SHOOTING OF BLACKS
POLICE' OFFICERS CRITICISED. (Australian Press Association)', (United Service.) (Received this dav at? llzHtah.')?/ ADELAIDE. .January 1?. During cross-examination of Constable Murray, the' Chairman'ifiF'tJie hoard inquiring into the killing of thirty-one blacks in central Australia strongly criticised the casualness with which the police reports treated the taking of the blacks lives. -Murray's superior at Alice Springs, Sergt. Noblet, was, submitted to a raking cross-examination by the chairman. He admitted he had not verified -Murray’s report. He said he had no record of the names of the blacks killed, as he did not think it was necessary. The Board then examined William Morton, who bora a scar extending from the top of his head to his ne’e]?, evidence of how he nearly lost his life when the natives attacked him. A party of searchers who ldft Kokatalii earlier in the week reported this afternoon from Lake Coleridge tliht they had reached Glbntover Station but had not found any trace of the missh% lads. \ *
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1929, Page 5
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164SHOOTING OF BLACKS Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1929, Page 5
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