CONDITIONS AT NAURU.
POSITION OF THE CHINESE. NOT INDENTURED LABOR. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Dec. 5. Mr. Ormsby Gore, replying to questions in the House of Commons, said that approximately 80 Chinese mechanics f.nd 490 Chinese laborers' were employed at Nauru. They were not in. dentured and there were no compounds. The Chinese lived in defined areas unaccompanied by women. A -member: What is the difference between a compound and a defined area? Mr. Ormsby Gore: The object of the defined areas was to prevent the Chinese living in the native Nauruan settlements, for social reasons. The Chinese were confined to their areas at night time, ‘but during the day time they could go anywhere they liked. Labor from the Pacific, native races had always been employed in the phosphate industry on Nauru. At present about 360 natives were so employed. Recruiting from the Caroline Islands under the Japanese mandate had ceased. The Hong Kong Government had not arranged to supply Chinese indentured labor for Nauru or Samoa, but had afforded the New Zealand Government certain facilities. The report of the League of Nations subcommission referred to the arrangements effected by the New Zealand Government.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 December 1922, Page 6
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195CONDITIONS AT NAURU. Taranaki Daily News, 7 December 1922, Page 6
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