AUSTRALIA.
Sydney, July 10.
Arrived—Australia.
The City of Melbourne, from Noumea, brings news of a terrible revolt of the natives in the interior of New Caledonia, about ninety miles from Noumea. Up to the time of the vessel leaving, the bodies of eighty-five victims had been found terribly cut and hacked. The majority of" the victims are French colonists. Friendly natives are helping the Gensd'armes to suppress the revolt. Colonel Passmore, the officer commanding the forces, who went against the insurgents with a detachment,—-was -wounded, and died in two hours.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 207, 12 July 1878, Page 3
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90AUSTRALIA. Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 207, 12 July 1878, Page 3
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