SOUTH AFRICA GRATEFUL.
FEDERAL DELEGATE'S MESSAGE TO AUSTRALIA.
SYDNEY, January 17
Sir William Lyne. has received a letter from Messrs. Frost.& Moore, the official representatives of Cape Colony and Natal at the Federal celebrations. They express themselves impressed with the prosperity and profound peace prevailing in Australia. "In our hour of need and sOre distress," they say, "Australia came unasked to our assistance, and gave hey best and bravest—a mighty deed which not only helped to save our colonies from the enemy, but added to the honour and prestige of the Empire. We will never forget it. On behalf of our fellow colonists we offer to those whose dear ones'will never return our most heartfelt sympathy, and assure them that the graves of the heroes who have fallen in the war will ever be cared for. The women of South Africa, with the assistance of the Government, have taken the matter in hand."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 15, 18 January 1901, Page 5
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