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MORE FIGHTING —TERRIBLE MASSACRE OF NATIVES. The s.s. Auckland, from the Fijis, arrived at Auckland on the 28th September, with about 20 passengers. She brought the followiug items of news : More lighting has taken place. A chief named Muakako made a descent upon the town of Nakoro—Valaou and surprised the people. The men engaged in planting went to the rescue, but being outnumbered they had to fly. They were intercepted, and two hundred and sixty Nakoro Valaou people were massacred. The Samoa war of two years' continuance is at an end. Reports state that Fiji is overdone.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 834, 6 October 1870, Page 3
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98FIJI. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 16, Issue 834, 6 October 1870, Page 3
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