CAPETOWN INCENSED
UNION JACK DISPLACED FIGHT OVER FLAG (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) (Australian Press Association) CAPETOWN, Thursday. The Minister of the Interior, Dr. D. F. Malan, has issued a statement about the flying of the Union Jack on Union Day. H© gives concession to Durban, but refuses to yield to the demands of the Northern Districts. In Natal feeling is strong because of the Minister’s refusal to allow the Union Jack to be flown officially in native territories. The argument of the Prime Minister, General Hertzog, is that such a concession would weaken the Government’s authority over the natives and lead them to believe they were still under the oldtime British Government. The people of Capetown are incensed because the Minister has not conceded their request that the Union Jack might continue to be flown over the castle where it has been flown for centuries. The British section of the population is thoroughly dissatisfied with the Government’s narrow interpretation of the Flag Act. The feeling is growing that' the Union Day celebrations will be a mockery and that the people should take the law into their own hands.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 363, 25 May 1928, Page 9
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188CAPETOWN INCENSED Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 363, 25 May 1928, Page 9
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