In This Issue

No. 3. Vol. 34. October, 1963

General

Disturbances in Indonesia 13 Compac Cable Nearly Completed ... 23 Complaints Over Jap Tuna Fishermen 25 South Pacific Games Medals 37 How to Beat Fiji at Next Games ... 45 New Airlines, New Routes 69 New Radio-Telephone Services 71 Islands Students in NZ 126 Dollar Will Dominate Pacific 135 NZ Trade Mission to Islands 137

American Samoa

New Tuna Cannery Opened 25

Cook Islands

Holier-Than-Thou Advice 65 Jap-Supplied Tuna Cannery Rejected 117 Resolutions on Petitions to UN 124

Fiji

Sir Kenneth Maddocks Leaves 8 Trades and Industries Fair 9 Levuka Tuna Cannery 25 Ancient Plate Pieced Together 28 Poor Land Records 29 Report on Copra Industry 30 Bananas Under Fire Again 37 Customs "Swoop" On Men's Socks .. 40 Sugar Production to Increase 57 Match Factory 75 Overboard for Women! 87 fhe Indians in Fiji 91 1966 C'wealth. Bowls Tournament ... 123 Mew Governor in UK 125 Pineapple Cannery Planned 137 Madi Area As Tourist Resort 141

French Polynesia

Work Goes Ahead On A-Base 11

French Minister's Visit 11 Mysterious Cannon Found 76 Protestant Church Becomes Auto nomous 124 Hotel Taaone Partly Destroyed 125 Qantas Interest in Tahiti Service 131

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

BSIP Resettlement Problems 35

New Caledonia

Conus Geographus Death 10 Satisfaction Over 1966 Games 49 Viet Repatriation Brings Troubles . 53 Native Revolt of 1917 81

New Hebrides

Viet Repatriation Brings Troubles 53 New French Offices 69 Ship Rammed by Whale 83 Latest Census Figures 126 Volcanic Activity 127 First Self-Service Store 127

Niue

Fish Caught with Coconuts 83 Legislative Assembly Elections 123

Norfolk Island

Electricity Extensions 124 Fish Freezing Factory 135 First Chemist Shop 137

Papua-New Guinea

1963-64 Budget 7 Legco Makes Way for New Assembly 15 Preparations for 1964 Elections ... 19 Early Prospects for Elections 23 Jap Interest in Tuna 25 Native Names Problem 31 Help for WNG Students 33

Seats at Airports 33 Beef Cattle Farming ... 35 New ABC Offices and Studios 39 Segregated Drinking 39 Land Available for Settlers 57 Cargo Cult on Buka 58 Monkeys Found on Manus 83 Madang Harbour Lights 105 Old Leg Irons Found 119 Planting of Teak Seedlings 124 New Stamps 125 Airstrip for Misima Planned 126 Sogeri Hydro-Electric Station 126 Big Hospital for Daru 127 Administration Staff College 127 No Treatment Yet for Kuru 127 Boom in Misima Gold Shares 135 Coffee Marketing Board 138

Pitcairn Island

New Booklet 93 Pastor Breaks Leg 129

Solomon Islands

Gilbertese Resettlement Problems ... 35 Oblong Snake on Savo 83 Rare Shell Found 83 New Maritime Aids 105 Junior Chamber of Commerce 121 New Gizo Wharf 125 Preparations for Gilbertese Settlers . 125 Internal Air Service 125 Overpopulation on Tikopia, Santa Ana 126

Tokelaus

Rhinoceros Beetle Found 55

Tonga

Minerva Reef Wreckage Found 31 Radio Station for Niuafo'ou 123 Popular Radio Request Session 123 Jap Interest in Cultured Pearls 124

West New Guinea

Stricter Regulations for Visitors 13

Western Samoa

Appeal to US for Aid 51 New Tamasese Chosen 130

DEPARTMENTS: Tropicalities, 31; From the Islands Press, 32; Territories Talk- Talk, 61; Magazine Section, 81; New Books, 91; Shipping, 99; In a Nutshell, 123; People, 129; Deaths of Islands People, 133; Commerce, 137; Travel Talk, 141; Shipping and Airways Timetables, 143.