Melbourne Party To Seek
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Gold And Timber
SEEKING gold and timber on some of the small and seldom visited islands around Papua and New Guinea, an expedi tion will shortly leave Melbourne in a 75ft. steam launch for those territories.
It is reported that the party will be headed by Mr. C. Chapman, who recently disposed of his mining interests in Central Australia in order to join the syndicate.
A small company with £lO,OOO capital (2,000 shares of £5 each) has been floated.
The expedition will be away for three months and will take a cinematograph record of the places visited. The vessel will be fitted with wireless.
Mr. O. E. Probys, of Thursday Island, has resigned from Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co. Ltd. to join his wife and child in Sydney.