FURTHER NEWS FROM TONGA
The " Auckland (Star's " correspondent •fc Tonga says:— The recent attempt on the Premier's life has ended m the extermination of Wesleyanlsm m Tonga, Those who aitfll remain adherr-nta to Mr Moulton, to the number of thirty-el^ht, were «ent to Fiji by the Matoku3, a Haatdlßchocner; Bind the Maiathotahu, eohooner, was sent io Hawaii and Va*au to take those who wars left there, lome six or Beven perhaps In eaoh place. At the present moment no Wesleyan service is beld throughout the Tongan group, Daring the last year or so the number of Mr Moulton's Adherents has not been more than eight hundred, including men, women and children; and of th it number not more than three hundred odd could have been men; yet at the recent trial mora than a hundred were found Implicated, and more than half Mr Moui oa's col'ege ■tndentl. The Tongaa Wesleyan College hai been disbanded, and will never be Allowed to sefc up again. The number of soldiers still remaining is two hundred, one hundred from Hsabai, and one hundred from Va van. Many of these will remain for some time yet, m consequence of the attitude taken by many Europeans, and the part they have assumed m this affair.
About ten * d»ya ago the Government announced that martial law was at an end, and that the laws would be again strictly carried oat. Thia has had the eff'ofc of Increasing peace and quietness and things •re returning to their wonted condition.
In the ourae of a few days the remaining prisoners will be tried, but it is not thought there will be any more capital oases, but simply a tria 1 of those who have been scorn ol>c»a
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1520, 30 March 1887, Page 3
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288FURTHER NEWS FROM TONGA Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1520, 30 March 1887, Page 3
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