from here

to Port Moresby by a Papuan Air Transport Anson. An ambulance waiting at Jackson’s airstrip rushed him to hospital, but he died at 6.30 pm the following evening.

MRS. E. R. HENDRA

The death occurred at the Rabaul Hospital in early October of the well-known Territory identity, Mrs.

Ellen Rebecca Hendra.

Mrs. Hendra arrived in Papua about 30 years ago, but lived most of her Islands life in the Territory in New Guinea.

She is survived by her children and- grandchildren.

MR. B. H. MARKS

The death occurred at Melbourne, on October 10, of Mr. B. H. Marks,

a son of the late Sir Henry and Lady Marks, of Suva.

Sir Henry went from Melbourne to Fiji in 1881 and established a business. Mr. Ben Marks, one of six children, was born at Suva 61 years ago and, after his father’s death, managed the estate in Fiji.

In the First World War he left Fiji as a corporal, was commissioned in England and served in the Middle East. In World War II he assisted in the Information Office at Suva.

Mr. Marks was a prominent Mason and member of the Suva Rotary Club. For more than 30 years he was associated with the Fiji Golf Club, Suva, as player, secretary and vice-president.

Mr. Marks is survived by his

aveiiers in the Eastern Pacific . . .

left: Dr. and Mrs. H. Thieme, with their I son and daughter, recently returned to , W. Samoa, from Dunedin, NZ, where Dr.

Thieme has been taking a post-graduate course in Tuberculosis. At right: Beneath many leis, Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart and daughter

Sandra, who were leaving Pago Pago for three months leave in Sydney. Mr. Stewart is Pago manager of Burns Philp (SS), Ltd. —Photos: Pan American Prints.

wife (formerly Miss Jeanette Barrett, daughter of Sir James Barrett, of Sydney) and a daughter, Janice. He and Mrs. Marks had left Suva for Melbourne in August.

MR. T. E. PETERSON

Mr. Thomas Ernest Peterson died at the home of his daughter, Mrs.

Lavania Smith, at Lami, Suva, on October 2, at the age of 76.

Mr. Peterson’s father was a Norwegian sailor who settled first in Samoa and then in Taveuni, where, a few years before Cession (1874), he acquired the land where the family now live.

Mr. Peterson is survived by f(pur sons and 11 daughters. His wife, who predeceased him, was before her marriage Miss Fanny Pickering, of Kasavu Island, Rewa Delta.

The body was flown from Suva to Taveuni to be buried at the Naiselesele estate.

BROTHER CONRAD WEBER

The Catholic Mission in the Gilbert Islands some time ago suf fered the loss of one of its founders, Brother Conrad Weber.

Aged 93 at the time of his death, Brother Conrad was born in Alsace and had spent 72 years in the ser vice of the mission in the Gilberts, having arrived with the original group of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in 1888.

Brother Conrad was known and

respected by everyone in the group.

An indication of how widely he was known is seen in a report that dur

ing his lifetime he baptised 6iS Gilbertese, about 15,000 of wv; are still living.

Distinguished Fijians at Sydney Gathering

Our photo was taken on the occasion of a recent social evening given by the S[?] Polynesian Association to welcome two Fijian doctors and their wives. The group show to right, standing, Mrs. George Waqasaqa of Sydney, Mrs Tambua Salato, Mr. Waqasaqa Ruth Manulevu, Mr. George Little, Dr. A. Manulevu, Dr. M. Salato, and Mr. George Deis In front are Mrs. Deightcn and Mrs. Monty Griffin.

Photo by Richard Parker :

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Territory Representatives for: Voigtlander Cameras.

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Sixtomat Exposure Meters.

Metz Flash Units.

Paillard Bolex Movie Equipment.

Gevaert Films & Papers.

King Regula 35 mm. Cameras.

Metraphot Exposure Meters.

Pelikan Products.

Hermes Typewriters.

EXPERT CAMERA, WATCH & CLOCK REPAIR SERVICE

NATIVE HANDICRAFTS & CURIOS

PHOTOGRAPHS & ILLUSTRATED BOOKS ABOUT

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SAMOA

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Any B.N.Z. Manager can explain the services to you fully, without obligation. You are invited to enquire at any B.N.Z. Branch. throughout the Islands Branches at SUVA, LAUTOKA, LABASA, NADI and BA, (FIJI), and at

APIA (SAMOA)

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This new discovery makes It possible to quickly and easily restore rigour 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 dlscorery, which Is a home medicine In pleasant, easyto-take tablet form, does away with gland operations and begins to build new rigour and energy in 24 hours, yet it is absolutely harmless in action.

