SOUTH AFRICAN FLAG
TROUBLE OVER THE DESIGN. ANOTHER REFERENDUM PROBABLE. Capetown, June 17. The South African flag trouble is again acute owing to failure of the Select Committee to arrive at an agreement on the design for the national flag. The Government is now prepared to amend the Bill and have a referendum on the new design consisting of the flag brought to South Africa by Van Riebeeck in 1652 with a shield in the centre embodying the Union Jack and Free State and Transvaal Republican flags in their entirety with four stars representing the four provinces. The Union Jack will occupy the left hand top corner of the shield. The proposal was rejected by the Opposition because it is against the consistent policy that the Union Jack and Republican flags must be an integral part of the national flag and put on a small badge. The country again faces an extensive campaign. The Government is still prepared to fly the Union Jack officially four days in the year representing the Imperial connection.— A. and N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 20208, 20 June 1927, Page 7
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