Burns Philip Company Ltd:Correspondence with Eyre Hutson, 1916

 
Component identifier:
Series 36
Content Summary:

Private and personal correspondence with Eyre Hutson, Acting High Commissioner of the Western Pacific at Fiji, on various matters, including: appointment of Sir Francis May as Governor of Fiji (1916); prominence of German firms in Tonga; proposals to introduce German New Guinea labour into the Solomons; indenture of Indian coolie labour for Fiji; Commonwealth amendments to the War Regulations regarding passports.

Comprises Items 1763-1774

Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were donated to the Commonwealth National Library by Hunt's daughter, Miss Marion Hunt, in 1936. Some other papers of Atlee Hunt, including three diaries, were donated by Mr Bruce Hunt in 1964 and are housed at MS 1100.

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