Annamites Savagely Attack

N.H. Overseer

indentured Annamite labourers employed on the plantation of M.

Cariou, in Santo, New Hebrides, recently made a very savage attack upon their overseer, M. Forestier, and wounded him severely.

It appears that the overseer, following his usual custom, was giving his instruc tions one morning to the labourers, when four men attacked him without warning, and one Annamite, who was armed with a large knife, very seriously wounded him. He fought off the four men with great courage and strength, and, later, they were placed under arrest for trial.

Monsieur Forestier was so badly hurt that for a time his life was despaired of.

He was taken to the hospital on Santo, where, under skilled treatment, he is mak ing satisfactory progress.