KANAKA LABOUR
[UV Kr.KCTItIC TKLKHRAPH.—COPYRIGHTJ. London - , Doccmbnr 27. The first of the letters written by Miss Shaw, the travelling representative of the London Times in Australia, is devoted to Queensland. Referring to the Kanaka labour traffic she states that after most careful enquiry she finds that there is abso lutely no foundation for the abuses which are repotted to exist in the system of recruiting and returning the Kanakas. She considers that the present mode of recruiting is above the shadow of reproach, and declares that she never saw average European manual labourers so well cared for as the Kan ikas are on the plantations in Queensland. The sugar industry offers a valuable field for English capital and labour.
Commenting on the letter editorially the Times says that if public opinion prevailing in the colony can be taken as a guide it might be doing a greater unkindness to the Kanakas than the employers to restrict this labour, and there seems ground for hoping that a duly supervised traffic will be advantageous to all concerned.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3200, 29 December 1892, Page 2
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175KANAKA LABOUR Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3200, 29 December 1892, Page 2
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