PNG Coffee Production

COFFEE production in Papua-New Guinea in 1956 will, it is esti mated, reach 170 tons. Although there has been a steep drop in coffee prices recently, NG coffee was still bringing 5/5 per pound wholesale in Sydney in May.

This is still sufficient to show a profit but because most new coffee planting in NG has been in the

Highlands area, from where it must be airfreighted to the coast, NG coffee naturally is more vulnerable to steep price falls than coffee pro duced in other countries. t News of the victory of Loyalty Island boxer Doudie over Aus tralian Don Johnson, at Sydney Stadium recently, was received with pleasure in New Caledonia.