NEW GUINEA.
COMPELLING NATIVES TO WORK. London, December 21. Iu the House of Commons Colonel Seely, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, stated in reply to Mr. P. A. Molteao r. that at the end of May last the Council of Papua read a second time but proceeded no further with an ordinance to compel all male natives to work one month -every year on Government works without pay unless their taxes were paid up. If this ordinance were hereafter passed, he Raid, it would doubtless be reserved for Lord Dudley's consideration.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 307, 23 December 1908, Page 2
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90NEW GUINEA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 307, 23 December 1908, Page 2
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