CABLE NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 34, 10 February 1902, Page 2

CABLE NEWS

By Elbotbio Tblbobaph.—OorrHiOM. * BOER WAR. GENERAL ITEMS. P« PBBBB ASSOCIATION. JjOlTdon, Februsr/ 7. The National Scouts at Middleburg aptured an additional 20 Boeis, ineluding a Field Cornet. Colonel Gow's capture of Albert's 131 men was due to a night inarch. Pom-pom and rifle fire stampeded the Buers bows, und thecommondo, being surprised, bc* rely resisted. AndresCi.. j,'* protest agaiost the prolongation ot the war and annoonaing the fw ination of tke Burgher Corps, annoyed LWrey, who replied curtly. CAPTURE OF A COMMANDANT. BOER EMISSARIES TO KRUOER INTERVIEWED. GALLANTRY OF NEW ZEALANDI&. MEARS' ESCAPE. London, February 7. A scout captured Commandant Morris near Laing's Burgh. Received 9,6.2 pm.

London, January 8. The Boer officers sent to Kruger, interviewed on landing at MaiseiU*, said ihe Boers had implicit cot.fidenoe in Krueer, who has only to pronounce tlie uu.d, and if he bids them submit they will obey. Mr Chamberlain stated that Lord Milner will be associated with Lord Kitchener in considering if any overtures for pesos shall be entertained. • Details of the L'ebensberg engag* ment show that 120 New Zealaadtn when pursuing the guns and convoy charged the nar guards. Sixty man, who were strongly posted, then galloped to the head of the convoy. The enemy umultaneoatty collided with three of Garrett's section* previously posted ahead. Tluse chased the Boers eight miles westwards. The) only casualties were one Now Zsatadot killed and two wounded while capturing the guns. The New Zealand-re TepuUed ft bold attempt by Mears to re-c*pture tho pom-pom et a depot three miles off. Mears being hotly pursued quitted to* cirt in which he was tiding and eoOiped on horseback with a smalt guard, while his men delayed t(te pursuit. ' -;

DEATHS AMONG NEW 2EA LANDERS, Beoelved 10,1.2 a.m. LoNDOtf, Fflbrua y 9.' The following deaths from enter ta fever are reported :-Sixth Contingent —Private Frederick Goode(Rivertop,' Southland); Private F. E. x Pari (? Francis £. Pahl, Nelson). Died of wounds:—Seventh New Zfalandna— Private Frederick Charles Brown f Tio-' | ranga); Private T. 8. Hiokewt. It was De Wet, uot Commandant Mcara, who escaped on horseback. THE SURREY. Receive* 10, 1.1 • m. Mklbobmjjs, Febmary 9, The Surrey, with the northern per. tion of the Eighth New Zealand Contingent on board, has passed WibotrY Promontry. She signalled "All wed." RETURNED TROOPERS. ■ ■, CaeisKHuacH, February 9. The Premier has received a cable stating that the following returned troopers from South Africa passed through HoWt yesterday en route fair New Zealand:— Seigeant A. Vogant, Troopers W. G. Hall, Porteous, W. A. T. Blackmorc, Broadburst, (X E. Or-y, W. Ursy, H. C. Hopkins, F. H. Symocde, T. M. Rogerson, A. Otrribe, R. J. Bw», J, L. Graham, W. it. Armitage and G. T. Bean—all of Prince of Wales' Light Horse; alf iJ. W. Marshall and U, 8. 0. Stratford. THE BIGHTH CONTINGENT. DEPARTURE OF SOUTHBBJt BA'ITALION. CHEisTc&Dßca, F.broary 7. At Lyttelton the Contingent vet with a hearty reception, and after depositing baggage on board they weW paraded, supported by the Nor Si Canterbury Battalion. Tfaey were dreastd by the Premier, General B»b-' ington, Hon. W. 0. Walker, and the Mayor of Lyttelton. Toey then enbarktd, and were accompanie I 10 the heads by several of the U 8.8. Ooeep*ny"a steamers, and as they p..tw.ed tt e> iOontiage.it band played the "Oiitl left behind me.'' Tbe steeeaera e>*. back to the wharf at dusk, by which dme the Cornwall had) made a good/ offing. She wiUg* south, and tall at Albany.

