WIPING OUT THE BLACKS.
A MISSIONARY'S STORY. BACK IN THE 'SIXTIES, L (Received 12.35 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. In connection with the Rev. Mr. Watson's statements regarding the slaughter of blacks in the Northern Territory, the Minister for Home Affairs does not believe that there is any foundation for the statements, and is making inquiries.
Dr. Gilruth is positive that nothing like what Mr. Watson alleges occurred during his or Mr. Watson's experiences in the Northern Territory.
The Superintendent of Aboriginal Settlements thinks that Mr. Watson must have been referring to the early sixties, when the blacks killed a number of whites, following which the blacks were outlawed and shot down promiscuously.
At the Methodist Conference last week Mr. Watson, misisoner to the aborigines in the Northern Territory, declared he had stood in compounds where blacks were driven, and men, women, and chilohildren shot down. We spoke of the atrocities of There were men in some districts in the Northern Territory with the same instincts. Scattered and raided by these white devils, whole communities were wiped out.
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 71, 24 March 1919, Page 5
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