Hi Folks Please join me in welcoming Glen Kruger to the List. Hope you going to be very happy with us. I'm not sure what surname you are researching, so have used your surname as a guide to add a snippet of news from an Eastern Cape Newspaper. Herald, 3 Dec 2004 by Ivor Markman The week ending December 3, 1904. The steamer Batavia, carrying the remains of ex-President Paul KRUGER, steamed slowly into Table Bay with her flags at half-mast, and dropped anchor almost unnoticed and unrecognised, but when the steamers in and around the docks became aware of its identity, they dipped flags. The committee was received on board about two o'clock this afternoon. Dr LEYDS, who watched the preparations from the bridge, looked the picture of health, while Vice-Admiral McLEOD, of the Dutch Navy, personally directed all arrangements. The vessel will stay in the Bay until Thursday afternoon when she will be brought alongside the south arm and will occupy number two berth. The special funeral train arrived in Cape Town on Monday evening with Generals BOTHA, George BRAND, A D WOLMARANS and others, and a bodyguard of eight aboard. In Pretoria, owing to the dangerous condition of the tower of the old Dutch Reformed Church, in which Mr KRUGER's body will lie in state, the Public Works Department have ordered the immediate demolition of the spire and upper portion of the tower. Bad bricks and the rainy weather have caused rents to appear in the walls and partial sinking. Klerksdorp The first magistrate of the small community that settled on the banks of the Schoonspruit in 1837, Jacob de C'LERQ, gave his name to a town founded by Voortrekkers and built by gold mining. The discovery of gold in 1886 saw thousands of prospectors descending on the quiet rural aggregation of Klerksdorp. Today, Klerksdorp is the centre for a large mining and agricultural economy and has the second largest grain co-operative in the world. The Railway Station and Old Flag Room Opened by President Paul KRUGER when the line from Krugersdorp reached the town in 1897, Klerksdorp's first national monument. Best wishes Becky