CABLE NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 10 June 1902, Page 3

CABLE NEWS

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80UTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS. IMPORTANT BUHRENDXRS. DS WKTB LUOK. BRITISH DJATH ROLL. PER PBESS ASSOCIATION.

London, June 8. Commandants Oom Mater and Him Botha, with 850 follower?, have surrendered to General Brae -Hamilton, who welcomed them as British mibjec's and allowed thsm to join their relations in the Heidelberg district. Mo-t of them were clothed in leather and sheepskins and looked tired out, though their horses were fit. Lord Kitchener repirts 'hat 450 surrendered at Middleburg and brru ; -ht in a pompom, besides indicating the hiding pUcea of a howi'zT atd a maxim. Two hundred and eighty- line surrendered at Stanierton, a"d 250 at Cradock, 219 of whooa were rebels. General Da Wet informed the Daily Telegraph's correspondent that be was never hit throughout the war or had bis horse touched, though bu'le's cu' his clothes His adju'an'; was w unde l twice, and had s<z horg s killel under i him. The to f al dexths of Bri ish du ing the w*r until June were 1072 ofli ers and 20,870 men. The semi-fffici-il Be li > newspapers deprecate Ang'ophobia acd eulogi-e the Kaisor'a attitu !e. THVNK3GIVING KRVICE AT ST, PAU.'B. THE KIN'G AND QUEKN 1 PRESENT.

Losdo.v, Juno 8,

Tee thuuksgiving >erv.ce -.t Paul's Catheilial to-day wr.s a't.-n '.- d bv the Kiny and Queeu,the Prince a) <1 oi W ties Va,- Duke I) ii.>j 'i -i:;''. 1 , :tiid '.na v other :{• r.-t

TI-H j! nil UJ 'livsijQ wis mftni fea.ed nlo g lie M.ute, -vhich wag t*ir>nged wi'h . enwds. Tiia '.-a'.:iedral was crowded imrne diat ly it -v.b op<n"d, and thousi- dwere (mails to gaii admission. Tht Bish»p of Lindin preached, his 'est " r h t Bl««singj of P.nc*." I' l r 'be ouree of his *enmn ha naiil tk-< col *Eki s' assistance had welded the Empire into a union which would n»r«i break.

| EFFKOT OS OONfjOI,". , London, June 8. I In the House cf Lord Gos- ' chen, n ferrinj: to the financial aspect of ihe war, pail ti at in 1888 it was estiniatep that. three per c nt. C insal*, if trsnslatsd into 2| per cent, which was Bu v 'Bequen*ly done, they would have bfen wo th 82, whereas now they s'ocd at 97, despite an < xhaustiog war, and the borrowing of £159,000,000. Suva, June 9. There were enthusiastic paace csleJbratonsoa Friday, whieh was a public I holiday. | The Administraor reviewed the troop-*, and gave an official dinner at nigh-. BOERS SHOWING A GOOD SPIRIT. Receded 9,10.30 p.m. London, June 9., Lord Kitohener reports that disarmament is proceeding satisfactorily, icd a good spirin is fho-vn in regard to everythirg. One thousand nine huudred and eighty-six rifles were surrendered on Situidiy, making a total of 4342.

Major-General lan Hamilton, addressing th* surrenderors at Heidelberg, said the whole Biitish nation admired their gallant struggle The men exprtssud their allegiance to the King.

Raitz, wi h ihe whole stuff (if the lata Transvaal Gov.>rnmtnt, is station'd at Rheoosterkop, with an escor f . Fifty men surrendered at B lmora'.

FORTHERR SURRENDERS AND DECLARATIONS OF LOYAL'Y.

