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The other day a couple of
men decided to go and see how
things were in New Guinea. Here
are extracts from their revealing
report:.
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begin by finding I have lost
my glasseS, but eventually they
are found on the- nose ot—a
a native, wito is stumbling around
beehtise he cannot see through
them. Next day, woken at 5;30
a4n., the radio filters.through: 'I
Will make you fishers Of men.'
Cross a river on a slippery log
with a .drop of 30.. feet to the
40' rocks and roaring waters below.
• I mustn't 'look down, but I am
incapable of looking anywhere
else. I slip and fall between the
fork of a log. A guide -carrier
helps me across and from that
time on I hold more men's hands
in a week than I have held in five
^ years. The carrier's legs are
• running blood from the leech
wounds. I wonder what leeches
- live on in the off season. The
' carriers have their fun when they
cut down a tree to burn and it
falls on two of their number:
0 Everybody. falls about laughing.
Another nine miles to go and I
am dead tired-, so I have a small
boy walk beside me, to pick me
up when I fall.
",September 5th. At 7 a.tp.
the whole ground flutters before
my eyes. It is completely
covered with brilliant black and
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to •„
yellOw butterflies which'. open
and close their wings. A l'olgalga
Man Comes into camp at IA 14M.
They are still practising -
'
Cannibals and ate two of their
number three -months ago. They
were short .of food, but their
'lunches' • •were,2 unpopular
anyway,, They are muscular
people and wear droopy'
Napoleonichat-wigs made of.
human hair; dogs' teeth
necklaces and .G-strings,
decorated with shells and beads.
The native police. stand by With„
rifles, just in. case anyOne
becomes hungry! That1 night I '
Couldn't .sleep, Wit finally
dreamed that I was a trout in,
restaurant tank Waiting for a
cannibal to spear me. When I -
crept outside to look, there was
a steady stream of fireflies in a
glowing green clOud, coming
from a hollow log. ,
"September 6th. Raggiani
birds of Paradise play 'in the
trees. They have irridescent
gr,een faces, yellow necks, brown
bodies and brilliant salmon pink
plumes. They may be legally
hlinted only with spears and
arrows. One of the policemen
shoots one, a beautiful bird, six
years old. He will end up as a
brown and yellow fly whisk in
the Mount Hagen market. The
sun is very hot and the track is
studded with lumps of white
limestone sticking up like
tombstones, Along the edges are
tail spikes of. violet orchida and
pitcher plants with flowers a
foot long.* In one flower is a
halklissolved spider, struggling
in a Pool of digestive juices at
the bottom of the flower: The
,.Strickland Li one of the, great,
rivers of'New Guinea and we
; wash from" an, outcrop of rock
which overlooks the Strickland
Gorge. There are whirlpools; the
basic tactic. for negotiating
which is to drive at them and
burst through the centre. To try
to . go around is to be 'sucked
doh. " the other:side of the
• river a sheer white limestone
cliff rises• hundreds of feet to a
plateati. Here the mysterious
Hewa people live. They too, are
)very aggressive cannibals and
only two villages have ever been
.visited. ,
"`September 7th. . The
Poraiaga women sell us kau-kau
(sweet "potato). The natives live
almost entirely on it and roast it
on hot stones. They eat • 30
pounds a day on" the march and
• get all their food needs from it:
An Australian .scientist
announces, while we are in New.
Guinea, that he has found. that
colonies of rare bacteria live in
the stomachs of the Highland
people, which. turn the kau-kau
into •protein they cannot get •
blue, bays. TOday, one of the
bays is lined with stinking
rotting hulks, hihabited by poor
natives. The population of Port
—Moresby, -46,000, _three_
Aparters black. They -come from
all • over the territory and find
themselves trapped by low • -
wages, unemployment • and
simple pride which prevents ,
them from 'returning home to
admit they have failed. Port
Moresby and New Guinea were
hardly known to the Australians
• before the war,' when the
'Japanese began to Push south. .
• New Guinea. became the great
. bulwark against the Yellow Peril,
• whiCh meant the Chinese and
Indonesians. •The Australian
government • still, ‘pours • 100
million dollars a Five -Year
• Plan, but the new administration
is headed by a man with no
, interest in New Guinea until he
was appointed Minister for Crop insurance protects you against the hazards of a
from any. other solae. We pa
the women In- salt . which Is.
great mrityk Later In the day a ;
POP -cell= shoots a cassowary
bird and - the 'natives- prepare
for eating, 'testing out its wing
quills with their teeth, ripping
out the feathers for ornament
The bird is the- size of small
emu and weighs 40 pounds.
