ISLAND NEWS.
MISSION STATION BURNT BE NATIVES. NEW FORM OP GOVERNMENT. Press Association.— Telegraph.-Copyrißht. Sydney, November IS. The mail steamer from the Islands brings news that) the Roman Catholic mission station atTapitonea, in tho Gilborb Group, together with a lot of valuable property, was set on lire by natives, and completely destroyed. Mr. Swayne, the British Commissioner, hog successfully initiated a new form of government) in the Ellico and Gilbert groups. Each group will now be entiroly governed by a native chief, assisted by a magistrate, and tho Rosident Commissioner having final jurisdiction. These Islands are flourishing uudor the protectorate established three years ago.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9981, 19 November 1895, Page 5
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104ISLAND NEWS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9981, 19 November 1895, Page 5
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