ON PAPUAN HEIGHTS.
BRITISH EXPLORERS' FEAT. By T«leiraph—PrcßS ABtoclation-Oopyricht (Rec. June 23, 8.55 p.m.) Sydney, Jnne 23. Advico has been received that Dr. Wollaston's expedition to New Guinea (sent out under the auspices of tho British Museum and other bodies) has succeeded in scaling tho great snow-clad-mountains on the Dutch portion of the island, which had never previously been surmounted. Tho party climbed Mount Carstenz (13,000 feet), tho highest point, pioneered by 4 a friendly tribe of littlo hillmen hitherto unknown to civilisation. The party endured many privations and secured an excellent collection of ornithological and othor specimens, as well as a quantity of scientific data.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1784, 24 June 1913, Page 5
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106ON PAPUAN HEIGHTS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1784, 24 June 1913, Page 5
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