UNION JACK TORN TO SHREDS.
Cape Town, October 1
The tearing of the Union Jack to shreds was one of many incidents marking a political meeting at Bloemhof, Transvaal, where the former Premier, General Smuts, was refused a hearing. The hall was raided by a large crowd of Nationalists carrying the proposed new Union flag. A free fight occurred, and defenders using folding chairs and attackers sticks and bottles. The attackers gained possession of the platform, over which they hoisted the Government Hag. Speaking at a later meeting, General Smuts declared that the country was rapidly becoming a little Russia. Freedom of speech was confined to the Nationalist Party. This was the second time General Smuts had been refused a hearing within a week.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3699, 4 October 1927, Page 2
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124UNION JACK TORN TO SHREDS. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3699, 4 October 1927, Page 2
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