The Transvaal.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 103, 1 February 1900, Page 3

The Transvaal.

London. Jan 28 In Ins despatches, Loid Methven ' reper.ted!\ ie<^iets the lack ot ca\ah\ and lioim' ni tilkuy. General Bulls 1 leports that rfpionkrp was too huje a position foi the P>iitibb «un=on to lioM. The water supply «.b 'iho dericionL. "When Geneial Woodg.itd u is wounded, Ir.b successor ('eculctl 1o abandon the position. Gmeiai ]<iil]er considered a Slcoikl <ULuk on SpionKop useless, the untMuv's Hi^lit being too s>ti'ong A fotce of Boeis lvport tint they Simoui'ded a squndion of Majoi Udtliune's Roibe. 'ihe Litter's c.i&u .iltios luuubeitd 20, while 15 wuc captured. yoine uncertainty exists as to whether GeniMal Wuuon ii.<il!\ g,n ! n^owed bpiuhkop after the cuy.i^e meut. Geneial Gatacre lioldL all the posses in his diotnct. LoiJ Tsveedmoulh, ppenking at Ed»jibuig)>, said that the Liberals, woig agiucd that the war nu.st be CAined to a, Jeckho \ic-toi,) at \Uaat e\ er co&t. General Riccioti Garnb.ildi h.m offcied Groat Bma,in so\eral tiiouaaiid volunteeis. Tlie Pnnce of Wales inspected 600 men foimiosj the Ihsv batch o^ tlic linpenal Yeomani.y, \\ho _,fu>n\ udt. -aikd fur buuih Afuca. The last, b.uch of the Ci.y Yolunteets aho id-puted niter b. ing euteztaiued ai the .Yliin-.)on House. , Tlnce bundled and fifty picked niou'Jted men have kft BumiaL fui Dm ban.

Jan 29 General Duller cabled that Genera] Wan en's position up to Thursday was pei fuctly tei.able, though the advance was difficult, owing to the enemy's strong poMion stretching from Acton Homes tlnon»h Spionkop to the Tug. !.\. Gem*) si! Warren was unablw to socme an fffeclive position owing to the stoepncss of tlie southern slope r , and experiencing a deficiency of watei. He seized Spionlvop, the key of Ins portion, and held the ciests of the mountain on Wednesday with great gallantry. The second Cameromans. thud King's Pioyal Bides, socond. Lancashire Fusiheis, second Middlesex and Thorne^ croft's Mounted Tioop behaved magnificently, main taming the best traditions of the army thioughoufc a trying day. General Woodgite's, succe^or abandoned Spiotikop before daylight on Tiiursdriy. Genpiul liuUcr immediately ordeied a uuhdi'nuai to the south of the Tugela hy the right. On Saturday morning General Warren's force- got across svuho'ut the loss of a man or a pound of stores, tboi'gh 1 hi some' places the opponents' hues 'we^e less than a thousand 3 aids apait. General Buller claims that the withdrawal is a proo^ of the morale of the army, and an j evidence of the Boers' respect for Butibh fighting powers, or they would not have allowed them to recross a birad and very bwiftmer with banks 20 feet high, unmolestei. Further particulars show that the British came within SO yards of the Spionkop trenches before # the Boers awoke to iheir prosenee. The enemy fired a harmless volley and then fled.

At daybreak the Boers opened a withering shell fire splendidly accurate from a high point eastward. A psu 1 } of Lotttlton's and Coke's brigades re informed the Cflmcronians. The King's Fifhs srnlal the steepest eide of Fpioi l?op. When half way up they utreexpos«d to n-fcharp flanking fire and lost heavily. Climbing on hands aid I. uees they reached the summit panting and exhausted. The British held the enstein find western angle al] Wednesday. The Boers held an interI mediate range, l>psi-.le a eonnuanding position on an adjacent kopje.

