No More " Buying Out"

T tt „ , MANGAIA, Dec. 1.

HE old custom of “buying out” native convicts, at 1/- a half-day per man, day n ° W a thing of lia PP ier yester- We Mangaia Europeans miss our cheery burglar, or erring Don Juan trapped under the Cohabitation Law, who used to be so handy for weeding and odd plantation-chores. Many a native began that way in a job that later became per manent, “respectable,” and better-paid The High Court continues to bestow legal bonnes bouches of varying length but the beneficiaries do their “stretch” on Government jobs only, and those are a lot harder than the private employers’ plantation-work. The prisoners on Ad ministration penance get no food either beyond what they themselves provide In the “buying-out” days, “Boss” had to supply his Bill Sykes or his Crippen with breakfast—coffee and a yoll—and, at mid-day, a meal of stew. There are sad sighs on both sides of the calaboose wall, these days.

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