THE NEW HEBRIDES.
I COMFLIOTING INTERESTS PEE PRESS ASSOCIATION* Sydney, March 17. ' Tha ; erald, commenting on the New j Hebrides deputation, ssyi it is the ' destiny of the Commonwealth to be the i predominating influence under the '. Crown in thpse seas. In carrying on; ! this it will be found the surest way of removing anomalies which burden our trade with those islands. The Daily Telegraph says that if the Vow Hebrides trade goei on concentrating in New Caledonia in cons"quonco of Australia's exclusive tariff the French may build up such large interests there as will entitle them to political control on the principle of full representation, which we went to war to enforce in South Africa In the case of other Island communities such as Fiji, the effect of the tariff has bsea to divert trade from Australia, where it should naturally come, to New Zealand. What the Australian policy potential!) has to meet is the rooting of French interest and control on the one hand and New Zealand interest aiid trade command oo the o: her, of which possibilities the most that can b» said is that the bess is bad.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 71, 18 March 1902, Page 3
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192THE NEW HEBRIDES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 71, 18 March 1902, Page 3
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