FLY RIVER EXPLORATION.
INTERESTING DISCOVERIES
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' SYDNEY, May 5. Judge Murray, Papuan Administrator, has"arrived here. .-,.'/
Interviewed regarding his recent explorations on the Ply River, he said the party ascended the river 530 miles: At one village they found the natives wearing cuirasses of thickly platted rattan cane as a shield against arrows. In addition to bows and arrows the natives earned weapons of egg-shaped stone and clubs with "long handles. At another place they witnessed evolu-, tions by disciplined men rarely seen in Papua. ; In the upper reaches of the river they found traces of gold, and Judge Murray thinks that if Sir -Rupert Clarke finds gold in payable quantities a rush will ensue and solve the present problem of the future settlement and development of the island.
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Northern Advocate, 7 May 1914, Page 9
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129FLY RIVER EXPLORATION. Northern Advocate, 7 May 1914, Page 9
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