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Fix this textTHE ONLY JOURNAL CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND TERRITORIES AND GROUPS
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Fix this textVol. 2 — No. 1
Fix this textRegistered at G.P.O., Sydney, for
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Fix this textSYDNEY: SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1931
Fix this textSingle Copy, 6d.
Fix this textPer Annum, posted, 0/-.
Fix this textCHINESE LABOUR
Fix this textComplaints In Samoa
Fix this textINDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL
Fix this textPROBLEMS
Fix this textFrom Our Own Correspondent
Fix this textAPIA, July 15.
Fix this textA GREAT problem for the European
Fix this textplanters of Samoa has always
Fix this textbeen that of labour.
Fix this textThe present rate of wages for the
Fix this textChinese coolie is 3/- a day, and over
Fix this texthead expenses of about 15/- a month.
Fix this textThe planters consider that these wages
Fix this textare far too high in comparison with
Fix this textother cocoa-producing countries, and
Fix this textthat the Chinese coolies:have of late
Fix this textyears grown less and less efficient.
Fix this textThe newly founded Planters’ Associ
Fix this textation of Samoa is trying to get
Fix this textcheaper and more efficient labour im
Fix this textported; but, so far, there are no
Fix this textprospects of success.
Fix this textMany planters have had to reduce
Fix this texttheir labour staffs and as a result a
Fix this textfew hundred coolies are unemployed
Fix this textat present. They are loafing about in
Fix this textthe Chinese quarters of Apia and only
Fix this textrecently a coolie was knifed by an
Fix this textother in one of the gambling and
Fix this textopium-smoking dens and fatally in
Fix this textjured. The police seem to benevolently
Fix this textoverlook the existence of the Chinese
Fix this textslums and there are no raids nor any
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Fix this textA complaint of long standing is that
Fix this textnearly 100 of the Chinese coolies who
Fix this textwere brought to Samoa for the sole
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Fix this textour, have been granted the rights of
Fix this textsettlers by the administration, and are
Fix this textfree of the obligation to return to
Fix this textChina. These so-called “free restricted
Fix this textsettlers” have taken up all kinds of
Fix this texttrades and professions — taxi-owners,
Fix this textlorry drivers, salesmen, peddlers, bak
Fix this texters, mechanics, refreshment room
Fix this textowners, etc./ and they constitute a
Fix this textserious competition to Europeans and
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Fix this textStrenuous efforts are being made to
Fix this textinduce the Government to repatriate
Fix this textthese Chinese at a time when so many
Fix this textsettlers are out of employment, but
Fix this textthe administration has refused to ac
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Fix this textA Chinese transport is expected in
Fix this textSeptember next, to bring 200 new
Fix this textcoolies and take about 400 old and
Fix this texttime-expired coolies back to China.
Fix this textMany of the latter have been living
Fix this textwith Samoan women and have num
Fix this texterous offspring. These women and
Fix this textchildren will have to return to their
Fix this textSamoan relations, and it is extremely
Fix this textdoubtful whether they will find a
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Fix this textLEVUKA
Fix this textMay no Longer be Port
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Fix this textProtests Against Economy
Fix this textSuggestion
Fix this textFROM various sources it is reported
Fix this textthat a movement is on foot to close
Fix this textthe port of Levuka, Fiji, as a port
Fix this textof entry. This action is proposed on
Fix this textthe grounds of economy.
Fix this textThe Auckland Star recently stated:
Fix this text“There is a strong rumour that the Gover
Fix this textnor thinks of closing Levuka as a port of
Fix this textentry. At present, the shipping has decreased
Fix this textto such an extent that it seems a luxury to
Fix this textkeep many public officers in the old capital,
Fix this textnecessitating a considerable annual expendi
Fix this textture, and at a time when stringent economy
Fix this textis necessary. The closing of the port would
Fix this textmean extra expense to all vessels loading and
Fix this textdischarging at Levuka, as they would have
Fix this textto come to Suva to clear.”
Fix this textVigorous protests against the sug
Fix this textgestion have appeared in The Polyne
Fix this textsian Gazette, Levuka.
Fix this textIn an editorial, this paper points
Fix this textout that Levuka, geographically, is
Fix this texteminently suited to command the posi
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Fix this textcentre and the export port for the
Fix this textcopra industry. Levuka’s facilities af
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Fix this textthe Colony and the centre of an im
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Fix this textProvince. It is the port for Ovalau,
Fix this textwhere great areas of pineapples are
Fix this textunder cultivation. Levuka is the home
Fix this textport for the only vessels trading from
Fix this textFiji to the Ellice Group and to the
Fix this textIslands of Wallis and Futuna.
