AN OUTPOST OF EMPIRE.
_4 PAPUA'S POSSIBILITIES. Hi ELECTRIC TELEGKAPH. CCPYIIICHT. PER EXITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. Received Januarv 25, 10.50 a.m. LONDN, Jan. 21. Mr (>. J. Jenkins road a paper on "Papua" (British, New Guinea) at the Colonial Institute, saying that there were indications that Papua would easily become one of Great Britain's valuable assets and would assist in relieving the Empire from depnedem-e on foreign supplies. Mr .1. H. P. Murray (Governor of Papua), who presided, said the Papuan Government recognises its duty to preserve the natives from the fatal effects of contact with. European civilisation, and the oniv way to do that was to encourage thoir industry.
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Mataura Ensign, 25 January 1911, Page 5
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108AN OUTPOST OF EMPIRE. Mataura Ensign, 25 January 1911, Page 5
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