A Message From Mr Seddon.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11166, 29 January 1904, Page 5

A Message From Mr Seddon.

(Per United Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, January 29. At the request of the Australians in Johannesburg who asked the Premier to send a message, Mr Seddon has despatched the following to the secretary of the AntiAsiatic League in Capetown: — "Earnestly hope, in the true interests of South Africa, the movement to introduce Asiatic labour, will not succeed. If such were to be reBult, a great sacrifice will be made. It would cause heart-burnings and a feeling of^ widespread disappointment. No Asiatic can enter this colony without a payment of .£IOO, - Speaking as one knowing the Chinese on the goldfields of Australia and New Zealand, I assert they would be no use for underground work and would prove undesirable colonists in' every sense of the word."