SOUTH AFRICAN UNITY
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PRETORIA, March 8. (Received March 9, at 8 a.m.)
General Botha, the Transvaal Premier, speaking at Standerton, opposed the idea of a referendum on the proposed Constitution as wrong and dangerous. He added that had a referendum been taken on the question of the continuance of Chinese labor they would never have left the country.
THE RAILWAY QUESTION.
DURBAN, March 8. The Natal 'Mercury' reports that a,n agreement has been signed at Johannesburg whereby the Lorenzo Marquez railway and port are to be taken over by the British as part of the union Tailway system. The agreement provides thatDelagoa Bay will receive 50 per cent, of the Transvaal import trade.
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Evening Star, Issue 14003, 9 March 1909, Page 6
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