THE NEW HEBRIDES MULDER.
Keceived Jnnuary 20, 9.25 n.ni. . Sydney, Friday. , Details are to lidnct of the Now Hebrides ihur'de)-. Tt appears thatSlewrs Bell and Thompson wei'e eiigiigeii iH thM copra trade, and in ignorance cut down certain trees -which were held in reverence by the natives. The chief shortly ' afterwards died, and it wa3 considered to be the result of the destruction of the trees. The natives tomahawked Thompson out of revenge. Bell narrowly escaped by swimming to his canoe.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11128, 21 January 1899, Page 3
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81THE NEW HEBRIDES MULDER. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11128, 21 January 1899, Page 3
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