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Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 244, 14 July 1874, Page 6

‘‘And have you no other sons ?” asked a curious lady of a bronzed old sea captain. *' Oh, yes, Madam. I had one that lived in the South Sea Islands for nearly a dozen years.” “ Really i Was he bred there, and what was his taste—the sea or the land ?” “ No, madam, he wasn’t bread, he was meat —leastways the niggers ate him ; and as for his taste—the chief said he tasted of terbaccer.” The lady walked to another part of the ship, and the captain himself took a fresh quid of “ terbaccer” Late news from New Caledonia is as follows :—“ Bateman has been sent to France to fulfil his term of imprisonment. Duels are very prevalent. Three took place on June 20— one being between St. Devarenne and Guiltennaire, of the Geua-d’-Armes, in which the latter was killed. Permission was given them to fight by the Governor, who attended the funeral, and addressed the soldiers upon the duty of upholding their honour, even at the cost of life.”