for N. Hebrides
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Indonesian Labour for N. Hebrides
NEW HEBRIDES planters wh get less for their copra tha: other South Pacific producer: have much higher labour costs.
A native labourer gets from £1 to £l5 per month plus keep an hospital expenses. These workers ar described as “slovenly and lazy.”
It is reported that an effort wi be made to re-introduce Indonesia: labour on three-years contracts, an Mr. J. Ratard, representing th Syndicate Agricole, was expected t fly to Djakarta early in Februar to begin negotiations.
Indonesian (as well as Tonkinese labour was employed in th Hebrides before the war but wa repatriated after it. t The opening ceremony of th South Pacific Seventh Day Adventis Youth Congress in Melbourne i December was highlighted by parade of visitors from Tong£ Samoa, Cook Islands, Papua, Fij Gilbert Islands, Solomons, Nei Hebrides and New Zealand.