NEW GUINEA MURDERS.
MUTILATED BODIES FOUND. DANCERS OF GOLD SEEKERS. A. and N.Z. SYDNEY, Dec. 11. A wireless report from Bulolo, New Guinea, says that a further tragedy near Edie Creek has been discovered. The bodies of two native carriers were found in a ravine, near a small native village named Rabaul, situated approximately two days' journey from Bulolo, on the way to Salamoa. The bodies were shockingly mutilated, one being almost beheaded. This fresh atrocity will make ,it still more difficult for the goldseekers to secure means of transport for their belongings. It is thought that the carriers were murdered by hostile local natives, as it is alleged that during the past few days spears have bee : 3 thrown at other carriers, sevrai of whom have mysteriously disappeared. No trace of them can be found, and fears are entertained for their safetv.
A squad of native police, under a white police master has been despatched to the scene of the murders.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19509, 13 December 1926, Page 11
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