The Transvaal.

Manawatu Herald, 31 August 1899, Page 2

The Transvaal.

♦ The Biitish Agent for Conyngham Greene) has informed British farmers in the Transvaal that they can disregard the prohibition placed by the Transvaal Government on the export of cattle. The convicts in Johannesburg fort have been transferred to Portchefstroom. < Refugees from Johannesburg are crowding into the various South African seaports. As the Transvaal Government has not signified its consent to the proposal of Mr Chamberlain for a joint AngloTransvaal Inquiry into the effect of the franchise concessions offered by the Transvaal Government, outlanders now demand that the British authorities shall carry out their intention to hold an independent inquiry. General Joubert, Vice- President of the Transvaal Executive, says he desires peace at any price except the sacrifice of the independence of the Republic. The burghers at Klerksdorp and Nigel (in the vicinity of Johannesburg) declare that they will refuse to fight for the Republic in the event of war unless the dynamite monopoly is cancelled* The Natal Government was requested to carry on its railways a quantity of empty cartridge cases consigned to the Transvaal Government. In contrast with the policy of the Government of Cape Colony, which lately conveyed a million cartridges from Port Elizabeth to the Orange Free State, the Natal Government declined to allow the consignment to pass. Mr Schreiner has also promised to be guided by Sir Alfred Milner hereafter, and he added that Cape Colony would be neutral in the event of war.