In the issue

General

Preserving Islands' past 23 Captain Birch retires 27 Bishop Bryce of Polynesia 31 South Pacific in Sydney 32 Copra crisis 56

Cook Islands

Smart trader 23 Premier accused 34 Head of State question 34

Fiji

Rugby walk-off 17 Coppers carpeted 21 Dog tale 23 Jack Hackett dies 24 Two knights 26 Wallace Caldwell retires 26 Retirement of army drum-major 26 World links 51 New communications company 51 Can manufacture 55 Fiji man as BP's chief 57 Air Pacific s 25th birthday 59 Death of Sir Maurice Scott 68

French Polynesia

Hokule a voyage 8 Moves for autonomy 10

Gilbert Islands

Pastor learning archaeology 23

New stamps 35 Banabans' courtcase 35

Guam

Air crash 34

New Caledonia

Government stalemate 29 French tour 35

New Hebrides

Assembly meets is Upside down drift 20 Political future 29 First Preslpyterian missionaries 49

Papua New Guinea

Hasluck administration 12 Np, early election is Personal loans arguments 21 Money in bookmaking 21 Old soldier mystery 24 Opposition Leader knighted 26 First Premier' of Bougainville 26 Decentralisation 34 Actor s Kio.ooo spree 35 Bloodthirsty Laewomba 49 Ultra-modern communications 53 Kuta Ridge lives again 55 Ship charges rise 62 New Bougainville service 63 Bougainville copper 69

Pitcairn Island

Blackout 35

Solomon Islands

Independence talks 19 Freight charges rise 62

Tonga

Russians overtures 14 Mr Muldoon discovers Tonga 14 Red moves 15 Prime Minister's new adviser 26 Noble s nose for music 33 Oil exploration 55 Rescue bid for Pacific Navigation 62 Home-built ship 53

Us Trust Territory

Future status talks 15 New navigational aids 64

Wallis Island

Archaeologist barred 21

Western Samoa

Red moves 15

DEPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Publisher, 5; Tropicalities, 20; Mailbag, 25; People 26' Magazine Section, 37; Islands Press, 44; Business. 51; Pacific Transport, 59; Cruising Yachts, 65; Deaths of Islands People, 68; Shipping and Airways information 70- Produce Prices, 75.