SOUTH AFRICA.
THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
CAPETOWN, March %. The chiefs of the Baralong tribe oppose tho South African Constitution. Loi\J Selborne, m an address at Capetown "University, strongly opposed the breaking up of Basntoland auij cither native reserves, allotting them to whites, He doctored that the natives , wore entitled to share m the land 1.. He deprecated a uniform franchise, and advocated a Commission of Judges for enfranchishtg civilised natives; also representative councils of unenfranchised, with freedom of speech, but no powers. ____________
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7734, 2 March 1909, Page 2
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