SAMOA.
News from Samoa reports that the natives are still fighting. Fifty of the Government party have been killed. The rebels, however, are starving, and are expected to surrender. The natives of the Friendly Group are very insolent to Europeans. They stole the Kev. Mr. Baker’s boat at Tonga ; horses were stabbed, and the house broken into. Application has been made for a resident consul. The house of Captain Bradley, an old resident at Ohia, has been burned. The remains of the unfortunate man were found in the ruins. The body was charred, but it is evident the fire was intended to conceal a diabolical crime. The arms and legs were broken, and the sku l ! hammered in. Captain Bradley was an inoffensive man. The Rev. Mr. Watkins, missionary, has written to Governor Gordon, of Fiji, for ft man-of-war to investigate the matter.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5260, 1 February 1878, Page 3
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143SAMOA. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5260, 1 February 1878, Page 3
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