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ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION WIPED OUT, AMONG" HOSTILE NATIVES. (Press Assn. — By Telegraph — Copyright.) (Received April 4, 9.30 a.m.) PERTH, April 4. A police telegram from Broome indicates that the Roman Catholic abori- | 'gi lies' mission' at Drysdale,- m the northwest. Jias, been wiped, out. It was.es-; tablished .' in J 1906. It consisted of . two lathers, six lay brethren, and some halfcastes. The master of a schooner taking supplies foiind tile house, but there were traces of several fires and some human boiies iii then!. Tlie protector of aboriginals doubts the story. He thinks the schooner visited the wrong place. He admits that the natives m the vicinity are violently hostile.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13348, 4 April 1914, Page 3
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