In This Issue

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3S Lost 10 v WP High Commissioner 15 d-Shaped Churches 19 ain and France in the Pacific ... 25 >tain Cook's Tortoises 81 Airways' Inter-Territory Service 115 •India to Fly to Nadi 116 codile Hunting 117,122

Erican Samoa

Worried, Disoriented People 63 el Plan for Pago Pago 111

Ok Islands

nomic Improvement 14 otonga May Get Jet Airstrip 67 varrow's Crusoe 83

I And Rotuma

stralian Commissioner Appointed 12

ian Interest in Land 15 idsmen Wanted at Lautoka 18 Lautoka Welcome for "Britannia" 36 I for Rotuma 37 Was Too Smart For Von Luckner 77 :ord Rains 81 ndarivatu's 100,000 Fish Eggs 87 fa Berth To Be Modified 99 >p in Birthrate 11l ny More Tourists 113 :ific Theological College Plan 113 w Variety of Sugar Cane 113 t to Lautoka Library 113 bavatu Estate Sold 116 janese Tuna Project 121 :ord Trade Balance 122 Proposal 122 Itured Pearls 123

French Polynesia

H-Bomb Atolls Ceded To France 18 Communist Fears Follow Recognition of Red China 57 Land Reclaimed Near Papeete 72 Naval Repair Base for Tahiti 116 First Tahitian Girls Become Nuns 117 Cultured Pearls 1 23 Moorea As a Tourist Centre 131

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

Restrictions on Liquor Lifted 40 Harbours Damaged in Storm 99

New Caledonia

Cyclone Ends Long Drought 47 No Publicity on Smoking Danger 111 Last Vietnamese Leave H 3 Study of Little-Known Language 115

New Hebrides

Long Drought 47 Visit to Matthew Island 99 Vila Wharf Problem 103 Last Vietnamese Leave H 3 Archaeological Finds on Aneityum 117

Niue

Old Island Custom 65 Churches to be Rebuilt 113

Norfolk Island

Cruise Ship's Visit 105

Papua-New Guinea

House of Assembly Elections 9, 20, 30, 33, 35 Indonesians to Co-operate on Border 12 Ivan Champion Retires 13 Giant Snails Reach Moresby 14 Aropa Plantation Sold 17

Marriage Guidance Change in PNGVR Training of Stenographers 20 Another Mystery Obelisk 25 Ray Parer's Planes 27 Jap Command Post at Rabaul 27 Mt. Hagen Airport 32 Future of Native Affairs Department 38 Warning on Skin Cancer 43 Plan to Control Drain on Artifacts 45 Big Press Corps In Territory 71 New Wharf for Daru 103 Teak Plantations for Trobriands 113 New Teachers H 5 Patrol Post for Woodlark Island 115 Adventist Medical Plan 116 Timber Exports to Japan 120 Lively Buying of Sangara Stock 122 Encouraging Pyrethrum Tests 124

Pitcairn Island

Islanders Not Worried About Future 13

Solomon Islands

Bride Didn't Come COD 18 First Club for Workers Opened 55 Submarine Volcano Erupts 95 Boatbuilding School at Auki 103 Too Much Thieving 111 King George VI School at Kukum 115 More Gilbertese Settle at Wagina 115 New Ordinance on Plant Diseases 116 Vanikoro Kauri Nearly Cut Out 122

Tonga

Roller Skating Popular 83

United States Trust Territory

UN Tour of Inspection H 3 Tuna Plant for Malakal Island 124

Western Samoa

Boom Is On The Way 11/ 105 Press Freedom 29 Inquiry on MPs' Salaries 41 Expert Criticises Public Service 49 Sugar Cane Experiment 123

DEPARTMENTS: Tropicalities, 17; Letters to the Editors, 25; Territories Talk-Talk, 51; Magazine Section, 77; New Books, 89; From the Islands Press, 93; Pacific Shipping, 95; In a Nutshell, 111; People, 117; Commerce, 120; Deaths of Islands People, 129; Travel Talk, 131; Shipping, Airways Schedules, 134.