NAURU ADMINISTRATION
NATIVES' IMPROVED LOT. EXPLOITATION REFUTED. A. and N.Z. SYDNEY. Aug. 17. It is understood that the Federal Government has furnished the High Commissioner with a report refuting the suggestion in the report of the Mandates Commission that the natives of Nauru have been exploited. It states that the conditions of the natives under the existing administration are immeasurably superior to their treatment under German rule. The royalty paid to natives has been multiplied by five, and all the conditions of the mandate faithfully observed. Tho output of phosphates has been increased by 400,000' tons yearly, and the price in Australia has been reduced by nearly 30s a ton. The report adds that criticism of the administration is viewed with suspicion, as being inspired by commercial interests in other countries, which arc jealous of Australia's advantage!-.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18172, 18 August 1922, Page 7
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