The New Guinea Massacre.
Thursday Island, May 8. The steamer Parua, which took the punitive force, has returned- from New Guinea, and confi ms the mass mre of the lie vs. Chalmers and Tomkins and their boat’s crow. Ail were killed and eaten and the b-at was broken up. Portions f the badiei were found in tho vicinity, but v/ere unrecogni-:ab ; e. The Governor and another punitive party at the scene were attacked bn landing. Fighting followed, and it is reported that thirteen natives wore killed.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 148, 11 May 1901, Page 3
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86The New Guinea Massacre. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 148, 11 May 1901, Page 3
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