Employment of Lascars.
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Sydney, Aug. 20. A deputation of tho Parliamentary Labor Party asked the Premier to assist the intcr-Statc protest to the Federal Government against tho employment of Lascars on subsidised mail steamers. They urged the unfitness of the Lascars in time of danger and the inconsistency of the Federal Government in suppressing Kanaka labor ashore and permitting Lascars on mail boats. Mr Sec said that the deputation had his fullest sympathy, and, if necessary, he would call a conference of Premiers on the subject. KANAKAS IN QUEENSLAND. Brisbane, Aug. 20. Tho Premier, referring to the rumor of a promise to stop Kanaka immigration after five years, stated that the (into was very little use. If Mr Barton made tho term ten years, this State would let him alone.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 192, 21 August 1901, Page 2
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