The Transvaal.

Manawatu Herald, 22 July 1899, Page 2

The Transvaal.

The First Votks*raad, with five dissentient?, has conceded the franchise to outlanders on the basis of a seven years' prospective and retrospective qualification. President Kruger supported tie

proposal on the grounds of honesty md righteousness. He said that to carry it into eff ;cfc would not imperil i.he ind^pendencs of ths Republic while on the other hand it would the applause of the wholi world. General Jiiubert Vice President of ths Republic, concurred in the Presi <li<n f .'s remarks. The " Tinias ' aay that the crisi? in t ha Transvaal is endtd, arid that Mr Chamberlain app'ara to have fully achieved his object of securing justice for the outlandera. It ia believed it h intended to in crease th"? goldfiylds represrniabioD to nine, including Bjrberton. The n.^w franchise law ha? finally pissed boih Volksraads and it will come inti operation as soon as it his been gazetted. The ni 3 asures i <m?owers tho Executive to dispen j < with naturalisation ondition3 io cases where the outlandera applying for the franchise has rendered service to the republic. The enfranchisement of alien youths is also facilitated by the Act. The '• Tim«B " states that the Transvaal Legislature, by the new franchise law still insists on high p operfcy qualifications as well &? \ naturalisation under vexatious conditions. It is reported that the Govern* rnent has arranged to cane 1 the dynamite monopoly.