A NEW GUINEA TRAGEDY.
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BRISBANE, April 22.
The Home Secretary has received a | message from the Hon. John Doug-, las, Special Commissioner for New Guinea, covering a message from the Government Resident. He gives the scene of the supposed massacre as Caoribata Island, at the mouth of the Aird River. The party landed, intending to return to the mission schooner in half-an-hour, but have not been seen since. Later in the day the schooner was surrounded by a fleet of cauoes. The natives' removed all the food, clothes and tools, but did not touch the crew. The schooner cruised about till the following day, and then left for Port Moresby. Mr. Douglas adds that there is a possibility that the missionaries are still prisoners in the hands of the natives, but this would not be in accordance with their habits. Still it is difficult to account for the fact that when they looted the schooner the crew were not touched. The list of those supposed to be murdered is: The Rev. James Chalmers, the Rev. 0. F. Tomkins, a half-caste named James Walker, a chief of the Kavas tribe, and nine coloured mission students.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 95, 23 April 1901, Page 5
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196A NEW GUINEA TRAGEDY. Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 95, 23 April 1901, Page 5
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