PROTECTION OF ABORIGINES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 716, 15 January 1910, Page 13

PROTECTION OF ABORIGINES.

v.The, State Parliament/,has-just /passed .'ah/Act\to. ; enßure;.tiiat' ; better. attention is giyeh'/.tq: .the aborigines of- New South" /Wales.':: In' the; first/' place', this Act- provides ,-for/a;'sum:;6f■ '^£20,000/ to 'be specially'appropriated, oonsohdated';rovehuejf or// the /'assistance of aborigihes.-'..:lt "alcb; provides - for./ the' con : /stitutionV.of./'a/board : for : the 'protaction-'' of;aborigines./ ./This 'board/is appointed ,by vthe.'.QoTer'n'oril and-the ! duties .of tho 1 body/are 'defined; /.'WliocVer /supplies' liquor '(except;, in ■ case .of; sickness/or accident) to "any aborigine, 'or, not boing an .aborigine,', lodges', or wanders with an aborigine/ without; good'; cause,'/ entices, an aborigine .-child../.frbm-- apprenticeship: or 1 school," or has in his. possession .'any. blanket; or :dther/ar'tiole,;i9sued : by;lhe Gov- : eminent .to. any 'aborigiiie,/ is-beld to bo guilty-of ah'offence, against the' AcC and' liable - to>: a- penalty'not; exceeding .£2Q. .Provision: is-made'-for; the "control of ;ab-origino-reserves; the appointment of managers of :-6Uch'reserves; the-appointment of 'local;;committees) 'apprenticing of ab-: ongiie "children j : and; also for the inspection; of ..stations 'and' reserves on which aborigines.:; are /located. -/• -In: short,;'the, measure extends ■ a more /'effective sheltering arm.than heretofore over this sadly 'diminishing race, and aims ,at the abolition of .'the conditions which" /make; the' 'camps';.-and preservations of .the' - "black 'remnant".anything'but//desirable places .for growing, -.children.; Power is also vested in the Governor to make tho necessary regulations for carrying into effect the purposes of tho Act. "■ ■-.-