SOLOMON GROUP
RAVAGES OF DISEASE
(United Press dissociation—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright)
SYDNEY, 6th August. Arrivals by tin; Calulu to-day told of life at Yanikoro Island in the Solomon Group. They stated that five years ago the estimated population of the island was six thousand. It is now less than a hundred, measles and influenza haying killed large numbers, while, fever also was responsible for mortality. There .are. about twentyfive white settlers on "the island.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 7 August 1929, Page 5
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73SOLOMON GROUP Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 7 August 1929, Page 5
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