Fix this textThe paper suggests that a deputa
Fix this texttion should be sent from Levuka to the
Fix this textGovernor, in an endeavour to convince
Fix this textthe Government of the folly of even
Fix this textconsidering such an action.
Fix this textT.I.’S ELECTRIC LIGHT
Fix this textCrowning 20 Years’ Effort
Fix this textFrom Our Own Correspondent.
Fix this textTHURSDAY ISLAND, July 30.
Fix this textelectric lighting scheme is go
Fix this texting steadily forward, and the in
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Fix this textThe power house is nearly completed
Fix this textand most of the wiring has been done.
Fix this textThe townspeople are beginning to get
Fix this textready for the festivities which will no
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Fix this textThe switching-on of the light will
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Fix this textPAPUA’S SUBSIDY
Fix this textCut By £10,000
Fix this textFrom Our Own Correspondent.
Fix this textPT. MORESBY, August 4.
Fix this textCommonwealth grant towards
Fix this textthe expenses of administration of
Fix this textthe Territory of Papua, originally
Fix this text£50,000 per annum, has been reduced
Fix this text20 per cent, for the year commencing
Fix this textJuly 1 last. This brings the amount
Fix this textdown to £40,000.
Fix this textThe reduction is not as drastic as
Fix this textwould at first appear, as during the
Fix this textpast two years the subsidy had been
Fix this textreduced to £45,000 for last year and to
Fix this text£42,000 for the previous year.
Fix this textRABAUL RESIDENTS GO
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Fix this textFrom Our Own Correspondent
Fix this textRABAUL, July 10.
Fix this textQuite a number of our residents seem
Fix this textto be spending their furlough in the
Fix this textEast and at places other than Australia
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Fix this textThe round trip to China and Japan,
Fix this textby the E. & A. Line steamers, is be
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Fix this textTAHITI AND THE
Fix this text“BOOTLEGGERS”
Fix this textA Sensational Story
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Fix this textFrom Our Own Correspondent
Fix this textPAPEETE, July 20.
Fix this textPEOPLE who are of serious mind are
Fix this textasked net to regard seriously a
Fix this texthighly-coloured story which ap
Fix this textpeared recently in an Australian
Fix this textweekly newspaper, about the operations
Fix this textof a “bootlegging syndicate” in Tahiti,
Fix this textan alleged battle on the steamer, Lake
Fix this textGalewood, and the holding up of
Fix this textPapeete by gangs of armed ruffians,
Fix this textprimed on whisky filched from the
Fix this textvessel’s holds.
Fix this textAll this was cure sensationalism,
Fix this textfabricated probably by a disgruntled
Fix this textsailor from the Lake Galewood, and
Fix this textpublished to the discredit of those
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Fix this textApparently, there was trouble on
Fix this textthe Lake Galewood at Tonga, for the
Fix this textstory reached Tahiti on her return vov
Fix this textage. But it had nothing to do with
Fix this textthe liquor cargo, which had all been
Fix this textsafely landed here weeks before, with
Fix this textout a single case being broached.
Fix this textNo doubt, also, the cargo of
Fix this textwhisky landed here was destined for
Fix this textthe United States, though nobody could
Fix this textswear to the fact. What of it, anyhow!
Fix this textThe distillers of Scotland and Ireland
Fix this textmust have a shrewd idea of the ulti
Fix this textmate destination of the great whisky
Fix this textcargoes going westward across the At
Fix this textlantic, to say nothing of the Canadian
Fix this textdistillers. But I have never heard any
Fix this textone suggest that Scotland is a booze
Fix this textdepot for Scarface Al Capone. The
Fix this textwhole story is too ridiculous for words.
Fix this textSo far as Tahiti’s transhipment
Fix this textbusiness is concerned, it is well and
Fix this textefficiently conducted, like any other big
Fix this textand successful concern—so much so
Fix this textthat one scarcely hears about it out
Fix this textside the Customs sheds.
Fix this textInfluenza Epidemic at
Fix this textRabaul
Fix this textFrom Our Own Correspondent.
Fix this textRABAUL, July 10.
Fix this textAT the present time we have a very
Fix this textunpleasant form of gastric influ
Fix this textenza amongst us which is caus
Fix this texting a good deal of inconvenience in
Fix this textbusiness, as both Europeans and natives
Fix this textare affected.
Fix this textSo far, about 400 indentured lab
Fix this textourers are down, and the Rapindik
Fix this textNative Hospital is taxed to its full
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Fix this textN. G. Goldfield Is Strangled
Fix this textBy Transport Costs
Fix this textWhy Has No Road Been Built?