The success of this amazing discovery, called VI-STIM, has been so great that it is now being distributed by all chemist* here under a guarantee of complete satisfaction or money back.

In other words, VI-STIM must make you feel full of rigour 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

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This is a standard line made by the manufacturers of Simplex Marine Engines.

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• RABAUL • MADANG • KAVIENG • LAE • GOROKA Associated with: COLYER WATSON PTY. LTD., COLYER WATSON & CO. LTD., Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane. Wellington. Auckland. Christchurch.

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A homely,dignified|

Specialising in Pacific Island Insurances.

FIRE—MOTOR VEHICLE—MARINE

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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 Guinea.

RABAUL, T.N.G.

Managing Agents: New Guinea Co., Ltd.

Island Representative; G. 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.

Head Office: 60 Hunter St,, Sydney.

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Tariff: 37/6. per person B. and B.

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Now every chemist has a new American Hospital Discovery called Nixoderm that stops the itch in 7 minutes, kills germs and fungus and in 24 hours begins to heal the skin clear, soft and smooth. No matter how Tong you have suffered or what you have tried, get Nixoderm from Jour chemist to-day under poslive guarantee to heal your skin satisfactorily or money back.

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HYTEST Tomahawks and Axes

are Dependable because they are

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When you buy Hytest Green Axes, Tomahawks, Wedges, Mattocks and Canoe Adzes, you can rely on their performance every time — Hytest is the name that guarantees you tough and durable tools.

Your Island Merchant Carries the entire range of Hytest Forged Steel Axes and Tools. Place your order now for prompt delivery!

HYTEST AXE & TOOL PTY. LTD.

Collins Street, Alexandria, N.S.W. Australia

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TONGALA Condensed MILK in TUBES stops waste. Ideal for picnics, boating, camping. Keeps for a long period—stays fresh. \ TONGALA Natural Pure Whole MILK Use straight from the can. Sterilised for added purity and <<• long-lasting qualities.

MONT BLANC Full Cream Powdered MILK contains all the original butter fat, milk sugar and proteins of full-cream dairy milk. Dissolves qu-ickly and completely.

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Office and Sample Room Bank of New South Wales Chambers, Suva, Fiji.

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TIMES

ANNUAL

H. E. The Governor of Fiji, about

ANNUAL 1954:

"May I compliment you on the high standard of this publication." (18/1/1954) P.I.M. about ANNUAL 1955; "Printed in English, Hindi and Fijian, with a great many photographic illustrations, this 100-page publication is a pleasant surprise. Larger schools in more advanced countries produce much less ambitious publications than this." (March, 1955) PACIFIC REVIEW, Nadi, Fiji, about

ANNUAL 1955:

'Within a short time, the ANNUAL has become an established institution." (28/2/1954)

ANNUAL 1956

Will be out as usual on New Year's Eve.

Advertisers are reminded that Order with advertisement copy should reach before Ist December, 1955:

P.O. Box No. 9, Nadi, Fiji

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Rdlleiflex 2.8

I with Most Advanced Features SYNCHRO-COMPUR-Shutter (1/500th) • Light Value Scale with Lock to prevent exposure errors • Rapidchange Diaphragm and Speed Coupling Device Self-timer SCHNEIDER XENOTAR 2.8 or ZEISS PLANAR 2.8 FRANKE & HEIDECKE • BRAUNSCHWEIG • GERMANY'

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Ve Supply

Lion is assimilated Goat, Antelope, Leopard, etc. —whatever is “going about” —anything in season. ’Twould be wise to assimilate the fact that the “lioniest” treatment against “what’s going about” in the breathing passage department—hay fever, nasal catarrh, asthma, antrum, sinus, etc. —is atomized inhalant ASPAXADRENE. It’s the most-used inhalant in the world; it’s called “penetrates-in-a-hurry”

ASPAXADRENE because it relieves in seconds. It’s time-tested and safeproven, too. Sold with a chemists and Island Stores.

Complete outfit, 2*B/6; liquid only, 12/6.

OBTAINABLE AT CHEMISTS (T. W. Johnston & Co.. Ft. Moresby, Papua, Swann & Co., Suva, and others) OR ISLANDS STORES.

