ISLAND MURDERS.
EXPEDITION AGAINST SOLOMONS NATIVES. SEVERAL KILLED.-REPORTED CAPTURES. ByTelegraDli— Press Association—Copyriirht. '
; -'■■:■:■■■ '■'■'■]: !\ v^-!-r: ".^Bnsbane,' : JanUary:;s. i: x.;/ ; ;i'; '■: ; Mr.; : Woodipr'd^Conimissioner'.ipfj:4he ;£?■;; Solomon Islands, recently: proceeded to■ \lhe.i'-''■ r, : J. isjand, of 'Baggabagga to inquiro into,'.thet?>:V?iv massacre, of Captain ; ,Vßrinskin'e!. familjr' ; .C ;t :,; ? October : :,: A; force-.'o'jf^itwov.hundred';.native police under 'white . officers. landed and 'scoured'; v ~-i'. the.-.'island"! -without was-, experiencedf ; :inV'securing/^ffioficc^f;': ; lW operationV:of ■. the.local ..coastal.^natives'/?;';'-5: The commissioner announced his intention"'. ■£?;: to /.remove'.'ally neutral; -Mrisland ; -unless'-, theyj; co-operated.■.■■': SeveralSSv£?j natives to-;be:' in. S - ; - ■ municatiou- with;.Sito;;.were J.'d'etainediVl '■■;■ ' - Finally,, J others ;::doeidcdi: to ■; : 4 Government.':vf' :'?;..;: ; ':'■'''■ ■"' / -,F ■■ i; v;'' ; 0: The:island;iwaß thoroughly for-^'* s S : three .weeks^^resulting?in>the';- capture;"or. ; ;v&! :.actu'al"^mur^erer ; :of;;MrsV :; ? i ;: Bririskiu< and .'her. younger.' child/ eind ! 'the , 'death-::; of h bthersi^ofif:; family: 'In'addition; , ;'sixteen ; ■were-/taken'i;": and ;'severai- ; '.of 'i'BiWs';sxfo'y?.-?~£': ij,Sitb; ) is-reported to^haVe• beeiv .captured^:--jn';av'neighbouring^islan'd^?■■.' '^iA ;• --'fy":i-\P$:~
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 708, 6 January 1910, Page 5
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131ISLAND MURDERS. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 708, 6 January 1910, Page 5
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