NEW GUINEA GOLD
I DIFFICULTIES OF TRANSPORT AEROPLANE SERVICE TO BE ESTABLISHED BY Telegraph.—pbess association. Copybight. Sydney, December 24. Further consignments of gold have arrived from the New Guinea fields. Returned miners report that the great drawback is still the scarcity and high cost of labour for transport, but arrangements are being made to solve the difficulty by the establishment of an aeroplane service from the coast to the fields. It is expected that this will be operating in March. Work on the fields has been held up awaiting the arrival of the Warden to adjudicate the allotment of claims. Numbers of miners have been compelled to leave the fields, being unable to await the adjustment of their claims. Medical arrangements are greatly improved and sickness is less prevalent. No further disturbances on the part of the natives are reported. Intending miners are strongly warned they must be financially well equipped; otherwise it is hopeless to attempt to reach and live •on the new fields.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 78, 27 December 1926, Page 9
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165NEW GUINEA GOLD Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 78, 27 December 1926, Page 9
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