This Issue

M Pacific Games 9, 48 0 Investigate Tuna Fishing 21 Clergy's Standards 53 Proposal for Bananas 101 's Trans-Pacific Solo Flight 135 )pposes Pacific Trade Plan 140 ly Notes: Placer Development, >eul Plantations, Oil Search, s Philp, Pacific Island Mines 140

:An Samoa

ewspapers Established 71 aper Outspoken 73 an Can Co. Factory 125 ion of Old Church 125

Islands

Wrecked at Suwarrow 24 ii" in Trouble 24 Being Lost 35 ie Tuna Proposal 35 na Industry "Not Wanted" 67

D Rotuma

1 Coinage Request 11 session Opens 17 Council Members 19 Jew Guinea Students 25 sment Commissioner Rogers 28 sf Sir Hugh Ragg 29 lucation Too Costly 51 eriod for Legco 61 's Problems 70 sf War Hero 85 or Visits Lau Group 86 ort Barker's Books 93 'harf Finished 105 vt. for Methodist Church 125 t Industry Subsidy Scheme 127 e Cattle Bought 127 •evelopment Loan 129 st Housing Conference 129 om Cuba's Sugar Loss 140

I Polynesia

in Launch Mishap 24 Jase Ready in Three Years 59

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

Drought in Phoenix Islands 28 Blasting of Boat Passages 81 Unique Claims to Fame 85 Phoenix Islanders for Solomons 125 Work on Tarawa Causeways 127

Nauru

Nauruans May Accept Qld. Island 9

New Caledonia

Viet Repatriation to Resume 9 Torrential Rain 40 Yacht Race from NZ 112 Recession Continues 139 Latest Hotel Rates 143

New Hebrides

Viet Repatriation to Resume 9 Rain by the Bucket 40 Trochus Fishing Re-opens 101 Survey of Malekula 103 Water Shortage at Mota Lava 125 Boarding School for Pentecost 133 "Navaka" Reaches Vila 135

Norfolk Island

Hotel and Tuna Factory Plans 21 Concern Over Tuna Plan 22

Papua-New Guinea

Mt. Hagen Show 5, 39 Border Poses Sticky Problems 5 Menzies on NG Defence 5 Constabulary to be Stronger 6 Uneasiness Over WNG Build-Up 7 Land Titles Challenged H ( Hoarding of Coins 11 New House of Assembly 15 Common Roll Moves 15 WNG Students Fear Reprisals 25 Bandmaster Crawley Leaves 27 Ingenuity of Aiome Farmers 27 Lord De L'lsle's Visit 37 Bougainville's New Wharf 45 Compulsory Education 47 Price Index Plan 65 Legends of Damien Parer 95 Artist in Wood 97 Survey of Lower Watut Valley 125

TAA Air Service from Rabaul 125 New Airstrips 125 Radio "Fever" in Sepik 127 Kokoda Trail Stone in Canberra 127 Mt. Wilhelm Climbed 129 Aust. Businessmen Urge Investment 139 New Hotel at Kieta 143

Solomon Islands

Honiara Turns It On For Tourists ... 23 Tulagi Slipway Plan 103 Beacon Plan 103 First Geological Map 125 Guadalcanal Road Scheme 129 New Industry—Marine Engine Parts 133

Tokelau Islands

Reef Blasting Plan 101

Tonga

Christian Convention 53 Tongans' Voice in Govt. 54 First Newspaper Planned ... 57 New Road Rules 125 Prince Tungi in Europe 125

Us Trust Territory

Marianas Hit by Typhoon 70

Wallis And Futuna

Sombre Outlook for "Paradise" 52

Western Samoa

Bob Rankin, Self-Taught Editor 25 Development of Savaii Urged 33 Self-Govt, for Methodist Church 125 First Science Graduate 133

Departments

From the Islands Press 71 Magazine Section 81 New Books 91 Pacific Shipping (with index) 99 Territories Talk-Talk 117 In A Nutshell 125 Deaths of Islands People: C. Bignell, L. Bilette, A. Hagen, F. C. Meredith, Sir Hugh Ragg, M. Reddy, Hon.

Anapu Solofa, Rev. Tariu Teaia 137 Commerce 139 Travel Talk 143 Shipping, Airways Timetables 145