THE CHINESE QUESTION.

Dunstan Times, Issue 954, 30 July 1880, Page 3

THE CHINESE QUESTION.

•ence tlio two Codya wove ;co)ivicted anil hanged in Clonmel gaoU.i.Kglly was the

The •followin'* three replies were lately received from the various colonial Governments liy Sir Henry I’ai kes at Sydney, in answer to Lis proposal for a conference on the Chinese question :

f I hangman on that occasion, ami, through . some mihua'liagenieht' of his in' adjusting i tile rope round one of the Codya’ neck, tlid i blank cap got oil' Cody’a head add dn to Kelly’S shoulder. Cody’s sister, who was

The Colonial Secretary of Qucchslanl says “ Sir, —I do myself the honor to ao^ kjnuvledgo the receipt of your letter of the 11; lx instant on the subject of Chinese im migration, ami, in forwarding to yon a copy of the Act paSsed (hiring the session o 1577, 'dealing with the question, to nifonr you that your proposal is in favor of the preparation of a measure to be sent round to all the Australian group f<- anoroval, with a view to uniform leghiatiuo, appear: to he a good one ; ami if you will prepare such a measure it will receive the carefu consideration of this Government. Neither my colleagues nor myself view with ap proval the proposal of a conference ; little, if any good has resulted from previous con terences, ami we do not think the matter o such serious importance, as to require our

1 I in tho crowd, called out to Lor brothers . i that it was Kelly, their informer, who Was 3 ( their executioner. At tide news Cody , caught hold of Kelly and was shoving him y on to the drop, blit was prevented by the f sheriff and warder on duty from commit- ! ting a further murder cm Kelly. This man e Kelly was the father of tho outlawed | Kellys, lie had to fly to Australia, as well as many other informers about that 3 e ,1 if

The Chief Secretary cf Victoria ; “Sir, —lu reply to your Tetter, relative to the best means of checking the immigration of Chinese to the Australian colonies, I have the honor to inform you that the Government of Victoria is alive to the importance of the subject, as well as to the difficulties that stand in the way of dealing with a matter that involves, as. it; does, large questions of international law. This Government concurs in the suggestion that united action on the part of all the colonies is necessary in order to put an end to the evil, and it will be glad to co-operate with New Sauth Wales in promoting such action, hut, as regards the holding a conference to deal with the question, it would prefer that a meeting weie not held until a measure had been first drafted and circulated for general consideration ; and if you cause such a hill to bo prepared, it will be carefully discussed by this Cabinet. A conference hold after that stage is reached would be in a position to deal with the subject more effectually probably than at present.” The Chief Secretary of South Australia says “ I have the honor to ackft .wledge the receipt of join- letter of the lltli hist , and in reply to inform you that this Government are fully alive to the importance of the subject therein referred to—viz , the necessity for united action on the part of all the Australian colonies with reference to the influx of Chinese,'and that they will he

happy to unite in any conference you may be able to arrange for the consideration of the question in its bearings.”— Town and C untry Journal.