In This Issue

Eneral

>uth Pacific Conference 3 uam Games 11 lots lost and farewelled 13 Z steps up Islands aid 45 le Enna G stalemate 79 iportance of the coconut 99 ew "Polynesian Triangle" fares 100

Merican Samoa

eight charge increase stalled . 83

Dok Islands

wn flag 13

anning for tourist invasion 99 Jl ian actor in Sydney (pic) 11 jputy Prime Minister 16 ack magic 21 ewalking abused 23 Jw project to save food 41

- aid for forestry development 45

>tuma: fascinating outpost ... 47 jw gas tanker 79 achines to handle cargo 82 sw law-enforcement boats 83 ttle against inflation 97 portance of the coconut 99 >P salaries 11l

French Polynesia

James Boyack's Tahiti Letter 6 Boatbuilding on Wallis 83

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Governor's arrival 15 Containers reach the Gilberts 82

Lord Howe Island

New fishing ship 45

Nauru

President as USP Chancellor 16 Enna G stalemate 79

New Caledonia

Paris loan refused 9 Airline's fare offer 10 Assembly's heated debate 29 Japanese to operate tuna fleet 83

New Hebrides

Lost pilot found 13 Illegal crayfish export 100

Niue

First hotel 97

Papua New Guinea

Josephine Abaijah interviewed 4 Peace moves 5

Land ownership 10 Percy Chatterton's Footnotes 26 Economic position examined 41 New chair for PNG University 43 Rescuing a famous mat-mat 51 The role of artistic people 71 Help for private enterprise 99

Solomon Islands

New political party 8 Cigarette advertising ban 43 Report on economy 99

Tonga

Protection for Minerva 15 Coconut's importance 99

United States Trust Territory

Ecumenism on Kusiae 14 Generation gap on Truk 15 New dock for Ponape 82

Western Samoa

New traditions replacing old 37 Sail! and economic survival 37 NZ aid programme 45 Controlling prices 98

iPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Editor, ii; Tropicalities, 13; People, 16; Editor's ailbag, 31; Magazine section, 47; Yesterday, 52; AAANA, 61; Books, 71; From the ands Press, 77; Pacific shipping, 79; Cruising yachts, 85; Business and develop ed, 97; Produce, 101; Shipping and airways information, 103; Deaths of Islands people, 109; In a Nutshell, 115; Advertisers' index, 116.