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PROMISE FROM BRITAIN.
BOYCOTT THREATENED. THE INDEMNITY BILL. THIRD READING PASSED. By Teleerach.—Press Association—Copyrisht. (Received March 10, 9.40 p.m.) London, March 10. In an interview yesterday Poutsma, the deported African strike-leader, declared that at the psychological moment the, deported men will return to South Africa with a solemn promise from the British trade unionists that if interfered with on arrival a boycott of South African products will follow.
"NOT PERPETUAL.'!
STATEMENT BY MINISTER.
Capetown, March 10.
In moving the third reading of the Indemnity Bill, General Smuts emphasised that the banishment of the strike-leaders was not necessarily perpetual. A temporary permit could be issued under the Immigration Act if the deported men made out a satisfactory case.
The Indemnity Bill was then read a third time by 70 votes to 12.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15554, 11 March 1914, Page 9
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