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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1964Vol. 35, No. 9

In This Issue

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Meral

I Near for BP Passenger Ships 11 M" to Publish Cumulative Index 20 >ra Market Promising 72 ns Philp Profits Up 123

Dk Islands

v Constitution 20 ious Brigantine Wrecked 63

v Trading Ship 99

:tion Qualifications 113 cala Bay Base to Close 11 ipment Troubles for Fiji Airways 13 r t. Representative in Australia 27 ra Industry Prospects ... 35 n Suva to Sydney after Four Years 61 F Cattle Shortage 67 >hing Rugby Defeats 68 ual Suva Pet Show 69 t. Officers Criticised 97 jka Customs Post 99 ioo Record 103 ■ Fijian Ministers Ordained 117 ;o Meeting 119 iliser Discovery 124 sea Holiday Travel Plan 131 sh-Fijian Hotel Venture 133

'Jch Polynesia

ti Newspapers Thrive 17 h of Tony Bambridge 36 ch Prime Minister's Visit 57 i to Aid Tuamotu Fishermen 99 i\ Taaone Reopened 119 >i Business in New Premises 124

(Ert And Ellice Islands Colony

leysider Goes Atoll-Hopping ... 47 lomic Plan 51

Lord Howe Island

Veteran Islander Has Seen Many Changes 71 First Visit by Airman 87

Nauru

Australian Proposals Rejected 9

New Caledonia

Big Grant for 1966 Games 15 Octopuses for the Table 83 Census of Vietnamese 119 Expansion Programme for Nickel In dustry 123

New Hebrides

Local Air Services Upset 14 Vila—Then and Now 85 Advisory Council Meeting 129

Niue

Tests for Radioactivity 59

Norfolk Island

Victims of Arrow Attack 81 First Visit by Airman 87

Papua-New Guinea

UN Discussion on Territory 9 New Handbook Published 19 Assembly Budget Session 21 Education 23,119 Trobriand Islands Before the War 77 Tenders for Madang Wharf 101 World War II Shipping Casualties 101 ANGAU Association 113 Japanese Wreck at Lae 116 Broadcasting Developments 119 Highlands Geodetic Survey 119 Rhinoceros Beetle Predator 119 Border Fence Planned 119

DEPARTMENTS: Territories Talk-Talk, 41; Magazine Section, 77; New Books, 87; From the Islands Press, 95; Shipping, 97; Cruising Yachts, 105; Letters to the Editors, 113; People, 117; In a Nutshell, 119; Commerce, 123; Deaths of Islands People, 130; Travel Talk, 131; Shipping, Airways Schedules, 134.

RSL Move on NG Servicemen Likely 119 Quest for Haus Tambaran 121 Govt. Interest in Tourism 121 Lower Bulolo Gold Profit 125 Misima Mine Development 125 Normanby Is. Timber Exports 125 Concern Over Coffee Exports 126

Pitcairn Island

Bid to Sell More Curios 19 Election Time 83

Solomon Islands

Nickel May Become Important 12 New Air Service Rumoured 18 Megapode Airways 113 Fish Market for Honiara 119 Cattle Improvement Plan 124 Kauri Co. Quits Vanikoro 125 Revenue Buoyant 125

South Pacific Commission

Plenty of Work for Commission 12 Lae Site of 1965 Conference 15

Boat-building 17

Home Economics Course 19 Pacific Handicrafts 19

Tokelaus

Possible Link With Cook Islands ... 54

Tonga

Nurses Graduate 14 Government Orders Fishing Vessel 99 Nukualofa Arcade Opened 119 Interest in Sugar Production 124

Western Samoa

Cattle Breeding 18 Moors Case 29 Increased Interest in Sport 31 Economic Needs 31 Judicial History Made 33 Telephone Link With US 33 Harbour Project Hold-up 99 New Soap Industry 126