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Fix this textPacific Islands
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Fix this textTHE ONLY JOURNAL CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND TERRITORIES AND GROUPS
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Fix this textVol. 1.—No. 1.
Fix this textSYDNEY: SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1930
Fix this textSingle Copy, 6d.
Fix this textPer Annum, posted, 6/-.
Fix this textPACIFIC TRADE
Fix this textPROSPECTS
Fix this textFiji-Samoa-Tonga
Fix this textA STRONG SPIRIT OF
Fix this textOPTIMISM
Fix this textWritten for The Pacific Islands Monthly
Fix this textby Sir Maynard Hedstrom
Fix this textI CAN SPEAK, on trade developments
Fix this textand prospects, only of the three
Fix this textgroups in which I am personally in
Fix this textterested —Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.
Fix this textBusiness in Fiji is depressed by the
Fix this textvery low price of our primary pro
Fix this textducts; but there are other factors
Fix this textwhich give hope for the future.
Fix this textThough our sugar is selling at, or
Fix this textbelow cost of production, the Colonial
Fix this textSugar Refining Co. Ltd. continues its
Fix this textpolicy of expansion and consolidation,
Fix this textand continues to expend money in im
Fix this textprovements which are intended to ef
Fix this textfect permanent reduction in the cost
Fix this textof production. The policy of estab
Fix this textlishing peasant farmers as growers of
Fix this textsugar is working out very successfully,
Fix this textso that when the pendulum swings and
Fix this textworld production and consumption be
Fix this textcome more nearly balanced, the Colo
Fix this textnial Sugar Refining Co. Ltd. will be in
Fix this textan excellent position to take advantage
Fix this textof the improvement in market condi
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Fix this textThe copra producer, also, is having a
Fix this textrather “thin time” and, in the case of
Fix this textthe small man, the selling price is al
Fix this textmost below the cost of production. On
Fix this textthe other hand, the output of the Col
Fix this textony is steadily increasing—partly ow
Fix this texting to the successful work of the en
Fix this texttomologists of the Coconut Committee.
Fix this textProducers will have to study economy
Fix this textduring the present period of depressed
Fix this textprices and, when the market recovers,
Fix this textthey will benefit substantially by the
Fix this textincreased production per acre.
Fix this textOwing to floods, last December, ban
Fix this textana shipments have been greatly re
Fix this textduced; but that is a temporary con
Fix this textdition, and shipments will be back to
Fix this textnormal about the end of the year.
Fix this textBUTTER AND PINEAPPLES
Fix this textOur little dairy factories are fully
Fix this textsupplying local requirements, and we
Fix this textare exporting regularly to Honolulu and
Fix this textCanada.
Fix this textThe shareholders in the two small
Fix this textpineapple factories have confidence in
Fix this textthe ultimate success of that industry.
Fix this textProbably, by January next, the Hawai-
Fix this textian Pineapple Co. Ltd. will have come
Fix this textto a decision as to whether they will
Fix this textcommence operations on a commercial
Fix this textscale on the land over which they hold
Fix this textoptions. They have studied the pro
Fix this textposition very carefully and, if they de
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Fix this textthere can be little doubt that the ven
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Fix this textOur aim here is to get greater vari
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Fix this textnot be entirely dependent upon one or
Fix this texttwo lines, but build our prosperity on
Fix this texta broader basis.
Fix this textPublic finances are very sound, but
Fix this textundoubtedly the Government will have
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Fix this textnext year or two, in this period of low
Fix this textprices. Because our exports are al
Fix this textways substantially in excess of our im
Fix this textports, producers have benefitted con
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Fix this textThe number of tourist visitors in
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Fix this textwe have been favoured with exception
Fix this textally gcod weather, which has delighted
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Fix this textPOSITION IN SAMOA
Fix this textIn Western Samoa the financial posi
Fix this texttion is not unlike ours in Fiji—they
Fix this textdepend upon copra and cocoa, and
Fix this texttrade is affected by the low prices of
Fix this textthese two products.
