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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1973Vol. 44, No. 6

In This Issue

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General

H Bomb for sale? 8 [Nuclear tests 8,9, 10 [islanders at Opera House 13 [Waigani seminar 14 [Burns Philp on film 15

American Samoa

[Museum housed 14 [Growth of the fishing industry 21

[Governor Haydon's plans 23

Cook Islands

.Wages rise 12 [New salaries for politicians 51 [Gloomy outlook for fruit 105

Fiji

[Master plan for tourism 11 [Vote against speaker 12 [Population increase ... 12 [lslanders at Opera House 13 Burns Philp on film 15 [The new Treasure Island 99 Potato crop controlled 103 Qantas flights foiled 107 [Chile air link 107

French Polynesia

James Boyack on the tests 8 H Bomb for sale? 8

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

[Missing fishermen found 11

Nauru

Ships purchase mystery 12 Regional shipping line move 83 New job for Kolle D 84 Work commences on Melb centre 100

New Caledonia

H Bomb for sale? 8 No women's lib 16 NZ's trade prospects 96

New Hebrides

Resident Commissioner change 12 New business fees regulations 103

Norfolk Island

Queen's visit 15 Mr Ralston dies 125

Papua New Guinea

Date for independence 5 Land for hotel 12 New DC for Bougainville 12 Airline agreement ... 12 Waigani seminar 14 Burns Philp on film 15 Dr Guise rebukes priest 15 Percy Chatterton's column 26 Lighter side of a famine 52 Murder on the Musa 57 New role for the Laurabada 90

Food prices—Rabaul v. Moresby 99 The duty-free question ... 105

Solomon Islands

Election campaigning 11 San Jorge's ghosts ... 16 Alasa'a mountain climb 16 Sixth Development Plan 45

Tonga

Islanders at Opera House 13 How Tonga has changed 39 Regional shipping line move 83

United States Trust Territory

Airline expanding 12 Talks postponed 16 Ship withdrawn from Transpac 85 Jetfoil for Guam 89 Japan's return to Micronesia 93

Western Samoa

Islanders at Opera House 13 Burns Philp on film 15 Mataafa's government takes stock 25

DEPARTMENTS: Up front with the Editor, 3; People, 12; In a Nutshell, 12; Topicalities, 14; Editor's mailbag, 29; From the Islands Press, 37; Magazine section, 57; Yesterday! 60; MANA, 69; Book reviews, 78; Pacific shipping, 83; Cruising yachts, 91; Business and development, 93; Produce, 108; Shipping and airways information, 117; Deaths of Islands people, 125; Advertisers' index, 128.