In This Issue
General
British Educational Mission 14 Era of Somerset Maugham 14 New NZ Customs Regulations 25 Decimal Currency 137 Free Trade With New Zealand 138 New W. R. Carpenter Director 140 Steamships in New Field 141
American Samoa
Bigger. Brighter Flag Day 49 New Pago Hotel Opened 121 Easier US Travel Requirements 131
Cook Islands
Copra Problem on Penrhyn 17 Suwarrow's Hermit Stays Put 51 Bravery Medal for Manihiki Man 97
Fiji
Marathon Debate on Constitution .. . 7 Coat of Arms for Suva 7 Queen Mother's Visit 7 Rabi Island Developments 11 Government House "Treasure" 14 Sunday Trading Battle 21 Protests Over Sunday Games 23 Immigration Negotiations 25 Bus Service is Better Now 45 Archaeological Discoveries 69 Rabi, Lautoka Co-operatives 72 New Hotel at Nausori 127 Visitors Bureau Appointments 131 Record Tourist Figures 131 Imports Up, Exports Down 139 Sugar Agreement "Satisfactory" ... 139 New Paper Factory 139 Emperor Mines Wants Subsidy 140 All-Race Political Committee 157
French Polynesia
Presidential Election Figures 10 Glamorous Album of Tahiti 93 New UK Consular Arrangements 133
Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony
New Political Party 20 Well-Known Men Leave 133 Economic Development Committee 141
Lord Howe Island
Jap Wreck on Middleton Reef 109
Nauru
UN Resolutions I 1
New Caledonia
Presidential Election Figures 10 Matthew, Hunter Islands Annexed 76 New Hotels for Noumea 123 Oil Search in Chesterfields 140
New Hebrides
Presidential Election Figures 10 Increased Customs Duties 11 'Bright Lights' Bring Housing Problem 61 Archaeological Discoveries 69
N,Ue
Minister's Visit 33
Norfolk Island
Polynesian Adze Find 16 Handicrafts Shop New Hotel Planned 131
Papua-New Guinea
Tolai Claim to Vunapope 10 Capital Punishment 13 Johnson Cult Still Flourishing 14 New District Commissioners 16 Coffee Society is Big Business 20
TV Findings Soon 20 Betting, Playing Cards 23 House of Assembly Problems 27 Confusion Over Economic Advisers 31 Visit by Minister New Book by Osmar White 59 Trade Record Patrols Still Arduous Memories of Rudolph Wahlen 84 Call for Action Against Formosans 105 Primitive Man in Pictures H 7 New Hotels for Lae Study of Duty-Free Possibilities 131 Safeguards for Companies
Development Bank
Misima Prospects Bright 139 L, F. McEachern on Fraud Charge 141
Pitcairn Island
New Book by R. B. Nicholson 92
Solomon Islands
Budget Session 11 Volcano's Eruption Predicted 15 No New House for WPHC 16 Shortlands' Isolation Ended 17 Honiara's Population Increasing 27 New Honiara Deep-Water Berth 99
Tokelaus
Visit by Mr. Hanan 33
Tonga
Death of Queen Salote Passive Role Unlikely for New King 6 Queen Salote in Pictures 37
Archaeological Discoveries
Journal of Malaspina Expedition 87 UK Consul's Territory Extended 133
United States Trust Territory
Massive Search for Missing Men 107
Wallis And Futuna
Overwhelming Vote for de Gaulle 10
Western Samoa
Morning After the Night Before 47 New Coconut Process 67 sl.6m. Hotel Urged 127
DEPARTMENTS: Month in Review, 9; Letters to the Editors, 34; Territories Talk- Talk, 53; Planters' Digest, 61; Islands Press, 75; Magazine Section, 81; New Books, 91; Shipping, 97; Cruising Yachts, 111; Travel, 117; Cruise Ships Schedules, 129; People, 133; Commerce, 137; Shipping, Airways Timetables, 143; Deaths of Islands People, 151.