Fix this textOn the other hand, their export of
Fix this textbananas is increasing steadily, and the
Fix this textshortage in Fiji has given Samoa an
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Fix this textthe New Zealand market.
Fix this textTONGA’S GOOD RECORD
Fix this textThe little island kingdom of Tonga
Fix this textis entirely dependent for revenue upon
Fix this textits copra production consequently it
Fix this textfeels the results of the depressed mar-
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Fix this textHere, also, the Government is en
Fix this textdeavouring to encourage the production
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Fix this textis transportation, and the Tongan Par
Fix this textliament has indicated that it is willing
Fix this textto consider a small subsidy to any
Fix this textvessel which will carry bananas regu
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Fix this textOwing to careful administration, un
Fix this textder the guidance of the British Agent
Fix this textand Consul, the Tongan public finances
Fix this textare in a very sound condition it is
Fix this textprobably one of the few governments
Fix this textin the world which has an actual cash
Fix this textbalance in the Treasury.
Fix this textSpeaking generally, it seems probable
Fix this textthat these three groups will, in the
Fix this textfuture, do an increasing volume of
Fix this texttrade with Great Britain, Canada and
Fix this textNew Zealand, which countries give
Fix this textsome preference to their products.
Fix this textN.G. TARIFF
Fix this textCanberra, Aug. 16.
Fix this textA number of alterations have been
Fix this textnotified in the New Guinea Customs
Fix this texttariff. The following are the principal changes:
Fix this textTobacco, manufactured, per lb.
Fix this textAutomobiles and Accessories
Fix this textLinseed Oil
Fix this textAeroplanes and Parts
Fix this textMining Machinery and Parts
Fix this textThe other items are unimportant.
Fix this textThe duty on trade tobacco remains unaltered
Fix this textat 2/6 per lb.
Fix this textDEATH OF "AUNT”
Fix this textNINNIE YOUNG
Fix this textDescendant of Bounty Midshipman
Fix this textFrom Our Own Correspondent
Fix this textNorfolk Island July 25.
Fix this textI HAVE just returned home from one
Fix this textof the most moving and picturesque
Fix this textceremonies I have ever witnessed —the
Fix this textburial, after sudden death, of one of
Fix this textthe remaining Pitcairners.
Fix this textOld Miss Young—or Aunt Ninnie, as
Fix this textshe was generally and most affection-
Fix this textately known—was actually born upon
Fix this textPitcairn, and brought to Norfolk when
Fix this textshe was only two or three years old,
Fix this textwhen the descendants of the Bounty
Fix this textmutineers were transferred from their
Fix this textovercrowded island to Norfolk.
Fix this textHer father, who was appointed first
Fix this textmagistrate and leader of his people
Fix this textupon their arrival here, was grandson
Fix this textof the Midshipman Young, who to
Fix this textgether with the First Lieutenant
Fix this textChristian, led the mutiny upon the
Fix this text“Bounty,” cast adrift the captain and
Fix this textother officers, sailed the “Bounty” back
Fix this textto Tahiti, where they took native
Fix this textwives—magnificent women of a mag
Fix this textnificent race—and sailed further on to
Fix this textPitcairn, where they sank the ship and
Fix this textsettled ashore.
Fix this textYoung came, no doubt, from a mid
Fix this textdle-class, conventional family, where
Fix this textthe children were taught to speak al
Fix this textmost reverently of their parents; and
Fix this textthat tradition was evidently main-
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Fix this textfor dear old Miss Young would talk to
Fix this textme of “Dear Papa” and “Dear Mamma”
Fix this textin the best Victorian manner, and I
Fix this textloved to listen to her.
