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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 24 February 1902, Page 3

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Br Eltotbic Telegraph.—Copyright. BOER WAR. MEAT CONTRAOTS. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. London, February 21. In th° louw of Lords, Lird Carrington moved for the production of nil papers in ronnec'ion with the tender* r-jLov the Array meat, oontrac*. H-> debounced th < pnormous pr made on the last contract. Lord Raglan said the Government accepted the lowest out of 55 tenders for the new centract with a currency of five fears. Lord Lansdowne s»id all were agreed that after the colonies' splendid behaviour no effort ought to be spared to give them a chance of freely competing. Such an opportunity was not denied by Bargl's contract. The statements as to the profits made by a rival company required to be taken with a grain of silt. The Public Accounts Committee of the House of Oommoas declared that the last contract was jus'ifiaWe in view of the difficulty of supply and the uncertainty of events, though it wou'd hava been better if there had bein separate contracts for live and froz m meat. Bergl's contract stood unaltered, but monthly iogpec'ion reports had been arranged in order to {secure the honourable observance of the contractors' promise to deal with the colonies as far as prssible. The Admiralty's contract f;>r the supply of me»t on i ships' slinks in the Bay wss s|d com-j pared with Bwgl's with distribu- \ tion. It would be impossible to produce tenders and immediate inquiry would be improper and inconvenient. 1 ,The mo'ion wss negatived wi-hout division. Received 24,1 .fi a.m. ■London, February 23. Bergl's tfinder and undertaking that live and dead meat should be obtained as far as pnssiHe from the col mi'B have been publ ahed cs a parli-mentaiy paper. The tender states that it is made on beba'f of a syndica'e, including Hou'der Brothers and the Federal Steamship Company, and in the event of its sc-ept-.n'-e tfce tyndicat# guaranteed to es'ablish cold stores in South Africa. BPIONKOP DR3PATCBEB. STATEMENT BY ME BALFOUR. London, January 21. Mr Balfour, replying to a pro B- er correspondent, seid Sir Kedvers Buller was no*; asked to re-write Hs aocount of the Sp'onkop fight, for he hid never written any. Sir Redvers' despatch merely c-iticised unfavourably Sir Charts Warren's memorandum, and the War Office asked for a narrntw for publication or l"av« frr Lore Roberts to dsal with the materia already supplied. The allegation ol suggested tampering Wits pernicioui Boneecee. As a result of a r*cent suggestion bj the New Sonth Wales Agm'-Genera the Standard is forw-.idirg to soldier: at the front 25.000 coj.es of M Chamberlain's and [Count Bulow' apeecbes. HEMMING IN THE BOERS senekal nr-occupied.

London, February 21. Hans Grobelaar, with 150 men, has , made refetfd unsuccessful attempts f to travws* Major-General G*rr<tt's x line", and then fie' l noukhvrardg towa<ris the Fr;nkfo<-t-Vrede blr-ckhens* iin . Ci;br.e!« Knox and Barker har* m- ( occupied Ssnekal. , , Fi?t< en Boers frave been captured at j Caro'iui. CHRISTIAN BOTHA PUNIBHBD. Received 23, 5.2 p.m. Londow, Feb uary 22. The QaeenOanders attache'! to Colonel Plutner'e column captured twelve B'x-is at Wackstrrmm. On the 19tb, eleven Boers surrendered B.ilmoral. •JommanHfr Christian Botha, cousin of General Bot-a, a prominent who whs rap'ured in November last, bas been tentenred to teu yfavs imprisonment, ar.d been fined XSOO, or an additional year in prison. Private William Kobson Davis,

I Seventh Ne>v Ztal u d Goi tingeat, has i died of woundF. AN" IMPORTANT CAPTUREReeeived 23, 5.8 p.m. London, February 22. Lord Kitdio:i"r mports that Colonel Parks' mounted force, with 300 National Burgher Scout*, surprised a force at Nooitgedscht, capturing 164, including Cernet, Dutoitand Lieutenant Vdjoen. Thete were no British casual ties. 1 MORE REFUTATIONS. Received 24, 1.6 a.m. London, February 23. A crowded >-. nd enthusiastic meeting of Dutch and English at B!eemfo;.<tein denounced the foreign slanders and recorded appreciate \ of the humanity and good conduct of the British troop*. NINTH CONTINGENT. Auckland, February 23. Trooper Allan, of Hawera, who is suffering from an interna! complaint has undergene an operation and is getting on well. The other trooper in thehospital is Pope, who is suffering from the effects of sunstroke. IMPERIAL POLITICS LORD ROSEBERY CUTS THE PAINTER. PBB PRESS ASSOCIATION. London, February 21. Lord Rosebery, in a letter to the Times, Buy?: "Sir,H. Campbell-Ban-nermsn at Leicestni* anathematised my declarations re a clean gheoc and Home Rule. Our views on the war methods are not less discordant. I remain, therefore, outsida his political tahernac'e bat, noI', 1 ', I think, in solitude " At the moronntof definite seoaration Lord Roseberv recognises Sir H. Campbell - Bannerman's honest and well-intentioned devotion to the Liberal party, The 7'imes says the ruptnre between Lerd Rosebsry and Sir H. Campbell Bannerman is complete, Lord Rosebsry must untiringly pursue his policy and the reconstruction of his party. Receiver! 23, 5.2 p.m. London, February 22. Lord Rosebery's decision to remain outside Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman's political tabernacle h'S staggered the Liberals, amongst whom there is aereat conflict ot v et¥s. The extreme Radicals and Nationalists ar? jubilant. The farmer declare that, Lord Rosebery has quitted his pirty, whi'e tlin Rosaberyi'.ea declare that he quitted the Bannermanites.