A CANNIBAL FEAST.
PAPUAN ISLANDERS ANTICIPATE CHRISTMAS. By Cable.—Press Association —Copyright Received Dec. 24, 11.35 p.m. " Sydney, Dec. 24. The steamer Morinda brings news that-bush tribes .it Yule Island (Papua) invited a neighboring tribe to a feast and dance. After festivities the guests, in (he early hours nf'tile'morning, were 'returning to their homes when they were attacked on the 'mountain side with pears, axes, and clubs, being taken unawares. Between twenty-and- thirty men were killed, and the attackers carried off'the hodies and held a big eanni--Iml feast. The Morinrt.i landed a punitive party.
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Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1915, Page 2
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93A CANNIBAL FEAST. Taranaki Daily News, 27 December 1915, Page 2
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