FLOGGING IN FIJI.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10625, 21 March 1896, Page 4

FLOGGING IN FIJI.

Sir John Thurston says that there is some miaconceptiou in regard to Mr Ohssmberlain'iS reply ifa tho' House of Oomnions on the subject of flogging in Fiji; Sir John says no such praotica aa flogging exists in Fiji, bnt during his absence an officer ordered certain

! natives to be flogged, which was. an altogether illegal, reprehensible, and unprecedented thing. The officer in question was i removed, by the Administrator of the Govern- ! meht to another district on reduced salary. '_ MURDERS BY BLACKS. ■ Adelaide, March 20. Father M'Killop, of the Jesuit Mission, has informed tbe Port Darwin polios that two Chinese were murdered by blacks at Daly rivar. The blacks also raided James's pearling camp, Melvilla Island, but #ere beaten off after spearing the attendant through the band; : FATAL ACCIDENT. ; Pebth, March 20. By tho flooding of the shaft at tho New Cham mine, Mount Magnet, three men named Campbell, Cook, and Daniels were drowned. Owing to heavy rain, the water came down a gully like a wave and entered the shaft without any warning. KATES Off INTEREST ON DEPOSITS. Brisbane, March 20. The banks have reduced the deposit rates to 3- per cent, for 12 months and. 1£ for six months.