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THE
Fix this textPacific Islands
Fix this textMonthly
Fix this textTHE ONLY JOURNAL CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND TERRITORES AND GROUPS
Fix this textOF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH PACIFIC.
Fix this textVol. 2—No. 4.
Fix this textRegistered ai G.P.O., Sydney, for
Fix this texttransmission by Post as a Newspaper
Fix this textSYDNEY: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1931.
Fix this textSubscription: ) Per Annum, posted, 6/-.
Fix this textSOLOMONS’ OLDEST
Fix this textINHABITANTS
Fix this textJapanese Entomologist to Visit Fiji
Fix this textMR. KUMITO, an entomologist of
Fix this textthe Japanese Department of
Fix this textAgriculture, is due to arrive in
Fix this textSuva from Honolulu.
Fix this textHe will spend one or two weeks in
Fix this textFiji, his special mission being to study
Fix this textinsect life which is hostile to the
Fix this textgrowth of forest trees.
Fix this textFrom Our Own Correspondent.
Fix this textTULAGI, Oct. 26.
Fix this textThe oldest white residents of the
Fix this textSolomons, in the persons of Mr. and
Fix this textMrs. Sam Atkinson, of Faisi, go
Fix this textsouth by this boat on a much-to
Fix this textbe-regretted mission of health. Mr.
Fix this textAtkinson requires expert attention
Fix this textand it is hoped the tender care of
Fix this textMrs. Atkinson will be rewarded.
Fix this textBorn in the Solomons in the days
Fix this textwhen white residents could be coun
Fix this textted on the fingers of one hand, Mrs.
Fix this textAtkinson can relate tales of the most
Fix this textstirring adventure and early pioneer
Fix this texting hardship. It is one of the heart
Fix this textbreaking phases of the depression
Fix this textthat just when they required the best
Fix this textof health to help them over the
Fix this texteconomic stile, these staunch old pio
Fix this textneers have been singled out for Fate’s
Fix this textunkindest kick —ill health.
Fix this textALTERNATIVE ISLANDS CROPS
Fix this textSome Further Information
Fix this textWORLD MARKETS FOR VARIOUS OIL-SEEDS
Fix this textThere is a keen interest among planters throughout the South
Fix this textSeas in the subject of planting new, quickly-maturing crops
Fix this textwhich will give them an alternative income when the demand
Fix this textfor their staple products falls away. Many inquiries for reli
Fix this textable information about these crops have been received, and the
Fix this textfollowing article has been prepared.
Fix this textTHE three most promising crops
Fix this textare castor seeds, sesame plants
Fix this textand tung oil plants. Bach of these
Fix this textproduces an oil much in demand on
Fix this textthe world’s markets.
Fix this textCASTOR OIL.
Fix this textParticulars of castor oil, which pro
Fix this textvides a valuable lubricant, were given
Fix this textin our issue of September, 1931. Since
Fix this textthen, inquiries have been received as
Fix this textto what market exists for this oil in
Fix this textAustralia.
Fix this textThe Statistical Register of the Com
Fix this textmonwealth Government shows that in
Fix this text1929-30, over £23,000 worth of the oil
Fix this textwas imported. Details were as fol
Fix this textlows :
Fix this textBesides this oil, castor seeds were
Fix this textimported from India and Java and
Fix this textcrushed at a mill, which has been
Fix this textestablished in Melbourne. The aver
Fix this textage price of the oil in Australia at
Fix this textpresent is 5/9 per gallon.
Fix this textNot only does Australia provide a
Fix this textbig market, but, by reason of the fact
Fix this textthat it would be produced by cheap
Fix this textnative labour in the Islands, it could
Fix this textdoubtless favourably compete with
Fix this textthe products of other countries on the
Fix this textworld’s markets.
Fix this textCastor seeds, c.i.f. London, were
Fix this textlately quoted by London merchants
Fix this textat about £10/15/- per ton. This price
Fix this textprobably has improved since the
Fix this textalteration of the exchanges.
Fix this textMessrs. Abel Lemon & Co. Pty. Ltd.,
Fix this textof Sydney, are prepared to handle
Fix this textshipments of seeds from the Islands.
Fix this textSESAME OR GINGERLY OIL.
