THE TRANSVAAL.
BASIS FOR THE ELECTIONS.
MURDKR BY CHINESE.
United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copyright. CAPETOWN. February 9. There are indication." that, the of Elgin. Secretary of State for the Colonics, has decided against a population basis for the Transvaal elections. Some widening of the franchise is exj»ected. A Chinese gang murdered a storekeeper near Tudor mine. West Rand, and decamped without robbery. PETITION TO THE KING. RIGHTS OF COLOURED PERSONS. Received 4 p.m.. Februnrv 11th. CAPETOWN. February 10. The African (coloured) Political Association are petitioning King Edward to grant lull political rights to coloured persons m the Transvaal and Orange colonies, alleging that the Vereeniging convention debarred only aborigines.
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Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12901, 12 February 1906, Page 5
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