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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 255, 29 October 1901, Page 3

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, By Electric Telegraph—Uopibioh BOER WAR. , j --• [ GENERAL ITEMS. PHE PBESS ASSOCIATION. London, October 27. A column scouring south ,i-d west < Rustenburg collected 250 Boers in fortnight from Kloop?. Commandant Scheeperj has be3n r< moved to Beaufort West. He is cor valevent. A British gun accidentally explode n>-ar Harr.'sonith, two men being kil'e and one wounded. Lord Milner is visiting Maritzbur and had an enthusiasic reception. H counselled patieoca and said it was im por* vat to feel assurance that ever step taken was a move in the righ direction. There is a concensus of opin'on tha General Beatsongrieviously forgot him self when referring to the Victoriai Fifth Contingent after the Williams rust reverse. It is considered that a the Victorians were volunteers the; did not deserve either death sentence or commuted penalties, and that deten tion would have been sufficient. Pro-Boers have raised the cry tha financiers support Lord Roberts fo saving the Rand, and bate Genen Butler for abandoning the mines t< their fate. A public meeting at Exeter called h the Mayor, expressed confidence ir General Buller. The speakers includec Mr. George Lambert, a Radical mem her of the House of Commons. THE PROGRESS OF THB CAMPAIGN. Received 28 10.35 p.m. Londoh, Ocober 28. Botha has rejoined Sehalkburger al Amsterdam. 0 lonel Gorringe captured, courtmartiilled, and shot several of Smut'f khaki-clad com mar do. The slow progress of the Cape Colony campaign is attributable to the fact that Eome 2,500 rebels are constantly Mattering, and remoiting over an area extending from Herschel to Askief and Montaque to Eranskei. Thirteen more Boer leaders have been exiled. Colonel Dawkins captured thre3 laagers, taking fifty prisoners, at Nylstroom, including three Field-Cor-net?, and Schutte, late laod-drost at Pretoria. Major Daman dispersed a large force at Villiersdorp, killing several and capturing 20. t The Government is re-inlisting the Imperial Yeomanry, and many exmembers of colonial corps are joining. Wellington, Ostober 28. The Pretp : er has received advice that the Wav Office is unabta to offer any more commissions to the New Zealand Government. A cablegram from the Cape states that the Delphic left Oipetown oo the 22nd, having on baard for New Zealand Lieutenant Heckler and ten New Zealanders, and nine men of the South African corps.