NEW HEBRIDES.
CONDOMINIUM SYSTEM. By Telegraph— Press Assn.— Copyright. Sydney. Sept. 17. At the Presbyterian Assembly the Rev. Mr. Paton, the New Hebrides missionary, reiterated tihe often repeated condemnation of the condominium system. He declared that the joint control authorities had no power to enforce their own decisions. This consequently led to all sorts of abuses.
The Assembly resolved to ask Mr. -S. M. Bruce to maKe strong representations to the Imperial Government for the complete and impartial enforcement of the condominium, failing that, an arrangement with ’France whereby the islands would pass under British control, and instructing the Board of Missions to bring persistent pressure to bear on the authorities until the intolerable state Of affairs was remedied.
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1924, Page 6
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119NEW HEBRIDES. Taranaki Daily News, 20 September 1924, Page 6
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