READ HUNTERS RAID IN NEW GUINEA.
THE GOVERNMENT AGENT THREATENED. (per press association.) ■ Received January 9th, 1 a.m. Thursday Island, January 8. A tribe of head hunters have annihilated a village of forty uhabitants, and are preparing to take the next village, which is next to the residence of Mr Cameron, the Government Agent, whom they also threaten to attack. A force of constabulary has been sent from Port Moresby to protect Mr Cameron.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7756, 9 January 1891, Page 5
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