No More Land Available
pp. 25-26 · Read in the full issue
At Sogeri, Papua
From Our Own Correspondent
Pt. Moresby, Sept. 27
A T the request of the planting interests, the Government has recently investi gated the possibilities of the Sogeri Dis trict for further development. Three officers of the service made an extensive survey of the district and the hinterland beyond.
From their reports it appears that the area of land believed to be available for settlement has been exaggerated, and that there is very little suitable for development beyond two comparatively small areas used by the natives for their hunting grounds. Beyond these areas the country is rocky and precipitous, in some parts rising to a high wall of rock over which extend further rocky ranges.
Thus it would appear that further ex tension of development in the district is impractible.
Mr. A. S. Batty has joined the staff of the Ifi Ifi Government School, Samoa.
Rev. and Mrs. C. Woodhouse and Rev.
D. Taylor will arrive in Sydney from England by the Moldavia on October 26.
They will sail for Papua to join the New Guinea Mission by the next Montoro.