In This Issue

Vol. 41. No. 8, August, 1970

General

New air services 41, 46 PIM anniversary 67 Battleground South Pacific 106

American Samoa

George Wray's air service 63 Volcanoes below the sea 117

Cook Islands

Killer dogs 25 New jetstrip 27

Bibliography 106

Starfish catching contest 151

Fiji

Palm toddy 20 Plans for independence 21 Games hero 21 Land speculators 22 Student immigration 29 Visitor who didn't forget 32 New name for Fiji Airways 46 Multi-million tourist resort 63 Tourist catering plans 64 Old military fort 65 Trade policy 127 Beef industry 127 Building boom 129 Oil palm 129

Prospecting 130 "Tui" Johnson retires 131 "Colourful" guest houses 149

French Polynesia

Castaways 25 Future of The Bomb 30 South Pacific Games 37

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Robati's miraculous survival 25 Future of "bubuti" 31 "Migrations, Myth and Magic" 106 Containerisation 113 "Teraka's" future 116

Lord Howe

Ship changes 117

New Caledonia

Military developments 30 South Pacific Games 37 John Griffin's report 51 Fishing techniques 11l Freight rises 116 Battle for "Bulletin" 126 Bakery sold 127 Fighting inflation 130 Nestles' campaign 132

New Hebrides

New Hebrides Airways 44 Manganese again 126

Norfolk Island

Open verdict on fire 32 Administrator writes on PIM 86

Papua-New Guinea

ANZAAS conference 19 Mr, Gorton's visit 23 Takeover of Patair 39 Profile —Herbert Kienzle 41 Bougainville developments 128 Japanese parliamentary mission 147

Solomon Islands

Governing Council meets 18 Christmas stamp 31 Education for manpower 35 Rev. J. R. Metcalfe's papers 106 Boat building company 127

Tonga

Vavau airfield 26 Missing parcels 30 Princess Siuilikutapu's marriage ... 33 Record budget 131 Oil exploration 131

U.S. Trust Territory

Political status 27 New ship route 115

Western Samoa

Air crash inquiry 25 Trade mission 127

DEPARTMENTS; Up Front with the Editor, 15; Inside New Guinea, with John Ryan, 28; Editor's Mailbag, 30; Tropicalities, 31; Footnotes, with Percy Chatter ton, 38; From the Islands Press, 61; Magazine Section, 91; Yesterday, 101; Book Reviews, 104; Shipping, 111; Cruising Yachts, 121; People, 125; Business and Development, 126; Produce Prices, 133; Shipping and Airways Schedules, 135; Deaths, 141; Advertisers' Index, 142.