Word: durban
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...Interstate Commerce Commission on Aug. 1 granted authority to build 56 miles of new line for the D., T. & I. at a cost of about $7,500,000, as well as to issue first mortgage bonds to raise the funds. The new line will extend from Malinta, Ohio, to Durban, Mich., and will serve to shorten haulage distances over the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton line...
Despite the protests of the U. S. A. Labor Party, Laborites have consistently attended the political meetings of the Premier, General Right Honorable Jan Christian Smuts, to display every kind of hooliganism. In Durban, 5,000 people foregathered in the Town Hall, most of whom were determined to prevent him from speaking. When the Premier appeared rowdyism was let loose and after facing the multitude for ten minutes in a vain effort to start his speech, he was forced to leave...
...Durban Club he said: "It is humiliating to me and to all of us, that the Prime Minister of this great country may no longer address his fellow citizens. I have for months pointed to the danger; now you see it demonstrated before your eyes. The red flag has come to South Africa, free speech is denied us. Are we going to sit still under this treatment ? I am sure...