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The Pacific Islands
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Fix this textTHE ONLY JOURNAL CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND TERRITORIES AND GROUPS
Fix this textOF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH PACIFIC.
Fix this textVol. 1. —No. 2.
Fix this textSYDNEY: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1930
Fix this text(Single Copy, 6d.
Fix this text1 Per Annum, posted, 6/-.
Fix this textMINDS OF NATIVES
Fix this textPOISONED
Fix this textContact With Lower Class
Fix this textWhites
Fix this textA NEW GUINEA PROBLEM
Fix this textA WELL-KNOWN New Guinea
Fix this textplanter has asked The Pacific
Fix this textIslands Monthly to make an urgent
Fix this textappeal for stricter supervision over
Fix this textthe visits of native “boys” to
Fix this textSydney.
Fix this text“These young natives are brought
Fix this textdown here as servants usually as at
Fix this texttendants for young children,” said the
Fix this textplanter. “The consequences usually
Fix this textare very bad.
Fix this text“These natives, while here, are al
Fix this textlowed to mix on terms of equality
Fix this textwith low-class whites, particularly
Fix this textwhite women, and they go back to the
Fix this textTerritory with a high opinion of them
Fix this textselves. They have the minds of chil
Fix this textdren, and they cannot distinguish be
Fix this texttween the different classes of whites.
Fix this text“The maintenance of discipline in
Fix this textthe Territory already is a serious prob -
Fix this textlem. The native is a child, and there
Fix this textis only one way to train the mind of
Fix this textthe child against petty wrong-doing—
Fix this textthat is, a quick application of the cane.
Fix this textBut employers of labour are forbidden
Fix this textto touch a native. If he is impudent,
Fix this textor disobedient, or lazy, or a thief, we
Fix this textmust convey him to the District Officer,
Fix this textand he may get a term in the cala
Fix this textboose. By this time, he has forgotten
Fix this texthis offence —and he regards imprison
Fix this textment as a joke, and a relief from
Fix this textwork, anyway. The system is farcical.
Fix this text“Incidentally, the same District Offi
Fix this textcer punishes us, by fine, if we handle
Fix this textthe labourers roughly. It would not be
Fix this textso bad if they were gentlemen trained
Fix this textto exercise the powers of magistrates.
Fix this textBut they are not. Of those who were
Fix this textholding office, not long ago, one was
Fix this textformerly a barber, one a railway por
Fix this textter, one a stonemason, one a cabinet-
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Fix this text“The D.O. personnel is improving,
Fix this texthowever, and we might cope with the
Fix this textsituation, if it were not for the con
Fix this textstant poisoning of the natives by con
Fix this texttact with low-class whites. Until recent
Fix this textyears, we kept the natives in their
Fix this textproper place we were firm, just and
Fix this textkind and they respected us, and the
Fix this textnecessary prestige of the whites was
Fix this textmaintained. But when boys are allowed
Fix this textto associate with Europeans, and par
Fix this textticularly with lower-class white women,
Fix this textthe discipline that is based on race
Fix this textprestige breaks down. And it is diffi
Fix this textcult to combat this kind of thing when
Fix this textour hands are tied, in the manner des
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Fix this text“One boy, coming back with ideas of
Fix this textequality, may contaminate hundreds of
Fix this textothers; and then the danger to our
Fix this textwhite women becomes very great and
Fix this textreal.
Fix this text"People wishing to take nurses to Aus-
Fix this texttralia should be compelled to use fe
Fix this textmale nurses. There is a probability of
Fix this texttrouble with that system, too, perhaps—
Fix this textbut it does not react upon the Euro
Fix this textpeans in the Territory. New Guinea
Fix this textauthorities also should sternly pre
Fix this textvent the white crews of visiting vessels
Fix this textfraternising with the natives that,
Fix this textalso, creates a difficult spirit among
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Fix this textThe planter said he was not attack
Fix this texting the Administration so much as the
Fix this textsystem, which was tragically wrong.
Fix this textThe officials, generally, recognised the
Fix this textneed for discipline but they were
Fix this textshouted at, on the one side, by the
Fix this textLeague of Nations, and badgered, on
Fix this textthe other, by the missionaries, and were
Fix this textalmost as helpless as the planters.
