SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. (From our own Correspondents.)
ENGLISH. Private London Telegram to Waikat© Times. — There ia a fall in wheat. The market is quiet at Ss 2d to 5s 3d. [The following was published by as as an Extra yesterday.]
€OMMODORE GOODENOUGH MURDERED AT SANTA CRUZ. Auckland, Monday. The Hero has arrived from Sydney, which she left on the 24th. H.M.S. Pearl had arrived at Sydney and reports the murder of .Commodore Goodenough and two seamen at Santa Cruz, a group north of the New Hebrides. The Commodore had been visiting the various Islands, and was well received. He landed at San tz Cruz. The natives showed the most friendly disposition, receiving presents, and manifesting- an inclination to barter. The Commodore went about the village endeavouring to open up friendly relations, in which he [appeared to be successful until just about go embark, when the nntivea fired at him, "wounding hitxx in the side with a poisoned arrow, and a dozen arrows followed, wounding four of the ship's crew, and again wounding 1 the Commodore severely in the head. The wounded were carried aboard. The Commodore, believing that the natives committed the act in consequence of previous outrages by whites, ordered -that unnecessary severity should not be used in punishing them. He sent a message ashore of his intention to bombard the village, so that the natives might leave, and he then destroyed it. The Pearl afterwards sailed south to got into a more favourable ■o'invate for the sufferers, but, after lingering two or three days, the Cjmmodore and two seaman died. The Commodore's body was brought to Sydney, and the funeral was largely attended.
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Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 512, 31 August 1875, Page 2
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274SPECIAL TELEGRAMS. (From our own Correspondents.) Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 512, 31 August 1875, Page 2
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