COOLIES IN PACIFIC.
- MISSIONARY PROTEST. ORIENTALISING THE NATIVES. " By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. London, June 17. At tho World Missionary Conference, the Rev. Joseph Nettleton, formerly of Fiji, emphnsised the danger of Orientalising Polynesia by the introduction of Indian coolies, who woro chiefly the sweepings of tho Calcutta gaols. Tho.Rev. W. L. Blamires, of New Zealand, stated that the lives of the Polynesians were remarkable for Christian virtue and industry. [About 20,000 Indian coolies have been introduced into Fiji to work the sugar plantations there. The Fijians themselves number about 100,000.]
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 847, 20 June 1910, Page 5
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89COOLIES IN PACIFIC. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 847, 20 June 1910, Page 5
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