DEPORTED STRIKERS.
INDEMNITY BILL'S PROGRESS. A STOLID MINISTRY. Bv Telegraph..—Press Association—Gopyrig&t Capetown, Thursday. After a debate, lasting twenty-four hours, the House of Assembly decided to retain the names of the deported strike leaders in the banishment clause of the Indemnity Bill; The Ministers relentlessly and stolidly ignored repeated requests to specify charges against the deported men. Mr Andrews, a Labourite, hinted at the possibility of the workers of Britain refusing to handle South African products. The Labourites vainly endeavoured to secure the deletion of the word "undesirables" from the short title, contending that it classeß the deported men as criminals After a five hours' debate, Mr CresswelFs motion to delete Poutsma's name and substitute General Botha's was n gatived by 64 to 13. The Bill passed its committee stage.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 649, 7 March 1914, Page 5
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129DEPORTED STRIKERS. King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 649, 7 March 1914, Page 5
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