In This Issue

General

Guam Games problems 12 Islands' shipping pool 57

American Samoa

Attorney-General made judge 13 Restaurant name on ocean floor ... 14

Cook Islands

Fishing sampan adrift 61 Factory's poor year 67

Fiji

Press ministry 9 Guam Games problems 12 Hotel workers strike 13 "Witch" in court 13 Tongan Bishop in Polynesia 13 Squash record broken 15 Alcoholic problems 23 Banabans' claim 25 Islands shipping pool 57 Air Pacific control 57 Sugar report 66

French Polynesia

Mutiny reported 11 Guam Games problems 12

Gilbert & Ellice Islands

Banabans claim Ocean Is'and 25 Ellice people take new name 27 Budget tax proposals 31

Guam

Games difficulties over costs 12

Lord Howe Island

Air link to change 67

New Caledonia

Senator takes his seat 13 Seeds kill sea birds 15 Refusal to accept new tax 29

New Hebrides

London conference reviewed 4 Advisory Council and abortion 5 Kalkot-Matas gaoled 5 Volcano erupts 13

Niue

Self-government at work 35 Hotel near completion 66

Norfolk Island

Minister's letter on local government 37

Papua New Guinea

Bougainviile-Shortlands border prob lem 7 Cult exposed on Bougainville 8 New Year honours 9 Karkar volcano erupts 13 De Rays expedition relics 14 Rugby League teams named 14 Wild New Britain (review) 51 LASH ships boost trade 59

Bougainville buys airline 63 Copper royalties agreement 67 Currency smuggling 69 Wrong advice in business 70

Ralph Ormsby, Johnny Young die 75

Solomon Islands

Shortlands-Bougainville border prob

lem 7 Information officer clashes with Mamaloni 17

Budget tax proposals 29

Tonga

Unemployment in NZ 11 Labour drain to New Zealand 35 Hotel building costs 69

United States Trust Territory

Micronesia talks fail 12 Shell kills four men 13 Carl Heine on Micronesia 49

Western Samoa

Industrialisation plan 10 Contaminated water 14 Japanese investment row 65

DEPARTMENTS: Up front with the Editor, 3; In a Nutshell, 13; Tropicalities, 14; From the Islands Press, 39; Yesterday, 40; Magazine Section, 41; MANA, 44; Books 49; Pacific Transport, 57; Cruising Yachts, 63; Business and Development, 65; Editor's Mailbag, 71; Island Deaths, 75; Shipping Information, 78.