THE BLACK POLICE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 139, 13 June 1891, Page 6

THE BLACK POLICE.

By A. J. Vooaj..

THRILLING ADVENTURES AMONG THE BLACKS I¥ NORTHERN QUEENSLAND.

EYE-WITNESS of the HORRORS 01 SLAVERY CARRIED ON AMONG AUSTRALIANS UNDER THE EYE of BRITISH RULE.

TWO ROMANTIC ESCAPES,

A RACE EOll LIFE.

HOW SLAVES ARE SHOT DOWN.

AN AWFUL DISAPPOINTMENT.

A STRANGE LOVE ADVENTURE,

THE GRAVE AT LAST.

FATE'S AVENGING HAND.

A LAST FAREWELL.

The firsb edition of an Australian story bearing the above tiblt>, and written by t\ well-known former resident in Auckland, haa jusb arrived in Now Zealand. The book is ono of those works known as " novels with a purpose." In the course of hia ..ravels through the Australian wilds and those little traversed districts known as the "back blocks," the author was shocked by t ho atrocities perpetrated upon tho Australian blacks. Tho story is an exceot.ingly interesting one. Its opening scene is laid in Auckland, whero tho hero, Claude Angland, first hears the intelligence of the death of his uncle, a noted Australian oxplorer,in North Queensland, from whom he rece_ves a mysterious packet, containing a letter written in ink bhab is only made visible by tbe application of chemicals. Some difficulty is experienced in discovering the key, but when found ib announces tho discovery of a rich goldbearing reef and urges Claude bo search for it, guided by a black boy who had been for many years the faithful companion of tho dead explorer. Claude ab once enters upon the dangerous and almoab hopeless quesb, and in the course of his search has many thrilling adventures. Tbe pictures of Australian life and scenery in a rising goldfield, upon out; station., and in tho untrodden wilds, are admirably drawn, and the characters introduced interesb tho reader and excite strong feelings of sympathy or repulsion. Ono gobs a hotter and altogether more humane idea of tiie Australian black in bids book than perhaps any other work on the subject published sinco Sir George Groy issued his narrative of Australian exploration fifty years ago. Wo havo no doubt that the work, which is published in strong boards at the low prico of two shillings, will meet with a very large sale in this colony. Price, 2-, to bo had a_ all the booksellers', i