FIFTY YEARS AGO
CHINESE IMMIGRATION Indications that the settlement of tlie thorny question of Chinese immigration into the colonies 50 years ago might not be far distant were given in a letter from London. The following is an extract from the New Zealand Herald of September 6, ISSS: . "An important question was asked in the House of Commons last week in reference to the subject of the Chinese in Australia. A statement had appeared 111 one ol the newspapers to the effect that the Foreign Office had decided to open negotiations with the Pekin Government for the settlement of the question of Chinese immigration into Australia. The Government, it '"'as said, would probably first" check the immigration of Chinese to Australia from Hongkong and Singapore, which were the centres of trade, and would then induce the Australian Governments to pass a measure dealing with immigration in general. An appeal was made to the Government to sa.T whether this was correct, and Sir Janisi Fergusson gave it a qualified denial.'
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23135, 6 September 1938, Page 8
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