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Interesting first-hand cvidenco concerning the habits and prospects of the natives of the Pacific Islands under the control of the Commonwealth was tendered last -week to the Australian Interstate Commission "T>y the Her. J. li. Uiirton, conference secrctarv, Methodist Missionary Society. The witness admitted that under the communal system, which, provided for the needs of the people, the natives became indolent; but this, he thought, could be best overcome by giving them opportunities to improve their positions. With this object in view his mission had been educating the natives to become producers. In a small way they were being technically trained on' mission land, and after serving three years were allowed to return to their tribes, there to spread the knowledgo gained. Natives had become proficient as planters and ts artisans, but the work had become too much for the mission, and he considered the Government should assist, and continue tho educational work, both as a duty and as an economic possibility. In answer to questions, witness added that experience showed that natives on an eighthour system did more work in eight hours than when ten hours were worked, and that no ill effects had followed the introduction of Asiatic labour to tho islands. NO REPRIEVE. "When you apply Barraclough's Progandra to a Corn, the offender has to die. Nothing cures Corns so certainly— try it; Is, chemists and Btores. "War Economy."—Begin on your garden. Consult "Gardening Notes" tin erery Friday's "Evening News." A