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See also:ALIWAL See also:NORTH , a See also:town of See also:South See also:Africa, on the south See also:bank of the See also:Orange See also:River, 4300 ft. above the See also:sea, and 282 M. by See also:rail N.W. by N. of the See also:port of See also:East See also:London. Pop. (1904) 5566, of whom 1758 were whites. The town, a trading and agricultural centre for the N.E. See also:part of the Cape and the neighbouring regions of See also:Basutoland and Orange See also:Free See also:State, presents a pleasing See also:appearance. It contains many See also:fine See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone buildings. The streets are lined with trees, and See also:water from the neighbouring See also:sulphur springs flows along them in open channels. The river, here the boundary between the Cape See also:province and Orange Free State, is crossed by a stone See also:bridge 86o ft. See also:long. The sulphur springs, I m. from the town, which yield over 500,000 gallons daily, are resorted to for the cure of See also:rheumatism and skin diseases. By See also:reason of its dry and bracing See also:climate, Aliwal North is also a favourite See also:residence of sufferers from See also:chest complaints. In the neighbourhood are stone quarries. Aliwal North is the See also:capital of a See also:division of the province of the same name, with an See also:area of 1330 sq. m. and a pop. (1904) of 14,8J7, of whom 40% are whites.
Aliwal North was so called to distinguish it from Aliwal South, now Mossel See also:Bay, the seaport of the See also:pastoral Grasveld See also:district,
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on the See also:west See also:side of Mossel Bay. Both places were named in See also:honour of See also:Sir Harry See also:- SMITH
- SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
- SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
- SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
- SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
- SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
- SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
- SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
- SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
- SMITH, G
- SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
- SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
- SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
- SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
- SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
- SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
- SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
- SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
- SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
- SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
- SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
- SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
- SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
- SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
- SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
- SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
- SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
- SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
- SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
- SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
- SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
- SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
- SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
- SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)
Smith, See also:governor of Cape See also:Colony 1847—1852, Aliwal (see above) being the See also:village in the See also:Punjab where in 1846 he gained a See also:great victory over the Sikhs. See also:Crossing the Orange River at this spot in See also:September 1848, Sir Harry noted that it was " a beautiful site for a town," and in the May following the town was founded. In the See also:early months of the See also:Boer See also:War of 1899—1902 Aliwal North was held by the Boers. It was reoccupied by the See also:British in See also:March 190o.
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