Background
BLAKE, Frank was born in 1877. Son of John and Mary Blake.
BLAKE, Frank was born in 1877. Son of John and Mary Blake.
Privately. Engaged in free lance journalism for some years. Went out to South Africa, 1900. Assisted in founding the Rand Daily Mail, 1902, becoming foreign editor of that paper.
Held n roving commission as Special Commissioner of the Mail, and investigate l the alleged Repatriation scandals in the Free State, 1903.
Represented the journalists of the O.R.C. at the 184 Imperial Press Conference, 1909. Editor of the Bloemfontein Post since 1906.
Club: Bloemfontein.
Spouse 1900, Emily Mercy,daughter of late Edward Priestly Morris, R.N.