In this issue

General

French takeover of Sullivans 19 Melanesian cultural body 23

American Samoa

Air service to Tonga 59

Cook Islands

Versatile fire engine 23 Migrant flow reversed 25 Wage rise 33 Transport troubles 57

Fiji

Anti-corruption laws .12 General elections 13 Help for Emperor Mines 49 Co-op cocoa growing 50

French Polynesia

Imports problem 53 Death of Pouvanaa a Oopa 68 Death of Archbishop Maze 68

Gilbert Islands

Chief Minister interviewed 8

New Caledonia

Road toll 31 Tourist industry 51

New Hebrides

National Party name change .17 British High Commissioner 29 Sharks take Children 31

Niue Island

Bureaucracy praised 25 Choosing a bride 25 Uranium discovery 53

Papua New Guinea

Somare in Indonesia 14 Torres talks breakdown 15 Red embassies rejected 15 Bird over Sydney garage 23 Public prosecutor named 29 Experience needed in diplomacy 31 Advice to Tolais 21 Japanese bombing of Rabaul 38 Oil quest .49 Stock exchange in sight 51 Lutherans sell up 53 New foreign ventures 53 Equity in Seacom 54 Vanimo forest problems 55

Pitcairn Island

Census 23

Solomon Islands

Mamaloni resigns 19 History uncovered 25 Shortland riot 31

Tonga

King's tour 19 Good year for tourism 54 Air services 59

Tuvalu

The date for independence 10

Us Trust Territory

Kusaie celebrates new status 13 CIA bugs talks .17 Bid to save turtle 25

Western Samoa

Sackings follow inquiry 11

DEPARTMENTS: Up front with the Publisher, 5; Editor's Mailbag, 21; Tropicalities 23; People, 29; News in a Nutshell, 31; Islands Press, 36; Magazine Section, 38; Book's 45; Business and Development, 49; Pacific Transport, 57; Cruising Yachts, 66; Deaths' of Islands People, 68; Shipping Information, 72; Produce Prices, 77.