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N.Z. Govt. Recants Decision to Repatriate “Black Boys”
From Our Own Correspondent.
Apia, Oct. 20.
A WIRELESS message was received on October 14 by the two European elected members of the Legislative Coun cil (Hons. A. G. Smyth and I. H. Car ruthers) that, following on the represen tations made in the matter, the N.Z. Gov ernment has consented to the Melanesian labourers in the employment of the Re paration Estates remaining in Samoa.
It had been the intention of the New Zealand Government to repatriate these time-expired Melanesians, who have re sided in Samoa for 20 to 30 years. Most of them are married to Samoan women, and have numerous offspring here. Alto gether there are about 80 “black boys,” as the Melanesians are called here.