In this issue

General

Clue to Polynesia’s past 8 Hawaii-Tahiti canoe voyage 9 Question over next SP Games 14 NZ cuts Pacific radio 18 Japan feature 33

Cook Islands

Premier’s heart attack 19

Fiji

Corruption alleged 9 Laucala’s millionaire 13 New RC archbishop 19 Paddy Doyle heads FVB 19 Did mumbo-jumbo cause death? 25 Air Pacific problems 61 Capitalistic dockers 63

French Polynesia

Expedition to Reao 8 Hawaii-Tahiti canoe voyage 9

Nauru

US Ambassador 19

New Caledonia

Dengue deaths 18 First 747 75

New Hebrides

Ghost assembly 10 Aviation uplift 61

Niue Island

Lime exports 16

Norfolk Island

Court ruling on status 15

Papua New Guinea

National dress 11 Torres Strait border 14 Coffee tax 15 Adultery probe 16 Fatter wages for seamen 64

Pitcairn Island

1975 fish catch 18

Solomon Islands

Rebuilding an island 16 Union problem 17 Flag fuss 17

Tonga

Soviet link 14 Aviation link with W. Samoa 61

Us Trust Territory

Marianas revenue poser 14 Ghetto in Kwajalein 27 Supertanker port 59

Western Samoa

House rules for ministers 10 Election nullified 11 Dying newspapers 12

DEPARTMENTS: Up front with the Publisher, 5; News in a nutshell, 14; Editor's mailbag, 21; Islands Press, 31; Magazine Section, 48; Books, 54; Business and Development, 59; Pacific Transport, 61; Cruising Yachts, 66; Shipping and Airways Information, 68; Deaths of Islands people, 73; Produce Prices, 75.