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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1964Vol. 35, No. 8

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sr Aviation Developments 5 slution in Pacific Churches 61, 116

[Rican Samoa

Day Drift Voyage 7 le Across Pago Bay 113 mpt on Governor's Life Alleged 115

)K Islands

srt Henry 11, 53 lifications for Elections 25 Islands of Tuanaki, Victoria ... 77 tonga Typhoid Outbreak 116 ■Rat Campaign 117

Fer Island

frip Seems Nearer 29 Air-India Service 5 Representative in Australia 7 iber System Working Well 10 •Diving Popular 32 apples for New Zealand 32 ’ Chief Justice 55 pendence for Methodist Church . 65 Bunkering System at Levuka ... 95 fy-at-Sea Inquiry 101 na Leaf Disease 113 e Figures 121 koula Mine Strike 122 rd Sugar Crop Expected 123 nal Currency Favoured 123

Ich Polynesia

ne in Tourism; Aviation Moves . 5 Day Drift Voyage 7 Spear Throw 25 :h Prime Minister's Visit 113

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

Air Service Shatters Isolation 6 Christmas Island Base Closed 113

Kermadec Islands

Ornithological Expedition 23

Lord Howe Island

New Flying Boat 6 Bigger Tourist Boat Fleet 97 Cargo Handling Plan 101

Nauru

Talks on Future 11 Honour for Jacob Aroi 59

New Caledonia

Seating Plan for 1966 Games . 57 SPC Tuberculosis Conference 115 Drought Cuts Nickel Production 121

New Hebrides

Spectacular Ship Fire 5

Reward for Discoverer of "Boussole" 7 Powerful Earthquake 23 Should Men be Called Boys? 27 Education on March 68 Record Swordfish Caught 95 Cattle Export Plan 113 New Vila Hotel Opened 115 First Advisory Council Election 117 Aviation Statistics 117

Niue

Library Plan 113 Do-It-Yourself Post Office 115

Norfolk Island

New Administrator Appointed 8 Council Election Results 9

Papua-New Guinea

More TAA, Ansett-ANA Services ... 6 New Interest in Misima Mine 8 New Hanover Cargo Cult 9 World Bank, Education Reports ... 11 Where Is Territory Heading? 13 Rabaul Police Strike 17 Naturalisation of Euronesians 27 US Airman Keeps His Promise 29 Justice for Coconut Casanova 79 "Stone Age Island" (New Book) 89 Formosan Trochus Poachers 95 Wharf Schemes at Daru, Lae 101 Assembly Budget Session 115 Army Developments 115,116 Workers' Rations 115 New Court Buildings 116 Big Cave Found 116 Port Moresby Water Rates Up 117 New Company Law 122 New Moresby Industries 122

Solomon Islands

Aerial Search for Minerals 43 Honiara Deep Water Berth 99 Govt; Printing Office Destroyed 113 New Cathedral at Gizo 118 Tour by High Commissioner 119 Logging Projects 122

Tonga

More Air Services Likely 5 Hotel for Nukualofa 21 New Paper Criticised 21 Women's Conference in Nukualofa . 23 Eventful Days at Niuafo'ou 81 Giant Eel Drama 101

Western Samoa

School Fees Revoked 11 UN Expert's Bombshell on Education 45 Elvins Report Criticised 47 Changing Face of Apia 49 Heavy Rain in Apia 51 Banana Research Programme 51 American Drift Voyager 113

DEPARTMENTS: Letters to the Editor, 23; Tropicalities, 27; Territory Talk-Talk, 17; Magazine Section, 77; New Books, 87; Shipping, 95; In A Nutshell, 113; ’eople, 118; Commerce, 121; Deaths of Islands People, 127; Travel Talk, 129; Shipping and Airways Information, 132.