NEWS FROM THE ISLANDS.
REPATRIATED KANAKAS WELL
RECEIVED.
Svuxev, February 'JO 11. M.S. Prometheus Km returned from a erui.e among the Islands. Tin 1 olliccrs state there was not (lie slightest trouble in landing returned Kanakas at the various islands, where they were received ia a most friendly manner by the tribes to which thev be-
longed. The warship shelled a native village on the Island oi AJalata as punishment for interfering with mission work and firing upon natives attached to the mission.
A STRONG STATEMENT.
London, February W. A Qucciislaudcr, writing to the " Globe," asserts that iNew llebridean fiirls are often bought from native chiefs for a gun or axe, and handed over to New Caledonian convicts.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 21 February 1907, Page 3
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118NEWS FROM THE ISLANDS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 21 February 1907, Page 3
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