The New Guinea Massacre.
Buisb.vei, April 92. The Home secretary liars received a infringe tVom Mi' John !)ouel;>s, special commissioner at \ r ew Guinea, covering a mess.ige from the Government Resident, who the scene of the supP'lned massacre to be Caorbala Island, at the mouth of the Ami river. The party landed, intending to return to the mission sehoonor in h ian hour, and in.ve not been seen since. Late in the day the schooner was surrounded by a fleet of canoes, and the natives removed all the food, clothes and tools, but the crew were untouched. The schooner cruised about till the following day, and qhen left for Port Moresby. Mr Douglas adds that there is a possibility still that the prisoners in Ihe hands of the natives, but is not in accordance with their habits. It is still diiiicult to account for the fact, that when they looted the schooner the crew were u uouehed. The list of those supposed to be murdered is:—Revs. Chalmers and Tomkins, a half caste named James Walker, chief of the Kavas tribe, and nine coloured mission students.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 141, 25 April 1901, Page 3
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185The New Guinea Massacre. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 141, 25 April 1901, Page 3
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