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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1955Vol. XXV, No. 9

R-Freighted Food For

p. 97 · Read in the full issue

Port Moresby

URNS, Queensland, has started a trade in airfreighted fresh vegetables and meat to Port •esby. The first consignment of 0 lb of frozen beef and a large ntity of vegetables went north a Qantas aircraft in February. shipment went to the Port ■esby Freezing Co. In the past, t Moresby has been getting air ?hted meat, but from further ;h, and most of its air-freighted ‘tables came from the NG tilands or Wau.

Australian passion-fruit growers s had a lot to say recently it imported passion-fruit grown ‘cheap-labour” countries. Per s Goroka vegetable producers

could now protest against competi tion from Australian vegetable growers.)