DUTCH NEW GUINEA.
A TERRA INCOGNITA. AMERICAN TO MAKE IT KNOWN BERKELEY (Cal.), November 3. ■ Prof- Matthew Stirling, the ethnologist attached to the Smithsonian Institute, declared that the failure of two previous expeditions attempting penetration into Dutch New Guinea, arouses no apprehension in his mind, as he is prepared to combat the causes of the failures, namely, tropical fevers and hostile natives, by tie use of an aeroplane. Dr. Stirling and his companions leave San Francisco on November 12 aboard £ne Van Buren. A supply base will be established on the south coast of New Guinea. While the aeroplane is being; reassembled the Dutch Government will provide a military escort. Dr. Stirling expects to stay in Ne.v Guinea for siv months, studyin? the pygmies and collectinT hitherto unknown species of animal and plant life.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 261, 4 November 1925, Page 7
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