THE PACIFIC ISLANDERS’ PROTECTION BILL.
On April 11 a meeting of members of the House of Commons was held in the Strangers’ Room for tho purpose of considering the amendment to be brought forward when the House goes into Committee on tho above Bill. The attendance of members included Admiral Erskine, Admiral Sir John Hay, Sir Charles Wingfield, Sir David Wcdderburn, Mr W. M‘C. Torrens, Mr T. Hughes, Mr E. B. Eastwick, Mr R. N. Fowler, Mr Henry Richard, and others. It was decided to support the amendments, of which Admiral Erskine and Mr Eastwick have given notice ; and Mr Hughes was requested to place a copy of the resolution in tho hands of Mr Knatchbull-llugessen, with the expression of a hope that the Government would accept the amendments, the object of which is to confer tiie power of seizing slavers upon our consuls in the Pacific ; to prevent the illicit transport of natives from one island to another ; and to establish Vice-Admiralty Courts in Fiji and Queensland.
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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 220, 22 June 1872, Page 3
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168THE PACIFIC ISLANDERS’ PROTECTION BILL. Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 220, 22 June 1872, Page 3
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