THE NEW HEBRIDES MASSACRE.
DETAILS OF THE TRAGEDY, Australian-N.Z. Cable Association. > Sydney, August -2'2. Details of the massacre of the Bridges family at Pautu show that the family, of whom the eldest ehi'd wa'' twelve years of age, was at supper -when they ■Here attacked. The bodies of Bridges.; and four children were battered almost beyond recognition. The fifth- child was carried into the bush. The indications ate that the natives first killed Bridges. His native wife and another child were absent at the time of the tragedy, which is stated to be the result of a long period of weak administration of native matters.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1916, Page 2
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105THE NEW HEBRIDES MASSACRE. Taranaki Daily News, 23 August 1916, Page 2
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