Referring to Chinese immigration to the Transvaal, Sir Albert Spicer. an English M.P., says the Ckows are the "spoiled children of the Rand," but he does not tell us how many white children have been despoiled by the yellow spoliation. Three stowaways from South Africa, by the steamer Arawa, at tfobart, the other day, were giveii into custody. They told a pitiful tale ol starvation through dearth of employme&t m Safrica ; nevertheless, they cannot charge- any but an Australian steamship company for halt ing them to prison for practically no other crime but a devil-driven povoity. Our Yankee elder brother would never think of imprisoning starveKiit stowaways, neither would any AJritislj-owned "lint; of boats.
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NZ Truth, Issue 123, 26 October 1907, Page 4
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114Untitled NZ Truth, Issue 123, 26 October 1907, Page 4
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