AFRICAN LABOUR PROBLEM

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14233, 5 March 1914, Page 5

AFRICAN LABOUR PROBLEM

A TEST. Press Association—Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 4. 3lr Lansbury states that other prominent Labour leaders are following Tom Mann to carry on the work of the deported men, and test whether Englishmen are to be allowed to live in a British colony. The Daily Mail states that the women's suffrage societies are financing the Labourites’ visit to South Africa. WELCOME TO DEPORTEDS’ WIVES. Received March .-'5, 8.55 a.m. LONDON, March 4. Various women’s organisations are preparing a reception to the deporteds’ wives. ADMINISTRATION OF LEGISLATION COMMISSION’S REPORT. Received March 5, 8.55 a.m. CAPETOWN, March 4. Professor Chapman recommends the appointment of a commissioner to administer industrial legislation, also conciliation boards, the voluntary registration of Trade Unions, and the regulation of shop hours under the Factories Act, In September last Viscount Gladstone appointed a commission, with Professor S. Chapman, of Manchester, as chairman, to inquire into the wages, working hours, cost of living, and cost of production on the Witwafcersrand and other centres compared with other countries, also to inquire as to the establishment of a minimum wage, the payment of overtime, and night work.