BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 247, 14 December 1900, Page 3

BOER WAR.

DB WBT STILL FIGHTING. KRUGBB NOT TO VISIT ST. PETERS. BURG. ■ PHE PBESS ASSOCIATION. Beceived 13, 10.31 p.m.

LohijON, December 12. General Knox is engaged in a running fight with Da Wat n'. Ne<v Helvetia. The enemy is m vn? towards Reddersburg, where the 1M Mi force is waiting. Russia has reqn sled K:n»'flr tomfrain from visitirg S:. Pet raburg. M. Beaufort told Ktuger 'hat the initiative of arbitrati n belonged to a great power.

nrJDDIOIOUS MRMBKRS OF PARLIAMENT.

XKCOUBAQING THE QUHEN'ft BNEMIES.

DBTOBTISG MB. OHAMBKHLUN'B BPKBOHBS.

.... BeceWed 13, 0.34 a.m. Ixctdon, December 13. In the Honse of Commons the denunciations of Sir A. Milner by Sir Robert Reid, the member for Dumfries Burghs, and Mr. James Bryoe, member for Aberdeen South, provoked a stormy scene. .

, Mr. Bredrick declared the speeches were Calculated to encourage the Queen's enemies; He complained tbat Mr. : Ohamberkia'g speech had already been - distorted in Seuth Africa into a con- ,-, fesaon of weakness and an admission that' Britain was weary of war and ;, ready to concede anything, whereas the speech was in strictest conformity with t the spirit of Lord Reberto' proclauationsi '-. ' x ' ~ _____ ; ...■■'■ bobrs still aotive.

CTJTTIHS RAILWAY COMMUNICATION.

■Seoeired 14,12.34 a.m.

London, December 13,

A commando of 300 Boers, with two ' guns, destroyed five .miles of railway between Alkmaar and Wespruit. . Communication with Barberton is *at.

JfBAISKWOBTHY ACTION OF THE WAR ' . OFFICE.

DHSDITABLS OFFICERS REMOVBD.

Itfcetad 14, 12.27 a.m.

Lo*WHr, December 12.

The War Office has removed from the volunteers three officers including a colonel of the First Warwickshire Artillery for horse play at Parkgate Chap. a Other officers threaten to resign un;j|eas they are re-instated. TBS COST 01 THE WAB. LOOKINO UP THE ASSETS OF THE j TKAKBVAAL GOYBRNMENT.

(Received 14, 11.34 a.m.) LoHDOir, December 13,

In th> House of Commons, Sir Hicks* Beach reiterate! ths hope that a considerable pwtioa of the cost of the Transvaal war would bo borne by tiio Traiißvaai. It was intenued to send Bur David Miller Barbour, a wellknown financial authority, to report on ton assets of the Transvaal.

THKBBTUKNING TROOPS. . Receive* 13, 9:40 a.«. . Amdahl December 13. Th« question has been raised whether the Imperial Bushmen, who returned UTalid>d were to be discharged or retnrMd to South Africa upon recovery. Tka Government cabled Lord Kitoh•Mty and a reply has been received to efliet that he (Ljwl Kitchener) ■liMliVe all those who were medieally fittontoraed. The men are surprised, M ihor ooaaidared themselves praeti-

HoßiftT, Decernl er ?3

Tht Wniworn brought fifty soldier* including Private Bisbae, a wiener of the Victoria Grose, and the fjlluwi..g New Zealaodere:—Gunner M. Sutherland, Farrier Logan, Privates II Shemeid, J. Hogg, K. Birnott, W. .Bennett, Fordham, Le Gr.ng-, U. H. Golden, H. Laulls, S. Cuuw, A. Roberta, R. Johoaon, Smo*thHy,LW(', Gameroa, McOonway, D.nva , N9l.nr, andMnlcahy.

Wemjnoton, December 13,

1 Three of the returned troopei s by the Mean* whose names have hitborto been incorrectly rendered are Bugler-Major Murray, Corporal Steele, and Trooper Hallsall, of the Imperial Transport Service.

Dummnf, December 13. TheOity Council has voted an extra .£IOO to the Mayor's salary to mce- ihe §xp«UM of the reception of tin Harlech Oaatle troopers, - Owing to the confusion of da tot o" the.retarn of the troopers tha Mayor intends to recommend the abandonment of * reception on Thureday. A number of private cables say a number of tbe troopers have determined to stay in Sydney over the jubilee.