Wellington, Mar. 1.
Four hundred members of the Samoan illegal "Mau" police force have been sentenced at Apia to six months imprisonment each on the charge of intimidating other natives who dealt with European shopkeepers—Reuter.
Practically all producers, ineluding large companies, were represented at the Dutch rubber-growers meeting held to-day at The Hague.
If appears that some of the date-gates advocated the formation of a rubber selling centre, while others advised the introduction of a sort of valorization scheme. Another group favoured ce-operation with British producers in order to devise means for effective restriction.
All the proposals were debated at—Reuter.
Note:—An Amsterdam message of February 27 stated that the meeting referred to above was convoked by some siembers of the Board of the International Union, but, as the meeting was not held' under the auspices of the Union, British and other foreign members of the International Union had not been invited Reuter.
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