Fix this textSesame, which was dealt with in
Fix this textour July, 19 31, issue, is a hardy an
Fix this textnual plant. The oil crushed from the
Fix this textseeds comes under the liquid oil class
Fix this textand thus competes with peanut and
Fix this textcottonseed oil.
Fix this textInquiries made in Sydney show that
Fix this textthere is a very poor chance of a mar
Fix this textket being obtained in the Common
Fix this textwealth for this oil. Prior to the war,
Fix this textit was used very extensively here for
Fix this textmargarine manufacture. In fact, the
Fix this textPure Foods Act here, as elsewhere,
Fix this textstipulated that 5 per cent, of sesame
Fix this texthad to be used in margarine as a
Fix this text“chemical indicator” —that is, in order
Fix this textto give margarine a distinct colour,
Fix this textso that it could be easily distinguished
Fix this textfrom butter. During the war sesame
Fix this textoil was unobtainable in Australia and
Fix this texta substitute became necessary.
Fix this textQueensland arrowroot was allowed,
Fix this textand now this has completely dis
Fix this textplaced sesame in Australia as an
Fix this textessential constituent of margarine.
Fix this textFor liquid oil supplies, Australia is
Fix this textcatered for mainly by cottonseed oil
Fix this textand to a lesser degree by peanut oil.
Fix this textCottonseed is marketed by the
Fix this textQueensland Cotton Board. In a fair
Fix this textaverage season, there is just about
Fix this textsufficient for the market, and in a
Fix this textbumper season the market is flooded.
Fix this textIn the last two or three years, only
Fix this texta very small quantity of sesame has
Fix this textbeen imported—it is not actually
Fix this textenumerated among the imports into
Fix this textAustralia.
Fix this textAn Australian authority on oils
Fix this textstates that he would not recommend
Fix this textthe growing of sesame in the Is
Fix this textlands, if it was only with the idea
Fix this textof supplying the Australian market.
Fix this textHowever, a leading technical oil
Fix this textman, in touch with the markets of
Fix this textthe world, considers sesame in alto
Fix this textgether a different light. He is of the
Fix this textopinion that a world market awaits
Fix this textit. There is a big demand for it in
Fix this textEurope, and the price of the oil at
Fix this textpresent is about £38 per ton. It is in
Fix this textmuch demand by the margarine man
Fix this textufacturers, as in most European fac
Fix this texttories it is still used as an essential
Fix this textconstituent for the colouring purposes
Fix this textpreviously mentioned
Fix this textComparing castor seeds and sesame
Fix this textas potential crops, it therefore ap
Fix this textpears as if castor is preferable, be
Fix this textcause a market nearer at hand is
Fix this textassured, whereas sesame would have
Fix this textto find a market overseas. India is
Fix this textpractically the main source of sup
Fix this textply of both seeds at present.
Fix this textRESULTS OF TUNG OIL
Fix this textEXPERIMENTS
Fix this textAs anticipated by this journal the
Fix this textFordii variety of the tung oil plant
Fix this textis not proving successful in the Paci
Fix this textfic Islands. Experiments are now pro
Fix this textceeding with the Montana variety,
Fix this textwhich does not produce the same
Fix this textquantity of this valuable oil; but it
Fix this textis thought that this plant will be bet
Fix this textter suited to Pacific conditions. Even
Fix this texttually, it is hoped that by grafting the
Fix this texttwo varieties, a plant suitable for Is
Fix this textlands cultivation will be obtained and
Fix this textthat this will be a better producer
Fix this textthan Montana, and nearly equal to
Fix this textthe Fordii.
Fix this textDisappointment will be no doubt
Fix this textfelt at the failure of Fordii in the
Fix this textgroups where it has been tried, but
Fix this textit must be remembered that the
Fix this texthome of the Fordii is in the great
Fix this textYangtze Valley of China, over 35 de
Fix this textgrees north of the equator, where, to
Fix this textquote The Pacific Islands Monthly of
Fix this textApril, 1931, “the summers are warm
Fix this textenough for such crops as rice and
Fix this textgiant millet, while wheat is grown in
Fix this textthe cold weather when slight frost and
Fix this textsnow may occur on high ground.”
Fix this textThe Montana grows in the region
Fix this textfrom the province of Chekiang, in the
Fix this textsouth-east, to Tonkin, and it is also
Fix this textgrown in the Shan States of Burma.
