ISLAND NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXV, Issue LXV, 22 December 1913, Page 8

ISLAND NEWS.

THE FRENCH AND NEW

HEBRIDES

. . fc* <TABL?~*J&EBB .ABSQCI^LTIO> -COPTBIGHT. (Received Dec. 22, 10.80 aniv) - /;■...., '~■ ; Sydney;, pec, 22. , Th© Rev. Mr Gilloh, missionary from the New,, Hebrides, makes strong charges of . maiadmiiii^tration, an^l of amaltreatmißiijb of the natives,,^ymder7the condominium system. He i.declares^ that if Englishmen did anything Isalf sis bad as some of the things the ilPreneh do, they would be ee^ely;; punished.. .The French can do as they like, ■ &■ condition of| things^next-door to prevails amongst vthe i'rfench '.; they ,l>uy and sell natives like cattle. But it -v/ould be worse;if Britain had no say at ■ull.- ;.•■■ ■• ■■■-. '-\^ •;• ■; = •■; ■■;':. ;■ • > ; :■ ■■ •-•. ' : OTE AMBRYM ERUPTIONS. Mr Gillon and other passengers by the last island eteaimer say that the ;volcanic outbreak,at Ambrym presentedl^ a magnificent (spectacle from the deck «f)f ■ the' vessel., It will probably never be known how many 'natives.hav6 perished, jpiere were numbers in the bush, and ifr -will be some time before their fate is •a^eertalued, if ever; Some who swam to sea Mere scalded to death with the lieat of the water, caused by lava.