Unrest On Malaita
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From Our. Own Correspondent
Tulagi, Oct. 15.
RECRUITERS and others from Malaita report rumours of unrest among th© natives of parts of Malaita. In some SSI the attitude of the natives appears to have been distinctly threatening, and. if reports be true, defiant of authority.
This is the largest district in the group, and, as the greatest source of labour, in a sense the most important.
All who have worked Malaita are aware that weakness is the J? o®* 0 ®* eerous policy with those (or any) natives, Ind anyone taking charge of this district needs to exercise the greatest firmness.
While only recruiters and others regu larly on Malaita can have a good idea of the state of affairs there, local residents are sufficiently familiar with the Malaita men to realise that the sßua tion is one that requires careful handling, and the sooner any nonsense is checked, the better for the whole group.