Dutch Activity In New
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Guinea
MR. T. L. Sefton, who has lived in Papua for nearly 30 years, and who is one of the best-known planters and traders there, arrived in Sydney on December 19, on furlough.
A statement made by Mr. Sefton to reporters, that Australia should try to take over Dutch New Guinea and thus exercise control over the whole island of New Guinea, was given con siderable prominence in the Sydney newspapers. Mr. Sefton’s argument, that very little has been accomplished by the Dutch authorities to develop their half of New Guinea, will be strongly contested by the Dutch people, who can truthfully say that, during the past three or four years, they have been even more active than the British in developmental entei prises of all kinds.
Miss Mavis Green, a trained nurse, has been accepted by the Methodist Mis sion for service in the Islands.