This series was published fortnightly by the German Administration in Rabaul. Local people were trained as printers and in other areas of the printing industry and the paper was produced using these local tradesmen.

These photocopies of the originals have been bound into 11 volumes, including two supplements to the 1913 issues (Vol.IV): one on the establishment of the botanic gardens at Rabaul by Dr Gerhrmann and the other on types of shell and molluscs by M. Braun. An index appears at the beginning of each volume. The page numbers are sequential from issue number one to the end of the last issue for each year.

A copy of this work was offered in 1985 for sale ($USA7500) by E.J. Lefkowiz (Massachusettes) with the following description:<BR>Paris, (Francois Edmond). ESSAIS SUR LA CONSTRUCTION DES PEUPLES EXTRA-EUROPEENS OU COLLECTION DES NAVIRES ET PIROGUES CONSTRUITS PAR LES HABITANTS DE L'ASIE, DE LA MALASIE, DU GRAND OCEAN ET DE L'AMERIQUE. Dessines et mesures par M. Paris, ... pendant les voyages autour du monde de l'Astrolabe, la Favorite, et l'Artemise ... Paris, (1843) Folio, 52.8 cm., 2 vols. bound in one: (s6), 156, (2) pp. (text): (2) pp. + 133 plates (atlas) ... Paris, an expert on shipbuilding, was on three of the most important 19th-century French voyages to the Pacific: with Dumont d'Urville on the Astrolabe (1826-29): with LaPlace on the Favorite (1829-32 and on the Artemise (1837-40)... . The work was originally issued in parts. Includes accounts of visit to Tahiti, Caroline and Mariana Islands and plates showing canoes and small vessels constructed there. Microfilm presented to PMB by Prof. G.A. Horride of ANU. For description of the edition to be prepared by Prof. Horridge see Pambu 3(2) 1989.

This is a duplicated news sheet circulated among L.M.S. supporters from Auckland. Although these sheets give details of the work of the L.M.S. throughout the world they concentrate on the Australia-Pacific region.

A set commencing with No. 43 (January-February 1952) and ending with No.218 (July 1970).

The <i>Melanesian Nius</i> and the <i>Kiokio Nius</i> were sister newspapers published irregularly in Honiara by the pioneer Solomon Islander journalist and newspaper proprietor, George Aitkin, prior to publication of his major weekly, the <i>Solomons Toktok</i>.

<i>Melanesian Nius</i>, No.1, 19 Jan 1977; No.2, 27 Jan 1977; No.3, 2 Feb 1977; No.4, 9 Feb 1977; No.5, 16 Feb 1977; No.6, 23 Feb 1977; No.7, 2 Mar 1977.
<i>The Kiokio Nius</i>: No.8, 16 Mar 1977; No.9, 23 Mar 1977; No.10, 31 Mar 1977.

The Fiji Voice was the official publication of the Fiji Independent News Service which was established in 1987 to publicise events related to the coups in Fiji. The Fiji Voice was edited by Dale Keeling, a Sydney journalist.

No.1, Sep 1987: No.2, Oct 1987: No.3, Dec 1987: No.4, Feb 1988: No.5, May 1988: No.6, Aug 1988: No.7, Jan 1989: No.8, Mar 1989: No.9, May 1989: No.10, Sep 1989: No.11, Dec 1989: No.12, Feb/Mar 1990: No.13, Apr/May 1990: No.14, Jun/Jul 1990: No.15, Sep/Oct 1990: No.16, Dec 1990: No.17, Mar 1991: No.18: May/Jun 1991: No.19, Aug/Sep 1991: No.20, Nov/Dec 1991: No.21, Apr/May 1992: No.22, Jul/Aug 1992: No.23, Oct 1992: No.24, Dec 1992.

Cecil Gribble (born 1903) was a Methodist missionary and Director of Education in Tonga, 1943-46. He was General Secretary of the Methodist Overseas Mission from 1949 until his retirement in 1970. Rev. Gribble donated this collection of pamphlets to the Pacific Theological College Library.

Collection of 17 rare pamphlets by various authors relating to the work of the Methodist Church in Fiji. 13 of the pamphlets were published between 1900 and 1909, with many of these relating to the controversial issue of lay representation in the Fiji District Synod of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference of Australasia.<BR><P>A detailed inventory of the pamphlets, together with summary notes prepared by John Garrett is available.

For details see PMB Doc 406

Vol. 3 No. 11 (9 Jan. 1953) to Vol. 4 No. 19 (5 March 1954)

Rev. Aaron Buzacott arrived in the Cook Islands in 1828, where he ran the Mission station at Avarua. The LMS Press at Rarotonga began printing religious publications in 1828. See Buzacott, A. and Sunderland, J.P. (eds), Mission life in islands of the Pacific, London, 1866.

This is a duplicated news sheet, the early issues being of poor reproductive quality. This circular was put out by the Reverend Norman Cocks, Australian agent of the L.M.S., from the L.M.S. office at 250 Pitt Street, Sydney. There is a considerable amount of material relating to missionary work in Papua New Guinea.

An almost complete set from No.1 (December 1946) to No.244 (January 1970).

Rapport … la Soci‚t‚ Fran‡aise des Nouvelles-H‚brides du Commissaire aux Apports, N. Hagen, 15 Jul 1930<BR> Soci‚t‚ Fran‡aise des Nouvelles-H‚brides, Rapport du Commissaire a l'Avantage Particulier, E Tremeau, Directeur G‚n‚ral honoraire au MinistŠre des Finances, 15 Jul 1930<BR> Photograph: captioned, Vanekoro, Ao–t 1929. Mr Corbin, Martin & sa femme, Aug 1929.<BR> Corbin de Mangoux (Charg‚ de Mission, Syndicat d'Etudes des Int‚rˆts Fran‡ais aux Nouvelles-H‚brides), Etude sur les soci‚t‚s aux Nouvelle-H‚brides, Paris, Mar 1930.1Šre partie: G‚n‚ralit‚s sur la situation des Nouvelles-H‚brides, pp.1-77, including map<BR> 2Šme partie. Etude d'ensemble sur les six Soci‚t‚s Anonymes d'exploitation aux Nouvelles-H‚brides. pp.1-168.