AN ECHO OF THE BOER WAR.
A pleasant echo of the Boer war comes with the announcement that Thomas Griffin, aged 25, an exsoldier of the Scottish Borderers, who fought in South Africa, has been notified though a 'London firm of solicitorc that a Boer lady intends to send him lietween £M) and t4OO. Crillin gave his coat to the lady, who was with a lar<w> number of refugees in an uncovered train. He pitied her. especially because she had two small children, one suffering from enteric. A storm was coming at the time, and the lady, who was a veldt cornet's wife, thanked him in Dutch, and made him understand that she wanted his name and address. Tbe onlv things he had were a jack-knife, which he used to open bully-lieef tins with, and his visiting card, which he gave her.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 25 July 1907, Page 4
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142AN ECHO OF THE BOER WAR. Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 25 July 1907, Page 4
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