NEW GUINEA.
SUBSIDISED GERMAIN STEAM SERVICE. \ #•»— . By Telegraph. — Vreaa Assoehtbn. — Copyright. BERLIN, 24th April. A Bill is beiug submitted to the Imperial Council at Berlin authorising a subsidy for a New Guinea steam ser-" vice. Ib is ( to be a monthly service, and will run until October, 1914. SETTLERS' ADVENTURE. . FALL AMONG CANNIBALS. (Received April 25, 10.42 a.m.) BRISBANE, 'This Day. Two venturesome settlere of New Guinea, named Buchanan and Carpenter, had a thrilling escape from cannibals. They had penetrated into a fertile valley, little known except that it was peopled by savages. Both men received j a hostile reception, and fled down the river 'in their 'aunch, pursued by a horde of frenzied Papuans. To their dismay, the fugitives found six war canoes coming up the stream. These, however, turned out to be friendly natives, attracted by the war-cries of the wild tribes, and they rescued the two men.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 98, 25 April 1908, Page 5
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150NEW GUINEA. Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 98, 25 April 1908, Page 5
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