CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 49, 13 February 1902, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

I$T BLSCTBIO TBLSORAPH.—OOPXEISHJ BOER WAR. , THX MIAT CONTRACT QKBTION. ?n raiss jmoomxiov. Losd&h, February 11. Lord Stanley, in the House of Commons, eaid that Bergls' explanation of the Liverpool fire was that an assistant • sold Australian produce Is New Zea-. land. The Oommittae of the War Office saw no reason for excluding Bergl on this ground. Further Bergl bad proved to be a good army contrac-) ten? for twenty years past. He wes a naturalised Britisher and b : s guaran- ; ' tors inclu.Ud the Federal S eamship C impany, Houlder Bros., Craart, a con- '. tractor to the Natal fores, who will be manager of the South African Company, acd they also include Mr Karl Meyer Bergl, who will be manager in <Steat Britain, the WellJTytnns 0 mrepresenting Da Beers, W. ~ A., Stifoyan, M.P. for West Perthshire, L*wis and Marks and .-. Joel. Regarding the pledge to draw •11 meat as far as possible from the Olonies, the War Office hid ample confidence in its inspectors ~. at the Cape to ensure the fulfilment of the spirit and letter of the contracts. The prices etipnl»t«d are BJd per lb for live m«a% and s|d for frozen, including delivery wherever required. De Beer's and Jo'l's names were received with ironical Opposition cheer*. Lord Caning ton, in the House of Lords, fnrtber criticised B-rgl «nd complained that the shipper* identified with tbe cuctract held large Argentine interests. He movei for th« production of contract papers relating thereto.

The Standard is not satisfied th«t sufficient guarantee is secured to k»ep the contractors from taking foreign jneat when colonial is available.

'COMMANDANT POTGRETER : CAPTURID. London. Jannarv 11. Colonel Vandanop, in of* ' composite corps, surprised Po e eter's ! laager at Rhenosterspruit, and the ' Freestater's laager at Zulingsfontein near by. Thirty-six wer c»t>l tared, including Potgretrr who was in bis shirt sleeves. j Received 12,11.58 p.m. j London, February 12. I Deaths from enteric are:—Sixth New Zealand Mount*ds, Privates I. Walsh at Wafckerstr-om and Egbert' .Dawson at Oha'l'stown; whilst Ser- ; geant Harry Stewart Robinson, 1 ' Seventh New Zealand Mounteds, was ( slightly wounded at Omdraaibock. Welungton, February 12. ; * The Premier is advis'd that Trooper ' Blubdell of Wellington is dangerously ■ •4. ill at Oharlestown, and tha* tbe following troopers have left the o»pe on the j return journey to New Zealand:—l ] Davidson, Wellington, by the Gothic ; J. F. Richard*, and J Birronghs, bo'h of Marlborough, by the Afric. Auckland, February 12. Dr King has been appointed Sur- • goon-Captain of tU Ninth Contingent..