SOLDIERS' VOTE IN SOUTH AFRICA
HERTZOG ASSAULTED AFTER A DEBATE. Capo Town, April 1!). On the resumption of the joint session of the Senate and the Assembly the Minister of the Interior moved tho second reading of tho Electoral .Delimitation Bill. 110 explained that the Bill provided for the inclusion of tho next delimitation of constituencies or 2300 African soldiers on active service, who were regarded as members of the Imperial Forces. Under the constitution they were precluded from, voting. The measure was purely temporary to meot tho emergency created by tho war. Tho Bill was read tho second time. On leaving Parliament General ilertzog, tho Leader of the Opposition, was nssaiiilted by ft fitter from the Transvaal, who shouted, ''You are for the unifier. Oilier members intervened, and Memos was only slightly grazed.-Aus.-A. /<■ t Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 183, 23 April 1918, Page 5
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137SOLDIERS' VOTE IN SOUTH AFRICA Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 183, 23 April 1918, Page 5
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