AT VRYBURG.
The reason for the suicide of Mfljor-Soott, the rfficpr in charge of the Mounted Police at Vryburg, wbo took his life when the abandon men 1 cf the town by the Biiti-h wa deoided upon, is now apparent.
Ik transpires ihifc ib^ .«urrpnd'-T of the town bad been prearranged by means of a plot b> twpt n the B "t---and prominent- nrmbra of tbe Afrikander Bond who were in the Government service in Beehuanaland.
The anxiety attended upon the tffacovery of this circumstance preyed upon the unhappy officer's mind, and led to his self-destruction.
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Manawatu Herald, 28 October 1899, Page 3
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96AT VRYBURG. Manawatu Herald, 28 October 1899, Page 3
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