COOLIES IN SAMOA
GOVERNMENT'S POLICY
The statement that the coolies employed in the mandated territory of Samoa were going home was' made by the Prime Minister. He qualified his statement by saying that 160 of the coolies were "left over" for the cocoa plantations, while 100 coolies who were old residents would be allowed to remain. The present Government never believed that' coolie labour was the solution to the plantation problem in Samoa.' "Our policy is gradually to have them.sent.back to their own country," he said. "The Government is do-: ing that now." ■ ■'-... Mr. Forbes: Who is taking their place?. . : • ■ . ..
Mr. Savage 'said it was a question whether they could - not obtain Niue Islanders for Samoa, or perhaps Samoans themselves could be employed under reasonable conditions of work. "We think it can be"'done," he concluded.., " ■ • •. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 120, 17 November 1937, Page 6
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135COOLIES IN SAMOA Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 120, 17 November 1937, Page 6
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