EAST INDIES RELIEF
FOREIGN INVESTORS MOVE BATAVIA, Oct. 19. Four million Indonesians died of starvation under Japanese rule, according to Dr. van Hoogstraton, Director of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands East Indies. Foodstuffs totalling 70.000 tons, purchased from the American Army in the South-West Pacific, were en route for the relief of the Indonesians. The present rice crop would last until December 15. after which great quantities of food must be imported. Dr. van Hoogstraton added that British and American companies owning millions of dollars’ worth of oil and rubber properties in the Netherland East Indies are already planning to take over and re-establish their enterprises.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19451022.2.33
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21850, 22 October 1945, Page 3
Word Count
106EAST INDIES RELIEF Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21850, 22 October 1945, Page 3
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in