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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 164, 30 March 1871, Page 5

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" Fiji Times."

A volunteer corps h;i« been formed ;.t Levuli.ii. Th.3 corps uill be armed with •>nidei% and \. ill we.ir a uniform consisting df \v!>ite iror3ers, blue &er^e j;ickeb with s-tiaiihf front, open round the neck, find military cap wi r h \.hite cover.

A churcn is <»b'>ut to be elected at Levuka !»y the Ep scnahaiis. A Masonic Lodge lias abo been f..rm..d there.

At «i nieetir g of m reh >uts and others ihe following re.solnii -n.^ \\o;e c irried :—: — " That ihi» meeiiiu i- of opmi >v that

when it haa been <lec:clo.l for mail stea.uer& to c.ill at Fiji, j.ml tLo in:.:.eJiite •.MiHe fixed, rli.* i:\ha 'it..nts of tlie Grov.p £1000, ..r such pr..p<utu>n as uonLl l>e iee"iii!i't\l as a fair c mm' uticn .owunh the iiook.- .ip.iy 3iirve\s>, and lig'its .«>r ingress and e^re .» to and irom the Group, it being uiuh—s'c-od f hat tiie 1 1 arbour « f L-'vnk-i will le lighted &h<>ifcly wi hunt lf-fi'fiC" 1o t hid re^tiicthn — iii it m fn> th •!• mo" or the fit st resolution, a fiiinn.it'ee oi ge it! -men '< c a;.p. anted toe.ury out Ti:e object* of this n.eotiiig iit-fore thu <K j ]>:ii!uiv of }\r. James Pattoison ; co u a* nit '.•<'} to ens'si of Alesirs Rtniuni/s, >. 0. Bart, J. Towson, and .he limver." Mr. 'i urner moved, and Mr. f , f -vy seconded — ' : '1 hat this meeting ciutlioi'i-es Ca^taai Mnm-f to procure two lights ior tiio liar -our of Levuka, at a coat of, M-.y £°,0. fht> -a-i'c to lie j>aid for onrtiriv.il by pnb'i-"' s'lJscriiui.di.*'

Un the night ot Tuesday, ihe 1-ith ult., all the Levoni fighting men slept t'^eiher r't the chief town i<t their iribo, and eaily in t!ie morning made their descent upon tiie coast town of Tokalan. They came along two different spurs of ihe hills, and t->ok the Tokalau na'ives by surprise. They hastened to their fortifications, but twelve wore killed, chiefly women and old men, who wero not quick enough in their movements to make good their escij'e. All the houses ciiiside the ioi titicatioas vrtr<j bui'iit. intlu'li;ig the Native Teacher's h<aisj and the Nativo Church. The Luvoni people, Jifttr the slaughter, dragged the canoes of their enemies into the water, Mid taking with th' m their own wounded, went h'nue by way of Naituvatuva. Wo he.ir from I.evoni that eight of their party are likely to clio or have already died from gunshot wounds. The L-jvoni trilios can muster six hundred righting men : they are all armed and renowned &<; the best native warriors m Fiji. Ctkob-m witnessed the burning of the to>\n from the eleck of his vessel, the Jennie !'U"CT.n, <md is no'v taking steps to subjugate the re'iei joih L'\oni people. All me towns in the Qnali-vaka Ban and Quali-v,ika-Lfcvn!:a are putting up war fences, mid it wi.l prub.ibiy lie the la^t time they will have to do so on Owilau. '1 he Levoni na'ixes have never bc-n ihr.»iiL'hly su'-dusd, and it h hi. pod that C.ikotau will now put them down — and then put his foot nj.on thorn and keep them down The whites m Luvtika hive n'lthin^ to be alarmed abi-u! in this disturbance. A little c uition may be necessity because of the Bubi-kadi who prowl about secretly ni the nujht, enix-ring houses io kill the flsepera. The Lav< mi people are renowned amoi.g the native tribes for the dexterity wi.h which they can do the work of Ija^ikacli ; and any house in Levuka with an open door may be visited during the night by the prowling ni_dit hounds,

Maafu, the Tui Lav, ha 3 formed a stari'linn army at Laksba, under the genera'ship of his son Piince Charles. The soldiers are well armed, 'i hoy are enthusiastic in playing at soldiers a£t-. j r the white man's fashion.