STATUS OF SOUTH AFRICA
CONSTITUTIONAL BILLS INTRODUCED OBJECTIONS FROM NATAL (UNITED PRESS ASSOC! VTIOK—T.Y ELECTRIC TELEG R A I'll —COPYRIGHT.) (Received March 23, 5.5 p.m.) CAPE TOWN, March 22. The constitutional bills providing for the declaration of Union status, implementing the Statute of Westminster, and creating a Royal Seal of Union, have been introduced. Colonel Stallard appealed for the withdrawal of the measure on the ground that the declaration, instead of being a bond of unity, might prove an apple of discord. The people expected the Coalition to bring an end to constitutional troubles, and such legislation should not proceed without consultation with the sister Dominions. The Minister for Justice, Mr O. Pirow. read the Governor-General's assent in so far as his Majesty's interests were concerned. He advised Colonel Stallard to bring forward his argument during the second reading on Wednesday. The country is accepting the bills as stabilising the position. The chief opposition is in Natal, where the Statute of Westminster is regarded as the abandonment of Britishers' birthrights.
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21122, 24 March 1934, Page 13
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