Black Labourers in Queensland.

Manawatu Herald, 26 July 1902, Page 2

Black Labourers in Queensland.

The Right Rev. Dr Stretch, CwwL J jafcor Bishop of Newcastle, who ,<|| recently visited Northern Queens- J land, writes to his parish paper with || reference to black labour in Queens* m land:—“ The federal Government, with that rare courage which marks truly great men, fastened upon the 0 most harmless and unprotected their special fury. The Chinese are there in thousands, and Japanese also, but it is the Kanaka who must go. There "j last seem singularly inoffensive. Tbay CJ| work hard, at work that ho white man should be asked to undertake, are law-abiding, and spend their'. money where. they earn it. There ' men, many of whom have wives and families, and who are really good* . ’ living people, an enlightened Government insists upon deporting to heathen islands, where the chances are that they will be murdered by their still heathen countrymen. '! “ A mope curious and cowardly jl proceeding," continues the Bishop, “it would be -hard to imagine. I * trust that in some way Australia may j be spared the scandal. If it is not, White Australia will have to blush a pretty high-coloured red for very 1 ;J shame. It is curious that no plans ‘ s f t for deporting the Chinese and Japa* * A nose are put forward. It is not hard 5 to see the reason; when we wish to play the ;bully, naturally wa shoore - thesmallest; boy." J 1 |