TO DO OR DIE

Sun (Christchurch), Volume 1, Issue 13, 20 February 1914, Page 7

TO DO OR DIE

EXPEDITION FOR PAPUA; DRAMATIC ANtTOUNCfciIENT; ' By -. Cablets-Press :AißSOcfation.^Gcpyr.igM*, ,,, ■MELBOUiRNE, Sir' Rupert Clarke,. .the., sporting:, baronet, i & .organising, .an;, <p-> peditjoni, ,led &y ,himself „ ing* of J tb*ee other whjtes ,w ( ell ac<juain^ v ted with, the, territory and. twenty natives with a motor-bqat,, .to explore Papu^,.., ~' .-. ;.-'... ~ -;, ;;,,;.. '•;,., The expedition will start in and Sir Rupert aims at penetrating further inland did Riv.er expedition of 1890.' '..- t .•,.'.,'......' The party .will examine lands witii a view to developmental purposes and prospect for gold and precious stones.' It is hoped to discover new and rare birds and animals and establish friendlyrelations with the Natives. •" ,; . : Sir RUpert Clarke declared that' the expedition* =was going 'to do something '< or come to grief. ■■' ■■■■'■; > ' -■' ; ! f

:l [Papua, which, .since a9o6y. hae beei* 'the official, name fort New Guinea,.is the 'largest island on the globe with the ex'ceptiidn'of Australia, from. Which' it lies north:" Politically l! it is 'divided Wj ths> Netherlands, -OWi)? Germany, 'j(.N.EI), fand Great. Britain. (S.E.). ;, Its iinterion ,is mountainous though as yet comparatively .known of it.> A 'British 'u'ttder Captain' Ra&>> ;ling- in?' -ISIO, '. attempting to : rejfcfe pjrsteu/. Peak . ( t). in the -Swm~ .Mountains, discovered, a new ,race of, good-looking, and well prouor|tione*l. "Maiiy of the tribe's in the island', no mean* alii indulge in-head-hunting* and .cannibalism. ; ■,,,r Although t&ere pluvial gold, its mineral,wealth is; : as .•y«et "little explored. The 'flora resembles that; of the Malayan' Tslantf s, : but ? ; has aertain?. Australian'»a*d : •■'Alpine', for-mis.; ,is scanjty, &n&, £ompfl|Jßs chiefly p|, m^rßU^als,;-. i extremely nunierous. The■'.■Fly. .Mf^m ; .ilaijgest "navigable tie'' ai»d is in British torritily.] ' .'