AUSTRALIAN BLACKS.
A NATIONAL OBLIGATION. (Receiyeci A ast Night,' 11.45 o'clock.) ;> : f- :; , : ... "'SYDNEY, January ;\- An influential deputation urged upon the Hon. A. Fisher, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, that there was a national obligation towards the aboriginal population. They urged the formulation of a scheme of proper and humane treatment, particularly in view of the Commonwealth ■ taking over the Northern Territory. ", Mr FishS? promised that suitable land would be made , available as sanctuaries for the blacks. They '; would be protected from exploita- '. tion by their own'-or any other race. Everything would be done to make their existence happy.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10147, 25 January 1911, Page 5
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98AUSTRALIAN BLACKS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10147, 25 January 1911, Page 5
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