This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ... a land surveyor by profession, but he has made politics the principal business of his life. He entered the Cape Parliament in 1869, and has sat continuously from that date until the general election in 1904, when he was defeated at the poll. From 1875 to 1878, and again from 1881 to 1884 he sat in the Cabinet as ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ... a land surveyor by profession, but he has made politics the principal business of his life. He entered the Cape Parliament in 1869, and has sat continuously from that date until the general election in 1904, when he was defeated at the poll. From 1875 to 1878, and again from 1881 to 1884 he sat in the Cabinet as Commissioner for Crown Lands, and from 1890 to 1893 he was Treasurer-Gen a portfolio which he subsequently held in 1899-1900. Mr. Merriman is a good debater and an exceedingly able man, but he is a mass of prejudices, which have inclined him to every extreme--Bond-friend and Anti-Bond. No party, consequently, has felt that it could absolutely depend upon, or trust, him politically. His natural asperity of manner and innate disagreeableness are disadvantages which he appears to cultivate for the express purpose of alienating support and making enemies. In fact, he has been described as an excellent type of a gentleman who has deliberately cast off the manners of one. As an apologist for rebellion, he urged that Cape Colonials who rebelled during the late S.A. War should receive full compensation for losses caused by the invasion of the Colony. Mr. Merriman is a member of the Council of the Univ. of the Cape of Good Hope as representative of the Colony of Natal. He married, Sept. 16,1874, Agnes, dau. of the Hon. J. Vintcent. MICHAU, J. J., M.L.A., was returned at the general election in Feb., 1904, as Bond Member for the electoral div. of Riversdale in the Cape Parliament. MICHELL, Sir Lewis, M.L.A., J.P., of Edingight, Rondebosch, C.T.; Rhodes' Buildings, C.T., and of the Imperial Colonies Club, is a descendant of an old Cornish family. He was born at Plymouth in 1842, and was educated at Christ's Hospital. He was for many years Gen. Manager of the ...
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