AFFAIRS IN EAST

Shannon News, 3 September 1926, Page 3

AFFAIRS IN EAST

——4 MR. JOHN FULLER’S TOUR. “MAINTAIN WHITE -AUSTRALIA." Mi-. John Puller, a governing director of Fullers’ Theatres, Ltd., has returned to Australia earlier in the month on the R.M.S. Comorfn,' after a holiday visit to Java, Malaga ahd Ceylon. While at Singapore, Mr. Puller completed arrangements for an Indian circuit, to which the companies in future will proceed, after completing theii Sydney seasons. Mr. Puller said that a tour of the Par East has been arranged for Mr. Oscar Asche and Miss Marie Lohr, under the management of Mr. Gh* more, the principal theatrical entrepreneur of Singapore. Discussing trade possibilities for Australia in Java and Malaya, he said that there was an immense field for the development of Australian trade, but the' attempts hitherto made had failed because the Australian exporter would not grade his fi uit. or put up his manufactured Avares in good form. Prior to his present visit, he had been an opponent of the Singapore base, but he needed only to visit Singapore to realise that it would be a serious matter for the Empire Avere the adequate defence of Singapore neglected. He had come .back fully convinced that a White Australia must be maintained, despite all that is said about the necessity for coloured lab.our to develop Australia. One good Australian, with the aid of modern machinex-y was the equal of 100 natives working in the primitive conditions operating in Java. EA-en without machinery, one Australian was capable of doing as much Avork as six natives. The talk of the desire of the millions of Asia to invade Australia he characterised as “bosh."