SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS –

Grey River Argus, 29 May 1914, Page 5

SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS -

IMMIGRATION ACT AMEND- "- MEN'S: J i DISORDERLY SCENES IN THE ,/ (By Electric Telegraph — CopyrightJ (Per United Press, Association.) CAPETOWN, J\say 28. The draft of the bill amending- the Immigration Act abolishes residential license and validates defacto monogamous marriages by rejgis'hration. Provision is made for Indian priests to solemnise the-'-marrdages. There were <£isordferly scenes when Hon. Mr Smuts moved the closure dur ing- the land stax proposals. • • Messrs Cresswell, Madely and Boy dell were ordered to withdraw.*' Mr Smuts' s amendment deleting exemption was carried by 49 to 20. . An amendment limiting the r operation of the measure to a year was 'carried by 58 to 17.