getting them in
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Chain letters are getting them in
Prom a Honiara correspondent Efforts by the BSIP Government to outlaw chain letters has run into a brick wall of indignation created by the islanders, of whom many hun dreds have already invested in what the administration considers a rather shady deal.
A public notice issued on May 2 said chain letters entitled “Australian Bonanza” and “Money Tree” were circulating in the Protectorate. These involved participants paying sums of S 6 to $l2 to the organisers in Aus tralia and if their circulation were allowed to continue would inevitably involve large numbers of Solomon Islanders in loss of money.
The legal position was being examined and legislation considered.
In the meantime, members of the public were warned that they would be liable to prosecution under the Post Office Ordinance 1971 if they attempted to send any chain letters by post.
The islanders feel that the govern ment should a'tend to more serious matters instead of playing “daddy” to the masses on this type of issue.
It is their money, and although grate ful for the warning, would like to do as they like with it.