KENYA GOLDFIELDS
DEBATE IN ENGLISH COMMONS
HOUSE SUTPokTs GOVERNAfENT
(British Official Wiieijssj) ... ,\
RUGBY February 9. The devc.lopme,:_t of, til©- Kenya gold, field, with special reference to the protection of the interests of the natives, ■was debated pi both the.. Lord.? ana Commons, last night. Govern m err.' statements of a reasurting charactei -were made.
-Sir P. Cnnliffe-I.ister, in the Commons, gave a. detailed reply to the points raised. Tie , -claimed that plrdgc-j to th - natives weye .being kbpt both yn fetter ymL■ spifc-'it. No .disturbance has 'beea caused ]-y t|hp gblc prospecting, which takes place. The Government estimated "that the face -of the area required Tor prospect ing work during tli' e interim period befo.-o the -C'ommis'doiVs" report W received, would be 10C0. acres out. of ,a, total -native reserve of 7000 squaye lipl-Ai. TV dewed -emphatically, that -the goldfield development " would. ‘ lie disristro’v, to the, natives. ’ The House -supported ■ the G°ve r n rnent by 2CB votes to 57.
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Hokitika Guardian, 13 February 1933, Page 3
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