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Taranaki Daily News, 2 January 1902, Page 3

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i Q.!NVRM, ITEMS. PBB K'iss ABSOOIATIOV. Vokdok, DecemVer 38. Mr KfagrV, in acknowledging the eoogrm'uNtions of many pro-Boer European R*x»eti*B oyer De Wet's succor expressed tbe hop? that the Re- , pablics Would tegain their independsooe. j Loido*, December 30. lien tenant Harold 0. Parson*, of the Imperial Yeomanry, was amongst ( thcee severely wound'd at Tweefontein. Btmrar, December 30. | A cahnoct of State Commandant" baa fceea flzed to consider the question , fixing the basis of allotments of the Federal Contingent for South Africa. | It was d*cidfd to divide tbe foroe into nine unit* of 121 officer* and men leach, tbe various quotas beirj; on a po|xi]atinn biri». The qnwtion of I command «r and officers was not derided. The Contingent will be ready to nhnk at the end of January if i possible. DI WXTB TACTICS AT TWEBTONTEIN. ReMford 1.840 a.m. Lonmr, December 31. v Captain G. Grace, Scottish Rifieo, attscbtd to the Imperial Yeomanry, traadangei oudy wounded at Tweefon- | 111 now transpires that Da Wet deinehed columns to attack Dirtnell and llitatant, reserving 800 for his swoop j 0..* Tweefontein. BRITISH 108888 BY DK WSTS ATTACKS. Received 1, 8.80 a.m. Lovdoh, December 31. Lord Kitchener's weekly report ■hm 35 killed, 5 wounded and 237 tak«n prisoner, 51 surrendered; 212 rifla*, 1600 rounds of ammunition, and 1780 cattle captured. Tbe losses do not include those killed at D» Wet's reoeat stocks on Dirtnall and Firlman.: On a reliable estimate he lost - 30 killed and 50 wounded daring these Attacks. | De wet is s*ill *oath of Lan?berg. HOBS OAYAIiRY REQUIRED. i Reoehe<] 1, 9.32 a.m \ • Loams, December 31. has asked for more THE engagement. RELEASE OF PBISONERB BT BOERB. MILITIA IN VITED TO VOLUNTEER FOR BERVIOE. Itodnd 1, 0.23 p.m. i \ Lokdoh, December 30. Two bonded and fifty-sis pridooers captured £y the Doers at Tweefontein were released.! | Of the wounded whe retched Elands River bridge Your succumbed, whilst nine are dacgeroudy, 21 severely, and one slightly wonnded. Amongst thlf released prisoners at Bethlehem aeven were severely and eight slightly wounded. The 3rd Battalion Clicuuire, and | S*h Battalion Main Chester Militia, each i 800 strong, are ■ being embodied and Invited to for South Africa.

1~ BMABT OHAB* AMD CAPTURE OF \ 8088. KB BEWNXT BURLEIGH'S OOMDUI- - OF' RED TAPS. - LajrooW, December 31. Colonel Spenc chased a party of Boers 60 miles to Platrind, capturing 25. ; Private Jas. AV Thompson, Seventh New Zealand Muinteds, was severely woondrd in tbe abdomen at Ingogo. Mr Bennett Burleigh characterises it aa monstrous to .compel commanders invarubly to consbtt headquarters at Pretoria prior to Stacking, resulting in tha Boers escaping in numberless inatanosa. * MIW ZEALANDKR WOUNDED. BHNTOBOEHBNIW >R THE OAPK. Received I,H).S p m. LoiAx, J muary 1. Captain Graci (? (Wice), f tbe Scottish Rifles, a t cfiM*t<i ne Imperial Ttomani v, woundednt Tweefontein, bas succumbed. ■ W. R. PmßWiJi i| nnlili New Zealand Mounted' l , was severely wooed ad in tbe che«t at Ingogo. Botha has decided to shoot every National Burgher scut captured ai Kinp'nspeds. Tv» Ive hnrdred Brigade Guards have ben elee'ed for to, South Africa on the 18th instint. 1 Earl Longford and Viscount Fincastle are raiding two regimen's, to be [known a« the Irish Horse and Fin I castle Horse respectively, to embark forßouth Afric*.

