BOERS IN REVOLT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81885, 12 November 1906, Page 2

BOERS IN REVOLT.

RAIDING NORTH.WEST CAPE COLONY. RISING ENGINEERED IN CER. MAN TERRITORY. POLICE CAMP SURROUNDED AND SURPRISED. : TWO TROOPERS WOUNDED. CAPTURE OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION. Received x 2th, 12.48 a.m. London, November 10. It is officially announced that Ferreira, a Transvaaler , with several Boers, recently employed in German South-West Africa, is raiding in North-West Cape Colony, trying to organise a rebellion They surrounded and surprised police camps at Abeah and Witkop, wounding two troopers, and capturing arms and ammunition.

FERRIERA GAINING RE« CRUITS. FARMERS COMPELLED TO JOIN LEADER ASSERTS TRANSVAAL RISING IMMINENT. MARCHINC ON ZWART MODDER Received 12U1, 12.48 a.m. London, October xo. After gaining some recruits, Ferriera is marching on Zwart Modder, iorcing the farmers to join him, asserting that a rising is imminent in the Transvaal.

A DESOLATE DISTRICT,; ACTIVITY IN DOWNINGi STREET., Received 12th, 12.48 a.m. London, November 10. The district raided is part of the desolate Great Bashman Land, occupied by a few graziers. Lord Elgin, Minister for the Colonies, was at Downing-street ti:-l late on Saturday night. Mr Winston Churchill, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, is out of town.

REBEL LEADER NOT IDENTIi FIED. CAPE PREMIER UNAWARE OF INCIDENT. ON HIS WAY HOME FROM LONDON. Received 12th, 12.48 a.m. London, November 10. Ferriera ha's not been.identified definitely. Dr. Jamioson, Premier of Cape Colony, sailed for Capetown on Saturday, and is unlikely to hear the news until he arrives at Las Pa inas, Madiera.