A. H. CRUNDALL, Box 58, Prahran, Victoria, Australia

VE SUPPLY

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If you are thinking of buying a new boat — or marine craft of any kind — write to us and we will supply you with plans and specifications by return airmail.

We offer you this service free of charge and without any obligation.

TIMBER CRAFT

We construct timber craft of all sizes from 16 feet to 120 feet.

Our 40 feet army-type workboats, are particularly popular and are ideal copra scows.

All enquiries promptly attended to. Ask your Sydney agent to call and inspect our work.

WRITE TO

Pictured above is the largest fibreglass launch yet constructed in Australia. Measuring 18 ft. 6 ins. she is shown in our photo on her trials in Sydney Harbour, where she gave an impressive performance before a large gathering of experienced smallships men.

Fibreglass launches are both sturdy and dependable but are above all MAINTENANCE-FREE. They are not affected by shell growth and can be left out of the water for long periods without any ill-effects. The craft above was specially constructed for the Catholic Mission, Madang, New Guinea. For further information please write to the manufacturers, Warringah Marine Service.

WARRINGAH MARINE SERVICE

Quirk Street, Dee Why, Sydney, Australia. Phone: XW 5736.

Classified Advertisements

Per line, 2/-; Minimum, 6 lines.

BOOKS, MAGAZINES

A SERVICE FOR READERS. That difficult to obtain volume; let us find it for you.

Fiction, text-books, biography, history, etc. Moderate fees only if successful.

Box 2671, GPO, Sydney.

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. Banking accounts at Sydney and Wellington. Write Philip R. Boulton, Bookseller, Westbury, Wilts, England.

“BETTER FARMING DIGEST”, a new

monthly, is a “must” for every planter who is interested in the latest developments in agricultural science. The subscription rate is 24/- per year for this monthly 130-page journal. Write to; The Sydney & Melbourne Publishing Co. Pty., Ltd., Box 1813. G.P.0., Sydney, for full particulars and a free, sample copy.

FOR SALE

THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. Washing-

ton, D.C.. is offering for sale as is, where is, to the highest bidder the MOTOR VESSEL “TORRY” located at Apra Harbour, Agana, Guam. The “TORRY” is 176' long, 30' beam, with approx. 17,000 cu ft. capacity powered by two GM Diesel engines. It was built in 1944 by Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Decatur, Alabama.

Inspection can be arranged through N. C.

Murphy, General Supply Officer, Agana, Guam. Bid invitations may be secured by addressing the Property Officer, Officer of Territories, Interior Dept., Washington 25, D.C.. or the Executive Officer, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Post Office Box 542. Agana, Guam. Sealed bids will be received until 9 a.m. January 5. 1956, and will be opened at 10 a.m. January 6, 1956, in Room 6529, Interior Dept., Washington 25, D.C.

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.

HELP yourself and another lonely person to a full life. Be introduced the modern way by correspondence. Members in Australia and overseas. All ages (from 18 on), faiths, nationalities and walks of life; cities and country. State age, sex, languages, etc., and write for free information brochure to be sent to you, in plain sealed envelope, to: Milton’s Friendship Club (Regd.), Dept. 5, Box 2871, G.P.0., Sydney. Strictly confidential—No obligation—New Australians welcome.

WANTED Contact correspondents, philatelists, hobbyists and Pen Friends throughout the Pacific. Island representatives wanted. Members in almost every country of the world. Write for specimen copy Club journal “Island Life” and application form, to Secretary, South Sea Islands Correspondence Club, Natuvu, Fiji Is.

ACCOMMODATION

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.

FRENCH PENSION with French cooking.

Apply: 6 South Avenue, Double Bay, Sydney. Phone: FB 3549.

CONTRACTS WANTED

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF my friend, partner and shareholder, C. G. Alison, Chief Engineer, C.S.R. Mill. Lautoka, the crushing, breaking record chief of all the Mills in Fiji, we undertake all plough and engineering work in the Northern Division, oxy and electric welding, blacksmithing, all motor repairs, and we do your own casting and moulding, from C.S.R. Co. scraps, cast iron and metal. We have a large contract with the C.S.R. and do all their plough repairs. “Snowy” Mac- Millian, the Chief Engineer, is our helping hand from Rarawai Mill. G. Alison & A. Nagan Co., Farmers’ Welfare Service, Ba, Fiji.

