Football In Papua.
p. 11 · Read in the full issue
Causes Lively Brawl.
THE sequel to a football match be tween the villagers of Elevala and some native policemen on New Year’s Day is thus reported in “The Sydney Morning Herald.”
Towards the end of the game one of the police cut the ball up, and in the fight that ensued chased some of the vil lagers into the sea. The next evening between 200 and 300 villagers, armed with clubs and other weapons, rushed the barracks.
Mr. Hall, officer in charge, was absent, but Mr. Faithorn was there. The Lieu tenant-Governor (Sir Hubert Murray), hearing the noise from his residence ad joining, hurried down the hill, sustain ing a fall on the way, and with the as sistance of Mr. R. V. Oldham, who is also on good terms with the natives, succeeded in pacifying the villagers and persuading them to return to their vil lage.