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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1963Vol. XXXIII, No. 12

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Pacific Games ° 's Birthday Honours 6 Shells Danger 2 * 1 Search for Pacific History 37 my Notes: Pacific Island Mines, eror Mines 3^

Can Samoa

hosen for Tourist Hotel 127

Islands

srvice from W. Samoa 7 on Rarotonga 26 ' 2 ' age Review 70 Governor Named 8 \o Stimulate Industries 8 unity Balance Problem 9 al in High Places " a Farce " rainty on Laucala Bay Base 64 eputation for Thefts 99 Wharf Opened Fiji Freights May Go Up Visiting Ships jrvice to N. Hebrides, Honiara 175 /es Photocopying Service 2 5 a I on Legco Election Fails 130

nprovement in Trade Balance • •

:H Polynesia

e Brings Protests—and Trade 7 Bookstore Burnt Down 1 2/

!Rt And Ellice Islands Colony

Servants' Revised Award 23 r Shipping Link with Aust nts in New Zealand ..

Howe Island

ie Future in the Balance 64

Nauru

UN Trusteeship Council Debate 8

New Caledonia

Temporary Hitch in Viet. Repatriation 13 Hope for Economic Recovery 40 Importers Unhappy on NZ Trade 47 Parachuting Drama 125

New Hebrides

Chamber of Commerce Established 5 Temporary Hitch in Viet. Repatriation 13 Currency Trap for the Unwary 27 New Vila Hotel 28 Art Show in Vila 28 Pressure on Fiji Airways' Service 125 Commonwealth Development Cor

poration ]26

Action on Copra Pest Skeleton of US Serviceman Found 127

Niue

First Triplets Born 126

Norfolk Island

Debate Soon On Norfolk Is. Act 17 Convict Ruins 83

Papua-New Guinea

UN Trusteeship Council Debate 8 Land Titles Challenge Upheld ... 19, 28 < ( Trouble Brewing on Buka? ... 2^ Preparation of Legco Election Rolls 26 Discrimination Against Euronesians 27 Discrimination Bill Introduced Search for Right Cattle Liquor Creates Segregation 61 Brewery Battle Education Gets Into Gear Training for Shipping Careers 105 Yatu Ocean-Going Canoes

EPARTMENTS; From the islands Press, Talk-Talk, It New Books, 91, Pacific Islands People (A. W. Brooks, 17; In a Nutshell, 125; People, , Shearwin), 133; Commerce, 135; I. Airways Timetables. 141.

Electricity for Moresby from New Dam Moresby Mannequin Parade ... 121,123 Coral Festivities at Rabaul and Kieta 125 Population Figures 126 Education on Decimal Currency 126 Cigarette Industry for Madang 135 World Bank Survey 136

Pitcairn Island

Adventure at Oeno 81

Solomon Islands

First Melanesian Bishops 14 Civil Servants' Revised Award 23 Pressure on Fiji Airways' Service ... 125 Automatic Telephone Service 126 Baga Island Timber 126 Interest in Tobacco-growing 127 Hopes for Greater Aust. Trade 136

South Pacific Commission

Housing Conference 6

Tokelaus

Medical and Dental Survey 125 Students in New Zealand 129

Tonga

Elections for Legislative Council 5 Requiem Mass for Pope 7 Visit of Japanese Envoy 9 / Circular Postage Stamps Issued 39

Us Trust Territory

UN Debate on Territory's Progress 8 Shipping Link with P-NG 103

Wallis And Futuna

Visit of French High Commissioner .. 125

West New Guinea

Governor Bonay 45 Disillusionment for Indonesians 45 History of Indonesian Takeover 51

Western Samoa

Protest on H-Bomb Base 7 Foreign Aid Increases 71 UN Office for Apia 71 Survey of Agriculture 91