FIFTY YEARS AGO.
EXTRACTS FROM THE HERALD.
The following are extracts from the New Zealand Herald of March 21. 1881:
A process of gradual but steady reduction in the numbers of the aimed constabulary is going on. All discharges are granted directly applied for, and tli6 vacancies thus created arc not filled upAny casual vacancy in the regular police force is at once filled by a transfer being made from the armed constabulary- 1° this way a very appreciable reduction in expense is being effected. The schooner Leslie, from the Seas, reports another murder by natives. Captain Schwartz landed on tn Solomon Group to trade, and while spea * ing to the natives and traders the vi - lage was surrounded by natives and was Suddenly tomahawked. The iivag then rushed for the boat v but the cj® regained it first and pushed off. natives followed a short distance then made off with the captain s body » the opposite direction. Reports have been received that the captain o Black Hawk, of Melbourne, has also been murdered by the natives.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20827, 20 March 1931, Page 8
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