[?]o Penal Clauses in Nauru

IENAL clauses have been deleted from the native and Chinese •our ordinances of Nauru. Some ie ago they were removed from ; P-NG native labour ordinance. . Hasluck (Minister for Australian rritories) says that this has been ie on a recommendation from the ited Nations Trusteeship Council. fust what it means to Nauru would hard to say. The British Phos de Commission is virtually the y employer of labour which it ains from the Gilberts or Hong ig. Evidently their only redress breaches of labour contracts is ship the culprits back home—and p them while waiting for a ship do so. Unlike P-NG, absconding Durers should be no problem at On the small island of Nauru re is nowhere to abscond to.