NATIVE TREACHERY
(Press. Assr
massacre in papua CANOE PARTY ATTACK CAMPERS AFTER MAKING FRIENDLY OVERTURES WOMEN'S LEADING PART
i. — By Telegraph — Copyright).
Rec. Dec. 6, 5.5 p.m. PAPUA, Sunday. A native canoe party^on the Fly River met others encamped on the riverside and signalled that they wanted to barter for tobacco and mix with the campers. The women in the caoes distributed tomahawks among their men who attacked the others savagely. A police patrol has gone to the scene.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 90, 7 December 1931, Page 6
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