BIG CAPTURES AT EAST RAND.
CAPETOWN. March 14. In the Legislative Assembly, the Acting-Premier stated that the Fordsburg rebels asked for armistice. They were told that only unfconditional surrender would be accepted. They allowed the women find children to leave, but turned back all male adults. . The Acting-Premier also announced that thousands had been captured or had surrendered at East Rand. ■ Mr. Malan, the Nationalist leader pf Cape Province, moved an adjournment as a mark of sympathy with the talleu men. The Acting-Premier declined to accept the motion if it was intended Io signify sympathy with the revolutionaries. Mr. Malan disclaimed such an idea. The motion was defeated by 63 votes Io 48, the Nationalists and Labourites forming the minority.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18432, 16 March 1922, Page 5
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120BIG CAPTURES AT EAST RAND. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18432, 16 March 1922, Page 5
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