THE SOLOMONS.
BASfi SAT IVB POUCB FIRED ON. „„ ASSOCIATION-COPTHIOHT.) (IT '*»«-'"" ».«. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) *«*?- Sive expedition, writing tUndS , 1 I on October 31st, says :- from M.U»ja on ° d base is "** C T eadwaters of the Ouhm- ° n 'S feet above se. level. ** r r £ unexplored, and 111 the . fir t whit* men to visit t. blishedi „ he •'A camp has jee " vho j s stated ~iU.^»f Cl which killed I veS "Tne Not far from the C°* m V FonnA traces where natives <»»p L tbey ,K"ng ° nd nlso d,sco y ere Siffl'oWe- of tho native, tfeoU f«. Cred U pon with •"'j in fa I back upon a fortified intends * f * that this is true, ft«prf."ion will then be able to "■vT. decisive blow, otherwise it will to hunt the natives out mountainous country C '& expedition passed a deserted ■Z i" which only a leprous o n was left behind. On returning to ■"" <Uv nave a machine gun dertlPtrafen to impress the friendly l£ »"d succeeded in making * the g&ons. who has arrived in oydney, KJtU disaffection is confined !»%h« Sineranco tribe of bushmen, who wialwavs been noted for their trucuKi 'When the massacre became known, 3-500 natives from nil parts ot St island poured down to the Governjunt station to offer assistance and oledae their loyalty. Mr Mason declared that the masMere had been n premeditated nffair of which Commander Bell had been warned, but Mr Bell never let anything interfere with his duty. Mr Mason considered that tho expedition against the murderers was nor* than adequate. Another passenger from the Bolojioni expressed the opinion that it rill be a long time before the murderers are captured, as they are natjral fighting men. and would infinitely pre'er death in battle to hanging. According to the statements of those iboard the naval supply ship Biloela (tie natives who were responsible for the massacre have not the remotest chance of escaping justice, as they are hemmed in hy hostile tribes, and had ealr a comparatively small area in Thieh to operate.
The ounitivo parties wero systematialh* destroving cultivated vegetables, knd Chief Bassiana would eventually le forced by starvation to submit. Th l ? namher of natives under Chief Bassitai is estimated at between fifty and dm hundred. Tlipt are oxppfted to ifht desperately before capitulating. Sufficient stores to last two weeks l»re been placed aboard the cruiser H.M.A.S. Adelaide. ADELAIDE'S MEN. (tfITULUV AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) CANBERRA, November 15. Mr Brace, Federal Prime Minister, rtatej that the men on the cruiser H.M.A.S. Adelaide are still acting as a guard to the base camp, and are not engaged in chasing the natives among ttofiils.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19159, 16 November 1927, Page 9
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