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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1204, 12 August 1911, Page 3

11.M.5. Powerful re-entered Sydney Harbour on August I, with tho 'Coni-mawhr-in-Chicf on board, afior on absence of just under one month in tho Islands. In tho islam! of Kspiritu .Santo a, chief named Thingeroo has; sworn to exterminate all whites and friendly natives,on his island. Up to (Kile he Ims ,succeeded in murdering eight natives and wounding one white mall. Cannibalism hardly occurs at all. now in (ho islands, but caws occur every now and then. A trader of Swaes nationality was munlerod at Tuhibu nomo- time' ago. Under. : the unwieldy mi-clniiiism of tho dual Frcmoh ami lOnglish control of theno islands, much harm is wrought by traders, who take adrantago of tht. difficulty of legislation, to impose upon tlio natives, and act.9 of retribution frequently follow. Happily, the moral effect of tho presence of a iimn-of-war restrains the violent tendencies of both islanders and Inulors. ■ J. W. Braithwaito and Co. have tin announcement in . this issue that thev will sell by miction at tho City Auction Mart, Manners Street, to-day, at i! p.m., a lot of travellers' sample's, including volvet pilo hearthrugs, table linen, knives, forks, and spoons.