In This Issue
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Services in Record Mess 11 Ineysider in London 57 i-Shells for Captain Bligh 83 jorts on Pacific Towns 91 TA Conference 114 wv Year Honours 118 n to Beat Rhinoceros Beetle 122
Ok Islands
mders Survey Problems Ahead ... 55 otonga Hotel Proposal 63 ar Eclipse to be Seen at Manuae 85 ngaia Harbour Plan 97 •ean Fishermen Lost 105 I w Governor, New Political Plan .. 7 e for Sydney Show 15 ig Wait for Air Passengers 18 een Mother to Visit Fiji 33 nforting Development Figures 35 jht of Slum Dwellers 37 dent Pottery Discovered 49 a/ Hotel Plans 65 tana Shipments 113 ord Sugar Season 123
Nch Polynesia
iti to be Scientific Centre 39 /v Hotel for Punaauia 63 »k on the Pritchard Affair 89 Many Ships for Papeete 99
Bert And Ellice Islands Colony
>le Station Up for Sale 8 w Life on Wagina for GEIC People 13 mmer in Unusual Accident 115
Ocean Island Labour Dispute 116 Butaritari High Chieftainship 116 Unexpected Bomb Found at Tarawa .. 116
Lord Howe Island
Flying Boat Leased 115
New Caledonia
Well-Known Chauffeur Retires 19 Dangerous Dependence on Mining 113 Severe Drought 113 DC4 Aircraft for French Navy 114 Air Taxi Service 115 Mining Research Bureau Closes 123
New Hebrides
Air Mishaps 13 Advisory Council Criticises Budget 25 The Battle for Influence 45 Pigeon Flies from Antarctic 113 New Buildings 123
Norfolk Island
Local Language 15 View on finances 20 New Hotel Planned 63 Record Number of Air Passengers 116 Freight Rates 122
Papua-New Guinea
300 Candidates for Election 9 Horrie Niall Elected Unopposed 10 Border Survey Not Yet Resumed 12 Two Air Mishaps 13 More Conus Gloria Maris Shells 15 Tragic George Ellis 17 Mushroom Madness 17 Big Rabaul Weddings 18
Ownership of Hotels 19 New "Wonder'’ Malaria Drug 39 Anger Over Housing Shortage 41 Complaints on Liquor 51 Plans for Fourth Moresby Hotel 53 Death of "Jimmy" James 71 The Tanks Go Through! 81 Fred Archer's Tankard 82 Rev. Ben Butcher's Book 87 Air Survey of Timber Stands 113 Aviation Statistics 114 Road-Building Figures 114 First Native Army Officers Home 115 Rabaul-Kokopo Telephone Service 116 Scheme May Underwrite Investment 121 Airline Tours 131
Pitcairn Island
New Education Officer 117
Solomon Islands
Legislative Council Proposal 50
Oscar Svensen, Pioneer Planter 77 Start on Yacht Club 109 Copra Agreement With Japan 122 Rice-Growing Plan 123
Tonga
Overseas Tour for Prince Tungi 11 Tongans Deported from US 19 Radio Chief Leaves 56
United States Trust Territory
Major Revision of Code 115
West New Guinea
Book by Peter Matthiessen 87
Western Samoa
Prime Minister Holes in One 17 Harbour Plans for Apia, Asau 95 Regional UN Office 113 Tupau Tamasese Title Dispute 115 Legislative Assembly Election Plans 116 Break with Unilever 122
DEPARTMENTS: Commentary, 12; Tropicalities, 15; Letters to the Editors, 19; Territories Talk-Talk, 29; Magazine Section, 77; New Books, 87; Shipping, 95; From the Islands Press, 111; In a Nutshell, 113; People, 117; Commerce, 121; Deaths of Islands People, 129; Travel Talk, 131; Shipping and Airways Information, 134.