Monthly
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Pacific Islands Monthly
Registered at G.P.0., Sydney, for transmission by post as a newspaper.
May, 1969
News Magazine Of The South Pacific
• AUSTRALIA, 40c. • NEW ZEALAND, 45c. #U.S. PACIFIC TERRITORIES, 70e. • FRENCH PACIFIC ISLANDS, 55 FRCS. CFP. • P.-N.G., FIJI AND ALL OTHER
Pacific Territories, 35C. Local Currency.
Our Cover
Everybody’s in it. Tea-picking outside Mt. Hagen in the New Guinea Highlands is a common sight these days with local and overseas investments in Highlands tea measured in millions of dollars. Already the first cargoes of NG tea have ended as “ cuppas” in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. NG tea is building a reputation for quality and hopes are it will become a major export in the ’70’s.