THE NEW HEBRIDES.
dual control condemned. AS FAVOURABLE TO FRANCE. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright, (Received April 29, 8 a.m.) BRISBANE, April 29. Captain Ashton, of the steamer Flinders, after a lengthy experience of trading with the New Hebrides, says that the dual control is becoming more and more unsatisfactory. The feeling prevailed, he said, among the colonists that the sooner the islands were taken over, either by Britain or France, the better it would be for all concerned. At the present time French traders had a great advantage over the British. The French authorities interpreted the laws more leniently with regard- to their country-men thaii the British did.- The French authorities adhered to the Convention laws, but the British made extra laws under which British colonists worked. While the French were permitted to recruit women for labour British traders could recruit only males.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144082, 29 April 1913, Page 3
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142THE NEW HEBRIDES. Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144082, 29 April 1913, Page 3
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