Fix this textNauru Saves Native Babies
Fix this textFrom Our Canberra Correspondent
Fix this textCanberra, Sept. 15.
Fix this textThe Baby Clinic experiment at Nauru
Fix this texthas proved a great success, according
Fix this textto a report received from the Adminis
Fix this texttrator, Mr. W. A. Newman.
Fix this textThis is borne out by the fact that in
Fix this text1924 there were 20 deaths of native chil
Fix this textdren under 1 year old out of 57 births,
Fix this textwhile in 1929 out of 60 births there were
Fix this textonly seven deaths.
Fix this textIncidentally, Mr. Newman mentions
Fix this textthat the weather has been very stormy
Fix this textof late. Nine vessels were then drifting
Fix this textround the island, waiting for an oppor
Fix this texttunity to load phosphate.
Fix this textGravely Disturbed
Fix this textCommerce in New Caledonia
Fix this textIndo-Chine Bank and Bechades
Fix this textTHE introduction of a new banking
Fix this textpolicy in New Caledonia has very
Fix this textseriously disturbed commercial condi
Fix this texttions in the big French colony; and it
Fix this textlooks as if several Australian firms will
Fix this textbe hard hit.
Fix this textFor very many years most of the
Fix this textbanking business of New Caldonia has
Fix this textbeen in the hands of the Bank of Indo-
Fix this textChine, and this institution gave easy
Fix this textand generous accommodation to its
Fix this textclients. As a result, the big merchants
Fix this textallowed almost unlimited credit to the
Fix this textplanters, and producers generally.
Fix this textA few months ago, certain officials
Fix this textcame out from Bank headquarters. A
Fix this textsurvey of the position was made; and
Fix this textthe fiat was issued —all overdrafts must
Fix this textbe substantially reduced. In view of
Fix this textthe conditions that had obtained, the
Fix this textdifficulty of quickly readjusting the
Fix this textposition can be realised, and there were
Fix this textmany appeals for “more time.” The
Fix this textBank, however, was adamant, with the
Fix this textresult that some of the trading firms
Fix this textwere soon in grave difficulties.
Fix this textOne of the largest firms got assist
Fix this textance from France, and appears to have
Fix this textsurvived the storm. A second—known
Fix this textgenerally as “Bechade’s”—appears to
Fix this texthave been forced into liquidation. Its
Fix this textliabilities are in the neighbourhood of
Fix this text£250,000, but its assets are substantial.
Fix this textThere are really two Bechade firms —
Fix this textthe parent company, Les Establisse
Fix this textments de Bechade (New Caladonia),
Fix this textand Societe de Bechade des Nouvelles
Fix this textHebrides. The trading position of the
Fix this textNew Caledonia concern was strong, but
Fix this textit had guaranteed the overdraft of the
Fix this textNew Hebrides concern, and this is what
Fix this textbrought it into difficulties.
Fix this textThe directors of Bechade insisted that
Fix this textif they were given reasonable latitude
Fix this textthey could meet all their liabilities.
Fix this textThe Australian creditors—mostly Syd
Fix this textney merchants—were quite prepared to
Fix this textallow the firm to carry on. But the
Fix this textBank refused any further assistance,
Fix this textand took legal action to force the firm
Fix this textinto liquidation.
Fix this textThe Australian creditors held a meet
Fix this texting and decided to send Mr. P. F
Fix this textParkes (one of the directors of Messrs.
Fix this textW. S. Tait & Co. Ltd.) to Noumea and
Fix this textVila to ascertain the exact position and
Fix this texttake whatever steps were necessary to
Fix this textprotect their interests.
Fix this textNORFOLK ISLAND
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Fix this textImportant Discussions Pro
Fix this textceeding
Fix this textIT is probable that, in an early issue.
Fix this textThe Pacific Islands Monthly will
Fix this textmake an announcement of much inter
Fix this textest to Norfolk Island.
Fix this textThe charming and tax-free Territory
Fix this texthas been handicapped, for decades, by
Fix this textlack of an adequate shipping service.
Fix this textMessrs. Burns Philp & Co. Ltd. have
Fix this textbeen criticised but they have pro
Fix this textvided the best service justified by the
Fix this textavailable cargo and passenger trade.
Fix this textEven if it was the poor old Makambo!
Fix this textBut Norfolk Island is growing rapidly.
