BLACK ADVANCE

Hokitika Guardian, 2 January 1932, Page 3

BLACK ADVANCE

POSITION IN SOUTH AFRICA STRIKING FACTS REVEALED. SYDNEY, Dec. 17. Striking facts regarding the black <• races in Africa were revealed in Syd- ' ney by Mr John Boos, Magistrate and Commissioner for Native Affairs in the historic city of Mafeking. Mr Iloos has been inquiring into the condition and control of blacks in Australia, and he returns to - his home land, amazed, and frankly envious, that Australia’s racial' ■position is so predominantly white. Mr Iloos controls the destin es of 60,000 blacks in the vast territory under .his control, and he is the only white man who sits in council with the six black chieftains of the Kaffirs and the Zulus. He knoi\s the strength of the blacks in -South Africa, and he says they already outnumber the white population lour to one. They are becoming masters of agriculture, and as they, too-, are rapidly realising their power they are becoming a serious problem for South Alrica. It is even within the bounds of possibility that before long they will overwhelm the whole area, and perhaps take charge of it. The races are growing rapidly, and in their recently acquired knowledge of farming, particularly in respect of cattle and sheep, they are becoming serious riv als to the cattle and sheep industries of Australia. ’ According to Mr Iloos the blacks are gradually mastering the droughts, and the only danger to themselves is that they are inclined to overstock. The black’s one mistake is that he makes a fetish of quantity instead of quality. The more heifers he gets on his ranch the greater the sparkle bn his eye. So far wisdom of good | quality bulls lias not occurred to him. The Zulus exploit sex to a remarkable degree, and the daughters,are regarded as agents to family affluence. If a man seeks the hand of a native women ho succeeds only on the condition that he hands to the parents of the bride from ten to twelve heifers, The blacks are multiplying so fast almost as fast as their cattle—that Mr Iloos says that he does not know what is going to happen to South Africa. It is clear that he is not at all favourable impressed by the outlook.