CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 281, 26 November 1901, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

By Elkotkio Telegraph— Uopybight.

BOER WAR. i • GENERAL I! EMS, . PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. ' London, November 24. Great Britain has accepted Oinada't ' offer of an additional 600 Mounted Infantry for South Africa. I The Duke of Devonstir', speaking at Eastbourne, io reply to a suggestion ' made by the Radicals, said any parleying with the Boeis would only prolong the war. The British Government must be judse of the right moment whan to grant the naw States selfgo vernmen f . Seven Boers, including Field-Cornet , S. Botha, hive been captured at Amsterdam in the Transvaal. Forty more of Ackerman's commando have been captured. Amongst those sentenced to banishment are twelve Field-Cornets. Werner, a surrenderor, has been I executed at Johannesburg for recommending surrenderee to rejoin the I commandos. Meyer, a surrenderor, for ■ a somewhat similar offence was sen- ! tenced to penal servitude for life. I A Renter correspondent, in an ex- ' haustive review of the situation, states that solid progress is being made in restricting the enemy's area of occupation : by the extension of bloek -houses. I The Morning Post describes the military farms as being worked at a profit: the area being cultivated is 5000 acres Disclosures in connection with th( ! Johannesburg conspiracy show tha there has been intriguing and com municating with the enemy. Docu ments giving details of the organisa tion have been seized. Two British colonial officers accom pany the ex-Burgher corps, one as in termediary between the burgher whi : commands the corps and the com inlanders of columns, the other a quartermaster. Commandants Briel formerly a burgess, and Adjutant Mil ler, of Pretoria, are forming the corps Dr. Krausa is still in Hollowaj Gaol, having failed to find bail. Major-General B\dea-Powell re mains in England over Christmas. The Statist newspaper heads ai appe4 for a Voluntter Corps to serv in South Africa with 1000 guineas. Melbourne, November 25. Despite Mr. Barton's announcecoen that no mto contingents will be sen to South Africa, soveral State com mandants have been unofficially en deavouriug to obtain reconsideration o the matter. The South Australian commandan suggests that 1000 men be offered oi behalf of the Commonwealth. The feeling of the Commonwealtl minorities is unfavourable to sending .hem.

THE VILLIERSDORP AFFAIR. RBBBL3 THINNWn OUT IN ORANGE COLONY. Received 25, 10.S p.m. London, November 25. Details show that * strong commando tunou lied and ciptured the railway gioneere at Villie-sdorp aftar a desperate resistance. The pioneers' rest s st»mp3ded. Colonel Rimington pur pued and defeatsd tin iioew, whose whole casualties were ten, including Commandant Burgs wounded, and Commandant Mosthuizen killed. Four B.itish officers were wounded, and Major Fisber killed. The capture! pioneers were releved. A combine 1 movement in the Reitz district r;sulted in the capture of 39 Boers. The bulk of the rebels with De Wet escaped south. Eighty of Akerman's commando have I been captured. Harrzog's and Ninithodt's are the only commandos remaining in southwest Orange Colony—a few hundreds strong, Brand commands 400, scattered about south-eastern Orange Colony. Roup, a rebel officer of Latigan'g commando, has bevn executed at Colesberg.

MR. CHAMBERLAINS ATTITUDE. CAPE PREMIEH'S PROTE7TION SCHEME. Received 25, 10.45 p.m. London, Novembsr 25. Mr Chamberlain has assured personal friends that hfl would quii public life instantly, if be believed such action would terminate the war honourably. Lord Roberts has assured the mounted troops at Aide sHot that the LeeEnfie'd r fle* are equal, if not aup >rior to Mansers. Hir James Gordon-Sprigg, Cape Pr?mier, hss undertaken to defend certain districts, commencing on tha coast, and th" • ast-rn portion of the colony, gr«)u4ly extending the pro ection area until th«» regular tro-.ps are relieved fiom mete par'rolling Hut. - . Receive? 2">, 10.55 pm. London, November 25. Pesrus Vanderwalt, captured at Damp'aats iu May last, has been sen to pena 1 servitude for life on a charge of murder. THE NCTHERLiNDS RAILWAY. Received 26, 1.2 a.m. The Hague, November 25. B-iron van Lijsnon, Netherlands Mini-ter for Foreign Aflairp, states that Great B it an has not confiscated the Netherlands railway. She a-rested a Dutch Red Cross ambulnnce owing to the discovery tbat its leaders were communicating with Boer generals.