BLACK LABOR.
QUEENSLAND’S PROBLEM.
By, telegraph. Press Ass’n, Copyright
Reootvod 11 30 p.m , April 4. Brisbano, April 4. Mr Kidston, Queensland Premier, says that tho Royal (Junmiesion appointed to inquire into black labor is ixpeolod to furnish tho Government with accurato and reliablo data concerning tho proposed deportation of Kanakas, and tbo still moro important mattpr of the soaroity or otherwise of wbito labor. Tho subject was a difficult ono, involving a large expense, but as tbo Federal Government passed a Blaok Labor Bill they, and not Queensland, would bavo to meet tho difficulty and expenso. The question of wbito labor for tho sugar industry wus only ono of wages. Whites would do the wotk if the wages were good enough.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1716, 5 April 1906, Page 2
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