CABLE NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 35, 11 February 1902, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

tr Bliotbio Tbltobaph.—Ooptbicht. BOER WAR. GENERAL ITIMB. PEE FHXBS irOOIATIOK. Lohdox, February 9. Mr. Kruger is calm and hopeful, and confident that the leaders and generals will not solicit peace. He continually explains " God is with ns and will givd final peace." Dr. Leydf, interviewed, said his recent advices from South Africa were quite reassuring. The war would last a decade if necessary. The delegates were taking steps to inform the commanders of the exact significance of the recant notes of Dr. Van Kuyper and Lord lanadowce. ( Colonel Wing killed three and captured thirteen Boers at Brogsspruit. TheNationvl Scouts captured ten, , incjuding Cornet Vanzye, at Haenertsfcutg, ' • # , Vanniekerk's commando tried to set fire to the Brakpan collieries, but were repulsed, losing two killed. ( 'Mr. St. John Brodriek states that , the United Kingdom has supplied "■ 60,000 horses for the war, the United States 77,000, Australia 20,000, Canada 11,000, South America 26,000, and ' Hungary 24,000, while 90,000 have been captured from th» enemy. ', - - ; ! EFFECTIVE PREVENTIVE MEASURES, : ' Received 10, 10.17 p.m. I Los-DtR, Febiuary 10. '

Lord. Kitchener r, ports from Wolvedockon Sunday that after the opera-] tions and captures already reported east of Lieb nbergsvlei and the Wi<ge | River, the whole force ct mount' ds on the nifeht o f the sth were drawn into a J continuous linn on t he wast bank of the' liitf.bsnbergsvlei, stretching from! Frankfort to Faonychorne and Kaffirskcp. Toey advanced at dawn to the I westward, and were assisted on the' bight of the 6th by entrenched out-1 posts fifty yalds apart in holding the' fine.from Asland on to Heilbron, and the Frankfort, block h<-use line to the, Dornkloof, Krows'ad and Lindleyl line, while advances were made «nd the j ooluoiM worked along from the block houses to prevent the enemy crossing at dawn. The line tleoi.dv.incd to the Heilbroo-Kronnstad road, t.i e left wing advancing to the Ameriki s ding, and juuctioned at Knons'ad The Wolvehock blockhouse line en the ight of the 7th was held in the same way. They advanced at dawn *o fhe railway blockhouse line, which was strengthened to prevent Boers crossi g. HOW DB WET CROSSED THE BLOCK HOUSE LINK Reccired 10,11.5pm. Londov, February 10. ■itch, cmon the 6'h aut during men and I a herd of KrjonstadAt one y dark, De tie at the ;h amidst bis party i line were luring the few of the ron, where they left ten dead as T *r ai on be ascertained. Two hundred ard eightythree Boers were killed, woun-'ed, or taken prisoner*, while 700 tired s and many cattle were captured. The British casualties were ten. , BTRONG CONDEMNATION OF CONTINENTAL HLANpKEB. I j Received 10, W^oJ lAi an meeting at

I Cape Town resolution repealing the cilumni s and vindicating the humanity of the troops, aud expressing unwaveriig confidence in theGovn- n . I went, werecuried. The Major pre|aided, «nd said the conflct must never termina e except hy a deci- ive victory of aims or unconditional sin-reader. Mr Thomas Graham, .AttorneyGeneral, slid the cilumniea wwe the result of un organised conspiracy, fed on the ill-go. ten gains of a coterie who "ere appealing from the God of Buttles "« the slums of Europe. Scherinbruct, a German settler and ■ember of O'Rsilly, De- i puty-Mayor, Theophilus Sehreinw, and ' Sir David Gill also spoke. i The German »nd Danish residents are also holding meetings with a similar object. ] The Wesleyan Synod passed a reso- J lution denouncing the slanders. I

» MUNICIPALITY FOR PBKTORII. p REFUGEES RETURNING TO TIE , RAND. f Received 11, 0.53 a.m. r London, February ID. t Lord Milner has appointed a ainif cipality of ten at Pretoria. A thousand permits to refugee! to \ return to the Rand, representing tbres thousand persons, are being issued monthly. The number will shortlybe doubled. J' THE DRIVE OF THE TWO p THOUSAND." A WELL-PLANNED MOVJSMBNT. Received U, 0.57 a.n>. London, January 10. The great drive of De Wet's tJo thousauu men is finished. The British troops are still collectiii straggler*, and armoured trains at) patrolling wherever they are expectel to appear. Tbe newspapers agree that this is ont of the best conceived and executec movements of the late part of the war, GREAT DEMONSTRATION AT SYDNEY. R«ceiv«d 11,1.6 a.m. Sydney, February 10. At a great d« nonstration under the auspices of t$ Australian N*tiv*s Association, raid in the Town Hall, resolutions V% re carried expressing confidence nyjhe Imperial Government, and the Ccimander in Chief of the Imperial f ;ces; also deprecating tbe slanders and Can- .ian troops in South Africa by perse j8 in foreign countries, Great Britain, and her dependencies. Messrs Reed and Sea were amongst tbe speakers.

ARMY MEAT OONTEAOTB. Received 11, l.fi a.m. Melbourne, February 10. Mr Barton has received a despatch from Mr Chamberlain in reference to tHe meat contract .■■■. He states th»t only three tenders were received providing for distribution to troops on the spot, which is required ag of primary JmrarJSfmcp. The lowest was from a rnrm clos»l\r associated with Australia and New Zealand. In order to secure I the interests of the colonies, the S<cretary for War, before accepting, obtained an assurance in writing rhil *o far as possible supplies would he.jlrawn from Austral and Taw Zealand in preference to the Sfgentine. The colonial tenders were partial, and for delivery at base ports only.

J THE NINTH CONTINGENT. The Taranaki quo'a of the Ninth Contingent left for Onebunga by the Ngapuhi last night. At eight o'clock the men were paraded opposite the Coffee Palace, and were briefly addressed by the Rev. F. G. Evaop, chapkin to the local volunteers. They then marched to the railway sta'ion, escorted by the Rifles and Guard*, and a verv large assemblage of townßpeop'e, and entrained for the breakwater on the mail train. As the train moved off, hearty cheers were given for the troopers.

I B-fore leaving New Plymouth laßt evening, Sargeant Gub v , Corporal Jordan, and several of the men requested ns to make known their desire to thank C >lon»l Ellin and Captain T»unton for -the trouble taken by them on their behalf on Sunday. Captain Taunton ■pared nc pain* in their comfort, and secured tr,<ro exV-eJingly remfortahl* quarters for 'he night, which they pre«tjy appreciated after the experience of Saturday nisht. They dosire also U thank Captain the railway officials, and r.articula»lv the landlord of the Mnturoa Hotel fer, as far as he was able, givine them a good meil in the early mo*ning on Sunday, also to <he New Plvmouth people generally who showed them much kindness during their short stay in town,