WESTRALIAN BLACKS.
Pross Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. BRISBANE. November 23.
(Received Nov. 2.3, at. 9.46 a.m.)
The report of Dr liotli, chief protector of the aborigines, in reply to certain statements made in the .Assemhly reflecting mi his administration, bus caused considerable sensation. He ciujiltat-icnlly denies the statements contained in the petition presented to Parliament that lie had been guilty of taking grossly indecent photos of aboriginals, of connivim* at immorality, and of inhuman and unsatisfactory treatment.
Dr Roth declares that in the original oi this petition, a copy of which had been sent to him, then; were none of these statements. Tie denies that he sold a quantity of ethnological specimens, the property of the Uovernment, and retained the proceeds. Ac- to the telegram read in Parliament purporting to be from the curator of the Sydney Museum, slating that he (Dr Roth) had sold tlicm to that institution, Dr Both prints a letter from the curator stating that he did not- see the telegram, and denying that lie had purchased specimens.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13449, 24 November 1905, Page 7
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