NEWS FROM THE ISLANDS.
Supposed Loss of the Schooner Vailele.
Punishing Native Murderers. Loss of British Gunboat Tweed. (By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.) (Per Uuited Press" Association.) Sidney, August 25. Tho schooner Vailele, witti Captain Evans and a orew of six, ,is believed to have been lost at Solomon Islands. A force under the command of captain. Davles, of fuo H.M.B. Royalist, landed at SI. Christoval (Solomon group) in search of the murderers of captain Craig, of the ■ohooner Samlfiy, who was shot dead by the native* at Makiara in January la«t. Tho detachment succeeded in surprising the -village whore the murderers wore hiding, but the latter escaped, though the principal chief wa» v captured and held as a hostage. The Royalist also paid a visit to Uji
""island, and punished the murderers of the late Mr Howard, manager of the Steven's party {of Dunedin) and others in March last. Intelligence received via Thursday Island states that during a typhoon near Hong Kong, the British gunboat Tweed went asboro, and one of the seamen was drowned. The vessel was subsequently towed off, but immediately sank.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 7500, 25 August 1891, Page 3
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184NEWS FROM THE ISLANDS. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 7500, 25 August 1891, Page 3
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