Biography and Scholarship News from the Era
The piece surveys interest in an official Cecil Rhodes biography and notes publishers expect a work after his will, while highlighting Miss Helen FE Wallace as Melbourne University’s Shakespeare scholar, the first woman to win the prize. It also mentions Mother Gray’s Powders, a war auto saving test, a testimonial from J Wu Brey, and a Norwegian oath custom with fingers symbolic of the Trinity and body and soul.
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Helen FE. Wallace
Melbourne
Australia
Norway
von Donop
Lord Methuen
Transvaal
Delarey
Lord Kitchener
Egypt
Tramsvaalers
Hionil Steyn
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Boer Leaders Sign Peace Terms Debated in Pretoria
A special correspondent reports shifts among Boer delegates led by Schalk Burger and Steyn on peace terms. Delarey and De Wet pressed for strong concessions while UK Milner notes and a cipher message guided the negotiations. Delegates demanded restoration of civil government after a year, vetoed by British terms and eventual acceptance of limited self rule.
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