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ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.

» a . DOMESTIC AND OTHERWISE. DISCUSSION AT GENEVA. IMPORTANT LEAGUE MOVE. (By Cable.—i Press Association.— Copyright.) (Received 10 a.m.) LONDON, September 10. Viscount Cecil, on behalf of Britain, unexpectedly submitted proposals for the eventual abolition of slavery, including domestic slavery, throughout the world, at the League of Nations committee. No serious objections were raised, but the Portuguese delegates and others emphasised the importance of not moving too rapidly. It is understood the proposals are regarded as the most important of the kind since the Brussels Act of 1890. They provide for severe punishment of anyone attempting to engage in slave traffic in any signatory State, and will classify slave trading with piracy, and a slave vessel shall be treated as a pirate.—(A. and N.Z.)

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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 215, 11 September 1925, Page 7

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ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 215, 11 September 1925, Page 7

ABOLITION OF SLAVERY. Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 215, 11 September 1925, Page 7