NEW HEBRIDES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 73, 26 March 1912, Page 7

NEW HEBRIDES.

QUESTION OF CONTROL. LATEST RUMOUR. A FACT MUCH COMMENTED ON. By Telegraph.— Vtete Association.— Copyright. SYDNEY, 25th March. Visitors from Now Hebrides state that there it is considered an Accepted thing that an arrangement has been arrived at whereby the British shall have sole control of the group. French residents have taken definite action, and are forwarding a. protest to France. The fact that the Condominium Land Court has not yet opened ia much commented upon. FEDERAL CABINET HAS NO OFFICIAL INFORMATION. . MELBOURNE, 25th March. Mr. Fisher, Prime Minister, states that he hae no official information of any proposal to vest the New Hebrides exclusively in the British authorities. COMPLETE FAILURE. fBT TELEGRAPH— PBESS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, This Day. Recent visitors to the New Hebrides who arrived here by the Hauroto to-day have spoken of the cabled information regarding the control of the group. They say that, the Condominiou Government having proved such a complete failure, the residents of the islands will welcome a change to a distinct and definite irule. Joint government by Britain and France has resulted in a half and half observance of the law, to the disadvantage of Britons, who kept the letter of the law, whereas the French were hopelessly defiant of it. A strong belief was prevalent in the Now Hebrides that the group was being subjected to British control in return for some concession or other island interest to France. It was thought that French residents, though in a majority, would not offer serious opposition to a change of Government.