PACIFIC’S PROBLEMS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 220, 15 August 1928, Page 7

PACIFIC’S PROBLEMS

POLYNESIAN RACE. EFFECT OF BIRTH RATE. INCREASE ESSENTIAL. s (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copy right). HONOLULU, Aug. 14. Replying to an address of welcome by the Governor of Hawaii, Mr—Wallace Farrington, at the opening of the Pan-Fjacific Conference, Mrs Risch- ! beith, of Perth, replying on behalf of the Australian delegation expressed the hope that they would take back to the newest civilisation the spirit and l ideas of the oldest civilisations. The • greatest democracy, added Mrs Risch- ! beith, was to bo found in Australia ‘ and New Zealand and in the United 1 States. Mrs C. A. Fraer, of Christchurch, expressed the good wishes of the New Zealand women, including the Maoris. Discussions at the conference brought out the belief that Australia and New Zealand reflect greater industrial benefits for women than other Pacific countries, especially in working hours. Misses Denton and Leech, of Dunedin, New Zealand, replying to Japanese questions with regard to suffrage, • described the English suffrage campaign. . Sir Joseph Carruthers of New Smith ; Wales speaking at the Pan-Pacific i Union s luncheon, said that the Polyi negian race was likely to become extinct unless the death rate was reduced and the birth rate increased. He added: “Thank God there are ' parts like New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga » and Fiji where there is definite hope " that the native races will ho salvaged.” 7 —— 1 '