S. AFRICA'S BURDENS.
DROUGHT AND LOCUSTS.
DAY OF PRAYER OBSERVED* _ -■ i A. and N.Z. CAPETOWN, July 27. To-day was observed throughout the Union of South Africa as an official day of humiliation and prayer. The observance was ordered by a Government proclamation in view of the drought and the plague of locusts., Churches of all' denominations participated in the special services of intercession. The Governor-General, the Earl of Athlone, the Prime Minister, General Hertzog, and members of the Cabinet attended a special service at the Dutch Reformed Church at Capetown.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18773, 29 July 1924, Page 7
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90S. AFRICA'S BURDENS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18773, 29 July 1924, Page 7
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