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Guinea
GOLD Mines of New Guinea, NL, re ceived cabled advice at the end of March from Mr. J. G. Coldham, the company’s engineer in New Guinea, that the low average values in the Bena River boreholes give no encouragement to con tinue operations in this area.
Directors are now giving consideration to the best method of handling the option obtained over the Timum River property.
A final decision is being deferred until Mr. Coldham returns to Australia within the next few months.
Professor A. Guillaumm of Paris, in a talk he recently gave at the Institut Francais d Oceanic, Noumea, said that the New Caledonian flora was exceptionally rich in indigenous plants—Bo per cent, were special to the country. Guillaumin is professor at the Paris Natural History Museum, and the world’s chief authority on the Colony’s fauna. After his talk Dr.
Baumann, a botanist from the University of Basle, Switerland, showed a series of films of New Caledonian plants. Euro pean and American scientists are taking an increasing interest in the island since the war.