NEW GUINEA PYGMIES.
AMERICAN EXPEDITION'S FIND.
PRIOR CLAIM FROM AUCKLAND.
I THE PRESS Spec:*) SttTicc]
AI'i'KUNJ.». Kel.ruary '■■■ Tin r.-|"i:-t->'l di-'-ytery l-y an Amcii
cni! .-MioditiMji ot ■■'!] exlranrjiiiaiy
primitive race of pyjjini'.-* in ttio unex-•-p'l.i.i] ti.-rrilt.ry in New t-iuinvn aealH the t'a.-t that one el' tin- lii>t Kurupeans
!u pciictiate 'lit- interior of tiia: '"."' tenons country ;tnd report tin- t-Mslen.-.-i.l' ran.'.- ti> tin.- ouls'nl'- wild i< ■i iV>'nlent i'f Auckland, Captain T. *'. Ivrrv. l',i:.iiS.. wlio i.-'-fiitly ii'tnrucil 1,, Aii'-kl:iii-l t'rt-'Mi :i Hip :il'i'o:i.l. H<- has l.c-it :ni cxplon-r and ■< • iavi;:atoi fur :hirly years of :in ewni i'nl ilt'i'. :ni.l w:is rlii- first wliitV man |u ,lis,-OV.T th" pvj:ii.i..-s «.f -W (Mlilli-n. Tli.-it tt.-is in tlit- seventies ot" Ins' c.-ii-linv. ami tin.- revelations, of the recfil American expedition, tht-tL't\>r.?. i-;iiim't l.i- accepted :is entirely new discoveries, as uiiii-li of tlie material gathered was collected 1." years ago by Captain Kerry (iiirins the il'l distinct expeditious he has made itit■ > the mountain fa-messes of New Cuinea.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18917, 4 February 1927, Page 8
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