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Hokitika Guardian, 17 August 1923, Page 3

NEWS BY MAIL.

S. AFRICA’S NEED OF WHITES. LONDON, .June 23. Sir Charles Crewe, a member of the House of Assembly of the I'm.m of South Africa and formerly t ohmuii Secretary for Cane Colony, was fhe guest of the 1820 Memorial Settlers Association, of which he is chairman, at a luncheon at the Hotel Victoria, Norlliumberland-nvemte, W.C.. . uS terday. . Responding to the toast ot his health. Sir Charles said the reinforcement ot the whites in South Africa was vital. The mini her of poor whites was rapid y iucreasing and some may he loom, working for natives. There was a possibility that unless European South Africa was constantly reinforced the sub-continent may go black. "There is no longer quite the same racial struggh between English and Dutch," he added. ‘■We are in sight of a united people under the British flag. SIX DAYS VNCONSCIOI S. FLORENCE, dune 211 An unknown youth, aged about lb, has been lving in hospital here for the last six days in a state of coma, from which it is impossible to wake him. _

Tie was discovered unconscious m the Cascinc (public park) on Monday fight, , .. After a series of experiments ttic doctors confess that they cannot account for his condition, the patient » heart healing normally. He is believed lo be a student from Bologna, but there is no chic to his identity.