2 AUGUST 1924, Page 8

The new South African Parliament was opened by the Governor-General

on July 25th, but it did not settle down to serious business till this week. The session is 'to be a short one and will primarily be concerned with financial matters, the question of unemployment and industrial development. The members of the new Government, since their accession to office, have been careful not to do anything which would stir up antagonism between the two white races. A recent speech of Mr. Beyers, the Minister of Mines, at Johannesburg, is a case in point. " I and my colleagues," he said, " do not think of where a man was born or where he hails from, but only of his attitude towards South Africa once he is in South Africa " —commendable sentiments.