QUEENSLAND LABOUR QUESTION.
(PER PBFSS ASSOCIATION) lEeceived 31, 1.5 a.m.) Melbourne Miy 30. " The debate on tbe address in reply continued. Ia the House, Mr. Pafcerson, of Queensland, siid he was anxious for the gradual abo'ition of coloured labor, but it. was un-British to annhiliate tbem ins'aotly. Jfe hoped no action would be t'ik'n unt'l a Koyal Caminis; ion bad inquired into the subject. In the Senate Mr. Daw?on (Queensland) said tbe presence < f the Kanakas in Queer,shnd was not a pressing trouble. Ha did not want to ruin the sugar industry by sweeping away its mainstay without timely warning. They should first at' p the influx of aliens, then oust: out those already in the States.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 115, 31 May 1901, Page 3
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117QUEENSLAND LABOUR QUESTION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 115, 31 May 1901, Page 3
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