SOUTH AFRICAN FLAG
ROYAL STANDARD MOOTED. A CONCILIATORY' PROPOSAL. \ NEW SPIRIT MOVING. (Received 9,54 a.m.) CAPETOWN, January 3. At the, opening of the. Labour Party’s annual congress, at Bloemfontein, Colonel. Cresswell said ; the Prime Minister had authorised him" tb stale that the Flag Bill would be„proceeded. with, bnt,_„ in the .v suggestion that the imperial - Crown be. ipcluded, the Government Vfohld consider the adoption of the Royal Standard, which would eliminate the idea that it intended to ignore South ' Africa’s connection with the Empire. This, however, would necessitate a cessation of party strife and the consent of the Opposition, an they could’ not petition i the King to use a domestic symbol of the Royal House except as a united people.—A. and N.Z.
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Northern Advocate, 4 January 1927, Page 5
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