KANAKA REPATRIATION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XL, Issue 5, 7 January 1907, Page 1

KANAKA REPATRIATION.

WHAT AWAITS THE YOUNG

GIRLS

A MATTER FOR PROMPT

ATTENTION;

[press association.} (Received Jan. 5, 10 a.m.)

SYDNEY, Jan. 5. The Sydney Morning Herald, dealing with the question of the repatriation of the Kanakas, calls attention to the fact that in the island of Malaita, whence the majority of the Kanakas for Queensland were recruited§^^»h village keeps a number of female slaWs for immoral purposes. Female children born in Australia are regarded as not possessing tribal rights, and there is little doubt that they will be made slaves when they return with their parents. The newspaper adds that the missionaries give sanction to all as far as they can, but even the Mission stations at Malaita are not altogether safe against raids. The matter is one requiring prompt attention, with a view to preventing the deportation of young girls born and reared in Queensland to such a life. It is too repugnant for even the warmest advocate of Kanakaexpulsion to contemplate.