COLOURED DIVERS IDLE AT BROOME
(By Telegraph— Press Association— Copyright) (Received Docember 26, 10.30 a.m.) PERTH, This Day. There are 2000 rolonred divers idle at Brooine owing to the depression in the pearl-shelling industry. Mr. Andrew Fisher (Prime Mmi&ter) has declined to accept Mr. Scaddon's (Premier) suggestion that the Federal Government should deport all indentured coloured divers until the crisis is over; or, alternatively, to assist in relieving distress. Mr. Fisher holds that the cost of deporting tho men must be borno by i their employers.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 153, 26 December 1914, Page 7
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86COLOURED DIVERS IDLE AT BROOME Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 153, 26 December 1914, Page 7
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