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THE Pacific Islands
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Fix this textTHE ONLY JOURNAL CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE ISLAND TERRITORIES AND GROUPS
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Fix this textVol. 1.—No. 5.
Fix this textRegistered at G.P.O., Sydney, for
Fix this texttransmission by Post as a Newspaper
Fix this textSYDNEY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1930
Fix this textPer Annum, posted,
Fix this textSingle Copy, Bd.
Fix this textTONGA BANANAS
Fix this textMarketing Trouble Predicted
Fix this textWILL AUSTRALIA OPEN HER
Fix this textDOOR?
Fix this textFrom Our Tonga Correspondent
Fix this textNUKUALOFA, Nov. 15,
Fix this textWHERE will a market be found for
Fix this textTongan bananas? From Septem
Fix this textber next, it is estimated this group
Fix this textwill produce about 30,000 cases a
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Fix this textThe native and foreign growers have
Fix this textbeen planting up large areas and nine
Fix this textmonths hence Tongatabu, alone of the
Fix this textgroup, will be getting ready to dispose
Fix this textof from 12,000 to 15,000 cases a month.
Fix this textIf the northern islands —Haapai and
Fix this textVavau —have been as active, the fig
Fix this textures for the group can conservatively
Fix this textbe doubled.
Fix this textWill this Tongan fruit be thrown on
Fix this texta New Zealand market flooded with
Fix this textshipments from Fiji, Samoa and Rara
Fix this texttonga? It can hardly reach Australia,
Fix this textthat Commonwealth surrounded by “a
Fix this textbarbed-wire entanglement.” Will Aus
Fix this texttralia snip the wires and let the Ton
Fix this textgan banana through in exchange for
Fix this textAustralian products?
Fix this textAn answer to the questions should
Fix this textalready be in the mould.
Fix this textA CASE FOR PACIFIC ISLANDS
Fix this textFEDERATION,
Fix this textThe obstinacy of the Commonwealth
Fix this texthas led to many suggestions from
Fix this textprominent island men. Probably the
Fix this textmost feasible is that a not too un
Fix this textwieldy round table conference be staged
Fix this textat Suva with representatives of the
Fix this textIslands’ Administrations and delegates
Fix this textfrom the Islands’ Chambers of Com
Fix this textmerce who, backed up by their respec
Fix this texttive Governments and executives, can
Fix this textmake a concerted frontal attack on
Fix this textAustralia’s tariff wall.
Fix this textAnd, even if the conference was un
Fix this textsuccessful (as far as the Common
Fix this textwealth is concerned), the cost would be
Fix this textnegligible when compared with the in
Fix this textcalculable benefits, which would ulti
Fix this textmately accrue from a confederated ex
Fix this textchange of ideas, views and opinions.
Fix this textCrocodile Farming
Fix this textPossibilities Being
Fix this textInvestigated
Fix this textNew Industry for Torres
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Fix this textFrom Our Own Correspondent
Fix this textTHURSDAY IS., Nov. 29.
Fix this textCROCODILE farming is to be one of
Fix this textthe industries of the future; to-day
Fix this textin Northern Australia, no one is very
Fix this textmuch impressed with its prospects, but
Fix this textthis may be from lack of knowledge of
Fix this textthe facts.
Fix this textThe representatives of the crocodile
Fix this textfamily, formerly so numerous in the
Fix this textsouthern portion of the U.S.A., are
Fix this textrapidly becoming extinct from slaugh
Fix this textter. During the last few years the sup
Fix this textply does not nearly meet the demand
Fix this textand the Americans, with characteristic
Fix this textshrewdness, not only protect, but rear
Fix this textthem for commercial uses. From the
Fix this texthide, a number of useful articles are
Fix this textmade, such as trunks, purses, pocket
Fix this textbooks, shoes, etc., and the demand for
Fix this textthe leather is expanding.
Fix this textHere, in North Australia, we have
Fix this textlarge numbers of these reptiles and
Fix this textpractically no use is made of them.
Fix this textThe east coat rivers are well stocked,
Fix this textbut their Saurian population is far ex
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Fix this textat Wyndham, and other small settle
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Fix this textJust at present, Captain de Teliga,
Fix this textwho has amassed a tremendous amount
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Fix this textlocality, is travelling round the district
Fix this textin order to investigate its possibilities
Fix this textfor crocodile farming. He estimates
Fix this textthat, large as is the supply, all the
Fix this textcrocodiles in Australia could be used
Fix this textup in nine years to supply the wants of
Fix this textthis country alone, if the present de
Fix this textmand were met by systematic destruc
Fix this texttion. The local species are only two
Fix this textin number, Crocodilus porosus, the salt
Fix this textwater variety, and C. Johnstoni, which
Fix this textlive in fresh water rivers. The skin
Fix this textof the latter is even more valuable than
Fix this textthat of the former.
