Fiji Intelligence.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 40, 15 April 1875, Page 6

Fiji Intelligence .

Serious complications are likely to arise between the whites and the natives, the latter,, in tbeir ignorance, attributing the sickness 'and death scourge to the 'whites. The '*' Herald's ' corre^pprident writes as follows under date 25th : — " I am sorry! to Bay that since I last wrote to you we. have been visited with, the. meases. Since, thqt ti^e hundreds of natives, have been] carried of£ The death^ate has been as, highaa 76 . in one. day. The, natives are quite paralysed, and won't assist, one an.osei^ A\\ the head chiefs are dead. Over 300, have died on the Island of Ovalau alone, and the other islands have lost more in comparison. It has assumed the fprm of a pfague. The diseaae lasls from three to four days \ thep dyaentry setsjnaad carries them off. Whole native tpymq are depopulated.^ At one town spn^e p£.the ; bpd|e? lay for days before, they are founds and they had been fearfully' mahgfed. by ti4 pigs. AH day lpngj'yQ^ s^e ' npthjißg . buf dead bodies beipg carried alopg,. At firs^ they buried theni;in coffins^ bu,^thfy soon found out they had not enough (carpenters to malte the coffins fast enough, so! they had tojresort to mats, Ac.'one ti«w it w;aa| seriously spoken of to ta^e the boqiea out-! sidej' the «pf ao^ sinfc them. Th'% 'ij think, woul4 hare been the, wisest pUn. and prevented much aici;ries8 f as thegr^e-, yard is quite full. Som^ bodies ha,ve qnty been buried froni n^ to ; eleven inches, under the ground. The natiyea and forei^ lkborers only scratch the grpund a few mch'eg deep, and. cover ty6 body qyer y.Vanid tjb\e late heavy riinshaye wa^ed. the, «ojl off, and the smell is ebmethiiq^ hornj^e. Tou caH imagine , the reeuU when the.hot weather fetf in. A great many WWte children hav,edfed of measles. anddy.ae^fry is ; yery^ prev^knt, , A^ cutter, b^as/iast arrived, from Ongatu, and r^pprfs thaia gteat '^> A nf>@Te^^^^\||^^ np| one will bury them. The medicnes to ail the towna, aaah^ ? m p n going amongst th^m, but. they.nejther take fop 4 not' jhedibirie,; Trade jfj aaise* 'jaj' a stanSßtOl, :.^a there^ar^np^ lahor^ '^ db^ any #qrk \ in fact, tfee.r^ are; n^ black inep! to. be seen* abOjut; th« tpjace^.; TKeJi&jjr returns' thi||' time wifh ' very tlf ttte. 'carg4« \ Hei^ 'cargo; w, here, b^ Jthe^.isVn.o: onjb.tp ■ get Jhe storis. A gefiilenj^iji pfttie {ua^e /of JBftnMpgfliisin,, -Mjm,. .$ + Staa/t '^|

keep- the peace. We~ have~bad~Beveral Frenc^TOerchan^rhe^ by the last trip iof the Wentwortb. .They_are taking a lopkround th^ groug.^ The Bawa Sugar Corns; gany^are 'progressing rapidly with tpe erection of their, machinery, The Wentj . worth arrived irom Sydney, via New Caje-" donia, staying- here five ..cays.-;,'- She' topk 700*; bags, 'coftra; l and;^XC^'b^s^jnaize^for JNe;w/,C^ed.onia^^ /'."W'r."-*k^i^s«aM?;Mr. Evans' have -been committed t for man-; /siaugti^eir; :, bya; jury^ aV/tWQ/, natjyg's, „di|ed ifrpm/their neglecti . Qur fespeGteQ/towns-j many 'Mr/ JT ; ; CJ Ssitb^ has/returjried;; from f England j with/ 'r&n£wed^ afte^'his Sojourn .there. < All /our.:fleet/jo'f • to bring produce^uw I .haver just heard 7that;Bi</p;ttt[ofth^ ..^^b^'cariie dqwn^ipVg^^^ to the 6ovarnment have; been/carried r off ;py: the/mqas^sLa^dfthe^.m the natives has been frighi'fuX .. tbis only wh^hyessels ; r ,arriy c different glands thAt r w«/]h'e^/of,it)ieJex^^^ .'Greafc- scandal, m •> connection /with >one lof ' tbie ,. Lesley an^^hiissibnaH^ Ito occupy, the .aitentibh.bf/ lh!e ■'Gonrtl' -■' ' The /offehder, whp/isaileged: to be > guilty/ /pfjthe. crime'jmpjited /t? ; Be'p^ij,; has/ siace!; fe-' signed his. connection wthi that ibody.^f