THE KANAKA TRAFFIC.
SAFEGUARDS AGAINST CRUELTY" Press Association.— Electric Telegraph.—
. , London, May i). In the House of Commons, Mr. Buxton, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, replying to a question, said he .would shortly submit papers showing that the greatest care was exercised to prevent cruelty and coercion regarding the Kanaka labour traffic. He also mentioned that the Marquis of Ripon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Sir J. B. Thurston, High Commissioner of the Pacific, were in communication on the question as to the best means of preventing unsuitable practices in recruiting by foreign vessels among the islands under British protection. Sir J. B. Thurston, he said, was about to consult with the chiefs of the Gilbert Islands on the traffic. In concluding, Mr. Buxton declared that Mr. R. L. Stevenson's criticisms were apparently directed against the old style of recruiting. ,
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9197, 11 May 1893, Page 5
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