CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 29 September 1900, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

The Transvaal. DENUNCIATION OF KRUGER. In a speech in the Legislative Assembly, Sir Gordon Sprigg (Premier of Cape Colony) stated that ex-Presi-dent Kruger was not only a capitalist but a thief— he had stolen the moneys of the Republic. The speaker said he hoped the Portuguese authorities at Delagoa Bay would compel him to disgorge his spoil. English newspapers are urging that it is Portugal's duty to secure the State documents now in Mr Kruger's hands. VILJOEN TRYING TO JOIN DE WET. General Viljoen, with his commando from Komati Poort, has followed the Selati railway, intending to effect a junction with General Christian De Wet. RAIDERS REPULSED. An attempt to destroy the railway at Roodoval Spruit, in Orange River Colony, was defeated. A waggon load of dynamite was captured. MISCELLANEOUS. The locomotives found at Barberton are valued at half a million. IN PURSUIT OF DE WET. A strong flying column under Colonel De Lisle has left Pretoria in pursuit of General De Wet. '■ Each trooper has two horses, and double teams accompany the guns, transports and Cape carts. DESTRUCTION OF BOER MUNITIONS. The Boers sent fifty truckloads of ammunition to Delagoa Bay before they surrendered, and also burned much ammunition. Mr Bennet Burleigh, war corresponof the Daily Telegraph, saw near the

Crocodilfi river acres of damaged gun ammunition, damaged limbers, waggons, detonators and stores. He also saw at Komati Poort hundreds of tons of damaged ammunition, a large number of broken rifles, tents and large quanties of damaged provisions and baggage. Mr Kruger yielding to the request of the Portuguese authorities, persuaded Commandant Pinaar not to destroy the Komati railway bridge. Twelve guns, the majority of them damaged, were found at Hectorspruit, a station on the Delagoa railway, about 20 miles from Komati Poort. The whole of the railway rolling stock lately in the Transvaal is spread for eight miles along the Selati railline. The rolling stock that has been captured is all in good condition, except some burnt waggons and carriages. It is stated that the Portuguese officials at Delagoa Bay have sent emissaries to the Boers urging them to yield. COAL FOR THE NAVY. The AfJTvr."!* I*/1 */ hn.«? ordered 5000 tons of American coal for delivery at the Bermudas, and 2500 tons for Halifax, to be used by the warships on the station. RELICS OF KOORNSPRUIT. Two twelve-pounders, belonging to the "Q " Battery (captured by the Boers at Koornspruit) were among the guns found at the Crocodile river