In This Issue

• TENSIONS FLARE IN NEW CALEDONIA. PIM Q Editor and Publisher Garry Barker writes on his recent visit to New Caledonia, where he found that voices of reason and moderation are increasingly being drowned out by the clamor from extremists on both sides of the vexed issue of independence.

• Cross-Purposes Communications.— -1-1

Telecommunications writer Liz Fell reports on a certain 1 1 lack of communication among various participants at the 1984 conference of the Pacific Telecommunica tions Council in Honolulu. • THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN COOK. —By arrange- 1 5 ment with The Library Society (of the State Library of ** New South Wales) PIM has secured exclusive

publication rights to the text of a remarkable lecture given by Professor Greg Dening of the department of history, University of Melbourne, at the library on February 14. • HYDRO POWER IN A SOLOMONS VILLAGE. OR Denis Fisk tells the encouraging story of a successful co-operative effort between Sydney-based scientists and villagers in Solomon Islands which has brought a revolutionary new micro-hydroelectricity scheme to the village. • PROBLEMATICAL FUTURE OF THE S.P.C. A 7 Donald Stewart looks at the future of the revamped South Pacific Commission and sees plenty of problems ahead.