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Grey River Argus, Volume LVII, Issue 10520, 14 June 1901, Page 4

The Queensland Government have I received an official report in connect- j ion with the recent massacre of! missionaries in New Guinea. The report is confirmatory of the press reports already published. MrLe flunte, in concluding his report says:— "We can do nothing further tid next minth (June) when I shall return. There will be no further fighting cr burning. 1 am satisfied this is the last massacre of this kind on the coa<?t of British New Guinea I regret the nature of the punishment, but the action was absolutely necessary, and will provebest in the end. Grimbsy, which is probably tbe greatest fisliinsj port iv the world, is becoming disquieted at the thought that the North w a is n'shep! out. Fifteen or twenty yeara ago a -sailing smack used to go over to the Dutch coast and come back with 60 or 70 boxes of soles, each box weighing about 1201 b. Nowadays a steam trawler his had what is regarded as a big voyage if it come back with eight or ten boxes from the same ground. The Auckland Observer gives publicity to a rumour that Messrs H^nry Brett (proprietor of the Auckland Star), Seymour Thome George (a prominpnt figure in" Auckland,) and John M'Leod are to be called "to the Legislative Council.} |They are the three local Commissioners in connection with the Royal \isit. French law makes illegal the employment of aliens in fche Mercantile Marine. For this reason French shipping unions are usually successful in their strikes. The yield from income tax in Great Britain last year amounted to nearly L 27,000,000. As showing the need for the inspection of meat, Mr Buddo, M, H. R., stated in his address.at Cusfc that L 5239 was paid last year as compensation for the slaughter of diseased cattle.