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Papua
P. Moresby, Aug.
THIRTY years ago, C. E. I Poole reported very good si of timber, mainly hardv around the coastal end of Hydrographers Range, on the n east coast of Papua,” said or Port Moresby’s older business to me to-day. “As far as I t it never has been made use o fact, I think it will be found there is much timber, that n< valuable and well worth develo in the Northern District.”
Because it is a little off the b( tracks, the north-east coasi Papua has been neglected by big business and small settler; too long. In climate and reso' it is as good as anything in Dual Territory. The Admini tion seems ready to do some velopmental win d o w-dressin could not do wrong if it prod a plan for the encouragemer worthwhile private enterprise this Cinderella District. There considerable areas of Crown available there; a large and al untapped reservoir of good lat and, in places, a soil that stre favours cocoa.—R.W.R.