SOUTH AFRICA.
OPENING OF UNION PARLIAMENT
(Received 2Q, 12.15 p.m.) Capetown, Jan. 19. Parliament has opened. The Gover-nor-General’s speech welcomed the signs that the country wag beginning to recover slowly from the unprecedented depression, but it was feared that further occupation of Germany might bring about an economic crisis in Central Europe, which might have very far-reaching effects, even for South Africa. The revival in the diamond market rendered possible the early resumption of work in some of the mines. The gold industry was being carried on on a sounder economic basis and on a larger scale. The Customs returns showed an upward movement.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XIII, Issue 32, 20 January 1923, Page 5
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