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CHARGES REGARDING NAURU. OFFICIAL FEDERAL REPLY. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. SYDNEY, August 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 condition of fhe natives under the existing . administration is immeasurably superior to their treatment under German role. The royalty to tho natives has been multiplied five times, and all tho conditions of the mandate have been faithfully observed. The output of phosphates has increased by 400,000 tons a year, and the -price in Australia reduced by nearly 30s per ton. The report adds: “The criticism of the administration is viewed with suspicion as being inspired by commercial interests in other countries, whioh are jealous of our advantages.”
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 11292, 18 August 1922, Page 5
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