HERTZOG ASSURED OF MAJORITY.
MINISTERS STAMPEDE NORTHERN PROVINCES ‘•SMUTS’ DEFEAT A CALAMITY” Received Friday, !>.30 p.m. CAPETOWN, June 1-1. Overnight, results of the genera! election leave 14 seats to be announced of which the South African party will probably get two The ent si.t.e of the p.u.-ios is: Nationalists 66 South African I,’arty oh Labour S General Hertzog, although assured of a clear majority, will probably propose a coalition with the five Croswcllites, which Colonel Ores well, with his wrecked party, is not likely to accept. General Hertzog is expected to dissolve the Senate, as even a reconstituted chamber will not give the requisite two-thirds majority to carry his native legislation. Backed by Ministers, General Hertzog stampeded the northern provinces into believing that white civilisation was endangered, while Labour support enabled him to retain the few constituencies which were expected to return supporters of the South African parly. The Cape Times characterises the rejection of General Smuts as a national calamity, at which the‘world stares in surprise.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 15 June 1929, Page 6
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