TREATMENT OF ABORIGINALS.
Evidence •£ Cruelties. (Received 10.30 a.m.) PERTH, this day. 11l jfivin? evidence before Dr. Roth, the Commissioner appointed to inqxiire into the treatment of the aborigines, the mansiser of a local steamship company said he was satisfied that the natives never received fair trial, in many cases they were undefended even when a capital charge was preferred. Mr. Patterson, tin- paoler at Broome : stated that he received instruction from the Comptroller of Prisons to place all native prisoners in chains. Dr. Roth ha? be?n called on by the Colonial Secretary to explain his breach of the Public Servie? Act in handimr statements to the pres.-.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 36, 11 February 1905, Page 4
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107TREATMENT OF ABORIGINALS. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 36, 11 February 1905, Page 4
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