The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-03
NORFOLK ISLAND TO-DAY.
4 PARADISE Nv the PICIFIC IN-
STEAD or 4 pENIL COLONY.

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ron, mo rit ,op Go.e.tA
rho f,,rr. c,vcr,p,,nt Of Sorfol,k island.
III, r,ainiv -, e., lc,ron,,n,s -,
the Bounty mutincers, will shortly como bo-
sore rho Hons, nr commons, Hitherto II has
beer virtually n separate dct'hdehcN uhd'r
the British crown. In tho year 1896. when
the Inhabitants migrated rom lltcnirns
island because II was 700 small an Imports
d,st,nc. and separate settlement. to I've ruled
"'7''",' ""' ''"'' Nv w
der a code embracing the fundamental urln.
,i,Ics ~ y,verrucnt ,he,rycd Mt pitrairn.
modified to suit tie changed couditions. The
executive government during the absence of
ths Goycrnnr wr, vested IN a chief magistrate
and two councillors, cier:cd annually by tho
community. This mode or government has been
In operation nearly forty y'nts' ana tne isIHnu-
ers arc Hn.te Snt's""" Nllh w.; Mr. on"m mnsa-
,To ,t,,,i orthrrtty of tho Govr,nment and
.'e "''''' "".".''N -" ~,
Parliament Of New South Wales Th9 island
,ri, ~ ,ho i,nm,rj,, eoycrrmcrt. which has
rule o, ,"e n"p"ru +, ,a ""n ,a@, ,nr,m . T%ucN mas
me Tnrio.h si"iiu'tS 49," ,he d ~, mosS
Interesting peoples IN me Woriu; inc iSI'na
IL no more THAN nFe miles III ivh{th, hhu, NJ u
widest par, d1eS h"t eNr'eH tgpr9 lt,ao5 in
breadth. IL stand alone IN the south faylnc;
.', ~ - ,ISgN IL - 1.
900 miles. Auckland Geo miles, and sydney
900 miles. - x,.,ar. t,ou, 4,
capt. COOK discovered Nor1olN, island IN
liza. Fourteen yrafa later 1ormhi possession
WIS taken or ~ ah4 ONE tr9nsIerIea con-
on and on, down TO, 1908 the place was util-
iaGI towmta tn.s rll; ma WnGn Ine trahspur.
traiasian group it was for a time left almost
deserted. " hen " was asked WHAT was 10
one. a prompt %I o n1iG 'T an9%e ~ was HSDS fcan "I' II pt de-.
s'e2@ants OF Fletcher Tristan ana ms Fellow
inm,ineers OF We n""H fIr,L h cr 70 IN ,h h ,'t east.
ward, ana by reason or several nal seasons
and their own m,'nrricHi increase were threat
ened with starvation. Noriolk Island WINS Of
fercI to them. and tho oitcr was accepted in a
public meeting by 10y as a;ainst "a votes.
tered III sydney, iett i%itc4irn with all the IN
h%ahi;ants and their heionEinIs, tnG accNlnnln:
ON sunday, June $. At that time the communt-
y numbered forty, mrh, inrN seven women.
fifty. four boys. and tl'ty;t,wp girls, nakins a
total Of 1913. Two. families o. the IouhEs,
two men. their WIVES Ten KRIS ana tires
@Pyi In rS'W W,tS ap TGiTre ~ t"u r5c1 TO c InS i['..n pIa ,lise
passion flowers, and trumprt vines" seven
iHis, The Adainsrs, the Young. the Nobbscs.
the Butietts. aad, the VI ColS, ma from these
have SPRUNG. VITA the eXcrptlnl OF. say one.
twelfth, known as 'interlop"rs the SIX nun
llne-lan mis3i6ncrs, now on Norfolk island.
except on the southwest face ! presents to the
| ocean imposing and inaccessible cliffs. Tho
lIlItt ltIl'IlIE lh' - ti i'p'N " w. 'NH,b'
Gus save to experienced whaleiS, are at sydney
Ray, Arson Bay, and the Cascades. The peo-
tiement and masking their honcs IN substsn.
