THE OLDEST TOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Pot.chefvtrnom, seventy mile mile south-west ot Johannesburg, is th oldest town in tho Transvaal, havin: been founded in l'v)d by tno Vourtrekke Potgiehr. It; Ht'Gi it cwsml to be th. capital, the. seat oi governmeuv belli transferred to Pretoria. Potchelstroor is situated on the Tuor.i River, and : pictui ectjuoi y set of; by numerou woeping iviliows and luxuriant vegetf tion. lis population h about 2,000, av; there are valuable gold roofs in to neighbourhood aor yet {•■.’iy davdopet Xa 1802 it wasthe e-m&j of c. Btubboi* fight between two Boer sections, who it" was bombarded by the present M Kruger, and Bturcadcred with tfco lo: of one man. , *>• ‘"v, p,
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 186, 5 April 1902, Page 4
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116THE OLDEST TOWN IN SOUTH AFRICA. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 186, 5 April 1902, Page 4
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