FLY RIVER EXPLORATION
THE PAPUANS' ARMOUR
By Electric Telegraph —Press Association —Copyright. SYDNEY, May 5. Judge Murray, the Papuan Administrator, has arrived. Interviewed regarding hi 3 recent exploration of the Fly River, he said his party ascended 530 miles. At one village they found natives wearing cuirasses of thickly platted rattan cane with a shield to ward off arrows. In addition to their bows and arrows they carried weapons of egg-shaped stone clubs with long handles. In another place they witnessed evolutions by disciplined men which were rarely seen in Papua. In the upper reaches they found traces of gold. He thinhs if Sir Rupert Clarke finds gold in payable quantities a rush will ensue that will solve the present problem of the future settlement and development of the island.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12784, 6 May 1914, Page 8
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