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“Shooting of Natives in New Guinea”
THE following news message dated London, December 6, was published in the Sydney newspapers on December 7: “The Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Pro tection Society has appealed to the Man dates Commission to endeavour to have an inquiry held into the shooting of natives by gold prospectors in New Guinea.”
This is the kind of stupid and unneces sary act by which such societies make pests of themselves. If this Society knew anything of the subject, it would know that every case of assault upon natives has already been strictly inquired into by the Administration. The effect of the appeal is to give the impression that there is something wrong in New Guinea in regard to the treatment of natives.