CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 281, 29 November 1901, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

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BOER WAR, GKNERAL ITEMS, ns PBBSB ASSOCIATION. London, November 28. Colonel Knox has captured Commandant Jou'jert and Field Comets Wolmarans and Diedrichs. The confiscation of the property of Kroger, the Eloffs, Wolmarans, and oiher unsurrendered leaders ia recommended by the Natal Outlandtr Committee. The conspiracy at Johannesburg was being carried out in conjunction with with Da la Rey's foroe. The erection of blockhouses bss been started from Kroonstad eastward:

The Pretoria correspondent of the Morning Post states that there are leas than 9000 Boers in the field. Great Biitain provides the new Canadian Contingent with Imperial Yeomanry pay and arms, Canada supplying horses, uniforms, saddlery and nominating officers subject to approval. I Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman, in his Lancaster speech, repeated that he had never uttered a word from first to las'; calculated to encourage the Boers to prolong resistance. Tenders are beiog icvited for the construction of the Cape-Natal railVARIOUS CAPTURES. A DESERTER EXECUTED. Received 28,10.15 p.m. London, November 28. Major-General Knox has captured a party of 36 Boer?. The Joubert who was wounded was the man who captured tbe British guns at Ylakfontein in September. • Received 28.1022 p.m. London, November 28. A Eeuier correspondent states that numerous small engagements have been fought, resulting in the captHreof a number of prisoners, including several field-cornet s. Geloael Scobsll captured 2C rebels »t Konigerown, including Beater, a deserter from the Cape Police. Bester wes afterwards court-mar-tiaQed and shot. THE ENRMY'S FORCES. SEVENTY COMMANDOS STILL IN THE FIELD. Received 29,0.25 am. .London, November 28. The Timed Pretoria correspondent estimates that there are 70 cmmando?, ranging from 50 to 450 strong, still in the field. Of these 26 are in the Transvaal, 31 in Orange Colony, and 23 in Oape Colony. Seven, numbering 1100, are north of the Delagoa Bay line, under Muller, Hinton, and Ben Yiljoen; 11, numbering 1600, are south of the Delagoa Bay line under Louis Botha. These chiefly consist of. Carolina andErmelo commandants, wbo are trying to effect a junction. The northern bands number eight, under Delarey and Kemp, and they are resting those in the Transvaal, in the Krugersdorp and Klerksdorp districts. Of tbe others, 23 are scattered, chiefly in the KroooBt&d, Frankfort, and Bethlehen area. Threenu-e in the Bsrkley East district, and ten are in tbe Karoo district, west of the main Oape line. Lord Kitchener is utilising 4500 mounted troops * gainst the enemy. RETURNED MEW ZEALANDER9. . Wxllifgton, November 28. liientensnt Trotter, of Auckland, and Lieutenant Stewart, of Napier, returned from South Africa by the Bimutaka.

ARMY BUPPPLY CONTRACTS, Wellington, November 28. In reply to reprejwntations made by the Government as to tenders for meat supply to the Army in South Africa, the Premier h9s received a cablegram stating that the time cannot be extended. It is suggested tbat New Zealand firms should prices to their London »gen*s after they bave seen the tender forms, which were posted from London on the 20th inst. The agents could then fill in forms and lodge them.