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THOUSAND SHORT-TERM PRIS* ONERJ* MINISTER SPRINGS-SURPRISE (Received 12.10 p.m.) CAPETOWN, February?. Mr. Tielman : Boos, Nationalist Miii» ister of Justice, Ihunchccf' a bombshell by releasing about 1000 short-term prisoners. The " gaol officials -wercl taken completely by surprise. The Minister professes that the oTh ject is to give the offenders anothe* chance, but in some quarters it is re-* gardetl as a political move. The Press comments o» the r.nc?esi*» ability of a Minister "who is new td office emptying the prisons, moTely at} bis own caprice.— A. ancl EZ.
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Northern Advocate, 9 February 1925, Page 5
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