SOUTH AFRICA.
NO PLACE F cm, THE WORKING , -r* MAN. A carpente-_. arrived in Wellington °-i by the MaitaL from South Aft _ lca tells a woeful tale of the misery e at the Cape. In Capetown ' Johannesburg relief camps v?'f established for unemployed whil'jt ttho state of the labouring classes in , Oispioyment is very pitiable, as they a itii 'Only earning sufficient to live upon. ■At Durban nearly all the shops in the f main streets are empty, and the distress is appalling. These conditions are general throughout South Africa, and extending into Rhodesia. Work on the Cape to Cairo railway has been stopped at, a spot 260 miles north of Victoria Falls, called Broken Hill. Consequently numbers of men have been thrown out of employment, and had to make their way back to Cape Colony. South Africa, he said, is no place for the working man to go to at present. Thousands would leavo had they the means to do so. The place may liven up after two years, but not before.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8543, 25 March 1908, Page 8
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173SOUTH AFRICA. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8543, 25 March 1908, Page 8
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