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Pacific

Monthly

December, 1948

Vol. XIX. No. 5.

abllshed 1930.

VRegistered at the G.P.0., Sydney, /<y transmission by post as a newspaper ]

The Chief Of A

New Guinea

Highlands

TRIBE. Plana

Which the New

Guinea Administra tion has made for the development of the high interior of the great island— and is now putting into operation—in clude tea-growing, scientific growth of new food crops, sheep-raising, etc.

This vast plateau region, which lies at a height of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet, has been called “a second Kenya.” The natives generally are of a superior type. —Photo by courtesy SDA Mission.