Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1969Vol. 40, No. 10

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Ieneral

hurches unite 39 umbo Jets in June, 1970 51 anAm cuts fares 73 ribute to late Bishop Hill 75 ind those turtles! 88 erman shipping drive 107 Waimate" withdrawn 108 rown Agents to invest? 119 opra report 120 eetle project expands 121

Merican Samoa

aydon makes changes 33 Magic Isle" lost in Cooks 107

Ook Islands

uvarov's postmaster 47 jurist chief appointed 65 nip strands on Pukapuka 107 Moana Roa" makes big loss 11l Jl lueprint for self-government 27 \r. A. D. Patel dies 28 : 5 million tourist resort 37 ouncil gets lady's touch 37 itty Burns, painter 51 otel construction halted 65 ir Pacific expands 69 lood rice-growing results 122 porting Pools scheme 122 ugar inquiry ends 122 iji workers for NZ again 124 ;abed, mineral search 125

French Polynesia

Paul Gauguin's tikis 19 Games design contest 39 H-tests to restart 56 Visits to Bora Bora, Moorea 61 Food price war 126

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

No causeway? 35 Shipwrecked sailor 69 Photographic study 93 More for copra producers 125 Christmas Is. planting 141

Lord Howe Island

Committee elected 105 Boats lost and gained 108

Nauru

Taxes for Australians 119 Air agreement with Australia 119 More phosphate money 126

New Caledonia

Riot in Noumea 36 New Noumea hotel 36 Jean Brock's 20 years 38 Historical manuscript 95 Historical anecdotes 97 Australia Week successful 126

New Hebrides

Royal welcome 29 New council sits 30 Vila's wharf starts 34 Forari mines to re-open 121

Niue

The friendly people: Travel feature . 65

Papua-New Guinea

Letter, post-mortem on DDA 25, 39 Native training incentive 27 Democracy tumbles 31 Dull budget session 32 Manus Island gallows 38 Anglicans are independent 49 Hagen Show 74 Challenge of the alps 85 Cars to be assembled 120 Bumper BNG report 121 Rubber producer does well 122 Laloki copper mines again? 123 Steamies profit up 126

Solomon Islands

Royal welcome 30 Bauxite search disappoints 34 New resort opened 71 Chief Beo, 97, dies 105 Copra production up 122

Tonga

Reform wanted 17 New auditor 35 Right Royal party 38 The King and the Press 47

U.S. Trust Territory

"US association" report accepted 34 SUSS million hotels to be built 34 Picture feature 41 More US military bases? 54 Port problems for shipper 109

Western Samoa

Glen Wright letter 25 The "girls" to go? 31 Mataafa admits slapping visitor 33 Fiji plane chartered 33 New women's building 53

DEPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Editor, 3; Letters to the Editor, 17, 25, 158; To the Point with Percy Chatterton, 41; From the Islands Press, 76; Magazine Section, 85; Brett Milder Profile, 87; Yesterday, 91, Book Reviews, 93; People, 105; Cruising Yachts, 113; Business and Development, 119; Produce Prices, 127; Shipping, Airways Schedules, 129; Practical Planter, 141; Deaths of Islands People, 135; Advertisers' Index, 160.

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