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Chinose Stowaways.

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£100 PHNALTY, POR RICH OFFENDER.

would be well if there was an Intelligence 'De-apply the system to other races as well. There

partmant in foreign ports, who could inform the companies as to whether there were stowaways on board, and be paid for the information.

Mr. Spance (M.S.W.) thought it was patent that there had been aeglect on the prit of these responsible for the ship on which there were re- ported to have been ja stowaways, Hey ton, favoured the establishment of a sort of secret savice in alien ports,

Mr. Bruce Smith (N.S.W.) said the most serious aspect of the question was that the Chl" 001a who were smuggled in might spread dis. case. He suggested that the penalty for the discovery of stowaways 'should not be a fixed one, but should be set down as not to exceed a Curtain.sum.

Mr. Willis (N.S.V.) als i thought that if a master could make out a case which appealed to the magistrate he should not be foed the full amount.

- Mr, Wilks (N.S.W.) said that he poured out 12 months ago, that the stuff of searchers was not large enough, and was not efficient. It was no use to Bond shoremen on board ship. They would not know the ruo of the vessel, The salary was not sufficient to attract the class of map needed for the work.

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Melbourne, Foth- Dicember, Inthe House of Representatives this afternoon Mr, Batchelor (Vinluer for Externi „Affairs) moved the second reading of the Immigration | Restriction Bill, relating to stowaways. There was nothing to show, he said, whether there had, been any reduction in the number of Asiatics in the Commonwealth since Federation. Month ly statistics were supplied from. West Australia, and an increase was showo there. There were Do menos al forming an idea as to the other | States: “Thr bill aimed principally at stówa. ways. He was pretty sure a leakage existed in this direction. If it were certain that there was'a leakage, it could be easily stopped. A great many apparently reliable persona believ ed that thousands of Chinese get into the Com. monwealth by stowing away. He was going to discard all statements as to the ckmpanies

the penalties, but Dr. Maloney (Vic.) said, that Sydney was being indemnified for when the business had reached such, a siege

always the chief port at which the Chinese that 29 could be brought out on ove vessel gained entrance to the Commonwealth. "The it was certain it had been going, on for some late Mr. Kiugaton had proved that conclusive. time. It could readily be believed that aly, in a report made some time ago. great number of Chinese had eluded capture when this number was found at fhe last puit of caft. Searches were made at all the way ports. It would be impossible to keep a special staff of searchers at Port Darwin to thoroughly over- haul each vessel. Wonderful ingenuity was dis played in finding hiding places for stowaways.

covered stowed away at various Australian ports, hidden in all sorts of places. With regard to the 20 Chinese discovered in Sydney, there was thoroughly reliable information that there were 32 originally on the Eastern, so that 12 had got astray.

Mr. Deakin said that in the first years of Federation they had not been confronted with stowaways. Gradually the Customs service was improved; crevice alter crevice had been closed up, but the methods for evading the oflicers had become Ingenious. He hoped the Minister would not hesitate to take whatever

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wai a possibility also that international comp plications might arise. As to the statement by the president of the A.NA at Fremantle that a rough censás showed that since 19or the Chin- ese had 'increased by 60 or 700; whereas the Customs figurès gave the increase at daly 238, Mr. Batchelor in having an inquiry made 're- parding the correctness of, the figures. He does not think that there can be such a wide discrepancy in the official retura.

One of the proposals for increasing the pre- cautions, against Chinese stowaways being landed in Australia is to engage members of gamison troops to assist to the search work. Mr. Batchelor is favourable to men from the garrison at Thursday Island-where a com paratively small Customs staff is employed- being authorised to search vessels arriving there. If the proposal were agreed to, he said, |to-day, the troops would be paid the usual, re- Ward given to the Customs officers or for cách oljen stowaway discovered.

POSITION IN WEST AUSTRALIA, Perth (W.A.), Dec. 10.-Refarring to the' Chinese influx at Tuesday night's meeting of the Fremantle A.NA, the president arged that the Federal Geverniment should, in its propos ed bill, provide for the compulsory registration of Chinese,

The census of 1911 showed 1,406 Chinese in the State: A rough census taken during the present year showed an increase of 600 or 730, but the Customs office returns of arrivals and departures showed that from 1991 to the end of October, 1928, only 1,441 Chinese arrived, and 5,214 left the Stats. The increase should, therefore, be only 238., `.

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....“I don't think this bill,will help you much in catching these fellows," interposed Mr. Glypo (S.AJE

"You"niust do something,” said, Mr. Batche- Jor, "You must either let things go on, or you must engage a very large staff. I don't say that our sinft, is perfectly efficient. We must rely

an our officers to do something."

Can't you tap the evil at its source?"Asked Mr. Willie (N.S.W!)

Mr Batchelor: We can do anything at the

other end. What status has the Commonwealth.

in Hongkong?.It would be impossible to have & sufficient staff at Thursday Island, för"" eximple, to detect stowaways."

My pomt," said Mr. Glynn, “is that you will have just as much difficulty in catching a man under this Act as you have to catch the prohibited immigrant,"

Someone must be made responsible," re- piled Mr. Batchelor. The captain is in charge of the ship. He is responsible for what it brings to Au tralia. If he is'engaged on a business which is in, defiance of the law we must throw the responsibility on him. 'We don't expect

personal knowledge of the part of the captain

but we think that he should be responsible for what the ship' contains. I don't say that the owners are in any way implicated in this thing." He quated from the Daily Telegraph to show how the last Chinese were discovered. "It was obvļous that the Chinese had daily bouis of extrcise. The aim of the bill was, to imposa some kind of penalty on the man who had absolute charge of the ship from the begin Bing. The people of Australia were determin- ed that their laws should not be defied. The information which the Government held show. ed that a regular system of smuggling into Australia of prohibited immigranti was pro- 'ceeding. Every Chinese landed 'in Australia was worth Lijų, to be divided among those who assisted."

