THE QUEENSLAND DINNER.
THE LABOUR POSITION. frnsss association .l LONDON, 22nd June. Tho Queensland annual dinner was held at llolborn la.st evening. The gucMa iiuinbared 150, and included Mr. W. P. Reeves, Agent-General for New Zealand, and other Agents-General. Sir Horace 'IW.or, Agent-General for Queensland, presided. In the courso of a »»pwh, in which ho reforred to the Labour position in Quivjiudatid, he said Italy'n rqw.viitnlivos hml oftVivd to »uppty an unlimited uumhi'i' of iminigranUi suitubli 1 for work on flugar plantations, provided contract;) wore permitted for one yoar. When tho nchrnu' was established tho contract.-!, ho naid, would probably bi> found umicc&ffiary, but in tho face of tho Commonwealth's policy it wn» impossible" to proceed witn such n ocheme.
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Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 148, 23 June 1904, Page 5
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120THE QUEENSLAND DINNER. Evening Post, Volume LXVII, Issue 148, 23 June 1904, Page 5
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