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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1972Vol. 43, No. 9

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Neral

itors' conference 19 heries development 22 llution 23 isons by satellite 26 d coconut cup 73 lynesian culture 73 swers to migration riddle 77 jise to Sandwich Islands 81 jise holiday boom ... ... 83 it ban costly 84 j task for Forum Bureau 101 's losses in boycott 104 mders drinking wine 107 mmon market for Islands 11l ands morals 128

Origan Samoa

ssenger vessel safety drive 87 tel extensions 110

•Ok Islands

Davis' view 11 iter contamination 25 mey-losing "Moana Roa" 84 I anoa column 14 tors' conference 19 tchard's love affair 69 I task for Forum Bureau 101 jar Corporation formed 106 mders drinking wine 107 tel merger 109 3 controls Travelodge 110 ce control in sport 11l ans in Olympics ... 128 iga rugby tour 128 ntas in cruising 128

French Polynesia

Tahiti letter 12 Underground tests? 128

Nauru

"Enna G" success .. . 83 India orders phosphates 107 Air Nauru gets its licence 108

New Caledonia

Elections ... 17 Helen Rousseau's diary 46 French pay boycott bill 87

New Hebrides

Tax haven exaggerated 22 Vila company buys "Mamaku" 87

Niue

Honey exports 11l

Norfolk Island

Petition to Queen 10 Administration changes 128

Papua New Guinea

PNG, Micronesian autonomy 7 By-election ordered 26 A walk on Bougainville 37 Percy Chatterton's column 43 Modern telephone set-up 51 Life in Arawa 57

Assembly's "beauty" contest 59

Wharf strikes 84 Karlander competition 85

Upgrading PNG ports 87 Karlander salvage claim 87 Struggle for airline rights 105 Carpenters in fishing 106 Marketing board buys surplus coffee .. HO Investment Corp. in ANG Holdings . .. 110 Prawn factory 110 New motel near Madang 110 Big order for local firm 11l Trading banks' loans 111 Payback 128

Pitcairn Island

Canoe building 23 Co-operative Society's profits 11l

Solomon Islands

Sea tragedy 25 Historian warns on unity ... 123

Tonga

Regional shipping 10 Airline talks 128

U.S. Trust Territory

PNG, Micronesian autonomy 7 Faster copra drying 22 Eniwetok tragedy 28 End of "Solar Trader" 87 Del Monte in Marshalls ... 11l

Western Samoa

Import duty increase 18 Heifers shipped ... 110 Economy booming 111

DEPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Editor 1; People, 19; Tropicalities 22; Editor's Mailbag, 31; Islands Press, 55; Magazine Section, 69; Yesterday, 75; Book Reviews, 77; Pacific Shipping, 83; Cruising Yachts, 87; BOAC Jet News, 97; Business and Development, 101; Produce Prices, 113; Shipping and Airways Information, 115; In a Nutshell, 128; Deaths, 129; Advertisers' Index, 131.