DUAL CONTROL.
THE NEW HEBRIDES. (BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATIONS | . DUNJjfiDIN, Juno 8. A deputation consisting; of members of the foreign missions committee of the Presbyterian Church waited on the Prime Minister to-day with reference to the New Hebrides. The Rev. G. H. Jupp said that in all probability Mr. Massey will be going to the imperial Conference. There was. divided control over the islands between the .British commissioner and the French commissioner. The British control was very strict, but that of the" French was very lux; there was one law for the-British ay.d another lor the French, and the position was quite unj tenable. Alcohol was being supplied to ! the natives and labour was being recruited on lines almost approaching slavery. Their feeling was. that the time had come when the scandal of the t condominium must be made public. i Mr Massey: That i,s quite right. ■j Mr Junp said they wished Mr Massey • to keep this matter in mind at the L Imperial Conference, and bring it forward if he could' possibly do so. Mr Massey said he knew that dual control of the New Hebrides had never j been a success, but the difficulty was to find a way out. The French Government had been asked if it was willing 3 to make an exchange by taking land ot" B equal value from the British Empire for c the New Hebrides, but it. had absolutely refused to do so. He had a friendly j feeling for the Fernch, but where terri"--s. Tory was concerned it was almost impossible to deal with them. He would ~ do his best to remedy matters, but he was not very sanguine, in"view of what happened in the past. Some adjust * ment was necessary, and the rights ami >f interests of the natives should be protected.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 9 June 1923, Page 7
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303DUAL CONTROL. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 9 June 1923, Page 7
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