"Whichever serious inconveniences it may involve, the Government must resolve to it out of necessity". The authorities considered forced labour as a necessary evil for the 'well-being' of the social and economic life in the colony.
NAB, Archives of the Council of Ministers. Notules of the meetings, 12 July 1926 (Jaspar government), p. 2.
NAB, Archives of the Council of Ministers. Notules of the meetings, 12 July 1926 (Jaspar government), p. 2.
