Word: queene
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...acquired by the Uitlanders on the understanding that the government was to receive royalties on it. The continual flow of capital into the Transvaal gives proof that the mining interests were not injured by the government. A counterpetition, signed by more men than had signed the petition to the Queen, declared that the signers were satisfied with the condition of affairs in the Transvaal. Finally, a peaceable solution would have resulted without the interference of England...
...race contempt of the Boers for the English is very rife. The unendurable condition of these despised Outlanders caused them to complain to the Queen, as British subjects, on the grounds that they had no share in the municipal government, no chance for naturalization, no rights for their school children, and were oppressed in every way. In the original establishment of the government, the Dutch had promised that the Boers and Outlanders should have equal rights and priviliges. This promise of course has been utterly disregarded...
...March, "Queen of Sheba," Gounod...
...March, "Queen of Sheba," Gounod...
...also decided to have the annual dinner of the club at Young's on May 24, the Queen's birthday...