ABORIGINES.
ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. Sir John Harris, secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society, amplifying a statement on January 3, in which, he welcomed the assurance that Australian aborigines were treated in a humanitarian way, said that the society was particularly glad to learn that the subjects to which the Australian Government was giving attention included the establishment of special courts for aboriginal offenders and the anomaly of using the police as protectors, sa'ys a London message. The society was also pleased -at the assurance given by Mr Lyons that the Government’s policy regarding half-caste children was in complete accord with the society’s views, namely, that these very sensitive people should, as far as possible, be advanced to the standard of the white, instead of being thrust back into the misery and degradation of the aboriginal standard.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 43, 20 January 1936, Page 2
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