A SAD TALE.
ASIATICS IN THE NORTH-WEST. SHOCKING. TREATMENT, OF THE ABORIGINES., By. Electric Telegraph—Per Press Association —Copyright. PERTH, January 31. Tho report; of Dr Roth, the Commissioner appointed to enquire into the ' question of the 'treatment of aborigines, states that grave abuses aro occurring in the North-West in connection with .the Asiatic pearling fleet, v
Drunkenness, - prostitution, and disease are rife. The more unscrupulous pearlers swell their profits with the sale of opium and liquor to natives. In the settled areas of the State, the Qounmiissioncr is- satisfied that' the natives, generally speaking, are not subject to any actual physical cruelties, hut wrongs and injustices are taking place in these areas, and cruelties and abuses axe met with in unsettled districts that cannot-be longer hidden or tolerated. Fortunately they can be largely remedied by, proper legislation, and firm 'departmental supervision.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1368, 1 February 1905, Page 2
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141A SAD TALE. Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1368, 1 February 1905, Page 2
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