FEARFUL MASSACRE.
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FIVE THOUSAND KILLED. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, June 1. News ria Fiji records a terrible massacre at Luvw Islands. The London Missionary Society had established a station there under a Sandwich Islander named Kabu. The natives at the southern part of the Island became dissatisfied with the missionary demands for copra, and apostatised. Kabu preached a crusade against the heretics and arming his followers attacked the defenceless people. The carnage was almost incredible. Five thousand women and children were ruthlessly massacred Atrocities were committed on the bodies, which were then pulled on to the beach, and combustible materials placed over them, which Kabu fired with his own hands. Kabu has since been taken to Honolulu to answer for his crime.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2557, 1 June 1881, Page 2
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123FEARFUL MASSACRE. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2557, 1 June 1881, Page 2
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