In This Issue
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General
Copra market ... 25 Story of the Island Agent 44
American Samoa
Dr. Margaret Mead's return 27 Congressional sub-committee's visit ... 33 Youths clean up beaches 34 Aunuu for tourists 57 Dairy factory opening 100
Cook Islands
Food shortage 26 Postal officer retires 32 Wage rises 33 Green oranges 35 Fate of "Moana Roa" 93
Fiji
Budget meeting 24 Air Pacific extends 27 Speaker's election campaign 32 New FBC manager 32 Petition mislaid 34 Six die in fire 34 Arts festival 34 Banabans' struggle 79 Ports commission 93 Trade war 97 PRO retires 117
French Polynesia
Tahiti letter 28 Legends of Polynesia 80 Book on French Pacific Islands 82
Gilbert And Ellice Islands
New stamps 24
Lord Howe Island
Fossil found 34 Shipping service 91 Air strip to be laid 101
Nauru
Air service ... 25
New Caledonia
Helen Rousseau's diary 30 Fire on Isle of Pines 34 Port extensions 85
New Hebrides
Land question 25 Embryo political party 33 Christmas stamps 33 Earthquake pictures 89, 99
Niue
A new way with canoes 59 Resident's death 117
Norfolk Island
1884 report on island 71 New hymn book 75 Historical documents 77 Preserving historic buildings 82 Karlander shipping service 91
Papua New Guinea
Final session of House of Assembly 22 University's new vice-chancellor ... 32 Election dates 33
Independent broadcasting 33
Drink bill 33 New writers wave nationalist banner 49 Percy Chatterton's column 50 A look at Daru 55
Seamen's wage rise 91 Big loan for port projects 93 Common Market 97 Own currency 100
Solomon Islands
Budget meeting 23 Copra market 25 40-hour week 26 First Islander district commissioner .. 32 Japanese war dead 39 Race for independence 41 A look at Laulasi 55 Archaeologist's finds 123
Tonga
Sunday observance laws 25 Search for treasure 26 Arts Festival 34 Oil search 99 Bank planned 99
U.S. Trust Territory
New mayor in Truk 32 Oyster expert's survey 32 Congress site 33 Hotel opens at Majuro 34 Hana meeting 35 Better harbours for Marshalls 93
Western Samoa
Budget meeting 23 Hovercraft for ferry service 131
DEPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Editor, 15; People, 32; In a Nutshell, 33; Editor's Mailbag, 35; From the Islands Press, 53; Yesterday, 62; Magazine Section, 71; Book Reviews, 79; Pacific Shipping, 85; Cruising Yachts, 94; Business and Development, 97; Produce Prices, 103; Shipping and Airways Information, 105; Deaths of Islands People, 112; Postscripts, 117; Advertisers' Index, 112.