HOSTILE NATIVES
FIGHT IN. NEW BRITAIN. WITH GOVERNMENT PARTY. EIGHT WARRIORS KILLED. JY CABLE —PEESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received 12.25 p.m. to-day. SYDNEY, Jan. 24. A wireless message from Bulolo states that a native sub-chief aiid several other natives who were captured in connection with recent murders and were taken to Salamoa escaped and returned to Kabul village, A Government party was despatched to recapture them. It was met by 500 armed warriors and compelled to fire, killing eight natives. No further molestations . are expected.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 24 January 1927, Page 5
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83HOSTILE NATIVES Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 24 January 1927, Page 5
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