Fix this textThis is an area which, in its distance
Fix this textfrom the equator, approximates that
Fix this textof the Pacific Islands, being about 10
Fix this textdegrees north of the line.
Fix this textTo reach an equal distance south
Fix this textof the equator to the Yangtze Valley
Fix this textfor the successful cultivation of the
Fix this textFordii, one must go as far south as,
Fix this textsay, Sydney. This argument is sub
Fix this textstantiated by the report that the large
Fix this textplantation of Fordii plants, on the
Fix this textJohnstone River, Queensland, is not
Fix this textmaking the progress that was antici
Fix this textpated. Again, the efforts of tung oil
Fix this textcompanies in New Zealand, Auckland
Fix this textprovince, to be precise, give every
Fix this textpromise of being successful ventures.
Fix this textHere is a case of Fordii thriving well
Fix this textsouth of 35 degrees. Florida, U.S.A.,
Fix this textwhere there are big Fordii planta
Fix this texttions, is about 30 degrees north.
Fix this textIt is now a matter of waiting on
Fix this textresults of Montana experiments and
Fix this textseeing what the scientists can then
Fix this textsuggest in order to secure a better oil.
Fix this textMeanwhile, a world market is
Fix this textavailable for tung oil, which is in
Fix this textgrowing demand as a paint ingredi
Fix this textent. Imports into Australia alone for
Fix this text1929-30 show that 139,967 gallons
Fix this textwere imported, valued at £40,205. Of
Fix this textthis China supplied £39,132 worth and
Fix this textJapan £751.
Fix this textThe price of tung oil in London
Fix this textin 19 30 was £69/10/- per ton. It
Fix this textmaintained this price for 12 months.
Fix this textDESICCATED COCONUT.
Fix this textThe Australian market for desic
Fix this textcated coconut is now supplied exclus
Fix this textively by New Guinea and Papua. This
Fix this text(Conti lined on Page 4)
Fix this text"MASSACRE!”
Fix this textNewspaper Shrieks Over
Fix this textPapuan Raid
Fix this textTHE SUKIS AGAIN
Fix this textIT was announced from Canberra,
Fix this textearly in the month, that a radio
Fix this textgram had been received from Sir
Fix this textHubert Murray, Administrator of
Fix this textPapua, to the effect that raiding
Fix this textparties of Sukis had come down from
Fix this textthe upper regions of the Fly River
Fix this textand attacked villages on the lower
Fix this textpart of the river, had killed some 17
Fix this textnatives and had thereafter returned up
Fix this textthe river with their loot.
Fix this textIt was stated, also, that Mr. Wood
Fix this textward, the Resident Magistrate at
Fix this textDaru, had gone out with a party to
Fix this textinvestigate the position; and it is as
Fix this textsumed that he will send a punitive
Fix this textexpedition up the river after the Sukis
Fix this textwith a view to administering some
Fix this textsort of punishment.
Fix this textThis is a common occurrence in
Fix this textPapua. It must be remembered that
Fix this textonly the eastern portion of the Ter
Fix this textritory and the coastal districts of the
Fix this textremainder are definitely under Gov
Fix this texternment control. The whole of the
Fix this texthuge area represented by the north
Fix this textwestern portion of the Western
Fix this textDivision is not under control and is
Fix this textabsolutely untamed and primitive.
Fix this textWithin this region are scores of
Fix this textsavage and treacherous natives who
Fix this texthave supplemented their means of
Fix this textlivelihood, when occasion demanded,
Fix this textsince time immemorial, by raiding
Fix this texttheir more peaceful and better-sup
Fix this textplied neighbours. The Sukis, on the
Fix this textUpper Fly River, are notorious raiders.
Fix this textWhite influence has succeeded in
Fix this textdiscouraging these raids; but that
Fix this textthere has been so few of them in
Fix this textrecent years is a matter for wonder.
Fix this textIt is probably due to the fact that,
Fix this textwhenever possible, the Administration
Fix this textsends an expedition
Fix this textagainst the marau
Fix this textders and prompt
Fix this textpunishment is ap
Fix this textplied. Sometimes,
Fix this texthowever, this takes
Fix this textmonths to accom
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Fix this textIslands people,
Fix this texttherefore, viewed
Fix this textwith considerable
Fix this textamusement the
Fix this textshrieking headlines
Fix this textwith which the
Fix this textlatest Suki raid was announced in
Fix this textAustralia’s sensational papers. It was
Fix this textcalled a “massacre,” and an “upris
Fix this texting,” and a “rebellion”; and generally
Fix this textpresented in an atmosphere of typo
Fix this textgraphical excitement which suggested
Fix this textthat the whole of the natives of New
Fix this textGuinea were up in arms and that half
Fix this textof the Administration officials had
Fix this textbeen scalped.
