FIGHT IN ISLANDS.
Wa'SBSXCTON'TOr KBSWr HEBRIDES. WfcEKtnQA -NATIVES- PUNISHED. fdntitve force {■ \r killed. (' - ' *SYDNEY, November 16. ;• flS>*.; ;: st*Hnbr' Padfiq.uo, from the ■lSew Hebrides, reports the landing of en punitive expedition of Malekula to avenge the natives on the coast &£ the.' SSj&nd tribes. . '!tee~ : ;'jjisi»v«fl weU armed and a I StoO.lwF >the jexpsdfo&wary troops fyr&e Jailed and ft bluejacket waj /tvosttuiftdL ■"■' HM 'tofittves. wereK*everely punished. AfifckP "the forces returned the ships heavily Celled, the villages and plantations. . A caWegramif rom Sydney-on October E 8 stated:—The steamer Tnduna reTporis native unrest in Malekula Island, an the N6W Hebrides Tribal fighting /has been frequent, and raids bave > been ■made on coast villages. Six mission natives have been massacred, and the Jives of. white people aro threatened. Many of them are living on vessels Jthrough fear of attack.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17328, 17 November 1916, Page 5
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134FIGHT IN ISLANDS. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17328, 17 November 1916, Page 5
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