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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4772, 8 July 1876, Page 2

Another harrowing tale comes from the islands of the Pacific. Our cablegrams give this moraine; an account of the fate of one of the labor trafficking crews, who have done so much to disgrace the British flag; and though the record of the shocking murder and cannibalism makes one shudder, it cannot but be felt that sharp retribution such as this will do more than laws, however severe, to check the accursed trade, which is growing and growing into larger proportions. The men who engage in the traffic can be much better spared from the world than Pattesons and Goodenoughs. Some time since the Monthly Revieio, a magazine carried on with the avowed object of promoting educational interests in the province, and edited by a Wellington teacher, contained a most vile attack upon Mr. Lee, the Inspector of Schools. The article was quite beneath notice, and as such productions are best checked by being treated with silent contempt, it was not referred to in the Times ; however, it is pleasing to note that the teachers generally have not allowed the matter to pass over without repudiating sympathy with the article. An address has recently . been drawn up, and signed by all teachers in "Wellington (except the reputed editor of the Review) and some out of the city, and presented to Mr. Lee. It expresses much regret that such an article should have appeared, and assures the Inspector that the teachers generally have very great respect for his abilities, and unbounded confidence in his integrity.