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REVIEW OF REVIEWS. 



March 1, lOli 



thing, is never a winning line to take, 

 and causes electors to assume merely 

 a desire for office on the part of the 

 " outs." The fight will be in effect 

 between Unification and the present 

 Federation as provided for by the Con- 

 stitution, and will rage chiefly over the 



both sides, which differ so greatly as 

 to add materiall\" to the general con- 

 fusion. I hope next month to publish 

 an entirel}' impartial summar}' of the 

 Federal financial situation, which will 

 enable readers to get a true idea of 

 the real position. 



GE^'EJIAI- BOTHA OX THE STEPS OF HIS HOUSB IX PRETORIA. [Topical. 



In front: General Louis Botha and Mrs. Botha. Behind: Mr. Gert. Botha (brother of General) 



and Mrs. St^eyue (sister of Mrs. Botha). 



Referenda. The financial excursions 

 of the present Government are sure to 

 l)e fiercely attacked. It is difficult to 

 grasp what present Federal commit- 

 ments will ultimatel}- involve, or to dis- 

 cover the actual state of affairs at the 

 Exchequer to-da\-. Plent>' of figures 

 and statistics are being produced b}' 



The New High Court Judges. 



The latest appointments to the High 

 Court Bench came as a surprise, but 

 not as a sensation. Persistent rumours, 

 some of them ugl\' ones, had prepared 

 the public for more than a surprise, but 

 as has often happened during the life- 

 time of tlie present Commonwealth Gov- 



