CHINESE FOR THE RAND.
TERMS OF THE CONTRACT. LONDON, March 27. The Standard's Tientsin corres. pondent states that it is proposed that the contract under which Chinese labourers are to be engaged for the Transvaal shall have a currency of three years, with the option of renewal, the passage to and from the Transvaal, as well as food, housing, and medical attendance, to b,e free, the working day to be 10 hours, and the wages 25s per month, with the option of piecework, enabling the Chinese to earn 50s in all. Work on Sundays and Chinese holidays to be optional, and reckoned as overtime.
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Waikato Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6387, 29 March 1904, Page 2
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104CHINESE FOR THE RAND. Waikato Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6387, 29 March 1904, Page 2
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