EMBARGO ON FOODSTUFFS.
DIRECT ACTION IN SOUTH AFRICA
By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. vurtralian-New Zealand Cable Association. Received December 20, 11.20 a.m. CAPETOWN, Dec. 19. The embargo on the export ol foodstuffs continues. The railway union, in sympathy with members of the inland centres, is taking action to prevent the railage of produce to the coast. CAPETOWN. Dec. 19. The Hon. H. Burton, Minister of Finance, interviewed the local trade union secretaries and pointed out that, the Government had already stopped the exportation of meal, bacon and eggs, and would act similarly with other commodities of which a shortage '•■xisted. The Government was doing its utmost to protect consumers, while heeding the importance of not destroying the export trade. He characterised direct action amongst the whites as most dangerous and reprehensible, being calculated to inflame the native mind.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1705, 20 December 1919, Page 5
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136EMBARGO ON FOODSTUFFS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1705, 20 December 1919, Page 5
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