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INDENTURED CHINESE. LABOUR (By CaJ>l«—Pre6B Association —Copyright.) CUcited Service.) LONDON, July 5. Replying in the House of Commons to Captain W. "Wedgwood Bonn, who complained of the indenture of Chineso labourers in Samoa before the issue of the mandate, Colonel L. C. Amery (Im-dor-Secretary for the Colonics) emphasised that the matter was entirely witlLin the control of the New Zealand (government. The Imperial Government was never, at any time_, responsible for. the administration of Samoa. He did not doubt that any representations by the Snmoan chiefs agamsb tho Chinese -would receive the fullest; consideration of tho New Zealand Government. . Colonel Amery declined to submit ft i proposition forbidding Chinos© inden~ | tured labour in mandated areas to tho Council of the League of Nations.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16881, 8 July 1920, Page 7
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