BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 84, 30 April 1901, Page 3

BOER WAR.

KKW ZEALAND HORSES FOR SOUTH AFKIOA. PER PRESS ABBOCUTICK. Received 29, 9.37 a.m. London, April 28. Tbe Hon. W. P. Be vts hes indued the War Office 1o order 500 to 1000 New Zealand horses for South Africa. COMMANDANT SCHKOKDER'S EURBENDKK. NSW ZBALANDEFS ASSIST. PFR PRESS ASSOCIA "TON. ReceiveJ 29,10.30 p ui. London, April 29. Lieut. Reii's qu : ck elese file into tbe Botr la-tg< r decided the em my as to the numb* r of the attacking force. Commacdaiit Schro'der used a Maxim, but scon surien'ered. Me nwhi'e, Col. Markhim's New Zealant'era arrived, and he!p:d to p-ev»nt tbe eceiny commucicatitig wi h o her ammandos. A Reuter mess ge states that the surrend-rs to Brigaditr-Gentral Plainer imlude an n-Landdros k . rfj Murmic, a great incit r of tie Cape] JDutcb, alto hi 4 son, a State tnginetr.

FLIGHT OF Sf HALKBURGKR.

A DIABOLICAL ACT.

Received 80, 1.l a.m.

London, April 29. Schalkburger and bis Government have fled from Leydsdo:p. Seventeen (f Kruitzinger's commaoVo looted a firm in tl e Oedock district and eprinkkd strychnine cve> the food wh : ch they were unable to remove.

bTOBBORN FIGHT AGAINBT LONG ODDS. (Received 30,1.3 a.m.) London, April 29. Twenty-five of the Princa of Wale?, Light Horse kept 400 Boer* at bay fof eight hoarc, five mile* from Kio:ristad, kil Ing fmteen Boers. Af'er their ammunition «as exhausted the) were op'uied, but subtequently released.

Received 30,1 6a m,

Svdsbv, April 29.

Tbe transport Torgariio, with th-. returned irocps, entered the hi ads at 11 o'ekek to-night.

RECEPTION TO COi. KOBIN ON Hl> RETURN.

DuSEDIS, April 29,

At a largely attended raeeiiug tl f ■citizens it was decided to give a cordis) Reception to Col. Robin ai d the mem [here of the com (agents returning b) fthe Tonsariror A strong committee Mru appointed. The reception nil! f

probably take the form o'. a p oc s-ioi', a lunclnor, and social ii the evening. It was les-o ved to make a substarit'.v r< cognition 'f Co'. Rubin's s rviet-F, aud a subsci-iptiin Is", limited to ore sLillti'g, was started in the room.

Gbeymouth, April 29. The Premier has received a telegram from the Governor General at Sydney, stating that 1 e had received a telegram from the General of Cdmmun'cations that the s eimship Salain 1 ft Capetown on 2nd April, haviig on board Captain D. 0 sgreve, and one of the New Zealand Rough Bideis.

CABLTC NEWS'

(By Ei. i ctio Telegraph.—Copyright.)