SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS.
GENERAL SMUTS' COMMENT. (Received 2 p.m.) CAPETOWN, July 16. General Smuts, addressing his constituents, said the elections had apparently been a great disaster for them, but "pointed out that 153,000 votes were cast for the South African party, 111,000 for the Nationalists, and £42,000 for Labour. Yet in spite of this the pact had a majority of 28. The truest reflex of public opinion was the votes cast, and half South Africa stood behind the South African party, who had ]3.380 more votes than in 1921. (.1. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 168, 17 July 1924, Page 5
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