Matilda Pilacapio states that she was disappointed the country did not have 10 years transition from self government to independence, training public servants and others. She describes the fear of bloodshed prior to independence and her father noticing that whites and mixed race people were leaving the country.
Biga Lebasi discusses his treatment at the South Pacific Post and his first real assigment covering the Local Government Council meeting at Hanuabada. He recalls that he went on to cover question time in the House of Assembly and his impressions of the members of the House of Assembly.