UNKNOWN NEW GUINEA
QERAIAN EXPLORERS AT WORK i?y IcleErapli-Press Association—Copyright (li'ec- .hu:c 7. d.j iv.in.l Brisbane, ,(,unu u, ■ 'live st'eiimer Siar, lroin. tienuiin .Nmv t'oiiieiij brings inty»:c-liug details 01 life exjiioratipif of vjyy r KiuVcnn Auyasla : by a large iiivriy n.ujle.r J')r,. otpeie, which has bpen stiirrcliiusj' for goid and ptlier 1 liijtieralsi and tl, i; habiti and ; Cii.s'ionis pf the native.-. ■Lite Siar tra.veU'e'd ijli -inife 11 p tilt river witlip.u't once tdiicliJiiEf lioUoiu. Tile -H'ulth of tlic- river ivt: Iho nar.t:oH:'e'st : . jiar.t ■ was -'(i't nvp.trps (about Hi) vard-J, and iif flip widest: 20.0.0 fnetres .('li'bpu.i: iiiites:). ■iji.e conu'ivy lias many remarkable fea- : tiii.es, aiiil aboiiiiiis ivifji! ail so.rlo of birds ai'.d iiugq. alligators. 'I'lie party .sjieuf. throe .liipnjhs' on the . trip, and expect to spend a furiliev !2 .in.ojitii's'. jii exploring work. 'J'iioy built' iorti!icat:;uhs -lifid c.'anips; for protection against flip nat ives, who are stescrib.cit as big, and of i'iuo physiijue. They were, however, hostile, ami niado several at' : • aciis at outposts, with the result that a iiunilier of. tjie attackers were killed.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1460, 7 June 1912, Page 5
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176UNKNOWN NEW GUINEA Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1460, 7 June 1912, Page 5
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