The Lyttelton Times. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1902.
Crowds of immigrants at 'Capo Town aro unable to get work.- The labour market is glutted, 411*1 the parks 'are filled, with penniless “dossers." Many crimes o£ violence have been committed. Thirteen thousand out of twenty-seven thousand refugees in the Natal concentration camps have already been sent baok to their homes. ” Brigadier-General Sir E. Brabant declares th-at the political situation in South Africa is unsatisfactory. The best posts at Johannesburg aro going to men whoso last thought was loyalty. , . , , The United States Government has instructed Mr Conger to conclude a treaty with China on similar lines 'to that of the AngloChiineao treaty, to secure any trade 'advantages given to the British. ... It is reported that a meat trust is being formed in Chicago, with Mr Armour as president and a capital of five million dollars (£1,000,000). Its object is to absorb every stockyard in the United Stales and Sir Thomas Linton's meal interests. A British steel trust is being organised to resist American and German competition.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CVIII, Issue 12911, 3 September 1902, Page 6
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173The Lyttelton Times. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1902. Lyttelton Times, Volume CVIII, Issue 12911, 3 September 1902, Page 6
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