Item 06: General William Holmes correspondence, 1900-1915 - Page 12
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be made in the Native Labor Regulations during the purely Military Administration, notwithstanding local rumours to the contrary, & am much comforted as I know the big German Firms will work a point on us if they can.
Mr. Jolley, the British Consul will probably be seeing you on the subject & whilst his views may not exactly coincide with those of the Bougainville planters they will generally express the British view.
When communication is restored between Kieta & Faisi I know you will be applied to for permission to recruit labor for the rest of the Solomon Islands previously British. As this will merely cripple the Bougainville men without materially helping the British Solomon residents I venture to point out this aspect & trust to be pardoned for doing so.
I have to thank you most