In This Issue

General

■Cheaper brides 12 ■Oceania Soccer tournament 21 (Carpenters sell agency 87 [Dollar fluctuations 105 ■Carpenters lift profits 105 Games in jeopardy 117

American Samoa

IBingo regulations 12 [ Education director appointed 15 [ Shipping breakdown 87

Cook Islands

[Premier in Wellington 11 [Cruise ships visit 83 [ Dancers in Japan 116

Fiji

■Reviving beche-de-mer industry ... 13 Call for liquor ban 14 [Film actor to retire 15 All Black to coach Fijians 15 [Civil Service changes 15 Oceania Soccer tournament 21 More USS Co ships 81 [Jetfoil service 83 Expanding shipyards 85 [Dockworkers seek rise 87 [Anti-strike legislation 107 Island for sale 107 Search for gold I®B [Sugar nationalised 116

French Polynesia

Sanford wins election 6 [Oceania Soccer tournament 21

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

UK Commissioners' visit 11 Co-operative expands 117

Lord Howe Island

Fisheries research 14

Nauru

Regional shipping line 81

New Caledonia

Pidjot wins election 7 Oceania Soccer tournament 21 More meat imports 116

New Hebrides

Teacher's scholarship 15 Budget debate 31 Jetfoil service 83 Influenza deaths 116 Anglican Diocese separates 116 Meat agreement 116 Population increase 117

Niue Island

Self-government talks 10

Norfolk Island

Tax haven ending 100

Papua New Guinea

House of Assembly 8 Trouble in Trobriands 13 MHAs join PPP 15 Chief meets Pope 15 Local man in finance 16 Blind boy's success 16 Percy Chatterton 26 On Torres Strait Islands 49 Voyage of Capt de Torres 53

Freight rates increase 86 Kennecott talks 107

Pitcairn Island

No pollution ... 14

Solomon Islands

Search for Japanese 56 Anglican Diocese to separate 116

Tonga

Champion coconut husker 14 Handball craze 22 Atenisi college 40 Regional shipping line 81

United States Trust Territory

Woman doctor returns 15 Marianas status row 29 Public Defender resigns 45 Search for ship 83 Devaluation repercussions 95

Western Samoa

Why Mataafa won the election 6,25 Journalist's marriage 15 School appointment 16 Banking problems 99

DEPARTMENTS: Up front with the Editor, 3; Tropicalities, 13; People, 15 & 16; Editor's mailbag, 33; From the Islands Press, 37; Magazine section, 53; Mana, 65; Book reviews, 74; Yesterday, 77; Pacific shipping 81; Cruising yachts, 89; Business snd development, 95; Produce, 108; Shipping and airways information, 109; Deaths of Islands people, 115; In a Nutshell, 116; Advertisers' index, 120.