SOUTH AFRICA.
By telegraph, Press Ass’n, Copyright LondoD, March. 29.
Tho Roy. Landor Smith, Presbyterian minister at GermistoD, tho largest erntro of miniog on the Rand, a Liberal in politics, in a letter to tbe press declares that tho demand for labor in tho mines is far beyond what the natives are able to supply. He is convinoed white labor would end in moral and economic failure. There was no taint of slavery about tho employment of Chinese. The ory wbb very,unjust, unworthy, and untrue. The Chinese wore belter fed aod housed, and better paid than tbe averaged unskilled laborer in British factories, Chinese outrages wore not more prevalent than occurred in English communities. Personally ho obj ctod to the Chinese becoming peimaatntso tiers.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1712, 31 March 1906, Page 2
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124SOUTH AFRICA. Gisborne Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1712, 31 March 1906, Page 2
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