POSITIONS WANTED

GOOD CATTLEMAN wants position in New Guinea. Previous New Guinea experience. Please reply to: “Cattleman”, Box 3408, G.P.0., Sydney.

ENGINEER. Offers of employment are invited by a mechanical engineer experienced in general design, and particularly in industrial refrigeration plants and air conditioning. Single, aged 34. excellent health.

Some sales experience. War service. 6th Div. R.A.E. Will go anywhere. Please reply “Engineer”, C/- P.1.M., Box 3408, G.P.0., Sydney.

PLANTATION WANTED

COPRA PLANTATION WANTED on

moderate terms by private buyer, sale or lease. Consider also share cutting proposition or position as Overseer. Request full particulars by Air Mail to: Risdon, C/- Bank Wales, G.P.O. Box 53, Auckland. N.Z.

DRIVE YOURSELF CARS

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Make the most of your leave. Sydney (late Wentworth) Drive Yourself, 77 Wenthworth Ave., or 196 Elizabeth St., City. MA 9204 (after hours, FM3113).

DRIVE YOURSELF CARS.—At your service in Brisbane. Lloyd-De Laurier Pty.

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Enquiries Invited.

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No wonder they're unbeatable value. ♦ Designed by the Australian inventor of Rotary Tillage. 9.6 h.p.

"GEM" Mark With everything the famous "Sem"_ Mark 111 features plus twin-cylinder, air-cooled engine, giving over 50% more power. Models for 24" cutting width with single pneumatic wheels or with dual wheels and 30" cutting width as illustrated.

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GARRETT, DAVIDSON &

MATTHEY PTY., LTD.,

824 George St.. Sydney. Works; Surry Hills & Chippendale, N.S.W.

Official Assayers to Bank of N.S.W.

Gazetted Agents of Commonwealth Bank, under the Gold Regulations of the National Security Act.

Consign Your Shell

To

VENTURA TRADING CO. PTY. LTD.

26 BRIDGE STREET, SYDNEY

We con offer highest prices for all types of Shell and Island Produce, and invite your inquiry.

Cables: “VENTURA,” Sydney.

Tonga

to the rest of the

S : I E ■

is linked by

• Businessmen use the regular TEAL air service for travel, mail and cargo. • Tourists can enjoy the experience of a

one-day return international flight (Fiji-

Tonga-Fiji) leaving Suva at 6-30 a.m. and arriving back at 5 p.m. Wonderful scenic flights over tropical islands by luxurious Solent flying boats and a stop-over of more than four hours in Nukualofa, capital of the fascinating Kingdom of Tonga.

INQUIRIES AND RESERVATIONS AT LEADING TRAVEL

AGENTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

TEA I

TASMAN EMPIRE AIRWAYS LIMITED

In association with Qantas and 8.0.A.C. 0 U.K.*

SAMOA

TO U.S A

TAHITI

FIJI ,

AUCKLAND

SYDNEY

COOK ISLANDS

TONGA

MELBOURNE

CHRISTCHURCH

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m

GENERAL MERCHANTS

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Capital £1,000,000

ESTABLISHED 1914

GENERAL MERCHANTS

and

PROVIDORES

TRADE THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC

OVER FORTY YEARS OF PACIFIC ISLANDS DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE

BUYERS AND EXPORTERS OF ALL KINDS

OF ISLAND PRODUCE, COPRA, COCOA,

M.O.P. SHELL, TROCAS SHELL, ETC.

AGENTS FOR AUSTRALIAN, EUROPEAN

AND AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS.

DISTRIBUTORS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

OF MERCHANDISE.

Through our Sydney office, branches and agents, we distribute a wide and comprehensive range of general merchandise.

W. R CARPENTER & CO. LTD

Head Office: 16 O'CONNELL STREET, SYDNEY, N.S.W.

Cable Address;

“CAMOHE.”

Telephone: BW 4421.

Postal Address: G.P.0., Box 168, Sydney.

In London: W. R. Carpenter £r Co. (London) Ltd., 13 Rood Lane, London, E.C.3.

ASSOCIATED COMPANIES THROUGHOUT THI PACIFIC:

IN NEW GUINEA: IN PAPUA; IN FIJI: New Guinea Company Limited, Rabaul, Lae, Madang, Kavieng.

IN PAPUA;

Island Products Ltd., Port Moresby.

W. R. Carpenter & Co. (Fiji) Ltd., Suva.