THE TRANSVAAL.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12906, 19 February 1906, Page 5

THE TRANSVAAL.

OUTRAGES BY CHINESE

United Press Association—Per Electric Telegraph—Copvrigbt. CAPETOWN* February 16. Chinese attacked five farmhouses in the Transvaal on Thursday. The inmates repelled them, and thirteen Chinese were arrested.

THE COXSTITUTIOX AXD CHINESE QUESTION'S.

Received 4.20 p.m., February 18th. CAPETOWN, February 17. The " Volkstein," in reiterating the population argument, resists one vote, one value, on tic ground given that the Rand will have 31 members, and the rest of the country 29. It urges that if this franchise principle is upheld the Chinese question ought to be settled by a : •' 7 endum of the whole of Sourb Africa. by ihe Imperial Government.

LONDON. Februaiy 17. Hie " Times " Johannesburg correspondent says the pronouncement in the Efetvolk's organ is attributed to London inspiration, and that the suggestion regarding the Chinese is in view of Sir Henry-Camp-bell-Bannerman's probably retaining the voters basis of representation. It indicates that the Boers foresee the country's verdict and as a referendum is an impossibility, wish Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman to take a decision checking the colonies" prosperity and therewith the growth of British population. THE NATIVES VERY RESTLESS. Received 4.25 p.m., February 18tk CAPETOWN, Februaiy 17. The natives of Ixopo, in Natal, .-re veiy restless. The Europeans are uneasy. The police are alert, and in readiness to warn the inhabitants and the field forces.