They gut it; split open -the thighs
with sharp bamboo, wrap it in
ferns and banana leaves, and
cook it on hot stones. It tasks
like fresh beef. One ,of the men
tell a us that you cook a human
being rn exactly" the same Way.
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, "September 9th. Passi Man
wearing a yellow ball•point pen
through his nose and a bundle ,of
leaves. I say `mambo' to a man
covered in thick mud (to ,keep
him warm) and a small boy
wearing nothing but a pair of
bright ochre •spectacles painted
on his face. Another man "is
wearing a trouser zipper round
hia forehead, a ,..coating of pig
grease on his body' and very little
else. Further on we ,pass two
men carrying -a long pole over
their shoulders. Hanging from
the middle of the pole is an old
lady in a string bag. She has a
stiff. neck and they are taking
her to the mission for, treatment,
there being no ambulance service
in these parts. Du.nais a Very
soPhiaticated language.
tonal like, Chinese. The Weru
Means at one speech level
and 'take' at ant;ither. . The
housebor" told to ;VII 1.1chicken -
and put it in the refngeratoef
• merely plucked it and put it
naked into the 7efrigerat or
• where it Was found bine with
,cold.' The missionaries in New
Guinea are probably the best
• argument for , Christianity
around at the pres6nt time. `rimy
•teach the people'," learn' their .
languages and eitst9Msa and even
treat them like human beings.
They have , an uneasy
relationship' With officialdom,
because in places like.'
Bougainville, they advise the
people how to stand up for their
rights. 'The adininistrator, Mr.
Hay, is wearing yards of ribbons
and ti gold lace collar, and
doesn't look half as decorative as
the natives who run to yellow
faces, red wigs,and liberal coats
of pig grease. They look on in
amazement as Mr. Hay inspects a
police guard of honor. We fly off
• pondering that it is too late for
'them to learn."
with 500,stW a the universi
and 1,51000 cliildrOn high
school in a country or two
rnillion, The AuSimalians' will
than -ten -yaw and
there wdn't*,he anyone capable
of taking over,
. The- Army,modelled on the
• Gurkhas, has a current ,strength •
of 3,00.0 men, with 600
Australian officera and non
corns, Conditioneare' very good;
the ,recruit is encouraged to
think for ,himself as a member of
an elite. corps, The army is the
one unified force in the country,
which ,. breliks down tribal
barriers. There is no other
'unified group which a politician
could use as a power base, the
concept of unity being quite
foreign to New Guinearts who
PORT MORESBY
• Port Moresby was once very
beautiful, with fine. off -shore'
islands, a coral reef and clear
have been brought up as tribes,
isolated from one another by the
geography. •There are 500
distinct languages • spoken, • a
sixth of. all go languages in the
world. •No trade unions and
• really only one effective political
party. The main hope for the
country lies in the University of
Papua and New Guinea, from
which the first. 500 graduates
will emerge in 1971. In a
country with only •four
graduates and a respect for
learning, any native will be
assured of a good job.
The most talented student is
Leo Hannett, . a young
Bourgainyillean, . who. doesn't
think his country is ready for
independence yet, but thinks
'BQMO Rule must con* 00011,
with Australia carrying. on
defence and foreign I)011eYe
•Hamlett ' believes-- eivilliAtion--.
must .be t#100 to the villages,
rather than placing schools and'
hospitalk in towns, since every.'
man' is a 14adowner and:bbra to'
village life. The New .aaineans
are not used to r white mans'
luxuries and would not'ohject to
grass - huts for schools and
medical, services, which offer jusy
bare essentials. r
You cannot help thinking
these 'cannibals' have a, more
realistic outlook on their
economy an some reputedly
'civilized' peoples, who have also
been brought as tribes.
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Pants, which began as part of,
• the anti -Establishment .fashion
mood, apparently are heading
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this spIng and summer. •
They are all over the place,
and some of the prettiest ones
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fresh. They are everything and
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The secret is' a whole new -
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Ray Paynter,
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External Territories. •
• The early administrators ere - • bad year — the weather, plant diSease and itiseql.
true pioneers, risking their lives
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to pacify. warring, tribes;
exploring _unknown coltntry and
living arnong cannibals. Now the
natives have changed, but the
•-officials-have-not.-New„ GuinPa. is
• -not ready for independence
now, but official arrogance may
antagonize the 'people to the
and - point where they -might vote for
. 'It too soon. The editor of the
'New Guinea', the best magazine'
• about the territory, says he
cannot see, how New Guinea can
avoid turning' into a South
- Pacific • slum, • if the
• Administration --carries on with
itsCurrent policies. -
• The Australians ' never
established a • native
adminigtrative 'class who -could
run the country. There are only
four native university ,graduates.. -
in the country at the moment,
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