In This Issue

General

Uneasy neighbour for PNG 8 West Papua freedom fighters 9 Indonesian imperialism 9 Athletics championships 11 Mulcjpon on bombs 12 Naughty Pacific Islanders in NZ 13 Bottled bath water 16 Top post in Qantas 17 Rotorua festival 19 Boating feature 55

American Samoa

Petition for murderer 13

Fiji

Sugar for FVB head 13 Trouble at YWCA 13 Corruption brick 13 Sea needs 14 Tourist rip-off 15 Sugar marketing executive 17 Santa Singh back 18 Wharf shake-up 52 Sun-dried timber 53 Ship’s captains warned 57

French Polynesia

Budget deficit 12

Nauru

Prosperity warning 11

New Caledonia

SP athletics championships 11 Census 11

Economic crisis 13 NZ exports 14

New Hebrides

Political stalemate 11 Coolidge oil 12 Popular zoo 14 Chancellor changed 18 Tourism recession 53

Niue Island

University graduate ' 18

Norfolk Island

Future status submission 13 Cemeteries, battlefields and history .. 45

Papua New Guinea

Uneasy neighbour 8 Indonesian imperialism warning 9 Torres Strait question 12 Tourism policy 12 Country is “live theatre" 35 Copra planters face lean times 52 Glitter at Ok Tedi 53

Solomon Islands

New governor named 17 Ships slightly damaged 57

Tonga

Royal betrothment 13 King’s new export 14 Prince in Royal Navy 18 Absurdity of Sunday law 28

Us Trust Territory

Marianas a commonwealth 12 Typhoon hits Palau 12 Justice from the grave 16 High Commissioner resigns 17 Staple food industries 53

Wallis Island

Nuclear base question 15

Western Samoa

Petition for murderer 13 Honorary degree for Mrs Mata’afa 17 Prime Minister's election 29

DEPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Publisher, 5; News in a Nutshell, 12; Tropicalities, 15; People, 17; Editor’s Mailbag, 23; Magazine, 45; Books, 48; Business, 52; Pacific Transport, 55; Cruising Yachts, 59; Shipping and Airways information, 67; Deaths of Islands People, 72.