The attitude of leading citizens throughout the country is that of quiet confidence. General De Wet is advancing extraordinarily bitter Nationalist differences, and ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 31 Oct 1914, Page 13
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