FIGHTING IN SOUTH AFRICA

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2306, 13 November 1914, Page 6

FIGHTING IN SOUTH AFRICA

ROUNDING UP THE REBELS

Cape Town, November 11. * One hundred and twenty rebels were killed of wounded and twenty-five made prisoners in a fierce encounter with Colonel Kirk van der Venten at Zandfonteiu, near Warmbaths (seventy miles north of Johannesburg. Twelve loyalists were killed and eleven wounded.

Colonel Manie Botha, who was a wellknown fighting commander in the Boer War, with 200 loyalists, dispersed 400 rebels outside Kroonstadt (in the Orange River Colony, 120 miles northeast of Bloemfontein). TEN DAYS TO SURRENDER. ' (Rec. November 12, 9.20 p.m.) Caps Town, November 11. Official.—The rebels have been given until , November 21 to surrender their arms. Their leaders have been excluded from the amnesty. OUR UNITED EMPIRE IRISHMEN AND THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. London, November 11. ■ Mri T. P. O'Connor, in a speech at Glasgow, said he was gratified to hear five thousand Irish Nationalists in Glasgow singing the. National Anthem for the first time in history. It was a manifestation of the 'unity of the Empire that every Canadian, Australasian, and South African would die to the last man ratlier than exchange.the free flag of England for. the militarist enslavement of Prussia; ..-•

CABLE TRAFFIC VIA COCOS , ISLAND STATEMENT BY THE COMPANY. ."■ ' ' ; Sydney, November. 12. .The manager' of the: Eastern Extension Cable Company in. Sydney states that he understand , ;, but cannot say for certain,' that the cable was cut, but it has been temporarily- repaired. ■ He is unable to say whether the damage prevented traffic going through the Cocos Island station, but messages have been received from it. In any case, the bulk-of the traffic >yent by the other route, via Port Darwin. LIKE A BRAVE; MAN * ■ HOW CARL LODY DIED. ' (Rec. November 12, 8.15 p.m.) • ■ London, November 11. The condemned German- spy, Carl Lody, was imperturbable to the last. He refused to be blindfolded, and was executed in the miniature rifle range at the Tower.at down, He seated himself in a chair, and folded his arms. The eight rifles of the 'firing party then rang out. Ho was buried in the precincts of the Tower. -...•'..

MISCELLANEOUS

FAMOUS SCULPTOR'S TRIBUTE TO THE BRITISH. ' . .

• (Rec. November 12, 8.15 p.m.) ■ ; . London, November 11! ' M. Roden, the famous French Bculptor, has presented the British jeoplo with.twenty of his statues, iii token of his admiration for the British soldiers fighting in France.. .•'.••'..' '

COUNTY CRICKET AND THE WAR. (Ree! November 12, 8.15 p.m.) London, November 11. The Marylebone Cricket ■: Club has awarded 'ho county championship to Surrey, though two matches were not played owing to the war.: A NICE THREAT I (Rec. November 12, 11.20 p.m.) " . ' New York; November 11. Tho "Tribune" quotes a member of the German Embassy at Rome as stating tliat when the Germans landed in Britain, if the men and women resisted, they would treat them exactly as they had treated tho Belgians. - ;' CANADIAN CONTINGENTS. (Rec. November 13, 0.20 a.m.) Ottawa, November 11. Major Gashman; a ,South African campaigner, is communicating with New Zealanders, Australians, and South Africans,in Ontario, with a , view to organising a battery of artillery to accompany the second Canadian contingent. ■. _'■ • ' ... THE POPE AND THE PEACE CON- . FERENCE.. . London,. NoTomber 11 The Pope has expressed his intention of participating in the Peace Conference at the conclusion of the war, with a view to the transformation of the law guarantees into an international agreement binding all the great Powers. .. . ■ • ' ■..■■'. „■■■ ' ' . GERMAN-NAMED STREETS IN MELBOURNE. Melbourne, November 12. Some of the suburban councils.are.altering the German-named streets to British. In otio instance "Bismarck" becomes "Kitchener!" LIQUOR DRINKING IN WARTIME. London, November 11. Reginald M'Kenna (Home Secetary) promised a deputation to consider the prohibition of the sale of liquor to women before midday. \ He said that BJrice the war there had been a reduction in drinking throughout Great Britain, but ;n increase among women. — ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" Sevices.)