SOLOMON ISLANDS
SYDNEY, July 9. The Rev. Mr Goldie, chairman of the Methodist Missions to the Solomon Islands, reported that his visit to Ontongjava disclosed that"native converts were being cruelly persecuted. Their property had been devastated and food intended for the relief of sufferers had been intercepted. Mr Goldie, on landing, was surrounded by hundreds of hostile natives, who threatened him with uplifted weapons. The Commissioner of the Solomon Islands has promised an investigation into the charges. Dysentery is reported to be raging in the Vera Cruz group, and several deaths are reported. Passengers arriving from the Solomon Islands stale that the group will be changed from a protectorate to a British Crown colony within a year.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3148, 15 July 1914, Page 25
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117SOLOMON ISLANDS Otago Witness, Issue 3148, 15 July 1914, Page 25
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