Queensland Faces Japanese Labor Question Over Sugar Plantations
The Australian Star reports 217 Japanese laborers arrived in Townsville under a three year contract to work on Queensland sugar plantations. Critics allege replacement of expired contracts, questioning Queensland's treaty with Japan and its push to exclude colored labor. The piece links Hawaii annexation fears to U S Japan tensions and warns of potential diplomatic and economic fallout for Australia if relations with Japan sour.
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Bagimi Mora
Queensland
Star
Townsville
Jusensland
Japan
Transvaal
Great Britain
Laken
Federation
United States
Australia
Hawaii
America
Republic
Pacific
New Zealand News Briefs Cover Population, Funds, Accidents
Reports indicate New Zealand population total 759,146 as of June 30. The New Zealand Herald raises about 4300 for a Queen Victoria statue fund, and 450,000 is allocated for Waibi mine development. Lady Brassey suffers injuries after a horse driven carriage accident. President Faure visits Grenoble, and Major Lothaire murder case troubles Congo justice. Hageno Institute opened in Auckland with 42 patients and growing demand. The liner Laamania wrecks on an uncharted Auckland rock, ten lives lost.
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New Zealand Herald
Waibi
New Zealand
Lady Brassey
Jung Wee
Faure
Grenoble
Lyons
Aewan
India
Canon Grigeon
Queensland
Ballarat
Lord Salisbury
Lothaire
Stokes
Britain
Congo Free State
Cowart
Hunolula Hagey Institute
Hagey Institute
Auckland
Fourth annual meeting of Australian Federation League held in Sydney
The fourth annual meeting in Sydney reviewed wartime federal movement activities described as the busiest and most fruitful in the movement’s history. It noted the federation enabling process begun earlier in the year and, after delays, rapidly progressing toward a final outcome with public choice imminent.
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Australian Federation League
Sydney
Annvel
Arbitration scheme cited in Hawaii immigration dispute
Rumors from Japanese sources claim King Leopold of Belgium was named as arbitrator for Hawaii immigration issues. Japan reportedly accepts arbitration conditionally, aiming to preserve key treaty and labor convention points. Hawaii officials consider the correspondence in an Executive Council meeting. President Dole may attend.
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Shimamura
Japan
Leopold
Belgium
Way of
America
Hawaii
Erding
Ion Lane
Cooper
Smith
Nalhony
Executive Council
Shay
Dole
Landing of Pia Woerships Positively Tomorrow
Forces from Philadelphia under Lieutenant Elliott will land tomorrow afternoon for a pitched battle with civilians on the baseball grounds. The home guard will try to repulse the actors as indemnity will be levied on spectators to aid protracted negotiations after the battle. Indemnity, 26 cents, payable at the gate to view the attack at 3:80 o'clock.
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Philadelphia
Marion
Elliott
Home Guard
Boatswain Boo Cleared in District Court Case
In District Court Judge Wilcox discharged James Bennett aka Boatswain Boo after witnesses testi fied to a robbery at the American Lodging House. Evidence suggested Bennett spent money freely after the alleged crime and drank, but no direct link to the burglary was established.
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Wilcox
James Bennett
Boatswain Boo
W. . Smithies
Camarinas
Buenos Aires Overtakes Rio as South America’s Largest City
The New Zealand Herald notes a shift in population ranks with Buenos Aires in Argentina now the fastest growing and among the top four United States cities in size. Immigrant Europeans drive the surge, doubling the city’s population in 12 years to about 700,000, reshaping perceptions in schoolbooks about South American urban status.
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Rio de Janeiro
South America
New Zealand Herald
Buenos Ayres
Argentina Republic
Itia
United States
York
Judiciary Term Business to Progress Contempt Case
Contempt proceedings loom as contestants in the Joseph Lazarus will move to compel the executor to pay funds into court. Ah Lum’s appeal is withdrawn, and 98 months alimony overdue totals 64. A hearing on misconduct charges against Wakefield and Wise, bar members, is under Supreme Court review. Fourth day of Tuck Cheu va Makee Sugar Co trial extends past evening. Long-Cornwell damage suit continues before Judge Perry.
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Joseph Lazarus
Supreme Court
Tuck Cheu Va. Makee Sugar Co
Perry
Captain Crane Injured Falling At City Intersection
Captain Crane of the Water Works inspector fell from his horse drawn horn at King and Hicharde streets. He sustained a forehead abrasion but no bones were broken, the cause attributed to a mild stroke of apoplexy. He was taken to Dr. J T Wayne’s office and later home, conscious and improving at noon.
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Crane
King
Hicharde
Doyle
J. T. Wayeon
Ptain Crane
Carter
Urpore
Excelsior Lodge
Tas Apes Beard Bowwlous of the Tas Appeal in Ta Mapoan
Fragmentary OCR text records a legal hearing scene with names such as Waimanalo Bangar Cola, W. Ly Branley, Tax Avacano Bhaw, and W. A. Kinney, plus Giffard and rein & Co. as agents, in an old town setting. The legals appear to concern an appeal and representation, though details are obscured by garbled wording.
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W. Ly Branley
Avacano Bhaw
Oleo
W. A. Kinney
MM Giffard
Wg, Rein & Co. Lids
Burglary at Martin’s Tailor Shop on Fort Street
A bold morning break‑in at Martin’s tailor shop on Fort Street left a table overturned and papers scattered. Detectives traced entry to loosened iron shutters and a broken crossbar, with about two to three hundred dollars taken from Green’s desk. authorities note the thief appeared familiar with daytime money storage.
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Mt J. 5. Martin's Tailorhay
Fort Street
Kaspa
Martin
H. W. Green
People's Loe Company
Green
Kenpa
Mr. Green
Kuapa
Oles
Sai
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Austration Federation
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