CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 7, 9 January 1902, Page 2

CABLE NEWS.

Br ButOTBIO Ti'-ff tPTf—-OWTiBWgf. M BOERJftt, J GENERALITHOL potFßisiAasooMmuit ■ lorooir, January fj.j- J During the last six -n-ntfr IhmW Boers hare been killed, BT69M»4|vfl 7598 taken prisoner, and 1011 'jpS* rundered; 5696 nfiet, *ff ftlt inlftM'J of emmunit ion, 5565 waggons, 59«4fi1®8 horses, and 166,027 aattw ten MBS oaptuKd. / ,:7a| The total Boar caanalliM **Ti|rir W>BFm Ist number 14,184. ■' ■'SF'TM MrLloyd George If.P. vod, addressed a well organiani wMkI meeting of Bristol by an immense police lon*. cused the natiod of being rfSMflttligM far the slaughter of 11,000 ren, A great crowd of T 'jsltjti 4fe|j£] moostrated outside. Colonel Winton's column caftami)|9 Boers near Amsterdam, Trat>sml. y, -m Dr Krauae visited Berlin, wipia many people offered to inbeaibe-fctaM bail so as to enable him to route .'-fair'J Germany. Dr Erause r p"'»4 tfceMfe<<|| was in honour bound to return to iMfM] land, boirgau official. - rjM ■ Mr Ranbenhsimor, aa AfrilcaaApal Bondmember of the Gape has resigned as a protest »g*ini| ; 'jlfc|l|g disloyal- attitude of some of Jril «b'm| constituents. »31 ElTOHltnora WE SEXY IOBPQtK, ■ A SMALL COMMANDO Beoetad 9,0.27 aa. ' ■ Ixnixiv, Januasy f/.JI Lord Kitchener's weekly rep )r<«talM> J that 36 Boers were killed, atiwVj wounded, 216 taken prisanuis, aadTg ~ surrendered. ,'m Colonel Oolen Branter wi'h a 'aMdiiJ force oroseed Majot'sPAs a* surprised Eield-Oomet Loom afWrn^!'' • vaal at dawn, killing five ""I oaptoHh^; 1 Despite tbe fact that many Boatful' 1 ' 1 in the,vicinity, the districts Orange river and Thaba '2Mt m?r (bur, |j| •«. % Major-General O. Knox's oblmhbo has wored north.

A BBVBBB TIGHT.

BOERS WBAOTNBD IV OAFS DISTBIOTB. ■ ,+ Beoetod 9,0.67 ajo. loroo*, Jaotuuy J.. Colonels Plumsr and Bpens diMMh . ■ considerable force under HUHitfill" V;: Both* and Opperaaa from it poikioa north of Ameropoort, a A detachment under Major Vila. •< tine, an offioov of mush promise. Buffered severely, Valentine ,+»T 4t 1 Ji. seen feeing killed, and five oflMi anil' 28 men wounded. Theßoers left on field, » * * * Colonel Williams surprised a taunt at Upper Olifanfs Biver, ciptwiu eleven, including Field-Oornet s tenbaftb, ' ' ..i'l Msjir Doris captured nix Boon, fifty waggons, and ranch stock at loskwanf. Major-General French reportetbst Boers in north-east Uape Colony aw eo reduced in numbers and fighting power ' that they require only elaborate piti* supervision. r SCMTStIOSS OH BIBBI& Becebed 9,1.18 a.m Lomxw, January ft ' Two rebels were eentenoed at CtaN* bnig to ten years' imprisonment, ' three others to death. The latarhave been commuted to penal servitude tor life. /m» Sidsbt, January 7. Officers «e snowing rehiettnee to volunteering for the Contingent Otib of the reasons gives is tbat their a4i<m M intended as a protest against with* holding the pay of previous Oontfo. gents. UItBOIJIIL Jisunr g: The Federal Treasurer advances £25,000 for preliminary expenses of the Federal Contingent. There It likely to be trouble when Parliament meets on account of Mr Barton not fulfilling bis promise to consult the House Mfrro sending more troops. Over 200 permits have been issued to persons proceeding to Sou'h Africa. Those inelude many wives joiniug tbeir husbands. A l*rge proportion of emigrants go to Natal to take up appointments alnsd* secured. **

OUR EI6HTH CONTINGENT.

