NEW GUINEA DEATHS.
Report to Australia of Five Murders. HEADS HANDED OVER. (Received 10.30 a.m.) CANBERRA, this day. An investigation of a raid by natives on the village of Mogomotei, in the Sepik River district of New Guinea early in the year revealed that a man, three women and two children have been killed and decapitated. This information is contained in an official report received by the Prime Minister's Department. A patrol officer arrested the tribesmen alleged to be responsible for the murders. One native was wounded and died. Other natives reluctantly handed over the heads of the murdered persons.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 147, 23 June 1934, Page 9
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100NEW GUINEA DEATHS. Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 147, 23 June 1934, Page 9
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