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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1961Vol. XXXI, No. 6

TV Sets Me Wings

p. 71 · Read in the full issue

Television transmission com nenced in Southern Rhodesia n November and so great was he demand for TV sets that ibout 500 are to be airfreighted here, all the way from Aus ralia.

Qantas took 145 22-inch nodels in one load on Decem ber 12 and other shipments oill go as soon as freight space s available.

The weight of a 23 inch TV et is considerable and the air reight probably formidable normally its 29/- per kilo, Sydney-Johannesburg, and Jo vannesburg is still a long way rom Salisbury), but the Rho lesians like the Australian ets much better than Euro bean.