BOHXBPKK'd TRIAL CONCLUDED, KRUOBR STILL OBSTINATE. TAFELKOP-A FIERCE ENCOUNTER. Received 2,026 h.m. London, January 1. Scbcep?r&' trial has concluded, and judgment is reserved. Ccmm-indant Gert Oliver- of Betblej hem, was killed at Tweefontein. The I Beets "ecund two qanp. [ Mr Krugeri? defiant and provocative, demanding besides the independence of tt e republics an airesty to rebels land compensation for destroyed farms. Two hundred Boers raided Znkanini, the Swazi Queen's residence* A halfhe >rted resistance was mide, and maDy natives killed Further details of the Taf-'kop fight show that Wessel •imiuiande l trie attackers. Two bund eJ Bo<rs hid themselves in the grass and covered tbe kraals. Colonel Damant's open position wbs responsible for most of the casualties. Three hundred Boers charged tbe hill, wher.on the British! were stationed. The leaders were! riddled with bullets, the struggle being! brief but fierce. Damant's guns fired j point blank until tbe ammunition was exhausted. The s'aff officers used their revolvers until they fell.

Wellington, D.cember 31. Sergeant-Major Callaway, of Auckland, and Private Robinson, of Taianaki. returned from the Oapa by the Papanui Tuesday Callaway has been recommended for the distinguished c -nduct medal for service in the field. ' OUR EI6HTH~CONTIN6ENT. THE AFPOIHTMENT OF OFFIOERS. j Wei.iajgton, December 31. ! The following are the officers so far

[appointed to the - Major 0. C'rawsh&w, Captains D Po'son, H. D. Jackson, B. Bsrtlett. J. Pi ingle (Otaki), J. Cameron (Wanganui), 6. 6. Saxby (Napier), ActingCaptain Lieutenant -T. S. Haselden (Wellington), Captara H. L, Bourne (Timaru, late of the Third Contingent), Acting-Gap'&in Lieutenant A. Focks, Lieutenant and Quartermaster T. J. Gardiner (Wellington), Lieutenants W. H. Thomson (Wellington), S. Joyce (Christchureh), D. Bean (Wanganui), J. McMillan (Dunedio), 6. N. Ferguson (Halswell. Cbristchurch(, L. A. Ke'sill (Blenheim); Acting-Lieuten-ants* A. W. Roberts (Wellington), 0. R. Street (Oamaru), L 0. Oallaghan (Christchurch) ; Sergeant Majors Smith (now in South Africil, A. J. S. Thomson (Wellington), W. Parkei (late Sergeant-Major of the Fifth Contingent), A. M. Wightoo (Wellington), H. G. Collett (Waipawa), M. J. Mason (Obingaiti), J. Martin (Ross), J. Hick&on (Hokitika), A. Nichol (Lieutenant in the Mataura Mounted Rifles), W. A. Morgan (Palmers ton North), A. M. Bro*rn (B'enhe<m), W. J. O'Dowd (Auckland), D. Taplin (Wellington), E. Lingford (Gisborne), late of the Third Contingent, D. Simpson (of Seddon'n Hors , Auckland), C. Newman Dunedin), O. R. Cot'erill (Nipier), H. Orbell (of First Contng n*, Dunedin), Lieutenant and Paymaster, R. C Hay Mackenzie (Wesport), W. Pitt (Wellington), hurg nns, Surgeon-Major Peerless (N 1bo>). to be SurgeonMajor, Sergeon-Captairs, Dr G. P. Baldwin (Otaki), Surgeon-Captain J. E. Rodpers (Wyndham), Surgeon-Cap-tein Forbes (Auckland), Captain Ecclees (Wanganui). Auckland, January 1. The Auckland section of the Eighth Contingent left for Wellington by the Rotiiti to-day. The send-off was, comparatively epeaking, quiet and undemonstrative. The Mayor and Colonel Daviefi said a few farewell words. Twenty of the Auckland section of 200 men failed to turn up at the last moment.