NEW GUINEA.
TRADING STATION: ATTACKED NEW TRIBES DISCOVERED. By Telesraph.—Press Association.—(fepyrUrltti Brisbane, December 30. The German Government Belphin brings news that recently New , Guinea natives attacked a treeing station and murdered some native boys. x - Native troops, with marine guns, destroyed the villages of the . natives, who had fled on the approach of the punitive expedition. .... r ■- Members of the German'expedition exploring the island cam© across. ,»;LdWarf tribe of natives, who fired arrows at the expedition. The members' had to . use their rifles in self-defence. ' - They found another new tribe, quite nude, armed with bows and arrows, and -stone axes, who made, friendly overtures ." and ' peace offerings. They lived ir. huts raised 10ft from the ground. . /.. . . ...•
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14566, 31 December 1910, Page 7
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