PAPUA & GERMAN NEW GUINEA
! SUGGESTED CROWN COLONY. By Telegraph—Brags Association—Copyright SYDNEY. July 9. Mr Meek, a New Zealander, wlio is returning from a visit to Papua, said the people of New Guinea favoured an alteration of the constitution by the creation of a Crown Colony consisting of Papua and. German New Guinea. In the latter country things were very unsettled. There was a noticeable absence of speculation of any kind, and a great scarcity of ready money. If the country remained British there would he a great opportunity for the investment of Australasian capital.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9092, 10 July 1915, Page 4
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