SOUTH AFRICA
THE IXDEM XT T V BILL. READ A Till lID TIME. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. CAPETOWX. Mil rch :b The Indemnity Bill was road a third lime by TO votes to 12. General Smuts (Minister for Defence) in moving tilt third reading in the Union House of Assembly emphasised the fact that the banishment of the deported leaders was not necessarily perpetual. A temporary permit could be issued under the Immigration Act if a deportee made out a satisfactory case. AIR POUTSMA’S SPEECH. DEPORTEES WILL RETURN a TRADE P.OVCOTT THREATENED. LOXDO.X. March 10. Received March 10. 0.40 p.m. Air Poutsma, one of the deported South African strike leaders, interviewed, said that at the psychological moment the deportees will return to South Africa with the solemn promise of the British trade unionists that if they were interfered with on arrival the entire boycott of South African products would al once follow. THE PROPOSED DEPETATIOX. AIR FISHER AGAINST IT. MELBOURNE, March le. Receis’ed March 11. 12.H0 a.m. Air Fisher is opposed to the British Xjabour leaders’ proposed deputation from the dominions to visit South Africa apd protest to Air Botha against the deportations without trial. He sates that he Is unable to believe that a Governmen capable of such actions could hj? moved to reason, and it is not a matter for a petition.
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Southland Times, Issue 17599, 11 March 1914, Page 5
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