NEWS FROM TAHITI.
Auckland, June S. . By, the Taupo, whioh arrived from the Islands, news has been received that, the trouble between the French authorities and the natives of Baiatea was still continuing. Re* cently the islanders erected » flagstaff and hoisted the British flag, stating that thoy still adhered to their resolva not to come under tha French protectorate. A French man-of-war took the British Consul from Bapeete to Baia* tea. The consul advised the natives that thej could not fly the British' flag, nor could they receive any protection from the British; The. natives, however, continued firm, saying that they looked upon Queen Victoria as tbelc "Mother." The end of the mutter w&sth&ft tbe flagstaff w as shot down by the gona of thq warohip,' but tho natives, nothing dauated| soon had another flagstaff-erected, and whes the Taudo left the Islands there were tare* . staffs from which the British flag was displayed^ The French authorities are now pursuing ft etriofc surveillance of the island, and are endea* vouricg to subjugate the natives by a starvation' process.
Four thousand women of New Sooth Wales have had prepared a beautiful memorial album, for presentation to L*dr Doit
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NEWS FROM TAHITI.
Otago Witness, Issue 2206, 11 June 1896, Page 46
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