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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1968Vol. 39, No. 5

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akemba" inquiry 21, 109 :torial series 33 stern Airlines may fly south 41 e golden rivet 83 w Qantas book 87 iide for boat owners 91 rpenter loses Columbus 100 >w ships for NZ-UK run 100 tes up on MM vessels 101 eck of "Tiare Taporo" 105 irricane over the Pacific 113 pra market report 119

Aerican Samoa

anomic survey 24

>Ok Islands

:ctions 24 ernational airport to be built ... 37 re water at low cost 67 II akemba" inquiry 21, 109 jposition is now out 23 tu George 29 :torial series 33 urism will flourish 43 litical battle "a sham" 61 >ry of yaqona 81 om-time for shipyards 97 ort awards 117

French Polynesia

Autonomists go to Paris 18 Athletic record 26 Bougainville's anniversary 28 Tahiti-Moorea tunnel 32 Two more hotels for Tahiti 47 Shipping rates up 101

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

Patient back home 117 Inspector goes to England 117

Lord Howe Island

Murder charge remand 21

Nauru

Constitution 20 Regular air service 45

New Caledonia

Autonomists go to Paris 18 Paratroops cause concern 19

New Hebrides

Sister Dorothy Smith 29

Trading/passenger ship 47

"Tiare Taporo" wrecked on reef ... 105 Shell collector stung 117

Niue

Postage stamp deal 21 Horseless carriages 29

Norfolk Island

Football pools? 26

Papua-New Guinea

UN Mission 19 Final election round-up 20 Kokoda Trail death 21 Election figures 22 Misima Island's gold 25 Trek to the Star Mountains 28 Sir David Hay? 29 White "savages" 51 "Yanina" sold 52 Mount Hagen funeral 57 Church school fees 71 Tribute to Eric Feldt 77 Qantas to the rescue 87 Second issue of journal 87 Fishes and fowl 92 Coastal Shipowners' Association ... 101 Second patrol boat 101 Steel ship to be built 109 Karlander adds another vessel 109 Tariff policy 118 Encouragement for copper 118 Oil drilling plans 118

Solomon Islands

Festival of the Solomon Seas 27

Tonga

Pictorial series 33 New terminal, new airfields 49 Busy waterfront 51 Football season begins 63

Western Samoa

Prime Minister for Japan 117 At the Islanders' Association 117 New NZ High Commissioner 117

Us Trust Territory

First Micronesian jet service 45 What offers for shipping route? ... 118

DEPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Editor, 10; Port Moresby Personality, 32; To the Point, with Percy Chatterton, 30; Travel, 33; From the Islands Press, 72; Magazine Section, 77; Yesterday, 85; Shipping, 97; Cruising Yachts, 110; People in Pictures, 113; People, 117; Business and Development, 118; Produce Prices, 121; Shipping, Airways Schedules, 127; Deaths of Islands People, 130; Index to Advertisers, 131; The Practical Planter, 135.