CHINESE LABOR.
[To the Editor of the Daily Telegraph.] Sir,—ln looking over Mr Ormond's speech at Woodville I notice he is reported to have said, " He was not in favour of the introduction of Chinese into the colony, and never would be." How does he reconcile bis present ideas with those expressed in his circular of the 22nd January, 1872, tbe tone of which distinctly advocates tbe introduction of Chinese labour, and a time when there was not the'slightest necessity for it, as navvies wages were only from 4s to 8s per day then. No doubt the introduction of Chinese labour at that time would have us station hands to tho necessity of again accepting tbe runholder's " three bob " per day of fifteen hours, with an inferior ration of weavily flour, mutton, and dirty sugar, but surely Mr Ormond had not that object in view when he wrote the circular. —I am, &c, Shearer. November 16, 1881.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3238, 16 November 1881, Page 2
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