Native Massac

Primitive Sepik In News

In New Guine

TOURING August two s

outbreaks of native murdd reported from New Guinea from around the Telefomin ai other from the country ne3 junction of the Sepik and the rivers.

News of the Telefomin ] seeped through to Port ]Vv mid-August and finally ws nounced officially on August : statement released by the A istration.

ADO E. D. Wren, of Tele reported to headquarters thaj on patrol, one of the villag Fugara came forward and con to having taken part in thr ings.

The native explained that Miamin warriors came to vii Atemkismin people. Three men and one older man sat men’s house while the rest visitors sat outside.

The attack was made on the and those inside were killed] others escaped.

Mr. Wren, in his report, sug that the killings were made compense for previous murde;; petrated by the Miamin people.? the four men were killed, tM tribution of the flesh for eatii. a ritual indication that the had been settled.

Then, with Administration a trying desperately to “stall porters on the Telefomin inr more embarassing news got thi This time, there was fightin murdering near the junction Yellow and Sepik Rivers. I reported that 28 natives hao killed.

The murders took place 30 miles below the junction., victims were in a fishing which met a small group of ; apparently from theMayßiv© These people left soon aftes but returned three days lateE group of eight canoes. It is as that this was a bigger party the original.

Some time later, the aftao made. Heads were taken anb were other mutilations. Two females were among the attJ party, who used spears tomahawks, and later carrii their victims in the canoes. .

Immediately after thes . cidents, two patrols set out vestigate, and the next daf Director of Native Affairs, Mn Roberts, was on his way t Sepik from Port Moresby.

he returned to Port Moresby tout a week he said that

linistration would probably

a new patrol-post on the if the May River.— Port Correspondent.

Wants Date For

Ng Self-Govt.

ibove incident was made m only a few days after 14 members of Trusteeship of the United Nations had, row majority, recommended stralia be instructed to set date for “self-government pendence” for the New natives ent on this piece of foolish mperfluous did shake Australians, how s the fact that it was the he United States that gave mlous resolution its neces tit votes. hard to see valid reasons s— except, of course, the States’ current anti -5m phobia. The implied of Australia’s efforts in ; New Guinea comes badly i US at this time when she ntly calling out the Army with tanks to enforce anti ion laws in her own Southern nrealistic resolution shows e waste of time and money in sending Visiting UN to the Territory. The last dip Mission is only recently to Headquarters from New Either these people are in of evaluating the evidence own ears and eyes, or they m the wrong things, time a galloping-mission ie Territory, it should be oose in the headwaters of k and allowed to find its r back to civilisation, if it may then be in a better to advise the Trusteeship as to whether or not NG ters are in an advanced ;tate to run their own Gov-