TEE NEW HEBRIDES.
» I *** (PBTCBS AiIOCTATION Ts"t."tOßAM.*t AUCKLAND, May 6. ■ Tho Rev. F. Paton, a leading worker of tho Presbyterian Mission, is a passenger by the Marama, bound for Sydney. In an interview he said that during his vis t to England he interviewed the Colonial Office officials and discussed the government of the New Hebrides. , The French authorities were a? keen, as England in preserving their interest in these islands. They knew that dual government was rotten. Australia and New Zealand were ser'ously concerned in the inaction of the French in not keeping down the Japanese influx. By using these islands the coloured races could swoop down on. New Zealand. It .had been seriously suggested that if tho French settlers Vere bought out for about £250,000 it would be the cheapest form of insurance j for New Zealand and Australia.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14659, 7 May 1913, Page 2
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141TEE NEW HEBRIDES. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14659, 7 May 1913, Page 2
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