The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930

Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1985Vol. 56, No. 5

Pacific

pp. 1-3 · Read in the full issue

Islands

Monthly

Jv \Ml 1985

finance crisis .

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American Samoa US$l.75 Australia *A$l.5O Cook Islands NZ$l.5O Fiji F 51.50 Hawaii US$l.95 Kiribati A 51.75 Nauru A 51.75 New Caledonia CFPI9O

New Zealand NZ$2.5O Niue NZ$l.75 Norfolk Island A 51.50 Papua New Guinea K 51.50 Solomon Islands 551.50 Tahiti CFP22O Tonga Pi.so Tuvalu A 51.75

Usa U 552.25

USTT and Guam US$l.95 Vanuatu VT1.50 Western Samoa T 2.10 •Recommended retail price only Registered by Australia Post Publication No. NBPI2IO

Chan in the wings

The Cover

Cover pictures by courtesy of The Bul letin, Sydney.