CABLE NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 55, 20 February 1902, Page 3

CABLE NEWS.

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WABOmOK CONTRAOT& nßcarara questions on doubt- i VOL TSASSAOTIONB. ■ Received 19,9.31 a.m. Losdoh, February 18. < The Daily Express asks the War ' Office whether Houkler Brothers re- I m caived a monopoly of the transport of ' W bonis purchased for remount purposes i i» thi Argentine, receiving Xl 4 6s per ' bono, whm £7 left ample profit; < whether the War Office bought at < ovnm, Queensland, large numbers of < wild hones at £l3 each, though the - tool price was from £4 to £6; whether ' Bsrgh wu connected with the sale of < those horses; whether Hodden re- ' ostrad from £lO to £ls each for ' «arrying Australian horses to the Cape ' when private shippers paid £8; ' whether the two first cargoes of meat * in the new contract were obtained from < the River Plate, and the name of the • ■ carriers. I

The Times stye Mr Barton's remarks oa the South African settlement art the) Melbourne war demonstration 1 were most significant, also the condemnation of the lewd conspiracy to calumny by Germans at the meetings held » Cape Colony and Natal. New You, Febi uary 18. The Boer delegates will arrive in America simultaneously with Prince Henry.

BttSBAHK, February 19. A.patriotic demonstration was held fn the Exhibition Hal), which was paekad. 8p akersisoluded the Premier smd leading cituens. Resolutions were adopted endorsing the conduct ef the war, condemning the slanders, and • prowisuif mors aid if needed. Great enthusiasm was 1 shown. Similar demenstratioos an being' held in otbec-iewa* ,

JMTODIATION OF FOBBIQN BLAHDBBS. ~„,,. /THB TWBIJONTKT* DIBABTKR. ■eoeifed 19.10.39 p.m. London, February 19. _ A War Ofiee correction states that the Private Albert Davidson reported to bars died of enteric was a Victorian, not a New Zealander. A crowded and enthusiastic meeting at Durban repudiated the slanders on the army. Lately De Wefs adjutant, who is aow a prisoner on pa"ole, wrote emphatically protesting against the foreign calamines Despatches show that Lord Kitchener oimdemtted the precautions taken against surprise at Tweefoctein, where a serious British merge ocaurred on Christmas Ere, as most defeetive. At Lord Roberts'suggestion General Truman, head of the Bemount Department, has provisionally resigned, pending an inquiry regatding reported scandals. A SKIBHISH WITH DB WBT. , ATTXH7T TO WKBOK A TBaDT. *.■ . '»* ___ deceived W, 10.55 p.m. • Loflsos, February 19. Scuta's agency raperts that De liaWa and SanshawV columns engsged Da Wat with a large force at Trommer on the Hth, capturing tea men and one heliograph. Da Wet ordered his r followers to split into small parties to avoid being harassed. General Methuea surprised two amaQ laagers, capturing 40. The Boers mined the railway between Maehadodorp end Dalmanith*, hoping to rescue Ben Viljoen when he was conveyed to Pretoria. A bogi* traok in front of the armoured train exploded the mine, and the tram escaped. Viljoen was not a passenger. tHC FBUKBAL CONTINGENT. Beoelved JO, 0.65 am. Sysnkt, February 19. ' Th* troopship Custodian, with the Federal Contingent, including Queenslanders, has sailed for South Africa. OASUAUTIKB. WSLLOeTOH, February 19.

The Gaverament has received advice of the death from mterio fever at Cari jtaas of Trooper Hath G. Gillies (Dunadin) Seventh Contingent. Two troopem are reported dancarously ill, Gorge Spring (Linwood) Sixth Continent a' Oarijinas, and F. J. Chambers (Woodend) Seventh Contingent, at Feilbren. The casualty office at Cape Town reports the death from enteric at Wakeratraomof A. McKay, Bixth Contingent, belonging to Bilverstreup, Fairlie district. ■ The caxualty department at Cape Town cables':—"Dangerously ill of enteric : At Oh»rlestown, Private Charles Cooper and Private Carl J<-sephson ; at Pretoria, Lance-Corpora! John Cunningham and Private J. Borises; and at Heilbron, Private A. Norton. Lieutenant Shera has had a relapse. NINTH OONTINOBNI. Auosxato. Febraary 19. Captain W. F. Henderson (late of Hokianga Mounted Rifles) has received notification to-day that he will receive his commission as captain in command of a squadron in the Nin<h Contingent. Captain Elliot of the Huntly Rifles has been informed, that his application for a commission is under consideration.