THE MISSING EXPLORERS.
AUSTRALIAN.
j AN EXPLORER'S OPINION. IDEA OP MASSACRE SCOUTED. [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT.] SYDNEY, Feb. 22. Mr. Donald Mackay, the New Guinea, explorer, who discovered some coal seams which Mr. Staniforth Smith's expedition intended to examine strongly opposes the idea of massacre. Pratt and Belle, he says, are experienced explorers, and are thoroughly acquainted with native habits. They would, give the natives no chance to attack the party. Mr. Mackay places no reliance on the natives' report of a massacre, declaring the natives to be the greatest liars on the face- of the earth. No New Guinea man would take any notice of them. What had happened was that the expedition had encountered unfavourable conditions generally. They would turn up safely. > The Department of External Affairs is advised that the steamer Merrie England has returned for stores and additional police carriers. There.has absolutely been no news of Staniforth Smith's party since December 7th. Several search parties, are now out.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GEST19110223.2.28.2
Bibliographic details
Greymouth Evening Star, 23 February 1911, Page 5
Word Count
161THE MISSING EXPLORERS. Greymouth Evening Star, 23 February 1911, Page 5
Using This Item
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Greymouth Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in