Show HORROR OF AFRICAN MINES letter of a nat ve at work in one of them A correspondent of the london ne s sends extracts from letters re in blantyre from some of the british central african natives at work in the johannesburg mines one of these missives written on the cial note paper of the east rand pro m nes limited is interesting as sho ving that the laborers do not I 1 ke the work and that they are warn ing their fellows not to leave home for the auth the writer ays please adamu do not come here it Is dreadful we are all dead hera there is not much money it you re ceide 30 shillings it only equals 10 and that is all its val ie here to a younger brother he writes but Achim wone I 1 say this to you please my brother it you see a white man who is coming here and if he says to you come let us go to jo ban you must not consent on any account it is dreadful here we people are all dead in view of the permission given to recruit further natives from central africa these letters are instructive |