Published In English, Sesuto, Xosa and Zulu. • .. EDUCAT.OIIAL WA SPORt'•• D ••TRICT - .... COliN •• ' - .... : '.AD'•• ,.. ...... .' APltICAN WOMEN' • ,•" ......Al'ER. ,• • SECTION WlDUT ." - IUBSCRlm ••• -..nc:AUy n/. ,or '001 1/1 ,or loll ,_ • The Mouthpiece - of the African People 4/· Ovarton,.· Authorised to publish Government Nollces affecling Africans. Vol. 9 No. 977. J ORANNESBURO. JANUARY I .... , Hl39 Registered at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper. Price 3d , • , Switzerland's Gift to • Mr. Chamberlain But Nation!; Building Vast Navies and Huge Air Fleets HE people of Neucbatel in Swjtzerl aud Bre 80 g;ralefullO 1\lr. Neville Cha.mberlain, Premier of EosJand, for having prevented war at tbe T time of tbe Munich Pact when Europe was in the tbroes of a gnat crisis, thai they s ubscribed toget.be.r and bought him a splendid gold clock. It bore the following words: "To Mr. Neville Chamberlain. homage of Neocbatel, 5epteruber, 1938. Blessed are tbe Peace-makers!" Gifts and words Such as this mUllt indeed hearten the 'British Prime Minister. who goes to Rome to-day (Tuesday) with Lord Balifn, to Ir} to improve European relalions a nd put the dread spectre of war fartber away from us all. Rome, tbe Italian capital is to-day hung with Haas. and tbe.people are eagerly awaiting the visit of the great EngHshmen who 'bas striven so hard to prevent a new major war. which, by genen1 eonsent wou1d bave meaut the complete destruction of great citiee, tbe deaths of thousands perhaps millions of the people of London, Paris Berlin and Rome, and ~be end of ch iLisat ion as we know it to-day. • So Mr. CbamberlaJD bas gom: to Rome to talk things over as tbe I!;:tlcst of Signor M u s80lini. Men like this a.re the backbone of tbe ntining industry and of the labour forces HUGE AIR RAID DEFENCE PLANS of this country. KNOW1NC that any outbreak of c~ampion of Australia a.nd fought war - wbich some people Joe Louis Goes Into Training Jim Corbett to a draw: and indeed seem to fear so unreasonably tbat 323,771 AFRICANS IN THE MINING condition. 'vas regarded as a. fine aU·round even. in t~is country they are INDUSTRY gportsman a.nd gentlema.n. Sam .keeping their money in the banks A London boxing paper has been Ready For Max Baer trying to set out in order of merit Langford was too small to be a and ~ot inTeshng it in any thing­ S OrtIE 323,771 Africans were em· grea.t heavyweight but he fought knowmg that such an outbreak ployed in the gold mining the greatest boxers of the Negro is understood tha.t Joe Louis, world, past and present. It has set J ohnson to a draw. To·day, he has ,":o.uld bf'gin with the born bing of industry in December. IT spent all his money aod is bll1cking who has been ab~ent from the these out as follows: (I ) Jack Clttes a.nd the slaughter of civilian boots in New York. populations; the British Govern· o ring since his fight with Max J ohnson . (2) Joe Jeannette, (3) ment ha fO ht>en taking great Schmeling, will tihoJ tly begin train· Peter Jackson, (4) Sa.w La.ngford o measures to protect the people. Four Africans, a man, a woman ing for his contest with Ma.x Baer a.nd Joe Louis. nnd two children. were killed by They ba\'e been IIlAking thousands whom be once defeated. J ack Johnson defeated all.comers Mr. Sol. L . Sidzumo. president of of stetl underground shelters a.nd lightning last Tuesda.y on the farm Max Bner, however, claims that including the massive Jim J effries; Z-wart£Olltein, in the Reitz district the United Friends CIu b, and Mrs. issuing millions of gas masks, so he wa.s not in first· rate training Joe Jea.nnette fought a. draw with of the Free Sta.te, when the hut in Sidzumo, have returned from Mafe­ that any aeroplane attacks with then, but that when be trains thb; Jaok Johnson ; Peter Jackson de­ which they were Rleeping was king where they Vi bited relatives. gas Lombs would not injure men, time he will be in the pink of feated the formidable Fra.nk Slavin struck during a. violent thunder. women and children to any great extent. They ha.ve also just plan. storm with very little rain. ned a. big moye to transfer the big populations of the cities away into Dictator. His ta.sk is no easy one; co untryside a.reas 80 tha.t they for some of the nations a.re qua.rrel. , would no longer be in the crowded ling bitterly with each other, and • neighbourhoods which would cer· want to fight. Hunga.ria ha.s been ta.inly be attacked by foreign air· fighting with the