The Kanaka Labour Trouble
«- JThe first of the letters written by ISk/fcs Shaw, travelling representative o^vhe Ixradon Times in Australia, is devoted to Queensland. Referring to the Kanaka labour traffic, she states thai after the most careful inquiry she finds there is absolutely no foundation for the abuses which are reported to exist in the system of recruiting and returning the Kanakas. She considers that the present mode of recruiting is above the shadow of reproach, and declares that she never saw the average European manual labourer so well eared for as the Kanakas are on the plantations in Queensland The sugar industry offers a valuable field for English capital and labour. Commenting on the letter editorially, the Times says that if public opinion in England is overruled by opinion prevailing in the colony, it might be doing greater unkindness to Kanakas than to the employers. There seems ground for hoping that duly supervised traffic will be advantageous to all concerned.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 83, 3 January 1893, Page 3
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