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ETHNOLOGIST’S PLANS RESEARCH WORK IN DUTCH NEW GUINEA NEW YORK, Nov. 2. Speaking at Berkeley (California), Professor Matthew Stirling, ethnologist attached to the Smithsonian Institution, declared that the failure of the two previous expeditions attempting the penetration of Dutch New Guinea arouses no apprehension in his Ynind, as he is prepared to combat the causes of failures, namely, tropical fevers and hostile natives, by the use of an airplane. Professor Stirling and party leave San Francisco on November 12 aboard the Vamburen. A supply base will be established on the south coast of New Guinea while the airplane is being reassembled. The Dutch Government will provide a military escort. Professor Stirling expects to stay in New Guinea for six months, studying the pygmies and collecting hitherto unknown species of animal and plant life.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19446, 4 November 1925, Page 10
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