ESCAPE FROM GAOL
NEW GUINEA MYSTERY NATIVES BECOME FREE By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright MELBOURNE, Tuesday. Mystery surrounds a series of sensational happenings at Rabaul, New Guinea, in connection with the 16 natives who were charged with murdering two white prospectors in the Nakanai district. These natives were all under ar-“ rest, but last week the Federal Government received a report to the effect that 14 of them had escaped from gaol, that one was dead and one sick.
Inquiries for fuller details have so far met with no response, and the department is mystified. The gaol at Rabaul is In charge of a white officer, who has command of the native police.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 83, 29 June 1927, Page 1
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113ESCAPE FROM GAOL Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 83, 29 June 1927, Page 1
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