SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS.
NEW ZEALAND ASKED TO INTERFERE. LABOUR AND THE NATIVES. (Received January 20. SilO p.m.) SYDNEY, January 20. Dir Seddon. has received a letter from the Premier of Victoria enclosing a suggestion from the Trades Hall that the Imperial Government should be requested to take steps to legislate in the Transvaal and Orange River colonies with the object of regulating . labour. ■ It is pointed out that Natal and Gape Colony have legislation on the lines of New Zealand. , . .. Dir Seddon intends to consult his colleagues with a view to giving effect to the request. The Trades Hall desires the prohibition of forced labour amongst the natives, tho prohibition of the importation to South Africa of Asiatics or contract labour from abroad, and the prohibition of the supply of intoxicants to natives.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4260, 21 January 1901, Page 5
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