NEW CALENDONIAN CONVICTS FOR AUSTRALIA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 156, 10 May 1879, Page 2

NEW CALENDONIAN CONVICTS FOR AUSTRALIA.

. . TKe Queensland .correspoiidont: of tlio Melbourne Argus' .■That was. a very, choice, additio^, to society which we received 011 last Wednesday,'', when dqyeii rfw?»ts,v from New Caledonia, landed" at the wharf. After being breakfasted by the police authorities at.' i{".boarding-house, which henceforth should be called the Alsatian, i (MwH.iiiiiVsly ■ their.. History. as;,the..authorities were . - : curious who speaks French .fluently, invited th?m to proclaim themselves Communists, but these';toyelellotts -disdained to shelter of fact. ,T]ie^^&!iife : i|^'ai)ies ; ages, places of'birth,' crimes', length 6f served, and convict, brands, with'a charming frankness. Three murderers, three burglars, 4wo..|u{fy ! S2ii\decent assault, and tliree criininais, threw themselves undk* tlie;proteeli()ii-(sf -thaJßritish flag, and told theistory of their escape. They arc now at largo, imd lodged comfortably at■ti)6 ii l e»ffii'ient which they " in tlie colony 'an|j yha'P action ho 1 , wished., ta,KfivTOh' J i ! draWto them, and -retjuesno be taken of arrived. Is not-'tliis-' a pleasant state of : affaffli ; them unless ! , "ff(qy t>V tl?d'Htiihijl'lties i; It'seeWs Mfflay separate aiia go whither they story,of tjieir escape leaves litfifiramv to , doubt'that their gfclers winked at wholo •proceeding. I--have said that these scoundrels are very much - sty ( fpr f pince ryntiug that I ; have learned thai tlieV have wisely commpneed to'*-df^riyi , s , lllylliyd'- money, aitfmvliileWo •Toniaiii-in Brisbane, two have gone towardji ) ouj'^ii^^pi ll three have made for for the Darling Downs, so that if they are wanted there-Will : be some difficulty in bagging them.. I .have since heard that Mr Forrest, consular agent-for France, intends'claiming : tlie'inen'A ; A-pity lie (lid (.Motwdtf t snch"Cflsos)!.badly."neod.if these meirxontiiitetoaitvadio us./iyhey have been doing lately Sodslmll have to find means of even without the help of; )fGovern•nent. VMMW/HP