Lecture On New Hebrides.
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A. J. MARSHALL, a well-known Australian ornithologist, was the guest of honour at the Pacific Islands Club meeting, held at the Carlton Hotel, Sydney, on March 2. He gave an enter taining account of his experiences while engaged in research work on the island of Espiritu Santo, in the New Hebrides Group.
Mr. Marshall spoke critically of the present system of Government in the Condominium, which, he claimed, “was the worst in the world, and was doing very little for the natives”. Contrasting this, he pointed out that excellent work was being done by the Missions, an out standing feature of which was the marked increase in population in the districts under missionary influence compared with the decrease which was apparent in other sections of the Group.
Mr. Marshall recently returned from England, where he was engaged in re search w®rk at Oxford. A year ago he carried out scientific and anthropological research work in Dutch New Guinea and the north-western portion of th© Mandated Territory.