WILD SCENES
UPROAR IN DIAMOND REGIONS. TOWNS LOOTED AND MURDERS COMMITTED. PROSPECTORS TURN BANDITS. United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received Tuesday, 7.5 p.m.) RIO DE JANIERO, August 13. The diamond regions in the State of Mattogrosse and Goyaz have been thrown into uproar by the rioting of prospectors. Several towns have been looted and a number of murders committed by enraged Natives, who claim that they have been paid by grub-stakers in counterfeit money. The prospectors have turned bandits and started an intensive search for the persons who cheated them with fake money. Fights have occurred between the bandits and the police and soldiers. The bandits number several hundred. One police commander and several soldiers have been killed.—(Australian Press Association.—United Service.)
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Wairarapa Age, 15 August 1928, Page 5
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