CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 137, 1 July 1901, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

I (Br EL' CTBIO THLSaBAPH.—OOPTWOHt.) .j —•:—

THE BOER WAR.

FURTHER LARGE OAPTUBBB. CURIOUS CREDULITY OF BOIRS. PRAISE TO COLONIALS. FEB PKEBB ASSOCUTIOIT. Received 29,9.80 «.m. Londojt. June 28. Ma:orß-G t ner«l OampMl's and Bar* ley'ri columns between Bethlebent and Ma riscnith ciptured 13 waggoni, a quan ity of grtiu and salt, horae* and iheep. Ti.ey brought 250 women and chiHren into th" refugee camp*. Major-General Sir Frederick Car-i-ingtot!, at a bmquet, mid the Aua* rult. Saul Canadian t in South Africa' under bim were the nicest man he hid cwr commanded. 00l nel Sir Hurry Rnwli'imn visiW n difficult part ot t'e H'lls district, and found the Boon p'oughi* g and sow ng in he belief that the war had end d in their favour* He arte t\\ them. A FRAUDLBNT OONTBAOTOB. Loudon, June 28. In connection wi'h Sir Blundell Map'e's r cent complaint* ag to tha worthletsne<s of Hungarian horeee purchased by the War Office, a BudaPesth newspaper, Pater Lloyd, saya tbe British Government* as defrauded to the extent of £275,000 by the contractor, who suppied blind hones aolt for work. RIOHMOND GARKI-ON'B LOSSES. Received 30, 4.33 p.m. London, June 29. The Richmond Garrison lost aiz killi d and six wcundtd while defending the town against. Malan's attack. BOKRB ATTACK BRITISH BLOKHOUBW . RBPULSED WI I'H SEVERE LOSS. ARMOURED TRUN DOES GOOD BEKVIOE. MORE BOKR SURRENDERS. Received 1, 1.2 aa. London-, June 30. Lord Ki'cVeuer «epor»s that >be Boer.* aua k.d two bl ckhouses on tbe on the Dili-goa lni n> ar Brugspruit on the u : ght of the 26th. An armoured train dispersed the attacking pary, who lsft four dead on field and o.rried a «ay 20 casualties. T.ienty-tHr e Irrsea uud tome carta we r e ciptu'ed, Tbe Britih hid fur men slightly wounded. Oorntt Lopli z and 44 men hare surrecder<d at Petersburg.