In This Issue

General

Missing Yacht Turns Up 15 Bligh Emulator's Boat Voyage Delayed 16 75th Anniversary of W. S. Tait & Co. 61 Captain Cook Medallions 93 More Pacific Calls for Cruise Ships ... 133 Cocoa Prices Fall Sharply 135 "Sletholm" Trade Drive 138 Copra Up, Maybe to Stay 139

American Samoa

Much Ado About Pigs 16 Big Future Seen for Tourism 129 More Goods on Duty Free List 131

Cook Islands

Election Victory for Albert Henry ... 7 Solar Eclipse 15 Rarotonga's Historian, Charlie Cowan 91 "Yankee" Still on Reef 115 Internal Air Service Proposed 131

Fiji

Patel and Co. Demand Common Roll 11 What the Governor Said 25 Suva's Drinkers Pose Growing Prob lem 41 Credit Unions Successful 57 Fijian Politicians Bite Back 57 Legislation Streamlined 63 Response to SPSM Share Offer 135

French Polynesia

Yacht "Buzzed" by A-Base Helicopters 21 Air-freighted Eggs from Australia ... 23 US Consulate to Close; Fuss Over Visas 123

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

Big New Church at Bikenibeu 53 Plan for Internal Air Services 145

Nauru

Showdown Soon on Future 13 Plan for Broadcasting Station 15 UN Mission Returns 21 Nauruans Ask for Independence 27 £losm. for Soil Imports 27

New Caledonia

1966 Games Developments 39 Census Figures for Foreigners 76 Welcome Mat Out for Tourists 127 First Book of Photographs 127 Nickel Contract with Red China 137

New Hebrides

Castaways Saved by "Radesthesia" .. 23 New French Resident Commissioner 27 Mr. Delauney Farewelled 37 New Ship for Captain Rusden 107 First New Hebridean Matriculates 145 Representatives for Lae Conference 146

Norfolk Island

Link with Eskimo Land 25 Tourist Industry Booming 125 Weekly Paper Planned 127

Papua-New Guinea

Pressure On 9 Administrator Not Resigning 10 Soekarno Drops A Hint 15 UN Mission Says Nothing 21 Bodies of Wartime Fliers Found 29 Post-Mortem on New Ireland In vasion 29, 31

Triplets Born in Rabaul 43 Famous Hagen Axe for Tokyo 67 New Britain's Nature Man 89 New Journal on New Guinea 96 Tough Action Against Ships' Masters 105 Tariff Inquiry on Coffee 137 Star Mountains Crossed 145 "Papua Should Be Seventh State" 145

Pitcairn Island

First Motorised Vehicles 73

Solomon Islands

First Woman in Legislative Council 12 Strike in Honiara 15 First Elected Legislature 45 Exciting Times for Tikopians 69 New Type of Copra Drier 75 Battle of Binisokio 85 New Ships for Government 107 "Arthur Rogers" Wrecked 11l Ship Rammed by Swordfish 111

Tokelaus

Blasting Job at Fakaofo 115

Tonga

Effects of Economic Restrictions 15 Tobacco Industry 63 Action Soon on Nukualofa Wharf 111

United States Trust Territory

Saipan's Tourism Plans 131

West New Guinea

Refugees Cross Border 15 Sharks, Butterflies, Giant Rats 87

Western Samoa

More Earthquakes 43 Negotiations on Bananas 49 Royal Tupua Title 49 Annandale-Betts Wedding 49 Dismissal of Captain Moors 51 Control of Public Service 51 Chief Auditor Censured 53

DEPARTMENTS: Tropicalities, 21; Territories Talk-Talk, 31; From the Islands Press, 73; Pacific Planters' Digest, 75; Magazine Section, 85; New Books, 95; Shipping, 105; Cruising Yachts, 117; Travel, 123; Schedules for Cruise Ships, 133; Commerce, 135; People, 145; Shipping, Airways Timetables, 147; Deaths of Islands People, 157.