Czechs, Italy men in the event of war. In some berself haa been threatening France parts of London, especially in the because she wants a slice of North south, there are miles and miles of Africa., and more control of the crowded streets where the people Suez Canal, and the Russia.ns a.re are poor, the houses have no watChing Japan. gardena and a.re all oramped to· The a.tmosphere is thus strained gether, and where a rain of bombs and uneasy. might destroy 100,000 people in a The United States is building night. To prevent such an awful va:s~ battleships costing many happening, the Britisb Government ml~ho.ns of p~unda, Germa.ny is has been tn.king constant pre· buildmg warshIps and submarines, c3.utions to provide shelters a.nd Brita.in is trying to have the maBka for the people, as well as to grea.test navy in all the world­ • gi.ve them means of getting away partly to protect her African trade. < in safety to the countryside. Fur· ~ut in spite of these unhealthy SMOKING MIXTURE thermore, Mr. Neville Chamberlain 8~ns. Mr. Chamberlain is de· has been doing the big job of termined to continue bis struggle striving for more peaceful con· for peace and friendship between ditioDS such 8.8 would .prevent such the na.tions and to prevent if appalling happenings. possible the outbreak of another PER! JI.o He i.e now in Rome talking over war. Ewopean troubles and problems AU true Africans will wish him with Signor Mussolini, the Italian success in hie wonderful task. .- UMTETELI WA BANTU, JOHANNESBURG, JANUARY H, 1939 AQ eomm1",k;altonl to bt addreut4 to What Christian European "Head" BUSINESS MANAGER. r. R. H. 60 's Address To At Bantu United P.O. 'lox 4515. Marriages Mean JOHANNESBURG. Location Advisory Congress School p~ w...wy . • Interesting Cases SUBSORIPTION RATES-( By POST At Nqutu Native Laws Amendment HeilbroD Discusses O.e Year ... ... ... ... 15/· Big Problem Six MODths ......... 7/6 CORRESPONDENT WTitin§ Act Criticisms Three MontbB' ... ... ... 4/- A from Dundee to liThe Star' THERE has been a good deal of mentions that, before the :Ma.gis- J discussion at Heilbron. which trate's Court a.t Nqutu there THE following addrese was de­ combination of Draconian thoory has been ventilated in the" Heil· have recently been several CMea in livered at the B.C. Peacock. a.nd kindly practice comparable bron Hen1d " with regard to the which AfTicans were charged with Hall in E&st London on December with the attitude of ma.ny rural problem of the aPjintment of a contravoning Regula.tion 162 of 19 by Mr. R. H . Gadlo, President employers, who while declaring European principa. at the Ba.ntu the Natal Native Code. whioh of the Location Advisory Boards against Natives in general, are con· United School at Heilbron. makes it illegal for Africans ma.r· Congress: siderate and forbearing towards The following extra.cts from a. ried by Christian rites to a.cquire Last yur my a.ddress took the their own servants. In Bloemfon· letter to the "HeilbroD Herald" other wives. form of a resume of the measures tein the offioial evidence of the are given for the information of 14th JANUARY, 1939 The provision of this Code were enacted the previous year for the municipal representatives was tba.t readers of Umteteli. The letter is not made applicable to Zululand carrying out of the segregation the Bloemfontein Council cannot ~ igned by "D.Z.C." until November, 1932, and some policy of this country, as well as a agree to tbe arbitrary removal by Some people have heard, others Africans do not yet seem to under· very mild critical review of the the authorities of Natives born have read in papers that a E\lro· LET US THINK stand the implications of a marri· Na.tive La.ws Amendment Act of ill our locations who by long resi· pe&n has been appointed to the age by Christian rites-that not 1!l37. So moderate wa3 tho critic· dence are looked upon as perman· Princil)a.lship of the Bantu United THE BEST OF evcn the payment of lobola. for i~m of the last·na.med Draconian ent dwellers in our locations." School. Many questions have been sub~eql1ent wives makes such ad· Law that even my own persona.l "To continue to employ Na.tives a:Jked a .. to why a European is ditiona,l unions legal. friend.<t characterised my remarks in urban areas but to treat them preferred to a Na.tive graduate. EACH OTHER A case in point was a. pro~ecution as pa.tting the Government on the aq if they should not be there," I therefore wish to enlighten th030 I a.