RAND REBELLION

Evening Star, Issue 17924, 21 March 1922, Page 4

RAND REBELLION

BACK TO NORMAL MANNING THE MINES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. CAPE TOWN, March 20. (Received March 21, at 1.5 a.m.) An indication of a return to normal conditions on tho Band, is afforded by General Smuta's roturn to Cape Town. Efforts arc being made to replace tho native labor in the mines a.s speedily as possible. —A. ajid N.Z. Cable. CALLING OFF THE STRIKE. CAPE TOWN, March 20. (Received' March 21, at 1.5 a.m.) The on:lv union concerned which ha/3 not yet called off the strike is the Amalgamated Engineers'Union. This is duo to difficulties iir balloting in the East Rand; but it is anticipated that the- difficulties will be immediately removed.—Reuter. . THE CURFEW HOUR. CAPE TOWN, March 20. (Received March 21, at 1.5 a.m.) The first relaxation of martial law in the central area is_ that the curfew hour is now 9 instead of 7.—Renter. A MEMORIAL'SERVICE. CAPE TOWN, March 20. (Received March 21, at 1.5 a.m.) A week ago Johannesburg resounded with the noise of battle. To-day a memorial service in honor of the fallen heroes was held in front of tho Town Hall. All the unite which had helped to quell tho rebellion were represented.—Reuter. DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. A HEAVY BILL. CAPE TOWN, March 20. (Received March 21, at 1.5 a.m.) It k estimated that tho damage to property on tho Rand during the revolution was £1,000,000. A considerable proportion was due to looting. It is estimated that Lloyd's will lose £750,000, while they probably received £250,000 in premiums on the last insurance.—A. and N.Z. Cable. EFFECTS OF RED PROPAGANDA, CAPE TOWN, March 2a (Received March 2i, at 1.6 a.m.) As illustrating the unsettling effects of the revolutionary upheaval on country opinion, it now transpires that at a meeting held at Brentford, near Btoomfontein, a proposal was made to raise a commando to proceed to Johannesburg to stop further bloodshed, which a speaker alleged was flowing in the interests of tho Chamber of Mines. This proposal was abandoned only when news was received that hostilities had ceased.—A. and N.Z. Cable.