RAND COOLIES.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LI, Issue 9153, 27 July 1906, Page 7

RAND COOLIES.

OUTRAGES AGAINST FARMERS.

GENERAL BOTHA'S PROTEST.

T!h© following (says the Tribune) is the letter addressed to the Acting-Lieutenant Governor of the Transvaal by General Botha, in the middle of May, on the subject of Chinese outrages in the Transvaal: — Your Excellency, — I regret that I have to trouble you again in connection with Chinese who continue to attack and injure the farmers. Yesterday I received a telegram from Mr Jan "Meyer, of Klipriversburgj und this morning I received another, from which it appears that tihe dwelling of Mr Jacob Smit has been attacked again. The house has been destroyed with dynamite, and fire- was set to the roof at the same time. Two Chines© were shot. Mr Schutte, of the Pretoria district reports that the last lot of Chinese wiho were captured in his vicinity had a lot of dyna mite and gelatine with thorn, presumably for the purpose of blowing up the houses v-here the farmers defended themselves. It becomes clear that the Chinese, in order to attain their crud purpose against the farmers, are going to use still more barbarous methods. The question now arises: How long must this state of affairs continue? If the Government, together wi'Sa. the mineowners, cannot prevent the Chinese from committing these outrages, then it will be honest on their part to acquaint the British Government with that fact. Your Excellency knows that we have always discussed these matters very calmly with the Government. Wo have always brought our grievances to the notice of the Government in a constitutional manner, but, notwithstanding this, these outrages continue to be committed, and the way tbeae outrages are committed becomes more I and more outrageous. I trust that your ; Excellency will not take it amiss when T say that unless the Government can give us the assurance that these outrages wiH not occur again we wiH be compelled to send a deputation to the British Government to urge upon them • the immediate repatriation of all Chinese. — I have the honor to be, your Excellency's most obedient servant, LoWßotha.

Considerable suiprise has been expressed in the district Hhab McNab, of Eltham, has not been included in the junior rep. team. He is a really good man and was well worth a place. Complaints have been made that justice was not done to the Eltibam team in the selection of the South ■ team, and probably there are good grounds for the grievance. It is reported that at the last meeting of the Union the southern members were asked to select this team. They all demurred, as they tad not devoted the attention wirch was necessary to enable them to do so. Messrs Guy and Shields definitely refused, and finally Mr Wilson reluctantly agreed. As a matter of fact (he had seen all the teams play except Elttiam, and the information he Teceived about them was that the forwards were a splendid even lot, but that McNab was a "clinker.'" On the strength, of this MoNab was included in the southern combination. The junior 1 eps. are worthy of more attention, and it is to be hoped that the Union- will next year appoint a man early in the season to watch the juniors and afford a chance of doing justice to tfoe men playing. Mr J. Bickford, Mokoia, gives notice of cows straying on to his farm. Steoart and Corrigan hold a slock sale at Manaia on Tuesday next. On August 2 Mr N. King holds a clearing sale on behalf of Mr C. Cullen, of Kaponga. and oil > August 3 a sale on behalf of Mr J. Ksh, r of .^bratford.