CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 137, 3 July 1901, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

(Br El*ctbio Tblbqraph.—Copybioht.)

THE BOER WAR

HUMANITY OF THE BRITISH. (PUB PBHSS ASSOOIATION.) Received 2,1 29 pm. London, July 1, A monster demons'ration of sympvthy with the Govrrninent in cont ection with the Stmth African war is irganisinp, and will ba held in the Guildhall. Huge crowd-, pieven'ed pro B;er meetings taking p!aca in the parks at Leeds on Sunday. A Swiss ex-Bur l-'cutenant named Pacbe, who his returned to Lausannp, has rubliehed st iking testimony of British humanity in the Transvaal. THE CAPS PARLIAMENT. Received 2, 10.47 p.m. London. July 2. Mr. Chamberlain, in the Home of Commons, ttated it was unlikely thut t'fe Crpe Pa-liament would reisssmble before October. Meanwhile tbe Government, on ilia Ministry's advice, issues warrants to meet tbe current expenditure, r lying on Parliament passing tie Irdemni'y Bill. N \TIV« TERRITORY INVADED. BOEB LOSSES IN JUNE. Received 56,4.2 p.m. London, July 2, Fouches commando enterei the Transkei native tcr.i cry, where horses; ard plentiful. } The natives are arming to ro-ist tbe invasiou. Loid Kitchener repir's »inca June 24 hj, 70 Boers were killed, and 60 w unded and left on tha fi.ld, 160 prisorew wire taken, and 136 eurrendend. 131 rifles, 15,800 rounds of amrjjUfiition and 304 wagon-i eap'uted.