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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 November 1972Vol. 43, No. 11

In This Issue

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Jeral

th Pacific Commission 25 years on 24 jndar reform 39 imission review 79 v Shane swims 80 tralian conformism 81 rnesian Researches in French ... 82 jre of P & O line 86 ney waterfront streamlined 88 ja gets reprieve 89 >pean Common Market effect 101

Erican Samoa

industrial park 103

3K Islands

i Commissioner appointed 11 fh Pacific Commission 24 v for Nauru ship .. 88

Mch Polynesia

enturism or security? 15 lear test in Marquesas? 60 ander add Tahiti to US run .. 89 ioa column ... 12 it Bill Bates 37 ing the mixed race title 41 'of oil trial 87

len's wage dispute 89

5 inquiry 89

Qantas' cut-rate holidays 103 Changes at Carpenters 104 Arts Festival director replies 11l

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Two colonies or one? 9 Union reaction on race 121

Nauru

Council buys ship from Caribbean ... 88 Micronesian agreement on shipping 121

Lord Howe Island

Co-operative ship venture 88

New Caledonia

Helen Rousseau's diary 22 South Pacific Commission 26

New Hebrides

Saving the sea birds 40 Australian builders register 107

Norfolk Island

Background to the petition .. 20 Seeking own ship 88

Papua New Guinea

Somare grasps the nettle 27 Church cruise 37 Hahalis becomes respectable 38 Percy Chatterton's column 43

Establishmentarian secessionists 51 Bougainville Copper opening 5, 51 Church centenary 69 Coy on nationalising business 101 Business reports 107 Highlands famine 121

Solomon Island

Tranquil Ontong Java 52

Tonga

Opening of new hotel at Vavau 30 Queen opens resort in Hawaii 32 Shipping law promulgated 87 Rain record 121

U S. Trust Territory

Delays in status negotiations 10 Nauru shipping agreement 121

Western Samoa

SR Conference details 24 PAL's brighter prospects 105 Chief Justice appointed 121

\RTMENTS; Up Front with the Editor, 5; People, 11; Topicalities, 37; Footnotes, 43; bag, 47; Islands Press, 59; Magazine Section, 69; Yesterday, 77; Book Reviews, 79; ic Shipping, 86; Cruising Yachts, 91; BOAC Jet News, 97; Business and Development, Produce Prices, 113; Shipping and Airways Information, 115; In a Nutshell, 121; Deaths of Islands People, 125; Advertisers' Index, 128.