In This Issue

General

The Sullivan Feature 48 Great Barrier Reef 79 Islander aircraft 102 BPs brighter outlook 104 Copra prices 105 Pacific Forum 135

American Samoa

Ghosts, gods and ghouls 73 Vietnam medals 131 Judges' conference 135 Committee's visit off ... 135

Cook Islands

Legislative Assembly 25 'Art gallery' 39 Cruise ships to call 92 New party ... 129

Fiji

Anthem antics ii Sue Wendt's "Fiji Talanoa" 30 Fantastic fire-walkers 40 Indians "part of Fiji" 44 Book in colour 85 First Uni. graduation 97 Chief Justice's post 98 Bird study 98 Sugar price up 104 Building development 125 Japan ties 125 NZ migration 131 Ratu Mara's court win 134

French Polynesia

Tahiti letter 32

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Political changes 22

Nauru

Air service 135

New Caledonia

Political realignment 23 Helen Rousseau's diary 34 Nickel project 105

New Hebrides

Politics 22 Signs of land rush ending 39,129 Ship collision 93 From culture to politics 97 Hotel changes 99 Jimmy Stephens 123

Niue

Money well spent? ii, 121 First hotel 134

Papua New Guinea

Historic Link with royalty 71 Queen Emma remembered 72 1968 elections analysed ... 82 Coastal shipping 89 Fierce shipping competition 91 Lost tribe 99 Coffee slump 106 Cure for drinking 127 Gazelle problems ... 27

Solomon Islands

Parties shape up 26 Lae airport move 131 Political changes 22-23 Cyclone damages 23 Pig raising 85 Wharf system . 92 Concrete ships 93 Traditional carvings ... 117 Provident fund 125 Japanese gift 129

Tonga

Shipping success 87 Ship charter 89 Oil failure 134

U S Trust Territory

Political status 25 Shipping trial 93 MILI changes ... 103

Western Samoa

Historic link with royalty 71 Stamps depict legends 75 Film censorship 99 Parliamentary pay rise 99 Excess govt, spending 103 Fewer Samoans 134 Road Plans 134

DEPARTMENTS: The Editor's Mailbag, ii. Up Front with tthe Editor, 15; People, 28; From the Islands Press, 47; Magazine Section, 71; Yesterday, 77; Book Reviews, 79; Shipping, 87; Cruising Yachts, 94; Tropicalities, 97; Business and Development, 102; Shipping and Airways Information, 107; Letters, iii, 117; Postscripts, 125; In a Nutshell, 134; Deaths of Island People, 135.

Advertisers' Index, 136.