SOUTH AFRICA

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13242, 23 March 1907, Page 3

SOUTH AFRICA

'IITI vsf.vric ordix \xu United Tress Association— Per Electric Telegraph—Opvrigh *■■ I'BLTOIUA Maich 21 Mi Smuts Colonnl intend l , (o submit to the PailiameiH for reinstatement, the Asiatic ordinance \ luc'i the Knl of J lgin disallowed Sir Gilbert Parker, in an interview, said tint if the 01 din nice wis leinstated is he felt sine u would be, the ] ail of 1 l<,in -would h iidlj. \entuie ga.n to dis illow it is S9 oul ot e\en 100 whites in South Afi.ci thoioughlv approved ot it LONDON Mjii.li 21 Sh R chard Soloiron J leiitemnt Govei noi of Ihc Ti.ins\aal accompanies \li Botha, the Premier, to England. OPENING OF PARLI\M.FNT THI CIIINTSL ORDINANCE PRETORIA Maich 22 'lie 'li ins\ nl Legislate e AssembK, .if tei electin» Ueneial Beveis Speikei, pio ceedel to the Uj pel Heme whue Vi-. lounl Seluome (Uo\einoi Geneial) de Ineied the nuuguial speech His Excellency the Uo\ernoi announce 1 ih.it Mmisteis lnd lesohed that the un poil.ition of Chinese must ce'se at the earliest possible due, bat they Mould not be lepatn.iled until substi ute> weie found It these were not foitheoming the mc'enlurfc, would be' tempoianlv ie newel IMinisters meanwhile would do then utmost to increase the supply of Kiflus 1 h Assembly passed tlie ordinance thiough all its stage-., the Opposition co opeiating, and aftei the Ihnd leading of the measuie, it was sent to the Uppe: Hou«e The Government wanted it sealed forth, uitli, but the Council was- about to ad jonfn when Mr H. C. Hull declared that unless the Bill was immediately pa* el the Assembly would adjourn and thus wreck the Bill Mr Feltham and others declared that tha Council declined to be lu-died r Con-idei ltion of the measure wis id ]OUi ned till to day t THE PRFMIFR IGNORED CONFUSION 'OF TONGUES PRETORIA Maich 92 A s dient feature of the Assembly's piocefdings was the efraeement of Mi Bo th.i iPremiei) e\en thing being left, firstly to Mi Smuts and secondly to Mi Schalkburgei Othei Boeis ln'eiruotmsr in sister] tint the. officials of the Hone should speik Dutch, itid this aftet they had begun the pioceedings m Enghsh