LORD ROBERTS.
The ex-Commander-in-Chief of the Army is being feted in right royal style in his journeyings through the new colonies; and, as a matter of fact, is being somewhat bored with the attentions that are paid to him, for he has more than once expressed that his desire is to go through the land in an unobtrusive manner. Gallant old "Bobs," however, is always gracious, and, though he is not given much leisure, makes it appear he is enjoying his visit to the country he conquered. The function at the Wanderers', Johannesburg, on Sunday, 30th October, when Lord Roberts presented medals to some hundreds who served in the Boer war, was attended by a huge crowd. THE HIGH COMMISSIONERSHIP. Here on the Rand very little attention is ■paid to the rumours as to Lord Milner's efcrly retirement from the High Commissionership, and the names suggested as to his successor, save that of Lord Curzon, have ' been received with something like derision. The general opinion is that Lord Milner has no immediate intention of forsaking South Africa.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2650, 28 December 1904, Page 62
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