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The New York Herald's Delagoa correspondent announces that the Transvaal has asked Lord Roberts for the cessation of hostilities. Colonel Baden- Powell's achievement is the chief theme in the American press. The Democrats and Tamraanyites alone are feting Mr Fischer and Colleagues. London -within a few days subscribed £10,000 towards the Mafeking fund. The illuminations in the streets of London are endless. A procession crowded the streets for hours after midnight. The Queen has expressed the greatest gratitude and thankfulness at the relief of Mafeking. The Boers from Bethleham are returning there from the south. They are trying to draw General Rundle into the hilly country north of Ficksburg. General Buller has sent a force to expel the Boers from Zululand. The Boers anticipate an early closing of the Delagoa- Pretoria railway. It is officially announced that General Clery's force has arrived at Ingogo. Lord Dundonald captured some prisoners and a few wagons. The Queen has congratulated General Buller, on the re-occupation Dundee. _■— —
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Manawatu Herald, 22 May 1900, Page 2
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