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 bride sailed from Cape Town on their wedding trip to England on the same day that Mr. Grünstein and his friend arrived in Cape Town for the purpose of doing five and three years respectively on the Breakwater.

Very shortly afterwards there was a large extension of British territory north and west of Griqualand, the reasons for which were not wholly political. Mr. Burrows, under his real name, is now a Director of De Beers and a millionaire several times over. Some day the Kimberley Mines may be exhausted. It may be a very long time before that happens, but should it come to pass in their life-times, it will be an event of absolute indifference to that gentleman and his colleagues.