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- ↑ Minutes of Proceedings with Annexures (Selected) of the South African National Convention held at Durban, Cape Town and Bloemfontein, 12th October, 1908, to 11th May, 1909. Cape Town: Cape Times Limited Government Printers. 1910.
- ↑ Scully, William Charles (1921). Sir J.H. Meiring Beck: A Memoir. Cape Town: T. Maskew Miller. p. 71.
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- ↑ Scully. Sir J.H. Meiring Beck: A Memoir. pp. iv.
- ↑ Scully. Sir J.H. Meiring Beck: A Memoir. p. 72.
- ↑ Scully. Sir J.H. Meiring Beck: A Memoir. pp. vi–vii.
- ↑ Scully. Sir J.H. Meiring Beck: A Memoir. p. 73.