Fix this textAdministration’s Laissez Faire Policy May
Fix this textSeriously Affect Future of Territory
Fix this textBy R. W. ROBSON
Fix this textThe richest known goldfield in the world to-day is in New Guinea,
Fix this textawaiting development for the enrichment of New Guinea and the Man
Fix this textdatory Power (Australia). No country in the world needs gold more
Fix this texturgently than Australia.
Fix this textYet this great enterprise—the development of the New Guinea
Fix this textgoldfields—is being strangled at birth. It is definitely being killed by
Fix this textlack of reasonable transport facilities. There is a strong suspicion that
Fix this textthe absence of a road, five years after the opening of the field, is the
Fix this textresult of greed, muddling and chicanery.
Fix this textThis is the story of the attempts made to build a road from the coast
Fix this textto the goldfields. It has been compiled from many sources. We believe it
Fix this textis the truth—grains of fact winnowed from a great mass of chaff. We
Fix this texthave compiled it carefully, in the hope that the administrative short
Fix this textsightedness (to use a mild term) it represents will receive the attention of
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Fix this textBEFORE dealing with the lamentable
Fix this textstory of the goldfields road (or
Fix this textlack of it) it perhaps would be well
Fix this textto recite the following pertinent facts:
Fix this text1. In her present economic condition, Australia
Fix this texturgently needs gold. The whole continent, just
Fix this textnow, is being combed for gold. New Guinea is
Fix this textnot part of Australia, but it is trader Australian
Fix this textadministration and is being developed partly by
Fix this textAustralian enterprise and capital. The N.G.
Fix this textadministration receives a royalty of 5 per cent,
Fix this textof the value of the gold won.
Fix this text2. Estimates vary widely—but it is calculated
Fix this textthat there is at least £30,000,000 worth of gold
Fix this texton the discovered goldfields of N.G.—and the
Fix this textregion is only partly explored. The industry,
Fix this textunder ordinary conditions, possibly would not
Fix this textbe worked out for 50 years.
Fix this text3. The goldfields are only 40 miles from the
Fix this textcoast, but the country is extraordinarily broken
Fix this textand rugged—so much so that no roads have been
Fix this textbuilt and transport is carried out entirely by
Fix this textaeroplanes.
Fix this text4. These aerial transport services are highly
Fix this textefficient, but their cost is enormous. It is cal
Fix this textculated that 60 per cent, of the £900,000 of gold
Fix this textwon from this field since 1925 has been absorbed
Fix this textby transport costs.
Fix this text5. The huge cost of transport is crippling enter
Fix this textprise and actually strangling the industry before
Fix this textit has become established. The rates for aero
Fix this textplane carriage from Salamoa or Lae to Wau (40
Fix this textto 50 miles) are £5 per passenger and 6d. per
Fix this textlb. for goods. A ton of rice, which costs £13
Fix this texton the coast, is over £50 on the goldfield. Sugar
Fix this textis more than doubled in price. A bottle of beer
Fix this textcosts about 6/-. The cost of transport of
Fix this textmachinery and tools is enormous.
Fix this text6. Obviously, under such conditions, only the
Fix this texthighest-grade ore propositions can be profitably
Fix this textworked. If the field is to be dependent in the
Fix this textfuture on aerial transport, its value will be com
Fix this textparatively small and limited. Gold-bearing areas
Fix this textwhich otherwise would be profitable cannot be
Fix this textworked under present conditions.
Fix this text7. If there were a road available, even if
Fix this textsuitable only for slow, heavy transport, the pro
Fix this textduction of gold from the N.G. fields might easily
Fix this textbe from £500,000 to £1,000,000 yearly. The
Fix this textAdministration’s royalty on £500,000 would be
Fix this text£25,000 —enough to pay interest on a road costing
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Fix this textA View of Levuka
Fix this textMISS JESSICA HARCOURT
Fix this textThe beautiful theatrical and film
Fix this textstar says: “I find mercolized
Fix this textwax invaluable and use it regular-
Fix this textly. It is certainly a very good
Fix this textskin cream being ideal under
Fix this textpowder"
Fix this textFollow the example of this very
Fix this textlovely girl. Use mercolized wax
Fix this textrergularly for beauty. It is guaran
Fix this textpure and harmless; it makes
Fix this textskin clear, charming. Does
Fix this textnot grow hair. Buy this best of all
Fix this textbeautifiers in 2/6 or 5/6 packages at
Fix this textchemist or store. Use it tonight.
Fix this textSplendid for freckles, sunburn and
Fix this textskin imperfections.
Fix this text505
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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