The Transvaal.
[ London', May 16. Eeuter'a o>kiep correspondent cableS that Colonel Shelton, the officer commanding in Namaqu-dand, protographed the lacerated back of John Bok, a Nama l qualand Border scout, w!<o received 112 lashes when captured by Comtnandanb Froneman, at the beginning of the latter's trek westward. Subsequently Fionoman and John Louvv, a rebel leader, sentenced Bok and two other Border Bcoufg to dig their own graves. The sentence was commuted to enslavement for life with the Boers* Bok contrived to escape. Cbn.nral Elliot das driven the Boers from Kroonatadt to Vrede, without reeis'anoe. The Boers have imprisoned Commandant Fourie on a farm, subjecting that he desir-d to surrender. Cambridge Univcr ity Ins provided f ici'itias tor the pri-oners at St. BeLna to pass exwoinations. Sir H Campbell-Baunerman, speaking at Bra*'f rd, snid tint >-n amnesty of the Cape rebels was inevitable. The whole world would condemn t e Boers if they left their comrades in ■ ho lurch. A letter received from Ro:;senkal tells KiMiger a ion-il story ab >ut the Middleburg c nference. It stat.es that Viljoen, rushing while Kitchener and Botha were at conEeivnct 1 , announc d ! hat the British were the aunistice and frying to surround a commando which was checkmating General French's movements. Viljoen added, •• We had French fixed until this treacherous move " The letter g<">es ou io say that Viljoen's report came as a t rnbie scare. Both leaders, B >tha and ai.aff, immediately eallnped off Thnty Metropolitan Mounted Rifles skirmisiii g near Ka lsburg, lost four killed and six wounded. Thirteen South African constabulary '■ ;!..■-. bi';;i I'lii.ii'.-.rfj-.rcd u;kl captured near Abraham's Kr-al. May 17. In the House of Commons Mr Cham l berlain, replying to a question, s-aid that thit the sufferings of the Rand refugees in Capetown were much greater than those of the Boer refugees in the concentration camps. He hoped that circumstances would shortly allow a general resumption of work in the Rand. May 13Ninety more Boers, including Commandant Barend V-.rn.ten, and tfeysttk, ex-Landrost of Petersburg, have surrendered. It is now seated that Commandant Lobt"]' Van Beenan, and not De Wet, led a fresh force across the Orange River into Zuurberg. They are trying to j ia one of the bands roving over Cape Colony. The Traps' Pretoria correspondent and Renter's Durban correspondent agree that the daily stream of voluntary congratulations everywhere is the result of the British campaign in the bush ve'dt, at d the severity of winter. The King has intimated that he wilt accord Sir A. Milner an audierC3 immediately he arrives from South Afric w on Friday. L rd Salisbury and Mr Chamberlain, wi 1 accompany Sir A. Milner during his audience. In the House of Commons Mr Chamberlain announced that the Government did not intend to rebuild the farmhouses burned in South Africa. Wellington, May 17. Colonel Banks has cabled to th 3 Premier that Taine (the nann does not appear in the offioial list), Sergeant Rouse-, and Corporal Free, of the Sixth Contingent, have been awarded medals „ for distinguished conduct in the 6eld. Colonel Porter has advised the Premier that the Seventh Contingent are equipping at Pietermaritzburg, and were to leave for Klerksdorp on the 15th inst., to relieve the Fourth and Fifth Contingent*, who return to the colouy in the Gulf of Taranto. Captain Seddon has joined the Seventh Contingent. The men are all well and very eager. The casualties in Colonel Wi'liams* force probably occurred in the Klerks-d./i-p di U'icfc, where it was latterly stationed.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 152, 21 May 1901, Page 1
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