SOUTH AFRICA

Timaru Herald, Volume XC, Issue 13311, 13 June 1907, Page 5

SOUTH AFRICA

CONSTITUTION FOR OR-ANGIA. Press Association-By Telegraph-Copyright LONDON, June 11. The following aro the main features of thft letters patent; conferred on Orangia: -A Legislative Council of eleven members nominated at first by the Governor with the right converted to elective by the Legislature after four years: also an assemblv of -38" members, whereof five wiU represent Bloemfontehi; and a separate Land Board created for five ye-irs witii sccurilv for pensions of such officials in the. Land Settlement Department as are retained. A liberal construction is puton settlers' rights. t King Edward expresses confidence thai the inhabitants will increasingly enjoy the prosperity and contentment which have distinguished Orangia in the.past. ; . The newspapers hope- that 'the neks wih be minimised after % Botha's speeches, and the feet that such a typical Africander a>. Mr Fmuts ins now drafted an Education Bill", which-has been welcomed by the whole Trnmvaai Press. The- measure- s-v-r-fcs to make "a thorough knowledge of English !<mvcr-al, .aid withdraws patronage from tbcs-e-p-iTaiHl Di-'tch Mr .'Smuts, speaking at the-. Het Volk j Congress. 'ivmiirU''d that education had MJne-r.--cd:--d :h- rifle as the weapon of the ' Africander pe-ople.