TROUBLE IN THE ISLANDS.
A PIWITIYE EXPEDITION"
I'.v Tcdejrrapu—Press Association,
Auckland, Last Xijrlii. News -evas brought by tile mi-sion steamer .Southern Cross of 1l:c punitive expedition to Malekula by tile Trench frigate Kersaii.t and the' liritisl, yunbi.it Torch, while the Southern <"ross wa=, at Vila, the seat of administration in New Hebrides, on .Inly sth. (lie Kersaint arrived with live" wounded men ami the body of a I'rench sailor. The wounded comprised two French policemen. ■x-rioitslv wounded, of whom one di«*d soon after arrival; a lliiti-h policeman. whose arm had : .'o be amputated. and a French and u ISiitixh sailor. The wounded were taken to the Trench 'iospit.il. but inquiries regarding their experiences were not answered. V>irlv next day. a British warship pa*-ed Vila at full -pt ea, and if was nresiiniert that her help had been summoned bv th- Torch. When the mission steamer left that evening, the Kersaim had not sai'ed.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 49, 15 July 1914, Page 5
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153TROUBLE IN THE ISLANDS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 49, 15 July 1914, Page 5
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