SOUTH AFRICAN FLAG.
CONTROVERSY REVIVED. RESTRICTIONS ON UNION JACK. CAUSE MUCH FEELING. (ffy Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian Press Association). CAPETOWN, May 23. The Minister of the Interior, Dr. D. F. Malan, has issued a statement about the flying of the Union Jack on Union Day. lie gives concessions lo Durban, but refuses to yield Lo the demands of the Northcrin Districts. In Natal feeling is strong because of the Alinister's refusal lo allow the Union Jack to be flown officially in native territories. The argument of tiie Prime Alinistcr, General Hertzog, is that such a concession would weaken the Government’s authority over the natives and lead them to believe they were still under the oldtime British Government. The people of Capetown are incensed because the Alinistcr has not conceded their request that tiie Union Jack might continue to be flown over the castle where it has been flown for centuries.
The British section of the population is thoroughly dissatisfied with the Government’s narrow interpretation of the Flag Act. The feeling is growing that the Union Day celebrations will be a mockery and that the people should take the law into their own hands.
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Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17411, 25 May 1928, Page 7
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