THE GERMAN OCTOPUS IN THE PACIFIC
HOW' THE COPRA TRADE WAS . .CAPTURED. Bt Telcßraph-Press Asßor.iatiofl-GoprriElil (Rec. October 6, 5.45 p.m.) Sydney, October 6. . Before tho Inter-Stato Commission of Inquiry concerning the Pacific Islands trade, the manager of the Islands Department of Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co. gave evidence regarding a contract entered into by tho Germans, whoreby they had practically capturcd the copra trade. Tho German South Pacific trade was practically in tho hands of four leading firms, which had such a complete interwoven 'system that competition was impossible. If. after \ the war, Britain took over the German island possessions, the population and trade Would become .British instead of German. He anticipated a great increase in trad*. • '
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2896, 7 October 1916, Page 9
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117THE GERMAN OCTOPUS IN THE PACIFIC Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2896, 7 October 1916, Page 9
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