The Transvaal.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 10, 20 June 1899, Page 3

The Transvaal.

Pretoria, Jane 16. The first and second Raids have adjourned for a fortnight foi" the purpose of consulting the constituencies on the franchise proposals. President Kruger declares th it he will adopt a forget and forgive policy. The Afrikmder Bund newspapers contain fierce attacks on Sir A. Milner. A meeting of the burghers a r Rloksburg carried a resolution that the extension of tho franchise to Uitlauders is impossible, seeing that the burghers numbered 4J,Oi)J and the Uitlauders 5J,0l)0.

Jane 17. In the Johannesburg conspiracy case, Butler was released, and the pvo3ecutio;\ confined to Nicholls, Patterson and fc£oop?r. Alarming statements ware made aboat the numb 3i* of quick- tiring gans in possession of the Boers. Women and children are now leaving Johannesbarg. President Krugn- announced that the reformers would not be excluded from the- franchise.

Capetown, June 17. Sir A. Miluer'a and Mr Chambsrlaiu's dedpatones created a profound impies-sion at the Cape. There are great complaints at Kimberley of the military unpreparednesrf, and the Government ire denounced for delaying the delivery to the volunceerd of the aaw gaiis ordered by the previous Ministry.

London, June 17. Three batteries have been orderei to Natal, and will reach there in August.

June 18. Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-man, spoakiug at Ilirord, said the Action of the Transvaal Government did not jubtify war or preparations for war. Pacific pressure would suffice to settle the difficulty.