New Guinea Exploration

A PATROL, under Assistant District Officer Tailor, is'at present explor ing the region of New Guinea be tween Mt. Hagen and the border of Dutch New Guinea. Mr. Taylor reported on April 9 by radio-telephone that the party is camped at an altitude of 7,800 ft., in th,e vicinity of the headwaters of what is thought to be the Maramuni River, a tributary of the Yuat River, which flows into the Sepik. All mem bers of the party are well.