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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1975Vol. 46, No. 8

In This Issue

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Neral

jth Pacific Forum 10 ion shadow over regional shipping 57

African Samoa

dget tightrope 76

>Ok Islands

Forum blow-up 10 King trip tragedy 16 luable stamps and coins 25 ing to church 36 ni regional shipping service 58 w Zealand boost tor bananas ... 67 I me Minister's anger at SP Forum 10 laban issue at Forum 11 ion shadow over regional shipping iervice ... 57 di airport takeover 59 ntainer ban stays 59 itoka brewery closes 67 evision threat to tourism 67 w Zealand boost for bananas ... 67 pra planters feel pinch 69 vn council backs sawmill 69 :ord earnings from cane 71 stralian loans controversy 71

Inch Polynesia

iford sees President d'Estaing ... 8 liti letter 13

Bert & Ellice Islands

laban issue at Forum 11 labans v Gilbertese 17 uor laws evaded 25

Guam

Snail hunt 23

Lord Howe Is

Air services 59

Nauru

Blow-up at Forum 10 Union shadow over regional shipping 57

New Caledonia

Visit by French Prime Minister 8 Caledonians' demand 9

New Hebrides

Colonial politics and new nationalism 6 French accuse 'subversives' 10

Niue

Blow-up at Forum 10 Burial graves 19 Mini regional shipping service 58

Norfolk Is

Air links 59

Papua New Guinea

Bougainville leaders soften hard line 3 Revolution of reluctant nationalists 4 Progress of Anthony Voutas 5 Blow-up at SP Forum 10 Port Moresby crime wave 16 Old treasures for museum ... ... 25 Self-help and festival in Trobriands 29 Tok Pisin —sign of the times 31 Aust-PNG freight rates up again ... 61 Vehicle assembly enterprise 69 Government buys rejected Mercedes 70 Koreans to develop timber stand ... 70

Another attempt to farm sheep 71 Free trade policy with Australia 71

Solomon Islands

Blow-up at SR Forum 10 Tok Pisin—sign of the times 31 Reef may be vast laboratory 65 UNDP $5 million programme 67

Tonga

Blow-up at Forum 10 More MPs wanted 12 Magic moments in Mariner's Cave 33 Union shadow over regional shipping service 57

Us Trust Territory

Kusaie pig massacre ... 16 Fishermen's dilemma 27 Copra mill on Palau 69 Referendum votes 73

Wallis & Futuna

Economic talks in Paris 9

Western Samoa

Royal dominance may end 15 Top government officer sacked 16 Union shadow over regional shipping 57 New Zealand boost for bananas ... 67

PARTMENTS: Up front with the Editor, 2; In a nutshell, 16; Editor's Mailbag, 17; picalities, 23; Magazine Section, 33; Yesterday, 45; Islands Press, 47; MANA, 48; sks, 53; Pacific Transport, 57; Cruising Yachts, 62; Business and Development, 65; iduce Prices, 72; Shipping and Airways Information, 77; Islands Deaths, 80.