In This Issue

General

Putting PIM to Work 28 Two Fables for Our Time 79 "Oriental Queen" Voyages 121 Australian Trade Drive 130 Higher Copra Prices 131

American Samoa

Rare Award for Hero 12 Stir Over UN Visit Suggestion 57 Coast Guard Patrol 97 Tourism Developments 115

Cook Islands

Self-Government In April 9 Albert Henry Returns 20 Absence of Bird Life 26 Pago TV Picked Up 37 Rarotonga Clothing Factory 65

Fiji

London Constitutional Conference ... 9 Legislative Council Session 30 More Duty Free Goods 10 Two Hurricanes 12 WHO Moves To Suva 12 Laucala Bay Base's Future 12 Russian UN Delegate On Colony 27 "Don't Be Museum Pieces" 32 French Ships Refloated 36 "Bodging" Of Taxis 65 Measles Outbreak Helped Start War 81 Need For Slipway At Levuka 101 Tourism Developments 113 Pearl Experiments 132 Gold Mining 132

French Polynesia

Mururoa A-Test Project 25 Ancient Tahitian Relics 82

New Governor 129 Stir Over Income Tax 129

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

Ship Aground On Washington Is. 12 Advisory Council Session 61

Kermadec Islands

Meteorologists Return To Raoul 12

Lord Howe Island

Ball's Pyramid Still Unclimbed 12

Nauru

Strange Sharks Seen 15 Bigger Ships May Call 101 Air Link Planned 119

New Caledonia

New Tourism Arrangements 12, 115 South Pacific Games 124 Spearfishing Championship 124

New Hebrides

Advisory Council Session 13 Internal Air Services 26 Martyrs' Deaths Remembered 29 Land Claims 35 Becoming French 52 UN Seeks Urgent Action 52 Legoj/hd Of Futuna 77 Vila Wharf Plan 95 Planning For Census 142

Norfolk Island

Wheat Plan 14 Harsh Prison Commandant 87

Papua-New Guinea

World Bank Report ... 9, 41, 47, 119, 130 First Native University Graduate 9

Political Future Varzin Land Case 14 Senior Staff Postings 15 New Airstrips 12, 20 Visit By Earl Mountbatten 13 Fuss Over Japanese Gun 13 Paradesia Suggested As Name 25 Aerial Survey Of Moresby 51 New Police Chief 15, 69 Pioneer Aviators 83 Tench Island 83 Mysterious Coin Find 8* Watch For New Fever 107 "Time For Tourist Industry" 119 Airline "War" Over Far East Route 123 Bougainville Timber 132 ASOPA Graduates 142

Solomon Islands

Elected Members For Legco 9 Liquor Restrictions Abolished 38 Another Vanikoro Expedition 101 Growth Of Air Services 117 Rice Future "Looks Good" 131

Tokelaus

Decision On Future 39

Tonga

£500,000 Wharf For Nukualofa 12 Crippled Boy Sits For Exam 17 Prawns Caught At Nukualofa 63 Good Surfing Beach Found 117 No Bananas For Japan 132

West New Guinea

Governor Dismissed 10

Western Samoa

Race For TV Sets 17 Public Servants' Salaries 17 MP's Salaries 17 Citizens Lured To Pago 18 More Mental Illnesses, VD ... 18, 19 Attacks On Government 19 Ships In Hurricane 95 Tourism Developments 115

DEPARTMENTS: In A Nutshell, 12; Tropicalities, 25; Letters to the Editor, 33; From The Islands Press, 72; Magazine Section, 77; New Books, 87; Shipping, 95; Cruising Yachts, 103; Territories Talk-Talk, 107; Travel and Transport, 113; People, 129; Commerce, 130; Shipping and Airways Schedules, 134; Deaths of Islands People, 142.