CABLE NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 48, 12 February 1902, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

BOER WAR, GBNKBAL ITEMS. *■» MM ASSOCIATION. >L. ". rx Lo * oo *i February 11. tJ™ Huebner, 83n of the late ifcnm Huebner, after some months •pant in Seuth Africa declare, that the wtamweg upon the troop, and concentration amp, weM Th(J whole conduct of the British eivil and •Miliary authorities waa extremely and exceptionally humane. The Farmers' Guard at Bloemfontein apturetfConet Oombriok and nine of Dutoits men. Dutoit died of wounds. Speaking at an enthusiastic mass meeting held at Cape Town for the |urpo«e of repelling the cslumniw on British troops, Mr Thomas Graham, Attorney-Genaral, in the course of his speech denounced Sir H OampbellBannerman's barbarom methods of epeech, declaring it unfair to prosecute for sedition i n South Africa, while viler *«w«>n in England was allowed to go •cot free, * THE BLOCK HOUSE ARBA. JKJTMor OF DI WKT'B FLIGHT. Received 11.10.52 p.m. London, February 11. The parallelogram of block houses is 125 miles long and 50 deep. Lo:d Kitchener's actual drive from liiebenbergsolei was 70 miles by 60 in Width. Surrendered prisoners report that t mutinous spirit exists because when it a tight corner of the isoceles triangle De Wet advised them to shift for themselves, himself riding off with a small bodyguard. Stdnxt, February 11. About a dozen of the New Zealand Contingent were missing when tha Surrey .sailed. Two have applied to the leesl authorities to send them on by the transport ooaveyiog the local contingent, KH|DnTOHnraRB weekly report. CAPIOBE it? A OOMVOT AMD BBOOKT. . .. SEVERE ENGAGEMENT. A OT&aTOHMKWC RUSHED AT HIGIT. OABUALTIIS. Received IS, 0.47 a.m. London, February 11. Lord Kitchener's weekly report States:—69 killed, 17 wounded, 574 taken prisoners, 57 surrendered. A convoy from Beaufort west to Fraserburg, escorted by 100 infantry and 60 .district mounteds, were captured, aid twelve waggons removed, 48 being burned by the enemy. Colonel Orabbe arriving on the scene poshed the enemy northwards after severe fighting. The casualties in both engagements were two officers and eleven men killed, one officer and forty-seven wounded; twenty.four Boers killed, forty-seven wounded. A detachment consisting of 100 men belonging to Ooloael Doran's Column, operating near Calvinia, were rushed during the night. They retired on their base, losing three officers and ■even men killed, and 17 men wounded,

THE NINTH OONTINQINT. , The Wanganui quota of the Ninth Contingent, in charge of Lieutenant Parkas, Wairoa Mounted*, arrived here by the mail train on Tuesday evening and proceeded to Auckland by theßotoiti. Aucbxaid, February 11. The Srst draft of horses for the Ninth Contingent arrived in camp to-day. ►This morning the Taranaki quota arrived, and were met by Lieutenant Bosworth and marched into camp. There weie 17 from Hawera and 14 from New Plymouth. There are now 472 men in camp, and this number will be increased within tbe next few days, as some detachments of the North Island battalion have still to arrive. j; .Mr W,J, Napier, M.H.R., has received a telegram from the Premier stating that the offer of the Devonport Coastguard Artillery Volunteers to '■apply two maxim guns and detachments for service in South Africa with the Ninth Contingent is now being COBsidered by General Babington. ? PauchistohNobih, February 11. Lieutenant Brace Beale, of tbe Pal merston Guards, has been appoint* <! 'acting-lieutenant in the Ninth Oontii gent.