WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY
A GOVERNOR'S- CRITICISM. AND FEDERAL PREMIER'S COM- ' MENTS. .-•,.' (FUM A»BOCIATION. COPIJtiUHT ) (Received 9.45 a.m.) ,MELBOURNE, This Day. Mr. Fisheii 'Federal'- Premier, • commenting on the. Governor of South Australia's . reported speech , at IJralla'.oii Saturday, said that if the words were uttered they .constituted a grave official indiscretion, which cannot be allowed : to pass without comment. Sir H* L<. Craiway, while speaking of the White Australia policy,. is reported to have severely criticised it, saying he was unable to conceive how the torv could ever be developed by white labour alone, and suggesting that, owing to the services of the Indian tyoqps >and the gallantry of our Japanese Allies, the, feelings of Australians on the--subject would undergo considerable change.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 16 February 1915, Page 2
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120WHITE AUSTRALIA POLICY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 16 February 1915, Page 2
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