AFFAIRS IN TONGA.
I » Auckland, February 15. The captain of th« Sandfly states that six men, changed with being concerned m shoot Jr.g »t *he Premier, were condemned to death. King George, hearing that a petition was befog got np to stay exfoatio't, ordered the natives to be taken to an is ; and at the mou r h of the harbor and shot at once, saying he would have no Interference from white men. The Sandfly, when leaving, pn«aed a schooner with the condemned prisoners on beard, and the captain has no doubt that the sentence was carried out. Several other natives wore beiog tried when tha Sandfly left. Mr aud Mrs Baker, with their aon and daughter, leave for Fiji, and coma to Auckland by the Arawata if the invalids are sufficiently recovered.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1484, 16 February 1887, Page 2
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134AFFAIRS IN TONGA. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1484, 16 February 1887, Page 2
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