In This Issue
General
Australia relaxes immigration rules 3, 11 Prime Ministers meet in NZ 12 No SP Games for Guam 12 Churches condemn colonialism 15 Pacific Island migrants 17 Chesterfield Reef visit 41 lofua carries on 89 Ship Gange to be scrapped 91 Banana shipping experiment 101 DCIO arrives 106 Trislander shows its paces 106 Effect of US dollar revaluation 115
Cook Islands
[Streamlining departments 22
financial Secretary leaves 13 [Captain Williams' shipping licence 15 bldest inhabitant dies 125
Fiji
rrasad family for Australia (pic) ... 11 Rugby commemorative stamp 17 'Free education 21 [Thomas Baker story 55 Ship-bui!ding centre 83 Union threatens Banabans 89 Fishing fleet leaves Levuka 89 Ban on trade unionist lifted ... 91 Effect of US dollar revaluation 115 Heath Hemphill dies 125 Rugby player's sudden death 125
French Polynesia
Autonomy again 7 James Boyack's Tahiti letter 47
Gilbert And Ellice Islands
Governor retires 13 Constitutional changes 23
Guam
SP Games venue cancelled 12
Lord Howe Island
Flying-boat service ending 107
Nauru
Airline's big ideas 105
New Caledonia
Election campaign 8 Water shortage 12
Litterbugs 17
Nickel prospects 113
New Hebrides
Judge appointed 13
Churches attack colonialism 15 Crack-down on land speculation 101
Niue Island
A vote for self-government 14
Norfolk Island
Sirius's anchor raised 14
Papua New Guinea
Prime Minister's visit 9 Chief Minister's new baby (pic) 9 Expatriates prepare to leave 10 Chief goes to London 13 Public officer retires 13 Tourist board officers 15 Rare bird stolen 17 Percy Chatterton 18 Radio station opened (pic) 19 Effect of US dollar revaluation 115 Wuvulu man dies 125
Solomon Islands
Timber industry recovery 103 Effect of US dollar devaluation 115
Tonga
Tongan made a chief 13 Tourism campaign opened 15 Second bid for oil 115
Unsted States Trust Territory
Traders' debts 110 Future status talks to continue 128
Western Samoa
Bishop named as cardinal 13 Banana shipping experiment 101 Development bank to open 109 Former Minister dies 125
DEPARTMENTS: Up front with the Editor, 3; People, 13; Tropicalities, 14; Editor's mail bag, 29; From the Islands Press, 51; Magazine section, 55; Yesterday, 60; Mana, 69; Book reviews, 79; Pacific shipping, 83; Cruising yachts, 92; Business and development, 101; Produce, 117; Shipping and airways information, 119; Deaths of Islands people, 125; Advertisers' index, 128.