ASIATICS IN THE TRANSVAAL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9031, 18 January 1908, Page 5

ASIATICS IN THE TRANSVAAL.

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PUBLIC MEETING AT .PRE- . TORIA. ~, • ,;,::;;,.

' ADHERENCE TO THE ACT 1 URGED. ".;

Received January 17, 8;35 a.m

PRETORIA, January 16,

A crowded meeting of citizens at Pretoria heartily supported strict adherence to the Asiatic Registration Act.

IRISH NATIONAL DIRECTORY. MR REDMOND RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT. Received January 17, 8.35 a.m. LONDON, January 16. The Irish National Directory reelected Mr J. E. Redmond, M.P., president. MARTIAL LAW IN ZULULAND. A MEMORIAL TO BRITISH PRIME MINISTER. MINISTER'S REPLY. Received January 17, 8.24 a.m. LONDON, January 16. Mr Holford Knight, on behalf of a small informal committee, presented a memorial to Sir H. CampbellBannerman in relation to the policy' of martial law. in Zululand and the trial of the chief Dinizulu.

In reply Sir Henry Campbell-Bari-nerman shows that Lord-Elgin (Secretary of State for the colonies) at the outset of the disturbances in Zululand, offered suggestions which Natal readily accepted, a public trial of Dinizulu. Moreover, Sjr Charleß Saunders, civil, commissioner in Zululand, recommended the course which had been pursued. The Prime Minister says he prefers not to discuss the proposition that it cOuld be necessary for the 'Government'to take so serious a step as advising His Majesty to disaliow an acs of indehi-.' nity after it had received the approval of such a colony as Natal, which: was fully responsible for peace, order and good government within her own borders. WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLD MINES.

PROTEST AGAINST PESSIMISM. Received January 17, 9 a.m. LUNDON, January 16. The Agent-General of Western Australia, in the course of an interview, protested against Mr Hermann's pessimism, which he said was not justified. ' Although there was much evidence to show that for many years prosperity awaited mining, yet Western Australia's future did not depend entirely on the gold industry. (Mr Hermann, London chairman of the Associated Blocks (West Australia), Company, Ltd., presiding at a meeting of the company on Thursday,'suggested that the Government of Western Australia ought to test and explore the Kalgoorlie district, where, so far as he could see, all the producing mines were approaching their end).