From Christmas Island
After three years' service with the Christmas Island Phosphate Company on Christmas Island, Mr. M. S. G. Newton, a civil engineer, has returned to New Zealand with his wife and small son, on five months' furlough. Mr. Newton, who belongs to Christchurch, arrived at Auckland on the Dutch vessel Maetsuycker. He explained that Christmas Island was of 64 square miles and had a population of 1200, mostly Chinese coolies. The Straits Settlement Government maintained Sikh police on the island, on which the phosphates handled wore the same as those from Nauru and Ocean Islands. On the completion of his furlough, Mr. Newton will return to Christmas Island.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19391020.2.109
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20073, 20 October 1939, Page 11
Word Count
110From Christmas Island Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20073, 20 October 1939, Page 11
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in