ISLAND ATROCITIES.
CABLE NEWS.
BRUTAL MURDERS AND SAVAGE
VENGEANCE
United Prhss Association— Copyright
(Received October'27, 10.30 p.m.) ' SYDNEY, October 27.
Island news states that a native of Aoba, New Hebrides, clubbed bis wife and child to death. The murderer was arrested. Two other natives hacked to death a third who .was caught stealing. The murdered man’s tribe demanded vengeance, and secured the head of a man. belonging to the murderer’s tribe.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2644, 28 October 1909, Page 5
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71ISLAND ATROCITIES. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2644, 28 October 1909, Page 5
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