PAPUA.
MASSACRE OF NATIVES. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Sydney, December 1/. The mission steamer brings news of a native massacre at Abau, Papua. A gang, headed by a notorious chief, raided several villages and murdered the natives wholesale. The band then attacked the camp of a prospector named Arnold, who, after a desperate fight, drove off the attackers, killing one. and wounding three. Parties of native police attempted to surround the raiders, and killed and wounded two. The police escaped. A punitive party has been despatched.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 181, 18 December 1912, Page 7
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86PAPUA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 181, 18 December 1912, Page 7
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