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(Received' Dec 22, at 10.30 p.m:) Sydney, Dec 22. Direct telephonic communication has, beeu established between Sydney and' Newcastle.
News from .the Islands states the.Solomon Islanders, continue to display, much hostility to traders. The schooner Eclipse, while trading at Vella Lavella, a-native tomahawked, stabbed and ; severelyinjured Captain Pratt, who shot the attacked A large number of hqstile -native canoes were driven off by firearms.
Received, Dec 23 at 12 a.m./ Melbourne, Dec 23. Parliament haa prorogued until March Ist.
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West Coast Times, Issue 10668, 23 December 1897, Page 2
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81AUSTRALIA N West Coast Times, Issue 10668, 23 December 1897, Page 2
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