Six More Murders
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By Domara Natives Effect of Death Sentence Commutation ?
From Our Own Correspondent
Port Moresby, Sept. 8.
WITH regard to the commutation of death sentences, commented on in the leading article in the July number of The P.I.M., six more murders are reported from the Domara district.
The victims, five women and one male plantation labourer, were mem bers of the same tribe as the convicted murderers whose sentences were com muted some months ago.
This is evidently the result of Can berra’s interference with matters of which they know nothing; and Sir Hubert Murray has the more than doubtful satisfaction of being in a position to say “I told you so.”
Two natives have been arrested in connection with the murders, and it will be interesting to see whether the ineptitude of the Commonwealth Cab inet will go so far as a second reprieve.