The Smuts-Gandhi Agreement

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LEFT MADRAS OCTOBER 13, 1860
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Dedication
Introduction 3
Editorial 7
Foreword by His Excellency C. R. Swart 9
Religious Blessings 11
Mayoral Greetings 15
Industry's Gra,.titude 18
Political Prophecies 21
Goodwill Messages 25
• The Search for Indian Labour 28
India Comes to Natal 45
Triumphs and Tribulations 67
Smuts-Gandhi Agreement 87
Cancer in South African Soil 95
The First Hundred Years 111 a number to
Questions and Debates 123
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Injustices and Discriminations 127
List of Legislated Laws 135
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The Workers' Movement 141
Natal Indian Cane Growers 145
Sugar Cane Cultivation 149
Sincere Greetings to The Indian Community
Glendale Sugar Estate . 155
on this l 00th Anniversary, from Cambridge,
How to Meet the Quota 156 manufacturers of the famous Cambridge
Farming in Natal 159 33 shirt-the quality shirt that should cost
Mode of Indian Life 167 more, but costs less because we sell so
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Educati,on-A Story of Success 185
Commercial Enterprises 191
Spotlight on Sport 203
A Crusade of Faith 213
QUALITY TO THE HILT
Acknowledgements 216
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