Pacific islands Monthly

Vol 48, No 11, Nov 1977

General

South Pacific Conference 8 SPC Budget 9 Guerrillas active in Irian Jaya 14 Pacifique Sud 36 Dying banana industry 79 SPC skipjack study 87

American Samoa

Fred Uhrle retires 27 Slow payers warned 31 Bigger air terminal 75 Inflation beaten 87

Cook Islands

Windfall for fishing fleet 10 When warriors rioted 40 Mauke's airstrip 75 Island Foods to continue 88

Fiji

Alliance wins election 19 Director of Information 27 Airlines' row 71 Pacific air war 73 Port charges up 73 First all-Fiji air crew 73 Landing craft sinks 75 Development Bank lending 81 Fruit processer closes 83 Mapping farm lands 93 Bait for new industry 93 Copper exploration 93

French Polynesia

Political assassination 16 Political concessions 20

Gilbert Islands

Cholera deaths 13 "Money for Banabans 16 Captain Ward retires 29

Guam

New uses for coconuts 40 Expatriate workers 82

New Caledonia

Political concessions 20 Poll issue 37 Trade movements 38 Jaycee Congress meeting 81 Clinic closed 85

New Hebrides

Party's stand on poll 32

Papua New Guinea

Modernism in traditional costumes 13 The "Diro affair'' 15 Students on jet course 27 University's new vice-chancellor ... 27 Campbell Fleay retires 29 TV in 1982?. 31 Trudeau's message to Somare 31 College nearly broke 32 Trade cut with S. Africa 32 Betel nut chewing 39 Demand for better jobs for locals. 40 Allegation against Ok Tedi 49 Jets for Air Niugini 75 Statutory bodies criticised 86 Cocoa & Coffee slump 87 New hunting rules 93 Localisation "too rapid" 95 "Visual pollution" complaint 97

Solomon Islands

Independence confusion 12 Union faces crisis 31 New money 32 Shipping service criticised 39

Tonga

NZ Santa Claus 39 EEC grant 81

Tufted tape design mats 82 Secretary to government 84

Us Trust Territory

Compensation of A-test victims ... 16 Constitutional uncertainty 25 New ship delivered 73

Western Samoa

Aust High Commissioner (acting) . 27 Polynesian Airlines' new GM 27 Census 31 Miss Samoa 31 Students in Hawaii 31 Brewery short of water 83 Hint of W, German aid 83 Handbag industry 83

Japan In The Islands

PNG attitudes change 17 Demand for fish 61 Getting acquainted 62 Pacific trade 63 Trading companies 64 On the move in Fiji 65 Electronics industry 67 Auto sales 69

DEPARTMENTS: Up Front with the Publisher, 5; People, 27; News in a Nutshell, 31; Editor's Mailbag, 33; TTopicalities, 39; Magazine section, 44; Books, 50; Pacific Transport, 71; Cruising Yachts, 77; Business & Development, 79; Produce Prices, 94; Deaths of Islands People, 97; Shipping information, 99.