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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1972Vol. 43, No. 10

In This Issue

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General

outh Pacific Commission meets 14 :>rum in Suva 18 ompetitive Pacific trade 83 SS Co. partnership offer 83 uccessful take-over of USS Co. ... 85 <tra shipping services 85

Ook Islands

ir Henry on Dr Davis 14 jssian visit 16 •issing crew 17 >hn Salmon's history 69 Jl amrakha resigns posts 12 fucational problems 15 xxer team's Tongan visit 15 rts Festival film soon 16 >uth Pacific Forum 18 falanoa" column 24 Jen from the air 52 >verty 53 andbook of Fiji released 81 jplacement for Tui Lau 85 arlander's additional service 85 iproved navigational facilities ... 87 ade figures with neighbours 101 ipanese investment 103

Lench Polynesia

utonomists ousted 13

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Influenza epidemic 11 Newspaper changes name 16 Seamen's school in danger 17 Picture page 50

Nauru

South Pacific Forum participation ... 18 IT support for shipping service ... 83 Air Nauru may rejoin partners 103 Trade link with US Trust Territory ... 109

New Caledonia

Autonomists overwhelmed 27

New Hebrides

Jimmy Stephens' about-turn 15 Vila growing 51 Telex link 104

Norfolk Island

Petition to Queen 37

Papua New Guinea

National day 17

Budget and self-government 21

Percy Chatterton's column 42 Poverty in Port Moresby 55 Rowley's analysis still timely 79 Nautical school 85 Investment Corporation aims 105 Brewery take-over bid 109 Basic wage rise 109

Solomon Islands

Stamp issue 16 Fishing control and financial future .. 45

Tonga

Fiji soccer team's visit 15 Finance Minister for Economic Bureau 19 Vavau rediscovered 32

Western Samoa

Press freedom 30 Education and employment Voting power and old custom 49 Peace Corps successes 59 Photographic essay of daily life 79

U.S. Trust Territory

Micronesian independence moves ... 11 Majuro pictures 51 Trade link with Nauru ... 109

EPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Editor, 5; Tropicalities, 15; Footnotes, 42; Islands ress, 57; Letters, 59; Magazine Section, 69; Yesterday, 75; Book Reviews, 77; Pacific hipping, 83; Cruising Yachts, 90; BOAC Jet News, 97; Business and Development, 101; reduce Prices, 111; Deaths, 113; Shipping and Airways Information, 115; Advertisers' Index, 121.