Chinese Labour.
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Transport Problem in Samoa.
From Our Own Correspondent.
Apia, Feb. 19.
DESPITE the urgings of the planters, the Administration has declared its inability to have a Chinese transport call in April next to take away time-expired coolies and bring new re cruits, on account of the heavy expense involved. The new transport is, there fore, delayed indefinitely.
About one-third of the old coolies have declared their willingness to work at the reduced rate of 2/- per day.
Mr. J. E. Warren, who has been work ing with the New Guinea Mission, ar rived in Sydney from Papua on the 17th of March.