IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16225, 4 July 1918, Page 7

IN SOUTH AFRICA.

(By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) and N.Z. Cable Association.) CAPE TOWN, July 2. German farmers in the Natal and in the midlands, where there are a considerable number of German settlers, are reported to be materially reducing the area under cultivation with the view of restricting production during the duration of the war. Where previously hundreds of acres were sown, now the maximum is 15 acres. UNREST IN Tiffi TRANSVAAL. (Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association.) CAPETOWN, July 1. The natives employed in the Ferreira and Ferreira deep mines at Johannesburg, numbering 3500, have struck, demanding a shilling a day extra. Two thousand men marched towards the Crown Mines, but were stopped by the police. The situation is now quiet, and the natives are confined in compounds and guarded. The position elsewhere is normal. Measures have been taken to guard public buildings. A message from Pretoria states that there are rumours of unrest among the whites in the Eastern Transvaal minos, and men are even mentioned as willing to lead commandoes on Pretoria. Unrest among the natives on the Rand is believed to have been fomented by the I.W.W. Prior to the strike General Botha made a strong appeal to them to remain quiet, and promised immediate consideration of their grievances, and also to meet their leaders, who urged them not to strike. There are from fifty to sixty thousand natives on the Rand whom the trouble msiy effect. A ballot taken among the engineors of the Rand overwhelmingly in favour of affiliation with- tho Foderated Trades Union.