THE CHINESE BILL
A DEAD-LOCK.
[BY TELEGRAPH. —SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.]
Wellington, Wednesday. The free conference on the Chinese Bill, between the two Chambers, took place today, when the managers for the House of Representatives stated that they would give way on the voting clause, as taxation and representation should go together. The chief difficulty was the clause inserted by the Council to interpret the term Chinese as not including natural born or naturalised subjects of Her Majesty. It was contended that under such a clause there was nothing to prevent the country from being flooded with Chinese cheap labour. As the Council's representatives refused to yield this point, the conference ended as it began. I understand that some of the members of the Ministry are satisfied with the present restriction in the Bill, namely, one Chinaman to every 100 tons of tonnage. It is rumoured that the Imperial authorities are anxious that a Bill on these lines should pass, and that the assent of the Home Government would be promptly given were it passed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9104, 12 July 1888, Page 5
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