THE PAPUAN PARTY.
THE WHITE MEN .RETURN TO THURSDAY ISLAND.
NATIVE CARRIERS PERISH
' [PRESS ASSOCIATION.] (Received March 18, 6.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 18. Advices from Thursday Island state that Messrs Stanisforth Smith, Pratt, and Bell returned tLere safely on the 17th. Their native carriers perished during the journey by starvation or drowning. . .■ Another account , from Brisbane states that the missing Papuan party are'safe. They lost their food and clothing through the capsizing of the raft. The natives assisted.them.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 67, 20 March 1911, Page 5
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78THE PAPUAN PARTY. Marlborough Express, Volume XLV, Issue 67, 20 March 1911, Page 5
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