Fix this textHer name, all her life long, was
Fix this textsynonymous with charity, goodness and
Fix this textthe deepest religious feeling and,
Fix this textislanders and mainlanders alike, we all
Fix this texthad tears in our eyes as we stood
Fix this textaround her grave this morning in the
Fix this textquaint old cemetery, set beside the wide
Fix this textblue sea, beneath the wide blue sky,
Fix this textand joined in the singing of that won
Fix this textderful anthem, “I was an-hungered
Fix this textand ye gave me meat. . . I was
Fix this textsick and in prison and ye visited
Fix this textme. . . .”
Fix this textThose words might have been writ
Fix this textten for the dear old lady and, sung in
Fix this textthe rich, warm, colourful voices, har
Fix this textmonising and blending in the passion
Fix this textof grief of her lifelong friends and
Fix this textneighbours, were almost intolerably
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Fix this textIt is a memory I shall carry with me
Fix this textwherever I may go.
Fix this textRecent Visitors to San Francisco
Fix this textThese two Fijian village headmen created much interest in San Francisco recently when they
Fix this textarrived to attend the International Conference of Seventh Day Adventists. Residents of Fiji, to
Fix this textwhom they are well known, will be interested to learn that the American papers said their names were
Fix this text“Ratu Jiali Tikowaie and Setareki Shadraok Cevaca”; that they were the grandsons of cannibals;
Fix this textand that they were “dressed in English coats with smart cravats and short skirts instead of trousers.”
Fix this textThey dressed and posed for this photograph in San Francisco.
Fix this textRADIO LINKS THE PACIFIC
Fix this textLife In The Islands Has Been Revolutionised
Fix this textBy Wireless
Fix this textCENTRES OF THE PACIFIC NETWORK
Fix this textSUVA (to Sydney, Samoa,
Fix this textTonga, New Caledonia,
Fix this textNew Hebrides, Gilbert &
Fix this textSolomon Is., Hawaii, and
Fix this textSan Francisco).
Fix this text3 sub-stations in Fijian
Fix this textIslands.
Fix this textRABAUL (to Sydney, Gil
Fix this textbert, Solomon, Caroline,
Fix this textand Marshall Is.).
Fix this text7 Sub-stations in Man
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Fix this textPORT MORESBY (to Aus
Fix this texttralia) .
Fix this text1 Sub-station in Samarai.
Fix this textNOUMEA (to Svdney, Suva,
Fix this textVila).
Fix this textSub-stations in Allied Is.
Fix this textNUKUALOFA (to Suva,
Fix this textApia).
Fix this text1 Sub-station in Tonga.
Fix this textAPIA (to Suva, Wellington
Fix this textand Hawaii, Cook and
Fix this textHervey Islands).
Fix this text6 Sub-stations in Samoan
Fix this textIslands.
Fix this textTULAGI (to Rabaul and
Fix this textSuva).
Fix this text1 Sub-station in Solomon
Fix this textIslands.
Fix this textOCEAN ISLAND (to Rabaul,
Fix this textNauru and. Suva).
Fix this text3 Sub-stations in Gilbert
Fix this textand Ellice Islands.
Fix this textRAROTONGA (to Suva, and
Fix this textWellington).
Fix this text4 Sub-stations in Cook Is.
Fix this textTAHITI (to Apia).
Fix this text3 Sub-stations in Society
Fix this textand Marquesas Islands.
Fix this textTRUK (to Japan & Rabaul).
Fix this textSub-stations in Marshall,
Fix this textCaroline and Marianne
Fix this textIslands.
Fix this textPRACTICALLY all the Europeanised towns and settlements in the
Fix this textPacific Island, and many plantations and trading stations, now have
Fix this textdirect communication with the rest of the world.
Fix this textThe complete isolation of "the Islands,” which early in this century
Fix this textwas at once their greatest charm and their most serious handicap, is a
Fix this textthing of the past. The economic importance of this development, and its
Fix this texteffect on the future of the Pacific, cannot be exaggerated.
