Pacific Islands Monthly

In This Issue

I. 39. No. 3, March, 1968

*Jeral

ing. Oil Shares Rise 22 th Pacific Foundation 24 aller Portfolio for Minister 24 ns Philp Travel Plan 41 v Book by Deryck Scarr 89 tain F. W. Bales Retires 101 •ra Market Report .. . 118

Erican Samoa

>ian Ship in Pago Pago 97 san Fishermen Deported 101 / Inter-Island Ship Arrives 105

Ok Islands

tors on Strike 59 gaia's Pineapples Poor 119 I Athletes Practice for '69 Games 20 >eror Mines' Shares' Sharp Rise .. 22 Scholar's Troubles 24 ist's Ancestor Eaten 28 le Swims from SE-Asia 29, 115 n Philp's Tourism Plans 39 Office for Visitors Bureau 39 of the "Lakemba", lO7 rn of "Jumbo" Sabben 67 Rock—A Profile 81 h Seas Ghosts 87 eminent Ship Aground 105 1 Office for Producers 118 Executive Retires . 120

Ich Polynesia

keepers' Strike 24 Papeete Hotel Opens 40

Early Painting of Huahine 57 Tahiti's First Tourist 77 A-Tests —French Navy on the Way 105 Australia Seeks Better Sea Links 106

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

Internal Air Service—Plane Suggested 45 High Copra Production for 1967 65

Nauru

Chief Secretary Appointed 28 Mosquito Nuisance 28 Mrs. H. Jones Returns After 52 Years 29 New Government Looks to the Future 30 Independence Pictures 33 Plastic Lawns 49

New Caledonia

France Rejects Autonomy Plea 18 Turtle Swims from Queensland . 29 Direct Singapore Air Link 40 Tourists Criticise Facilities 43 Coconut Square Goes Modern 113

New Hebrides

Early White Settlers 52 More About Thingaru 57 Record Copra Production 65 New Book by Deryck Scarr 89 New Ship Operating Out of Santo 101 Shipping Service from NZ Started 103 Another Ship for Captain Rusden 105

Niue

Serious Hurricane Damage 22 Housegirls Dying Out 29

Papua-New Guinea

Mining, Oil Shares Rise 22 PhD Scholar's Troubles 24 House of Assembly Elections 27 Businessman Buys Travel Agency 43 Bill Seale's New Ireland 47 Influence of Mr. Chatterton 51 Plans for Lae's Theatre 52 First New Guinea Cup 57 Planters Unhappy with Copra Prices 65 Scientists to Study Karkar Islanders 67 Peter England Dies 69 New Shipping Service from Australia 97 Harbour Facilities Improve 98 MV "Bulolo" Sold to Taiwan 101 Shipping Schedule Changes 103 New 12-Mile Fishing Zone 106 Patrol Boat Visits Aitape 106 New Guineans to be Midshipmen 106 Plane Maker Sets Up Office 120

Solomon Islands

Tourism Plans 37 No Fizz in Politicial Meeting 65 Vouza to Visit US 7] Beche-de-Mer Factory in Operation 118

Tonga

To Seek New Status 18 Tin Can Island Megapode 28 Internal Air Service —Plane Suggested 45 Japanese Fishermen Warned Away 101 Suva Office for Producers 118

U S. Trust Territory, Guam

Sydney Air Service Postponed 45 US Development Plan H 8

Western Samoa

Hurricane Sets Back Economy 21 Motel Proposed for Apia 45 Suva Office for Producers 118 No Devaluation 119 New Cinema for Apia 119

wC R r^ E n TS ; UP oc on T the Edit ° r ' 10; Tro P icalities ' 28; To the Point with >re« 7} m : 25 c T - aVB ' 37, ‘ LetterS f ° the Editor ' 51 ' From the Elands - S ' 72 ' Ma 9azme Section, 77; Yesterday, 85; Book Reviews, 87; Shipping, 97nent in nft aC p S J ; d*^' 6 Pictures ' 114 '‘ Peo P le ' U7 > Business and Develop- Planter Pnces ' 121; Shl PP m 9' Airways Schedules, 123; Practical Planter, 135; Deaths of Islands People, 130; Index to Advertisers, 131.