NEW GUINEA MASSACRE.
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Brisbane, April 30. The tribe responsible for the missionaries’ murder at New Guinea numbers eight hundred warriors. A large search party, protected by military, will place the truth of the massacre beyond doubt. The Premier Btates that the question -of a punitive party, if the necessity for punishment arises, is a matter for the Admiral. Tho warsliip Phoebe, en route to Sydney, has been ordered from Townsvillo to ' New Guinea, to enquire into the massacre of missionaries.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 95, 1 May 1901, Page 2
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