. * * * There is a bitter political squabble
in South Africa. Col. Cresswell, for long the leader of the Labour Party and now Minister of Defence, has come to loggerheads with the National Labour Council, which he denounced as unrepresentative, and a war of words has followed: The Labour Members are taking sides vigorously but apparently the party will not split on any question 'of policy, and whether Col. Cresswell resigns or not, the Government is not vitally affected. It has had a success in its negotiations over freights (apart from the mails) with the Union Castle Line and the Conference Lines. Agree- ments have been reached in regard, to rates and increases in refrigerating space, which should stimulate the export of many kinds of South African food products, wool and hides. * ' *
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