Geological Survey In NG
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Highlands
A GEOLOGICAL survey is being; made of an area between Mt., Hagen and the Chimbu, in the 1 New Guinea Highlands, which con tains perhaps the oldest sedi mentary rocks in the Territory.
The survey was started two years! ago by Mr. F. K. Rickwood, for the Commonwealth Bureau of Mineral] Resources, but since then he has; joined the staff of the Sydney Uni versity as senior lecturer ini Palaeontology.
He returned to the Territory* early in January to resume the; survey, and expects to complete it by March. At one time he was om the geological staff of the Aus tralian Petroleum Company.