NATIVE RISING IN GULF OF CARPENTARIA
PRESBYTERIAN MISSIONARY i KILLED. (Kcc. November 5, 10 p.m.) . i Brisbane, November' 5. : A general rising of tho natives lias occurred at Mornington Island, in tne Gulf of Carpentaria. It is reported that ■ tho Presbyterian mission was besieged ■ for ten days. The Rev. Robert Hall was - shot dead. His assistant, Welter Owens, i was wounded, but escaped m the mission , boat with the wives and children, untt i reached Burkotown.-Prcss Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 36, 6 November 1917, Page 5
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