NATIVES IN REVOLT
DESPATCH OF ASSISTANCE. . _ SYDNEY, March 4. News from. New Britain states that a rising has ooourred in the French islands to the north. From the meagre particulars to hand, it appears that the natives attacked the trading station of Peter Hansen, killed sixteen of his labourers, and burnt and looted the station-houses. The white traders had taken refuge in some shelter, and were holding out against the natives. A Government steamer had gone to the scene of the disturbance.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4297, 5 March 1901, Page 5
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