PACIFIC ISLANDS NEWS.
. . LABOUR SHORTAGE IN PAPUA. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright. . Sydney, December. 21. The Rev. Mr. Jones, a prominent New Guinea missionary, states that there are not sufficient able-bodied ; men' in the group to. supply the. rapidly developing plantations with native labour. Imposition, will soon become serious unless the introduction of outside coloured labour is allowed. • ' ! NO RAIN FOR THREE YEARS. Sydnoy, December 21. . Island nqws received states that'prac- - tic Ally no rain his fallen in the South Gilbert. Islands for nearly three years. The Government continues to supply rice to feed the natives at Niliinau. There is great- mortality amongst infants, the result of their being-fed on shark's flesh. The Gilbert Islands ore a group of low ocral atolls and suffer much from drought. Their natural soil is nothing but sund, i>nd the vegetation is extremely poor. The natives in-the'group number about 28,000, and there is; besides, a population of some (00 foreigners. .
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1006, 22 December 1910, Page 7
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154PACIFIC ISLANDS NEWS. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1006, 22 December 1910, Page 7
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