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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1959Vol. XXIX, No. 7

Fingers Crossed

p. 65 · Read in the full issue

And Papua Has Its Fingers Crossed

if THERE only a few months ago Woil search activities in Papua were virtually at a standstill, now there is plenty of activity going on and plenty of hop e among local o p ™ mise of Puri wiU eventually pay on.

In January, a special DC4, belong ing to International Airways, flew special deviational drilling equip ment to Port Moresby from the United States. It will be shipped along the coast and up the Era River to Puri.