SOUTH AFRICA.
SPEECH BY GENERAL BOTHA,
[Br Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received 8.10 a.m.) Captowu, October 19.
Mr Botha, speaking at Utrecht, reiterated that the interests of South Africa must be first and Imperial interests second, but there need not •necessarily be hostility between the two. Referring to labor unrest, lie said he would not tolerate being dictated to by officials. Touching the position of the railways it was clear that retrenchment was necessary. Because of this, the Government was threatened with a strike, hut those threatening him at the revolver’s point would-be bitterly disappointed."
THE RAND DISPUTE.
Johannesburg, October 19
The mining companies have agreed to reorganise the Transvaal Miners’ Association and to discuss the questions in dispute:
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 42, 20 October 1913, Page 6
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