This Issue

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' Air Services 23 mty" Relics in NZ 37 .-NZ Customs Changes 60 ar White's Book 93 Cumulative Index 97 ey in Coral Sea 105 a Prices Rise 127

Rican Samoa

;rnor Lee Departs 18 Government Vessels 107

K Islands

I Visit 21 Neale Returns to Suwarrow ... 24 ye Doctors 31 .css for "Moana Roa" 101 hanga's New Causeway ... 103 net System 22 : Minister-Elect 22 s Tailoring Problems 30 ng with Pirate Shopkeepers 37 ig the Place by Motorcycle 50 ain Withers' New Boat 51 n Behind Latest Boat Venture 51 s New Hotel ... 57 (winds Hotel Open Soon 57 Plane Due 59 • led Artist's Success 67 ?a in a Tub 101 Ish Venture 103 3ur Master for Lautoka 105 jn Passages Opened, Lau Group 107

French Polynesia

Lively Election Likely 27

Bi-centenary of Discovery 27

The Best Places to Eat 53

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

Overpopulation Problems 20 New Constitution 39 Islands Music Analysed 95 Fijian Sailors in Brawl 107

Lord Howe Island

Bigger Freighter to Call 99

Nauru

Story of Ernest Stephen 87

New Caledonia

British Consul Retires 31 Territorial Assembly Poll 32 Mysterious Stones 39 Isle of Pines at Tourist Centre 49 Chateau Royal's New Owners 59 New Freighter to Call 99 Second Nickel Company 128

New Hebrides

Vila's Bauer Field 37

Norfolk Island

New Freighter to Call 99

Papua-New Guinea

Pangu Pati 23

Nondugl Bird Sanctuary 26

New Site for Hagen Show 26 Hallstrom Trust ... 28

Emblem for Games 32 Lae Hotel Nearly Ready 59 Boeing Air Schedules 59 Extensions to Moresby Air Terminal . 59 Career of Ray Parer 72 New Fishing Company at Lae 101 New Wharf for Rabaul 103 Jap. Freighter Aground 103 New Shipbuilding Contracts 103 Pt. Moresby's New Jetty, Ramp 105 Patrol Boat for Manus Island 105 Development Bank Opened 125 PI Mines Reach 1967 Peak 127 Contract for Copper Project 128 Kenaf Seeds Flourish Overseas 128 Search for Oil 136

Pitcairn Island

Stamp Oddities 93

Solomon Islands

Daughter Born in the Air 31 Legco Election 37 Guadalcanal, 1942 81 Timber Plans for Kolombangara ... 125 Poor Agricultural Results 126

Tonga

King Still at Helm 40 Picture Record of the Coronation 41 -44 Coronation Report 45 Book by Kenneth Bain 95 Seven Yachts at Nukualofa 99 Deepwater Wharf Nearly Ready 105 The Informal Monarch 120 Vanilla Beans Exportable 127

United States Trust Territory

Japanese Exploitation 37

Western Samoa

Duty-free Plan 19 Polynesian Airlines Expands 50 Progress at Asau Savaii 99 Bank Policy Criticised 125 Fruit Cases Arrive 128

EPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Editor, 13; Topicalities, 30; Port Moresby 1; F Letter l t0 the Ed ‘ tors ' 37; Travel ' 49; To The Point with Percy natterton, 61; From the Islands Press, 76; Magazine Section, 81; Yesterday, 91; ople TlT S 'Business'Td 9 'n 99; , CrUiSin9 X in Pk,ures ' "•» P ' J 7 ' , B V Sness and Development, 125; Produce Prices, 129; Shipping, rways Schedules, 130; Deaths of Islands People, 137, Practical Planter, 143.