In this issue
General
Auckland check on migrants 8 South Pacific Conference 10 $1 million more for SP Commission ...13 Plush home for SP Forum 14 SP fisheries adviser 20 Marine mystery or hoax 25 Now Polynesian canoe voyage 37 Famous photographer/fisherman dies 51 Claim to sea's riches 53 Radio help for yachties. 59 Last trading schooner 65 Death of J.K.McCarthy 69
Cook Islands
Aitutaki stamps 18
Fiji
Lautoka's a city 18 Mara speaks to UN 19 Maureen Wright remarries .20 Another doggy tale 25 Runaround from France 25 Death of Rob Wright 51 More tourists 57 Strike hits air services 63 Port argument 64
French Polynesia
New Polynesian canoe voyage 37
Gilbert Islands
Independence eve 15 Internal self-government 18 Plan for airline 63
Guam
Ties with US 33
Nauru
Court of appeal 18 Consulate in Suva 20 Phosphate deal with India 57
New Caledonia
South Pacific Conference .10
New Hebrides
Santo election results 17 Mr Remy Delaveuve 20 Marine mystery or Hoax 25 Youth hostel for Vila 26 Radio help for yachties 59
Papua New Guinea
Battle of the knights 9 National works authority 18 Film cancelled 19 Police leader's term 20 Priest as interim premier 20 Oala Oala-Rarua goes home 20 Plea to seize fishing boat 27 Premier's house on the hill 27 Bombing of Macdhui recalled 29 Prime Minister slates bureaucracy 55 New Travelodge 57 Gulf oil search 57 Flight ban lifted 63 Death of J.K.McCarthy 69
Solomon Islands
Political rumbles. .16 Undersea volcano emerges 26 Ship for sale 63
Tokelau
UN report
Tonga
Does Parliament need shake-up?. 23 Impeachment move fails. 24 Financial problems 55 PNCL in troubled waters 55 No Sunday flights 64
Us Trust Terr Itory
Yanks leave Eniwetak 19 Deadly fallout 19 Ponape pepper 29 Betel nut war 29 Pilot's non-strike 65
Western Samoa
Pregnant and persecuted in NZ 8 Red China's embassy 18
DEPARTMENTS: Up front with the Publisher, 5; News in a Nutshell, 18; People, 20; Editor's Mailbag, 21; Tropicalities, 25; Magazine section, 37; Islands Press, 45; Books, 46, Business and Development, 53; Pacific Transport, 59; Cruising Yachts, 65; Deaths of Islands People, 69; Shipping and Airline Schedules, 70, Produce Prices, 75.