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AFRIKANDER BOND CONGRESS. Four hundred Afrikander Bond delegates, many Dutch clergy and members of Parliament attend the
congress at Worcester, Cape Colony. AN AMEER PLEASED. The Ameer of Afghanistan is delighted at the British success in South Africa and eulogises the bravery of the troops. OUTFLANKED DE WET. Colonel Pilcher, in the fourth batile, spiritedly outflanked De Wet's right, enabling Major-General Knox to expel the Boers from all positions and drive them northward. RAND RIFLES. Twenty thousand Sand Rifles are being enrolled, on a basis of voluntary training, for defence purposes. It is intended as a model of similar corps throughout the Empire. DUTCH PASTORS IN REVOLT. A meeting of 40 pastors of the Dutch Church at Stellenbosch, Cape Colony, adopted the manifesto declaring the Independence of the Republics is the only condition of peace. THE KAISER'S ATTITUDE. The Envoy at Luxemburg informed Kruger that, concerning arbitration, the Emperor stood severely aloof from South Africa. FRENCH'S SUCCESS. Lieut. -General French, operating in the Eastern Transvaal, expelled 500 Boers from the Losberg district, and captured many prisoners and thousands of cattle. GALLANTRY OF NEW ZEALANDERS. Mr Seddon has received the following cablegram :— " All accounts confirm gallant conduct of Cradock's men at the battle of Rhenoster-kopje. They beat back a most serious attack and afterwards carried the enemy's position after the Yorkshire and Irish infantry had been repulsed."
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Manawatu Herald, 8 December 1900, Page 2
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