CABLE NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 44, 2 March 1901, Page 2

CABLE NEWS

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RBPORTBD BUfOiaUDKH OF BOTHA. HKRTZOG JOINS JWC WJTXpnt PUKSB ASSOCIATION.' Received 1, 8.51 a.m. London, February 28. An announcement, which was declared to be official, was made that General Botha had snrroudared to Lord | Kitchen: r, but later the reported surrender wan st'itod to be unofficial. A previous message stated that General Botha was moving toward* General Viljoen's headquartere at Reoseukraa'. Commandant De Wot recently advised Commandant Jlortzog that unless the raid into (Jape (Jjlony was a signal fuccess he hitd better,consider the advisability of surrendering. Commandant Hert7/>g has effected a junction with Commandant De Wet and Mr ots yn, and the three are camped together on the south bank of tha Orange River. Colonel Thorn«yeroft is pissing towards them from tho west, and other commanders are converging to intercept them in every direction. Cmiraandant De Wet is preparingto move eastward, acrosj the i ail way, between Normal's Pont and Naauwpcort, NEW ZEALANDEB9 AT ZEKRUST. DISCOVERY OF BUBItfD AMJdUKI TION. HERTZOG'S BRUTALITY. (Received 1, 9.1 a.m.) London, February 28. In an engagement on Saturday with De Wet, two commandants and 209 of De Wet's followers were captured. A force of New Zralandere at Zeerust shelled the Boers southwards of the town and compelled then to remove their laagers, i'hey also captured some cattle. Mr. Kruger has been informed that his grandson, Piet Kruger, and hia son-in-law, Commandant Malon, both serving with General De la Rey'a commands, were recently killed in an engagement in the Rustenburg district. The Boers is the Pietsrsburg district, north of Pretoria, are runniug trains southward as far as Warm Bitht, watching an opportunity to destroy the Piendar's River bridge. in Saturday's engagement with De Wet a fi.fi ean-pounder was captured by Onptain W. 0. Marcer, of the Coldstream Guards, and Privates Sheenan, O'BrUn, and Graen, of the Victorian Mounted Rifles. At Zeerust has been constructed bomb-proof entrenchments and entanglements. General French's scouts discovered a cannon and ammunition buried by the Boers. Sir Alfred Milner confirms tho report that Hertzog flogged a Kaffir named Esau at Oalvinia with fatal results. The conflicting statements regarding General Botha's surrender are the outcome of his wife's return to Pretoria after urging her husband to yield. Mr. 8\ John Brodrick stated in the House of Commons that nothing official with reference to the surrender had been received. BOTHA'd OFFER TO SURRKNDKR. ORANGE RIVFR IN FLOOD. Received 1, 11.18 p.m. .London, March 1. The Daily Ne.im ftat«s that Botha has offered to surrender upon certain term?. The negotiations continue. Lord Kitchener is still at Middleburg. Torrential rains have rendered the Onnge River imp \sfable for some day*. Received S, 0.23 am London, March 1. Private D. McCoreon, N.Z. Rough Rienr, died of enteric at Krugersdorp. Lieuts. Bank, Sommerville, Fiteherhert, and Tucker, with Golentl Robin, are discharged from hospital and have resumed duty, RETURN OF INVALIDS. Received 2, 0 28 a.m. London, March 1. It is now stated the Toogariro coavays to the colonies the invalided Australians. SEVENTH CONTINOSNT. Wellington, March 1. The number of the Seventh Contingent in camp to-day w:s 210, made up as follows : —Wellington district, 80; Auckland district, 63 ; Otago and Southland, 67: Wellington, March 1. The Premier has received Advice that 13345 Private J. Brown, of Hamilton, Auckland, Fifth Contingent, died at Lichteiiburg on December 18. The Premier has leceivrd information that the following members of contingents «'eie leaving Hobart for N«w Zetland on Friday, Ist inst., by ii'j Mokoia: - Surgaen Arkland, Sergt. Matsau, Corporal Jones, Troopers Warren, Digfun, McKay, Watt, Woodward, Sp'neer, Wallace, Browa, and U'ys i; aU), the tullowing meu belonging to unrioub South African corps:— Anson, Bithurst, Mathuson.