In This Issue

General

Games venue in doubt 12 Jayapura, progressive capital 19 Mini-Interpol for Pacific 29 Regional airline crisis 75

American Samoa

Support for family planning 43 Opposition to nurses bill 45 First GNP figures released 47

Cook Islands

Worker recruiting control 32

Fiji

Tourism convention 10 Queuing to migrate to NZ 11 Games venue in doubt 12 Miracle of lost island deed 14 Another island claimed 14 Tree carver on campus (pic) 16 Campus brawls 16 A walking, talking junkyard 35 Hawaii talks on landing rights 77 Watersiders' Union difficulties 77 Expensive new ship 79 Replacement for Uiuilakeba 83 Levuka factory extension 96

French Polynesia

Electoral campaigns 6 Games venue in doubt 12 A vote for Mitterand 105

Gilbert And Ellice Islands

Chief Minister elected 9 End of phosphate mining 93

Nauru

Stake wanted in Saipan airport 81 Second jet bought 96 President in Saipan 97

New Caledonia

Electoral campaigns 6 Games venue in doubt 12 "Spy" drama 15 Nickel recession 31 The reluctant railway 59 Fears of new taxation 95 A vote for Mitterand 105

New Hebrides

Political pressures build up 4 Currency problems 5 UN hears take-over plea 6 Workers suffer in Caledonian re cession 31

Niue

Air crash practice drill 79 Passionfruit competition 97

Norfolk Island

Rival to Qantas service 77 Butland plan 95

Papua New Guinea

Somare sells independence 8 Games venue in doubt 12 Moresby's changing face 37 Lord Mayor elected 41 Diplomats to the Islands 45 PNG Govt to check rate rises 75 Costly name change 77 Talks on Bougainville agreement 93 Purari River project 97 Philippinos arrive 97 Artifact sales curbed 104

Pitcairn Island

Ship snubs island 15 On decolonisation programme 16

Solomon Islands

Hidden manifesto comes to light ... 7 Line-up for leadership 7 News item censored 9 Expatriates get the axe 15 A very special tooth 15 Censor cuts film 16 First fish for Europe 95 Artifacts seized 104 Civil servants leaving 105

Tonga

Fua'amotu's international traffic ... 83 Earnings from tourism 97 Cost-of-living allowances 104

United States Trust Territory

Games venue in doubt 12 Constitutional convention 13 Micronesia loses 76 containers 79 Co-op shipping venture 80 More ships for Micronesia 81 Typhoon damage 104 Plague of snails 104

Western Samoa

Call for improved shipping service .. 77 Loan from Development Bank 94

DEPARTMENTS; Up front with the Editor, 3; Tropicalities, 14; Editor's Mailbag, 23; From the Islands Press, 49; Yesterday, 50; Magazine Section, 59; MANA, 62; Books, 69; Pacific Transport, 75; Cruising Yachts, 85; Business and Development, 93; Produce, 98; Shipping and Airways Information, 99; In a Nutshell, 104; Bulletin Board, 104; Deaths of Islands People, 106; Advertisers' Index, 108.