PAPUAN HOSPITALITY.
A CAUNCH PURSUED. , SAVAGES .MISS A.™MEAL. '; /IV TKLEGItAPH—PitESki ASSOCIATION—COPVUIGHT. ' Brisbane, April 25. Two venturesome settlers of Papua (Nq\v Guinea), named Buohanan and Carpenter, had. a thrilling . escape from cannibals.' They had penettated into a fertile valley,' little known oxcept that it was peopled' by savages. Both moil. received a -hostile reception, and fled dowli the river in their .launch, pursued by a hordo of frenzied Papuans.,' -' ' To , their dismay," tho fugitives found sixwar canoes' coming up the .stream; - 'These, however, turned out to 'bo friendly natives, attracted-by'tho warrcries of the wild tribes, and they rescued the two' men.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 182, 27 April 1908, Page 7
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100PAPUAN HOSPITALITY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 182, 27 April 1908, Page 7
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