| Bleloch | William Edwin | | | He was born in London, Oct 2, 1863; is son of Robert Bleloch, of Hazleyshaw, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, and was educated at Saline Public School, Fifeshire. He entered commercial life at Glasgow in 1879; went to SA in 1889, spent five years travelling in Cape Colony, Orangia, and the Transvaal; settled in Johannesburg in 1894, and engaged in mining. On outbreak of war in 1899 he acted as war correspondent for the Standard with Lord Methuen's Kimberley Relief Column, then with Lord Roberts' Army to Bloemfontein and Pretoria. He was present at Graspan, Modder River, Magersfontein, Paardeberg, Poplar Grove, Driefontein, and all the fights up to Pretoria. He became Special Correspondent for the Morning Post, Sep, 1900, continuing to the end of the war. He wrote The New South Africa, published by Heinemann (1901). In 1902 he served on the Commission appointed to inquire into the Gold Laws of the Transvaal, and in May, 1902, became Joint Manager in Johannesburg of the United South Africa Association, Ltd He is a Director of the Federation Syndicate, Ltd, Orangia Main Reef, Ltd, New Transvaal Coy., Ltd, Jooste Claims Syndicate, Ltd, New Options Syndicate, Ltd, East Rand Gold Mine, and Alternate Director of The Premier Transvaal Diamond Mining Coy., Ltd His recreations are the study of geology and economics. Mr Bleloch was married on July 11, 1901. | Correspondent |
