In This Issue

Eneral

;w Novel by Nancy Phelan 97 'thday Honours List 116 ►pra Highest for 16 Months 129

Aerican Samoa

:w Governor Named 22 ity-free Port 32 ►-operation Urged in Tourism 49 atch Industry 129

>Ok Islands

od Short After Floods 75 ;w Shipping Service to NZ 103 agua" Makes Record Trip 105 tches on Avatiu Wharf Extensions . 109

Ister Island

ok by Woman Doctor 96 II •ate Taxis 22

ands Society "Crumbling" 29

mp Sum for Banabans 31 urch Murals at Naiserelagi 61 od Costs Rise 70

ince's Landing, Suva 73

yuka Gravestone Mystery 87 va in 1871 91 rvey of Land-Resources 130 ferest in Palm Oil 130

Ench Polynesia

rritorial Assembly Elections 21 ipping Service to NZ 103 ntenary of Tahiti's Lighthouse ... 107

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

View on Phosphate Royalties 31 Lump Sum for Banabans 31 New Vessel in Service 105 Unidentified Ships, Planes Seen 106 Sick Man Taken to Christmas Is. ... 107

Lord Howe Island

Tourism and the Future 53 Big Fish Catch 103

Nauru

Victory for Head Chief (and Friends) 23 "Little Cuba" 24 Big Ship to be Ordered 101 News in Pictures 117

New Caledonia

Territorial Assembly Elections 21 "Hole" in Seabed Found 107

New Hebrides

That Big Bay Wall 38 Overseas Interest in Resorts 52 More Mysterious Ruins Found 90 Book on Martyred Missionary 97 Missionary Cruise 103

Norfolk Island

New Stamps 22

Papua-New Guinea

New Political Party Formed 20 Political Gradualism Needed 28 Fatal Air Crash 30

Public Service Wage Case 37 Aircraft, Airport Problems 55 Public Service Protest March 57 House of Assembly Meeting 59 Old Sailor Retires 64 John Gilmore 65 Young Cricketer Off to South Africa 69 "Blue" Allan, the Soldier 85 Mysterious Ruins on Witu Island 90 "Queen Emma's" Grave 92 Novel on Cargo Cult 97 New Fishing Company Gets Started .. 107 Protest Over Shipbuilding Contracts 109 Miss Territory 1967 120 Palm Oil Industry Under Way 130 PI Mines Shares Drop 132 Sulphur Deficiency in Coconuts 132

Pitcairn Island

Independence? No Thanks 75 "Bounty" Relics 88 Shipping Service to be Dropped ... 109

Solomon Islands

Legco Elections 30

United States Trust Territory

Mystery of Amelia Earhart 94

Tonga

King's Coronation 18 Peace Corps Plan 32 An Awakening Sleepy Hollow? 39 Abacus System Going Well 39 Pictorial Series 41 Co-operation Urged in Tourism 49 Fishing Prospects at Minerva Reef 107 Overseas Funds Troubles Over 129

Western Samoa

Book by Professor Davidson 26 "Heart of Polynesia" Conference 45 Co-operation Urged in Tourism ... 49 Decimal Currency 129 "Disquieting" Outlook for Future 131

DEPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Editor, 14; Travel, 45; Letters to the Editors, 37; To The Point, with Percy Chatterton, 57; Brett Hilder Profile, 64; From the Islands Press, 76; Magazine Section, 85; Yesterday, 93; New Books, 94; Ship ping, 101; Cruising Yachts, 110; People in Pictures, 118; People, 121; Business and Development, 129; Produce Prices, 133; Shipping, Airways Schedules, 135; Deaths of Islands People, 142; Practical Planter, 147.