In This Issue

General

US Dollar Curbs 21 Islands Homage to Mr. Holt 28 Death of Mr. J. Mitchell 35 New Polynesian Theory 61 New Pacific Islands Year Book ... 91 Louis Becke Anthology 94 NZ Shipper Raises Freight Rates ... 107 Yachtsmen Rescued Off Q'land ... 11l "Tulagi" Captain Resigns 11l Island Firm's 40 Years 125

American Samoa

President Johnson's Visit 28 Book by Governor Lowe 94 Shipping Enterprise Fails 101 Yacht Fees May Be Waived 116

Cook Islands

Lightning Kills Fishermen 22 Extensive Hurricane Damage 22 Ancient Rarotongan Wreck 67 Rarotonga's Bisected Ships 88

Easter Island

Air Link with Tahiti 51

French Polynesia

Tahiti-Moorea Swim 25 Photogenic Moorea 37 A Drive Around Moorea 41 Air Link with Easter Island 51

Fiji

Government without Opposition ... 23 Support for Trade Scheme 35 Nadi's Weaving Centre .. 53 Currency Change Missed 76 Seven-Headed Snake 85 New Glass-bottom Cruiser 103 Sugar Industry 117 Air Agreement with W. Samoa ... 123

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

House of Representatives Meeting ... 34

Nauru

Thoughts on the Future 14 Independence or Bust 24 Police Chief Leaves 29 View of Island Life 31

New Caledonia

Erie Stanley Gardner's Visit 29 New Australian Consul 121

New Hebrides

Athletics Records Broken 30 Elusive Outlaw 81 New BP Trade Ship 109 Advisory Council Meeting 122 Pioneer Missionary's Death 136

Niue

Native-born Treasurer 121

Norfolk Island

Administrator Leaving? 30 Death of C. M. G. Adam 136

Papua-New Guinea

Assembly Elections 25, 32 Ownership of Vulcan Island 27 Pt. Moresby Personality 28 Union of Churches 33 Tallest Building 34 Story of the Highlands Road 49 Booming Lae 51 Rabaul Wants Tourists 53 Cargo Cult—An American View ... 54 University Library Grows 71 Pt. Moresby-Durban Yacht Race ... 113 New Development Bank Manager .. 121 District Commissioners Appointed .. 121 Gas Strike Off Papua 125

Solomon Islands

Golf at Auki 30 Auki's Boats Ready Soon 105 Big 1967 Trade Deficit 123

Tonga

New Island Born 26 Visit by US Warship 105 Japanese Yacht's Visit 115 Death of Dr. F. Matheson 136

Us Trust Territory

New Territory Airline 53 Shipping Contract Extended 105 Ponape's Mr. Etsheit in Rabaul 107

Western Samoa

Go ahead for Potlatch Project 21 More Delay on Asau Wharf 101 Director of Education 121 Airways Agreement with Fiji 123 Apia Gets Town Market 124 Japanese Timbermen Arrive 124

DEPARTMENTS: Up Front, 14; Port Moresby Personality, 28; Tropicalities, 28; with Percy Chatterton, 32; Travel, 37; From the Islands Press, 76; Magazine Section, 81; Yesterday, 87; Book Reviews, 91; Shipping, 101; Cruising Yachts, 113; People in Pictures, 118; People, 121; Business and Development, 122; Produce Prices, 127; Deaths of Islands People, 136; Shipping, Airways Schedules, 129; Practical Planter, 139.