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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17114, 20 September 1917, Page 5

"As far as the Tongans aro concerned (stated Mr G. B. Smith Rewse, late British Consul at Nukualofa, to an Auddand Star reporter), they aro very patriotic in this war. Many of thorn are willing to go to the front if wanted, and tho natives, some 20,000 in number, raised no less than £4600 for tho Kitchener Memorial Kind. I am glad to bo ablo to state that the'' Tongans aro not dying out, as tiho latest returns show a slight increase in their numbers. Tlioro ia no doubt in my mind that tho Pacific I&londi must ever bo populated by a dark race." Referring- to the labour problem, Mr Rflwse said: "Tho problem for the future is wheifcea 1 the- Islands will bo populated by the descendants of the present owners, or by Asiatics. In Qamoa they havo already got a largo number of C'hin«so oooliea, who were imported to work on tho estates of the Gennam In Fiji, as yon know, tho Indians are imported to work on the sugar plantations. Both these races aro better workers than the natives, and tho qnestion for the future is whether tho Asiatics may net somn day preponderate." For Influenza take Woods' Great Peppermint Cure. Never fails. Is 6d, 2s Od.— Advt. WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS is suitable alike for men and women, and is in every sense beneficial.