In This Issue

Neral

anders' Association 30 lines to increase service 39 ms for Melanesian Airline Assn, 45 lining volunteers 67 chairman talks on Islands 71 a on a Pacific liner 86 nting for opals 92 Id life in the South Seas 93 jth Seas paperbacks 93 w ship for Union Steam 101 pper retires 103 w liner for Pacific run 103 go service suspended 109

Ok Islands

w political developments 19 headway politically 57 <atere" under repair 11l itical developments 18 ustrial troubles 19 charm of Levuka 33 i many hotels? 41 rist cut-back 41 abans may go to UN 63

Another seven-headed snake? 69 Looking for phosphorites 103 "Wallisien" sold 103 Better navigational facilities 107

French Polynesia

More tourists last year 43 "Phenomenal" bibliography 91

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

Banabans may go to UN 63 A "brave" ship bought 103 New master for "Moana Raoi" 109

Lord Howe Island

Intrepid airman lands 30

Nauru

New official 119

New Hebrides

Land of the Big Nambas 46 Calling in the old money 48

Niue

Radios galore 61

Norfolk Island

Tax time again 64 Island of inspiration 95

Papua-New Guinea

New stamp issue 20 South Pacific Games plans 20 Death of Eric Feldt 22 Election report 23 The future of the Territory 24 New Assembly "enlivened by radicals" 25 Primary count details 27 Meeting of the ways 31 A nurse's story 91 Cook book 96 "Mangara" stripped for scrap 109 "Flush" of crayfish 11l Cocoa: Outlook bright 145

Pitcairn Island

A time for forgiving 81

Tonga

Royal wedding 21

Vavau to have airfield 37 The poet laureate 85 New island now a few rocks 103 Seafarers make news 109

West Irian

"Cynical abandonment" of West Irian 95

Western Samoa

Timber deal signed 22 Training of volunteers 67 Hurricane pictures 117 Pretty Samoan traveller 120

DEPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Editor, 10; Tropicalities, 30; Port Moresby Personality, 31; Travel, 37; Letters to the Editor, 49; To the Point, with Percy Chatterton, 50; Magazine Section, 81; Yesterday, 87; From the Islands Press, 88; Book Reviews, 91; Shipping, 101; Cruising Yachts, 113; People in Pictures, 118; People, 121; Business and Development, 122; Produce Prices, 125; Shipping, Airways Schedules, 127; Deaths of Islands People, 134; Index to Advertisers, 135; The Practical Planter, 137.