HC Deb 31 July 1913 vol 56 c713
28. Mr. OUTHWAITE

asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can state the most recent occasion previous to the present on which Imperial troops were sent to the Witwatersrand in connection with a labour dispute?

The SECRETARY of STATE for the COLONIES (Mr. Harcourt)

The only other occasion on which troops were sent to the Rand for the preservation of order was in 1907.

Sir C. R. HUNTER

I should like to ask the right hon. Gentleman if the hon. Member for Hanley (Mr. Outhwaite) did not take a prominent part in that strike in Johannesburg?