RAND LABOUR QUESTION.
• LABOUR-SAVING DRILL. f; ■ BT XK LEOEArH—rRESB ASSOCIATION —COPT RIGHT. ..*:■■ ./ . ■ Pretoria, January 6. : It is espected that the introduction of tho Gordon Stobo drill will solvo tho Rand labour problem, since a nativo working this instrument in five hours achieves aa much as fifteen coolies working for .one day. \ ! Interviewed'in'October, - Mr. .Abe-Bailey, the Rand magnate', pointed out that owing to the improvement in machine "hand-drills fewer natives are now required to work underground; "and lib thinks that "sufficient native 1 labour will bo found to replace gradually ithe Chinese, who: will probablv bo repatriated as natives are found to/take their: place. . . The Chinese havo played their part, and they can now be repatriated by degrees without greatly disorganising industry;" ' ;
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 89, 8 January 1908, Page 7
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121RAND LABOUR QUESTION. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 89, 8 January 1908, Page 7
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