New Guinea.
[PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.—OOPTKiaHT.J Sydney, March 17. Information to hand from New Guinea states that tho German company has spent over a quarter of a million in exploring the country, and all the harbors in the German territory bave been surveyed, and a number of stations planted along the coast. Large sugar plantations have been started, which, it is anticipated, will prove very successful, native labor being cheap and abundant.*. The company is encouraging immigration from Australia. Brisbane, March 17. A mining party which left some time ago toprospect Joseph's River, New Guinea, have returned to this city. They report that they have lost everything and that their lives were endangered by the cupidity and hostility of the natives. They only escaped with their lives by stealing four canoes and dropping down the river in the darkness, the natives having previously plundered all their goods. The party say that the Government, as represented by the High Commissioner, gave no assistance whatever, and are are doing nothing to facilitate parties going inland to develop tho country.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5173, 19 March 1888, Page 2
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176New Guinea. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5173, 19 March 1888, Page 2
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