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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1967Vol. 38, No. 12

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Ral

i of Devaluation 20 for Lost Yachtsmen 33 > Jet Plans 49 n Seeks New Ports 54 d'Entrecasteaux Expedition ... 89 Philp Profit Down 126 Carpenter Profit 129

Can Samoa

i-Samoan Marriage 29 Aauga Installed 65

Islands

in Postage Stamps 30 ow's Pearl Industry 41, 140 er" in New Trouble 107 quin of the Year 18 five Council Sitting ... ... 23 Size Bligh Postage Stamp ... 30 linese Community 34 f the "Lakemba" 41, 108 'u Air Service 50 gs at The Fijian 59 I Ahoy" 59 3 Island 63 -aft Proposal 105 >e Ship on Reef 107 jva Mayor .. 125 or to Visit Pitcairn 125 lese for Japan 133

I Polynesia

loves on Self-Government ... 17

Uninformed Tourist Guides 30 Mehetia's Female Crusoe 32 Book by J. N. Hall 41 Tahiti as "Tourist Dispatch Centre" .. 57 Airport in Gambiers 60

Lord Howe Island

Road Surfacing 53

Nauru

Moves on Independence 24 Regular Air Service Likely 61 Cheap Liquor Brings Problems ... .. . 69

New Caledonia

Nickel Anniversary Stamp 30

Drinking Habits 31 Games Emblem Success 42 Early Visitor 93

New Hebrides

Proposed Shipping Service . 33 Mishap to UTA Caravelle 53 Calls by Matson Liners 55

Niue

Effects of Sterling Devaluation 20

Norfolk Island

Ugly Building Boom 32

Papua-New Guinea

Return to Kokoda 19 Assembly Sitting 22 New Assistant Bishop 23

Selling Products Overseas 31 Proposed Holm Shipping Service 12-33 Burns Philp Shipping Disputes 37 The Education System 38 Seven Die in Air Crash 40 1969 Games Plans 42 New Sports Records 43 Tapini as a Travel Centre 45 Polygamists as Christians? 65 Running a Political Party 76 Research Unit Bulletins 99 New Books 99 / IQI New Port Facilities 109 Legislation on Unproductive Land ... 126 ANG Holdings Profit Up 129 Clementson's Army Contracts 131

Pitcairn Island

Visit by Fiji's Governor 125

Solomon Islands

Proposed Holm Shipping Service ... 33 Interest in War Relics 61 Possible New Air Service 61 Overcrowded Ship 107

Tonga

Large Postage Stamps 30 Plane Damaged at Vavau 33 Calls by Matson Liners 54 Banana Exports 133

United States Trust Territory

Future Political Status 150

Western Samoa

Budget Figures 23 "More Banks Needed" 31 Second DC3 for PAL 53 More Tourists 55 Asau Wharf Blasting IQ7 Fashion Parade in Sydney 121 Banana Case Threat Pays Off 131 Apia Fruit Canning Factory 133

ARTMENTS: Port Moresby Personality, 29; Tropicalities, 29; To The Point vis o pre 38, L c tt6rS f ° thS Editors ' 41; Travel ' 4 5; From the Ann ins r . M *9 az ' ne L Sectlon ' 91 ; Yesterday, 97; Book Reviews, 99; ►pmg, 105; Cruising Yachts, 111; People in Pictures, 121; People, 125ness and Development, 126; Produce Prices, 135; Deaths of Islands People! 139; Shipping, Airways Schedules, 145; Practical Planter 153