Vitlagoublay, Oct. 11.
Captain Challe, accompanied by al mechanic, is flying to Rome to-day on the first stage of his flight to Bangkok, which he proposes to reach ery soon at the rate of 1,500 kilometres a day.—Reuter, Suva, Fiji, Oct, 12, No further news has been received! Jof the massacre in the bush by natives at Malaita Island of the District Commissioner, a cadet, fifteen native police and the crew of the nese on another island had had his throat cut by a labourer from Malaita and that labourers from the same island had also attacked and killed a white overseer on a lonely, island and had bitten off their om-ployer's finger.
Tt is authoritatively stated in London that the Solomons are within lion naval area and the ser Adelaide is expected to reach Malaita to-morrow.
The murders are not regarded London as having any political im portance: the whole affair, indeed, is surprising, as Malaita hitherto has been very' tranquil.—Reuter,
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