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“SLAVE MARKET” IN SYDNEY. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) SYDNEY, February 19. In the Legislative Assembly, Sir Thomas Henley questioned the Premier as to whether he had seen Press cuttings and photographs from a New York newspaper depicting a slave market in Sydney, where the unemployed sold themselves to the highest bidder. The Premier replied that he had no knowledge of such a scurrilous matter, and would, if possible, stop the publication of untrue statements in the overseas Press. It was explained that the incident apparently arose from the actions of an irresponsible man about two months ago. who at an unemployed meeting here divested himself of his coat and shirt and jocularly offered himself to any employer at any old price.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18498, 20 February 1930, Page 9
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124SILLY STORY Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18498, 20 February 1930, Page 9
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