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Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 September 1939, Page 9

For the last ton years a former Pae* roa resident, Mr D. L. Leach, has been one of several New Zealanders in the Government service of Sarawak, North Borneo, which is ruled by the only white rajah in the world, Sir Charles Vyner Brooke. Mr Leach returned by the Maetsuycker the other day to spend five months’ leave in New Zealand. He was accompanied by Mrs Leach and their two infant sons. He said that Sarawak was a delightful place in which to live. It was a selfgoverned British protectorate where there was no taxation. Its main product was rubber. Oil and pepper were other important industries. All provisions were obtained from Australia and New Zealand through Singapore. The people, who were largely Dyaks and Malays, are happy under the present regime. They loved their Rajah, who was the third in line. The first was his great uncle, and the second his father. The title was first bestowed by a Malay Rajah in return for war service.—“ The Press'’ Special Service.