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Year
1900
Month
5
Day
19
Article Title
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Author
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Page Number
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The British nation rejoiced with exceeding great joy because the relief of Ladysmith was effected on the anniversary of the battle of Majuba Hill. In that rejoicing St. John joined heart and soul. But the news of the relief of Mafeking came yesterday with peculiar significance to the residents of this city, who were in a quiet way celebrating the anniversary of the Landing of the Loyalists, May 18, 1783. It brought St. John in electric touch with the present scenes in South Africa and drove home to all loyal hearts the fact that wherever and whenever the British flag floats it is that emblem of liberty for which men are willing to stake all and to dare all.