“Mystical Papua”
p. 39 · Read in the full issue
THE Sydney Sun of February 22 is * responsible for the following piece of bilge.
The Swedish film company Svensk Filmindustri proposes to send an expedi tion of film directors, photographers, technicians, etc., to make films of the “dangerous regions of New Guinea.” It proposes to go to places “inhabited by cannibals and not yet explored by any white expedition. By means of native canoes propelled by detachable motors they will penetrate along the rivers into the mystical Papua to film the famous headhunters. It is hoped that the travel lers will be assisted by British patrols.”
By the time the expedition gets past the New Guinea and Papua ordinances which forbid entry into the uncontrolled areas, and has entered “mystical Papua” and the district of the headhunters, very large quantities of water will have flowed under innumerable bridges.
Mr. R. A. Vivian, Resident Magistrate
at Kerema, Gulf Division, Papua, arrived
in Sydney on leave by the Montoro on February 18. Mr. C. H. Karius, formerly at Cape Nelson, is now relieving at Kerema until Mr. Vivian comes back.