THE AFRICAN STRIKE.
GOLD MINERS IDLE. MILITARY PREPARATIONS. Capetown, yesterday The gold mines are idle to-day, but the Federation provides for the pumping, lighting, sanitation, and what are considered the essential Members engaged in industries services. other than those directly involved are called upon to hold themselves in readiness to take sympathetic action; while the Government has warned the defence force to be ready to turn out at an hour’s notice. A number of Dutch policemen brought from other districts refused to handle rifles, saying that they were not soldiers. This is due to the fact that eighty per cent of the strikers are Dutchmen. Mine-owners are retaining natives numbering 200,000 for a week, after which they will be repatriated at the rate of 5,000 wekly. The strike is costing the owners £200,000 weekly.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXI, 11 January 1922, Page 8
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134THE AFRICAN STRIKE. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXI, 11 January 1922, Page 8
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