MURDERS IN NEW GUINEA
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(United Press .Association.—Copyright.) ..(Received 12th January, 11 aim;) : ■ . SYDNEY, TKis; Day. - 'A wireless message from Bulolo states that ten carriers in charge of one police boy, returning.'from Salamoa, were attacked by natives from'Eabaul village.- When in the vicinity of the village. f out carriers; who were ahead of the main, body, were attacked by natives.*; One • hid in, the long grass and saw his companions killed with -tomahawks. The victims 5 necks were then fastened with Tines and ; their stomachs cut open, the intestines pulled out and thrown into the Bulolo Eiver. The survivor then escaped and reported a description of the murderers, which coincides with that of; twenty natives who escaped while being taken to Salamoa a few weeks ago, following on 'the previous murder. The. fate of the" other soveh carriers and the police boy is un-
known.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 9, 12 January 1927, Page 9
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150MURDERS IN NEW GUINEA Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 9, 12 January 1927, Page 9
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