SOUTH AFRICAN UNION
BLACKS WAIT UPON EARL CREWE.
By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright London, July 23. Earl Crewe, .Secretary of State for the Colonies, received the Hon, W. P. Sehreiner and the deputation ■of native colored South Africans who sought inncndments in the proposed constitution of the union of South Africa. Earl Crewe was sympathetic, ibut he did not promise the desired amendments.
MODIFICATIONS AGREED TO.
Received 25, 5.5 p.m.
London, July 24. The modifications agreed to in connection with the South African Union Hill place matters affecting Asiatics under the control of the Governor-General, not .the Provincial Councils. Shipowners domiciled in Great Britain are entitled to appeal to the Privy Council regarding affairs'on the high seas. The delegates refused the British Government's request to incorporate the Customs clauses relating to nntive protectorates in the Bill. These remain on the schedule. The delegates informed Earl Crewe (Secretary of State for the Colonies) that there was no reason to doubt that liberal fiscal arrangements hitherto given to Basutoland, Bechuaiialand and Swaziland -would be continued.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 155, 26 July 1909, Page 2
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171SOUTH AFRICAN UNION Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 155, 26 July 1909, Page 2
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