Fix this textTWENTY years ago, a man who lived
Fix this textin Bougainville or Vanua Levu, or
Fix this textAitutaki, was almost as inaccessible as
Fix this textif he were buried in Darkest Africa. A
Fix this textletter written in London, or Sydney, or
Fix this textNew York, might reach him six months
Fix this textafter it was posted. To-day, a resident
Fix this textof almost any of the Pacific Islands,
Fix this textunless he is very remotely situated, can
Fix this textsend a message to Europe, or America,
Fix this textor Australia, and receive a reply within
Fix this texttwelve hours. To-day, people who re
Fix this textside in Rabaul or Vila, Suva or Nukua
Fix this textlofa or Rarotonga, are little, if any more
Fix this textisolated, in relation to world affairs,
Fix this textthan if they lived in New Zealand,
Fix this textNatal, or Newfoundland.
Fix this textThe magic of radio has revolutionised
Fix this textlife in The Islands. Europeans may
Fix this textmake their homes in the South Seas,
Fix this textenjoy the benefits of climate, soil-fer
Fix this texttility, cheap labour, and the charm of
Fix this textsunshine and colour, while suffering
Fix this textnone of the disadvantages of complete
Fix this textseparation from their friends or their
Fix this textbusiness principals, which residence in
Fix this textthe Pacific entailed for so many de
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Fix this textThe coming of wireless, and the de
Fix this textvelopment of the internal combustion
Fix this textengine, have removed from Islands life
Fix this textwhatever terrors previously existed by
Fix this textreason of isolation and loneliness, and
Fix this texthave greatly reduced the element of
Fix this textrisk in the operations of planters and
Fix this textmerchants. Even residents on the outer
Fix this textislands of the groups need be no more
Fix this textisolated than an Australian inland
Fix this textsquatter. Radio takes the place of the
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Fix this textinstead of the grazier’s motor-car, the
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Fix this textFew people realise how completely
Fix this textthe Islands are covered, now, by a
Fix this textnetwork of wireless stations.
Fix this textIn the eastern and north-eastern
Fix this textIslands, nearest to Australia, there are
Fix this textthree main wireless centres, which have
Fix this textdirect communication with Australia,
Fix this texton the one hand, and, on the other
Fix this textwith the smaller “feeder” stations in
Fix this textthe Islands round about. Northwards,
Fix this textin the Marshalls and Carolines, and
Fix this texteastward in Samoa, the Cook Islands,
Fix this textTahiti, etc., there are other similar
Fix this textradio organisations.
Fix this textThe history of what has happened in
Fix this textthe nearer Islands provides an example
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Fix this textPacific.
Fix this textIn 1914, when war broke out, Islands
Fix this textradio stations were just beginning to be
Fix this textcommercially valuable. Already, a few
Fix this texthad been established. It will be re
Fix this textmembered that the first Australian
Fix this textcasualties occurred when the Austra
Fix this textlian force was seizing the German
Fix this textwireless station at Rabaul; and that
Fix this textthe Emden
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Fix this text1914.
Fix this textBut it was not until after the War
Fix this textthat the Governments of Britain,
Fix this textFrance, United States, Australia and
Fix this textNew Zealand, as administrators of
Fix this textIslands territories, began to link up the
Fix this textfertile and beautiful lands of the
Fix this textSouth Pacific with a real network of
Fix this textwireless.
Fix this textIn 1922, while he was in England,
Fix this textMr. E. T. Fisk, managing director of
Fix this textAmalgamated Wireless (Aust.) Ltd.,
Fix this textinterviewed the British authorities, and
Fix this texturged that, for purposes of efficient co
Fix this textordination and operation, the whole of
Fix this textthe British radio stations in the South
Fix this textwestern Pacific should be controlled by
Fix this textA.W.A, It was pointed out that other
Fix this textnations were becoming active in the in
Fix this textstallation of wireless stations in their
Fix this textPacific Islands possessions, and that,
Fix this textSEE MAP WITH CONTINUATION OF THIS ARTICLE ON PAGE 2
Fix this textSir Maynard Hedstrom
Fix this textRadio Station at Bita Paka, near Rabaul
Fix this text10 p.c.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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