TREATMENT OF NATIVES.
CHARGES OP CRUELTY. , REPORT OP COMMISSION. •: BY TELEGRAPH—riIESS ASSOCIATION—COPYBIanT. ' Perth, February 22. . . The report of tho Commissioners'appointed to inquire. ,into, cortain' charges - against .the Canning iExpedition of, 1906 is:.being. considered , by. tho Cabinet. ' Tho Commissioners held that cruelty :to and the-compulsion, captivity, and chaining of nativescunder any circumstances, woro unlawful; that want of thought was shown by members' ,bf tho . expedition; that in ■ connection with.-the method adopted in one instanco it'was absolutely unjustifiable. Charges of .immorality .with, "native women have sinco beon 'withdrawn. They' were absolutely unfounded. - . . ' Deaths, on the previous expeditions would probably nit havo occurred had tho natives been, used to show the, locality of'wells. ' The Commissioners referred to previous instances where, tho jpractico of chaining natives to compel, them to show where there was water had been resorted to. It is stated that Mr.' Canning sought to ensure tho safety, of memtors of his party by acting as bo did. 'VJ
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 129, 24 February 1908, Page 7
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157TREATMENT OF NATIVES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 129, 24 February 1908, Page 7
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