SPEECH BY MR BOTHA.
THE COOLIE CONTRACTS. PRETORIA, June IS. Mr Botha (Premier of the Transvaal),
in a epeech at the reassembling of Parliament, announced the repatriation of 16.759 coolies in 1907. He remarked that supply of native labour for some time past had markedly exceeded the demand. It was not intended to legislate this session for a temporary renewal of the coolie contracts, the presence of Chinese being in the highest degree inimical. The Government contemplated bringing in a Conciliation Bill in order to prevent strikes. The Government had given notice of its withdrawal from the Customs Convention, but it was not opposed to the principle of the Customs Union. THE RAND -viiNE.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2779, 19 June 1907, Page 27
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114SPEECH BY MR BOTHA. Otago Witness, Issue 2779, 19 June 1907, Page 27
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