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Pacific islands monthly : PIM

Call Number
N 919 PAC
Created/Published
[Sydney : Pacific Publications, 1931-2000
Issue
Vol. 1 No. 12 (Jul. 17, 1931)
Images
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Contents

THE Pacific Islands Monthly 1
MONEY ORDERS In Mandated New Guinea To the Editor 1
NEW GUINEA’S HALF MILLION 1
Advertising 1
BIG FIJI FISH 1
LABOUR COSTS IN NEW CALEDONIA Revision Necessary COMMISSION TO INQUIRE 1
NEW FOKKER For Pacific Transport Co. 1
MALOLO TO VISIT PAPUA 1
New Ship for Phosphate Trade Triona’s Wireless Telephone 1
NEW GUINEA NATIVES DANGEROUS Series of Attacks in Goldfields Region UNCONFIRMED REPORT THAT LOST AIRMAN WAS KILLED 1 , 2
Advertising 2
THAT QUARTER MILLION LIMIT Reviewed at Canberra Much Delay But No Embargo 2
Advertising 2
The Kukukuku Natives Who Are Disturbing Goldfields Wild Papuan Tribes 3
Advertising 3
News From New Caledonia New Bounty for Coffee Planters 3
Advertising 3 , 4
“MAWEENA” Gapt. Thurston Departs in New Yacht. 4
COPRA’S MELANCHOLY RECORD Brown and Joske on Market Movements and Probable Future 4
PAPUAN SUGAR New Industry Full of Promise 4
Advertising 4
BOUNTY MEMORIES The Pitcairners’ Anniversary CELEBRATED ON NORFOLK ISLAND 5
SULLEN SPIRIT IN SAMOA Visiting Journalist Says Gesture of Conciliation is Called For 5
NAURU’S TRADE 5
Advertising 5 , 6
GOOD GOLD AT MISIMA 6
PATROL ATTACKED In New Guinea Hinterland NATIVE SERGEANT’S GOOD WORK 6
SESAME OIL Might Be Islands Product 6
NOTES FROM TONGA Government “Fleet” Laid Up—Trouble With Native Police 6
Advertising 6
FIJI HURRICANES American Students Observations Visitations Discussed 7
Advertising 7
TAXATION IN TONGA Interesting Figures THE NATIONAL INCOME 7
Need For Checking Sectarian Bitterness in Native Communities 7
Advertising 7
Pacific Islands Monthly 8
Labour Idealism and Native Administration 8
TROPICALITIES 8
Probable Purchase of Melanesia Co. by B.P. Interests 8
MISSIONARY WEDDING IN PAPUA 8
LAURABADA’S DASH Port Moresby to T.I. in 43 Hours Hours 8
GOLD DREDGES Two for New Guinea 8
TAURI GOLD Reef Located at Last EXPERT TO EXAMINE FIELD 8
In and About the Islands 8
TIN-CAN MAIL Story of Niuafoou’s Unique Service Mr. RAMSAY’S 112 SWIMS 9
INDENTURED CHINESE Nauru’s Experience 9
GOLD DREDGE First on New Guinea Field CARRIED IN BY PLANES 9
Scandal of Goldfields Road 9
PAPUAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL MEETS 9
Islands Association Movement Started 9
Additions to Port Moresby’s Power House 9
NOUMEA’S LIGHT New Electric Power Plant 9
COMMUTED! Death Sentence on Bailala Murderers Amazing Application of Socialistic Ideal 9
13 POINTS Woes of Solomon Islands Appeals to the High Commissioner 9 , 12
Advertising 10
PAPUAN NEWS Drop in Revenue—Prospectors Persevere with Tauri Field—Gold Return from Misima Mine 10
RESENTFUL NATIVES Boycotting the Trader EFFECT OF COPRA SLUMP 10
STORING COCO NUTS “Beautiful’’ Quality of Copra BUT TOO EXPENSIVE 10
Advertising 10
CONDITIONS IN TONGA Residents Challenge Our Correspondent’s Views 11
Advertising 11
MANDATES COMMISSION New Guinea and Nauru Reports 11 , 12
Advertising 11 , 12
FRENCH SHIPS May Cease Dunkirk- Noumea Service PROTEST FROM TAHITI 12
Advertising 12
COOK ISLANDS Fewer Tourists Arriving 13
Advertising 13
ADVENTUROUS LIFE CLOSES IN INDIA Harry Darby Suicides How Victorian Orphan Made £100,000 In N.G. 13
M. V. MACDHUI How Passengers are Provided For TROPIC TRAVEL IN COMFORT 13
COPRA DRYING SHEDS 13
Advertising 13 , 14
NORFOLK IS. TRADE Figures for May 14
Bremerhaven Disturbs N. G. Trade Representations Made to Federal Authorities 14
FRENCH OCEANIA Jubilee of Annexation 14
A PLANTER’S WOES 14
Answers to Correspondents 14
PACIFIC ISLANDS YEAR-BOOK 14
Advertising 14
PRODUCTS OF THE SOUTH SEAS Copra Prospects Showing More Hopeful Signs 15
IN EASTERN POLYNESIA 15
Advertising 15
Market Quotations Range of Prices 15
OTHER ISLANDS PRODUCE. 15
NEW GUINEA GOLD SHAREMARKET Limited Trading 15
RABAUL SHAKES Worst “Guria” Since 1923 15
Advertising 15
Shipping Services in The Pacific 16
COPRA EXPORT TAX Revision Still Under Consideration 16
POPULAR IN NAURU Acting-Administrator 16
LECTURE ON TUNG OIL 16
Advertising 16

