Our Colored Brethern
Tke Vii-torian Parliament -rill as- J suit-ily Ui^'' the initiative in enacting repressive it-gi.-lation directed against AtVnaii and Indian immigration, if the Indian authorities do not take • boo»6 action. The Asiatic pedlars are TOtf-l m«»re than a nuisance iv country and sparsely populated districts, and the tV-ar of thetn is thus voiced by the »' Leader ": — " It is thoroughly wellkiunvu.both to the police and the -public that solitary women iv country ■ disti ices are frequently frightened iuto making ..purchases by these darkskinned and impudent hucksters, who are perfectly well, aware that, by im pudent impor'uuity they can most frequently iuduce an unprotected -woman 1 to bug them off. The Chine - man, who we so vigorously restiict, is, with all -his failings,' quite free from this highly objectionable feature; but it would" appear t thai there is no powe^'. existent which can keep the 'Afghan,' Pathan, and Hindoo BwarmVouVof the colony. The Indian Government .have been appealed ; to, and reply that they are powerless to keep bacjr the invading flood, and " that all thiy canddMs to publish, at " the seaports whence the Asiatic immigrants cpinejhe fact, that Australia - and New Zealand do not want .them."
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 144, 28 May 1891, Page 4
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196Our Colored Brethern Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 144, 28 May 1891, Page 4
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