HANAIRE BY NATIVES OF NEW GUINEA. Reprisals for the "Age" Party's Acts. Brisbane, December 17.

Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 83, 3 January 1885, Page 3

HANAIRE BY NATIVES OF NEW GUINEA. Reprisals for the "Age" Party's Acts. Brisbane, December 17.

The schooner Elsea has arrived at Cooktown, bringing news from Port Moresby to the 25th November. The Commodore has issued stringent regulations prohibiting all settlement on the land, and that no arms, ammunition, or spirits are to bo landed at Port Moresby, which is made tho sole port of entry. The Elsea brings a report from the natives of Dalrymplo Island to tho ellbct that a largo vessel was lost on a shoal about two miles from tho Fly River. The natives there, pretending friendship, took the crew ashore in their canoes and murdored them. It is impossible) to say whether there is any truth in tho roport, but the Rev. Mr Macfarlane, who is now on the coast, will probably ascertain the f.icts. A becne-do-mer fisher named Williams, living near Brisbane Island, also reports that the natives inform him that tho crew of a diving boat, who landed at Murchieon River to get wood and water, wevo attacked by the natives, and all hands were killed, except the divor's native wife. Tho nativos stale that this is in reprisal for the four men who wore killed by the Jqc party on their ovorland trip.

There is a movement, on foot in England, participated in principally by the scientists, tooling to the abolition of private insane asylums. A Paris company has submitted to the Pope plans for lightidg up the dome of St. Peter's at Easter cere.mo.nies with electric burners.