Fix this textPRINCE THAKOMBAU
Fix this textSydney Student is the Direct
Fix this textDescendant of Famous
Fix this textFijian King
Fix this textSTUDYING at one of Sydney’s most
Fix this textexclusive colleges, with a view to
Fix this texttaking the Arts course at Sydney
Fix this textUniversity, and thence going on to
Fix this textOxford or Cambridge, is young George
Fix this textThakombau, of the Royal Family of
Fix this textFiji. (He spells it “Cakobau,” but
Fix this textthe old-style spelling is the better
Fix this textknown.)
Fix this textKing Thakombau, great-grandfather
Fix this textof this young Islands prince, was a
Fix this textvery famous man in Fiji between 1835
Fix this textand 1870. When he first came into
Fix this textnotice he was the supreme chief of
Fix this textthe tribe of Bau, but he was rivalled
Fix this textin power by Maasu, a Tongan chief,
Fix this textwho had become head of the Fijian
Fix this textconfederacy of Laua. There was con
Fix this textsiderable fighting and turbulence in
Fix this textthe forties, and Thakombau gradually
Fix this textbecame the supreme power, so that
Fix this texthe became recognised as King of
Fix this textFiji. There was much cannibalism at
Fix this textFiji at this time, and Thakombau in
Fix this texthis early days was noted as the great
Fix this textest cannibal of them all. The litera
Fix this textture of the second half of last cen
Fix this texttury is full of references to “Thakom
Fix this textbou, the Cannibal King.” Later, he
Fix this textwas converted to Christianity and was
Fix this texta good friend of the missionaries.
Fix this textAbout 1858 the United States de-
Fix this textmanded £9,000 from Thakombau as
Fix this textdamages for certain outrages com
Fix this textmitted on American citizens, and the
Fix this textKing, being much embarrassed, de
Fix this textcided to get out of his trouble by
Fix this textoffering the whole Fijian Group to
Fix this textBritain. This was declined, so Thak
Fix this textombau presently offered the group to
Fix this textthe United States. America, at that
Fix this texttime was busy with her Civil War,
Fix this textand did not even reply. There was
Fix this textanother 10 years of turmoil and then,
Fix this textin 1873, Thakombau did succeed in
Fix this textpersuading Britain to take over the
Fix this textgroup. Thakombau thereafter settled
Fix this textdown and became a highly respect
Fix this textable old gentleman, one of the trust
Fix this texted native advisers of the British Ad
Fix this textministration, and lived for many
Fix this textyears.
Fix this textThakombau sent his son, Joseph
Fix this textThakombau, to Newington College,,
Fix this textin Sydney, and his son in turn, the
Fix this textfather of the present George Thakom
Fix this textbau, was also well educated.
Fix this textThe present George Thakombau
Fix this textproposes to study law at Oxford and,
Fix this textalso, Colonial Administration, so that
Fix this textwhen his time; comes to follow his
Fix this textfather as the paramount chief in Fiji,
Fix this texthe will be well qualified to undertake
Fix this texthis duties. He has an attractive per
Fix this textsonality and is a first-class athlete.
Fix this textSUKI LOOK-OUT MAN ON UPPER FLY
Fix this textRIVER
Fix this textA SUKI DRIED HEAD
Fix this textSUKIS IN THEIR PECULIAR TYPE OF CANOES
Fix this textPRINCE THAKOMBAU
Fix this textFrom
Fix this textGallons.
Fix this textValue.
Fix this textBritain . .
Fix this text, . . . 31,644
Fix this text£7,424
Fix this textIndia . . . .
Fix this text. . . . 23,300
Fix this text4,162
Fix this textFrance . . . .
Fix this text. . . . 31,915
Fix this text7,922
Fix this textU.S.A
Fix this text. . . . 15,923
Fix this text4,737
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Fix this textstar says: "I find mercolized
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