Notable N. Guinea
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Patrol
From Purari to Headwaters of Sepik
r:E notable patrol, under the com mand of Mr. J. Taylor, which has gone right through the centre of unknown New Guinea, from the Purari tablelands, via Mt. Hagen, to the head quarters of the Sepik River, is now near ing completion.
On January 4, the New Guinea Gov ernment’s schooner “Sirius” sailed from Rabaul for the Sepik River; and she is under instructions to proceed up the Se pik River, a distance of 300 miles, to a point near the Dutch border, where the October River junctions with the Sepik.
There the schooner will meet Mr. Taylor and the members of his expedition and will bring them back to civilisation.
The expedition, in its march across to the headwaters of the Sepik, has kept in contact with Rabaul by means of a teleradio set, and it is known that the expedition generally is well and that it has carried out some very useful ex ploration work. It will be remembered that at one period it ran short of sup plies and, by means of teleradio, an areo plane was able to go out into the un known country, find the expedition, and drop supplies by parachute.
The voyage of the “Sirius” in going 300 miles up this great New Guinea river is in itself a remarkable achieve ment.