THE BOER WAR.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 14 September 1901, Page 4

THE BOER WAR.

[per PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT.]

London, September 13,

Schecpers’ rebels agree in stating that the Boers in both districts have decided to surrender before the loth. Lord Methuen’s losses were great at Marico, being 15 killed and 30 wounded.

The Boer General Lcmmer and FieldCornet Joubcrt were killed and 30 wounded.

Lord Methuen captured 300 vehicles, 15,000 cattle and 150,000 sheep. Dr. Loyds. Messrs. Wcsscls, Fischer, and Wolmarans on Tuesday appealed to the Hague for arbitration on the disputes leading to the war, adding that Great Britain violated the rules of warfare. Two Frenchmen were arrested at Lorenzo Margues on the charge of dealing in the contraband recently found on the frontier.

Peter Mascyn, a Cape Justice of the Peace, was sentenced at Kimberley to live years for accepting office under and actively assisting the invaders ; also Daniel Skuil.

The Cape Parliamcnt.has prorogued to November 20th.

Wellington, This Day.

The Premier has received advice from South Africa that the steamer Afric left Capetown on the 9th instant, having on board ten members of the various colonial corps for New Zealand, who will tranship at Sydney.

The Premier received a letter from the nursing sister Nellie Redstone, who left New Zealand to serve in the South Africifn military hospitals, stating that she had the honour of being one of the six nurses selected for presentation to the King for the war medal; after the medals had been presented the King sent for sister Craw and the writer and both the King and the Queen had a long conversation with them. Nurse Redstone is returning to South Africa shortly from England.

An officer of the Sixth Contingent, writing in July, says :—“ This war will last at least eighteen months longer, every one out here seems to think. It is impossible for any one who has not seen the country to realise the difficulties wo have to encounter. The fact that our detail camp under Sergeant Ferguson at Daaspoort, a few miles from Pretoria, was attacked a few nights ago, shows that the enemy arc still determined to cause as much annoyance as possible. However, we know that their supply of ammunition must in time become exhausted, and no doubt wo will wear them oui by constantly keeping them on the move. We sleep in bivouacs made by stretching two blankets over an upright between two sticks—not in tents, as many people at homo seem to think. It is very cold at night?, and the men on p : cket suffer in:onsoly from the hard gusts.”—The Wellington Post.