[?]Ear Of Another Scandal
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In Tahiti
Papeete. Feb. 6.
lAHITI is twittering over another commercial scandal. Some arrests have been made; but many conflicting reports are in dilation that the whole thing □uld be treated with reserve, for 5 moment. rhe trouble is connected with the tivities of a well-known Chinese hitian trader, Atoni, who has ide large profits out of the tchering business. He appears to ve formed some sort of company, trade in the Islands of French :eania; and they ,the looner Moana. [t is said that money was loaned the company at very high rates interest; that after certain trad ; voyages to the Tuamotus a loss is suspected; and that certain ;ps were taken by some share- Iders and lenders which other ople affected regard as improper. a result, Atoni and Dr. Andre lumeux have been taken by the v for questioning, etc.- and tiers are likely to be involved.
Mr. C. M, Jacobson, elected mem r for the New Guinea mainland the P-NG Legislative Council, is inking seriously of beginning rge-sdale poultry farming near te. On his recent visit to Sydney consulted officials of the NSW apartment of Agriculture. Before e war Mr. Jacobson ran 4.000 lite Leghorns on a farm in the arkham Valley.