NEW GUINEA.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11703, 1 November 1905, Page 5

NEW GUINEA.

Some Important Reoommenda-

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Press Association.— Telegraph.— Copyright.

Received November' 1, 10.0 a.m. MELBOURNE, November 1. The secretary df the : Department of External Affairs, as- the result of a visit to New Guinea, recommends that an addi 1 tional subsidy of .£SOOO & year be granted, with the view of policing the extensive areas outside of Government influence; and that or development purposes a capital fund of ,£300,000, to be advanced at the rate of ,£15,000 annually, be provided. He suggests that some' preference be given "" to New Guinea products, amending land \ laws, and the development of the mining industry, and says that New Guinea's future lies in agriculture, 1 and 1 with development it will become a valuable possession;