Capetown. Jan. 28. Sir Alfred Rlilntv lias issued a prolainaiion declaiing that tho validity of tlje foi future of piopcrly in ihe Transvaal a»d tbo Oi-;inge Free State aubsiquent to the ultimatum, will not | bo recognised.

Jan. 29. Troops and ammunition are rapidly nuhlug at -apetown.

Jan. 30. General Oleinenca made a demon stiation winch chew the eneiuj 's hie in tlio viciimy of Keitzlonfein, in ihe Culesbuiy distnct. Two hmidied Doers vUio were piirsuing the letinng kiLiutr.), fell into nn ambush, the Woiceotei llegimcnt killing sevenil of them. r lh« Now Zealaudeia took pan lv the luse.

P\ius Jan 23. Tlip journal Siecle h.is published ;i document, signed by ouo hundred ilio'isaiifl fi^ iK.lmie.l in 1871. tli.iwkmg En^hU'd foy fued and auibulance appli incus.

J erlix, Jan. 2S. Pr. Levels nttencK'd I'iinct; /lotien lolie's dinner on the occasion ot the Kaisti'b bnihclay.

Sidm^y, Jan. 2D. The BtUiJi Government despatched two tianspoits li am Capetown on ThuiMJa^ tv fetch tlu J3uslmien's Con tingi-nt. Antffoit was m.ulo at the Labour ContaiLi.ee to discuss the war, but a motion coiidcMiJiutf the liostihties was not luconod. j\fr Kulson, n labour iKember, ad diessing Ins constituents ga\ ts e\piest>ion to pio Bow m lupaihie'?, iind averted th.it tlie ]n\alty of tho colonial coniju^enl- %\as pitinoi tionaie o tlie piKo paid lor tlit.it fatis'ices. M.un ot ihi 3 audience lei t.

Jan 30. The Cist unit of the Eiibhiuen's contingent Ins been svom in. Thf I'iepiwr ha-5 recentcl a Cable lioiu 2ui ( h umlr'il.h.i, mtniiritiiig lliai iho Inipiji ;.tJ bu'ici m.'iit will deiu) tho ct/bt of tiMiiopuiL u\ the Bushmen s t'Oi'tiugunt.

Mr.i noURXu, Jan 29. A hooper of the second Victoimn contingent was landed at Albany for insi boid'i'fitijii in lciu^iug to be \.iccinatecl. The Jliiniter of Dufence ronMclei r . tlie oil-net; lvni.il, and that a u'\v iionis^det^ntiO!) in tho gnardiooui would ha\e bctn suiiicieut puiuJinicut.

WnxiN-GioN, Jan. 20. A telccji.im from Duibaii in the Cape r ! lines sn\» ill iL a lady who had ju^t aiii\(.d thfi^fioiii Johannesburg u patted that llu'ic was yreftt poverty fuuoiig tho bmgheiN, whose women and children weie sUuvmg, At the riilwnv st.itions. where the njen rouiinandeeit'd were einhiukmg for ihe front, the soenfs uete most pathetic. Men woe bluobeiing and women tear ing their hair. The commandant thienteiiKl to shoot those who d"unincd at going. The ]»ooro wore lxi.utily sick of tins war. Their lossrs hid buen veiy ]iea\y, and t!ie;, were <ippn.l'od nc the lost, of life. Fiom what the ga tht'icd h-ora (lie most inteiiigenfc buighei^, they reckoned their killed alon« at 4000.

