THE BLACKFELLOW.
A NATIONAL OBLIGATION
TO BE HOUSED, FEU AND
PROTECTED
Press Association —Electric Telegraph—Copyright Received Tuesday, at 11.45 p.m. SYDNEY, Tuesday. Au influential deputation urged upon the Hon. A. Fisher, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, tbat there was a national obligation towards the aboriginal population. They urged the formulation of a scheme of proper aud humane treatment, particularly iv view of the Commonwealth taking over the Norhern Territory.
Mr Fisher promised that suitable land would be made available as sanctuaries for the blacks. They would be protected from exploitation by their own or any other race. Everything would be done to make their existence happy.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 9893, 25 January 1911, Page 5
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106THE BLACKFELLOW. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 9893, 25 January 1911, Page 5
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