South Africa.

Manawatu Herald, 21 August 1902, Page 2

South Africa.

MR SEDDON.

Mr W. T. Stead, in the ° Review of Reviews,” says it is rumoured that Mr Seddon is impressed with the need of a strong statesman in South Africa, and intends becoming the leader of the Labour party on the Rand. Perhaps; adds the writer, he. aspires to the first Premiership of a South African federation, being attracted by the terms of Mr Rhodes’s will. ISSUE OF RIFLES. Stamped rifles, under a license fee of 10s are being issued to fit and proper persons in the Transvaal. Two hundred rounds of ammunition is allowed with each rifle. The sale of arms to unreliable persons is prohibited, ' POLITICS ON THE RAND. In reply to English criticisms, the Transvaal Political Association declares that its chief objects are to support Lord Milner, and to bring the British and Dutch together to co-operate in evolving a united nation. REPATRIATION OF BOERS. The repatriation of Boers in the districts recently annexed to Natal is progressing. Five hundred have enlisted in the border police of the new territory. THE VICTORIA GROSS. Shoeing Smith A. Ford, of the Horse Artillery, has been awarded the Victoria Cross for securing a gun under heavy Are in the flght at Tafel Kop, Orange River Colony, in December last, after the remainder of the gun team had been killed, THE CONSTABULARY. Twenty members of the Eighth New Zealand Contingent have joined the South African Constabulary.