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suy Powles 19 ion on Central University 24 h of G. A. V. Stanley 24 ic Travel Boom Likely 61 n Pacific Trade Figures 137 a Market Figures 138 ndustries' Profit Up 138 er W. R. Carpenter Profit 140 •er Companies' Results 140 i Year for Steamships 140

Rican Samoa

;ation Hall for Fishermen 107 Hotel Manager Appointed 131

K Islands

irrow's New Hermit 9, 39 !St Against French A-Tests 23 Age Pension Scheme 29 High Commissioner 33 r Islands Reticulation Scheme . 59 Coffee House 135 sy Political Quiet 9 n Fishermen Missing 9 ral Election Next Year 11 n Leader for Trial Over Fires ... 11 bans Seek Higher Royalties ... 17 points of Young Fijians 21 cus Festival 41 ig Colony the Hard Way 117 Vear Tourist Plan . 129

French Polynesia

Proposed Nuclear Tests 23 TV Station Opened 40 Chile-Tahiti Aerial Postal Service 63 "Treasure" Island Sold 89 Yachtsmen "Dumped" in Marquesas 103

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

First Gilbertese Political Party 7 Banabans Seek Higher Royalties 17 Racial Tension 18

Lord Howe Island

Visit by Army LSM 111

Nauru

Referendum on Liquor 6 Legislative Council Soon 17

New Caledonia

September 24 Celebrations 11 Transpac's 10th Anniversary 12 Noumea's Changing Face 19 Senator Elected 35 First TV Station Opened 40

New Hebrides

Advisory Council Meeting 55

New Facilities at Airport 57 Malekula's Deadheads 91

Niue

End of "Free-For-All" Censorship 87

Norfolk Island

Paradise Hotel Alterations 8 Anchors of Historic Ship Found 109

Papua-New Guinea

Arbitration Hearing on Salaries 5 Economic Adviser Appointed 5 Applications for Asylum 6 A. J. Bretag "Gone Finish" 17, 144 Free Coffee at Trade Fair 19 New Political Party 25 University Appointments 27 Siwi Kurondo 45 Port Moresby's Shanty Towns 67 Robinson Memorial at Samarai 69 Matthias Toliman 69 Tender for Kieta Wharf 103 RAN Patrol Boats for Territory 107 As a Tourist Centre 121 Tourist Board Established 121 US Bank's Shares in ANG Corporation 139 New Blood in Kinjibi 139 New Administrative Districts 143

Solomon Islands

Mariano Kelesi 7

South Pacific Commission

Budget Up; No Action on Lae Move 12

Tonga

Record Banana Exports 28 Reticulated Water Scheme 58 Staggering Seabirds, Dancing Crabs . 85 New Hotel Developments 133

United States Trust Territory

Micronesians Take Over Ships 105

Western Samoa

Foreign Capital "Now Welcome" 37 Criticism of Copra Industry 60 Extensions for Aggie Grey's 135 Furniture Exports Grow 139

•EPARTMENTS: Tropicalities, 18; People in Pictures, 42; Personality Parade, 45; erritories Talk-Talk, 49; Letters to the Editors, 69; Planters' Digest, 73; From ie Islands Press, 76; Magazine Section, 85; New Books, 95; Shipping, 105; ruising Yachts, 113; Travel, 117; Commerce, 137; Deaths of Islands People, 142; People, 144; Shipping, Airways Schedules, 149.