Fix this textIt has outgrown the Makambo, and
Fix this textwhat the Makambo represents. Im
Fix this textportant discussions are proceeding
Fix this textand, if the general financial position is
Fix this textnot altogether too bad, an early an
Fix this textnouncement may be expected.
Fix this textPublic Officers’ Conditions
Fix this textPapua and N. Guinea
Fix this textSPECIAL INQUIRY BEING
Fix this textMADE
Fix this textFrom Our Canberra Correspondent
Fix this textCanberra, Sept. 15.
Fix this textAMONG the passengers on the s.s.
Fix this textMontoro on her last trip to the
Fix this textIslands were Mr. P. E. Walcott, Com
Fix this textmonwealth Public Service Inspector in
Fix this textQueensland, and Mr. J. L. Mulrooney,
Fix this textof the Prime Minister’s Department,
Fix this textCanberra.
Fix this textMr. Walcott has been appointed a
Fix this textSpecial Commissioner to investigate
Fix this textconditions and salaries in the Public
Fix this textService of New Guinea, and Mr. Mul
Fix this textrooney accompanies him as secretary.
Fix this textThey are now at Rabaul.
Fix this textA good deal of dissatisfaction pre
Fix this textvails in the Territory, it being con
Fix this texttended that the pay and allowances,
Fix this textand service conditions generally, are
Fix this textnot as liberal as they might be. It is
Fix this textrecognised, of course, that life in New
Fix this textGuinea has a good many disadvantages
Fix this textcompared with the conditions obtaining
Fix this textin Australia, and it is the aim of the
Fix this textGovernment to make the public ser
Fix this textvants there as contented as possible,
Fix this texthaving due regard to the straitened
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Fix this textPapua has been getting a Federal
Fix this textgrant of £50,000 a year (recently re
Fix this textduced to £42,000), and New Guinea
Fix this text£10,000 a year. The latter grant, how-
Fix this textever, is not a subsidy, as in the case of
Fix this textPapua, for administrative purposes, but
Fix this textan amount set aside for use in the in
Fix this textterests of the natives. New Guinea, in
Fix this textfact, has been standing on its own
Fix this textfeet —paying its own way.
Fix this text"WILD CATS” AND GOLD-SEEKERS
Fix this textSurvey of New Guinea and Papuan Mining
Fix this textEnterprises
Fix this textTOO MANY FINANCIAL ADVENTURERS BATTEN
Fix this textON RICH AND PROMISING INDUSTRY
Fix this textAbout three years ago,
Fix this texta light, billowy cloud ap
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Fix this textAs the months rolled
Fix this texton, the cloud beame big
Fix this textger and bigger, and
Fix this textgradually it broke into
Fix this textsmaller and denser clouds.
Fix this textThen a storm blew up,
Fix this textin all its fury. It fanned
Fix this textthe clouds, and, just as
Fix this textthey became tinted with
Fix this texta rich golden hue, as
Fix this textthough from the setting
Fix this textsun, many of them burst.
Fix this textAnd, with their bursting,
Fix this textmany fortunes were lost.
Fix this textIn such picturesque
Fix this textlanguage may be des
Fix this textcribed Australia’s 1928-
Fix this text1929 "flutter" in New
Fix this textGuinea gold.
Fix this textNOW PRODUCING GOLD IN NEW GUINEA:
Fix this textVarious alluvial enterprises—small groups engaged
Fix this textin placer mining and sluicing.
Fix this textAT POINT OF PRODUCTION IN NEW GUINEA:
Fix this textUpper Watut Gold Co. (Sluicing).
Fix this textDay Dawn (New Guinea) Ltd. (Crushing).
Fix this textPREPARING FOR PRODUCTION IN NEW
Fix this textGUINEA ON LARGE SCALE:
Fix this textBulolo Gold Dredging Co. (Dredging).
Fix this textNew Guinea Goldfields Ltd.
Fix this textACTIVELY PROSPECTING LEASES, ETC., IN
Fix this textNEW GUINEA, ON LARGE SCALE:
Fix this textPlacer Development Ltd.
Fix this textNew Guinea Developments.
Fix this textGuinea Gold
Fix this textGolden Chief Extended.
Fix this textPROSPECTING IN NEW GUINEA, PAPUA AND
Fix this textSOLOMON ISLANDS;
Fix this textLarge number of small companies.
