TITLES MOT WANTED
SUGGESTED PETITION TO KING
SOUTH AFRICAN PREMIER SUPPORTS PPvOPCS AL. DEB ATE ADJOURNED. (REUTER'S TELEGRAM.) CAPETOWN’. Feb. 24. In the Assembly a Laborite, Air Barlow moved a pstit-ion from the House, requesting the King to refrain, from conferring titles on his subjects domiciled in South Aiiiea. General Hertzcg strongly supported it declaring that it was desirable to come to an early decision in view of the Prince of Wales’ visit. He urged that South Africans wore opposed to. class distinctions: Title* were chiefly given to wealthy men for political support. Sir Thomas Smartt declared that General Hertzog spoke only for a section. There were many Dutch and English who deplored this as a step towards the severance of the sentimental bonds of Empire .The motion was most inopportune in view of the Prince of AVales* visit. Another ex-Alinister-, Colonel Reitz, son of an ex-President of the Free State, deprecated what ho feared to be in the nature of an attempt to foist a quarrel cn the Imperial Government. He declared that General Kruger accepted foreign orders. An Opposition member. Air Brown, moved limiting the scope of the petition to hereditary titles, following the Canadian precedent. The debate was adjourned.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9947, 26 February 1925, Page 5
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202TITLES MOT WANTED Gisborne Times, Volume LXII, Issue 9947, 26 February 1925, Page 5
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