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SOUTH AFRICA AND
AUSTRALIA.
STIMULATING RECRUITING.
CAPETOWN, July 27.
Captain Carmichael, for morir Minister
of Education in New South Wales,
who arrived at Capetown to-day, stated
in an interest that he was authorised
by the Prime Minister of Australia to
place before the South African Prime
Minister a scheme for bringing the two
Dominions into closer touch, primarily
with the object of stimulating recruit-
ing by an interchange of delegations,
but also with the object of promoting
intercourse between the two countries
He said there was a striking sameness
about them a similar atmosphere, dormant
wealth, and a big future-but at
present the great void between them
was the lack of common interests. He
referred to the absence of news from
Australia in the South African press,
and a scene of so His idea was a permanent
system of exchanges covering
the political, commercial, farming, and
journalistic interests, which would have
a binding and progressive influence.
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