Tho German steamer Isabel, belonging to the German New Guinea Company, arrived at New Britain before the Lord of the Isles left, with a report that two missionaries in German New Guinea had been massacred by the natives. The missionaries were Germans and they lived near a place called Stefanahort. Further along the coast at Hapsfeldthaven, on a tobacco plantation, a white man and a number of labourers were also massacred by the natives. The Ger man Commissioner had started with a body of natives to punish the guilty tribes. The Germans seemed to be doing a lively business in the labour trade amotnr the islands. Some 250 labourers had been recruited and despatched in the schooner Florida to Samoa. The schooner Adeline had also started from JNew Britain with 46 native labourers for Samoa. The German schooner Zoe had arrived at New Britain from Hongkong.* During her voyage she met with a typhoon, during which she had two boats swept away and lost portion of her bulwarks. s

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