AUSTRALIAN.
Sydney, Thursday. Arrived:; The JR.M.s. Australia and the s.s. City of Melbourne. The City is from Noumea, and brings news of a terrible revolt of natives in the interior of New Caledonia, about ninety miles from Noumea. Up to the time of the vessel leaving the bodies of eighty-five victims had been found, terribly cut and hacked!. The majority of the victims are French colonists. The friendly natives are helping the gensd'armes to suppress the revolt. Colonel Passebore, commanding tbe forces who went against the insurgents with adeL.chmentof troops, was wounded, and died within two. hours. . Lates. Tbe New Caledonia lisingis confirmed. Two tribes, numbering one ' thousand, never acknowledged French authority. The troops and armed colonists surrounded them, end complete extermination is expected. The cause of the rising is attributed to the harsh treatment and conduct of the white population.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2935, 12 July 1878, Page 2
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141AUSTRALIAN. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2935, 12 July 1878, Page 2
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