THK NINTH CONTINQKKT. Wklumoxo«» February ft The Wellington Otwtingeot left W the Hinemoa ajt 10 o'clock for ts* Auckland caajp.. The Hon. C. H. ItiOt briefly to«k leave of them in the of the Ministers. Ooly one man did not turn up, itnl he had been unable to dispose of hi* husinr ss in tim«. Among the lut is Felix West, who* as a child was saved from the wreck of the.Wiintttpav,. The man are considered to be »"'- tuperior f eleotion. ' Auoklasd, February 8. I The Devooport Coastguard Artillery jhave offered the Government tw». qualified Maxim gun detachm nte fo» v the Ninth Contingent. Gisbornb, FebrMiy 8. ■ • The Giaborne quota for the Nintk Contingent was select d to-nignr, aas) will proceed ti Auckland by tk»Te> taneka\ Inhere were IZO candidates; and ft'teen were selected as Gisborne's ipoition.. The se'eotsr* con«ider thai /men equal to the best yet sent.

THE TARaNaKI QUOl'i.. SOMB MISUvDKRSTANDJIMW Aran THB DKPAK'fliSs*. "**■* For some uoacojoualtablu re son tha arrangements for the dewittiu-<» of the Tat anaki quota of tre Niwu Oontiß«;*nt to Oiiehunga on SsatuwUy night, uiiscirrjUd, derstaod their instructions to be to Ms fihe. m, n ready to go by tb» tioverhsmeots'eamer Hr.iewoi, whklt w«s tb'call at thu orefcfcwat-r *u ih . way e» to the Njrfcoern jort wi«b tn» Waft lington qijQ, , a s She was 'Xfi.a-eA t* arrive about midnight,, and the n*n qjiartwrto el-v»n on Bi-imli,y right. Xi*i ut* Dint-Colonel Ellis 8 pok» briefly jtothe troopers, potning t>u t the in. porta i e of implicit o;eu«n e to their 'superior officers in all work t.h.y might be called upon <o perform. T e Marar (Mr Doekrilll then addressid the man land wished then Qod«pe«d on Myilt '

of the citizens. Tb» contingent then, marched to the railway station, beaded by the Garrison Band, and escorted by a large crowd. At the -station there [ was a icene of great enthusiasm, the \ platform being packed, and a l-rge! number of persona who vers unable to gain admission watched the departure fromoutsid". About half-past eleven the train steamed out amidst a wild outburst of cheering, the band playing the men off. Arrived at the breakwater, it was found that the sttamer had not arrived, and then a dreary wait commenced. For a couple of hurs the men stood about in the drizznng rain, and then, as there was still no sign of the steamer, Captain Hood, harbourmaster, managed to find shakedowns for them in a railway car, and the wharf bhed. Early on Sunday morning the troopers returned to town on foot, and remained all day. Captain Taunton telegraphed to Wellington as soon as tho Telegraph Office opened, but received no word of instruction, so he arranged for meals for the men during the day. At mx o'clock thrre was s*ill no woid, so Captain Taunton arranged for quartering the men for the night. It is probable, therefore, tbe men will now go on to Auckland by the Ngaphiii to-night. Word wss received last evening that the Hioemw. arrived at Onehunga shortly after mid-day on Sunday, so that she mast have passed on during the night. Why she did not call is at present a mystery. L Evid-.nta"y a misundirs f anding has Arieen somt whoie, whi< b is very much Ae regfftted, as the men have been a 8 a'e of uocer ainty and diswhich, while it may in a a little training for what is certainly not what was ezby the local authori-