Trouble at the Islands. THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. NATIVE AMBUSH AND TREACHER OUS ATTACK.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 266, 23 May 1888, Page 3

Trouble at the Islands. THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. NATIVE AMBUSH AND TREACHER OUS ATTACK.

Th'^ account of the atlaii by t he "Journal Oilieud ' oi Talut i -late- th it tliu (Jo\emoi wa-mfoimed that a par t^ of mal content- in Huahinc w cie pieparint; to attack tho-( nathe- who weie fiiendh to Fiance, and that aimed panic- weie actua',l\ m the Held. To stop thi--qnairel he ouleied M. Denot, cim^i ot \(>-d, to ashore wi(l) a hinall landing }',ii t\, -utro'ind and ane-t, without bloodshed, two o\ fhice native Icideis who-c n inic writ.' Known. W lnle c.ni}inLr out the-e in-t i action- ;t idle -hot ua=ndd< nlv died fiom a i^ioup of n.itixc 15 and a ruiu'h -ni''-i \\ a- wounded. Tin- -udd(M) au'jie-Nion, !ii'vin<j, all the appt uvancc^ of an amlni-eade, caused tl-e landniu; paity to in c in letuin. The. natne- leplied with a %irjoiou- fu-iladc horn beneath thcii hou-o and orhej co\ ci , \\\xh the le.-ult that .-e\eial Fieiuhnien weie wounded. In \icw ot tin- the l»eeie^ (i'ed-e\eial >liot.-> tiotnhei \e\ohin;j; Uun- jioiii tin l\ flic ai/i'i/ii —to clea: tliu country ' M. Denot \i,h killed I> v a liile ball which p. nctiated hii cde-t. The pai ty w Inch landed -hoi tl\ afiei two p in., refumed to the Heeieabout foni o'clock. Tlie " -Join nal Ollici.d" dcpioie- tliat M. Henot -hould ha\e lifen tht victim of -uch a -<k1 < < lumfovi'i i (ia-h entevpu-c), which had co-t the li\e- of many nati\ c«. It i~> =i^niliennl th.it the othcial account doe- not itfoi to the death oi the two Fienchmcn -tated b> oui coiie-pondcnt to ha\cbeen killed : hut the opposition paper, '' Lo Me--a£cr dc Tahiti, ' lefei-^ to ' the ma--acie of the bra\o Lieutenant I>enot mm' !u^ r'uiijiawnii*.. Accounts .i^iLG m -tatinu that peace w.i- immediately a'tteiwaid- mafle b\ the (iovemor, an net which a'nio-t .unounts to an admi— ion that the Fieneh weie in the wion^. While the sttamei Uichmond wa- at Papeete, the Fieneh tian-poit La Viie arii\od from Fluicl \ia New Caledonia, w ltli tioop- rn boaid, and w,b at once despatched to llaiatta, with pro\i->ion> and a iclief yaniMJII.