Repent
pp. 52-54 · Read in the full issue
Papuan Ate Cat: A Month to Repent
From Our Own Correspondent
Pt. Moresby, Aug. 24.
IN the Court of Petty Sessions on August 18 before the Resident Magistrate, Mr.
W. R. Humphries, a well-known Eastern native, ladikoi, was charged with unlaw fully killing a manx cat, the pet of a lady resident in Port Moresby.
Fully knowing that the cat was a valued possession, he deliberately killed it and ate it, inviting his friends to share in the titbits. ladikoi was sentenced to one month’s imprisonment, without the option of a fine.
Mr. S, H. C. Short, overseer of Tinputz Plantation, Northern Bougainville, New Guinea, returned to Kieta after furlough in Australia by the Malaita on August 8.
During his holidays in Sydney, he married Miss Una Macandrew, sister of Mr. J. A. Macandrew, of Bonis Plantation, Buka, and his bride accompanied him back to Tinputz.