The Transvaal.

Manawatu Herald, 3 November 1900, Page 2

The Transvaal.

♦ CAPTURE OF STORES. | Major-General French's troops I have captured many cattle and a ! great quantity of stores, and have killed or captured 100 Boers. KEEPING BACK THE RUSH. Lord Kitchener opposes the indiscriminate return of outlanders to the Rand. He; insists that those talcing part in the fighting should have the first chance of returning. THE NATIVE SHOOTING INCIDENT. Smith, the Cape policeman charged with shooting a native, has been acquitted, the Court holding that he was executing the order of a superior officer — Captain Cox, of New South Wales. PUNISHMENT OF TRAITORS. Male Boers over fourteen years of age in the vicinity of Bloemfontein have been brought to town to prevent their rejoining commandoes. All the Boer houses between Dundee (in North Natal) and Vryheid, in the south-east Transvaal, have been burned as a punishment for treachery. The Boer women and children are being sheltered by the British. STEYN REFUSES TO SURRENDER. The efforts made by the burghers of Pretoria to persuade General Botha and the other Boer leaders to end the war failed. Ex- President Steyn refuses to see the bearer of the flag of truce. BOUND FOR CEYLON. Two hundred and fifty Boers captured at Jagersfontein have been sent to Ceylon. COLONIAL CASUALTIES. The following casualties . are reported : — Trooper Bolding, Victoria Bushmen, died of enteric fever ; Montgomery, New South Wales Bushmen, killed at Zeerust ; Trooper Lynd Queensland Bushmen, killed at { Buffelspruit. i VAIN WAITING. It is generally believed in Pretoria that the Boers are awaiting the result » of Mr Kruger's visit to Europe before surrendering. I MISCELLANEOUS. : Lieutenant-General Hunter' 3 force

has expelled the Boers from Ventersburg, about twenty-five miles south of Kroonstad. A telegraphist escaped from Philippolis, and by tapping the wire outside the town summoned relief, thus saving the little garrison. The pastor of a local Dutch Church has been sent away, on the ground of harbouring Boers, who were making attacks on the British. Prince Christian Victor, when leaving England, expressed a wish that if he died at the front he should be burried with his comrades. It is expected the burial will take place at Pretoria.