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Manawatu Herald, 2 June 1900, Page 2

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JOHANNESBURG SURRENDERED. THE WAR PRACTICALLY OVER. Lord Roberts, abandoning the idea of entering Johannesburg, received the submission, and hastened to Pretoria, from where he sent officers to Johannesburg to dictate the surrender. The rapidity of the recent successes has created surprise and exultation in Britain, and dawning satisfaction on the continent is especially shown in the tone of the Bourses. English newspapers agree the war is practically over, and the future task will be the policing and the pacification of the Republics. The Free State has been named " The Orange River Colony." General Buller is continuing bis* advance. The Boers at Dornberg, Transvaal frontier, have withdrawn. General Lyttelton is marching on Vryheid, General ,Snyman, who conducted the seige at Mafeking, has been wounded in the foot, and has retired. Two Australian prisoners, who escaped from Waterval, have reached Mafeking via Lobatsi. They state they were -treated like common • felons because tfeey -were colonials. ' THE FLIGHT OF THE , BOERS. Delagoa Bay reports state that the Netherlands railway is blocked by Boers and goods going to Lydenburg. Two of Brabant's officers and forty men were captured at Ficksburg. Major-General Hunter reached Geysdorp, and is marching to Lichenburg. A split has occurred in the Cape Parliament. Schreiner and Solomon favour annexation of the Republics. CAPTURE OF RIDGES SOUTH OF THE RAND. The British have occupied Heidelberg. Lord Roberts cabled on Wednesday night, that at the Commandant's request, he had deferred entering Johannesburg for twenty-four hours to avoid disturbances in the town, where there were still many armed burghers. Major-General Hamilton, on Tuesday, supporting Ceneral French's cavalry, captured the ridges three miles south of the Rand, which were defended by several guns. The chief casualties were amongst the Gordon Highlanders and City, of London volunteers.