NEW HEBRIDES MURDERS.
TRADER AND CHILDREN.
CANNIBALISM INDICATED
Australian and N.Z. Cable ;' ssociation
(Received 1 a.m.* SYDNEY. August 21. The steamer Makambo brought news of a horrible massacre at the New Hebrides. A trader, R. J. Bridges, with his five children, was murdered by bush tribes. and the store looted. The indications aro that one child was eaten.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16314, 22 August 1916, Page 8
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58NEW HEBRIDES MURDERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16314, 22 August 1916, Page 8
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