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THE Pacific Islands Monthly  

THE ONLY JOURNAL CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND TERRITORIES AND GROUPS  

OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH PACIFIC.  

Vol —No. 12  

Registered at G.P.O., Sydney, for  

transmission by Post as Newspaper  

SYDNEY: FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1931  

Single Copy, 6d,  

Per Annum, posted, 0/-.  

MONEY ORDERS  

In Mandated New Guinea  

To the Editor  

Sir,- —One naturally hesitates, in  

these “hard times,” to agitate for any  

innovation where public service is con  

cerned, that might require expenditure  

from the Administration’s coffers. Yet  

there is the small matter of extending  

the Money Order system to post offices  

in the Mandated Territory that would  

require but slight expenditure and still  

be boon to many hundreds of the  

residents who are not domiciled in  

Rabaul.  

As the position is at present, all  

Money Orders or Postal Notes re  

ceived by residents may be cashed only  

through the Rabaul post office, as  

Rabaul is the only Money Order  

Office in the Territory. This naturally  

occasions considerable delay where  

often communication from outstations  

to Rabaul is every four or five weeks.  

Should residents in outlying districts  

desire to remit money to Australia,  

then drafts may be obtained on the  

New Guinea Trade Agent, Sydney. Still,  

this is not an altogether satisfactory  

procedure where remittances are re  

quired to be made to places other than  

Sydney, or the amount is too small  

to warrant the issuing of draft.  

In July of last year communicated  

with the Chief Postmaster in Rabaul  

on the subject and he replied:  

“Approval has been given for the  

extension of the Money Order to out  

stations. Some little time will elapse,  

however, before the latter approval  

can be given effect to.”  

“little time” has already elapsed:  

surely eleven months is sufficient to  

set the machinery in motion, consid  

ering that the approval has already  

been given for this public convenience  

to become operative.—I am, etc.  

GORDON THOMAS  

Buka, June 3, 1931.  

NEW GUINEA’S HALF  

MILLION  

The annual report for 1929-1930 of the Terri  

tory of New Guinea shows the following  

native population;  

New Britain, 93,637.  

New Ireland, 38,416.  

Bougainville, 56,087.  

Mainland, New Guinea. 289,048.  

Admiralty and North-western Islands, 14,067.  

Indentured labourers, all districts, 30,130.  

Grand total, 521,385.  

BIG FIJI FISH  

LABOUR COSTS IN  

NEW CALEDONIA  

Revision Necessary  

COMMISSION TO INQUIRE  

From Our Own Correspondent.  

NOUMEA, June 18.  

IN connection with the Javanese and  

Indo-Chinese labourers at present  

working in New Caledonia under  

contract, commission has been ap  

pointed to go into the question of the  

possible re-adjustment of their con  

tracts. It is realised that conditions  

of production and economic affairs  

generally, have changed radically dur  

ing the last few months; and it is  

considered that such review has now  

become necessary.  

The commission has been constituted  

with the Secretary-General of the Col  

ony as President, the other members  

to consist of the Chief of the Health  

Department, President of the Chamber  

of Agriculture, President of the Labour  

Commission, three representatives of  

the mining industries, and the head of  

the Immigration service. Monsieur M.  

Lapelerie is Secretary.  

The Department of Native Affairs  

has recently fixed lower minimum wage  

rates for local coloured labour, as fol  

lows, in view of the changed economic  

conditions:  

During the year 1929-30, 84 oversea  

vessels called at the Territory of New  

Guinea, the total tonnage of the ships  

being 161,738. British vessels numbered  

52, French 12, German 6. Dutch  

American and Japanese 3, Danish and  

Norwegian 2.  

NEW FOKKER  

For Pacific Transport Co.  

From Our Own Correspondent  

PORT MORESBY, July 7.  

MR. Ray Parer is expecting another  

Fokker plane for the Pacific  

Aerial Transport Co. by the July “Le  

Maire,” due to arrive here shortly. He  

is expected to come over from the New  

Guinea goldfields to meet the incom  

ing machine, and will assist in  

assembling it in conjunction with  

engineers of Port Moresby, and later  

on will fly across to Salamoa.  

MALOLO TO VISIT PAPUA  

From Our Own Correspondent  

PORT MORESBY, July 7.  

THE luxury liner, Malolo, carrying  

American tourists, is to call in  

at Port Moresby on November  

19, on her world cruise, and will spend  

one day here in the capital.  

