ISLAND NEWS.
KETCH'S CREW MASSACRED. CANNIBALISM AT THE NEW. HEBRIDES. . [UNtTEn Press AssootiTtCN.] Sydney, Feb. 21. Noumean news states that the ketch St. Joseph was Tecruiting at the island of Voa, when the natives ambushed and shot down five of the I ketch's native crew, three, being f a- j tally and two severely injured.; | . A report from Ambrym, New Hebrides, states that cannibalism is again being practised. Recently after the funeral of a chief his widows were butchered and eaten. I
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Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12725, 22 February 1910, Page 2
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82ISLAND NEWS. Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12725, 22 February 1910, Page 2
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