LABOR REGULATIONS IN THE CONQUERED TERRITORIES.
Colonial Intervention Sought. Sydney, January 20.
Mr 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 Cape Colony have legislation on the lines of New Zealand.
Mr geddon mends to consult bis colleagues with a view to giving effect to the request.
The Trades Hall desires the prohibition of forced labour amongst the natives, the prohibition of the importation to South Africa of Asiatics or contract I^iout from abroad, and the prohibition of the supply of intoxicants to natives.
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Colonist, Volume XLIV, Issue 10013, 23 January 1901, Page 3
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125LABOR REGULATIONS IN THE CONQUERED TERRITORIES. Colonist, Volume XLIV, Issue 10013, 23 January 1901, Page 3
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