Moreover, it was fallacy to allege that it had been devised to secure the
mine-owner's ascendency, inasmuch as the. number of British workmen on the Rand alone was sufficient to obliterate the mine owners in an election. * The continuity of the Colonial policy was essential, especially in South Africa, where vacillation was universally despised. A stronj. staple policy commands the respect and goodwill of all races. The '•Times" says the population census, and the new demarcation of boundaries, would post pone self Government for two years. Moreover, a commission worked some time on demarcation on the present basis. It must be remembered that the grant of immediate responsible Government was a great concession. This brought the two British parties in the Transvaal V into line, but also into line against *• charges of sapping the foundation of the British power.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8046, 13 February 1906, Page 3
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