Printing-Publishing
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[?]Erger Of Islands' Newspapers
Printing-Publishing Service For [?]owing Territories
le owners of a majority of es in South Pacific Post Ltd., oresby, and of all the Or •hares in Pacific Publications i., Sydney, have agreed to heir interests.
Mr. Eskell, Mr. Read and Mr. D.
S. Yaffa will be Directors, with Mr Pt° bS Ltd ° f Pacific Publishin £ Co.
The existing companies will continue to operate as at present, with present staffs. In addition to publishing newspapers and magazines, they now own and operate modern commercial-printing plants in Sydney, Port Moresby and Suva.
Through the merger, they propose
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service to the Islands communities and interests.
The move, it is believed, reflects the growing economic and political importance of the Islands Territories of the South Pacific.
Here is the party which scaled 14,300 foot Mt.
Juliana (above) in NNG in September. They are members of the Star Mountains Expedition, currently in the Terri tory. Standing on the peak, the men are: Cine photographer Piet ter Laag, geologists A. Escher and Dr. H.
Th. Verstappen and Lt.
M. O. Tissing and Sgt.
J. A. de Wijn.