AFRICA.
Ambushed. Lieutenant Van Renen and 11 police were ambushed and killed in Northern Nigeria, while installing a chief. Major Williams, with a large force, has started to avenge the rising, which is of a local character. United South Africa. The South African Convention lias come to a unanimous agreement, and the Constitution has been signed. Proportional representation has been dropped except for the election of tin Senate and the executive committees of provincial councils. The change means a heavy loss of seats in Parliament to the Cape Progressives and Orange Constitutionalists. The salaries of members of Parliament have been raised to £lOO. The Natal delegates secured the reservation for Royal assent of bills affecting provincial councils.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 20, 19 May 1909, Page 7
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117AFRICA. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLII, Issue 20, 19 May 1909, Page 7
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