BOER WAR.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 86, 22 March 1902, Page 3

BOER WAR.

•) | GENERAL ITISMS. 'J PES PBBSS ASSOCIATION. 1_ London, March 20. I Owing to the extension of civil rule' 'the Military Governorship of Pretoria I has lapsed. Dr. Kuyper, the Netherlands Premier, has asked Gre*t Britain's permis sion to send an ambulance and several physicians to the Bofrn. A transport with a Canadian contingent aboard is quarantined at Durban with six cassa ol smallpox aboard. Twenty-nine Boers, northward of Balmoral, owing to the approach of winter surrendered on Saturday. A petition has been formulated by Progressive msmberi of the Oape Parliament for the suspension of the Gape Constitution. It asks tfce Imperial Parliament to pass a Bill of Indemnity covering martial law proceedings and authorised expenditure, also to fix the Colony's future Parliamentary repieeentation.

New York, March 20. A consignm«ut of ammunition about to be snipped to Antwerp, it is supposed for the Boers, exploded during a fire on the Phoenix steamship at the Hoboken Pier, New York. A quantity of rifles wera unearthed from the ruins.

PBO-BOKR PEELING IN THE BTATES, Received 20, 11.25 p.m. Washington, March 21. Weasels, tbe Boer delegate, has asked President Roosevelt to appoint a commission of army officers to review the conduct of the war in South Africa. Mr. Bryan, at the instance of a caucus of Democrats in the House of Representatives, has adopted strong pro-Boer resolutions. Mr. Bryan hop«s j to mike the Boer war a main issue at j the Congressional elections in the! autumn.

IRRECONILABLES WELL EQUIPPED. Received 21,11.25 p.m. London, March 21. Th-> irreconcilable Boe-ib iu Western Trautvatl hive plenty of arms, ammunition, aiid tia< sport stock, and are little homporel by the blockhouses.

Lord Kitchener has ordered Colonels Wool's and Sampson to organise an intelligence corps there.

None of the commandos in Eastern Transvaal exceed 300. Botha's influence is stuadily declining. The National Burgher Scouts captured at Sta'iderton a man named Williams, a notorious train wrecker.

A SCENE IN THE COMMONS, JOHN DILL N SUSPENDED. Received 21, 11.35 p.m. London, March 21. i In the House of O mmons, Mr Chamberlain, during the debate on the war, casually alluded to tbe cervices of Colonel Yilanel, who raised the National Burgher Scouts. Mr DMon interjected '.hat he was a traitor. Mr Chamberlain retorted, " You are J a pood judge of traito s." , Mr Dillon shouted, "You are a damned liar." ' A motion to suspend Dillon was carried by 248 to 48, the Opposition j leaders voting for the suspension. Mr Redmond, with difficulty, prevented the Nationalists providing a ' general suspension of the House, 1 Mr. Coambetlain estimated that ! 9000 thousand Boers ware still in the j fi-ild. Few reoiui s for the Boor ranks

Mr. Coambetlain estimated that 9000 thousand Boers ware still in the fi-ild. Few reoi ui s for the Boor ranks were now obtains! from Cape Colony. A large proportion of the prisoners in Ceylon, India, and Sc. Helena were eager to return thtir peaceful avocations, This, he said, was a good augury for the future.

Mr. B rod rick slid that great progress had been made with tbe war during the last few months.

AN UNPATRIOTIC SUGGESTION. Received 22, ].6 a.m. Melbourne, March 21. la the Federul House Mr Higgs (Queensland) moved the adjournment as a protest sgainst the pending of a further coftingent, to South Africa. He urged Parliament ihuul i have been consulted. Australia was sick of the war. Instead of sending troops Parliament should say it de<iie 1 to s;e the war ended by negotiatioa, and urge the British Government to grant an amnesty to the rebels and self government to the Boers.

Tho Sen:i'e was strongly against Mr Briggs, who was contiguously interrupted by jocular suggestions and patriotic in erjections. The motion was negatived.

IHE ElQfffH AT DURBAN. Wellington, March 21. The Premier is advised by Colonel Davies that the Cornwall, with the southern battalion of the Eighth Contingent arrived at Durban IhsS Saturday. All the New Zealandcrs wounded recently are doing well, except 4620 G, T. Fookep, who is dangerou-ly ill, and 4374 Bremer (query 4394 Or«>mer), dangerously ill of enteric at Harrismih,

TENI'H CONTINGENT. Christchuhcu, Match 21. There is a feeling here thit the gou hern portion of the Tenth Contingent i-hould be se'it from Lyttel r on, in-i-teid of being railed straight through froii Addiugton to Lyttel r on, as was the c si wi'h tb» Ni th. DU.nkdin, Mnrch 21. R presentativ» ci h ns waited on the Mayor to-day, uryi»g that Dunadin be sel c f eda« r be final port of d-p j .rture of the Tenth Contingent. Mr. Deimiston >-geod to communiea'e wifc'i tin- Pr«rnier, wth a vie-v to giving iiQ'ect 'o t- e wish of the deputation.

A complaint is i-.etng m <de that Dur.edin manufacturers h*v« not be-'U fairlf in regard to the equipment of former contingent .

Aucki.anp, 14 i'ch 21. Replying to a uepu-ac on of the Ministers' Association the Premier acknowledged that the Government had errel in not sending chaplains with tbe contingents sooner, but chaplains would go with all futu. e eon'dugents. The Premier telegraphed to Mr. A. C. Fookes on Friday as follows: —Regret to inform you tr,-i.t [ have received a cable from Majir Pilcber, at Cape Towd, that your eon, 0. T, Fookes, is still daagerously ill. We trus.t that later news will report an improvement.