SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS
GENERAL BOTHA’S POLICY
l ßy Electric Telegraph-—Copy right (United Press Association.] Capetown, September 12. General Botha, at ’the Standertoi meeting, said that while they wen building up South Africa they should not adopt an attitude of hostility t< Britain. He denied that he intendec to get the Union’s naval policy fron Lngland. He only proposed to con suit Britain regarding her interest; at Simonstdwn, in order to maintair the present amicable position. (Received 8.30 a.m.) Capetown, September 12. Viscount Gladstone (Governor-Gen-eral) has appointed a commission with Professor S. Chapman, Manchester as chairman, to inquire into the wages, working hours, cost of living, and cost of production in Witwatersrand and other centres compared tc other countries. The commission will also inquire into the question of tin establishment of a minimum wage, payment of overtime, and night work.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11, 13 September 1913, Page 5
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