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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1985Vol. 56, No. 9

Contents

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Airtransport 33,37,49 Arts Festival 22,30 Australia 51 Banks, Joseph 46 Books 34 China 47 Cook Islands 10 Deaths 65 Fiji 65 French Polynesia 22 Hawaii 40,41 Irian Jaya 51 Islands Press 57 Japan 49 Letters 9 Micronesia 52 New Caledonia 25,52 Pacific Islands Conference 16

Pacific Report 7 Papua New Guinea 23,44,51 People 53 PIM Opinion 5 Political Currents 51 Service Page 66 Shipping Schedules 61 Solomon Islands 27,47 South Pacific Forum 10 Sparteca 33,37 The Month 27 Tonga 45 Tradewinds 31 Tropicalities 44 Vanuatu 9,42 Western Samoa 31 Women in conference 27 Yachts 59

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