tlal houses among the hlll5 furtLer back. me
qi1 3s'i r pm fne Is n"I ra GGiTSV cru 1nG Hiy'H to a dec an.
and some OF the stone WIrk has been used IN
building house, on t lti1 fTESho'G dS over fne 9 dIxo
ave now, although IN u state or utter dlsrepalr,
used as Court House and school; and Govern
m"nt House Is $? NliniiGatti that 1miy a por.
tion of the building ls habitable. The stirring
scenes Of penal settlement day. have been sue;
yard il now Nbandorcl TO stray horses ard dogs
and the renaininE cells ana hh"sp5'at WgrGs
ingly beautiful, The country is undulattng.
and 1t is covered from end to end with a beau.
tifdl English. looking turf. on which one occa-
sionallv meets tropical ferns ana the inXurt,
IS very lightly timbered ana pafk.llke. inc
Norfolk Island pine IS away u ulstillCttVe tea
tnre Or the landscape. ihese Gra.eLui irees
rear their stems to "a great EslE1,t, Soms'Emes
me- sntHe mes NJ thcv nrs snIattcr",,l about the hills
sn,Ie,.rae' -" eISnts The scrIh, Which has a
rim ToHk. as though it belonged TO a we'll kept
I'm ,P""; as M rnrr'nsnn 81 lemon trees
gh fin oro rs n Wv hoMginp onttbe rinen.
Ing truit in tempting clusters, The white null
npIr5 EIUmII txHTth nIy"mt,r, Ina odied 70 ths
M nD,I s,i hniEtr ric - 10 "'Ao
~ H !, Yer the hills and through the val.
I.'ulnS Gset nmo ME- nnasin, St..k csttIa
ley ~ - az VII ind vrrv often The r,,ins
WH,m ~, : g q az fnrnrc "ir o,rHnied bv ofHcinis
OF S'ono ,"ttSIT Us I'm :, en.pnt Gcnasions
IN uhe "nas t ~ 1919 """ten cnitn-a Ia maj With
Any a IrSt'S LILY WHY ihe n"!Har "a smrromnS..
III thc u.St' ~, ,,r,I :" ortnri,.s Vim ~.
Gu ny Ms ~ onT Ill - ~, . sn ~ ,I, nsre
IIfrS ,o OF in m ! a "mt uiayei in the %innuutiny''
~, fir.iEuini ~ nanrIa - ~ Is ros1ec,nhi.
IN DUH - 10 ITr,pfhf ,ia w." ,,i~tur. IN their
farmers. but ne tatatlni. H II In tnuL r
ptuou DftrnS9 Whnii,pg witL t66r,n Is aInnnst
contplcN"ns Enr ~ -, tncv h,vo thosn
Il luSHtoi. ! Az ~, ,n"rs Witch In.n
Mnimn,aaII ~ ,trannnrS WIN Haya visited them
rmnrnleu ~ J. -, Wv nr,ch =" IrnJ,r ~. rrnnv ia,
anu oiit i o 49, IN rrnrnrG 70 10 eat.
!iEnilui hLItnu nc rn ttair gnod UunIf.
,oInc"t tiioir mnhnmpdeh g,Tcrnsi,v "The rlorv
tL,s = tL.iT ,snr oHnr,t L., on
u toSp'tuia,S - :" ~ or.iv ~ os ,.iSitors
~, Ign d,rs Ii.snnte over tho nriylcye Of be-.
lhe isl"nucrn u'spH,o '"a nr 49,.
CoiaihG i ID i X ithout III, 'indotnic.
.npl % 80" '1.eass 49, y,Itilnrs rnna
taple couraEe tIoS ioTSISS 10 wv ~
mnH'u oI horniir rescues from watery graves
hre my ~ ov"o1itinns and nSvcr IA a
VINE on W NAM w .UVitHss;t dhe snrv irei %
SCION. - r l." dnrger fron stress Of weather.
Notuht'rt WYNN H
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