MASSING OF COMMANDOS.
1 WAR MEMORIAL AT BLOEM- ,- '- FONTEIN. 3 f By Teloeraph—Press Aasooiition—GoeyristW 3 "Times"—Sydney "Sun" Special Cables. (Kec. December 10, 5.40 p.m.) ] Cape Town, December 35.. s Commandos of mounted burghers, carrying rifles and bandoliers, aro massing at Bloemfonteiu, with a large gathering of Dutch clergy, to celebrato tho unveiling of the memorial to those- who died in tho war, • (Press Association.) , (Rec. December IT, 0.35 a.m.) Capo Town, December 16. 1 Ten thousand Boers, including Gen- • oral Botha (Union Premier), are attending to-day the unveiling by Mrs. Steyno of tho memorial to the women and children who died in the British coiiceutra- - tion camps during th-e Boer war. i _' Tho town is full of armed burghers, s living in » great military camp near i the monument. Tho whoio demonstral tion is a manifestation of Boer nationi alism of a remarkable kind.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1934, 17 December 1913, Page 7
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144MASSING OF COMMANDOS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1934, 17 December 1913, Page 7
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