FIJI NEWS.
(Pee Southern Cross at Aucklanb.) A Fijian on the Sai Levuk coast hurled a spear at his wife, which entered tbe back and penetrated the lungp, causing death. The man was committed for trial for murder. The Fiji Times says;—"As will be seen from New Zealand intelligence, while Sir Arthur Gordon has been busying himself with affairs in connection with which his services were neither desired nor appreciated, matters which are his own proper concerns have assumed a very serious complexion." Cases of elephantiasis are very numerous amongst the natives of Fiji. A German line of steamers intend to make a monthly service from Brisbane via Fiji to Samoa. Tbe mast and bowsprit of a cutter of about 25 tons have been washed ashore at Lakemba. The Auckland built schooner Coral Queen has been floated off the reef where she went ashore and has been repaired. The schooner Louisiana has been totally wrecked atNinfore. Walter J. Hunt was arrested on his arrival at Samoa, and sentenced to three months' imprisonment by the High Commissioner's Court. Subsequently he was released on ibe order of the Commissioner.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3218, 22 October 1881, Page 3
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