After the War.
By E'cctric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Per Press Associtiou.i!
Lonjjok July 10.
Dr Wesscl and General Grobakr, Kruger'a counsel'orj. who recently arrived in London, tried to get passports to South Africa, and wero told to address all petitions to Lord Milncr. Tho King and Queen havo pignod the handkerchief used as a flag of truco when Captain AY. B. AVation, of Sydney, demanded tho surrender of Pretoria. The Princo of AA'ales, Lords Roberts, Eitchonor and other generals also signed it. &'&i Lord Kitchoner, in a despatch dated Juno 1, dealing with tho final operations of the war, is eulogistic of the patience, tenacity, and heroism o£ tho Imperial and colonial forces, whilo be recognises tho manliness and far-sightcdn<;s3 of the Boer lenders when' the terms of peace vrcro discussed. He mentions, among other colonials, the gocd work in February of Lnnce-Corpora! Gregory, of the Seventh Now Zealandcrs, whoso coo! ne3s and grasp of tho situation at Harrismith on February 21th enabled the attack to be repulsed. ScrueantWajor Keeble and fivo of tho A 7ictoiian Mounteds aro mentioned for the gallart capture of Boers single handed at Rhenostor Eop in May, 1901.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7352, 21 July 1902, Page 4
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