Chimbu Area
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New Guinea Government’s Influence Extended
From Our Own Correspondent WAU, Nov. 4.
THE station gardens on the Ega and Goromei police posts in the Chimbu area have been vastly improved. These have not only increased the native food supply, but reduced the general expenditure of the posts, which, on account of aerial freights, is high.
Generally, the supervision of these gar dens is left to the native police, the white officers’ time being fully employed in ex tensive patrols throughout the area. As a result of successful Administration patrols a more satisfactory degree of influence has been established, especially among the Chimbu tribes.
The overland route between the Ramu post and the Chimbu has been made more secure by the reopening of the base camp at Bena Bena. Mails are now carried regu larly each week by native police between Ramu and Bena Bena and the track which connects those two centres has been im proved and completed.
Great improvement has been noticed at the Ramu post in the relations with natives. A considerable amount of atten tion still has to be given the district, and the country lying between it and the Chimbu before peaceful and reasonable con ditions prevail.
The European population continues to increase on the Upper Watut, where miners and prospectors are extending their opera tions. Natives there are gradually being brought under control and there is practic ally no trouble, their relations with pros pectors being quite satisfactory.
The Administration has kept in constant touch with the Kuku Kukus in order to establish good feeling and confidence with the advancing mining community. Miners and their mining labourers are slowly developing relations of mutual confidence with natives of the district.