A FALSE CONTENTION
« i * i WHITE v. COLOURED LABOUR. COST NOT PROHIBITIVE. fly Telegraph,— free« A««»olatwn.— Copyjlgnt, (Received August 26, 8.30 a.m.) CAPETOWN, 24th August. The Hon; H. Burton, South African Minister for Native Affaire, in an interview, characterised as false the contention tha+j white unskilled labour cannot bs employed owing to its cost, when sugar was selling at £19 per ton. The Minister argued that reliance on native labour for everything was keeping the country back, and he predicted that th«r e would b$ great whit* immigration into South Africa.'
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 48, 25 August 1911, Page 7
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91A FALSE CONTENTION Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 48, 25 August 1911, Page 7
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