Contents

Visiting UK Minister Sheds Little Light on Fiji's Future 5 Indonesia Must Wait Until May for

Wng 6

Border-Hopping Now Illegal in NG Territories 7 NG Liquor Laws "a Success" 7 Pace Increased for Staging South Pacific Games 8 Royal Tour in Fiji 9 Survey of Japanese Trade in the Pacific 10

Commentary 13

Copra Stabilisation Funds Under Review 14 P-NG Prepares for 1964 Elections .. 15

Tropicalities 17

Trustram Eve to Inquire Into Fiji Copra 25 P-NG on Threshold of Dramatic Radio Development 33 BSIP's Biggest Problem is Un certainty 41 Setback for Manganese Mining in the New Hebrides 43 Fiji May Need a Men's Interest Officer, Too 46 J. P. Bayly: A Fiji Colonist Who Will be Remembered 48

Territories Talk-Talk 51

Report on Tahiti, 1963 59 Five Years Left for Vanikoro Timber Industry 65 Fijians Rather than Indians Are Fiji's Problem 67

Sydneysider Goes Walkabout 73 The Unromantic South Seas —Seen by a Tourist . 77

Magazine Section 87

Book Reviews 95 News of Pacific Ships and Cruising Yachts 103 Interregnum in West New Guinea 118 Vila to Have New Hotel, Casino and Tourists 121 Solomon Islander Wins Fiji Appeal Case 123 Samoan Airline Hopes for Inter national Routes 125 West Samoa Sees Some Brighter Times Ahead 125 New Guinea Club Has Come of Age 126 Samoan PM Criticises the Critics ... 127 Comings and Goings of Islands

People 129

Games Bring New Interest in Fiji Sports 131 News from American Samoa 133 Tonkinese Repatriation May Begin Again 135

From The Islands Press 137

New Year Honours 139 Pitcairn Will be Protected from H- Bomb 141 In a Nutshell 144

People 146

Deaths of Islands People 149

Travel Talk 150

Commerce and Produce 161