PAPUAN DEVELOPMENT.
HEAVY COST TO AUSTRALIA. SYDNEY, Dec. 27. Judge Murray, the Lieutenant-Governor of Papua, states that Papua’s depression has been aggravated since the Navigating Act was passed, as trade relations are confined practically to Sydney, through which Papuan purchases and produce must pass to and from England. Besides being a detour of two thousand miles, this involves expenditure on storage and transhipment. Under such agri cultural expansion is impossible. Even if the right to trade with outside markets is restored, it may ho too late, as trade, though buoyant and flourishing a few months ago. has now almost ceased _ to exist. Unless some remedy is forthcoming, Australia will pay a heavy price for the Papuan development. —Press Association.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3107, 28 December 1921, Page 5
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119PAPUAN DEVELOPMENT. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3107, 28 December 1921, Page 5
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