PUNITIVE EXPEDITION
FIGHTING IN NEW GUINEA. (Received 12.10 p.m.) MELBOURNE, This Day. Official reports state that the special expedition of five Europeans and 2C native police who were sent to the area to arrest murderers at Salamoa. New Guinea, found paths studded | with spikes and the village deserted. ! When the party at length got in I touch with the natives the latter [ threw spears and fired arrows. The natives were driven from the stronghold, but later attacked a. party of carriers. The punitive expedition then intervened and called on the natives to surrender the sub-chief. 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 the sub-chief were shot. There was one casualty among the Government force. The party is now posted in the disaffected area to maintain order. —A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 22 January 1927, Page 5
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