This Month’s Features

REGI P N Stuart Inder and Don Stewart work in tandem to describe first Vila anri 6 ° at r6Cent 12,h mee,in 9 of the South Pacific Forum in Port al rnniertn° nd ' ,0 analyse the P roblems besetting the South Pacific Commission and Conference, and propose possible salvage measures 13 17 • THE FRENCH TERRITORIES - From their different vantage' points in French Polynesia and New Caledonia, Marie-Therdse and Bengt Danielsson and Daniel Tardieu, describe the impact of the recent visits by the French Secretary of State for Overseas Departments and Territories Henri Emmanuelli V ?2 26 author tar TITUD f S T 0 ™ E ,SLANDS Stuad ■"<* reviews a" new and authoritative work on the subject by John P. Dorrance, of the National Defense University Directorate, Washington ueiense • POLITICAL UPSET IN SOLOMON ISLANDS - Phme' Minister Peter Kenilorea steps into hfeXes miniS,er fr ° m P r ®- inde P enden ce days, Solomon Mamaloni, rnnnil pi P 3 U9ltlVe SUSpect in the case of the murdered American couple, Eleanor and Malcolm Graham qc • REMEMBERING THE GRAND OLD ‘WHIZZBANG - Alan Gill writes a memorable tribute to the late Archdeacon Charles William Whonsbon-Aston ,36 This month's cover picture: nir t . h n rOP i° lOgiSt Zukowski of recently visited the highlands of Papua New Guinea on a P tal research project mvo/vmg village societies and the development of a national theatre of dance rama and mime. He photographed this woman at her village near Goroka in the Eastern Highlands '

Australia in the Pacific 11 31 Banabans ’ 32 Books ...47 Cook Islands '40“« Deaths P'ji 7 47 5-j France in the Pacific ...22 26 French Polynesia 22 31 Guam ’ 39 Islands Press eo Letters ;;; j Marshall Islands 40 Nauru 11 New Caledonia 2 g Noumea Notebook ’ 26 Nuclear dumping !!!."!!!"!!!.”!. 9 Open boat Pacific crossing 71 Pacific Report 5

Papua New Guinea 40 51

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Political Currents 2g Postmark Papeete 22 Rabi Island 14 Shipping services 7fl ships Solomon Islands 33 South Pacific Arts Festival 39 South Pacific Commission 17 51 South Pacific Forum 13’ 17 Tonga 7 49 Tradewinds ’ r 1

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Tropicalities 35 US in the Pacific 29 Vanuatu