SOUTH AFRICA.
REDUCING RAILWAY CUT. STRONG OPPOSITION RAISED. IMPERIAL TROOPS AND PROPERTY. By Telegraph.—l\ess Assn.—Copyright. Received September 4, 11.50 p.m. Capetown, Sept. 3. Government proposals regarding the reduction of railway expenditure by short time and the abolition of the eight-hour day are arousing strong opposition. Several meetings of railwaymen pledged themselves to oppose the proposals by all the means in their power. The last of the Imperial troops will-leave South Africa in December. The Imperial property has been transferred to the Union Government, including forts, cantonments and farms, valued at over two millions, for less than one-tenth of that sum.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 September 1921, Page 5
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102SOUTH AFRICA. Taranaki Daily News, 5 September 1921, Page 5
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