MURDER OF CARRIERS
CRIME IN NEW GUINEA
SECOND EDITION
EVIDENCES OF CANNIBALISM
ON LARGE SCALE IN VILLAGES
(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received February 3, 10.30 a.m. SYDNEY, Feb. 3. A wireless message from Bulolo states that the expedition investigating the murders of native carriers by. Kanakas on the Bulolo river found evidences of cannibalism on a large scale in the native villages. Apparently the native carriers who were reported as deserters during the last 12 months were murdered and eaten.
The expedition encountered severe opposition. It was several times ambushed, and was compelled to fire in self-defence, wounding a number of Kanakas.—Press Association.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 56, 3 February 1927, Page 8
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