VANIKORO ISLAND.
POPULATION DEPLETED BY EPIDEMICS. (nmn raasa amociatiok —at auenuo TBiJiaaiPa—COPT»IOHT.) SYDNEY, August 6. Arrivals by the Caluln to-day told of life at Vanikoro Island, in the Santa Or us group of the Solomon Island*. They stated that five years ago the estimated population of the island was (IOHO. Th .•re were now less than 100, measles and influenza having killed large numbers Fever waa also partly responsible There are about 26 white settlers. —Australian Press Association.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19691, 7 August 1929, Page 11
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