Preparations are being made to wel  

come and please the visitors. Native  

dances, canoe races, sporting events  

and even aeroplane flights are being  

arranged, besides the usual sight  

seeing tours, all in the attempt to  

captivate and convince the tourists of  

the beauty and splendour of the sur  

roundings we so nonchalantly live in  

day by day.  

New Ship for Phosphate  

Trade  

Triona’s Wireless Telephone  

THE Triona, which was built in the  

United Kingdom for the British  

Phosphate Commission, has  

taken up her running between Ocean  

Island, Nauru and Melbourne.  

The vessel has been equipped by  

Amalgamated Wireless (A/sia.) Ltd.  

with complete wireless installation.  

This includes an AW.A. 1½ kilowatt  

marine transmitter, employing C.W.  

and I.C.W. on both long and short  

waves, and speech cn long waves (600  

to 800 metres).  

The telephony transmitter is used  

by the master of the vessel to speak  

to the British Phosphate Commission  

officials through their wireless tele  

phone stations at Nauru and Ocean  

Island.  

NEW GUINEA NATIVES  

DANGEROUS  

Series of Attacks in Goldfields  

Region  

UNCONFIRMED REPORT THAT LOST  

AIRMAN WAS KILLED  

THE natives in the hinterland of the New Guinea goldfields, who have  

been known to be of truculent and hostile nature, have been very  

treacherous of late.  

The unrest seems to have commenced with the massacre in the Upper  

Watut district, of Hellmuth Baum, well-known prospector, and nine of  

his natives.  

About the same time, Messrs. Mick and Paddy Leahy, who were also  

prospecting in that region, were attacked and wounded.  

Papuan patrol officer, with party of native police and carriers, who  

passed through this area on the way to the coast, also found the natives  

very hostile.  

There was rumour that Pilot Trist, of Guinea Airways’ staff, who has  

been missing since May 22, landed his ’plane safely near Zenag aerodrome  

and was killed and eaten by the natives there. The report was investigated by  

the Administration officials and pronounced quite baseless.  

The area between the Papuan border and the main dividing range of the  

Mandated Territory is how officially described as highly dangerous country.  

Much of the trouble has been attributed to the Kukukukus, an untamed,  

nomadic people, who have drifted over from the Papuan border.  

BAUM met his death near Surprise  

Creek, in the Upper Watut, only  

three days’ walk from the main camp  

at Watut. The three natives, who were  

the only survivors from the massacre  

of this well known prospector and his  

party, took nearly month to get  

through the bush to the camp at  

Watut, as they had to lie low to escape  

capture by the searching bushmen.  

They arrived thin and ill, from hunger  

and exposure. They said that Baum  

was drinking his morning coffee, just  

at daylight, when the natives attacked  

without warning. They crawled under  

the tent flap very silently and pinned  

Baum’s arms down to his sides, whilst  

other waiting natives killed him.  

Baum was one of the most respected  

men in New Guinea. No one had  

better knowledge of the Morobe dis  

trict, as he had spent many years in  

those parts. He used often to say that  

he could travel through New Guinea  

with walking stick. He would never  

believe the natives guilty of treachery  

and he seldom carried firearms. It  

was known that he was always very  

kind to his natives.  

Recently, Baum was believed to have  

been on very good gold, and he had  

told some of his friends that he was  

going to Germany to visit his mother  

during the coming year.  

LEAHY BROS.’ DESPERATE FIGHT  

Two other prospectors, the Leahy  

brothers, had desperate fight for their  

lives at the hands of natives in this  

vicinity. At about the same time as  

Baum was killed, Messrs. Mick and  

Paddy Leahy were at Laggamah, also  

only three days’ journey from Watut.  

They were recrossing an old trail  

when the natives, without warning of  

any kind, and for no known reason,  

suddenly appeared at the usual hour  

of attack —near dawn —and made  

brutal onset. warning cry from the  

native carriers aroused the white men.  

The Leahy brothers never kept any  

kind of watch in their camps, so the  

(CONTINUED ON PAGE 2)  

This shark, weighing 3541b., and the  

cod, weighing 1661b., were caught at  

Levuka recently by local resident.  

The shark put up great fight for an  

hour, on thin line, but was eventu  

ally conquered.  

Three of the Kukukuku natives arrested and brought in by District Officer Peldt, near Surprise Creek, in connection with the murder of  

Hellmuth Baum. The three are handcuffed together. On D. O. Feldt’s return from this region he reported that the area between the Papuan  

border and the main dividing range was highly dangerous.  

—Photo by courtesy of L. V. Waterhouse.  

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Men, 18 years and over 110  

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Women. 18 years and over 75  

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Boys, up to 18 .. .. 90  

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Girls, up to 18 .. .. 60  

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In addition, employees must  

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MISS MURIEL STARR  

The eminent Canadian actress  

writes “ have been user of  

mercolized wax for many years and  

have always found it excellent for  

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They have to use the best, the  

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lovely, on or off the stage. You too  

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