SOUTH AFRICA

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10282, 17 May 1919, Page 7

SOUTH AFRICA

ASIATICS IN TRANSVAAL

LIMITING THEIR TRADING

OPERATIONS

By Tcleiraph—Press Association— Copyrlffh: Australian and N.Z. Cable Association,

(Received May 16, 5.30 p.m.) CAPETOWN, May 8

Tho Select Committee of the Assembly which’ inquired into the disabilities of British Indians in the Transvaal has recommended that all legal existing trade rights in certain mining areas bo recognised, but " that no further trading licenses or opening of new businesses bo allowed to Indians or other Asiatics. The committee alstrecommends immediate legislation providing that tho existing prohibition against acquiring landed property be extended to any company in which tho controlling interest belongs to Asiatics.

DEPORTATION OF GERMAN o

100 SENT from: MABITZBURG TO

EUROPE

Australian and N.Z. Cnblo Association. (Received .May 10, S p.m.) DURBAN, May &. About a hundred recalcitrant prisoners front tho German concentration camp at Maritzburg have been shipped to Nil rope under a strong guard. JOHANNESBURG MUNICIPALITY. LABOUmxisTcHIEVE A VICTORY. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received May 16, 5.30 p.m.) CAPETOWN, May 8. The municipal elections in Johannesburg to fill vacancies caused by resignations in connection with the recent Labour troubles resulted in the return of eight Labourites and one Democratic Independent. THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT. OPPOSED BY CAPE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. (Received May 16, 9.35 p.m.) CAPETOWN, May 13. The Capo Provincial Council passed a resolution unanimously—“ That the present movement for the disruption oi the Union and severance of the connection between South Africa and Britain is opposed to the best interests and welfare of South Africa.’’ LABOUR IN SOUTH AFRICA. MINISTER SEEKS ADVICE OF EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS. (Received May 16, 9.35 p.m.) CAPETOWN, May 15. The South African Industrial Federation Congress, sitting at Bloemfontein,' has received a telegram from tho Minister for Mines and Industries stating that the Government is considering tho summoning of a conference of employers and workers to discuss the questions of hours of labour, wages, land general conditions in the various industries. A draft scheme has been prepared, and the Government desirca the support and views of the congress. THE COLOUR BAR. SETTLEMENT - OF INDUSTRIAL UNREST. Reuter’s Telegram. (Received May 17, 12.45 a.m.) CAPETOWN, May 7. The Labour Conference at Bloemfontein is discussing the colour bar, disclosing the deepest differences on the question, Transvaalers strongly adhering to their attitude of excluding natives from skilled trades. The secretary of the Federation ot Trades stated that within six months three mines on the Rand, employing 1500 whites, were closing down. Twelve others would have to follow suit. His executive was negotiating with tho Government with a view to a settlement of industrial unrest.. A SOUTH AFRICAN MERCHANT FLEET. METHOD OF ESTABLISHING A NUCLEUS. (Received Mar 16 9.35 p.m.) CAPETOWN, May 15. A Pretoria message says that a scheme has been mooted and is believed to bo sympathetically regarded by tho Government to establish tho nucleus of a South African merchant fleet by salving several vessels lying alongside the coast and by asking Britain to assign to South Africa ships condemned by local prize courts.