The Transvaal.

Manawatu Herald, 26 August 1899, Page 2

The Transvaal.

Three hundred Boers are laagered m the border, fifty miles south of Mafekiog. Orders have been issued by the War Office which are interpreted as indicating an intention to mobilise the Fi'Bt Infantry Brigade for service in South Africa, under Major-General Arthur Fitzßoy Hart, who com mands the First Infantry Brigade at ildershot. A Birmingham firm has received in order for the supply of fourteen million cartridges. General Joubert recently declared chat the Transvaal authorities were unable to make cartridges suitable for the Mauser rifles. The " Standard " declares that widespread treason exists among the Dutch population in Cape Colony and Natal, and that money and arms ire being distributed amongst them from Pretoria. It is rumoured that commands are iikely to be despatched to eeiza tbe detained ammunition which is now h?iog transferred to a troopship in Delagoa Bay. Various reports indicated that President Eruger has made a fruitless effort to concede to the out* landers five years qualification "for the franchise and a share in tbe Presidential election, with increased representatson, if Great Britain relingui9hes her suzarainty over the Republic. Mr Chamberlain Colonial Secretary has stated that such a proposal inadmissible,