THOSE WERE THE DAYS!
" jT~. A READER who knew somdjpwie, who knew somebody else who. knew a man who took part in the siege of Mafeking, sends us a story about the gentlemanly procedure of that phase of the South African war. His friend's friend's friend recalled how polo and cricket used to be a favourite Sunday amusement defenders. (Hostilities always ceased on the This sport, in time, extended on quite a large scale., and the defenders got up gymkhanas, concerts, horse shows and even a baby show! The news of this unseemly Sunday hilarity soon reached the ears of the Boers, who were characteristically perturbed by it. At last Snyman, one of the Boer commanders, sent a message in to Mafeking stating that he disapproved of Sunday games and that if the defenders persisted in continuing them he would very reluctantly be obliged to cease observing the Sabbath!
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 75, 8 July 1942, Page 4
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149THOSE WERE THE DAYS! Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 75, 8 July 1942, Page 4
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