Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News TE AROHA TIMES & WATORONGOMAI ADVOCATE. THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1900 CRONJE SURRENDERS.

Te Aroha News, Volume XVI, Issue 22207, 1 March 1900, Page 2

Te Aroha AND Ohinemuri News TE AROHA TIMES & WATORONGOMAI ADVOCATE. THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1900 CRONJE SURRENDERS.

Although expected by most people, yet the news flashed to our shores, yest‘ rduy morning thut Commandant Cron jo had decided to. capitulate, was received with joy by one and all’. His position,, surrounded as he was by the- pick of the British army, all' ready to do or diefor their county’s sake. Recent cable messages have been of a somewhat ,contradictory nature.. However, the authenticity of the news regarding the unconditional surrender of Cronje and his 7000 men, is correct beyond a doubt. The success which has followed Lora Roberts’ movements since ,his arrival' at the .Cape, go to show the able and thoughtful manner in which he has conducted his march. We congratulate the General on the victory - achieved —occuring as it did on the anniversary of Maj’uba Hill. No doubt the- capitulation of Cron jo’s army wall hasten the termination of the war.- We hope it may be sou

THE WAIHI RAILWAY, To-morbow will Be a red letter day in the hißtory o! Karangahake, when the 'opening ceremony in connection with the Paeroa-Waihi railway takes place. The honor of turning the first sod' ka 9 been given to the Hon. J. G, Ward r who will be assisted By the Member for Ohmemur£ r Mr Jackson Palmer, It is expected thatthe Governor of N.S.W, Ear! Beauchamp,, the Premier r and other celebrities will be in attendance. The necessary arrangements are being made .by the Ohinemuri County Council, and it Is expected a large number of the public will witness the Geremony, * # * * * A RED LETTER DAY FOB YOUNG NEW ZEALAND, Thk Bight Hob the Premier is said to know the way to the heart of the voter better than any other man in New Zealand; it is certain that he knows the way to. the heart of the voter of the future; for the scholar of to* day cannot regard with indifference the man who secures him an extra holiday, j Yesterday, upon the receipt of the Agent-General's cablegram announcing the capitulation of Cronje r the wires were set tingling throughout the length and breadth of the colony; and presently was placed in the hands of head masters and Chairmen of Committees, the Premier's suggestion—- “ That as a fit ting means of impressing upon the children the national importance of this great event, the Agent

General’s eabic-gram be- read to the ;scholar<: immediately upon their assembling. and that the occasion he •celebrated- by the granting of a holiday.” In Te Aroha, as in pro bablv nearly every place in the land, .the suggestion was adopted. All the children of the local school were as* sembled together ; the cablegram was read and its significance explained. Ihe children were evidently impressed —more especially with the part of the message that referred to the holiday. A verse ©f “ God Save the Queen ” was sung p cheers were given for the soldiers fighting in South Africa, and the British Empire ;: and the children patriotically went home.