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Fix this textSYDNEY: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1931.
Fix this textSubscription: Per Annum, posted, 6/-.
Fix this textSWEET POTATOES
Fix this textTonga Invades N.Z. Market
Fix this textFrom Our Own Correspondent
Fix this textNUKUALOFA, Sept. 1.
Fix this textA SMALL parcel of sweet potatoes
Fix this textshipped to New Zealand by the
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Fix this textBy this month’s vessel, the Tongan
Fix this textGovernment has arranged to ship, on
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Fix this text£4 PER TON!
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Fix this textney state that a duty of 500
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Fix this textIt is only another example of the
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Fix this textShe put on an absurd tariff, and
Fix this textpromptly lost the valuable New Cal
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Fix this textANOTHER 'PITCAIRNER’
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Fix this textDeath of Aunt Naomi Quintal
Fix this textPICTURESQUE 93 YEARS
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Fix this textNobbs, whose own name was an
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Fix this textdaughter of Fletcher Christian, first
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Fix this textNobbs (how odd and prosaic that
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Fix this textFletcher Quintal, who fought for Bri
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Fix this textAlice” Hebblethwaite, now resident in
Fix this textAuckland; and there are many, many
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Fix this textExports from the British Solomon
Fix this textIslands for 1929-30 were valued at
Fix this text£353,441, as compared with £480,831
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Fix this textTAHITI, September 20.
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Fix this textCaptain Viggo Rasmussen, an old
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Fix this textthe Eastern Pacific for 40 years, re
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Fix this textMotor Yacht Alva, commanded by
Fix this text“Willie K,” otherwise Commodore W.
Fix this textK. Vanderbilt, U.S.N.R. She is re
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Fix this textThe little 30-tonner, “Southern
Fix this textCross,” arrived from Tahiti with three
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Fix this textthe “Arethusa,” a tiny craft, which
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Fix this textRICH METALS IN THE LOUISIADES
Fix this textUNDISCIPLINED NATIVES
Fix this textA Growing Menace In New Guinea
Fix this textPlanter’s Protest Against Official Mollycoddling of
Fix this textPlantation Labour
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Fix this textPROTECTION OF NATIVES
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Fix this textdecided to take the utmost precau
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Fix this textpopulations, and who, if he is per
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Fix this textThe Commonwealth officials, in
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Fix this textGuinea, quite rightly decided to re
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Fix this textMOLLYYCODDLING LABOURERS
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Fix this textbecause it is not our wish to embar
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Fix this textinformation, however, has been sup
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Fix this textCAPTAIN MILTON’S STATEMENT
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Fix this texthas not asked us to publish anything
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Fix this textCaptain Milton’s attack is not made
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Fix this textpersonally, nor is it based on personal
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Fix this textThis unique photograph is part of a group, taken
Fix this texton Christmas Day, 1929, on Koli Plantation, New
Fix this textIreland, N.G. The white man. Mr. Don Edmonds,
Fix this textwas brutally murdered shortly afterwards by the
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Fix this textbehind him when photographed. The crime is
Fix this textreferred to in the accompanying article.
Fix this textA scene at the new Misima mine, Papua, showing the zinc precipitating boxes. The mine is
Fix this textworked by Misima Gold Mines Ltd., of Sydney. Last month this company reported having
Fix this text10,979 tons of ore for a gold recovery of 4,704 ounces and 761 ounces of silver.
Fix this textThe company’s leases adjoin those of Mt. Sisa N.L., Misima Island is in the Louisiade
Fix this textArchipelago, to the south-east of the New Guinea mainland. The goldfields in the Archipelago
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Fix this textManagement : Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Edwards
Fix this textMISS MURIEL STARR
Fix this textThe eminent Canadian actress
Fix this textwrites : “I have been a user of
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Fix this textThey have to use the best, the
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Fix this textlovely, on or oft the stage. You too
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Fix this texthair. 2/6 and 5/6, chemists and
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Fix this textit is really good
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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