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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1984Vol. 55, No. 8

Contents

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American Samoa 51 Australia 10,21 Books 43 Deaths 73 Fiji 19,46 French Polynesia 23 Hawaii 29, 61 Islands Press 63 Letters 16 Nauru 16,37 New Caledonia 26, New Zealand 57,60 Pacific Report 5 Papua New Guinea... 7,48,51,62

People 53 PIM Opinion 5 Service page 74 Shipping schedules 69 Solomon Islands 45 The Month 23 Tonga 41,58 Tourism 41 Tradewinds 35 Tropicalities 55 Tuvalu 59 United States 61 Vanuatu 31,35 Western Samoa 58 Yachts 66

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