FRENCH SOMALILAND
ERADICATING SLAVERY.
SYDNEY,
'Fresh from tli«j lonely outpost of Tacljouireh, in French SomalilarXd, where, he is an: administrator),. M.Paul Laine arrived: in Sydney "by. the C'ommissaire Uamel on bis way to New Caledonia. Tadjoureh is tbe centtro of a large native population, which has given great trouble in the past. The natives there are renowned for their fighting qualities. M. Laiinfe said that French reforms bad done much for the country, ana conditions bad heen quiet for some time. Vestiges of the slave traffic bad existed till quite recently, and were difficult to eradicate, but the. last few years has seen the e,r.U of this evil.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 45, 28 June 1929, Page 6
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