MANDATED TERRITORIES
NEW GUINEA AND SAMOA. QUESTION OF ADMINISTRATION. (United Press Assn.—By Telegraph—Cooyriglit.) (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Geneva, September 23. Mr Frank Brennan (Australia), addressing the Sixth Committee of the League of Nations, said the Australian Administration would never countenance the motion of annexation or claim to sovereignty over New Guinea. She desired to remove the last vestige of unfavourable discrimination incoasistent with her own immigration laws. He thought it most desirable to state this position clearly because the observations of individual critics suggested that the situation was not universally appreciated. Sir Thomas Wilford said all New Zealand parties were determined to faithfully carry out the Samoan mandate in the interest of the population. He thanked the Mandates Commission for its congratulations on what had been done in education and health and in improving the economic conditions of the people of Samoa. He believed that if the League continued to have confidence in New Zealand, Samoa would become the brightest jewel among the mandated territories. The difficulties, including passive resistance on behalf of a portion of the inhabitants, should be borne in mind.
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Southland Times, Issue 21197, 25 September 1930, Page 7
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