AUSTRALIA.
TROPICAL SETTLEMENT. FOE. RETURNED SOLDIERS. (Australian and X.Z. Cable Assn.i Received S.lO n.ni.. .Tan. 80th. MELBOURNE. Jan. 30Mr A. A. "Wliiteman, of Rabaul, lias v.-rittoii to Mr Hughes sujrewtinK that returned soldiers, and specially disabled rnoa, could prolita'oly Iks placed as small planters -lions the coastal territories of Now Guinea .and the neighbouring islands- It woud be necessary to subsidise them for six years until eccoanut plantations bear, and then they could bo left to enjoy life. I
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Timaru Herald, Volume CVI, Issue 16184, 31 January 1917, Page 7
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