ROMANTIC FRIENDSHIP
BOER WHO SAVED LIFE OF PEER ENDED BY DEATH JOHANNESBURG. June 12, Death has just ended one of the most romantic friendships ever formed—a, friendship between a Brihsn Peer and an old Boer trooper. During the Anglo-Boer war. in a skirmish near Tarkastad, Cape Pro1 1 ICO, Lord A ivian. then a subaltern in tbp 17th Lancers, was at the mercy ol the Boar. Jan Borrius. But Porrius did not shoot; he spared (lie- Englishman's life. Lord Vivian never forget. The incident began a. Incudship that lasted 35 years with a frequent exchange ol ’letters. . And now Jan Borrius, whose, father was Government Printer when the Transvaal was a- Republic under President Pan! Kruger, has died mJohaitensburg.^ An outstanding wreath on his grave was made of British Legion Handers poppies. It emno from Lord Vivian —the man who owed his life- to Jan Borrius.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 12911, 13 July 1936, Page 2
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