UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LV, Issue 13966, 26 July 1909, Page 2

UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.

DELEGATES AND THE COLONIAL OFFICE* By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright. LONDON, July 24. , The modifications agreed to in connection with tho South African Union Bill place matters affecting Asiatics under the control of the GovernorGeneral, not the Provincial Councils. Shipowners domiciled in Great Britain are entitled to appeal to the Privy Council regarding: affairs on the high peas. Tho delegates refused the British Government's request to incorporate the Customs clauses relating "to native protectorates in the Bill." These remain on the schedule. The delegates informed Earl Crew© (Secretary of State for the Colonies) that there : was no reason to' doubt that liberal' fiscal arrangements hitherto given to Basutolana, Bechuanaland and Swaziland would bo "continued." -**-:- ~