ISLAND NEWS.
(by electric telegraph -copyright). Sydney, August 25. Isi.vnd news to hand states that the schooner Vailele, with Captain Evers and a crew of six, is believed to have been lust at the Solomon Islands. A forco under the command of Captain B.ms, of H.M.s. Royalist, landed at St. Christoval, Solomon Group, in search of the murderers of Captain Craig, of tho schooner Sandfly, who was shot dead by the natives at Makiara in January last. The detachment succeeded in surprising the village where the murderers were hiding, but the latter escaped, though the principal chief was captured and held as a hostage. The Royalist also paid a visit to Ugi Island, and punished tho murderers of Mr Howard, manager of Stevens and party, of the Dunodiii, and others, in .Much last.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2983, 27 August 1891, Page 2
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133ISLAND NEWS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2983, 27 August 1891, Page 2
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