In This Issue

Eneral

elanesian art 15, 31 ogress on Third South Pacific Games 24 iree Pacific yachts missing 26 lip masters remember 33

isic English 55

ithdrawal of Holms' ship 55 >bber crab 59 sh toxicity conference 95 jptain Rusden hits at critics 99 ew cargo service for Islands 100 ight future seen for BP's 117

Merican Samoa

Aanua Tele" sunk 103 oking for jobs 109

Dok Islands

sset over French nuclear tests 23 ogress on jet airport 23 Jl dependence issue at polls 20

>urist developments 22, 41

ack rice 33 ‘hind the controls: Captain Ganley .. 41 ui Lau's" first voyage 47 ;i Airways seeks 7-year licence ... 47 siting Minister criticised 57 ik with the past 87

iva's shipbuilding future 95

adewinds: new general manager ... 110 iss Hibiscus: picture 11l >pra prices down 118

French Polynesia

Big boom at Mururoa 23 Political leader re-elected 23 Tahiti prepares for 1972 Games ... 25 New Tahiti hotel opens soon 47 New airstrip on Gamblers 47 Road through Tahiti's mountains 49 UTA boosts Moorea 49

Gilbert And Ellice Islands Colony

Trouble in the Wholesale Society 26 George Murdoch, colourful pioneer 79 Overseas training for seamen 100

Nauru

They may register their own ships 30 Radio Nauru opens 32 Late school children 109 Treasury appointment 110 Postal expert visits ... 110

New Caledonia

Mayor defended 55 Second bank 117

New Hebrides

Tanna, Malekula visited 38 Tourist developments 41 Boat renamed 97

Niue

Changes in the air 51 Any old clam shells? 109 Resident Commissioner leaves 110

Norfolk Island

Dairy farm 32 Tourist prospects 43

Papua-New Guinea

Progress on Third South Pacific Games 24 University's financial troubles 28 Wartime air crash uncovered 30 Charging the tourists 31 They work with the Kukukuku 32 "Poppy" Wall 33 Port Moresby personality 33 Tourist developments 41 Davara Motel expansion 47 A new name for P-NG 52 Memories of the goldfields 61 Tribute to Caroline Schmidt 67 "Kassa" Townsend's memoirs 91 Coastal shipowners association formed 101 Oil hopes 114, 117 Future of the Fly River 115 Desiccated coconut 117 Bitter taste of tea 118

Pitcairn Island

Captain Jones remembers 83

Solomon Islands

Melanesian art 15, 31 Hotel extensions 42

Tonga

Celebrations and economics 27 Vavauns defended 52 Hotel manager's new job 110

Us. Trust Territory

No hotels plea 41 A letter from Saipan 65

Western Samoa

Are they planning prohibition? 27 Independence celebrations 35,113 Tourist developments 41 Ban on meat imports 118

DEPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Editor, 15; Tropicalities, 31; Port Moresby Personality, 33; Travel, 39; To the Point with Percy Chatterton, 52; Letters, 55; Magazine Section, 79; Yesterday, 85; Book Reviews, 89; Shipping, 95; Cruising Yachts, 104; From the Islands Press, 109; People, 110; Commerce, 114; Shipping, Airways Schedules, 121; Deaths of Islands People, 129; Practical Planter, 137; Index to Advertisers, 128.