GERMAN NEW GUINEA.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 13701, 7 June 1912, Page 5

GERMAN NEW GUINEA.

REPORT OF EXPLORING PARTY. Press Association.—Telegraph.—-Copyright BRISBANE, June (f. The steamer Siar has arrived from (Jerman New Obinoa.' She brings into resting details of the; exploration of the River .Kaisexia A' large, FA sty, under I)r. Stofln,..while searching fop gold and btlier ininoral's, and studying ’the habits and ' customs df ' the' natives J: of \ Siar, travelled 240 miles hpi Jhe rivet without once touching bottom. At the narrowest it is 40fl metres and at the widest 2000 metres across. There are many remark* able features. The river abounds in all sbrls. of birds, and there arc huge alligators. The party has spent three months there, and experts to spend twelve months in exploring. They have built fortifications round their camps for protection against tho natives, who are described as being big and of fine physique. They were hostile, and made several attacks on the outposts, with the result that a number of the attackers were killed.