FURTHER OUTRAGES ON THE SOUTH SEAS.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1411, 19 July 1881, Page 3

FURTHER OUTRAGES ON THE SOUTH SEAS.

Intelligence by the City of Melbourne at Sydney, from Noumea, states that the Aurora had arrived from the Islands, bringing tidings of new massacres at Aoba, the island so famous for many massacres, aad those in connection with the vessels Dauntless and Mystery in particular. On May 29 the May Queen anchored there, for the purpose of landing one of the returned labourers and to recruit for others. Having landed one man, the boats were on their return to the vessel, when they were hailed to wait, as many men wanted to engage themselves. The boats backed into the beach at once, when they were immediately attacked by the natives, who used huge knives and tomahawks, and killed one white man and the black crews of the two boats, with the exception of two, who escaped to the vessel though severely wounded by tomahawk cuts. There were eight blacks in all killed. The particulars of another outrage are also to hand from New Britain, although the news has taken a long time to reach Noumea. Some traders living in New Britain hearing of the straits to which the Marquis de Ray's colonists were reduced, sent a boat in charge of an American named Brett and a Frenchman named Folliott, with a crew of four natives. A few days jiftar starting the boat returned with the natives only, who stated that that having touched at a point off New Biiiaiu to procure cocoanuts they were attacked by natives, who killed the two white men, and pillaged the boat of everything in it. As this native crew were New Britain men, and some of the stolen property was found in their possession, it is almost certain that they are the murderers of Brett and Folliott, and that their story is a fabrication. The feeling is gaining ground fast amongst those engaged in the importat South Sea Island traffic that it will soon become practically impossible to engage in it unless the natives who have £ i /en «o many proofs of their treacherous and bloodthirsty natures are taught a few much-needed aad convincing lessons.