South Africa.
SETTLEMENT OP BOER
FAMILIES.
Leading men on the Rand have secured options over the Witwatersrand extension, on which gold has been found thirty miles eastward. , It is reported that Mr Reitz, formerly Secretary of State in the Transvaal, is going to. Paris., to negotiate for the settlement of Boer families in Madagascar. Lack of transport is hampering the re-settlement of Boor families on their farms, and some are returning to the towns. Agents are trying to persuade discontents to emigrate to German territory and to Madagascar. Farmers complain that a syndicate of burghers is baying horses and mules at the military sales, and reselling them at from £6 to £lO profit.
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Manawatu Herald, 19 August 1902, Page 2
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113South Africa. Manawatu Herald, 19 August 1902, Page 2
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