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This is the last session of the House of Assembly

in South Africa, and it promises to be lively. With the defection of half its Labour supporters the Government would seem to have little chance of weathering the storm provoked by the German Trade Treaty. The Government claims credit for a continued Budget stir- .plus and ambitious irrigation schemes, but it is difficult to see how the promise of a bonus for all public servants will offset the unpopularity the Government has earned by heavy taxation and excessive customs duties. The decision to throw the native question into the political arena looks like a counsel of despair.

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