BOER PRISONERS.
CHATHAM ISLANDERS FAVOR ABLE TO THEIR RECEPTION.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Christchurch, last night. An adjourned meeting ot members of Parliament and others interested was held re the question of using the Chatham Islands as a depot for Boer prisoners. The Hon. Major Steward was in the chair. A letter signed by 26 settlers expressed their views as favorable to receiving the Boers, and a similar letter was received from other parts of tho Islands. 11l the discussion it was stated that 10,000 acres were under offer to tho New Zealand Government, which at present owned only 18 at the Chatham Islands. It was capable of producing abundance of food, and only tea, sugar, and other stores required to be imported. There was also wood and own-built barracks. One speaker said there was room for 3000 prisoners, but others went on a basis of 1000. They said it would be necessary to keep 500 men and others to act as a guard, besides a man-o’-war on an adjacent coast. Major Steward and Mr Laurenson, M.H.R.’s, Messrs Chudleigh and Arban, were appointed a committee to wait on the Premier during Mr Seddon’s visit to Christchurch.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 335, 7 February 1902, Page 2
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195BOER PRISONERS. Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 335, 7 February 1902, Page 2
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