Contents:

PEOPLE: Personal Para graphs of Islands’ Interest 5 P-NG Legislative Council: Native Labour Legislation Under Fire 17 Manus, Naval Base Without a Navy 18 Pacific Islands’ Society Has Its 21st Birthday 18 Red Influence in Fiji Sugar Strikes 19 Warm Welcome for Indian Commissioner in Fiji .. 19 Royal Visit Arrangements for Fiji; Mayor Critical .. 20 Important New Post in W.

Samoa 20 Netherlands NG and P-NG to Have Liaison Machinery 20 Vital New Legislative As sembly Meeting in W.

Samoa 21 Arson on Liner Bulolo .. 21 Judy Tudor Reports on P-NG Legislative Council .. 22 Commentary; The Publisher and The Editors Look at Pacific and World Affairs 23 Governor of Fiji Announces Retirement 26 Editors’ Mailbag 26 Papua’s Oil Hopes in the Balance 27 P-NG’s New Copra Tax .. 31 Highlights from Addresses at Canberra Conference on

P-Ng 33

Territories’ Talk-Talk . .. 41 New Proposals on Milne Bay 41 Review of Latest Copra Po sition 45 Bill Money: Legend in His Own Time 49

The Story of The Big Six, by . R. W. Robson 50 New Pacific Shipping Link- Ud 55 Progress with Lae Brewery 59 Extraordinary Life of Harold Gatty 61 Tribute to Mrs. Flora Stewart from America .. 65 Tongan Whaling Industry Nearer 68 Fijian Development Fund Figures 68 Gordon Thomas Recalls Ra baul Invasion 69 NG’s Woolshed Dance .. 71 NG Dairy Farm Argument 73 Fiji’s Tortured Banana In dustry 75

Magazine Section;

Tropicalities, 77; Profile, 77; Crossquiz, 78; Do You Remember? 79: Hulas and Hibiscus, 79; Fiji Meets the Queen, 80-81; Burns Philp Anniversary, 82-83; Book •Reviews 84 Pacific Shipping and Cruis ing Yachts 97

Pacific Report: The

Month’s Round-up of Pacific News and Pictures 113

Obituary: Dr. B. F.

Kroening; Mr. A M. Mac alpine; Mr. R. J. Keegan; Mr. F. C. Peterson; Mr.

William Money; Mr. Dan Power; Mrs. Ellen Meyers 142 Sports Review 145 Shipping Time-Tables . .. 147 Airways’ Time-Tables .. 153 Pacific Commerce and Pro duce 156