SOUTH AFRICA.

Otago Witness, Issue 3467, 24 August 1920, Page 39

SOUTH AFRICA.

(By Cable,) ~.' CAPETOWN, August-16.. Senator Marais objected to the appoint* . ment of Prince Arthur as Govenos General. The Governor-General, he said* . should be a man in sympathy with the | strong feeling of the majority towards jj independence. "..•'■"> General Smuts, Premier, replied thas 5: the appointment was made on the direct 1 recommendation of the Ministers, and th£j King acted on that direct, advice. It a complete proof of the high status tof ■' which the Union had attained. It wA'a % in the interests of the country to have ,* '• person whose social standing isolated from party politics. ■'. '• ; August 16. ?"2| In the Assembly General Smuts § nounced that the £10,000,000 belonging t& non-resident non-domiciled Germans not paid to the repatriation fund, birfe was taken, as a loan to the Union for/, 30 years at 4 per cent. The interest cer* - ' tificates issued were not transferable fipfcl least five years, in order to ..prevent \ the proceeds reaching ether than the Geri | man owners. Five hundred Europeans and 5000 natives have assembled at' Empange'nj[ : § (Zululand) to commence a monster gam<S drive, owing to the prevalence of the M tsetse fly among the game, which is caus4 ing a deadly stock disease known'as try* | panosoinis. The settlers intend to carrjf* the drive across the Umrolosi River iritcjj : the proclaimed area, in defiance of Gov*.'; eminent regulations.