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MR BERKELEY'S CAMPAIGN. [Per Press Association.] AUCKLAND, Feb. 26. Mr Humphrey Berkeley, of Fiji, addressed a well-attended meeting on the wrongs suffered by. the Fijians. A resolution, was moved by Mr Napier, M.H.R.— " That this meeting protests against the treatment to which their fellow-subjects in Fiji are now subjected, and at tlie ; continuance in that colony of a sj'stem of legalised slavery ;■ and further declares that it woulfl be to the best interests of the people of Fiji and this colony if both countries were united under a representative system of Government." An amendment was moved by Mr Richard Hobbs — "That, while it is most desirable that we should have commercial reciprocity between "New Zealand and Fiji, it would be a great mistake "to interfere with the government of a Crown Colony, whose population is almost entirely composed of natives and coolies, and that therefore this agitation in favour of federation is illtimed." The motion was carried by a large majority.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7338, 26 February 1902, Page 3
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162FIJI. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7338, 26 February 1902, Page 3
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