In This Issue

Leral

i UK Ideas for Islands 9 i Books on Pacific 96 ppine Copra Prices 142

>K Islands

mal Currency Plans 11 thly Magazine Revived 20 c on Epic Drift Voyage 95 arrow Hermit's Book 97 Direct from UK 107 ’ Minister Appointed 136 anned Trimaran Washed Ashore .. 20 Bowden's Visit 25 icil Rejects Common Roll 33 s Pickering 35 Game Fishing 36 I for Landless 37 ain Cook Relic Found 51 g Nature's Remedies 85 i in the Spotlight 87 ss Ship Passengers 103 Ship for Lau Service 107 I Required from Yachtsmen ... 115 icy Tourist Office 125 it Future Seen for Timber 141 •ral Survey 142

Ich Polynesia

Banknotes 11 jrnor in Marquesas 37 s-Tahiti Road 47 a of the South Seas 49 jstant School's Centenary 51

Airfield for Moorea 123 New Hotel for Tahiti 135 Air New Zealand Service 135

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

"Bright Lights" of Betio 29 New Postage Stamps 49 "Moana Raoi" to be Sold 109 Medals for Explosives Men 136

New Caledonia

New Banknotes 11 Swimming Star's New Record 35 South Pacific Games 39, 49

New Hebrides

New Banknotes 11 Strange Wall May be Spanish Relic 12 Possibility of Income Tax 19 Conditions at Vanua Lava 49 Whales Sighted 105 Developments in Tourism 127 Weird Artifacts 131

Niue

Decimal Currency Plans 11 Interest in Passionfruit 142

Norfolk Island

Brisk Prosperity 16 Ken Prentice 17 Sir Francis Chichester 109

Papua-New Guinea

Sportsman of the Year 10 Anglican Society of St. Francis 19 Traffic Signs 20

Wunung Land Claim 25 School Fees 39 Boggy Roads Problem 45 A Language for New Guinea 53 Dangerous Weapons in Villages ... 57 Minister on Mining Royalties 69 Another "Lost Tribe" 69 It Never Rains—lt Pours 85 25th Anniversary of War 89

Rabaul Shipping Mishaps 101

New Ship on Run 105 Lae Wharf Facilities 105 Kieta, Wewak Wharfs 109 Air Service to Far East 125 Mining Rights on New Britain 142 "Watch-Dog" on Public Money 143 Palm Oil Industry 144

Pitcairn Island

Two Big Shipments 105

Solomon Islands

Long-Flying Tern 19 Crayfish Plan Fails 143

Tonga

Town Plan for Nukualofa 10 Decimal Currency 11 Duke for Coronation 27 Interest in Boxing 39 New Assistant Bishop 136 Five-Year Development Plan 136

South Pacific Commission

New Job for Mr. Forsyth 19

West Irian

Visit to Sukarnapura 61 Plebiscite "Will be Held" 61

Western Samoa

General election 11, 20 Decimal Currency Plans 11 Sight for Blind Man 19 Explosives for Asau 105 Pictorial Series 118 Tourism Conference 121

DEPARTMENTS: Tropicalities, 19; Letters to the Editors, 49; To The Point, with ercy Chatterton, 53; Planters' Digest, 71; From the Islands Press, 76; Magazine action, 85; New Books, 95; Shipping, 101; Cruising Yachts, 113; Travel, 117; ’eople, 136; Business and Development, 141; Produce Prices, 145; Shipping, Airways Schedules, 146; Deaths of Islands People, 153.