RETURNING COLONIALS.
The Mayor of Capetown presented a 1000 returning Australians and New Zealanders with, souvenirs of j the campaign, and praised the fine exploits at Bothaville. It was there early in ■ November ' last that they took a prominent part ■ in inllicting a severe defeat on De Wet and capturing several guns. : The Mayor said he hoped that many colonials would return to South Africa. . ' They are taking the gun captured at Vet River to Australia. (Our cables state "that the colonials who leave • Capetown to-day are bringing to Australia a gun captured at Vet Iliver, Northern Orange River Colony. This will probably bo the Maxim captured by the Second New Zealandcrs, under Col. Cradock, and which after being stored at Pretoria was presented to the New Zcalanders by order of Lord Roberts. Lieut. Banks, of Auckland, and his men took a prominent part in the capture of the gun from the Boers.
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Thames Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 9906, 30 March 1901, Page 4
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