Massacre.
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Einht Natives Killed in Papuan Massacre.
NEWS has reached Port Moresby of the massacre, on June 11, of six female natives, one adult male na tive, and one small boy in their gardens close to the Kemp Welch River, in the Central Division of Papua.
The bodies were badly cut about and battered by the raiders, who, it is thought, it will be possible to identify.
One of the Kemp Welch women man aged to escape from the attackers by diving into the river.
Rev. Harold Short, of the London Missionary Society, at Hula, was the first to receive news of the massacre.
He informed Mr. Cridland, Assistant Resident Magistrate, stationed at Rigo, who speedily left in pursuit of the murderers.
It probably will be found that this massacre can be traced to natives of the Koiari tribe, who live in the hills on the Lower Astrolabe Range. These people have extraordinary homicidal beliefs and they have been responsible for previous attacks of this kind.