THE FEDERAL SENATE.
THE BLACK LABOUR QUESTION
MELBOURNE, May 31
j In the Senate, Mr Millen's amendment, that black labour be immediately prohibited, was lost on the voices. The Address-in-Reply was carried on the voices. The Senate then adjourned till Wednesday. (Received 10.20 a.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. In the House, Mr Bamford said the Queensland Labour Tarty had no desire to injure the sugur industry, if the lines they proposed were adopted, it would be placed on .a sounder foundation than before. They wished to give time to the employers of alien labour to find a substitute lor it, but they would not submit to the appointment. ot a Royal Commission. The debate on the address-in-reply was adjourned till Wednesday. SYDNEY, this day. (Received 10.20 a.m.) ■/ A deputation of State members, representing- sug-ar growing- districts, asked Mr Barton to prohibit black labour, impose a duty on imported sugar, and an excise duty on sugar produced by black labour. The Federal Premier said the Government intended to prohibit black labour after a period consistent with the large interests involved. He avoided the question of an import duty. .
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 129, 1 June 1901, Page 5
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