FORCED TO LEAVE
NORFOLK ISLANDERS RETURN FORMER TE AWAMUTU MAN "‘(Special to Times) AUCKLAND, Tuesday “There are no prospects for anyone settling in Norfolk Island unless he has independent means,” said Mr C. W. Jordan, formerly of Te Awamutu, who left the Dominion last October to examine conditions on the island with a possible view to settlement. "The people have been slaving to get a few shillings from the land, but they have been in the habit of getting" debit notes back for produce shipped to Sydney.” Mr Jordan was one of a party of 27 residents of Norfolk Island who arrived by the Tasman yesterday, in search of work in the Dominion, being unable to get reasonable livings on the island. A change from Australian to New Zealand control and more frequent shipping services were stated to be essential before the. island could hope to flourish. Through disappointment with conditions about 100 settlers had left during the past three months, and the population had now decreased to fewer than 900. It was deplorable, said several passengers, that people should be forced to leave such a fertile and productive island through inability to make a living.
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Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20730, 14 February 1939, Page 11
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196FORCED TO LEAVE Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20730, 14 February 1939, Page 11
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