Ohbistchcroh, January 3, At Addington camp to-day the am were divided into four squadrons. Vw 1 and 2 Oaut rbuiy am No*. I ftftd J Ossgo, under Acdng-Captun ft. S. Rhodes, Lieutemn's Ferguwi ' McMillan and Acting-Captain Poii¥» respectively. Two hundred sud fifty Biddies hive been received. Oae n«n was dismissed from oamp yesterday for being absent without lem. fttec* u no sickness, The oontraoto • have begun to deliver the equipment*. IN THB BOSS LINKS. A OONOBNIBATION CAM**. [Notes of a visit bx Rbv. J. Ikoj], This is a land of " pot mite." Jhfon one can tet fout upon African sail,he must sati»fy the military authorities that he is a "desirable" pei son, otherWise he may find out, like Mi* Hob. house, that he is not wanted. landed, he must stoure a permit bsfe* he can take train any Mfrrt.

indeed, he can be allowed on tWpktform ef tbe railway station, and the same process most again be gone through ere he dare attempt to leave the country, AH this, doubtless, ia necessary i n view of the present situation; bat it is uncommonly trying. Those of us, therefore, who have come to see all that there is to be seen, or to secure "copy," are in a chronic ctate of seeking permits. When one wwes at the permit office, it is far from encouraging to find tbe passage leading to the Commandant's sanctum packed to the street line. But all this Juw to be endured if one is to get what c6W&nts* Now among the macy things we wanted was topats the Boer lines and see for ourselves as to their condition. All things, it is taid, comes to ihoße who wait. Armed with the beßt available introductions, we wended our way to the permit office and waited our turn. We saw applicants enter that fateful room as though they read upon the door the legend Dante places elsewhere—" All hope abandon ye who enter here." But we did not despair, " Hope spring* eternal in the human breast." Our turn came at last, and we found ourselves face to face with the Commandant. It was well for us that we had introductions from the highest raurces in the colony, otherwise, we fear for the result. However, the necessary permission to enter tbe large concentration camp at Fort Napier was granted, and, accompanied by a prominent loyal Dutchman, we entered , the camp soon after braokhut next morning. We were again fortunate m having as onr guide, philosopher and friend one who had the entree into practically every tsnt. We were especially interested in being entertained by Mrs Christian Da Wet, with whom we it gome length, our guide interpreting for us. Sbb is, of course, the prisoner, par excellence, in this camp. Sh<s "was extremely communicative, asking questions regarding New Zealand, etc., and giving much informai ij on . *bout herself, her husband, and family. It appears that the military want to get her out of the country, but ■he stubbornly refuses to leave unless force is applied. Thio, in the case of a woman, they are not likely to use, and , 80 she lives on here with the younger members of her numerous family. One aon, she informed us, has been banished, and two others are still on commando with their father. On the wall of her canvas house is to be seen a frame con-' t&iaing four photographs Kruger, Steyn, Botha, and De Wet. What a quartet < One could not help reflect-ing"-how fatOe is the struggle kept up by these deluded folk. We visited also the sehool, where hundreds of Boer children are being taught. Hitherto this work has been conducted by the inmates of the camp ; now it is being taken over by the Imperial Government, who will doubtless make radical changes in its management. Tbe <*mp presents a wide range of character. Here one finds the real typical Boer—the lowest type—in an overwhelming majority. One finds furthermore—as a sort of revelation, too—a type of Boer the reverse of all preconceived nations. We were the gueste, for instance, at dinner of t Bow family who, for ability, education, culture, and refinement would compare favourably with the best English families to be found anywhere. As we looked round their canvas prison, made beautiful and attractive, and as they showed their unbounded hospitality, in which the regulation "rations" found ne place whatever, we ceuld not help reflecting that "stone walls do a prison make, nor iron bars a cage." It must not be understood that such Boer families form r.ny large proportion of the camp; probably they do not. We shall not, however, soon forget their hospitality. Justice compels us to reoordthe existence of such a type. And eo, with a" temperature cf 96 in the shade, we spent the whole day inspecting the camp. It was one of the most interesting African days we have had. That is saying R very great . deal, with so much to attract one's attention. Perhaps we ought here to say that we were charged by the Commandant, before granting us this favour, to avoid any references calculated to do injury. Though they not infrequently sought in camp to " draw " us, we succeeded in keeping our own counsel. The question has been several times asked as to what we thought of the provisioning, etc. We were present at the distribu-

turn and cannot agree with the eenti- j mental objections to the provisioning, 1 as, nnder the circumstances, it is all that could be expected. Farther, it is tolerably certain there are not af> w families here who are doing better than ever they were on their farms. The well-to-do, each as those who so hospitably entertained u», can supplement or snpereede the camp fare. There are many o'her matters regarding them upon which we formed, at first hand, our cwn conclusions. These, however, we must keep to ours.lves. It wonld ill become ns, being privileged as we have been, to discuss debateable matters. Considering they are prisoners of war, they receive adequate consideration, and are much better treated than were our own troops wb® were held for some time in Pretoria.