REPORTED TRAGDEY.
DOUGLAS MAWSON STORY
VERY ROUGH COUNTRY. Received July 21. 1.50 p.m. MELBOURNE. July 21. - The scene of die reported Douglas Mawson tragedy is a peninsula oil the western side of the head of the gulf of Carpentaria. r lhc* country is oxc<Midin£l> rouh and practically terra incognita. iNo living white man appears to have crossed it and no local native knowledge) is available. m i-i 'll,e search party, to consist/ of police and experienced bushmon, who rre being a>ked to volunteer, will be armed and prepare!, for eventualities as it is regarded a:) possible they may have to -deal with hostile savage natives, l»ut extreme measures will be taken only in an emergency. The party is cxI>ected t'o leave Darwin in about a week. —Press Association.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1073, 21 July 1924, Page 6
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128REPORTED TRAGDEY. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1073, 21 July 1924, Page 6
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