LATEST HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS.
kkutf.r's tbt,eoram, per press association). Loudon, December 20. The Telephone Company lost their case versus the Post-office on the question of the legality of erecting wires. December 21. Latest advices from the Cape state that the Boers have occupied Heidelberg, and formed a republic. Cruger has been elected President witjiout violence, the citizens not using any rer sistance.
Three hundred London constables are going to Ireland to assist in preserving order.
The Postmaster-General is now pared to establish telephones. Further telegrams to hand from the Cape regarding the rebellion in Transvaal announce that the telegraph lines between Heidelberg and Pretoria were cut before the Boers proceeded to the former place. The news of the outbreak was however soon received at Pretoria, and the Governor of Transvaal (Sir George Colley) at once gave orders for all available troops in the district to be dispatched without delay to Heidelberg where the Boers ai'e, as already announced, in complete occupation.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 22 December 1880, Page 2
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