Jan. 30. The Hon. Richard Oliver (London) has given £100 towards the Hough Rideis' Fund. Quite 500 have volunteered here for the thiid contingent. The selection committee sat from 11 a.tn till late last night. About 850 were to be examined. Most of tha i-( ]pets wm-c because of ignorance of unV shooting and youth. Tlie Go* eminent lias finally decided fiat the Rough liders shall go in the Knight Templar, and that the Undaunted shall talce cargo as originally intended. The Knight Teraplar is a much larger boat than the Undaunted, and is specially adapted for carryn 0 " horses. Mr Daniels leaves for Lyttel ton to day to superintend her fitting up. Lord Ranfurly has received a cable, giam from the Governor of Cape Colony stating that there is not any requirement at the present time for railway men. Colonel Penton, Commandant of the Forces, left Wellington for Christchurch to night in connection with the despatch of the thud contingent. The Wellington R\fle Battalion now in -camp to th^ number of 380, are auxious to visit Cbristchurch to attend

the send off to the contingent, and Lieutenant Colonel Colling is communicating with the Government as o the tiansporfc of the men nvd then iccomoddtion in the <iouthei\i city.

Gisborne, Jan. 30. It lias been decided to send 10 Hough Kiders, for whom tho maney has been assured.

Napikh, Jan. 30. The Rough Tliclers' Fund (started on Frichj 1 ) i* now over .-C2COO, beside-* tlitee men fully equipped and a numbei of burses.

Ciibtstciiupch, Jan. CO. The Premier has informed the M.ijoi that tlie date for the thud contingent leave L.Uteltou, is fixed for Febuiun 17th. At a preliminary examination ol applicants to-day 77 men attended Twenty-eight, eight of whom will supply their own hoiaes, wero passed by the War Fund Committee and medical officers. A third ex I'umauo'i \u)] be made tomorrow. There aie ne.uly 100 rank and Die in camp at piosont.

Duneiun, Jan 30 It has been decided to remit the P.itnotic Fund contributions to tin. Lout Wool's Fund, except tho&c that hue beau specially donated to) other objects. The Patriotic Fund in Dunerlin h now ii 0062. For Ot.i^o and Soutli Liuil the tot.il cxcefds c-Cl 1,000. 1 lie Pieuner expiossed the opinion that fetioiny the nt'cosntv e\'viui^ m South Alnc.i, tlieie ou^hfc lo be no d'iiiculty in Ot.iyo nnd bouthlaud in t-ending one bundled men 1u j j eqiiipptd.

London. Jan. 29. The Times decUuet. that tlieio is a sttong piobability that Lad,, small imibt iuJl. Straleg'cul.'j, i)n> would not email a great disadvantage, but the political und in oral le&ulls would be exceedingly seiious. It isimpeiuiivu to organise ut leabt another hity thousand men, and contemplate the eailj need of an equal number. The bame Journal considers it hopelesto comKicl ft ctiiup.uga with four widely sepai ate columns. ConcentiaMon ib e&sei.ti.iJ. The Bnii-h have occupied Thebits, iiu important, position nt-v Salisbury, Meditating comaiu ucaiiou between tiatueib'b and KelJj Kennys columns. A Boer account, declares that foui commandos, covered by Krupps, Cieuzjts and Maxims, stouued bpiunkop. The Jjtiiibli \ainly tried to use the bayonet, but fell l.ke gross before the bt\the. Ail or dospeiate euoiN. th^y fou^lit their way to the summit of kopjob. lioping toouifJi -lv thcli"cis. but wt-ie unable to face tlic uall of fl.tmo from the MdMms and 1 -, biuke the funii.* (ion and üba-i.domd the position, one hunched and lift\ sunendering. The liotis asseit that the Biitish lost fifteen bundled men killed. The AVar Office is sijent as to the general casualties. The Press maintains a very cool tone, and insists that Uutain must re double her efforts. It comp'ains of General Buller's obscunty, which renders it doubtful whether ■Genei-a.l Dundonald or General Lyttelton recrossed the Tugeia. The French Press were aware of the reverse before the Biiti&h. Sixteen Australian piisoners have arrived at PretoiLi. The Boevs report that a shell wounded Dr Jameson in the leg at Ladysmith. Dr Leyds states that false and secret information, which was supplied to the British authorities, caused the seizure of the iSunde&rath and other vessels uiih a <\ievv of embroiling Butain. Several newspapers urge the molnHsalion of the Navy, in view of possible dangers on the Continent. Lozd Kobert?' ru omen tous decision is eagerly awaited. - Consols show further fall, and are now quoted at 100. PubJic feeling in Britain is depressed over the kop disappointment. The military resolution to persevere is uninipnin-d. Jan. 30. Turpin, a French inventor nnd ar tillerist. is assisting the Boers. It wa& Turpin who was fined in France iv 189^, for imparting information about the nielenite explosive to foreigners. Pie sold the patent to Artu&tiong 3 Elswick Co. Lord Edmund Fitzmaurice, the member for Ciicklade. wil!, on behalf of the Opposition, move a \ote ol cen sure on the Government for want of knowledge, foresight, and judgment in the management of South African affairs and in their preparation for war. Calcutta, Jan. 29. A remarkable monster meeting of Hindus and Mahometans was held here representing all parts of India. Besoltuions abiding in loyalty to th« empire, and supplementing the Lord Mayor ot London's War Belief Fund,

