IN THE NEW HEBRIDES.
PRESENT SYSTEM OF CONTROL.
A SWEEPING CONDEMNATION.
By Cable.—Pre** AssodattviV—Cspyright, (Received June 22, 9.31) a.m.) SYDNEY, .June; 22. Mr Jacomb, a well-known barrister, and a resident of the New Hebrides, is visiting Sydney. • • He states that the natives in the groups are being steadily wiped' out, and at present the population is-only 65,000, as. against 650,000 thirty years _ ago. At the present ratio of decrease there would be few natives left in twenty years: In the Torres group, the population in twenty. 3*ears had been reduced from thousands to 350. - Mr,,lacomb declares that the sale of grog 'and recruiting are still ramphVit. The Condominium, too, is a rank failure, and everybody is tired of .it. He is strongly opposed to the partition the group between* -England ai» France. >• ' - -
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 116, 22 June 1914, Page 7
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132IN THE NEW HEBRIDES. Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 116, 22 June 1914, Page 7
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