BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 197, 24 September 1900, Page 2

BOER WAR.

THE JOHANNESBURG PLOT. 500 AKIIEBTB. OOMI'BKSATION DEMANDED BY HOLi LAND FOK DEPORTATION OF BAILS WAY EMPLOYEES. ' [PUB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Hooeirod 22,9.20 &.m. London, September 21, Lord Roberto reports that the polio* discovered that foreigners in Johannesburg intended, on July Uth, to murder warmed officers and police on Joheanesburg racecourse, overpower the garrison, and seize the Government offices. The plotters wort acting in concert with a commando at SwartzkopJ On the night of tho 13 th 500 oftbi plotters were arrested, and the evidence against them submitted to the foreign consuls, who concurred in the arrests. Seventy-five of them were released on the responsibility of the foreign consuls, and the rest were deported. All the Nationalists at Johannesburg approved of the step taken by Lord Roberts, who states that few foreigner! were deported, except some employes* - of the Netherlands Railway Company,' They refused to work the railway under British oontrol, and wen proved to have been actively engaged is the war, The Government of Holland demands compensation for arrest* and deportation of railway employee*. "BLUE BAOKS"ATA DISCOUNT. 1800 BOERS THREATEN TO TREK TO SWAZILAND. MERCENARIES (BCUM OF THE EARTH) TAX ENERGIES OF PORTUGUESE. (Received 22, 9.18 p.m.) London, September 21, The Boers in Oelagoa are vainly demanding from the officials cash for their blue backs. Eighteen hundred Boer* south of Komati bridge are threatening to trek to Swaziland. The mercenaries who were fighting with the Boers have now taken refuge atDelagoa. They are the scum of the earth and are severely taxing the energies of the Portuguese. BOERS CAPTURE THREE AMBULANOEB AND CONVEY PRISONERS TO RUB- - WOMEN CLAMOUR TO HAVE PRISONERS SHOT. DE LA RAY RELEASES THE PASTY. Eeoflived23, 5.18 pm. London, September 22. The Boers at Rikapoort captured threo ambulances under Captain ParIcing, with Privates Maund. DonneUan, Harkness, Honry, and Hwknett, of the New South Wales Medical dorps, The women clamour to hare them all shot. The prisoner* were oonreyed to Rustenburg, where 370 Boers are also kept prisoners for refusing to break the the oath of neutrality. The ambulances were kept because they contained some Boer ride*, although these had been retained more is curios. De Li Ray released Captain Perkins md party with Privates Board and I'jsltur, New South {Wales Bushmen. otaiuiug Private Norri*, cf the Medial Corps, owing to illness. IN THE OIiANGEJtIVER COLONY. MARAUDING BANDS WITH ENORMOUS NUMBER OF HORSES. Received 22, 9.15 p.m. London, September 21. There are marauding bands of Botra in the Orange River Colony with an enormous number of spare hone* in splendid condition. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMB. RELEASED PRISONERS. CASUALTIES. Received 23, 5.15 p.m. J London, September 22. private Webber, New South Wales, escaped from Rustenburg and arrived at Krugeradoy, The following casualties are reported: —Private Orichton, Victorian, died of enteric; Private Oelsherwan, New South Wale*, severely wounded. The prisoners released at Nooiteedacht included Corporal Whtlan and four Victorian troopers who were captured at Puespoort (cabled July Bth), a party of 16 NewZealanders captured at Reitvlei, excepting privates MeLennan and Peterson (details cabled on July 21), the latter, it will be remembered, escaped from Nooitgedaoht by makiag a tunnel. The following were also released: Privates J. Harrison, W, McQaunon, and all the New South Wales, Victorian, and Western Australian troopers who were missing at Kosher River (cabled August 26*tb); Privates Wise and Hayes, New South Wales Bushmen; Baxter, New South Wales Mounted. "BANCO" PATTERSON EULOGBMBB THE NEW ZKALANDIRB. (Reoelvod 23,6.15 p,m.) Sydney, September 23. "Bango" Patterson, lecturing on the Australians in action, paid a high tribute to the New Zealaader*. He said ho regarded them as the best Australasians ecnt to tho w«r. This was probably accounted for by there being no boy oftietjb, but ml man of esDbj aud liiaturc.i experience, He ?|>ec;„i)v NEW ZEALAQ COTINSEBTB, RELEASED PRISONERS AT NOOIT. CfiJUACai', (Received 'Zi, 5.25 p.m.) Lw.vuun, iSi-puauk-r 22. Among tluw reloa.sud at Nooitgeliclit were T. u. Uivyor and T. Shor. vck, New Zeulaml Mounted itilics. RETURNED INVALIDS. ii(klv ;i), ftoptflmber 23. "' v! V ,'- ; ■ "'•

Permanent Artillery, who was with the Hotchkiss Battery; Troopers C. First Contingent, Wellington; Iffiuff, Second Contingent, Westland; ■ Nightingale, Fourth Contingent, Auck- * land; H. Furlong, Fifth Contingent, Wellington; and Troopers West, Onriatchurch, and Edwards, Auckland, both of Roberts's Horse. The men were met on the arrival of the boat by Colonel Pole-Penton, Lieut.-Oolonel Banks, and Captain Reid, who drove them to an hotel. An official welcome will take place to-morrow morning.