In This Issue

General

Third South Pacific Games preview 24-33 Burns Philp has a facelift 51 Pacific libraries at Paris auction ... 51

Islands' battlegrounds photographed 69

The soft sell on faster cargoes ... 105 Another airline for Pacific 125

American Samoa

New Governor faces big challenges . 39

Cook Islands

Out of Games 27 Visit by US Economics Professor ... 103 New tax system 123 Resumption of citrus exports to NZ 124

Fiji

Last voyage of "Jessie W" 29 Coral's deadly enemy 35 Roman Catholic episcopal conference 44 Extension for museum 52 "Gaffer", an all-Fijian yacht 53 Criticism of "colonialism" 54 Attracting American tourists 72 Ninth tourist convention in October 73 Rob Wright's book on fishing 94 Rory Scott in Australia 103 Melbourne manager for Tourist Bureau 103 Biggest ship ever slipped in Suva ... 107 Enthusiasm over industrial potential 122

French Polynesia

Amnesty for Pouvanaa a Oopa 41 Forget the myths—enjoy Tahiti 59

Tahiti's upside-down pub 63 How welcome is the tourist? 65 Internal air service competition 65 Hopes for new Tahiti pearl industry 67 Artist's book on Tahiti 97 Captain John Holm in Tahiti 103

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

The old rivalries between missions ... 87 "Ninikoria" on slips in Fiji 107

Nauru

Abrupt end to pools 127

New Caledonia

Amnesty for Maurice Lenormand 41 Preparing to celebrate colonisation .. 52 Fourth shipping service 107 Noumea's "Australia Week" 122

New Hebrides

Australia looks at land problem 44 Timber projects 47

Norfolk Island

Chandris Lines to call in 1970 109

Papua-New Guinea

Pleas for UN to condemn Indonesia 34 Gil Platten returns to New Ireland 42 Anglicans' diocesan conference 43 Chatterton on "act of free choice" .. 48 Hastings on "act of free choice" ... 49 Joe Pachernegg's tourist brigantine 52 Tribute to Tom Mboya 53

John Ryan's book on P-NG 93 Tim Ward may open bowling alley . 103 Missionaries trying to raise money 103 Five new wharves 107 Joint boat-building venture 11l Transport survey ended 11l Nautical school to take 61 natives 111 More work for coastal ships 11l Drive to export timber to S-E Asia . 116 Oil competition 116 New minerals exploration company .. 116 New Moresby brewery? 118 Duty-free concession for Patair 124 New office block for Moresby? 124 Ansett wants Guam run 125 Tobacco picks up 125 Aquatane's oil search 125 Death of Frank Henderson 134 Death of Bishop Wade 135

Solomon Islands

Museum opened 87 "Pop" Johnson recalls the old times 89

Tulagi as small-ships dockyard . 109

New inter-island shipping service 109 Tourist Association 124 World Bank projects 125

Tonga

Consul for London 43 Dr. Lewis and the Ha'amonga 44

United States Trust Territory

Micronesia wants a plebiscite 34 New District Administrator for Yap 103 District Administrator for Marianas 103 "Maritime Academy" for Carolines? .. 107 "No commercial phosphate" on Palau 118 Ansett wants Guam run 125

Western Samoa

Travelodge gets OK 121 Red share of trade 121

DEPARTMENTS: Letters, 13; Up Front with the Editor, 22; To the Point with Percy Chatterton, 48; Tropicalities, 51; From the Islands Press, 74; Magazine Section, 83; Yesterday, 91; Book Reviews, 93; People, 103; Shipping, 105; Cruising Yachts, 112; Business and Development, 116; Produce Prices, 126; Shipping, Airways Schedules, 129; Deaths of Islands People, 134; Practical Planter, 141.