THE NEW HEBRIDES.
EX-MURDERERS AND CANNIBALS. A TERRIBLE INDICTMENT. By Cable-—Press Association—Copyright. Sydney, May 13. At a, foreign mission meeting in connection with thi* Presbyterian Assembly, the Rev. F. L'aton, describing the New Hebrides mission, said the elders of the church therv were mostly ex-murderers, and in the congregation all the old men had been cannibals. Many had buried their children alive. Tribal murders were still common, and they had to h"ild a stone wall round the mission, which they called the City of Refuge. Melbourne. May 13. Mr. Fisher, referring to the Rev. F. Paton's statement, said it was evident «ome action wouid have to lie taken for Australia to get into closer touch with the Government of the Now Hebrides. It was impossible at present to say winch was the best direction to take ioti, but in the near future it would become necessary lo make a definite move.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 302, 14 May 1913, Page 5
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151THE NEW HEBRIDES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 302, 14 May 1913, Page 5
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