Fix this textCrocodile farming, as explained by
Fix this textCaptain de Teliga, consists in the re
Fix this textservation of a large area of otherwise
Fix this textpractically useless country. The nests
Fix this textare sought for and penned round with
Fix this textwire netting. The average number of
Fix this textfertile eggs per nest is about 55, and
Fix this textfor two months the little Saurians re
Fix this textquire no food. After the period of
Fix this textgrowth begins, they require feeding
Fix this textwith fish, but eventually the flesh oil
Fix this textthe slaughtered beasts for the croco
Fix this textdile hide market would form the major
Fix this textportion of the diet. The stock is in
Fix this textcreased by the capture of suitable bulls
Fix this textand mothers.
Fix this textAt four years the reptile averages five
Fix this textfeet in length and its hide is then worth
Fix this textsixteen shillings. By-products of con
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Fix this textIt does not appear that even twenty
Fix this textshillings a head would pay very hand
Fix this textsomely after four years’ tending and
Fix this textfeeding, but it does pay in Florida,
Fix this textwhere enormous numbers of crocodiles
Fix this textare kept in quite small pens, and ap
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Fix this textPerhaps some of the forlorn estu
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Fix this textseme day, when Australia wakes up
Fix this textto the necessity fer exploiting the
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Fix this textPACIFIC FEDERATION
Fix this textHigh Commissioner Silent
Fix this textFrom Our Fiji Correspondent.
Fix this textSUVA, Nov. 27.
Fix this textWHEN asked if he would favour The
Fix this textPacific Islands Monthly with his
Fix this textviews on the suggestion of some form
Fix this textof Pacific Islands Federation, as out
Fix this textlined in the October number, the High
Fix this textCommissioner, Sir Murchison Fletcher,
Fix this textdeclined to say anything.
Fix this textHe stated that such a subject was a
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Fix this textnot feel inclined to discuss any of its
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Fix this textN.I. BANANAS
Fix this textRemoval of Sales Tax
Fix this textExpected
Fix this textTHE removal of the sales tax on Nor
Fix this textfolk Island bananas was one of the
Fix this textmatters which the Administrator, Col.
Fix this textA. J. Bennett, went to Canberra to dis
Fix this textcuss with the Federal Authorities.
Fix this textAs a result, it has been now referred
Fix this textto Mr. Lyons, Acting Treasurer, and it
Fix this textis expected steps will be taken to re
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Fix this textReference is made to the subject in
Fix this textthe interview with Col. Bennett on
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Fix this text500 Die
Fix this textWhooping Cough in New Hebrides
Fix this textFrom Our Auckland Correspondent
Fix this textOFFICERS of the Melanesian mis
Fix this textsion steamer, which has arrived at
Fix this textAuckland, report that 500 native chil
Fix this textdren died during a recent epidemic of
Fix this textwhooping cough in the New Hebrides.
Fix this textAsiatic Menace In Pacific
Fix this textWhat Chinese Traders are Doing
Fix this textin The Solomons
Fix this textECONOMIC PROBLEM WHICH DEMANDS
Fix this textATTENTION
Fix this textA very serious and rapidly-growing problem, which must be faced by
Fix this textBritish and French Islands Administrations, is that of Asiatics in the
Fix this textSouth Seas. There are Chinese in Samoa, Chinese and Hindus in Fiji,
Fix this textTonkinese in New Hebrides, Tonkinese and Javanese in New Caledonia,
Fix this textand Chinese in the Solomons.
Fix this textEach community presents special difficulties, while all must be con
Fix this textsidered in relation to a general policy. The Pacific Islands Monthly proposes
Fix this textto deal with each territory separately; and then to urge on all the authori
Fix this textties concerned the grave need for a common policy. The subject is dealt
Fix this textwith in our leading article.
Fix this textIn this issue Mr. Chaperlin, who spent many years in the Pacific as
Fix this texta trader and planter, writes frankly about the Asiatic menace in the
Fix this textSolomon Islands.
Fix this textWritten for The Pacific Islands Monthly by H. Chaperlin
Fix this textTHE problem of the Asiatic immi
Fix this textgrant is not new to many tropical
Fix this textcountries enjoying the benefits of Brit
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Fix this textIn some of them, it has long since
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Fix this textsettlements and not inconsiderable
Fix this textcommercial interests and activities.
