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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1965Vol. 36, No. 10

In This Issue

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Eneral

3-operation in Commerce 16 3ncern Over Fishing Practices 51 >lynesian Origins 65 ;ceptionally Cold Weather 67 rritories Department Bibliography 93 ofua" Damaged by Fire 105 ighter Outlook for Copra 133

Werican Samoa

odern Fishing Boat 103 go Pago as Tourist Centre 113

)Ok Islands

gh Commissioner Resigns 5 If-Government Celebrations 5 ands Claimed by US 24 '-Aitutaki Air Service Mooted 127

Ister Island

ms for Airport 125 II terthoughts on London Conference 7 w Industrial Council 15 est's 60th Anniversary 24 d Prediction on Ratu Mara 25 ning of TV Series 25 :ific Theological College 29 nabans Bitter Against Britain 32 tuma Co-operative Society 61 ns Adopt New Habits 81

•mer Governor's Autobiography 97

jh Costs Hit Shipowners 99 itoka Wharf Problems 103

More Ships Call 107 Sigatoka Coast as Travel Centre 117 BOAC to Extend Air Services 127 Australian Investment 132 Lower Profit for Sugar Mills 134 Copra Pest Reaches Koro 134 Factory for Paper Products 135

French Polynesia

Death of Oscar Nordman 8, 154 Mururoa Explosion Kills Three 16 Nationalist Chinese Consulate Closed 21 First Chile-Tahiti Flight 125 New Air Services 125 Spearfishermen's Success 131

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

Angry Ocean Islanders 32 Time for Constitutional Progress 53

Kermadec Islands

Macauley Island's Rats 85

New Caledonia

Boost for Games Hopes 9 French Education Plan Rejected 69

New Hebrides

First Harbourmaster 59 "Dictatorship"; Gilbertese Workers 67 Malekula's Coastline Alters 75

Niue

Drivers Can Be Furiouser 49

Fishing Problems 51 Book on Henry Head 92

Norfolk Island

Wheat Flourishing 61 New Career for Whale Chaser 105

Papua-New Guinea

High Hopes for Misima Mines 7 Japanese Zero Reconstructed 8 New Britain Defence Needs 11 Public Service Unrest 12 Ship for Bongainville Co. 16 Kinjibi Coffee Directors 16 Cadet Scheme for W. R. Carpenter 16 Tip on Administator Denied 27 Shirt-Making 27 Judy Tudor on Politics 45 Visit by Dr. Margaret Mead 53 New Postage Stamps 63 Brett Hilder Profile 83 Quest for Anthem, Name, Flag 89 Book by Danish Writer 95 "Braeside" Off Run for Repairs ... 101 Whale Chaser to be Training Ship 105 Director of UN Information Centre 131 Cocoa Growers Ask for Subsidy 133

Solomon Islands

New Scientific Discoveries 83 Drive for Tourists 125 Chief Information Officer Appointed 129

Tonga

Tourism Plans 16 Banana Production 71

United States Trust Territory

Official Flag; National Day 89

Western Samoa

Education in "State of Crisis" 69 Top UN Representative Retires 73 Copra Policy Review 133

DEPARTMENTS: Topicalities, 24; People in Pictures, 42; Territories Talk-Talk, 55; The Editors' Mailbag, 65; Planters' Digest, 71; From the Islands Press, 76; Magazine Section, 81; New Books, 91; Shipping, 99; Cruising Yachts, 109; Travel, 113; People, 129; Commerce, 132; Shipping, Airways Schedules, 141; Deaths of Islands People, 154.