THE NEW HEBRIDES.
PRESIDENT OF ' CONDOMINIUM INTERVIEWED. COURT WORKING WELL. , . ■ Sydney, January 10. The Count of. Buena Esperanza, president of the Condominium Court of .'New Hebrides, has arrived on a health trip. Interviewed, he said the court was working well. All the criminal and civil procedure is completed. The work, however, is greatly hamepered bv difficulties of communicat : on. He advocated the appointment of a lower court to deal witli police cases and allow the joint court to concentrate on important matters. , Referring to the liquor controversy he said that in the past there had been considerable smuggling of liquor and a large number of cases were dealt Avith,. but there was not much sale of arms to natives. As far as the court was concerned the missionaries had not given any bother.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 24, 11 January 1912, Page 6
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