CABLE NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 110, 15 May 1902, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

By Blkctbio Thmotaph.—eoprmeH-r BQERJUVAR VARIOUS ITEMS, v PXB TXSaa ASSOCIATION. London, May 13. The columns which moved north i from the Lindley line captured 27, Boers, j Colonel Oolen Brandt? took 100! prisoners. I General lan Hamilton, after clearing i the district east of the Harts river, moved west; with Colonel RcchfortJ capturing 357 Boers and all the wag-' gons and *tock of the commandos in' that district. |

Colonel Park has captured 30 in the Eastern Transvaal.

THS LATKST. Received 15, 0.85 a.m. Loudon, May 14. Botha, \Vea*pls, and six other delegates have arrived at Harrit-mith, and are proceeding to Vereeniging. The Boers recently captured by Colonel Coten Brandfr had lived on roots for five days brfore they surrendered.

Lord Kirchrnei's wesfely report stiUs that nineteen Boers were killed, six woundid, 802 taken p>i»onen>, and nine surr< ndered ; while 580 rifl- s, 157 waggons, 400 hones, and 4300 cattle were captured. General Delarey's forces have buen reductd by 860 since Major Paris' defeat.

Sidney, May 14.

The troopship Columbian has brought a number of returning troops, including a number of New Zualanders. Milbockkk, May 14. In reply to inquiries, Lord Kitchener has informed Air Deacon tiiat the Remount Department has eeated to buy Australian hoi see for South Africa only on account of the inferior class of animals imported by pi irate speculators'. If good horses wer« sen', he would instruct the j'.uthorities to purchase them.

Willikgton, May 14.

The Govsrror is advised tint the following meuibns of New Zealand Contingent* are dang>rouely id f>vm enteric fever : —Wm. Howard (Six hj), at Winderge ; Wm. Si antou (Seventh), at Pretoria; Wm. Waixer (Eighth), at Elindffon'ein; G. Atkins (Eighth) at Potchefs'rooii).

oolon'el davie■> commands a Column.

On Wednesday Mrs Davies rereived the following cable message frcm Colonel Davie*, datvd from Vrjburg : " All well. Have just finished a sueceeful diive Huv* n*er> appin;ed to the command of a column."

A significant war anecdote, whi h (says the >.Z. Times) would peine Mr Seddon, i* told by Maff VeterinarySurgeon K'kington, of the Colonial Light Husi l . who is jußt row in Wellington. '• Whrn a rot poral," he says, " I was in charge of four men who were escorting five rebels to camp. I had often told our men not to say anything •bout New Zealand, after Lord Kitchener's proclamation of August 15th, 1901, end De Wet's answer as to shooting all colonials on sight. However, as I was urging one cf the captives on a bit, one of our party asked some question about New Zealand. The Boer, on hearing the name, turned to me, and with a glance of deadly hat", said, in a low voice, " Dos New Zealand ! If there bad not been such a place, this war would have been different ending."