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...Brushed aside God Save the Queen as South Africa's national anthem in favor of Die Stem van Suid Afrika (The Voice of South Africa), a thundering Afrikaner hymn...
...swarms of sightseers climbed the monument's steps to gaze reverently at the bas-reliefs of Voortrekker heroes and other figures of South African history. At noon, a shaft of sunlight fell through an opening in the monument's dome upon the words "Ons Vir Jou Suid Afrika" (We for You South Africa), engraved on an altar 130 feet below. The crowd watched in solemn silence while organs played; at that moment, throughout the land, bells pealed from every town and village belfry...
...week George V, obliging, approved the principle that each Governor General shall fly a distinctive flag- as fast as these can be designed. Specifically His Majesty approved the brand new South African Jack. Design: the Royal Crest on a blue field, above "Union of South Africa," below Unie van Suid-Afrika. First to fly the new governor's flag of British-Dutch South Africa will be her new Governor General, George Herbert Hyde Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, great & good friend of His Majesty, owner of ruined Kenilworth Castle, onetime chairman of British Broadcasting Corp. Not eager to be first...