GENERAL ELECTION
SOUTH AFRICAN CONTESTS POLLING ON WEDNESDAY JOHANNESBURG. May 14. (Received May 15, at 9.30 p.m.) Nearly 1,000,000 people are expected to poll in a keenly-fought South African general election next Wednesday. Four members, all ot the United Party (Government), were unopposed, leaving 354 candifor 146 seats, all of which the United Party is contesting, The leader. General Hertzog, in a .lomt manifesto with General Smuts, declared his intention of maintaining friendship with fellow-members of the Empire. , .. The principal opposition consists of the Republican Party, self-styled Purified Nationalists, with 104 candidates, led by Dr Malin. This party aims at the establishment of an independent Republic and has a certain sentimental sway, but the campaign has rekindled some old racial bitterness. . .. Other Opposition forces are the Dominion Party, with 33 candidates, which appeals exclusively to . the British element; the Labour Party, with 36 candidates; and the Independents, with 35. It is expected that the Government will lose some seats, but it is assured of a substantial majority. The state of the parties at the dissolution of Parliament was: Government .. .. 117 Republicans .. . • 20 Dominion ® Labour j Independents .. •. 4
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23501, 16 May 1938, Page 10
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187GENERAL ELECTION Otago Daily Times, Issue 23501, 16 May 1938, Page 10
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