OCEAN MAIL SERVICE.
COLOURED LABOUR QUESTION. Per Press Association. Received 28, 1.18 a.m. Melbourne, May 27. In the House the Pos'masterGeneral stated he had cot yet taken any definite action with reference to Mr. Chamberlain's latest despatch ou the question of colored hbour on mailsteamerp. TbeFeieralQoverDm nt would probably the Colonial Office, when it wss proposed to make a fresh agreement. If the steamers employed did not observe the provisions of the Postal Ac* as regards the employment of white labour, the Commonwealth would afc once make arrange men's to have the mails from Australia conveyed at poundage rates by any suisab'e vessel, and this system w.uld reman in force till a fresh contract cou'd be mide for subsilisirg ac:mp3.ny willing to undertake Iha carriage of maih on the conditions provided by the Pos'al Act.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 125, 28 May 1903, Page 3
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135OCEAN MAIL SERVICE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 125, 28 May 1903, Page 3
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