In This Issue

General

louth Pacific Commission changes 2 fhe royal visit ... 5,6, 7 \ir Pacific fares rise 81 JSS Co freight hike 81 *acific triangle air fares 83 Polynesian Airlines raises fares 83 Vustralia wants Islands involvement . 93 lulk gas terminals installed 93

American Samoa

iconomic co-operation with Western , Samoa 37

telief for petroleum shortage 97

►trife over third fish cannery 99 : arm prices down 109

:Ook Islands

toy a I visit 5,6, 7 )emocrats' newspaper 15 letter deal for fruit growers 97

Iji

outh Pacific Commission changes 2 ijians deported from Australia 9 ijian wives in PNG 13 controlling pollution 43 )ockers pay claim 79 Measure craft 83 Hopes for tuna industry 97 : iji ties itself to SUS 98 Jniversity grant cut 109 togby tour 109

: Rench Polynesia

>azy over beer 15

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Canoes on stamps (pic) 16 First container ship visit 79

Lord Howe Island

Airstrip under fire 81

Nauru

Official Australian rep leaves 9 First indigenous lawyer 9 The early years with Arundel 61

New Caledonia

Agitation to remove plaque 15 Daylight saving chaos 16 Oil spillage 19 Youth movement meeting 19 Latest census figures 19 Lagoon pollution 43

New Hebrides

Land diver's death 3 Royal visit 5,6, 7 French riot squad sent for 9 National Party's land claims 9

Niue

Plan for self-government 39 Passionfruit crisis ... 41 Special programme for students ... 108

Norfolk Island

Queen's visit 5,6, 7 Shipping service 83

Papua New Guinea

Mr Somare names independence date iv Oil search in Gulf of Papua iv

JEPARTMENTS: Up front with the Editor, iii; People, 9; Tropicalities, 13; Editor's V'ailbag, 21; From the Islands Press, 49; Yesterday, 50; Magazine Section, 59; MANA, i 2; Books, 69; Pacific Transport, 75; Cruising Yachts, 85; Business and Development, ?3; Produce, 101; Shipping and Airways Information, 103; In a Nutshell, 108; Deaths of Islands People, 109; Advertisers' Index, 112.

Land acquisition bill i Currency named 1 Mr Somare on investment terms 2 Eva Arni, Miss Papua New Guinea (pic) 2 Royal visit 5,6, 7 Mr Johnson leaves 11 Fijian wives 13 Port Moresby's “European" cemetery 45 Protection for seamen 77 Shipping service re-organised 83 Filippinos to work in PNG 108 Rise for teachers 109

Solomon Islands

Constitutional changes coming 4 Royal visit 5,6, 7

Tonga

Expansion of telephone service 98 Rugby tours 108 Man convicted of assault 108

United States Trust Territory

The drink problem 13 Transpac in receivership 75 Saipan-Japan air route wrangle 77

Western Samoa

Boost for agriculture 35 Economic co-operation with American Samoa 37

Dockyard pilfering 79