5,000 Javanese For French
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Pacific Industries
FOLLOWING the recent visit to Batavia (NED of the New Caledonian and New Hebridean (French) mission to secure Javanese labour for these colonies, it was announced in Noumea that the first contingent of Javanese was expected to arrive in early February. There will be 5,000 workers in all —3.000 for New Caledonia and 2,000 for the Hebrides— and conditions of employment will be much improved to those that prevailed before the war. The leader of the French mission, M. George Dubois, has stated that a satisfactory feature is the applica tion of 300 Javanese who have worked in the French Pacific islands before.
The Messageries Maritimes Company is arranging transport.—P.