SOLOMON ISLANDS.
SMUGGLING ARMS AND AMMUNI TION FROM LABOR SHIPS. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyrlgh Received 11.10 p.tn. Oofc. 6
Brisbane, Oct. 7. Woodford, Government Resident of the Solomon Islands, has forwarded to the Governor of Queensland a report that a quantity of arms and ammunition has been smuggled aboard the labor schooner Ivanhoc, presumably from Queensland; that several natives have been arrested and punished for smuggling. Ho also states that the statement made by prisoners reveal an astounding condition of affairs, and prove that smuggling arms from Queensland labor ships has becomo an organised business.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1016, 8 October 1903, Page 3
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