LOCAL COLOUR.

Dozerdust, Volume 1, Issue 12, 28 August 1943, Page 6

LOCAL COLOUR.

1? in thia issue wo publish a letter from T.P»H* who suggests that wo should endeavour to fit into the pattern of local life* ho gives his opinion of DOZER DUST which he - considers publishes too.” much billyhoo. maybe wo io, but in order to bo fair wo publish a few points on native life her© so that TnP.Hfl may find, the 'process of n integrating 11 made ; easy» we are indobited to monsieur looluro for the facts. * * * the natives poo sobs, no family names, a child la named fellx, or kuko, or anything that th® native thinks of at the moment P both mon and women are inveterate smokerhj they prefer a pipe, a hole is pierced in the oar and the stem of the pipe pushed 'through and carried in that ■ manner* th© tobacco is carried in the hairc. ( how do you think you would manage thatjTpP.H.'?) the natives have to obtain .permission of the chief before they can go to work for a farmer, their pay is usually 10 francs a day, of which the chief taken a tenths * * * the natives have no sense of money value, if they e are not paid eno month, they work on for another month, and if no pay is forthcoming they just leave and tell H the chief, monsieur leclore states that generally, speaking the natives 11 arc lazy n and that efforts to induce thorn to change their b way of life have failed. ..a ’.‘WORKS officer who has had some dealing with them states that ,he has ben told ,that the boot and .whip have been used to make them work. * * v * the,Javanese, on the otherbhand, are industrious workers. they are paid on the average about 15 francs a day, receive • •’* their food, and a sot of clothes every six months* this consists of a coat, a p pair of pants, a shirt, hat and blanket. * * * they too, states monsieur led ere, have a very primitive conception of money, one of their / chief iwusomonts is a gambling gum© called, 51 toupie 11 which resembles put and take, when.the Javanese has no money loft, ho will gamble his clothes, and when. they are gone, he will stake the woman. .with every ten mon, an employer is .“obliged ” to have two women who distribute their favours on a monetary basis, it app- ; cars-that the Javanese too lack family names. * * this touch of local colour lacks in. many points, but wo hope it helps you,TPH* * * if. * if. **** ** * ************************* 4- ♦♦