were cmn?d. fcjeveial M.ih nvij <h, spoke. The newspaper, En«li4imi!), *p influential Calcutta daily, discribes the proceedings as the most f] titering oubute tho empire lias received.

Berne, Jan. 29. An influential meeting of Sniss scientists at Zurich urged lho Sniss press to reiiicrah«M Bi itain's sci vie. s to '••xilisatiou, and lefr.un from lllioundud abube.

I — _ Di/iiBAN, Jan. 30. | A ivfngve fiom Johauneslm-g ' \v\\o lia^aviived lieiv, lepoirs (h,, t i tfieaf sIxMl factory ( s-t.il)!iM)ptf !>y the JJopia at Jnii.uim^lmi.u was \v,t.(;l; j (l ijv 411 l (\- ( )|os(oa oil I. n-i.ii-.N with lo's ol !iJV. iho cuiMioi»»jM lDjpenls the supply ol sliiMl-, o1o 1 t))^ euviMi). F.Whenc livLoni nils !ia\eb,>en ocoivi'd tio'u Lki'\. smith. ISOI<Jh j is si'ii] town-folk crowd ilurunp.uty, watcliihg m..| w.utJny loi c'io tomjiiu ot the lohei for"!?. Udlomp] Vill'>bois J.Ln-eail, FiencUDuvctoi ol (he Co^i uiun, lia-5 i;onc ro (Jolesl)iuy. A iiuinliurol auih:i '.uu cs have u ii'A'd, (iiMM.d'Ml th ■!!■ h.i.i^oami Wt-iu aiipjili^d with vil J .

