In This Issue

General

Regional airline competition 27 Union Steam Ship control 29 Valuable Cook sketches 73 "Iberia's" final voyage 87 Copra prices fall 94 Finance shortage affecting Islands ... 97 Islands on TV 121

American Samoa

Trial skipjack fishing 87 Joint ventures with Western Samoa .. 121

Cook Islands

New woman chief 43

Fiji

Elections preview 24 Rabi Island court hearing 29 Two sides of Ratu Mara's personality 34 C'wealth Development regional office 37 Reward for lost badge 37 Proposed ban on metho 42 : iji's first Ombudsman 43 Depressing slums 45 Sue Wendt's "Fiji Talanoa" 47 Survivors from fishing vessel 85

Mo home-building loans 95

Pacific Harbour deal 95 Mational tourism plan 96 fcl million land sale 96 .etter from Mr. Sharma JP 107

: Rench Polynesia

ahiti letter 32

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Ship exported from Fiji 87

Nauru

Investment field to broaden 127

New Caledonia

Helen Rousseau's diary 30 Champion of fair play ... 59

New Hebrides

Anglo-French talks ... 43 Hurricane aftermath 99 "The soft sell" 108

Norfolk Island

Tax free plans 95

Papua New Guinea

Election results 21, 26 Bougainville survey 37 Fiji teaching experience 37 New Guinea tea popular in London .. 37 Percy Chatterton's column 38 Elaborate residence for "Prime Minister" 39 Cargo cult disappointment 41 Peacock on display 41 Dangerous raw lima beans 45 Successful oil palm project 51 Tourist round-up with Judy Tudor 56

Emma's land 69 Funny-serious novel on New Guinea 77 Picture books 77 Geology text reprint 79 Explosion kills seamen 85

Solomon Islands

Governing Council meets 26 Need for greater national identity ... 42 Santa Cruz visited 54 New ordinance on tourism 96

Tonga

Tourism in Vavau 113 Legacy as a memorial 119 Film ban 125

U.S. Trust Territory

Bill to repeal Trust Territory code ... 41 Oil spillage increases 85 Bank of Micronesia 95

Western Samoa

Democratic or totalitarian government 45 The meeting of cultures 78

Potlatch shipping holdup 93

Price control 94 Joint ventures with American Samoa 121 Polynesian's new aircraft 123 Independence anniversary celebrations 125

DEPARTMENTS: From the Islands Press, 13; The Editor's Mailbag, 15, 107; Up Front with the Editor, 21; People, 37; Tropicalities, 41; Magazine Section, 69; Yesterday, 75; Book Reviews, 77; Pacific Shipping, 81; Cruising Yachts, 88; BOAC Jet News, 89; Business and Development, 93; Produce Prices, 99; Shipping, Airways Information, 101; Deaths of Islands People, 108; Postscripts, 121; Advertisers' Index, 108.