DISABLED SOLDIERS AS COCOPLANTERS
(Reo. January 30, 8.10 p.m.) '•, Melbourne, January 30. -' Mr. S. A. Whifceman, Rabaul. (Netf?Guinea), has written to Mr. Hughes (the Federal Premier), suggesting thafl returned s.oldiors—especially disabled men—might profitably be placed _as small planters in tho coastal territories in New Guinea and the neighbouring islands. It would bo necessary to s\lb-< sidise them for six years until thd coconuts commenced to boar. T- uen i they could be left to enjoy life—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2991, 31 January 1917, Page 5
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77DISABLED SOLDIERS AS COCOPLANTERS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2991, 31 January 1917, Page 5
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