NEW GUINEA.
DEVELOPMENT OF PLANTATIONS. AUCKLAND, August 28. A trip to New Guinea has just been completed by Dr and Airs A. S. Brewis, of Hamilton, who returned to New Zealand by the Afaheno this morning. They were greatly impressed with the development being made in the mandated territory. Dr Brewis stated that many reutrr.ed Australian soldiers had settled in New Guinea, and they were mostly engaged in the growing of coconuts. The plantations had increased termendously. So far as the gold mining areas were con cerned he was not able to give much information, except to say that in the vessel in which he returned to Sydney there were a number of young Australians who had been on the goldfields, and they seemed to be very flush of money, and drank nothing short of champagne. When the vessel on which they were travelling was anchored at one of the New Guinea ports three aeroplanes flew round the steamer, and they were afterwards informed that these were planes which were plying to the goldfields. The journey was accomplished in less than an hour by aeroplane compared with 14 days by road. The fare was £l4 a passenger, and freight was carried at Is per pound.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3886, 4 September 1928, Page 7
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