In This Issue

Yol. 35.

No. 5,

May, 1964

General

lad Month for Ships 9 lurricane Troubles Wide Area 41 Mineral Wealth From Sea 57 Menace of Indonesia 89 ur-Sea Rescue Talks 109 ilands Bigger Trade With NZ 122 opra Market Report 123

Merican Samoa

lew Deal for Manua 20 lursing Service's 50th Anniversary .. 61 edication of Air Terminal 116

Ook Islands

Ibert Henry Returns 18 quor Laws Changed 35 oncern Over Sunday Dancing 65 ew Rarotonga Wharf 109 angaia Pineapples 119 Ji jvere Floods 12, 41 Cadavulevu" Disaster 15, 95 >1 ice Band Popular 17, 18 >1 ice Dogs 18 5w Chief Justice 72 utoka's Growth as Port 105 Z Interest in Commissionership 116 asad Deportation Case 117 WE Income Tax 117 5 Athletes for Tokyo Olympics 118 jvernor on SPC 119 ;w Timber Project 121 ■il. Wire Factory Opened 122

Ench Polynesia

:reased Air Services to Fiji 14 peete Harbour Project 99 jb for Skin Divers 105 jruroa Airfield Nearly Ready 117 c-thousandth Automobile 118

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

"Conflict" of Interests in Shipping .. 107 Annual Estimates 116

Kermadec Islands

"Treasure" of the "Lady Penrhyn" . 83

Lord Howe Island

Ball's Pyramid Still Unconquered 13

New Caledonia

Lenormand Case 71 Jap Tuna Boat Lost 9, 99 Bigger Nickel Output Expected 121

New Hebrides

Artistic Touches for New Hotel 19 Forari Church Opened 63 Radio Transmitters for Councils 116 Volcanic Ash Damage at Paama 118 Archeological Discoveries 118 Violent Earth Tremors 119

Niue

Possibility of Airfield 118

Norfolk Island

Hurricane-bound Holiday Island 25 More Tourists 25 Preservation Work Almost Finished 29 New Council Soon 32 Invitation to Pitcairners 67 Bounty Day 133

Papua-New Guinea

Assembly Election Results 9,113,115 Papuan Medical College Opened 10 "Polurrian" Finding 15 Drastic Shipping Service Changes 14 Poor Air Service 33

Election Appeal Threat 37 Forgotten German History 53 Opportunities for Handicrafts 55 Crocodiles Dwindling Fast 57 Jap Freighter for Timber Trade ... 99 Nine Survive Grim Sea Ordeal 101 Plan to Move Kilinalau Islanders ... 118 Tenders to be Called for Big Projects 119 Loan Fully Subscribed 122 New Companies Law 122 Rare Shell Sold 124 Madang as Tourist Centre 131 Lack of Information on Shows 133

Pitcairn Island

Population Figure Hits Record Low 67

Solomon Islands

"Boussole" Wreck Formally Identified 11 Story of RCS "Melanesian" 77 Deepwater Berth Point Cruz 116 Optimism on Wagina 116 Timber Suitable for Paper Pulp 121

Tonga

Queen Salote Flies Home 11 Noumea Games "Hope" 14 Deepwater Wharf for Nukualofa 119

Vaccination Campaign H 9

Us Trust Territory

Carolines Tuna Project 121

Wallis And Futuna

Plan for A-Sub Shelters Reported 17

Western Samoa

Election Results 13 Interest in Tourism 33 UN Build-Up; Itinerant Journalists 45 Copra Production Booming 46 Public Service Discipline 46 Start on Apia Harbour Project 99 College of Tropical Agriculture 117 Doubts on Education System 119 First Loan Oversubscribed 121 Archeological Discovery 124

DEPARTMENTS: Tropicalities, 17; Letters to the Editor, 33; Territories Talk-Talk, 47; Magazine Section, 77; New Books, 89; Shipping, 95; In A Nutshell, 116; Commerce, 121; People, 124; Deaths of Islands People, 129; Travel Talk, 131; Shipping and Airways Information, 134.