NATIVE OUTBREAK IN NEW CALEDONIA
1 . SIX SETTLERS MASSACRED. 3 Sydney, July 11. ' j I'urther information of the revolt at j New Caledonia shows that six settlers j were massacred by kanakas and natives . -, armed with rifles. The trouble started \ at Pouembaut and Heiugheue. Houses- ; were burned and several settlers wound- j ed. Natives and kanakas assisted the ] troops to suppress the outbreak.—.Press j Assn. i ' j FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PROGRAMME ■■! PRINCIPAL FEATURES REVIEWED. 1 (Rec. Jnly 11, 9.50 p.m.) .'' • j Melbourne, July 11. , The Governor-General (Sir Ronald ,j Munro-Ferguson), in opening the Federal ; Parliament, reviewed the Federal Govern- i ment's policy as forecasted regarding re- .; inforceineuts, the curtailment of sport, . the employment of returned soldiers, the j increase in the income tax and war ] profits tax, the raising of war loans .: locally, the- prevention of strikes ar.d .; lock-outs affecting the prosecution of the ; war and an extensive shipbuilding pio- > "ramnie.—Press Association. ,
NORTHERN TERRITORY j MR GILRUTH'S KE-APPOINTMENT j CONFIRMED, j (Rec. July 11, 9.50 p.m.) j Melbourne, July 11. \ Senator Glynn (Minister for Homo Ar- { fail's) lias conlirmed Mr. Gilrnth's re-, j appointment as Administrator of the | Northern Territory for an iiide&uito j term, at least until the end of the war, ! st the same salary. Mr. Gilruth will . drop the title of "His Excellency. - ; Press Association.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3134, 12 July 1917, Page 5
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217NATIVE OUTBREAK IN NEW CALEDONIA Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3134, 12 July 1917, Page 5
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