NO TAXATION.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 190, 14 August 1939, Page 10

NO TAXATION.

FORTUNATE SARAWAK.

NEW ZEALANDER OX LEAVE

A self-governed British Protectorate, and a land where there was no taxation. Sarawak was a delightful place to life in, said Mr. D. L. Leach, who for the past 10 years has l>eon in the (Government service of the country. He. with iiis wife, who was formerly Miss Sadie Bernstone, of Auckland, and tlit'ir two small sons, arrived by th" Mactsuycker ye>terdav to spend five months leave in the Doiniiiio.).

All provisions for Sarawak were obtained through Australia or ,\ow Zealand, -Mr. Leach said. Tliev were delivered through Singapore, and the residents depended completely on cool storage for fresh meat and butter.

'1 he people, largely comprising Dva*<s and Malays, were happy under the existing regime, Mr. Leach declared. They had much affection for their rajah, who was the third in line. The first was his great uncle, the second his father, while the present heir was his brother, Captain Bertram Brooke.

Mr. Leach is a surveyor eonnecte.'d with the Land and Survey Department of Sarawak, one of the largest departments in the country. There were several other Xew Zealanders serving in the same Government service.