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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1954Vol. XXV, No. 3

Planters of New Guinea Meet in Rabaul

p. 67 · Read in the full issue

Ex-residents of Fiji in New aland are being better served th news from home since the ii Broadcasting Commission took sr. The weekly Public Relations Bee Newsletter, formerly broad-

GMT on Tuesdays, is now broadcast at 0630 GMT on Wednesdays and repeated at 0915 GMT. This later broacast is better received in NZ and should be satisfactory through the summer

when signals are inaudible at 0600 GMT. The broadcasts are made on 930 kc/s and 3980 kc/s simiS taneously. Call-signs were changed from ZJV and ZJV3, to VRH and VRH4 respectively

This photo was taken at a function held [?]en delegates to the Planters’ Associa [?]n of New Guinea met in annual con [?]ence, in Rabaul, in mid-August.

Seen in the photo, from left to right. [?]: (Standing) Messrs. W. R. Paul (Gen.

Sec.), F. R. McKillop (B’ville.), J.

Willoughby (A/Sec. Terr. Dept), J.

Middleton (Madang), P. R. K. Murray (N. Ireland), R, McKay (B’ville.), J.

O’Brien (Madang), F. R. Wilson (N.

Britain), W. J. Grose (N. Ireland), E. A.

Stanfield (N. Ireland), I. MacDonald

(chairman Copra Marketing Board). (Seated) Messrs. J. L. Stokle (N.

Britain), C. R. Lambert (Sec. for Terr.), D. Barrett (president), E. T. Fulton (N.

Britain), J. R. Foldi (Dist. Comm.), J. T.

Allan (N. Britain).