COOLIE LABOUR IN FIJI
EX-COVERNOR discredits re* ''>[ "f .:■■ PORTS/' - ; " (By< Telegraph— Press Association.) : ~.. :■• La*t Night. ■ Siii* Francis May, • ex-Governor of 'Fiji, was a passenger by the Manama, and is proceeding to Ho.ngikong. in an interview ; he diisci-etliited the reports concerning the 'effect of tlie unlimited importation of coolie labour into Fiji. Se said coolie labour was indisipeni&aWe, and was the best available for the tropical ■ .di rants'... "• Oooliies \\T&rer peAceable a'nd industrious, and on completion: of their engagements became agriculturists., " The two rae<>s 'kept quite separate, and the -crane."; ■committed by coolies were:,mostly of ! a domestic character and among themteelves. Ordinarily they were peaceable 'and industrious.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10653, 7 June 1912, Page 5
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106COOLIE LABOUR IN FIJI Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10653, 7 June 1912, Page 5
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