South Africa.
A UNANIMOUS AUCEEiMiBXT.
THE INSTITUTION SIGNED. (Per United Preas Association.) CAsPETOW, May 12. The South African Convention lvi.« come to a unaniniiou® agreement, and the Constitution has been signed!. (Proportional representation lias been dropped except For the election of tha 'Senate and the executive committees of provincial counnis. The change means a heavy loss oi sea,ts in Parliament to the 1 Oape Progressives atad Orange Constitutionalists. Tho salaries of members of Parliament liavei been raised to £400. TH)ei iNliitnl dete^tes «ecwe<l' Uio reservation for Royal assent of Bills affecting provincial councils.
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Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10421, 14 May 1909, Page 3
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93South Africa. Thames Star, Volume XLV, Issue 10421, 14 May 1909, Page 3
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