The Island Trouble.
THE END OF THE DIFFICULTY. (P<r Pa'xs- Association.) Auckland, This day. Particulars have been received to the effect that the trouble at llaiatea has ended. Teraupo, the chief of the native party, was exiled for life from New Caledonia. He left on February 28 with his wife, the General-in-Chief Mai, cliieftess, and six men in the Cruiser Aube. One hundred and sixteen men, 36 women and children who wished to accompany them were exiled to Nahuga per Aube' at the end of January. The French destroyed by tire all the houses at Raiatea and Rahaa, except in the French and protectorate districts. Had not the orders been so strong that no natives were to be killed if possible, the mortality would have been hundreds instead of scores. The prisoners were divided into three gangs of about 70 each, and were engaged making a road round the island. The church buildings were respected where possible, consequently only three were destroyed. Tiie schools have been opened in each district at the expense of the French Government, with free elementary education.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 271, 15 March 1897, Page 2
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181The Island Trouble. Hastings Standard, Issue 271, 15 March 1897, Page 2
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