In This Issue

General

NZ firms ready to operate in Islands 73 World copra prices drop 76 Dengue fever strikes 78

American Samoa

Electric power problems 24 Female Director of Education 24 Big mess for new governor to clear 69 Radio station for sale 70

Cook Islands

Chief Judge retires 15 Mew coins 17 Oovernment's newspaper 19 Opposition members suspended ... 79

: Iji

?oyal commission into electoral system 15 loom in sugar 16 >ockers threaten to ban container ships ... 59 >chool for waterfront workers 60 974 trade in the red 72 Jovt wants airline's shares 75 Jew manager of BP subsidiary ... 75 ijians form new companies 77

Rench Polynesia

\r Stirn's Tahitian love song ... 4 Vhy does France want to stay in Tahiti 5 ound waves to catch fish 82

Gilbert & Ellice Islands

Lagoon ride 33 Banabans' case opens in London .. . 78 Ellice goes it alone in October ... 83

Lord Howe Island

Rare bird in danger ... 18 NSW Lands Dept takes over 76

Nauru

Air service to Hong Kong 59

New Caledonia

Mr Stirn's visit 6 Youth movement disbanded 7

New Hebrides

Bi-lingual stamps 15 Man drowned 83

Niue

Govt in cattle business 73

Norfolk Island

Better shipping service 64 New luxury hotel 76

Papua New Guinea

September date for independence ... 7 Senior police officers leaving 8 Bougainville wants the vagrants out 8 Strikes averted 15 Wuvulu's future 15 Prison labour for road works 15 Fireworks banned 15 Cave exploration 17

Unwelcome giant snails 18 Meteorite mystery 23 Ropeways may solve transport problems 65 Japan wins the car markets 71 Rubber companies slump 74 Clearing the minefields 78

Pitcairn Island

Is end in sight? 17

Solomon Islands

Tough times ahead for government 9 "Dead" man comes alive 21 Leapfrogging at Honiara wharf ... 64

Tonga

Arabs stall over bulk carrier 62 Still hopes of off-shore oil 72

Us Trust Territory

Guam Games tune-up 11 Plebiscite date 15 Pangelinan at White House 26

Wallis Islands

New French Administrator 78

Western Samoa

Officer's conduct investigated 14 Sex and the public service 14

APARTMENTS: Up front with the Editor, 3; In a Nutshell, 5; Topicalities, 17; ditors Mailbag, 29; Magazine Section, 37; Yesterday, 45; MANA, 46; Books, 53; rom the Islands Press, 58; Pacific Transport, 59; Cruising Yachts, 68; Business' and development, 73; Produce Prices and Exchange Rates, 77; Shipping Information, 80; >lands deaths, 83.