AN ACT OF REVENGE.
MINISTER MURDERED BY KANAKAS. ReoelvedJOotober 29, 12.31 a.m. NORFOLK ISLAND, Oct. 28. Advices have been reoeived from Noumea tbat the Rev. C. C. Godden was murdered on tbe island of Opa,. New Hebrides, on Ootober 15th, by returning kanakas, out of revenge for tbeir being deported from Australia. No details are available. Mr Godden was 30 years of age, and belonged to the Anglican Melanesia!! Mission. He had obarge of tbe sonools at Opa, and was an ex-student of the Moore College, Sydney. He visited Sydney some ten mouths ago, and was married there. Tbe cable mentions that his wife is safe.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8273, 29 October 1906, Page 5
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106AN ACT OF REVENGE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8273, 29 October 1906, Page 5
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