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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1964Vol. 35, No. 6

This Issue

p. 9 · Read in the full issue

Eral

1 Americans in Polynesia 87 is, Philp Figures 119,121

Irican Samoa

merings Over Political Status ... 63 tening of Immigration Regulations 65

>K Islands

' Month 15 m for Rarotonga's Blue Laws ... 71 f British Crown Became Involved 77

I Tenure Study 89

itific Stations Established 115 r Eclipse at Manuae 115 oceros Beetles Found—Dead 144 iber System for Legislative Council 14 jbau's War Club 17 ernor in Lau Group 19 ist Boom 27, 116 liry Into Civil Service 39 ilems for New Governor 41 I Problem 45 on Tobacco Advertising 49 ick Technical Institute Opened 72 apples Air-Freighted to NZ 114 power Survey 115 re for Church Unity 116 i Not Ripe for TV 121 . Gold Yield Expected 122 f Bus Link Across Viti Levu ... 133 oceros Beetle Near Yasawas 144

Jch Polynesia

r Edition of Arii Taimai's Memoirs 93 >ur for Papeete Harbour Project 95 eum to Honour Gauguin 132

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

Air Link With Fiji in July 67 Christmas Island's Future 115 Long Drift Voyage 116

Nauru

Sovereignty Issue in Resettlement 9

New Caledonia

Workers' Strike 11 Lavish Hospitality for NZ Yachtsmen 111 Election for New Deputy 113 Comet Jets for Auckland Service 115

New Hebrides

New Copra Pest on Efate 13 Seabed Object May be Jap Sub. 99 Forestry Survey 115

Niue

New Look in Island Life 63 Beer Cargo Gets a Ducking 107

Norfolk Island

Oldest Resident is 94 113 Brochure Planned on St. Barnabas 113

Papua-New Guinea

House of Assembly to Open 10 New Guinea Corporation Formed 11,119 Visit by Trade Ship Planned 12 Electoral Laws to be Amended 12 World Bank Survey 13 Cocoa Crop Pest 13 Mace for New Assembly 17 Border Problems of the Future 19 Bride Who Wouldn't be Bought 31 Ex-Servicemen in Colour Bar Fuss 35 Malarial Pills Allergy 37

Madang Catholic Seminary Opened .. 55 A Tale of the Morobe Goldfields ... 79 Capuchin Priest in Territory 50 Years Ago 81 Profile of Ivan Champion 85 Lae Wharf Damaged—Again 107 Second Hotel for Lae 114 Survey for Milne Bay Area Airstrips 115 Moresby Rape Case 116 New Government Building in Rabaul 116 Carpenter Tea Enterprise 119 Representation at Osaka Trade Fair 121 Bigger Cocoa Crop Expected 122 Decimal Currency 123 Nail Factory for Lae 123

Solomon Islands

Grounded Ship Was Overloaded ... 14 New High Commissioner Knighted ... 37 Deep Water Berth for Honiara 95 Long Swim to Save Companions ... 97 Tasman Islanders Blown to Choiseul .. 99 Twice-Weekly Air Service to Begin 113 First Logs from Gizo Shipped 114 Copra Production Down 114 Royal Society Expedition Planned 114 Timber Co. Withdrawing from Vani koro 121

Tokelaus

Problem of Political Future 17

Tonga

Liquor Laws Work Happily 25 Hospitality for Prominent Visitors 25 Woman's Shot Put Record 26 200 for Women's Conference 116

Western Samoa

Cigarette Sales Down 49 New Cabinet Selections Criticised 57 First Sugar Milled 59 Banana Prospects Dim 59 Archaeological Discoveries 61 NZ Governor-General's Visit 61 "Adler" Wreck to be Enclosed 61 Site for Apia Wharf 95

DEPARTMENTS: Tropicalities, 17; From the Islands Press, 20; Territories Talk-Talk, 51; Magazine Section, 77; New Books, 87; Shipping, 95; In a Nutshell, 113; People, 117; Commerce, 119; Deaths of Islands People, 129; Travel Talk, 131; Shipping and Airways Information, 134.