Tho following pretty story is told concerning the treatment of Chinese and blacks" in Queensland :—A policeman and tracker were escorting a Chinkie suffering from leprosy from —— to ■ . They camped near Georgetown one night. A camp of blacks was handy. The police took the " chow " to the blacks' camp and shot him (authorities-instructed them to do so), and made signs bo tho blacks to burn tho body. In tho morning they went to boo if the chow was burned. They found that the blacks had roasted the chow and ate him, and what was left they were having for breakfast. Sinco that time a number of blacks in thab districb have been found to be Buffering from leprosy. They were bunted up and shot by the authorities 1
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 270, 12 November 1892, Page 4 (Supplement)
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