Rebellious Natives
FIGHTING IN NBW BRITAIN. (PEB PBESS A8800IATION). Sydney. November 17. The Secretary of the Australian Methodist Missions has received intelligence from New Britain that serious fighting has taken place on the island. The ohief announced that he had discovered a charm rendering its wearers bullet-proof, and large numbers of the natives bought the charms, and then banded together to destroy the Government and the settlement of Herbertsloh. Nearly a thousand natives waited for attack, but the Government officials decided to attack first, and four engagements ensued at hot intervals. About forty natives were killed, whilst the Government lost only one man— a native policeman, ' When the mail left, the natives , were preparing to continue the fight. , Jn the last engagement the (Joy- • Brnment men were in a dangerous position, being for some time com- J pletely surrounded. 1
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 120, 18 November 1893, Page 2
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140Rebellious Natives Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 120, 18 November 1893, Page 2
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