SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS.
$ TIIE JOHANNESBURG RAID,
TRADE PARALYSED AT PRETORIA.
THE RESIDENT OVERRULED
London, May 2;!
Deep disappointment is felt at the result of the revision of the sentences of the Reform Committee, and the se,verity shown must result in delaying a reconciliation between the two races.
Pehtokia, May 22
The situation at the Rand, the rinderpest, and general want of confidence, is paralysing trade.
A thousand men have been thrown out of employment by the closing down of Barney Barnato's mines. The Boers at Pretoria are said to be be irritated at the severity of the sentences passed, and consider that the chance of reconciliation between the two races is lost. May 21. General Joubort prevents President Kruger acting as leniently towards the Reformers as the latter would like to do.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 25, 26 May 1896, Page 2
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132SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS. Hastings Standard, Issue 25, 26 May 1896, Page 2
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