NEW GUINEA GOLD
GREAT DRAWBACKS .STILL
AEROPLANE SERVICE TQ FIELD,
(United Press Association.—Cc| yrig.HU (Beceived 24th December, 19 a.m.) ■ , SYDNEY, This Day.
Further consignments of goi -1 have arrived from the New Guinea fields. Beturnod miners report :that the great. drawback is still the scarcity and ihigl cost of labour for transport, In* ' arrangomcn.ts are being made to -solv* ' the difficulty by the establishment of, .an. aeroplane Ber.vice from coast to lick Ids. It is expected that this -will be opa "ating in Manch. Work on Ike fields lias been held I *p awaiting the arrival of the "Warden to adjudicate fife allotment of claim* '• Numbers of miners have been compel- • led to leave the fields as being unafola to await the adjustment of; their claims. Medical arrangements , are greatly dm- , proved and uickaess 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 atk'inpt to reach and jive on the new fields.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 152, 24 December 1926, Page 7
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173NEW GUINEA GOLD Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 152, 24 December 1926, Page 7
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