Mr. Jack Hides

A hectic month has been spent in Syd ney by Mr. Jack Hides. He has lectured to all sorts and conditions of societies, given many radio “talks,” and been entertained by a wide variety of luncheon clubs. He must be very sick and tired of telling the story of his successful patrol across the hitherto unknown cen tral plateau, and of the new types he found there. Mr. O’Malley, also, has been much in the limelight.

Mr. Hides had the courage to say that he thought the missionaries should keep out of the new country, until they were called upon to protect the primitive tribes against the inevitable invasion of Euro pean “civilisation.” Whereupon, Mr.

Hides was attacked by some rather noisy exponents of Christianity. Very wisely, he did not enter into a controversy.

Mr. M. Harper, a well-known trader and recruiter of Mandoliana Island, Solo mon Islands, visited New Guinea at the end of August. In September he was the guest of Messrs. J. Avenell and F. Cook, of Sunshine Gold Development Co., at Bulwa on the Morobe goldfield. Miv Harper intends later to go to Hongkong.

Mr. Hides with Nambu, the one friendly native whom he met in the heart of the Tari Furoro district, Central Papua. Nambu guided the patrol to the source of the Waga River, and in the direction of civilisation.