Fix this textIn others, it is of more recent date,
Fix this textand the effect of the influx of Asiatics
Fix this texton the economic life of the country
Fix this textconcerned is more noticeable.
Fix this textIn no case is this more pronounced
Fix this textthan in the British Solomon Islands
Fix this textProtectorate.
Fix this textDuring the past twenty years, the
Fix this textnumber of Asiatics, mostly Chinese, re
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Fix this textally risen, until this element now forms
Fix this textone-sixth of the total non-native pop
Fix this textulation; and it was not until the year
Fix this text1922 that any move towards the re
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Fix this textPrior to 1910 there had been but
Fix this texttwo Chinese employed in the Pro
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Fix this textthe expiry of their contracts, left the
Fix this textGroup and, so far as the writer’s re
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Fix this textDoubtless, the comparatively unsettled
Fix this textstate of the Solomons in those days
Fix this textdid not offer sufficient inducement or
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Fix this textalthough already an increase in the
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Fix this textcoming apparent. It is doubtful, too,
Fix this textif the significance of the advance
Fix this textguard of Asiatic aliens was realised
Fix this textwhen, early in 1910, four Chinese arti
Fix this textsans were imported by one of the mer
Fix this textchant companies.
Fix this textIt must be said in that company’s
Fix this textfavour that they had been particularly
Fix this textunfortunate in their experiences with
Fix this textshipwrights, boatbuilders and carpen
Fix this textters of European origin. It had al
Fix this textready been demonstrated by the late
Fix this textMr. W. Pope, at Aola, that not only
Fix this textboatbuilding, but the repair of fair
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Fix this textEuropean labour in a tropical climate.
Fix this textFurthermore, it had also been possible
Fix this textto at least partly train a few natives
Fix this textto assist in such work, and the “boys”
Fix this textwere apt pupils—a fact to which little
Fix this textheed seems to have been given by
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Fix this textcommercial interests of the time.
Fix this textPractically co-incident with the big
Fix this textrubber boom in other countries, a mild
Fix this textboom in coconut planting occurred in
Fix this textthe Solomons, and most people were
Fix this textthen mainly concerned in securing suit
Fix this textable areas for plantations, which
Fix this textthrew a heavy burden upon the shoul
Fix this textders of the Resident Commissioner and
Fix this texthis Assistant at Tulagi, who were the
Fix this textonly two officials available to deal with
Fix this textthe applications.
Fix this textFIRST CHINESE TRADER
Fix this textIt was not until 1912, however, that
Fix this textthe first Chinese trader put in an ap
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Fix this textinitial mistake was really made. This
Fix this textman had come across from what was
Fix this textthen the German Territory of New
Fix this textGuinea as a tailor, and if his activities
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Fix this textCommissioner with the lease of a small
Fix this textarea of land at Tulagi, on which a
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Fix this textIt is with regret that one has to re
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Fix this textWith the expiry of the Chinese ar
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Fix this textbreak of war, it was not long before a
Fix this textChinese settlement had sprung up at
Fix this textTulagi, the seat of Government, and
Fix this textthis settlement was definitely encour
Fix this textaged by the then Acting Resident
Fix this textCommissioner. The attitude of this
Fix this textofficial can be more easily understoood
Fix this textwhen it is explained that he was vir
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Fix this textbeen known to express the opinion
Fix this textthat “Chinese made excellent colonists”
Fix this text—an expression of opinion which on
Fix this textone occasion at least drew forth the
Fix this textretort that if such was the case,
Fix this textChinese Civil Servants would be the
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Fix this textCHINATOWN
Fix this textTo the writer the development of the
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Fix this textin a marked manner, since on his re
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Fix this textabsence during the war period, it
Fix this textcould not fail to be noticed. Occupy
Fix this texting a swampy foreshore site on Tulagi
Fix this textIsland it was next to the various
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Fix this textA Typical Crocodile from North Australian waters.
Fix this textA photograph of the Chinese section of the town of Tulagi, in the Solomons. The rapid growth of
Fix this textthe Chinese community in the Solomons is dealt with in the accompanying article.
Fix this textIf You are Interested in the Pacific
Fix this textIslands Shipping, Mining or Trade
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Fix this textTelephone: Canberra 8070
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Fix this textLeipzig Spring Trade Fair
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Fix this textAustralian Tariff Legislation, Australian
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Fix this textThe Great Spring Fair begins on March
Fix this text1st, 1931, incorporating the Great
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Fix this textInquiries invited. All Official Data,
Fix this textTransport Concessions, Hotel Accommo-
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Fix this textAuthorised Representatives:
Fix this textLARS C. BRUNDAHL,
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