Mr. Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in the course of a letter to an elector, states that as the former republics of the Orange Free State and the ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 1 Oct 1900, Page 5
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