PAPUAN EXPLORATION.
AX AI'STRALIAX PARTY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 10, 0.0.i p.m. Melbourne, February 19. .Sir Rupert Clarke is organising an expedition led by himself, and consisting of three other whites well acquainted with the territory, and twenty natives, in a motor boat to explore Papua. He starts in May. Sir Rupert aims at penetrating further inland than Mctiregor's Fly River expedition in 1880, to examine lumla ivitli a view to development aiulCprospecting for gold and precious stones. He hopes to"discover new rare birds and animals, and to establish friendly relations with the natives. Sir Rupert declares that ho is going to do something or come to grief.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 199, 20 February 1914, Page 5
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108PAPUAN EXPLORATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 199, 20 February 1914, Page 5
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