AUSTRALIA.
[Eeuter’s Agency.]
The Eatest Missionary.
Sydney, Jan. 31
H.M.S. Emerald reports that she lias recently visited the scenes of the Sandfly, Zephyr, and Borealis massacres in the Solomon group. She shelled the places ana burned down many villages. The natives generally had absconded, but armed boats’ crews were repeatedly sent ashore, and one native was killed and another taken prisoner at Barker Island. The Emerald brings two witnesses of the massacre.
Geelong: Races. Melbourne:, Jan. 31. The Geelong Handicap was won by Wellington.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2456, 1 February 1881, Page 2
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84AUSTRALIA. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2456, 1 February 1881, Page 2
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