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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1962Vol. XXXII, No. 10

Contents

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No. To, Vol. Xxxii.

May, 1962

People 5

UN Mission to New Guinea Hears Varied Views 15 More Hot Words on Netherlands New Guinea 16 Queen Salote is Home Again 17 Nauruans Uneasy Following UN Visit 17 New Administrator for Nauru 17 New Hebrideans Can Drink 18 Coastwatcher Evans Takes Another Look 18 US Will Buy Fiji Sugar 18 Deficit in Western Samoa 19 Bomb Tests "Unfortunate But Neces sary" 20 Fiji's Chief Justice Sworn In 20 All Roads to the Easter Show 21 Lenormand Back in New Caledonia 21 Could Haste in NG Mean More Alder Cases? 21

Commentary 23

The Editors' Mailbag 25

Canberra Commentary 26

Norfolk in the Air on its Aviation Future 28

TERRITORIES TALK-TALK, with Tolala 29 New Guinea Gets an Information Centre 35 Fewer Mosquitoes at the Drive-in 35 The West Samoan Scene 37 Canning Industry Possible in New Guinea 41 Trouble in Fiji Teachers' College ... 43 A Nauruan Speaks Out: Rehabilitation, Not Resettlement 47 Australia Finds Phosphate Deposits 49 American Samoa is Booming at Last 51 SYDNEYSIDER At Home Base 56

They're Digging into Polynesian

Origins 61 Along Fiji's Hibiscus Highway 63 What Future for the South Pacific Commission? 69 Rabaul Handles a Thorny Medical Problem 70

Magazine Section 73

Pacific Shipping And Yachts 99

Pacific Report 117

In a Nutshell 140 Deaths of Island People 141

Travel Talk 142

Shipping, Airways Timetables 145 Commerce and Produce 153