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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 20 June 1902, Page 2

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By Electbic Tblegbaph—OOPYßlOHF I *—— SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS. VARIOUS ITEMS. PEtt PBESS association. LONDON Jo' 6 18. Twelve liundre ! tioop.s have <>nivel at Durban from A'i»tralia. Tbe fiual sucienderuf Orange Colony B>'ib lias been mi la a' Qiagi/ifon'ein, where Brana's 248 aud Niewhondth's 452 gave in submission. All t>.e uien were piorly cl id. General D • We 1 urged tbemto bo loyal tj Great Britain till death. General Ellioti's speech wai leutived with hearty cheers for the King, Eleven hundred and twenty hive surrenderi-d ar, the Cape. Lord Kitcheuer reports that the surrender is complete i. In th« Transvaal 11,225 men with 10,832 rifl* v and in 'he Orange Colony 5395 men with 4280 rifles hive submitted. The South Africin Constabulary have bnon tranaferrad t-j tbe civil authorities. The final 150 surrenders are awaited at the Cape. A syndicate of German bankers propose to establish a bank in South Africa with a capital of abou' .£5,000,000. Lord Ki'chener Iwk tali-graphi d Commandants Botba, D lsrty, and D Wet expressing his high nppresiatim, of their unflagging >icc<>ptirce of Biiti-ih Governm-u.t, and add ng it iva* due to their then ex'itions ttat ih> burgher* displayed such loyalty i<> accep'ing the chnng>\ The Ki g w<* greidy pUused and the Bsi isli p ople were d?eply impress d and anxiom to welcome < hem as fellow ciHz ns.

Io addition 11 tlw ho .ou s list, published in November Ln'd lii iheit'i's despa'ch', daed April 8' h. re join meads T. VV. Porter of the Now Zealand Mounted*. "A NEW ERA. oy KEOONOILIATIOV." ORIGIN iL BOER STRENGTH. 'JHH PLOT AGAINST LORD KITCHENER. Received 20, 0.54 a.m. London, June 19. Lord Kitchener in his telegram to Louis Botha added that he was ceuildent a now era of complete reconcilia tion batwe n all ra es lis now daivnel on South Afi ica. The telegram crafted a good impression in Park. The Boors' original strength is 68'imated as fol ows : -Uoueentnitio m prison camps, 42,000; deid, woundel, and sick, 11,000; Lord Kitcimer's captures, 9000; sunenderers, 18,00). The plotter whs was overheard conversing wi'h B vers was 'mine! Sim. Tho plotitrs had weir rendezvous inau empty hous*. A tunnel for dynami e and wires was alranly co s" meted to withiu ten yards tf thu ou'.er w*lls of Lord Kitch'-uei's residence. It was intended to cxpbdo tie miua w'nn Lnds Kitchener and Milner weie together at the residence. The whole of ihu steerage accommodation of saveral Union Oas la liners has be-.n s ciued for lb» repudiation of a number of Bo r n->ops bof.-i - RETU/LXING NEW ZKALANDiiKo. Recsivo.l -20, J.U *. m . ■"vn.NEt, June 19. Tho transp..-:- Xi.v...i», with thSeventh Now Z„.i!>.aj llo s im.mt, has sailed f >v WcHugtO". Wellington, Jun» 19. Is reply ta inquiries, Majer Pilghw,

of Oipe Towr, caMeg t(>at Piirat* Warner, of Wellington, ig now convalescent, and has left for New Zealand. Lieutenant Collidge and Private Sands (rMldine) are doing well at Hirrismith. Private Ot o List, of Hastings, ia with big r giment and well. L. R. McKei.b, of Lawrenc, whoso deat'u h ts already been reported, w;;s killed > leven miles from i>-g-A te'egtam received in town on Thursday fititis 'hit Trooper Kendall, io c the Seventh Contingent, inreturnug by the Manila from Sou'.h Afrfria.