THE NEW HEBRIDES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13608, 30 May 1908, Page 6

THE NEW HEBRIDES.

O DISCISSION IN THK COMMONS. THK DUAL CONTROL. Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyright Ileccived 9.25 p.nv.. Jlav 29th. LONDON'. May 29. t>tt the Colonial Vote. Colonel Seeley (Colonial Offic>-> explained that- the diiticultv of bringing the New Hebrides Convention into operation arose from the extraordinary state of tilings existing then-. The countiy bad no sovereign, and belonged to nobody. The Government were hampered at every step, because there was no precedent- to follow. Howver. order h i- now being evolved out of chactr. and s-ornething would b„-

dune to make Lhe place happier. It Mas unfortunate for the natives, who had been much harried in the past, that- Hi it-am had no control owr them. As for ie--1 iruitment by France of natives for ser- | i vice in New Caledonia, Britain must lely | 011 France's justice and humanity. Sir F. G. Banbury declared that the British Government could not shirk its obligations because some of the nati\ os were outside British jurisdiction. Ihe Government shared the responsibility for treatment of the natives whoever they were.. -r E. Tennanfc said that u Sydney telegram showed that French traders were landing large quantities of intoxicants in the New Hebrides. Mr Hart Davies held that the Colonial Office had <lone> much to improve the old system in the New Hebrides. " The vote was agreed to.