COLOUR BAR IN MINES.
SOUTH AFRICA'S PROBLEM. "SITTING ON A VOLCANO." A. and N.Z. CAPETOWN. Aug. 27. Giving evidence before the Low Grade Mines Commission at Johannesburg the Director of Native Labour uttered a grave warning regarding native grievances, especially the colour bar. Serious trouble was inevitable in the near future unless these grievances were remedied. There were two alternatives, either to sit on the volcano till the day of eruption or to treat the situation in a statesmanlike way by eliminating the colour bar, allowing the blacks to compete on their merits. A statement was presented by the Mine Workers' Union in reply, strongly against any relaxation of present regulations, urging the colour bar as a protection for European workers against indentured native labour, and declaring that the alleged crisis in the mining in- , dustry made it urgently necessary for the Government to consider seriously whether, by nationalisation or otherwise, it could bring the gold mines under more efficient public control.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17251, 29 August 1919, Page 7
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