SOLOMON ISLANDS' OUTRAGES
Sydney, June 2!>. The Federal Government is advised that the recent outrages at the Solomon Islands have nothing to do with the influence of returned Islander#. The reported threats *»f a rising are discredited. ISuch risings would Ik? impossible owing to continuous tribal hostilities. Sydney, June Details of the* murder »f Mr. oiiver Burns at the Solomon islands have» been received. A native who had Im-oh arre-ted for the muril'T of another native committed »uHiie. Hi-- friends thereupon AO light the life of the white man. They boarded Burns' boat, an.l, after engaging him in a friendly cliat. killed him with an axe. They then drove the native crew Oterboard, after wounding one of them. The assailant* scuttled the boat.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 162, 30 June 1908, Page 3
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123SOLOMON ISLANDS' OUTRAGES Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 162, 30 June 1908, Page 3
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