In This Issue
General
Malaysia's Effect On Pacific 11 BOAC's New Office 31 BOAC's Pacific Air Gap 33 South Pacific Games Preview Foil. 74
American Samoa
Who Are the Samoans? 29 New Name for the "Turtle" 119 Road to TV Towers 121
Cook Islands
Ship Lost on Reef 8 Assembly "To Blame for Mess" 27 NZ Reporter's Survey 59 Islanders in New Zealand 65
Fiji
Governor Says Goodbye 7 UN Committee on Colonialism 13, 51, 55 Death of Two Leading Citizens 19 RNZAF Base at Laucala Bay to Close 23 Film Censorship 3] Search for Minerals 45 Chances of University 49 Savusavu Turns It On For Tourists 57 Spotlight on Kadavu 81 More Ships Visiting Fiji 95 PAYE Income Tax Plan 121 Sugar Price Boom 131 Banana Industry Stagnant 131 Gold Industry Prospects 131 New Branch for Bank of Baroda 132 Development Loan Success 132 Exports Up 132
French Polynesia
Nuclear Base Labour Problems 41 NZ Protest On Base Rejected 43 Rapa: Lonely, Neglected Island 77
Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony
Executive, Advisory Council Plans 7 Latest Census Figures 70
Lord Howe Island
Flying Boat Wrecked 8
Nauru
Resettlement Progress 9
New Caledonia
Repatriation of Vietnamese 17 Latest Census Figures 70 "Open Go" Drinking Approved 117 Parachuting Tragedy 117 Dead Rats Cause Concern 117
New Hebrides
Repatriation of Vietnamese 17 Erromanga Timber Possibilities 71 Rat Menace on Matasso Island 117 Bastille Day Celebrations 123 Lopevi Volcano Erupts 123 Chamber of Commerce Officers 127 New Slipway, Freezer for Fishing Co. 132
Niue
Islanders in New Zealand 65
Norfolk Island
Work on Kingfisher Hotel 123
Papua-New Guinea
Refugees from West Pose Problem 5 Pacific Is. Mines Ltd. 9 Appeal Sought in Land Case 17 World Bank Mission Survey 21 New Political Party 25 Old and New In Aviation 27 Death of J. C. (Tommy) Thomson 33 Trobriand Islands Pearls 83
Highlands, A Real Eye-Opener 85 New Book by Olaf Ruhen 88 Baiyer River Dairy Farm 119 Anthropologists at Work 119 Bougainville Timber Rights 119 Smallpox, Tuberculosis Campaigns 123 New Uniform for Constabulary 123 Registration of Company Documents 132 Kinjibi Shows Profit 132 Coffee Exports 132 Copra Board Surplus 132
Pitcairn Island
Fears Over Nuclear Base 45
Solomons
New Post for Sir David Trench 15 Stevenson Relic Found 15 More Power for Local Councils 35 More Primary Schools Operating ... 117 Baga Island Ships First Timber 119 Co-operative Societies 119 Success of Anti-Malaria Campaign ... 119
Aerial Photographic Survey 123
Cocoa Co-operatives 132 Copra from Vanikoro 132
Tokelaus
Islanders in New Zealand 65
Tonga
"Back to Newington College" 27 First Water Reticulation System 47 Radio Broadcasts Popular 72 Minerva Reef Epic 87 Ship Bought for Copra Board 95
United States Trust Territory
Survey on Development 121 Accelerated Schools Programme ... 121
Western Samoa
Membership of SPC Proposed 6 Threat to Ban Newspapers 7 Two Ships on Reefs 8 Muddled Thinking 13 Stevenson Relic Found in BSIP 15
DEPARTMENTS: Commentary, 11; Topicalities, 27; From the Islands Press, 69; Magazine Section, 77; New Books, 87; Pacific Shipping (with own index), 95; Territories Talk-Talk, 113; In a Nutshell, 117; People, 124; Deaths of Islands People, 129; Commerce, 131; Travel Talk, 135; Shipping and Airways Time tables 137.