Various aspects of the Chinese labour question in the Transvaal
are illustrated by the telegrams in Tues- day's and Wednesday's Times. In one we read that a large party of members of the British Association visited the Jumpers Deep Mine, where a Chinese band with only three months' training played "God Save the King" very creditably, and also "-Home, Sweet Home" and other airs. On the other hand, the Johannesburg corre- spondent of the Times, telegraphing on the 28th ult., states that "a fresh crime—the third within a few days—has been committed by Chinese deserters from the mines. This time it resulted in the death of a Chinese trader, whose store was raided near Krugersdorp." The correspondent adds that "the exploits of these marauding Chinamen are undoubtedly a serious development " ; and the Daily Mail correspondent, who gives fuller details of these outrages, asserts that " these troubles are causing a feeling of extreme nervousness among the farmers and others in the surrounding country."
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