THE SUGAR INDUSTRY.
[p.Y electric telegraph—copyright.]
(per press association.)
Received this day, at 9 37 a m. Melbourne, May 29.
Queensland Federal representatives are perturbed at the cabled report that (he Royal assent has been withheld from the Sugar Industry Guarantee Bill, recently passed by the Queensland Parliament, because of a clause preventing (lie employment of alien labor in factories. It is considered that cither the influence of the sugar interests have been brought to bear to block bill, or that (lie Imperial Parliament views with disfavor any Australian attitude which may be construed into liosf.il ity with Japanese.
1 f the latter view is correct, it raises the question how Japanese arc to be t reated under a bill dealing with alien labor, proposed to lie introduced by the Federal Parliament,
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 29 May 1901, Page 2
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