THE TRANSVAAL CONSTITUTION.
INDENTURED LABOR QUESTION.
Losdos, December 13. Under the new Constitution of the Transvaal the Governor reserves any law relating to the importation of contract, indentured, or licensed labourers from outside South Africa.
The Assembly is empowered lo hasten the terminal ion ol Chinese labour. Mo further licenses are to be issued under the Labour Importation Ordinance, nor contracts thereunder renewed.
The ordinances lapse a jear after the Legislature meets, and new ordinances will be required to settle the status of Chinese remaining* in the country. The GoTernrtr rcserres these for the Imperial Government's approval. Similarly, all exceptional legislation against non-whites will be reserved.
King Edward, in affixing his signature to the Letters Patent, expressed earnest wishes for the peace and prosperity of the country under the new Constitution. "The Times'' understands that Orangia will receive an identical Constitution as soon as the Transvaal Legislature is elected. "The Times" declares the Government has endangered the Transvaal's prosperity and South Africa's future by deliberately loading the electoral dice in favour of a Boer minority against a British majority. OPINION IN THE TRANSVAAL. Received 14th, 11.10 p.m. London, December 14. Renter's Capetown correspondent wires that the details of the Transvaal Constitution have not occasioned any surprise. The general attitude is one of hopefulness, or acquiescence, though some newspapers severely criticise the nominated Council and the reservations.
The Johannesburg Star says if the Constitution permits the Transvaal's legislative freedom to an extent unparalleled in other self-governing colonies, it may accelerate federation. Other newspapers, including those iu Natal, described the reappearance of the servite labour clause as a de liberate atfrout to the people, and a capitulation to Kir 11. Campbell-Ban nermann extreme supporters.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81903, 15 December 1906, Page 3
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282THE TRANSVAAL CONSTITUTION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81903, 15 December 1906, Page 3
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