RECRUITERS.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14907, 4 March 1914, Page 9

RECRUITERS.

MAKE GANXIBAJj FEAST. A SEW HEBRIDES SAPPSSISQ. (B? Gahie.— Yrtzs Aseeefantiaa.—CopTiisfctJ SYDNEY, Maiefe 3. News has been *6eeire4 f?ea JfeuHH?a of the nuissacre ef three ©f the cretr ef the ketch Guadeloupe br natives of the kland ef SJakkula, ia tie New Hehrisies. The ketch xras go a> recruiting trip, and when the men landed, the iiaiircs immediate]/ attacked them. After killing the three sea the natives prepared ami cooked the bodies, asd held a cannibal feast tr. the spot. Meantime the captain ef the ketch became uneasy at the noD'appearam* cf the men, and resolved to land him* self and ascertain the reason of the delay. Bo soon as ho got ashore and started up tbo beach he wan mot by a volley fired bj the satires, who were awaitintc hint Lβ ambush. Tho captaiji hurriedly scrambled back t) the boat and eucccedad in reaching it unhurt.

'Hoc natives left their carer and made a wild rush to intercept him.

Mojo shots were fired, but the boat was poshed rapidly off, and the captain got away safely, and as soon as possible reported what had happened to his men.

Malekula, variously spelled Malicolo and Maliikollo, is one of the New Hebrides, with n length of 69 miles, and an area, of 875 square miles. Since the daye of Cook its natives have been noted for their fierceness. It is weil watered, fertile, densely woodetf. and with about 10.000 inhabitants.