Help for British in N. Hebrides
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r T'HE following is taken from the official report of the Commonwealth Parlia ment of November 4: Mr. E. J. Harrison: In view of the pre ference given to French planters in the New Hebrides by the Government of France, shipping companies, and others, which is tending to establish a French national spirit that may lead to the acquisition of the New Hebrides by France, will the Minister for Trade and Customs consider the advisability of granting to Australian and British planters in the New Hebrides such concessions in regard to coffee and other products as are granted to the planters in New Guinea?
Mr. T. W. White (Minister for Customs): Already some favourable treatment is be ing extended to British planters in the New Hebrides. Sympathetic consideration will be given to the honourable member’s request, and if he will supply me with de tails I shall make a full reply.
Mr. J. Venning, who is prominent in Rabaul’s swimming circles, married Miss Isabel Christ, of Brisbane, at St. George’s Church, Rabaul, New Guinea, on Octo ber 26.
Mr. Frank Pryke, one of the original pioneers of the Morobe goldfield, New Guinea, arrived in Sydney with his wife by the Macdhui on November 5. He had been on a health trip to the East.