South Africa.
RAILWAY RATIOS AND CUSTOMS
NOT TO ME MADE A SHOW ol-
Per United Press Association ' By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright.
LONDON'. March 24
The Standard's Johannesburg correspondent statas that the '.'(inference greatly reduces the railway rates to the Rand on necessaries of" life as from Ist July, and that a Customs Fniou for British South Africa ts assured.
Mr Chamberlain declined a huge demonstration at tho Olympia offered by the Metropolitan Unionist commoners. He remarked that he was unwilling to give a party aspect to »_ national work.
CAPETOWN. March 23
Received 20th, 1.1 S a.m. CHEAT WORK. The representatives of the five colonies
at the Hloemlonteln Conference liave signed a draft Customs Union Convention. Ten per cent. preferential treatment is to be accorded to Hritain and colonies which reciprocate, but the draft must be ra tilled by the various legislatures. The articles most favoured are flour and wheat. The closing resolution described tho Convention as a great stride towards political unification and expressed a hope of an early conference to promote a commonwealth of South Africa.
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Southland Times, Issue 19005, 26 March 1903, Page 2
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