SOUTHAFRICAN ELECTIONS AUSTRALIAN.

Hokitika Guardian, 14 February 1921, Page 3

SOUTHAFRICAN ELECTIONS

AUSTRALIAN.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION. RESULTS. CAPETOWN, Feb 12. Though certain of a majority of twenty-three to twenty-six over all parties, General Smuts deeply regrets the loss of Minister De Wet, who refused the offer of a safe seat, and has announced his intention of resuming lawyer practice. UGLY OUTLOOK.

CAPETOWN, Feb. 12. Direct actionists are intimidating the Rand Miners and the outlook is growing uglier. , MAJORITY OF 22. reuter’s TELEGRAMS. CAPETOWN, Feb. 12. The South African Party gained Barkly, giving Smuts a majority of 22 over all parties, irrespective of the result of ties, and not including Independents. Ony one result is now outstanding at present. STATE OF PARTIES. CAPETOWN, Feb 12. The state of the parties is. South Africans 18 Labour 9 Nationaists 43 Independent 1 The gains were: South Africans 19, Labour 3, Nationalists J. REPUBLIC CRY CRUSHED. CAPETOWN, Feb. 12. How badly the Republican cry was smothered is seen by the following comparison:— Cape Province. South Africans 36 Nationalists 13 Transvaal.

South Africans 28 Nationalists 12 Natal. South Africans 14 Nationalists 1 Only the Free State showed a majority for secession and returned sixteen Nationalists and one Labourite. In the whole Union, sixt.v-two per cent, of the electors voted against seccession.. A feature of the election has been the great number of working men who supported General Smuts’ policy of Monarchial South Africa, under the Union Constitution. f The railwaymen’s votes .undoubtedly helped to give Smuts his majority.

THE RAND STRIKE. CAPETOWN, Feh. 12. The strike position on the Rand : s most confused. While the general executive of the Miners’ Unions and Lenders of the Labour Federation disapprove of the Langlaagte trouble as a breach of agrement with the Chamber of Mines ,the Extremists forced the General Executive of the Miners’ Union into taking a ballot, which is| now proceeding, for n*r against a general strike, in support- of the Langlaagte men. Meantime a meeting of executives of unions affiliated to the Labour Federation resolved in view of the serious position of the mining industry, that, the terms offered by tie* Chamber of Mines: to tlu* miners’ demands he nco-pted.