THE TRANSVAAL

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81915, 9 January 1907, Page 3

THE TRANSVAAL

ARRIVAL OF CHINESE COOLIEs" Piotcrmaritzburg, January 7. The steamer Cranley brought 2120 coolies to Durban, though earlv in December Mr Winston Churchill," Un ler-Secretary for the Colonies, stated that there were only a thousand iboard. completing the number for whom licenses had been issued. THE LABOUR PROBLEM. PLUTOCRAT'S THREAT. j . London, January 8. Renter's correspondent at Johannesinrg telegraphs that Sir <i. 11. Famir, n the course of a speech at Bokburg. warned the Transvaal that the high-, •st financial authorities on the Continent declare that if the Rand's labour supply is tampered with they will not -ink another penny in the mines, and will remove what capital thev have already invested. As the natives worked only six months out of 24 months, 140,000 would be required to replace ihe 0(1000 Chinese labourers now on Lhe Kiind. He anticipated an increase in labour-saving apparatus in the Mines. Sir (i. H. Farrar advocated the re-enactment of the Labour impovtaDon Ordinance until adequate native labour is available. He admitted that the Progressives intended to seek a revision of the Constitution until the , fansvaal's political status was like I that of Australia.