MASSACRE OF NATIVES.
CABLE NEWS.
United Press Association—Bv Electric Telegraph Copyright,
Received March 26, 9.18 p.m. SYDNEY, March 26. The Island steamer brings news of a massacre of natives on the Admiralty Island. It appears that four natives went from their own island to an adjacent island to purchase food supplies. While bartering they were surrounded by bush natives, who hacked them to pieces with tomahawks.? The massacred men carried rifles, and it is believed that it was for the sake of these that they were butchered. , The German authorities are sending a punitive expedition to punish the natives. LABOUR RULE IN AUSTRALIA. MR KEIR HARDIE'S OPINION. NEW ZEALAND AN IDEAL STATE. Received March 26, 8.33 a.m. LONDON, March 25. Mr Keir Hardie, M.P., speaking at Plymouth, said Labour rule in Australia had won golden opinions. He considered New Zealand an ideal State, and next to New Zealand he thought South Australia the best field for emigration.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9050, 27 March 1908, Page 5
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157MASSACRE OF NATIVES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9050, 27 March 1908, Page 5
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