PAPUAN PUZZLE
There Avas a great commotion in one Papuan village Avhen the local gossip, eyes a-rcll, tore home Avith an incredible yarn:—-"Blaek-iboy—he cat alonga Avhite Tabauda allatime. Him not talk Mo'tu. Him not belonga us. Mebbe he sees us in dark. Mebbe Ave not go near him. Mebbe he black Jap, huh?" What thej' had seen was an aboriginal member of the Australian forces, uniformed with rifle and bayonet, standing off from the local lads Avith supreme dignity.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 83, 27 July 1942, Page 5
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79PAPUAN PUZZLE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 83, 27 July 1942, Page 5
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