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A Minor Affray
A NATIVE reported to Mr. E. W. Oak ley, District Officer at Madang, New Guinea, that he was an eye-witness of an attack on August 21 at Awonai village, 50 miles inland, on three Luth eran missionaries, Revs. Mager, Henkle maim, and Thorgersen. Mr. Oakley, in a Guinea Airways plane piloted by “Tommy” O’Dea, flew over the area but, saw nothing amiss.
The following day, after a party con sisting of Mr. Oakley, an A.D.0., a medi cal officer and native police, had set off for Awonai, the missionaries returned safely to Madang. They stated that, al though they had been attacked and one was wounded by an arrow, the episode was a minor one. Before leaving the dis trict they had established friendly re lations with the attacking natives.
District Officer Oakley and his search party were recalled.