NEW HEBRIDES TRAGEDY.
A PURSER KILLED.' BY TELEGRAM—mESS' ASSOCIATION—COrTEIOnT r Sydney, March 16. Further/newsis 1 to hand from tho' Islands as to the. death of Mr. Wellings, /pursor of the, South; Australian, who was attacked by natives" while ashore at Eutun'a Island; 'in the-Now Hebrides group. Ho was: rescued by a party from the steamer, and/was con*, veyed ■ to Rotumah Island, north of Fiji, where lie arrived in a dying condition. . ; The was ,qilite. .unpremeditated:; Mr... was'/ walking ..with',- several others;when,.a'-native .whoni lio had never seen,before/'sjruckjiim with, an axo, almost •severing"liis .'arm.\'.. li Gangrene. set 'in.,• A SUVA MURDER. ,' (BY TEIEGRAM—PRESS ASSOCIATION'.,) •V ■■■. : : 11-.Aucltland, March- 16.' : Just as the. steamer- Don of Ruthven ,was leaving'- Suva _'it" was; reported that _ a sugar, nlnnter hid beeu murdered by a eoolio with .a knife;,',/. A..-',' ••-' !-./'; v'. : i ■ 'i'iie name,!of' the murdered mail, cannot-be definitely 'ascertained. -It is said .to' resemble ."■Rowley." ■■ ■
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 7
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149NEW HEBRIDES TRAGEDY. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 148, 17 March 1908, Page 7
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