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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1967Vol. 38, No. 4

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Eral

1c Cable Opened 8 ting in the Islands 87 ds Trader Fined 103 Fare Reductions 129

Rican Samoa

ng Governor 23

K Islands

;r Over Stamps 8

ds Survey 103

;r Overhauled 109 Shipping Service 111 onga Airstrip 137 > Session 8

University 13

n Birthrate Falls 15 : Behind Fiji's Athletes 37 Past 41 ping In Suva 65 <a, Past and Present 83 Tanker 107 s Crowd Suva 11l ; Fishing Boat Launched 125

Ch Polynesia

ges at Huahine ... 21 ng Trimaran Found 22 vae in the Australs 105 r Island Statues 131

Ert And Ellice Islands Colony

le Training School 109

Lord Howe Island

New Speed Limit 23

Nauru

Canberra Independence Talks 11 Offshore Fishing Rights 101

New Caledonia

Nickel Ship Sold 105 Chateau Royale Hotel 135

New Hebrides

Big Census Job Ahead 29 Big Bay, Wall Mystery 40 Old Schooner Still Going 11l Airline's New Planes 131

Niue

Bee-Farming Industry 148

Norfolk Island

Offshore Fishing Rights 101

Papua-New Guinea

Political, Land Development 6 Fears Over Disorder 7 By-election 12 After J. K. McCarthy, Who? 12 University Development 13 Footballing Schoolboys 22 Government House 23 Political Heat's On 39 Mrs. Hay and Lady Cleland 42 Retirement of J. K. McCarthy 42 Second P-NG Woman Doctor 42 Electoral Boundaries 53

South Pacific Games Site 67 Offshore Fishing Rights 101 Big Fishing Venture 101 Work On Co-op. Ships 103 US Help for Mission Ship 107 Pictorial Section on P-NG 117 Qantas for P-NG Again 121 Building Contractors 145 Copra Prices 146 Search for Oil 147

Pitcairn Island

Few "Bounty" Relics Left 31

Solomon Islands

Political Scene 7 Visit by Warship 107 Beche-de-mer Industry 148

South Pacific Commission

Education Books Sell Well 69 Fisheries Research Station 105

Tonga

Santos Takes Boxing Title 16 Decimal Coins 21 Big Numbers of Visitors 35 Coming Coronation 36 Prehistoric Pottery Found 51 Currency Changeover ... 146

Us Trust Territory

New Newspaper 27 Typhoon Kills Three . .. 101 Carolines Food Shipment 101 New Capital Wanted 148

Western Samoa

Mata'afa Re-elected 9 Samoan Paper Closes 9 Weekly Newsletter 25 Ancient Pottery Found 47 Faleolo Airport Closed 133 Apia's Rental Cars 135

EPARTMENTS: Tropicalities, 21; Letters to the Editors, 26; To The Point with src V Chatterton, 55; Practical Planter, 71; From the Islands Press, 60; Magazine ;ction, 83; Yesterday, 91; New Books, 93; Shipping, 101; Cruising Yachts; 111; avel, 121; People, 139; Business and Development, 145; Produce Prices, 149; Shipping, Airways Schedules, 150; Deaths of Islands People, 158.