UPROAR IN THE HOUSE
LABOUR AND THE RACIAL
QUESTION.
i . (KEDTEE'S TELEGRAM.) CAPETOWN, 7th April. The scene in the House of Assembly was dramatic. , Evidence that something unusual was in the air -was afforded by the larger gathering in the public gal' leries than usual, anxious to see what the repercussion of the Wakkerstroom result would be. There was great cheering and counter-cheering when General Smuts. General-Hertzog, and other leaders entered the House, and also during the announcement of the result of the by-election, culminating in such an uproar that Mr. Cresswell had to speak at the top of his voice, when he followed General Smnts. Mr. Roos, leader of the Nationalist Party in the Transvaal, commenting on the dissolution, said that in the event of the success of the party at the elections he sincerely trusted the Labour Party would consent to enter a Coalition Ministry,, as the presence of Labour Ministers in the Cabinet would satisfy the country that racialism was dead.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 85, 9 April 1924, Page 5
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164UPROAR IN THE HOUSE Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 85, 9 April 1924, Page 5
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