The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-10


In port doing service a q
hulk, leaving the Renard the only one
NJ the four in active service as a mer-
chairman. The circumstances at
tending the loss OF the Saudfy briefly
are that she struck OH a reef, and the
crew took TO the boats and went to
gi TO Mr.. Stevens station. From
there boats subsequently, set out for
the scene of the wreck in the hope of
securing salvage. The schooner was
partly loaded with copra, and was
bound TO sydney at the time the acct
dent occurred. Her owner, Mr.. Kirk
patrick, was OH board and in charge
of the Sandfy. It was his intention,
after securing what he could from the
wreck, to come on to sydney by the /
brigantine Borough Belle.
A Captain Murdered.
The German warship Speroer ar
rived at Sydney from the Islands on 4
February 9Th. During her island pa /
troll the Sperber visited samoa, then /
went on to the German island posses /
siOns in the Pacific, visiting Jaluit in /
the Marshall Islands, New Britain, !
the Fead Islands, the Admiralty /
Group, and German New Guinea. y /
flying visit was also made TO Queen I
Garcia Harbor, Hshu Island, in the /
German division If the Solomon
Group. White at New Britain the
Sperber received word of the murder
of Capt. Stalio, well-knOwn island
shipmaster, under circumstances
given i'm these columns some time
ago. The German warship proceeded
to the island at which the outrage
took place, and arrested two natives
who were found to be implicated in
the crime. 1t was found that the
actual murderers had paid the penalty
for the death of Capt. StaliO with
their lives, having been shot soon
after the shipmaster was killed. The
two natives arrested by the Sperber
were therefore sentenced to miti-
gated term of imprisonment, and
were eventually transported from the
| Fead Islands, scene OF the murder,
| to German Ne. -,uinea, for period
of five years. At the German head
quarters in New Guinea, the Sperber
found that the white population
had escaped the New Guinea
fever, except in a mild form
in few instances, but amongst the
natives q good deal of mortality
had taken place. 1t is intended that
the German warship shall remain at
Sydney for five or six weeks before
returning to Samoa, awaiting the ar
| rival of the Bussard, now in sydney.
Destruction at New Hebrides.
Island news blythe trading steamers
Lubbock and ROcktOn at Sydney,
states that at the New Hebrides the
settlers are naturally respondent at
the withdrawal of the little Govern
ment assistance given towards MAIN
tanning steam communication from
Sydney. Under existing arrange
ments the next trip of the Rockton
will be the last that will be made
from Sydney to the New Hebrides,
and the steamer Croydon, which has
been so useful in the inter-island SER
vice, is also to go on to Sydney. In
future the commerce between Sydney
and the fine group of islands mention
! ed will be carried on by sailing
vessels. The French residents take
, a different view of the matter, anC
) regard it as a favorable precursor o.
the annexation of the group under
the French flag, which they consider
is inevitable. The group has already
this year been visited by terrific
| hurricane A small vessel belonging
5 to the Australasian New Hebride!
: Company of Sydney, named th'
: Mona, was caught in it while a
+ anchor, and narrowly escaped wreck
age. The crew cut away the masts t.
f ease the vessel, and this eXpedien
= had the desired effect. They subse
7 quently took her to Aneityum to refit
: The steamer Croydon was also in tn
+. hurricane between Aoba and San
to on the 18th January. The loves
reading of the barometer was $3.50
D., and terrible sea, with binding rain
e prevailed for five hours. Great de
= struction of the French company
s coffee plantations is reported in th
Y Seagond Channel, and a small
e schooner was seen lying broadside OF
a to the beach in the Malo Pass. 1t /
n feared several lives were lost. Som
i of the centre islands in the New
d Hebrides received but little damage
!. but on Mallicollo and Aoba fearful
: havoc was wrought by the storm
: Tongan news includes particulars {
s disaster at one one of the Islands fror
n a hurricane. Two European and ia
l. tive churches, Free church, and
= Wesleyan church, were blown dOwr
t and many dwellings were destroyed
= The natives are likely to suffer from
Il partial famine, the tornado havin
+ cleared off the bread-fruit plantation
II for miles.
= Outrage By Natives.
It Solomon Island reports receive
r Feb. 18th, include brief particulars {
e another outrage by natives. A traC
n ing schooner, the Siskin, employed
Y the group bartering for cOpra and co
= lecting produce in exchange for me-
h chandise, was at Cape Pitt whe
10 one of her boats crew was, it
ir stated, attacked by the islander
p, and three of the number (all n:
l. tives) were killed. With this e,
II ceptiOn the accounts received frol
l. the group are of n brisk trade beir
IL done, and of better feeling towal
Of the white traders on the part of tt
K natives right through the group.
10 Fighting Sailors.
I'd From Fiji, advices received sta
h that the visit of II. NJ. :. Daphne,
r Suva, while on her way to the Chi
to station from the North Pacific, wi
S be remembered by the residents of Il
ut Fiiian capital, and that unfavorabl
S Two deliberate attempts on the part
n some sailors, it is alleged, were mae
lie to kill sergeant of police and CT
" ilian. The assaults were made wi
IS knives. So bad did matters becOn
V in the quiet town of Suva that the n
L tive armed constabulary were CALI
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