AN EMPIRE ASSET.
BRITISH NEW GUINEA. i By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. ] (Received January 25, 9.40 a.m.) j LONDON, 24th January, j The Hon. J. G. Jenkins, in a paper . [on Papua, read before the Colonial In- . i stitute, said there weT© indications that i , j the territory would become one of ' s Britain's valuable assets, and assist in | relieving the Empire from dependence j on foreign supplies. j Judge Murray, Governor of the! colony, who presided, said the Papuan Government recognises its duty to pre- \ serve the natives from the fatal effects of contact with European civilisation. ! The only way to do so was to encourage, I • their industry. ;
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 20, 25 January 1911, Page 7
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110AN EMPIRE ASSET. Evening Post, Volume LXXXI, Issue 20, 25 January 1911, Page 7
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