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SOUTH AFRICA.

THE LABOUR COMMISSION. ' - ■ f DEARTH OP UNSKILLED LABOUR* (Jnited Pre«- A»oci»tf<m— By Mectxlo Tel«gr»ph— Copyright. (Received September 10, 7.44 a.m.) * CAPIJ TOWiSr z September 9. The Johannesburg Chamber of Mines haft informed the Labour Commission' that the total South African supply of native labourers at present available is 235,600.. The Transvaal mines, which are now absorbing , 198,900, would, in five years, requira 368,000, and the general South African requirements at that date would absorb 650,000. The Chamber" estimated that^ nearly three million sterling in> dividends had been lost through inability to keep the present stampers working. The only solution- would be the importation of tin* skilled labour. t • \ :

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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7806, 10 September 1903, Page 2

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SOUTH AFRICA. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7806, 10 September 1903, Page 2

SOUTH AFRICA. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7806, 10 September 1903, Page 2

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