Lo\D:or, T.i.i. ;)•>. F.u (herd^ tail-, ivsmi dm^ S|)ioTikop sliow th.it d «.|,.'iriti» iiijiuipqi'>o!: pi ue ihinuVio-ii i h" \\ hole j ofliieuu. I\iii( h of the conflict ' w.ih uiued in a thick l'ji^t. Tl c j )'(>('!' M'l.'.-'h'll defended Ihe Oi l\Q of the whwh conceak'd I ii.i [id 1,, i. J; o>i tli.-» table Imd ,i \eiy shoni* deiVn-i\ c portion Hie enem\'- i> ihh cornnu'inU'd i'ic v hoi.' of the giouud winch liie JiiiUsh mu>i t > rt\ei s", and ( M)^s( '-si;^; the ( a'.scl uu^e t!>e\ jiouieil m aio.Liuii i\ c ii,',)u the ijiiu. ii ifj>nrn j i,t. The > cene w,i- ■ i ]J" l feet mlei no. The b.itti< sinyefl h<u-!. v\.u I-, ,iml roiu.iiii'ill ( I'iy. "!i > l 'i I',, .li.i'tl Jsu.Irijl), sj.PC] il CO | |, .jioa'l^.tt (<i Ihe MViVlw.i; ii. tiitl.iied iii.ir ,u thf elo-e Ll)' 1 ])i iri->h li.ul ihe wiiolo coii) la im! i)u r ]ji liiin,i 1 i iin,i <■» tl< 1 ( iMi.I! I'iH ed to H I ui.^'l \ ciitivnel, tin- u-un's. !••, J J 'iieial V/.miviV I'v-inioj im ,a"u'.. in co^-itiii ojjen gio'iiu! ii^f l>,\ui'y. '1 he Uoe'P, uikioi 1 (lie CDiii'Mand ot Loui- Jji»i ji t, i it ,r ( ', { a'lde cirvJii ro sul)due !lje jJi i! i ,') atluk aim i-opeaiedly i v; ui'd imo tlio Oj e'i, pi-ef( i ndin^ io il c, v/iili a \i \,- to duWMi.g their oji;,oue'<»tK. JH »m:tnf the Bniihh weie c.iptuieil' rhi-on^lt t.iiliue d rliew .ur.ii.um- ' (i<m. r j'nf iuimi i; in.s lent \.ii < able nid. 'i he 15i n i-.li ai n.J"i ;. was iehS ndvaiM i^ t ,i >mv p!,md j Him the ]),,< j i >', w li, ..- ,j>a -, f '.Miv:, (u'»k(he Ui'-i-y'i cj.jipk^l,) ■ by fiurpj i,.e. (•'t'l^j.ii ir 'j iba]di\s (/,Vr o! liaiiau voliuii^is has Lceii declined. Opinion i,s growincf in Bun lain that, the mo^i leifcihle stialegv i^ <\n advaiiey in fo.ee iiom Dp Alii and Naawpooi t. With Loid Metiine 1 ' opeiatiiig tow aids jacol^d.il ca^tw.ud I'nmi bis \\; ,eht position, Genejalo O t.uie and b reiieh would uhmuiiuhj diix. 'he ene;ny h lck thi<,'in!i fjjvFiee State by w^y oi XorvdPoint aiul Betlinhe. An incomplete, list of casualties •at Spionkop gives 24. oh'icejb >u)t\ ?>2 men killed, 21 oih'eeio and ] '10 moil wounded, (i oificv'i-s and 2 tnon uiiahiii". Colonel Hloiuiield, 2u<l L.uicasliii'c L ? tiMhei^ w,iseve ely wounded and eapliued. Tlie Camei-ouian Highhiudei-ci .mu King's Rifles siibiained 151 ciisualti«s. Continental military critics are scornful over Biiti-h sir.ifc >l>\ , and declare that (hel>oei [/ogiiion is impregnable, and that the British miibt seek d n;»v field of ope ?'a t ions. Mr J.eyds states Mi it the initial conditions of peac > compjise concessiou or tenitoiy and beaports. ilw liter's correspondent st>tes Lord Dundonald lecrosf-ed the | Tni?e!a on Sitnrdav. Lyt>eUon\s bji>aile btill occupies its onginal position. The authorises in P'etoi i-i ha\e infouned t),e consul <.t, Delatroa Bay that 2(XK) li.nish v/cie captured ut Spionkop. Tii-j Portu!>ws(} authorities cabled thi^ fiction to Europe. Wellington, Jan. 31. The Ag"nt- GeiiPi-al cables under dute. London 3.,hh :—": — " Ii i^ estimated that our loks on <he Tiig^id, for the la^t foittiiglit \va& HOD. The total lo^ up to d tte is 9XH, including 270 ) piiooneib of war, and 350 deaths fiom sickness. Mr Leyds states (Jut the enemy's loss is only I^oo since the outbreak of the \\dr. It ii, probably about oQJO." Duxbuin, Jan. 30. The Premier states that the arrangements are bei.ig completed for the despatch oi the Knight Templar as troopship for the>j third contingent, and &he mut>t ! leave Lyttelton not later than i February 20th. ,