Pacific Islands Monthly

In This Issue

Vol. 37. No. 5, MAY, 1966

General

Australian Tariff Plan 13 Council of Churches 14 South Pacific Firewalking 64 Louis Coutance, Forgotten Navigator 81 Biography of Sir Joseph Banks ... 92 Taylor Bibliography Revised 97 Proposal to Cut Air Fares 125

American Samoa

New Weather Station 29 New English Samoan Dictionary ... 51 Fiji Airways Interest 133

Cook Islands

New Community Spirit 73 NZ Help for Harbour Projects 99 Book on Epic Drift Voyage 103 Air Service from Samoa 133

Fiji

Population Problem 14 Queen Mother's Visit ... 14, 23, 117 Banabans' Independent Line 15 Death Penalty To Go 15 Salvage Operation with a Difference 22 YWCA Land in Suva 22 Teams Withdraw from Games 53 Fijian Band at Bendigo ... 55 Dutch Ship for Islands Trade 103 Trawler Saved from Reef .105 Mew Look at Korolevu Hotel .125 Hotel Opened at Ba 127 Additions for New Nadi Hotel 129 Mew Launch for Cruises 135 : iji Industries Profit 144

: Rench Polynesia

egalised Brothels Urged ... 19 Votest Against A-Tests 19

New Book by Alan Moorehead 93 Australian Trade Opportunities ... 139

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

Banabans' Independent Line 15 Local Government Developments ... 31 Porpoises Baffled 73 UK Gift of Ship 99

Nauru

New Administrator Fake Decimal Currency Notes 21

New Caledonia

No Ticker-Tape for Mr. Clark 21 Noumea Nearly Ready for Games ... 24 Prehistoric Village on Mare 71 Noumea Dredging Plan 105 Lunch Break Under Attack 129 Internal Air Services 129 Major Move in Nickel Industry ... 141

New Hebrides

Floating Libraries 75 Charollais Cattle 144

Niue

Political Developments 27

Norfolk Island

New Administrator 15 Record Quest for Land 53

Papua-New Guinea

Talks on Constitution 11 Administrator Retiring 12 Seventh State Impracticable 12 Local Govt. View on Independence .. 13 "King Cam's" Skin-Covered Book ... 17 Moresby Protest Against French Tests 19 Fake Decimal Currency Notes 21 Prince Charles' Visit 24

J. ropicalities ' 21 '• People in Pictures, 38; Territories Talk-Talk 41- New rS ß’: k h %r"s° h rS ' 55; F r UlandS PreSS ' 6,; Magazine Section/ 8,; Travel 'd 9 Sh 1 '?^ m 9, Cruism 9 Yachts, 107; Planters' Digest, 113avel, 117; People, 137; Commerce, 139; Shipping and Airways Schedules, 146- Deaths of Islands People, 153.

Army Camp for Lae 24 New University 37 Growth of Local Government 41 Tolai Wrist-Whipping Ceremony ... 55 Ancient Mortars from Goroka 86 Training Scheme for Ships' Engineers 101 Seamen's Award Sought 103 Pyrethrum Production 141 Misima Still Promising 143 Seminar on Future 155

Pitcairn Island

First Motor Cycles 45

Solomon Islands

Death Penalty To Go 15 Developers Needed 25 ANZ Bank for Honiara 25 Honiara's Airport 55 Volcanic Activity ]qi Copra Production Record 139 Copra Research Scheme 141

Tonga

New Book by Olaf Ruhen 91 Dateline Hotel Delay 135 Former Consul's New Job 137

United States Trust Territory

Hotel for Saipan -\27

Wallis And Futuna

Charter Flight from Apia 131

West New Guinea

Biak Firewalkers 55 Australian Reported Imprisoned ... 105

Western Samoa

New English-Samoan Dictionary ... 51 Memories of Vailima 55 Banana, Timber Industry Progress 59 Archaeological Finds on Savaii 71 Assurance on Apia Wharf 99 Wharf Stamps Show Profit IQI Charter Flight to Wallis Island !! ... 131 Air Service to Cook Islands 133 Power Output Trebled 143