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(.Urgent Press Telegram.) _ J*: (Extraordinary Press Association.) ' *"* Received May 30, at 12.54 a.m.,-^T ' London. May 3^?^ An official cablegram has been receiviSj^ stating that the British have captured^ Johannesburg. ' ONE REPUBLIC WIPED OUT. Received May 30, at 910 a.m. * gjk London, May 29. 19 The British formally annexed the. Orange Free State yesterday. "•-*? KRUGER'S CANT AND .- HYPOCEISY. -rf : President Kruger is urging the burghers }<• to avert God's wrath by abandoning loot and observing two days' humiliation ' and prayer. .-<*?
A REIGN OF PANIC. Panic and confusion reigns throughout the Transvaal. MAFEKING RELIEF COLUMN ON^.
THE MOVE. The British have occupied Zeerust, about 15 miles north-east of Mafeking, -; and a large force is marching on *rLichtenburg, about 15 miles south-east of Mafeking. A HOWL FOR TUCKER, (Received May 30, at 10.5 aTttn) Brisbane, May 30. A letter from a member of the Queensland Imperial Bushmen states that when the transport got to sea the mien were put on Imperial rations of bread and tea all three meals. I ■ All the contingents howlr'd together like jackals till the office^ provided cheese and biscuits. (
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 6709, 30 May 1900, Page 2
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