In This Issue
General
"Weather" stations and what they do 27 Royal tour 28 Air India's "calendar of the year" 36 First SPC flag 36 Fiji Jim in verse 33 Oceania Rugby council 40 South Pacific Games 40 Development, but not by tourism ... 42 New kind of tourism—residential 63 Voyage of the brig "Eliza" 95
Cook Islands
Fravels of John Williams 85 Record banana shipment 123
Fiji
Denning's sugar; Shepherd's politics 25 Approach to Dominion status 26 Minister for Finance 30 ewer English radio sessions 32 Friton shells protected 33 Tui" Johnson retires 37 caching community projects ... 56-57 hat fire-walking bull .. 53 ourist news 63-69 JZ diplomatic representative 119 iig firms in travel industry 122
Rench Polynesia
Ipset over letter in PIM 31 7nffm writes on romance and reality 47 Jew book on Omai, first ambassador 100
Gilbert And Ellice Islands
PRO appointed 37 All about Funafuti 75 Old travel and new ]qi
Nauru
Wreck of "Santa Teretia II" ... 38,113 Reader's views on apartheid 44 Air Nauru's cheaper fares . 133
New Caledonia
Noumea mardi gras 37 Last of famous family 33 Captain Rusden's mishaps 42 Nickel up, agriculture down 124 Nickel strikers get more money ... 135 Bottled gas row 145 Sports season begins 160
New Hebrides
$2,000 gong for the Queen 27 Unfair shipping regulations 42 American Hog Harbour project 61 •Overseas company registrations 135
Niue
War on flies 56 Boats —old and new 73 The story of Robert Henry Head 91
Norfolk Island
Tourism roundup 71 1,100 companies and what they're
doing 120
Papua-New Guinea
Big month for political developments 28 Police cadet fights armed man 29 Union joins wages dispute 29 Papuan departmental head 33 First trade unionist out 34 Million dollar blaze 35 Rural wages board 39 Replies to Dr. Laycock's Pidgin . 43 New book on birds of paradise 99 New wharves 107, 109 New shipping services H 2 Jaos in car market -j2l Silk-worm experiments 122 Helicopters In mineral hunt 122 Bottle factory in operation 124 Churches want own radio station 136
Solomon Islands
Kavachi appears again ... 34
Shipbuilding help 111
New open market for copra 124 Customs fine for businessman 124
Tonga
Ten year wait for wage rises 30 Lobster hatchery 33 Copra board's funds embezzled ... 35 Annulment of princess' wedding 41 Resort at Neiafu 55 Concrete barge for crayfishing . 107
United States Trust Territory
Congress against income tax 35 "Fanafjord" service ... 109 Okinawan fishing vessel forfeited ... 109 Census to begin in April 119
West Irian
Finance for copper mine 121 Influenza toll over 3,000 145
Western Samoa
Election results 27 Fierce cyclones every eight years 119
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