NEW HEBRIDES.
, , SPIRIT TRAFFIC. "•'■ | HI TEI.EGItArn —I'KESa ASSOCIATION—COPTBIGHT, Melbourne, ( January 29. Tho Federal Gazetto announces that regulations havo been issued by tho" two High Commissioners (Froncli and British) of tho New Hebrides;, prohibiting tho importation ofj or trado' in, 'spirits, without permission of tho. Commissioners, or the distillation of spirits in the group. ' Vila is i made tho sole port, of entry for the group. LABOUR CONDITIONS. CONSERVATIVE AMENDMENT. (Rco. Jan. 29, 11.18 p.m.) London, 'January 29. When Parliament meets, Sir Gilbert Par- ' Icor,; Conservative member of tho House of Commons for Gravosend, will move an amendment to tho Address-in-Roply regretting tho non-fulfilment of tKo Government's pledge to establish conditions'of labour in tho New Hobrides,.' in •' accord " their avowed policy; in. tho Transvanl and elsewhere. '■■.'■■ ■ • ' ' (Tho Unionists havo criticised the system indenturing nativo labour, proposed. in tho Anglo-Frenoh New • Hebrides Convention, as being equivalent to tho indenturing of Chinoso on tho Rand.)
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 108, 30 January 1908, Page 5
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152NEW HEBRIDES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 108, 30 January 1908, Page 5
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