Further News From Tonga.
——®ii—. Bv ELECTRIC TELEQRAPH.-OopYRWHt , (Reuter's Telegrams.) SWEYjj&b. 17. The vpel.Lubebk has from Apia. She brings 'news from Tonga that tho six men oonvioted of the attempted assassination of Mr Baker ware shot at Malona Island on the 12th February, jn-tlie presence of the Grown Prince of T<J}g a i and a number ,of natives. ',' Two who war# 'impKcafe,d in'theLontraga have fceoa remanded. . Miss".Baker, who waa soyerely, pundQd, is : not .expeeted to rocoyer.-" „ Mr Baker's son, liowewt'i is _ Mr ■Baker liraiaelf Is a guest at the King'i Palace, wliioh is guarded by troops.
■ ..(United.Pases Association.) Auckland, February The Tongan schooner Sandfly brings the details of the recent events at Tonga. ■' Several prisoners have made a full confession of the attempted murder and principal accomplices in the ploti "The- British and German Consuls were present at the trial. It was stated, at the trial that a number of leading Wesleyan Natimhad been for months past urging t®crimin»lg to murder the Premier, the Minister of Police and the Police Magistrate. Tobin, one of tho-prisoners, was also in league with other's whose object it was to murder the King and his family, and place his nephew on the throne. The.murder of the. Premier was deliberately planned, and many students in the Wesleyan College wera in the plot and aidfld "the murderers, A Native Wesleyan Minister confapd to knowing of the plot to murder,|but, .was afraid to inform less he shorn be killed. ' "
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2529, 19 February 1887, Page 2
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242Further News From Tonga. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2529, 19 February 1887, Page 2
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