THE NEW HEBRIDES.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10889, 2 March 1914, Page 5

THE NEW HEBRIDES.

FAILUR / CF h JLT.' CONTROL. Urit-s lr ..- elation.— By Electric •: ’ i : ph.—Copyright. ... jdon, February 28 r v ■ 3 Slavery Aborigines’ ->> 'ociety memoraiised Sir ; egard to the New Hebvhi - ...iiiug out that joint con:,iri entirely failed to secure government, protect the cr prevent land abuses. The :>• rang regulations were conbL. my violated, especially by IDviaoh recruiter?. Kidnapping and illegal recruiting were shamelessly common. While the British administration firmly repressed the liquor traffic, the French traders persistently disregarded the law. French employment of child laboixr was also a scandal. “The main source cf the übusss,” it was stated, “Ties in in the complicated govern ment machinery, the confusion caused by the number of tribunals, and the absence of a definite sphere for each. Adequate penalties even by these are not enforced. The joint naval commission is another court, which practically invented its own jurisdiction. Irregular meetings cause the natives to be kept in prison foodless for months. Some natives died before they were tried. ” The Society urges the Government to appoint a commission of enquiry. Failing this, it suggests the possi bility of a division of the islands. The Society will send a deputation to France in March to ascertain French public opinion.