SOUTH AFRICA.
I j THE LABODR QOBSTIOW. 1 PER PBE3S ASSOCIATION. Cape Town Jaruary 18. The Chamber of Mines at Johannesburg informed M- Chamberlain that the earnings of 12,000 whites engaged in thi mines averaged £353 a yea l -, represen'ing an increase in the c?st of producticn tf 2s lOd pr ton. Tha Chamber Bta'ed that if labour was adoptel ezclusivelv, it would represent an increase of 10s per t ton and would render half the mines : unprofitable. , The adv-nce in Kaflßrwages is due ' to Mr Chamberlain's s'rong e.'itici'ms, and is like'y to improve th« prob'em. Mr Chambarlain sti'l rbfrains "from committing himself to the importation of alien labour. DKVALOPINQ RAND MINES. Cape Town, January 18. The Rand Campania contemplate an expenditure of 50| millions on tbe deep levels and other projects They are discuesirg the of mining at a depth of 12,000 fret.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 16, 20 January 1903, Page 3
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144SOUTH AFRICA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 16, 20 January 1903, Page 3
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