MURDERED BY NATIVES.
(Received September 7, 10.15' a.m.)
PERTH, September 7. , Stockmen named James Thompson and George Shoesmith, and a native boy, were murdered by natives while asleep on a stock route in the North Murichison district. They left Hall's Creek for Wiluna with cattle in January last. The remains were found partially buried in a shallow grave. Their skulls were fractured, and they had been otherwise maltreated. A punitive party is organising.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10415, 8 September 1911, Page 7
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73MURDERED BY NATIVES. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10415, 8 September 1911, Page 7
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