Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 20 December 1935Vol. VI, No. 5

Kurukuru Paper

p. 7 · Read in the full issue

Page 77

From Our Own Correspondent PT. MORESBY, December 10.

IT really looks as if the paper industry may be established here.

The experts are agreed that Kurukuru grass will make extraordinarily good pap er. Natives near Buna (Northern Division) have agreed to sell large areas of Kuru kuru land. Further developments are expected.

Mr. Leo Gibbons, general manager of Gold Mines of Papua Ltd., arrived in Australia from Misima Island by the Montoro in November. He will return to Eastern Papua early in the New Year.

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