CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 22 May 1902, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

The Transvaal. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS. The advices received by .“The Times” and “Daily Mail ” from Pretoria are less reassuring in regard to the result of the deliberations of the Vereeniging Conference. The conference is attended by 160 delegates. The “ Daily Telegraph" states that the Liebenberg commando has voted for peace. RECENT CAPTURES. Reuter’s Capetown correspondent states that four hundred Boers were captured, including a hundred rebels during the “ drive ” to the Bechuanaland blockhouses, west of the Transvaal. MR SEDDON AT DURBAN. Replying to ’the Duri an Corporation’s address of welcome, Mr Seddon said that New Zealand desired peace on an everlasting basis. If more men were wanted, more would be sent. Mr Seddon had an enthusiastic reception. Mr Seddon addressing the Australian Association at Durban, emphasised the necessity for solidarity and unanimity in the good and noble work of the Empire. The only conclusion to the war that was possible, he stated, was unconditional surrender, though brave fighters would be treated with Britain’s traditional generosity. MISCELLANEOUS. The notorious train-wrecker, Jack Hindoo, has surrendered at Balmoral, a station on the Delagoa railway. The War Office has informed Mr John Morley that Lord Kitchener thinks it unnecessary to further detain Mr Albert Cartwright in South Africa. The wholesale.purchase of mules in the State of Missouri on behalf of Great Britain has suddenly ceased. Latest. * PEACE ARRANGEMENTS. .. Mr Wessels at Amsterdam, statedthat any arrangement sanctioned by Steyn and Schalk Burger would be binding on Boers, while outstanders would be justly regarded as outlaws*