Contents

No. 3. Vol. Xxxiii

October, 1962

People 5

Frustration and Bitterness as Dutch Withdraw 13 Troubled Elite Ask: Where Do We Go From Here? 15 Some Papuans Support Indonesia 15 SYDNEYSIDER Goes Walkabout ... 17 New Guinea Bargains as Dutch Sell Out 17 New Guinea Guilders Pose a Bank ing Problem 19 Emotional Debate in NNG Council .. 19 Fiji Political Crisis May Not Be Far Off 20 A New Look Soon for the SPC ... 21 The Queen to Visit Fiji 21 P-NG Budget Details 22 Time May be Working Against the Nauruans 23 BP Passenger Services on the Way Out 23

Commentary 25

Report on P-NG Liquor Laws Soon 26 Mr. L, G. Usher Asks: Can P-NG Handle a Drinking Population? 27 Proposal for P-NG Investment Guarantee 28 Hollandia Yacht Club Burns Down 29 Fiji's Future: Churchman v. The Critics 29 No Sign of Promised Norfolk Referendum 31

New Guinea Committee Will Pro pose Council Increase 32 Move to Establish BSIP Fishing In

dustry 32

Territories Talk-Talk 33

Industrial Progress in the Cooks ... 39 Mangareva: Possible New Missile Base 44 New Guinea's Chances in Sport ... 53 Fiji Confident for Pacific Games ... 57 The Man Who Helped Launch the Games 59 Pioneer NG Pilots to be Honoured 61 In New Guinea Self Government is "Inevitable" 63 Mr. Hasluck Outlines Aims in P-NG 69 Select Committee on Political De velopment 69 P-NG's Education is "On the Go" .. 73 New Guinea Planters Look at the Future 77

Magazine Section 79

Book Reviews 89 From the Islands Press 100 News of Shipping and Yachts 105

Pacific Report 125

In a Nutshell 149 Deaths of Islands People 153 Travel Talk 154 Shipping, Airways Timetables 157 Commerce and Produce 165