Fix this textWITH the first news of gold strikes
Fix this textin New Guinea, in 1926-27, com
Fix this textpanies were formed and gilded pros
Fix this textpectuses drawn up. When the fever
Fix this textwas at its height, concerns with £20,000
Fix this textcapital were floated in less than 24
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Fix this textMost of these shows might be called
Fix this text“gilded gambles,” but the gilt soon was
Fix this textworn away. Professional operators
Fix this textrevelled in their opportunities. Ama
Fix this textteurs, hearing of prospects, and backed
Fix this textwith bright visions of outcropping reefs
Fix this textonly awaiting the arrival of their com
Fix this textpanies’ prospecting parties, ventured
Fix this textmrth—to suffer rude shocks and shat
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Fix this textThe company promoter was in his
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Fix this textHard-worked and wearied prospec
Fix this texttors arrived in Sydney from out be
Fix this textyond Salamoa. After trudging over
Fix this textrugged mountains they had found good
Fix this textareas and pegged out claims, and now
Fix this textthey returned to Sydney to obtain
Fix this textmonetary backing for working, their
Fix this textproperties. Immediately they were
Fix this textsnapped up by the wily promoter, ready
Fix this textto foist anything on the public. New
Fix this textGuinea gold was in favour, so why
Fix this textworry?
Fix this textA cool 18,000 2/6 shares would go to
Fix this textthe promoter for floating the company
Fix this text—he would take no cash, the benevo
Fix this textlent fellow! But he naturally regarded ,
Fix this textit as his right to see that in the course
Fix this textof the company’s operations he would
Fix this texthave an opportunity to realise the
Fix this textvalue of his shares in good solid cash,
Fix this textor, if his lucky star was shining, twice
Fix this textor three times their value. He would
Fix this textattend to that. What was the Stock
Fix this textExchange for? And so it went on . . .
Fix this textMAT. CROWE’S WORDS OF
Fix this textWISDOM.
Fix this textAnother phase now presents itself.
Fix this textAmong these miners were men from
Fix this textGod knows where. Overnight they
Fix this textseemed to realise that they were born
Fix this textmining engineers, sent into the world
Fix this textto make some rich mineral discovery.
Fix this textSo off they trotted. By various means
Fix this textthey tested the first area they thought
Fix this textlooked suitable and returned to civilis
Fix this textation with glowing reports. They
Fix this textseemed to forget what Mat Crowe, one
Fix this textof the Old Brigade, had said:
Fix this text“Gold everywhere—but an awful lot
Fix this textof Papua mixed up with it!”
Fix this textWherever they got “colours” they
Fix this text“proved” values that were positively
Fix this textastounding.
Fix this textWHEN SHARES NOSE-DIVED.
Fix this textOne case that will long be remem
Fix this textbered by speculators in Sydney was the
Fix this textMt. Lawson float.
Fix this textIn September, 1929, a Mr. Miller, of
Fix this textficially the manager of Mt. Lawson
Fix this text(New Guinea) Gold Lands, returned to
Fix this textAustralia, and in his first reports the
Fix this textgold on the company’s area was esti
Fix this textmated at £22,324,850, contained in
Fix this text33,396,000 cubic yards of alluvial wash.
Fix this text“Gentlemen,” said Mr. Miller, “on the
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Fix this textgiven above, you
Fix this textwill no doubt rea
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Fix this textus. ... I con
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Fix this textAn option was
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Fix this textDevelopment Ltd.,
Fix this textwhich company
Fix this textdespatched Oriomo
Fix this textExplorations Ltd.
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Fix this textproperty. In De
Fix this textcember, a radio
Fix this textarrived from the
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Fix this textOriomo, stating
Fix this textbaldly that it was
Fix this textnot necessary to
Fix this textproceed any fur
Fix this textther with the ex
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Fix this textA gallows at Madang, where native criminals are
Fix this textgiven quick despatch. Rarely used.
Fix this textThis aerial photograph gives a good idea of the wild and gloomy country in which the goldfields are situated. The
Fix this textcleared space in the centre is Wau Aerodrome. Edie Creek is in the ranges, six miles away (slightly to the right of the
Fix this textcleared space which represents the aerodrome). This unattractive region is full of gold.
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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