4 AUGUST 1900, Page 14

LHE STAFFING OF THE SOuia AFRICAN RAILWAYS.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE eseeerAme.1

Sre,—I venture to point out to you the importance of sub- stituting an entire British staff on all the railways in the Orange River Colony and Transvaal. At present there is a doubt as to this being done. The advantage of having British officials at every small station is obvious, and we know from experience how little the Hollander or any other can be relied on. In Natal we frequently had men buying their discharge to go on the Natal railways and earn to begin with £8a month. In the Transvaal their pay would probably be still larger, and their use as loyal subjects would be alone worth securing, and they would form a respectable nucleus at every place on