THE NEW HEBRIDES
SYTTNEY, September 3. Mr James Burns, of Burns, Philp, an(f Co., has l-eturned from a tour in the New Hebrides. • He says that the outlook on the islands at present us all in favour of the French. A large amount of money has, been supplied by the French Government and a French company supported by the Government, to enable the settlers to develop their holdings. Colonisation ia proceeding rapidly on the Trench side, while British immigration is practically afc a standstill. One .reason for the increase on the French side is the depression of trade in New Caledonia. Many are leaving tliero and settling in the New Hebrides. Mr Burns declares that thenatives are decreasing so rapidly that ifc seems only a matter of time before the "whole race will be wiped out and the islands left solely to the whites. Some islands which five or six years ago had 2000 to 3000 inhabitants have now only . 500 or 600.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 18
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163THE NEW HEBRIDES Otago Witness, Issue 2895, 8 September 1909, Page 18
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