SOUTH AFRICA.
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE CABINET.
By Cable—Press Association--Copyright, Received I<s, 10.S0 p.m.
.Capetown, February 10.
The Assembly debated a resolution condemning the reorganisation of the civil service.
Sir L. S. Jameson charged the Government with not observing clauses 141, 142 and 144 of the Constitution, and declared that experienced men were retrenched. Mismanagement was particularly gross in Mr. Hertzog's department. General Botha denied that violation of the Constitution had occurred, and said the unrest in th'e service was due to the changes necessitated by the Union. A permanent civil service commission would eventually be appointed.
Mr. Jaggor described Mr. Hertzog's department as reeking with racialism, favoritism, nepotism and jobbery. (Mr. Graaf denied that the Government had assisted the negotiations for the amalgamation of the Royal Mail and Union Castle lines. The negotiations for the mail contract were opened by the Royal Mail Line in an auspicious manner. The Government was awaiting the arrival of Sir Owen Phillips, chairman of the Royal Mail Line, before arranging the new contract. Australia, he said, was prepared to co-operate in the matter.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 197, 17 February 1912, Page 5
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179SOUTH AFRICA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 197, 17 February 1912, Page 5
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