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Disturbances on the Witwatersrand
Anon
Description:
3 UK Government Reports on the Miners Strike on the Rand in 1913 on the issue of the recognition of Trade Unions. The S.A. Government alarmed at the growing violence ordered out Imperial Troops to quell the violence. The centre of Jo'burg became a war zone with many killed and injured. The Reports contain explicit details of the riots, names of the killed and injured and a folding plan of the scene of the riot. Reports Nos. Cd.6941 19pp. folio; Cd.6942 27pp. folio; Cd. 7112 65pp. folio. The last being the Report of the Witwatersand Disturbances Commission, in original printed blue paper wraps
Details:
- Publisher: HMSO
- Publisher Place: London
- Date of Publication: 1913
- Edition: only
- Binding Condition: stitched as issued
- Overall Condition: very good
- Size: folio
- Lot No: 97
- Hammer Price: $100
- Bids: 1
- Visits: 28
- Estimate: $100/120
- Reserve: $100
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Seller Details:
- Name: Roger J. Knowles
- Address: Unit 1 Image Business ParkEast Cannock RoadHednesfordCannockStaffordshireWS12 1LT
- Contact Person: Roger J Knowles
- Country of Origin: United Kingdom
- Email: rogerjknowles@btinternet.com
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- Trade Association: PBFA / Ephemera Society
- Additional Information: Founded in 1980 the business specialises in all aspects of the history of Britain and its Colonies with an emphasis on original manuscript items, printed documents and ephemera. Subjects of particlar interest are Travel, Military & Naval, Earth Sciences, Natural History and Ethnography. We are members of the PBFA and the Ephemera Society whilst Roger is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (Scotland), a member of the Society of Archivists and the Council of British Archaeology.
