On the Eve of the War: A Narrative of Impressions During a Journey in Cape Colony, the Free State, the Transvaal, Natal, and Rhodesia, September, 1899, to January, 1900C. Scribner's Sons, 1900 - 147 strán (strany) |
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Strana 30
... train , like other mail trains leaving for Natal and the Cape Colony , was crowded with refugees ; it was by the merest good fortune that we had not to travel in cattle trucks ; and the custom of seeing friends and families off at ...
... train , like other mail trains leaving for Natal and the Cape Colony , was crowded with refugees ; it was by the merest good fortune that we had not to travel in cattle trucks ; and the custom of seeing friends and families off at ...
Strana 31
... TRAIN 31 compelled to start the mail trains from the suburb of Braamfontein , and steam them through the central station without stopping . Uitlander cheers and Boer hoots , never- theless , greeted our start from Braamfon- tein , and ...
... TRAIN 31 compelled to start the mail trains from the suburb of Braamfontein , and steam them through the central station without stopping . Uitlander cheers and Boer hoots , never- theless , greeted our start from Braamfon- tein , and ...
Strana 128
... train passes here and there a typical old Dutch farm , with white walls and rounded gables and a thatched roof , a centre for sheep - grazing or fruit - growing ; and for fruit - growing there is still in this neighbourhood a good ...
... train passes here and there a typical old Dutch farm , with white walls and rounded gables and a thatched roof , a centre for sheep - grazing or fruit - growing ; and for fruit - growing there is still in this neighbourhood a good ...
Strana 136
... Umtali was a " toy " line with only a 2 ft . gauge , and we had to change trains at Umtali to get on to the 3 ft . 6 in . gauge of the THE BEIRA RAILWAY 137 Mashonaland railway to Salisbury ; but 136 TRAVELLING IMPRESSIONS.
... Umtali was a " toy " line with only a 2 ft . gauge , and we had to change trains at Umtali to get on to the 3 ft . 6 in . gauge of the THE BEIRA RAILWAY 137 Mashonaland railway to Salisbury ; but 136 TRAVELLING IMPRESSIONS.
Strana 137
... the line was in too bad a state to go up the hills after dark , and even next day the second half of our train twice came off the rails . The speed is of course always low . On K 2 our return journey at the end of Decem- ber our.
... the line was in too bad a state to go up the hills after dark , and even next day the second half of our train twice came off the rails . The speed is of course always low . On K 2 our return journey at the end of Decem- ber our.
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On the Eve of the War: A Narrative of Impressions During a Journey in Cape ... Evelyn Cecil Úplné zobrazenie - 1900 |
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Afrikander Bond alliance article coming Author To face BEIRA RAILWAY Bloemfontein Boers Britain BRITISH DESPATCH British South Africa Bulawayo burg burghers Cape Colony CHAPTER Chartered Company chief concession Convention corruption customs union Delagoa Bay difficulties Dominion Dundee DUTCH FARM England English and Dutch equal political rights Evelyn Cecil farmers feeling fighting force franchise Free Stater gauge granted grievances hand hostile Imperial Light Horse independence Jameson raid Johannesburg journey justice Ladysmith land Leyds LOYAL DUTCHMEN Majesty's Majuba Mashonaland Massi Kessi Matabele ment miles military mining Natal natives Netherlands Company official opinion Orange Free peace perhaps Photograph Pietermaritzburg place or country present President Brand President Kruger Pretoria probably question Raad RAADSAAL race-feeling Reitz Rhodes Rhodesia scarcely Sir Alfred Sir George White South Africa South African Republic Steyn tion Town Trans Transvaal Government travelled treaty TREKKING troops uitlanders ultimatum Umtali VAAL RIVER veldt Volksraad vote WASH-AWAY Zulu
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Strana 56 - Such approval shall be considered to have been granted if Her Majesty's Government shall not, within six months after receiving a copy of such treaty (which shall be delivered to them immediately upon its completion), have notified that the conclusion of such treaty is in conflict with the interests of Great Britain or of any of Her Majesty's possessions in South Africa.
Strana 57 - Convention, no other or higher duties shall be imposed on the importation into the South African Republic of any article coming from any part of Her Majesty's dominions than are or may be imposed on the like article coming from any other place or country...
Strana 58 - Majesty's dominions than are or may be imposed on the like article coming from any other place or country; nor will any prohibition be maintained or imposed on the importation into the South African Republic of any article coming from any part of her Majesty's dominions which shall not equally extend to the like article coming from any other place or country. And in like manner the same treatment shall be given to any article coming to Great Britain from the South African Republic as to the like...
Strana 58 - ... country, nor will any prohibition be maintained or imposed on the importation of any article the produce or manufacture of the dominions and possessions of her Majesty, which shall not equally extend to the importation of the like articles being the produce or manufacture of any other country.
Strana 55 - The South African Republic will conclude no treaty or engagement with any State or nation other than the Orange Free Stabe, nor with any native tribe to the eastward or westward of the Republic, until the same has been approved by Her Majesty the Queen.
Strana 55 - The Government of the South African Republic will strictly adhere to the boundaries defined in the first article of the Convention, and will do its utmost to prevent any of its inhabitants from making any encroachments upon lands beyond the said boundaries.
Strana 9 - But, as your friend, I must tell you plainly that I entertain grave doubts whether the path which the Afrikander Bond has adopted is calculated to lead to that unity and fraternization which is so indispensable for the bright future of South Africa.
Strana 20 - ... Such a conclusion would be unjust, and he trusted no gentleman would draw it. He trusted the House would feel that if he waived all these topics, it was because he did not consider them as necessary to the illustration of the arguments he had to submit on the present occasion. He should, therefore, for the sake of argument, and for the sake of argument only, grant that the present war was a just, prudent and necessary war, a war entered into for the interest of this country and for the general...
Strana 102 - Moreover, it is wholly against God's Word to let strangers carry on the administration, seeing that they cannot serve two masters at the same time.