FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.
BLACK LABOR. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyr'ght Melbourne, May 31. In the House of Representatives, Mr Solomon, of South Australia, said that that State could not afford to stand loss on administration of tho Northern Territory. Either the Federal Parliament must re-imburse it, or the Imperial Government would have to take the Territory over. Australia’s Continental railway would not pay the cost of greasing the wheels. It would be absurd to contract a lino costing five millions over barren country. In the Senate Mr Glassey, of Queensland, said there was nothing in the cry that white labor could not engage in sugar cultivation. During tho last ten years the mortality amongst Kanakas in Queensland had been alarming, over 42 per 1000. He would not be a party to destroying the sugar industry and sweeping away tho Kanakas without due warning. In tho Senate Mr Millen's amendment that black labor bo immediately prohibited was lost on the voices.
Tho Addrcss-in-Reply was carried on the voices, and tho Senate adjourned till Wednesday.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 121, 1 June 1901, Page 3
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