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CAPTAIN HURLEY’S PARTY. VALUABLE EXPLORATIONS. By Telesrraph Press Assn.—Copyright (Received February 5, 8.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, February 5. Captain Frank Hurley’s party has returned from a visit to Papua, where he accomplished a lot of valuable' exploration work. With the assistance of a couple of aeroplanes they secured a fine ethnological collection, ' intending to present it to the Australian Museum at Sydney, but were not allowed by the Administrator to ship it from Port Moresby, on the ground that allegedly certain irregularities had occurred in securing articles from the natives.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11437, 6 February 1923, Page 6
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91FROM PAPUA New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11437, 6 February 1923, Page 6
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