NEW GUINEA.
"NOT A WHITE MAN'S COUNTRY." By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Received 17, 4.30 p.m. Sydney, January 10. Colonel Holmes with the balance of the First New Guinea expeditionary force, which was recently replaced, has returned and was warmly welcomed. Colonel Holmes speaks highly of the productiveness of the territory, but says it is not ;>, white man's country in the wet sea°on. lIMDBVELOPED TERRITORY. CANNIBALS IN THE INTERIOR. Received 18, 12.5 a.m. Sydney, January 17. Mr. Holmes states that only a fringe of the Gorman islands have been explored, and very little is known of the interior, which is inhabited by cannibal savages. Most of the cocoanut plantations arc in their infancy. Their present value is great, but in a few years it will bo enormous.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 188, 18 January 1915, Page 5
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125NEW GUINEA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 188, 18 January 1915, Page 5
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