NEW GUINEA.
GHASTLY’ PROCEEDINGS. MURDER AND CANNIBALISM. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Sydney, Dec. dO. News from New Guinea gives a gloomy picture of the drought there. The natives are in great straits for food. They are living on roots. Dysentery is prevalent. Some natives have been eating dead bodies. A number of murders is reported. In one instance the bodies of a couple of prospectors were found. One man was pinned to the ground with a pick driven through the skull.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 707, 31 December 1902, Page 2
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