AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 274, 18 November 1910, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN ITEMS.

'ii. mj '!■ .' i' ': THE DUTCH FI__ET SAHJ. COMMODQEES SO__E_)'WHn_; , ;'-\ ■ •'/"• The thTeeirisit-og Du(_hi wajg_jp.l_Hl Perth -for modore Van "Vb_s was asked' i£^ : _bb . had anything to Say as a farewell td'Aaitr*lia. "Every thing, that is- soii-tff-l ap* ■regretful That is the-worst'of _a__i_ friends—you have to leave thiem again. We arenow tearing o_-__lwi , a«itJ'fft* the great hospitality and fHefl-tS-i*) of your people- sorry at hearty but; -iw _; in the hope that some of; us ___• com* hack again." - " Have you lost any -fleur"' the- Commodore was asked ",, ' "Ah, yes. We b_ve"-OS_ Here is the list of the l-_se4 it State: Adelaide -d*Melbourn--24j|ydMy;----17, Hobart 5. Brisbane. 3, We lost a few in Adela-de bee-u-e-of tie lies told to some .of the : yptmg'.-«ao» by - shipmasters. They. were ' toW trf they would receive £7 a month o* aup* board, and some of our ■■**—*' went t-"* London in a ship _e_a___ they.wei- told they would receive £40 each for the wiPOf course these 6ta_-_-en_s.-we-« > and the foolish young fellows w_&nd of their mistake before they reach w journey's end Then they w-1 _#•*•** to Holland and tie lost some men si '__in'Pr_Ji-i*(VM»'* never laid oary s__oe__--_on agsnirt "« deserters in America, or Australia.. ««*■> good-bye. I wish all prosperity to great country. My co-D-msaion is upj March, and I will, go- hack-« Hotoi I hope I w_l be an admiral soottr you very much. lam the. fomtt; oat" list for admiral, but then you »>n- n « s tell what will happ-o.'* ;-"' : . " '."' "

BLACK J-ABOUB JN..*?&&&*

In connection with the- retou <*&& for by Senator C^^ wa weeks ago reagrding in Papua, the papers now tabled, M not giving complete *_*?_mggß some interesting figures. The wage _»» to agricultural labourer-- &??&_} month, and to mining usual term of engagement In all 5585 natives were under coa*** during the year ended June SiMJ 1947 were employed ##lS Agriculture employed 2407 contact 1£ ourers, mining 1588, .the WmME balance were spread over se 7*f'_\Z tions. The western and eastern .ia*» supply the bulk of &° nu-aber of deaths among ers was 415 for the £g 74.3" per 1000. The «>***!s£& the highest, with 96 P« uext with 91 per 1000. ■^_'_% Sr fourths of the deaths were due to fl**» tery. "■ ■'■'■' "'■