The Archive · 1927

South African Flag Dispute Again

Johannesburg, Sept. 90.

Party feeling, which has been greatly acerbated by the Flag But controversy, overflowed to-ay Blocmhof, where 300 Nationalists (followers of the Hertzog Government) broke up a political which General Smuts, the Opp was to address, ug ensued, Party, who were greatly outnumbered, be: ing eventually driven off by the' Nats, who indulged in singing and dancing, and tore a Union Jack to shreds, Chairs, bottles, sticks and irom bars were freely used during the conflict, There were numerous ialtics, The fighting continued ide the hall—Reuter, under the direction of the well-known traveller and explorer, Comrade Kealoff, to investigate the upper courses of the Yangtze. The edition will also study the vegetation and fauna in the valleys of the Yangtze near the eastern borders of Tibet—Reuter,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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