LABOUR FOR THE RAND
SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTS WITH WHITES. POLICY OF THE MAGNATES EXPOSED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. CAPETOWN, October 20. (Received Oct. 20, at 11.3 p.m.) Mr CressweHj manager of the Village Main Reef gold mine, Johannesburg, recently eugageit white unskilled labour at 10s per day. The experiment proved successful. Mr Cro.-swell informed tJie Hand Labour Commission that the chairman of his London- board had privately written to him that Messrs Wcrnher, Beit, ami others had been consulted on the matter, but they feared that to engage a large number of white labourers on the Rand would cause tlio fame troubles which prevailed in Australia and would enable a combination of labour to dictate wages and also cause trouble politically when responsible government was granted. The statement created a sensation. Sir George Ferrar failed to make Mr Gresswell admit- that the letter was read for political purposes.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 12799, 21 October 1903, Page 5
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