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Detailed lists, results, guides : 74 wordsBefore the Boers deft Calvinia in the west of Cape Colony they flogged several officials for refusing to reveal where arms had been hidden. They also flogged the ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Mon 18 Feb 1901, Page 5
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