A MENACE TO THE COUNTRY.
CAMPS OF THE BLACKS. DISGRACEFUL SCANDALS. (Received 8.10 ajn.) SYDNEY, this day. The Aborigines' Protection Society, in asking Mr. Flowers (Chief Secretary) to legislate to improve the condition of the aborigines, made startling allegations. A member of Parliament declared that the blacks' camps had drifted into breeding camps for half-caste children, many of whom were so white that it would take an expert to tell that they were not perfectly white. The native" girls were the prey of half-caste youths and low class whites, and it was an unusual thing for one to reach the age of 16 without having a chiM. Tbe only prospect was prostitution for the girls and idleness for the boys. The whole was a grave and disgraceful scandal. Others of the deputation endorsed the statements, and urged that the only hope was to remove children from the camps. Mr. Flowers promised sympathetic consideration of the matter, which was becoming a menace to tbe country.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 115, 14 May 1912, Page 5
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164A MENACE TO THE COUNTRY. Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 115, 14 May 1912, Page 5
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