THE BOER WAR.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 3 September 1901, Page 2

THE BOER WAR.

[per PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.] London, September 2. The Waterval-Hamanskraal train was derailed jn a cutting.

Th 4 Boers. üßriai j at close quarters killed ID and wou* ded 17 out or an escort 0f46, chiefly 1 lelonging to the West Siding Regiment, . In the fight »k Joskraal on the 28th, five British) were killed and twelve wounded. , , Goods for comm excial purposes to the value of a milKon , were imported into the Transvaal! dori mg the half year ended June. A body of won aen looted Jaggersfontein, conveying tc . their- farms everything of value.. Measles areraf ring in the concentration camps.: Of 10657 ’ deaths in July, 860 were children. Ever; is being done for the sufferers teg ;ardless of cost. Captain H. F f. Schofield, of the Artillery, was aw a: -ded the Victorian Cross for bravery at Colenso. , Dartnell bei nmands a column of Irregular Horse , Karri Davies. accompanyJ ing it. The < object of the column is to chase De Wf ,t. Received' this day, at 922 a.m.

London, September 2. Ministers i for Mines and Native Affairs, Postmaster -General and Directors of Hallways i and Bdncation in Transvaal have been transferred to nicer offices at Johannesh urg, where Milner’s official residence "will be. The < Server nme-nt Secretary and legal financial! advisers remain at Pretoria. All f sonilies of Boers on commando will her teeforth be transferred to refugee «amps a long the coast. Colon el Spons in bringing 20 prisoners, 2,400. of übtle and 80,000 sheep to Kroonstad bad a sharp fight wounding nine Boers. # Becei nad this day at 10 12 a.m. London, September 2. Many Boers turned King’s evidence in connect! ion with the public court-martial at Preto ria. Two oath-breakers’ evidence was foi .■theeming. They rejoined and conveyr >d to commandos arms and clothing dnr ing the night. Several trials are pending {. * Comt nandants Heitzof and Lategan have e vacuated Coleshnrg and Petrusville districts, and are now in the Orange Colony*