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KIMBERLEY, B. C.

GLOBE HOTEL

FRANK CARLSON, Proprietor
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FULLY LICENSED

Kimberley, B.C.

BROWN’S GARAGE
HUDSON AND TERRAPLANE
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Kimberley, B. C.

THE KIMBERLEY MOTORS

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had been built and were being policed by
the Natal Railway Police and the wharves
of Durban by the Water Police; these
forces together with the Magisterial Police
and Convict Guards were all merged into
one force; the Natal Police. Ghaeles the
new Police Act the magistrates, who here-
tofore had taken some part in the detec-
tion and investigation of crimes, were re-
lieved of such duties, which were now
handled entirely by the Police. To this
new body a Criminal Investigation Depart-
ment was added under Inspector W. J.
Clarke, who had seen the working of the
C.LD. at Scotland Yard and was able to
model his department on the lines of those
employed in London. It soon became ap-
parent that a staff of trained, intelligent
natives would be of great service to ‘this
department, but hundreds of natives had to
be tried out before a candidate of any prom-
ise could be found. One of the greatest
problems was to get a native detective who
could be depended upon to conceal his
identity. On one occasion two natives were
chosen to work on a sheep stealing case.
They were coached carefully and warned to
use the utmost discretion. Looking very wise
the pair of them went out, but returned
later and explained that they could not very
well go on because they had no badges to
show that they were members of the police
force. There is one great difficulty which
the native detective has to contend with.
When a Zulu is seen walking through the
country every native he meets asks what his
business is, where he is from and where he
is going to. The arrival of a strange native
is always reported to the local chief and
the whole tribe grows suspicious until they
know everything about him.

THE BOER WaAR

The Natal Police took a very active part
in the Boer War of 1899-1902; from the
beginning to the end the field force was
constantly on active service. Orders were
issued to all police in Northern Natal to
be ready to retire from the large Boer
Army which commenced to cross the passes
of the Drakensberg as soon as war was de-
clared. The detachment at De Jager’s Drift
was left to watch the movements of the
enemy across the Buffalo River. The men
of this detachment, a sergeant and six
troopers, were all captured with their
horses except one trooper, who hid him-
self when the Boers galloped up, and made
his way to the British lines under the cover
of darkness.

When the first battle of the war was
fought at Talana Hill on October 9th, 1899
Colonel Dartnell with a small force of the
Police accompanied General Penn Symons,
who was mortally wounded in the fight.
In this battle the British drove the Boers
from their position on the hill, but had to
retire next day, being vastly outnumbered
by the enemy. Then followed another
Boer defeat at Eland’s Laagte, where two
hundred of the enemy were captured. These
ptisonrs were escorted to Pietermaritzburg
by a party of the Police Field Force.

By November 2nd the town of Lady-

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M. KOPER
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P.O. Box 207
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Muraca’s Grocery

Groceries, Fruits and Vege-
tables, Flour, Feed, Etc.

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