During the recent cruise of H. M. S. Ringdove to the Solomon and Santa Cruz Is., which were lately handed over by rine i tion with the settlement ang netied that the British thy was flying on ome of the Santo Uruz Enquir ever, showed that intervention was quite unnecessary planation given of the absence vf the Union Jack being that a chief's wife Ind taken so much fancy to the coloured bunting, that she had appropriated it to the use of a dress, to extend the resources of her own scanty wardrobe, and so take the shine out of other of the island's society ladies who are not so fortunate as to have British flags at their command for society
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