"As a fact, the captain of a ship doesn't know anything about this sort of business,"remarked: Mr. Bruce Smith.

"I believe that," said Mr. Batchelor, "our do I think the chief officer knows anything about

it." "

evil The House would, no doubt, support the appointment at any special, officers. On the whole the officers had done remarkably well.

Sir John Quick suggested that the fiad should be adjusted in the enormity of the offence. The officers who were responsible for the dis- covery of Chinese on the Bastern should be 10- warded in some substantial manuer,.

Mr. Kelly (NSW) suggested that the power to search vessels anywhere on the Australian coast might be abused. For instance, noy per. son who might have wgrudge against a comi

pay society an information that Chinese

were secreted in the hold of the vessel, Ara

safeguard it would be as well to insert a clause in the bill to deal with persons who knowingly lodged incorrect information.

Mr. Batchelor, in reply, expressed gratifica- at the injuder in which members had treated the measure.

The bill was read a socnad time, M. Glynn, in Committee, urged that a lower esimimum penalty should be provided,,

Mr. Watson (N.S.W.) was against may re- duction. I must have been known that those 20 Chinese were on board the Beastern, If there had been a penalty in existence, such as this bill provided, the officers would have taken care that those men would be found, If the penalty was reduced, the obfect of the bill would be defeated..

be regarded us, walque, or very pausu

Mr. Hughes said the Eastern case me not

was buly unusual that the hinese were found. Had the law been in operation when the zo were discovered the captale might have been fined 100 in each case. He could pai-h vẹ, paid the fine, but the company would have been called upon for it.

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that the master, owners, agents, or charterers Mr. Sampson (Vic.) moved an amtċdment of vessels shall be liable.

This was carried on the votes.

Mr. Sampson (Vic) moved that after the word "a" the words, "jointly. and severally' be inserted.

This was also carried, "

A proposal by Mr. Glyon' (S.A.), that the penalty should be not less than-£50, por more than £100, for each stowaway, was rejected.

"The sub-clause, as amended, reads

If any vessel having on board any owaway, who is a prohibited immigrant, comer into any port in Australia, the master, owners,, PREBIS, or charterers of the vessel shall be jointly and severally liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty of £ton for each such slowaway.

On the motion of Mr. Roberts (9.A.A, süb. clause 2-ôf clause 3 was amended to read :--

"Oh, yes, he does," interjected a member." "The bill would at laut," added Mr. Batche lor, "give the captain and owners an interest in seeing that these men were ant on their ships. If something was ont done, there would have to be a system of registration and pass poris, with periodical inspections, and the tak.bited immigrant for the purposes of this section, ing of finger prints, and so on,"

Mr. Joseph Cook cordially supported the bill. He took it ibat, the increase was not in conse. quence of the discovery of the zo Chiucse on the Eastern but that it was the result of a suç- cession of incidents.

Mr. Waton: We suspected it all along, Mr. Cook said she difficulty with the bill was that it gave a captain a motive to smuggle Chinese ashore, instead of a motive to report cases. No provision”was made for cares in which a slowaway might cludo a captain, and be in the act of leaving the ship. The captain would then be liable. He assumed that special searches would only be m de'-biú the cir cumstances were peculiarly suspicious.

Mr. Batchelor: That is so,

Mr. Cook: A provision should be inserted in the bill to give a master an' opportunity of proving that he had done his best regarding | the finding of stowaways. That would only be

British justice.

Mr. Carr (N.S.W.) said that surely when master found a stowaway on board he would expose him, and not take the risk of smuggling

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Dr. Liddell (N.S.W.) said one had only to go along the byways of Sydney and Melbonian to sie almost daily allens, who were, from their geoural appearance, newcomers." He was per» fectly satisfied that there allons could be kept out of the Commonwealth. They ware able to keep ratu oni by taking special precautions. It

Every stowaway brought-isto any port on beard a vessel shall be deemed to be a prohi

unless it is proved that he has passed a dicté. tion test, or that an afflcer has given him par. mission to land without restriction.

Mr. Kelly (NSW) moved to have the

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The minister said he did not propose to inter fera with the Federal Government, by urging. the application of the language test to immi- grants,

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES, THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Steamer

"NYÁÑZA,” FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, MALTA,

"FORT SAID, SUEZ AND STRAITS.

Consignees of Cargo By the above-named vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their rise in the 6 hours. Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowas at Kowloon, where each 4 8.M. wlil bs subject to reat consigament will be sorted out thark by mark, No Fire Insurance will be effected by ma in and delivery, can be obtained as soon as "the | any case whatever, Fee Goods are lauded

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| No: 39, DER Vœux Road CentrAL formation, which were mostly subterranean, Often information was passed on from on parson to another before reaching the Customs Department, and the persons, referred to could not guarantee that the information was correct, Mr, Kelly: The Minister tells us that per. tons giving rollable information will be afraid to come forward. That is not what I am aiming at Will they wilfully and falsely pay for once. liable information ?

Mr. Batchelor: There never was unreliable information given,

Mr. Kelly: The Minister said previously be had to disregard information. After asking the Militer for the sources from which the infor cation cama and being refused, he withdrew the amendment.

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