In This Issue

/01. 41. No. 12. December, 1970.

General

y raft across the Pacific 32 listory of surfing ... 59

lew shipping services 97

American Samoa

ire destroys Fono 140

>elegate-at-large 140

Ook Islands

istory of air services 63 rst visitors .. 75 fhy whaling men came 77 Tipping troubles 95 Jl ayoral elections 30 ace meetings 40 fter-independence report .. 43 jgar future talks 104 riticism of NZ 104 nperor board attack 107 umber one income earner ... ... 121 (dependence will help tourism 123 •afts centre 125 icific harbour plans 127 igh Commissioner in Canberra 140

French Polynesia

It's still fun 25 Self government move 27 Marquesas air link 39 Ready for the Games 51 New yachts 53

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Another step forward 29 Bishop's views 31 Sport with Nauru 53 Man powered skiing 89

New Caledonia

"Intense development" 101 Nickel quotas 101

Norfolk Island

Business registration 105 Fishermen alarmed 115 No extra flights 116

Papua-New Guinea

Hargesheimer returns 3

DEPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Editor, 3; From the Islands Press, 19; New Guinea Diary, 36; Tropicalities, 39; Footnotes with Percy Chatterton, 49; Letters to the Editor, 57; Magazine, 75; Yesterday, 81; Book Reviews, 85; Pacific Shipping, 91; Cruising Yachts, 98; Business and Development, 101; Produce Prices, 109; Shipping and Airways Schedules, 111; Deaths of Islands People, 137.

Up the workers 28 Smallships inquiry 30 John Ryan's report 36 Land sale 40 Madang earthquake 55 Trobriands caves 59 lan Downs' book 85 "Cannibal" 87 Shipping shortage 91 Shipping delays 95 British Petroleum arrives 105 Separate bank notes 107 Nutrition study 133

Solomon Islands

Resume freehold land? 28 On Mendana's trail 39 Carden Seton dies 137

Tonga

Emigration 3] Post-independence report 47 Craftsman in silver 47

Western Samoa

Stamps 31, 66 Economic prospects 35 New Fono 40 Conflict of tourism 66 Fishing self sufficiency 91 Kind words 93

U.S. Trust Territory

"The American way" 19