In This Issue

General

iouth Pacific Conference report ... 25 burism a necessary evil 30 oundation (FSP) finds its feet 38 Magic" Polynesian navigation 51 tarfish "urgent danger" 53 imerican Airlines—seven flights? ... 73 )fficial war history 100 bastwatchers at home 104 bpra report 122 P's profits 122 arpenter's profits 123 ilands companies do well . 124

Merican Samoa

>uth Pacific Conference report ... 25 elitical status commission 36 stroleum monopolisation 121

Ook Islands

auth Pacific Conference report ... 25 ;onomic difficulties 49 ew SPC stamps 49 isit to Rarotonga ... 69 irstrip construction 69 Jl ►uth Pacific Conference report 25 ew Opposition leader 37 ?w leprosy hospital 40 location Commission 40 port bananas checked 45 :ture book released 99 >AC invests in Hunts 119 ibute to A. D. Patel 135

French Polynesia

Mr. Teariki on living standards ... 36 Starfish arrives 56 Second bank opens 125

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Navigation secrets 51 1892: raising the flag 61 Tarawa's dust problem 65

New Caledonia

Apathy over , tourism 3 South Pacific Conference report ... 25 More to exploit nickel 35 Governor Risterucci leaves . 39 Safari Caledonien—car rally 39 Facts behind the riots 40 Martinet leaves 133

New Hebrides

Trade balance 119

Papua-New Guinea

Tourist board director 30 Stamp releases 40 Chatterton discusses national day ... 41 Inquiry after stabbing 45 Port Moresby from the air 57 The Kukukukus in 1925 85 New book "Road to Gona" 95

Ports neglected 107 New Carpenter shipping service ... 113 Kinjibi made a loss 121 Japan's interest in oil 125

Pitcairn Island

Invited to Norfolk 39 Stamps burnt 75 Co-op store opened 76

Solomons

South Pacific Conference report ... 25 Towns from the air 58 WPHC records microfilmed 99 Coastwatchers at home 104

South Pacific Commission

South Pacific Conference ... 3, 30, 31 Moors —new Commission head ... 27 Tourism debate 30 Flag designs 31,101

Tonga

Farm college opens 45 Agriculture emphasised 47 Scientific expedition ends 67 Wrecked on Minerva Reef 109

Western Samoa

Flu epidemic of 1918 3 Harry Moors for SPC 27 Airways boom 35 Friction 100 years ago 93 Banana ban urged 140

United States Trust Territory

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DEPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Editor, 3; To the Point with Percy Chatterton, 41; From the Islands Press, 75; Magazine Section ,85; Yesterday, 94; Book Reviews, 95; People, 105; Shipping, 107; Cruising Yachts, 115; Business and Development, 119; Produce Prices, 127; Airways Information, 129; Practical Planter, 141; Deaths of Islands People, 135; Advertisers' Index, 160.