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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1967Vol. 38, No. 1

In This Issue

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apendence for All, Says UN 10 lan Catholic Hierarchy 63 liversary of Mendana's Voyage . 113 itas Strike Disrupts Services 133 ira Prices Firm 143

Erican Samoa

lese Ship Sinks 116 ard for Governor 139 v Assistant to Governor 139

Dk Islands

ana Industry Expansion 141

Restricts Workers ... 9 le of Beauty Queens 17 ed Soldier-Sportsman Dead 45 ind the Scenes in Census 47 ly Veterans Home 47 Jther" to Waifs, Orphans 53 icy in Tropical Fish ... 61 Thompson for Virgin Islands 61 Buys Old Suva Firm 113 v Trader for Lauans 115 Buni Haven 133 v Australian Commissioner 140 lone Hits Banana Growers 143

Bert And Ellice Islands Colony

ident Commissioner on Leave 140 adian Interest in Migration 140

Id Howe Island

isport Crisis Soon 132

Nauru

Outlook for Future 11 Pastor Jacob Aroi ... 9 7

New Caledonia

South Pacific Games 5, 23, 125 Permanent Games Site Suggestion 37 Reprieve for Cagou ... 93 Life in the Loyalties 129 Second Nickel Company 142

New Hebrides

Passports for New Hebrideans 7 First Bookshop 19 Medical Supplies 37 Gilbertese Labour 38 Future of Local Airways 51

Norfolk Island

Traffic Laws Updated 19 Strike Hits Tourist Trade 136

Papua-New Guinea

House of Assembly Session 7, 41 New Administrator 8 Entry Regulations Widened 8 Pay Case Nears End 11 Book by French Anthropologist 17 Matron Thorburn 18 Native Land 37 Race Relations 37 Police-Army Rivalry 55 World's Smallest Plantation 95 Books on Boundaries 103 Lae Wharf Congestion 113

L. F. McEachern for Trial 142 Copper Prospecting on New Britain 143 Japanese Interest in Cocoa 143 Oil Palm Tests 143

Pitcairn Island

Book by Frank Clone 105 New Education Officer 139

Solomon Islands

Legco Session 7 Tea Builds Hospital Ward 39

South Pacific Commission

New Secretary-General 7

South Pacific Games

Brilliant Success, Dismal Failure . 5

Medals Tally . 23

Suva Athletics Records Broken 23 Keen Interest in Boxing 26 Tahitians Dominated Team Events 26 New Caledonian Swimmers on Top 27 Complete Results 30 Cook Islands Team Popular 31 Changes in Rules for 1969 32 Pictorial Series 33, 125

Tonga

Minerva Reef Annexed 19 Crayfish Expedition to Minerva 115 Tourism Teething Troubles 135 Import Restrictions Lifted 141 Decimal Currency Plans 141

Wallis And Futuna

Dynastic Troubles of Old Days 93

West New Guinea

Rabies Risk Discounted ... 67 Books on Boundaries 103

Western Samoa

Gown-of-the-Year Contest 19 More Cruise Ships for Apia 116

DEPARTMENTS: Tropicalities, 17; Letters to the Editors, 37; To The Point, with Percy Chatterton, 41; From the Islands Press, 68; Practical Planter, 73; Magazine Section, 93; New Books, 103; Shipping, 113; Cruising Yachts, 117; People, 139; Business and Development, 141; Produce Prices, 148; Shipping, Airways Infor mation, 149; Deaths of Islands People, 157.