The Man who Saved Natal.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7974, 10 November 1905, Page 4

The Man who Saved Natal.

Considerable interest is faken by old rcsiikuis in Natal in a memorial wlixh is promos,il iii comincau ration of Hick King's famous ride from Durban lo (irahaiuslov.n, a distance of lilHI miles, by which he brought relict lo Ihe iailish troops and ttl Natal from the Dutch, Captain J. C. Smith, '.villi a small supply oi provisions and oiil\ a lew men. was haul pressed [,y the Dutch, li-ut thought thai ii In- could only send a message overland to the Cape he would gel ri-infoK't'iiunls. It was deeiih d thai Kicharil King a"(l a l»allir named Nilougtiii (who is si ill .ilive ai Harding) should untie;!,il;e the journey. The kallir, however, did not g* very far, so that King prartically travelled alone, lie had (>llO iniii-s in from of 'him. through a langerous country, and many rivers ,o cross. This lie aceompi.sliel in itn days, or, more accurately, eight lays. King delivered the reinforcements arrived, i.'ie Dukli were 'beaten, and Natal' was savttl. A ineuiorial tablet to King was creeled in St. Paul's Church, Durban, and it is in th'at town, appropriately enough, that Mr W. Painter, the lion, secivtnry and treasuivr of the utmoria! fund, is prepared to receive subscriptions, however small, from 'old colonists," that iheir n.iliits may be includul in ihe list of subscriptions.