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Show LADY ROBERTS IN BALLOON. -r - Queer Tale Told the Boers Near Pretoria. Pretoria, Tuesday, July 31. Mrs. Botha was the guest of Lord Roberts at dinner yesterday evening. - The Boer animosity to President Kruger Kru-ger grows on account of the fact that he and his officials are persuading the people that South African republic paper money is as good as Bank of England notes, because it Is based on Inalienable state securities, even though the state should be conquered. As the English have not recognized this contention, many burghers have been ' ruined and much misery prevails. The wives and children of the poorer-Boers are almost starving. General Botha's force Is kept together by extraordinary Inventions. This correspondent corre-spondent has seen an official circular asserting as-serting that Lord Roberts was forced to retreat south of the Vaal and that Lady Roberts escaped in a balloon. |