A GRAVE SCANDAL.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 116, 14 May 1912, Page 5

A GRAVE SCANDAL.

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[ PRESS ASSOCIATION.] 'deceived May-1M. "1.8.1Q a.m.) ■'■:'■ "■■■'.■,' ,:;SYE>NEY,/May.;l^. ; ; r;Tlie Aborigines.; Barotection Society, in .askisHg Mr Flowws to legislate to iimproTe the condition /of the aborigines, -made stai-fclnig allegations. "Members of Parliament declared that th© "blacks' camps. had drifted into camps1 for iw'liite cliildren. Many; wet:©, so white /thaMf-'it would Aa'ke an expert to tell r£hat they were not pei'fe^tly white. 'Native girls ivere a. prey to half-caste youths and lotv class whites. ' ;It was am unusual thing for one to reach^fche age of 16 without having a child. 'Their only prospect was -.prostitution for the girls and idleness for the boys. The whole tihmg; was a grave and .disgraceful scandal! •■..'■'.■'■ .' V :/:': •■-.*•"«'" : . -'- ptliers of tlie; deputation endorsed these ! allegafioiis ,and ijrged. "tliat the only liops Was torempye the children fromjfhe camps. ; * M .

/"ill"; Flowers promised sympathetic c6nsideratio?i of the matter, -which was 'becoming :a 'menace to tlie «oun*ry; ■. " ■■' ■■'-:'-: "'■■•■• :" : ■