THE OLIVE CASE.

Samoa Times and South Sea Advertiser, Volume I, Issue 63, 4 January 1890, Page 3

THE OLIVE CASE.

TO TaTR EDTPOa. Bra.-Will you kindly find spaee ia your eolumns *> inter, a few liaes about Wallis Dland. I notice ia vour papor of Nov. 23 the rase of the Olive and the Wallia Island runaways. As Captain Ross stated at the Consula'e, he was windhoun I h>-r«> for four dn\s, and every day an searched tie ship, and turned thn .• or more slownwnya out of her. Th<- natives U-Ing ifr iid to come on ah»re, wont and lived at a small island a* tho n <<,-. up. an 1 whon the Olive sr.ibd. they honided her in their canoes. Cnpt i'm Ko-k, fi'aring this would lui|i|K>e. t\ ;■..'•■ two letter* on shore to the fjosiib nt Com. missioner. aakiny him in tuk" htot n to loivn ennors sent miiside to luititr nnv n.ilives hack who »! Id L '.t a' ord tho veasol. Tho Comnii-sio'ior th.-n told ttio it itives t i dll >... tit Km io tho island the ni/lit l.cforo. nml bri-ir the natives ba'-k. Some i.i iv.- ofR. «ers ({ot Mito tieir < i sto <|o so. when they were ea'loi) bail; by th.; Quom's s«n, and lold not to K o. There is no doubt but that a gieat many of th«> p..,]!.. BJ-hod all th" nitivi>s to pot awnv, mid n».si«t«*d ili.-m to do so. Thoco \v. re f nr of i||.. nin nwuvs about to l.n l.v iii.rh' to trial f r br<*nkiiis into the ffuroi iif Msm> MoArtliur and <'.. and Oxterntcvr, Dowz. nn'l Co.. and tenliotr certain jtoo.ls therefrom. Th" naoic- ••»' i! o thiov-s lire Foliio. Ab-t<isi. Sooh-sio. and Kaleto. Tim n-itiv" Govcrnim-nt li'iowiiiL' this, nn 1 when* lb" men were, should h'lvn bronchi ih.-m buck. The Primo Miui-'o-, K»v.iln. has been put out of ohV", also th" pilots and srvornl of t!o> foi o pvop'" for these in mi to <"cn|>". If th" (jovorniiient !,. i,. I, .;,!,, . tlvir dutv properly, i r wo ill I'iiv. -.v..1 Captilli 1!..,.« axv :it .'; il ~f t,. >n l.| .. but Hii'h a n- i.-iM ■!•■. <.,,• exi-t horn. When a native i' uiiiii>« .i .i i • In- i- honvilv Slie.l 1 v Mi., i n'i .f •'. ili-'ric*. mid there i ■ one I ini !;■■! w'lO W0.11.l see it r•• '■■ ! .■•' .. ,'■> ;.ftor a week or t«.i. tb- :•• ; •. . to the (J'leon, ami 'on!.. - i. i i |i. sent of a native..v. nno ' i'i •'• !.. ■. i an t t>lU her hj" is .. m o i .!• -!.. remits the pee, ;i, I •-\ • > «..ri\ i i him. Thi'law here eii ].' l-s > i-M • ! ~.■ your liorsi'S tether-<l \ .:i\. ..:: - ill nml Me „U tie i ... I •: homo then break- M • fl...ir '.':•■ ' tioiiH, .ml they spear ; ' li, ioften don" heio. I have I.:, i t.«., !i ir rs tr. a'eil so. Since I first knew ihi» islimi iliero ha-i be. ii >ix bo its- sto'.'li. v:i ! i|.-'l t a».ont 1 Mill dollar- Tl■■•■ '!• rman. iniiko the native* puv f.-r tin ir boit«. but for a Tlritisb it von hav- •■• whistle. A curious rise of this kind happened here Int. ly. A criain German wa.i left iu '•' ■•irtr" "f thr-e boats belonging to Riitii.li ) |>b«. These boats the na»iv.» stol". and the Queen was charged Men d>d!ar« t .■• them in the books kep' by 'his |fe|.tie. mail of fiermany; but. of eou-so, th" boats belonged t") I'ri'isb p.-otde. me! tho money was never p i'. N< w 111!•* same gentleman lefi it boat here, iu charge of aman belonging to Sydney. Tho natives stole this bo.it about four months ag>, but the Queen is not asked to pay for this boat, bit word has coin" down here that the liormxti Consul has derided tlrit tho Hriti-hor must pay. Now. ns tho ()iioen has had to pay for all tho bouts stolen from the D.n. and P. 0., how is it the Britisher has been n«k>il to pny for this one. The island is just from the effects of tho hurricane Inst March. Thero is a little food beginning to como in, but the coeoanu's aro very slow in making their appearance. By tho middle of next year we hope tho inland will bo loing better. The natives ire very poor at present. Tliey have no money, and they are poorly off for clothes. Nearly all their pijrs have died, or bo>-n killed, as they hod no food to give them.—l am, etc., A RuiDßXr. Mua, Wallis Island, Dec. 10, 16H«>.