Pacific islands Monthly

Vol 48, No 10, Oct 1977

General

Forum meeting at Port Moresby 8 Pacifique Sud 14 Brett Milder on screen 25 Migration to Australia 37 Brig Maria's goal 42 Use for coconut wood 58 PAA fights for monopoly 64 Fewer firms ship from UK 64 Viking Line cruises 73 Cruise liners to be retired 73

American Samoa

Line-up for top job 10 Old friendship renewed 11 Shortage of beds 25 Notre Dame graduate 37

Cook Islands

Forum meeting 8 Brych controversy 18 Stirring singing 27 Use for the Yankee 27 Manager of leading hotel 36 Telecom training centre 57 Use for coconut wood 58

Fiji

Forum meeting 8 Close look at docks 17 Easy electioneering 18 Crime ebb 20 Telecom training centre 57 Use for coconut wood 58 Shipping crisis looms 63 Ship's master suspended 71

French Polynesia

Fish farm 13 Pacifique Sud 14

Gilbert Islands

Forum meeting 8 Split on Ocean Island 15 Blow to Banabans 15 Cholera outbreak 20 Worst accident for 1977 24 Use for coconut wood 58

Nauru

Forum meeting 8 Rosie D in service 72

New Caledonia

Olivier Stirn's visit 12 HiCom under fire 13 Pacifique Sud 14 Tight economy 61

New Hebrides

Pacifique Sud 14 NZ gift of spectacles 29 Rice project 55 Use for coconut wood 58

Niue Island

Use for coconut wood 58

Norfolk Island

Minister replies to criticism 18 Dearer smokes and liquor 20 Anti-weed insects 57

Papua New Guinea

Forum meeting 8 Somare's cabinet team 20 Castaways survive 20 Snake in studio 20 First female police 24 Air fares order to public service 24 Anti-brothel demonstration 29 Priest's golden jubilee 36 Graduate's severe injuries 36 Copper market prospects 61

Pitcairn Island

Harbour works 59

Solomon Islands

Forum meeting 8 Melanesian missionary in NZ 25 New deputy governor 37 Questions about union 39 Chances for trade 57

Tokelau

Better days ahead 19

Tonga

Forum meeting 8 Oil strike 17 Port of Refuge sold 20 Air from Britain 24 Workers in demand 24 Telecom training centre 57 Russian interest in trade 57 Use for coconut wood 58 Vavau runway lengthened 64

Tuvalu

Election results 18

Us Trust'territory

Mother wants to go home 36 Copra mill in Micronesia 85

West Irian

Freedom fighters accuse Australia 19

Western Samoa

Foftim meeting 8 Bank shares sell quickly 10 Old friendships renewed 11 Royal titles 11 Blasting reef passages 20 Australian aid 29 Telecom training centre 57 Use for coconut wood 58 Near disaster for ferry 72

DEPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Publisher, 5; News in a Nutshell, 20; Tropicalities, 25; Editor's Mailbag, 31; People, 36; Islands Press, 40; Magazine Section, 42; Books, 51; Business & Development, 55; Pacific Transport, 63; Cruising Yachts, 75; Deaths of Islands People, 79; Shipping Information, 80; Produce Prices, 85.