PAPUAN AFFRAY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2194, 6 July 1914, Page 5

PAPUAN AFFRAY

SOME FURTHER PARTICULAR. By Tflleirtoli-Press Atr>w , fltinn-r'oDiil u -ht Sydney, July K Further reports of tho Papuan affray in June last sh'nv tint tho native' had been in a turbulent state for some time, yi<\ Lad commuted an 1 nprovoked attae't upon Mr Villfan s, a phr.ter, jwien ho was cavine; a village in his iaMich. Tliey iiad also made -prcparaticnt. to murder tlie Rev. Mr. Butcher and his wife, of the- Louden Mission strtion.

In tonuection with tho fight, Mr, But"her accuses the Papi.iri poliee of wsntor excesses, especially ,'n regard to bayoneting a \onian'. Ho demands a full inquiry.

On Jrne 21. mws of an eticctfiter t'i« natn-s in Papua was ca'iled to the lederal Mini-,tiT for External A fairs iMr P. M. Glynn) ')y Hip AdriinU+ritor of Papua. It apnears thai members 01 the nnt'v" tribe at Tol-'kon River, reqiiirlr;; blood '.o thriitcn nfir canoe, nlinnr-d « ma -acre of the irn.atcs of the. iiiissinr," stat-on Tho iimelj ni-rivil of P.ttrol Ofiicor HorLart find the- 'natito j>)iic« ursH their nlan-. Light intending I,l'iders were killed in tho «kirmisli, end four rvi oners tf? taken. Liter, it vps -•tate-d that Herbert' l - party raidrd a rncM--1113 and ncro attacked witti' ati<" rli.l«. T,vo shots were fired O'er tho heads of tho na*i\os + c frie'ite> them. Some native po'ico vero loft olif«i<!e,\uul. vithnut crdtrs, opcrcd fire, beioie Mr. lTerbcit oiild stop them, ir»br*in«ii, twe bo;-, a s'ri, and a iroman bring -killed.