Archbold Expedition
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From Our Own Correspondent
Pt. Moresby, Aug. 25.
HPHE Ronald S. arrived at the base camp, formerly used by Oroville Co., a little above D’Albertis Junction on the Upper Fly on August 10, with Mr. Ward Williams’ mining party on board.
Members of the Archbold Expedition who had rafted down from the slopes of Mt. Blucher were already there and the Ronald S. left on her return journey with the Archbold party on August 13. Though Mr. Archbold returned to Daru, several members of his expedition proceeded to Lake Murray to make collections before they return to Daru and Port Moresby in September.
Pastor R. W. Lane, of the S.D.A. Mis sion at Suva, Fiji, arrived in Sydney by the August Mariposa.
Mr. E. A. Guigan, manager of the desiccating factory at Aroa in the Central Division of Papua, reached Sydney by the Macdhui in mid-August to join his wife and family who are spending holi days in Australia.