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Thirty years ago the 'Raadhuis' would have been the village inn, barber's shop, and the principal hotel all rolled into one, and the innkeeper, as a natural consequence, the wealthiest man in the neighbourhood. Nowadays a farmer goes to the 'Raad' dressed in a suit of black clothes and with his feet encased in leather boots. He never wears 'Klompen' save when at work in the field or on the farm.
MARE maintained that the Public Works were badly administered. The PRESIDENT dashed down the papers in front of him and stalked out of the Raad, after emphatically denying that money had been wasted. July 27.
He said that he did not consider the Johannesburg people who signed in that wonderful and fat book on the table to be law-abiding, and he would have none of them. The Raad had frequently heard that if the franchise were not extended there would be trouble. He was tired of these constant threats. He would say, 'Come on and fight! Mr. Chairman, I must speak out.
Brother, old Reitz says Chamberlain will have a great surprise one of these days, and the burghers must sleep with one eye open. 'It is rumoured here that our military officers work day and night to send old Victoria an ultimatum before she is ready. 'On the stoep it is nothing but war, but in the Raad everything is peace. No wonder the British overtures were in vain.
The new coat of arms and flag adopted in the Raad by an almost unanimous vote were abolished. The laws for a free and secular education were tampered with, and my resistance to a reckless inspection and disposal of Government lands, still occupied by natives, was openly defied.
In the month of February the Transvaal Government received a dispatch from her Majesty's Government with reference to the dynamite concession. It referred to the announcement already recorded, that in the course of the coming session of the Raad a proposal would be submitted for the extension of the monopoly for fifteen years. Mr.
These Wethouders, with the Burgomaster, form the 'Dagelyksch Bestuur. All ordinary matters concerning the 'Gemeente, such as giving information to the Minister of War about the men who have signed for the militia, or about any person living in their 'Gemeenten, are regulated by the 'Dagelyksch Bestuur, though matters of import are brought before the 'Raad. Next in importance to the Burgomaster come the 'Gemeenteontvanger, who receives all the taxes, and the 'Notary, who is the busiest man in the village, although the doctor and clergyman or priest have a large share in the work of contributing to the welfare of the villagers.
He could not see why females should be prevented from dispensing liquor. Such a clause would prevent many respectable young women from making a living. Mr. PRETORIUS said there were many memorials on this subject, and in compliance with the wish expressed therein the article was inserted in the Liquor Law. Of course, it was for the Raad to decide. Mr. RENSBURG spoke strongly against the clause.
I have used the same argument, but what becomes of such arguments when met with the objections that the law requires such persons to undergo a probationary period extending from fourteen to twenty-four years before they are admitted to full rights of citizenship, and even after one has undergone that probationary period, he can only be admitted to full rights by resolution of the First Raad?
Near Thaba N'Chu was the residence of John Steyl, a member of the Free State Raad, whose wife frequently had more than one hundred burgher guests at one meal. When the battle of Sannaspost was being fought a short distance from her house, Mrs.
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