Damage
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Bsi Claims For War
A PLEA for the payment of war damage compensation in the Solomons was made in a letter to the editor, by Mr. Leslie F. Gill, published in “The Times,” London, in October.
Mr. Gill states that considerable hard ship is being experienced by settlers in the British Solomons owing to the failure of the United Kingdom Government to declare its policy regarding the payment of war damage compensation for prop erty lost during the occupation of the islands by the Japanese and allied forces.
Liberal compensation, he says, is being paid by the Australian Government to Australian settlers in New Guinea and Papua. The amount involved in the Solomons would be about £1,000,000.
A considerable number of owners of property in the British Solomons now have sent in their names, and addresses to the editor of the PIM. These people, in due course, will receive a circular letter, in which they will be given all names and addresses received. They will be invited to communicate with each other, and formulate a plan for making joint representations to the British Press and Parliament, regarding the failure of the British Government to consider their claims for war damage compensation.
(See also Page 26)