FIJI NEWS
Auckland, May 17. The Arawata haß just arrived from Fiji. She brings details of the Tongan euuiry. The High Commissioner returned 0 Fiji on the 30th ulfc. The offioial eport farnlßhed to the "Fiji Times" ays :— Eighteen sittings were held and iver 160 witnesses examined. Theoharges if the prosecution have to some extent ieen proved and order baa been restored. Che King has promised to protect the JVesleyana. Hanaby, the European trader, vaa on second trial bound over m £100 md two sureties of £50 each to ceep the peace and be of good jehaviour for six months. He admitted ;hat he knew of the Intended assassination >f Baker, tbe night before the attempt was nade. Many of the statements made m she colonial papers about the troubles »re declared exaggerations, but m most oases with oome foundation of truth. Six prisoners all more or loss ooncerned m the attempt on Baker's life were at the in* stance of the High Commissioner pardoned and released on oondition that they left Tonga. They were brought to Fiji m the Diamond, The trade and customs returns, show a falling off of trade by £85,000 and exports by £58,000. The apparent diffarenos ie made by produce Imported for export. The schooner Nightingale, of New Zealand celebrity, went upon Mnbalici reef on April 29, and la a total wreck. The mate Jobn Johnston, was dtowned. The prospecting party bas been unaucoesafui. Mr Hobba returna by the Arawata. Chief Justice Hon Fielding Clarke is a passenger by the Arawata on leave*
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1561, 18 May 1887, Page 2
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258FIJI NEWS Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1561, 18 May 1887, Page 2
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