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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 October 1959Vol. XXX, No. 3

In Luxury Bracket

p. 152 · Read in the full issue

P-NG Puts Letter-Writi[?] In Luxury Bracket

Papua-New Guinea, on Dee 1, will fall into line with whsi tralia did on October l wIT postal rates, telephone : parcels, money order comnn and registration will go up.c This was announced by n of Post and Telegraphs Mr./ Carter, at the Legislative ♦ meeting at the late Sepg budget session.

Bulk postage rates—over there was such an outcry in tralia —also go up in line wir Australian rates, without theo tory getting the stay of ex'X that occurred in Australia. (♦) ally intended to be introdmu October 1, Australian increse bulk postage rates have beeitc poned to March.) From December 1, Terrih will pay 5d for local letter pj even if it’s just from Port M to the suburb of Boroko. Itf: to us that it would be a sight cheaper to send a carrying a “pass” in an ol»I< stick.

In Fiji, local postage is 2idb has Fiji got that P-NG haa A lot of things—and no Cas! control is one of them.