Huge Area Provisionally

Goes to Syndicate

IN the Papua and New Guinea Gazette of March 3, the Com missioner of Land Titles, in a “Notice Listing Provisional Orders,” announced that “Waria Syndicate or—(a) Heinrich Rudolph Wahlen; (b) Julius Wahlen; (c) The partner ship or firm known as M. M. War burg & Co.; or id) the partnership or firm known as F. Rosenstern & Co., as partners or members of the partnership or firm known as the Waria Syndicate” were “provision ally declared to be entitled on the appointed date (February 14, 1955) to interests provisionally re-estab lished”; and ttie land so “provision ally” allotted is “South-eastern section District of Morobe, from the water-shed of the Francisco River to the border of the Territory of Papua, and from the water-shed of the Tauri River to the said border.”

The Tauri River runs to the Papuan Gulf immediately to the west of the Lakekamu River.

A glance at the map shows that this is a substantial area of country —over 3,000 square miles, westward of the coast, between Salamaua and the Papuan border and south ward of the Bulolo district. The Waria River runs through the southern section of it. Although it is supposed to be reasonably good country, and it has a good port (Morobe) it has never-been developed and settled by Europeans.

[?] avellers per SOOCHOW in February, to right: [?] rs. Arthur Reynolds, with Jane and [?] en, returned to Madang, where Mr. [?] lolds is attached to Commonwealth [?] ks Department. [?] rs. G. Hunt, formerly of Fiji and [?] Iti, made the round trip from Sydney few Guinea. [?] rs. J. Soczynski, and Rostyk (centre), [?] welled by her sister Mrs. Gillan (right) daughter Janice, when she returned [?] adang after vacation.