Strange Cargo From Papua
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From Our Own Correspondent
Pt. Moresby, April 6.
PYTHONS, snakes, lizards and tree climbing kangaroos left Port Moresby by the Macdhui in March for Sydney. They had been collected by Rev. O. G. Parry, of Lawes College, Fife Bay, in the East of Papua, for the Toronga Park Zoo.
The pythons were huge and appeared to have no qualification beyond that of mere size, but the snakes of a vivid green colour were remarkably beautiful. The lizards were unusual, as were also the tree climbing kangaroos, which are small and of a rich brown colour.
Mr. S. G. Knibbs, Commissioner of Lands and Crown Surveyor in the British Solomon Islands, accompanied by Mrs.
Knibbs. left Sydney for England on fur lough by the Moreton Bay on April 24.