A MURDEROUS FIGHT.
PAPUAN MISSION ATTACKED. UI ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COrTRIGHT. PER UNITED TRESS ASSOCIATION. Received September '26, 9..'50 a.m. SYDNEY, Sept. '26. A wire-less message from Port Moresby (Papua) states that grave trouble is reported from the Roman Catholic Mission in the Mafalu district. A murderous fight is going on, the villages are on fire and fresh tribes arc joining in the conflict, Kour mission boys'were attacked, one being speared and cnt to pieces. The mission lias appealed to the Government for help, and' an armed patrol has heen ordered to proceed' to the scene.
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Mataura Ensign, 26 September 1913, Page 5
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95A MURDEROUS FIGHT. Mataura Ensign, 26 September 1913, Page 5
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