A CANNIBAL FEAST.
[By Electric Telegram— CorraiaifTj (Per Prbs3 Association,) Stdnrt, March 23. A tribal flght took place at Bofail hland, New Guinea, and the victors commemorated their success by a cannibal feast. Twelve hundred captives were sacrificed in the feast. Sir Wtn. McGregor and party were attacked by a powerful tribe of natives in the vicinity of thePoorara Eiver, hufc were repulsed by the Europeans, ThetaP " were no looses on Sir Wm. McGregor^ side
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11939, 24 March 1894, Page 2
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75A CANNIBAL FEAST. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11939, 24 March 1894, Page 2
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