The Transvaal.

Manawatu Herald, 24 June 1899, Page 2

The Transvaal.

i la view of the present tension th Government of Oipe Colony has -ent batteries and a large quantity of munitions of war to Kimberley. Thß Right Hon. J. CbamberlaiD Secretary of State for the Colonies, states that a claim has been presented o the Tranßvaal Government on b«half of the widow of Mr Edgar, th^ civilian who was shot by a Boer c-'i.-L able on thf occasion of a d ; - -.urbanca outside Mr Edg'ir'd hou in Johannesburg some month^ag.i. The military forces here are being h»ld in rpadinesa for any emergency in the Transvaal. In the event of an outbreak .of hostilities, General Sir Redvers Buller, Commander of the Force* at A'dershot, will assume supreme con trol of the troops in South Africa. The local volunteers, have been >rd«red to hold t,hems"lve3 in midiness for any emergency. Meetings of burghers he'd at Ol.erk^dorp and Potchefstroom passed resolutions in favour of further reforms thin those promised by President K'-ug< r - The London •• Daily Telegraph " abates that the Transvanl. burghers are being armed by the Boer Execu rivp. The " Times " announce^ th.it a meeting of the Afrikander Bond has

heed p >sip n^d in conniqupnce of a declaration by Mr J. F. Hoffmeyr, l<>ader of th« Afrikander parry in the Cipp AssHuibiy, that he and others are making strenuous ifforts to bring *b'>ur. a settlement which will prove siisfactory to ail parties concerned. The Baer* near Kimberley are now actively drilled. The H>n C. T. Ritchie, President # •f thi 6 ard of Trade, in a speech at Croydon, recommended the practice of patience with, and firm and continuous pressure on, the Transvaal Government. i The " Daily Mail." states that Great Britain has practically decided to gradually send forty thousand men to the Cape and fiif teen Ihoasand from India. The Hon W. P. Sohreiner, Premiar cf Cape Colony, is hopefully u?iog his influence with Mr Kruger with a view to an amicable settlement.