THE LABOUR QUESTION.
United Press Association.— By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. [ Received March 28, 12.13 a.m. London, March 27. The Standard's Tien-tsin correspondeat states that it' is proposed that the contract under which Chinese labourers are to be engaged for the TraneVanl shall have a. "currency of three years, with the option of renewal. Piassagos to , and from the Transjvaal, food, housing, and medical fatitendftneo are to' be free,, the working dafc to be 10 hours, and (wages twenty five shillings per month, | with the op■tion pf piece work enabling them to earn fifty shillings. Work on Sunday and Chinese holidays is to be optional and rockoned as overtime.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12517, 28 March 1904, Page 3
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108THE LABOUR QUESTION. Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12517, 28 March 1904, Page 3
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