R< jeived 9 ; 10.30 p.m. London, June 9. Commandant LieHenVere and 470 men have surrord red at Reikuil. De Wet brought 200 of Vannikerk'g and V<tndermerwe's command.® to Vredefort. Major-General Elliott welcomed thi m anil delivered the King's mes ages expressing delight at the termination of the war and eulogising the Boers, and said the Bri'ish were hoping the burghers would soon regain prosperity and The Boers wer« delighted and cheered the King. FieldOornet Raoth declared the Biers would ba loy«l. MR. JOHN MORLEY'B PESSIMISM. Receive! 9, 10.40 p.m. IiONDOK, Juoe 9. Oat of 4542 men who bad surr-n----rendarel up to Sunday morniog, 255 were Cipe levels, chisfly belonging to Fjuchi's commando; 185 surrindfr.d in Orange Colony, and 4202 in the Transvaal. | Mr John Morley, jpeikifg at Edinburgh, said thit uules representitive institutions were promptly granted to Boers, thete wou'd be a repetition of the troubles in Sou h Africa. IHE BKKVIOE AT ST. PAUL'S AN IMPRES-nVB SPECTACLE. Received 9, 1u.40 p.tu. London, Juqo 9. In connection with the.thaoksgiving services, crowds gathered outside St. Paul's at two in the morning. All unreserved space wrs absorbed immedi itely the doors opened. At eight o'clock the LoH Mayor, at Tempi* Bar, suirenieied the City Swoid to King Edward, and afterwards mat their Majes i s outside th west entrance of the Cathedra', where the Bishop and Dean received them. A s>:at o ly precession W4S then formed, j consisting of gownsmen, band, su plieed choir, the clegry in splendid rcb s, Sheriffs of the City, the Lord Mayor baring the p arl sword, the King and Queen, the Bishop and Dean, the Prince and Princess of Wahs and other Royalties. i Followingthe uplifted Cros*,and sina- ; ns» " Onward Christian Soldiers," the procession proceeded al >ng the middle ais'e, the King ani Quaen kneeling bireith the dome.

The King wore a marshal's un ; f >rm and the Queen a dress of black laoe touched with purple. An impressive sermon was delivered. The Bishop's quotation of Ruskin, in the reference to the Crim'an dead, brought te irs to the eyes of many. Lord Roberts, Gee al Buller, m tubers of tfce Ministry, and aiariy legislators were present. - THANKSGIVINGS. Receired 10, 0.12 a.m. AuELaiDE, June 9. Thanksgiving Fervic s m tl-e tha churches yesterday were largely attended. Received 10, 0.21 a.m. London, June 9

Cardinal Vangban, preaching at Holloway yesterday, and Dr Parker in the City Templo, referred gratefully and touchingly to the aoble services the colonies bal rendered during the war.

PLOTTING IN PRETORIA.. ] {SUSPENSION OP TH.K CAPE CONSTITUTION. Received 10,1.10 a.m. London, June 9. y ar ests, it eluding lawyers, do :tors, a chemist, and Hollander prisorers an pir I J , have been mide in Prrtorir since the declaration of pe>ce, on suspicion of b ing conc'rnel in h c p'o". identical with 'hat for which N Li«u'ena it Hus OrHua w s s-hit in ; I August last. The plot rs intnd d to r exp'ode the Governm nt, Buildings nnd g L'>rd Kitchener's r- si 'euce, and spike . 1 he guns in the arsenal. Received 10, 1.19 a.m. London, June £■. A mass m'eting at Cape Town re- i solved to memoialiss Mr Chamberlain ■ to suspind the Consti u'i n. Hon. T. W. Smartt decl->r> d this was impnia- ' tive, o h- rwise the rebels wculd capture f ■hi l Government. : Fur. hundred aid f■)'y Both ' havo furreddered *t Bandfo-t, hi d ' 126, i'eluding J ck ILn'ion's and Mc- ( c. nimani'os, v t Balmoral. i 'IMPRESSIVE B'UCNES AT PRKtOItIA ! 1 ON SUNDAY. jj Revive; 10. 1 10 am. London, June 9. An impressive pence cer<"i>oMU wad, iitrd m "lie tin-jHi; 'lure in .Pretoria j or. Sunday fo troops lined ti;e siju rs. Lord Kite. -; over a.reri-:«"i, it,! Mflj»r-C*nei-.:!si I in u '.aiiei.-P -Sell. L dy ,1 >' 1 u a |. Ed u.i .i pi t- ■ rtn i fio ■■ ix) v i% . et'.t l>ui' - i. as n pie l.t-d ineil I to nu sei d Victo:ia (Jtosses to office, s ai,d priv.tes. 1 Thnß the army chapl in and a sur- | p'iced ch' rwi'h h iUn rs and cr-ss»-R ujarcbed in profession, si: girjg hymns and r<-cit.inw pnyer?. ! The Archbishop of Caps Town, the j preacher, refxi" d to .hu bravery of tho J Be s in thH field i Then followed the National Anthem ' and Kipling's Recessional. Lord

' Kitchener called for cheus f r tha King, and the great crowd heartilv responded. The troops cheered Lord Kilcherer. Wellington, June 9. The Government his received advicathat L ; cutenaat John McK,)ich, of I awrrnce, Ofcigo, was killed near vereenigirg on 4th June, and Lieutenant Henry Rayne, of Ros'yn, slightly wour.dod in the thigh. Both were of the Ninth Contingant. Dangerously ill at Llacdsfontein, Troiper Georgn Atkins, of the Eighth Contingent, of! enteric.