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The Weekly Intelligencer
Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri
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In Transvaal, 1,400 Dutch railway employees and families expelled for refusing British military transport work during the Boer War; officials to be sent to Europe, per proclamation reported June 23 from Amsterdam.
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Employees and Officers of the Netherlands Railway Refused to Do British Military Transport Work.
Amsterdam, June 23. - The Netherlands Railway company, of South Africa, has received official notification of the expulsion from the Transvaal of 1,400 employees, with their families. The Dutch consul at Lourenzo Marques telegraphs that a proclamation has been issued to the effect that the company's officials, who refuse to do British military transport work, will be sent to Europe.
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Transvaal
Event Date
June 23
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expulsion of 1,400 employees and their families from transvaal; officials refusing british military transport work to be sent to europe
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The Netherlands Railway company of South Africa received official notification of the expulsion from the Transvaal of 1,400 employees with their families. A proclamation was issued stating that the company's officials who refuse to do British military transport work will be sent to Europe. The Dutch consul at Lourenzo Marques telegraphed this information.