SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE.
EFFECT OF THE ACT,
By Assooiation-rOopyrighi
: -! : ' , Cape Town, January 9. 'i\ Mr. Beyers, Speaker of tho Legislative] Assembly in the Transvaal, interviewed ej.l Pietormaritzburg, said hoi wits' delighted at the practical effects of tho Defence Act. Tho; calculations were originally based on a total of ,70,000 for the first'year, but'2s,ooo .was nearer tho'mark.; Many were, anxious to avoid the ballot as they considered it a slur on 1 tho community. ■.:'.' :■'■:''
Mr; Beyers, favoured sending six officers to England to'qualify as air pilots,- although aviation'would ; bo difficult on tho high veldt, -■ :■■ '■;;.'';■;■■'- '•■-,'■•"'■'.'■■.' •.•.'...-.-"-V
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1645, 11 January 1913, Page 5
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94SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1645, 11 January 1913, Page 5
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