MANDATED REGIONS.
RECRUITMENT OF LABOUR.
ALLEGATIONS DENIED.,
Received August 10, 12.30 p.flL LONDON, August 9
Sir Joseph Cook (Australia) denies-' the accuracy of the statement made at • yesterday's plenary session of tfod Mandates Gommi&sion by Mr Grim-vi shaw, representative -of Hie Interna*"j ti-orial Labour Bureau, that thaf. workers in the mandated territorieswere often recruited in one district | and transferred to another -which was , climatically unsuitable, thereby leading to rapid diminution- of the population. Sir J. Cook points out on- in* authority of the highest official re- ;, ports, -that experience negatives Mfl ■ Grimshaw's allegations. On the con- , trary, the recruited natives return t« , their original district pecUnianbjf benefited and with additional prestige*
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Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 15310, 10 August 1923, Page 5
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