Contents

No. 9. Vol. Xxxii.

April, 196

People 5

UN Mission to Nauru and NG Has Mind of Its Own 15 NG Men at US Coffee Talks 16 US Activity on Christmas Island 17 Dutch "Tourists" for NNG 17 Take Over Bid for Steamships 17 P-NG Won't Proceed Against Patrol Officer 18 Aftermath of Buka Incident 18 New Caledonian Assembly Dis solved: Nickel Trouble 19 NG Native Unionists Win the Right to Strike 19 New Bishop in Polynesia 19 Mischievous Minority Defeated in Fiji Sugar War 20 A De Luxe Resort for Palmyra 20 P-NG Patrol Officers in a Quandary 21

Commentary 23

Canberra Commentary 24

The Editors' Mailbag 25

New Islands Air Charter 26 Tongan Stamp Issue Causes a Fuss 27

Sydneysider Goes Walkabout 31

Letters 3 WEST SAMOA SCENE: Bankruptcy or Prosperity? 3 Mr. "Gus" Martin Leaves Norfolk Island 3 TERRITORIES TALK-TALK, with Tolala 4' Fiji Looks at Its Tourist Potential ... 4 High Cost of Landing an Aircraft .. A New Air Route to American Samoa 5 First Catch Your Coconut Leaf ... 5 The Last of the Theatre (and Leaflet) Trucks 5 Outcry Over P-NG Airfare Increases 5' Norfolk Hopes for New Export Out lets 5' Taking Rabaul's Volcanic Pulse ... 6 Copra Troubles on Manuae 6^ Check on the Sex Habits of Tuna ... 6'.

Magazine Section 7

Pacific Shipping And Cruising

Yachts 9!

Pacific Report 11

In a Nutshell 13< Deaths of Islands People 131

Travel Talk 131

Shipping, Airways Timetables ... 14 Commerce and Produce 14'