HOSTILE NATIVES
* FIGHT WITH POLICE FORCE. NEW GUINEA EXPEDITION. BY CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION- -COPYRIGHT. Received 12.10 p.m. to-day. ArELBOURNE, Jan. 22. An official report states that a special expedition of five Europeans and twenty native police sent to arrest murderers at Salamoa, New Guinea, found their paths studded with spikes and the village deserted. When the party at length got in touch with the natives, the latter threw spears and fired arrows. The natives were driven from their strong ■ hold, but later attacked a party of carriers. The punitive expedition then intervened, and called upon the natives to surrender. This was refused, and an engagement followed, during which two natives were shot. The natives retreated to another village, where further fighting occurred, in which four natives and a sub-chief were shot. There was one Government casualty. The party is now posted in the disaffected area to maintain order.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 January 1927, Page 9
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147HOSTILE NATIVES Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 January 1927, Page 9
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