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Identifier: southafricatrans08cres (find matches)
Title: South Africa and the Transvaal war
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Creswicke, Louis
Subjects: South African War, 1899-1902 Transvaal (South Africa) -- History
Publisher: Edinburgh : T. C. & E. C. Jack
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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South Africa and its Future Durban the distance is 483 miles ; from Port ElizabetlT, 785miles, and from Cape Town, 1000 miles. The Transvaal Governmenthas the whip in hand, and it is hoped that it will use it so that allSouth Africa will be brought into line on the question of moderatefreight and passenger rates. At present goods are pouring into theTransvaal at the rate of 21,000 tons per week, and in addition thereare 8000 tons being brought up weekly for the military, but if ratesare not lowered, this great railway activity will prove only transient,because it is certain that at present the internal industries aremaking no progress, and consequently trade must fall off. In conclusion, a word may be said of the important part playedby South African railways in the late war. A German strategistpredicted that with the existing railway systems of South Africa itwould be impossible to feed an army of 250,000 men in the interiorof the country. Yet it was actually done, and not for a brie

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