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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1965Vol. 36, No. 6

In This Issue

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Meral

jlynesian News", Japanese Paper .. 21 mpylus, "Strangest Fishes Ever" .. 25 > BP Executive's 91st Birthday 137

Lerican Samoa

jbts Over "Total TV" Education 27 jlicity Drive tor Tourists Urged ... 133

Ok Islands

lependents in Assembly Walk-Out 31 use of Arikis Proposed 35 active Government Suspended ... 35 w Canning Factory 69 ihcraft Training 9 prehension Over London Talks ... 10 conut Industry Board Appointment 12 e-Year Plan for Rotuma 12 rouraging Cocoa Tests 27 pra Renaissance 61 ck Day tor Small Ships 109 chting Marina Planned 113 ire Overseas Ships 113 iday Trade in Suva Banned 123 jtoka-Yasawas Cruise Service 129 >. Firm to Make Tourism Survey ... 133 jher Wages for Hotel Employees 133 fra Air Service to Tonga 133 jy Cleared for Sugar Talks 136 cimal Currency to be Adopted ... 137 iw Fijian Affairs Secretary 139

Ench Polynesia

iomb Brings Prosperity 37 d of Era for Motu Uta 89

Big Build-Up of Naval Strength 107

World Spearfishing Championship 127

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

Sudden Death from the Sky 15 Documentary Film Plan 45

Line Islands

Baker, Howland Islands for A-Tests? 39

Nauru

New Look in Negotiating Tactics 15

New Caledonia

Prehistoric Drawings Found on Lifou 57 Lucien Bernheim, Mining Magnate 85 Casino Seen as Drawcard 127 Tourist Statistics 127 Pacific Cup Spearfishing Contest 127

New Hebrides

New Postage Stamps 11 "Tiare Taporo" Damaged by Fire 107 Former Naval Ship Lost 115

Norfolk Island

"Unsightly Development" 25

Wheat-Growing Proposal 55 New Shipping Service 115 Guide Book for Ramblers Published 131

Niue

"Aid to Revenue" Tax 67 Changing Pattern of Transport 67

Papua-New Guinea

Moves Towards a Constitution 8 Independence "Not Only Future" ... 8 Higher Copra Prices 10

Mr. Barnes' Visit; Busy Month 14 New Administrator? 14 Fuss in Parliament Over Japanese 21 Ship's Link with German Times 23 Catholic Vicariate's 60th Anniversary 23 Lae Herbarium Opened 25 Japanese War Aims 53 "Little Men" of New Ireland 53 Patrol to Contact "Lost Tribe" 59 New Shipping Service 115 Move for Duty-Free Shopping 125 Air Service to Manila via Moresby 133 Copper Found on Bougainville 135 Big Timber Lease on Bougainville 135

Share Issue by Steamships Trading 135

Produce Prices' Odd Effects 135 Stock Exchange Proposed 137

Pitcairn Island

Motor Power Makes Life Easier 29

Solomon Islands

La Perouse Coin Mystery Solved 87 Honiara Port Developments 113

South Pacific Commission

Sixth Conference in Lae 47

Tonga

Financial Help from Britain 12 Concern Over Population Growth ... 23 When the Treasury Was Broke 91 Mariner's Cave Photographed 133 New Tuber Crop May Be Valuable ... 136 Coconut Replanting Scheme Proposed 137

United States Trust Territory

Economic Development Programme .. 139

Western Samoa

Apia Hotel Scheme Strikes Snag ... 13 Apia's "Beach" to be Reclaimed 13 Pay Increase for Public Servants 45 Much to Offer Tourists 121 New R. L Stevenson Cairn 125 Second DC3 for Polynesian Airlines 133

DEPARTMENTS: Tropicalities, 21; People in Pictures, 42; Editors' Mailbag, 53; From the Islands Press, 73; Pacific Planters' Digest, 75; Magazine Section, 85; New Books, 95; Territories Talk-Talk, 103; Shipping, 107; Cruising Yachts, 117; Travel, 121; Schedules for Cruise Ships, 131; Commerce, 135; People, 139; Shipping, Airways Timetables, 145; Deaths of Islands People, 155.